How to raise a random guy's wife

"It's not that exaggerated..."

"It's no exaggeration at all. I'm filled with happiness every day because of the happiness you all give me. I feel like a balloon that's about to float away."

"Don't drift away~" Kobayashi Megumi hugged Kobayashi Sora tightly, "Stay in my arms, always stay in my arms."

Kobayashi Sora's body stiffened.

So, these kinds of sweet words spoken in everyday life can be incredibly powerful when they come out of nowhere.

"Okay~" Kobayashi Sora gently stroked Kobayashi Megumi's back, "I'm right here in your arms."

Kobayashi Megumi tilted her head back, her glistening lips moved slightly, parting a little.

It was like a silent call.

Kobayashi Sora understood and slowly lowered her head.

Then Kobayashi Megumi gently pinched my cheek.

"Huh?" Kobayashi Sora glanced to the side and saw Kobayashi Ran and Nian Gao standing there.

A person and a cat squatted to one side, looking over expectantly.

Ran Kobayashi is really looking forward to it; Nian Gao has already started looking for cat food.

Seeing her parents looking over, Lin Lan blinked and suddenly realized something. "Oh right, Lanlan, go get the camera. Wait a moment."

Chapter 872 I Don't Want to Forget

Ran Kobayashi not only wanted to see it, but also wanted to take pictures of it.

"Hmm..." Kobayashi Megumi puffed out her cheeks slightly, "It's all your fault."

“That’s right.” Kobayashi Sora kissed her slightly upturned lips. “I was too slow.”

"No, that's not it..." Kobayashi Megumi pursed her lips slightly. Kobayashi Sora had kissed her too quickly, and she hadn't had time to savor the warm feeling.

Kobayashi Ran, who had returned with her camera, looked at them expectantly, but Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi felt a little embarrassed by their daughter's stare.

Xiaolin Lan blinked, "Aren't we going to kiss anymore?"

“Of course I have to kiss her,” Kobayashi Megumi said, pulling Kobayashi Sora to her daughter’s side. “I have to kiss my dearest baby.”

Kobayashi Sora added, "We also need to film it."

"Then Daddy will take it~" Xiaolin Lan handed the children's camera to Xiaolin Kongqing. She had tried to take pictures of herself before, but her arms were too short to capture her parents in the same picture.

"Okay~" Kobayashi Sora raised her camera, "Three, two, one—mua~"

Kobayashi Sora and Kobayashi Megumi, one on each side, kissed Kobayashi Ran, who was happily holding rice cakes, on the cheeks.

With a click, the beautiful scene was captured by the camera.

On New Year's Eve, Kobayashi Sora skillfully prepared seasonings in the kitchen.

Heat mirin in a pot until it boils to remove the alcohol. Then reduce the heat to low and add coarse sugar and soy sauce. Once small bubbles appear around the edge of the pot and white foam appears on the surface, turn off the heat and skim off the foam. Then just wait for the seasoning to cool naturally.

While waiting, I cooked the noodle soup with kelp and dried bonito, added buckwheat noodles and cooked them until they were slightly firm. I then rinsed the noodles with cold water, put them back into the hot noodle soup, added the cooled soy sauce seasoning, and garnished them with fried shrimp tempura, bok choy, fish cake, green onions and yuzu peel—three bowls of New Year's Eve buckwheat noodles, two large and one small, were officially completed.

Ran Kobayashi crunched on the fried shrimp, swaying happily as she did so. "It feels like I've eaten fried shrimp like this before, sitting by the kotatsu."

"It was around New Year's Eve last year, wasn't it?" Kobayashi Megumi looked away from the TV. "Does Ranran still remember the meaning behind buckwheat noodles?"

"Hmm..." Xiaolin Lan blinked, "Delicious?"

Kobayashi Sora laughed, "That's true."

"I feel like Mom and Dad talked to Lanlan about it," Xiaolinlan tilted her head, "but I can't remember."

“Everyone is like that,” Kobayashi Megumi comforted her. “Mom and Dad don’t remember things that happened when we were little.”

"Huh?" Ran Kobayashi was stunned. "You'll forget?"

Kobayashi Megumi looked at Kobayashi Sora, "Does Dad still remember things from when you were little?"

Kobayashi Sora is known for her excellent memory.

"Hmm..." Kobayashi Sora tapped her forehead lightly, "I don't remember it. I probably didn't have that concept back then."

"Ugh..." Ran Kobayashi looked down at the soba noodles, and tears suddenly streamed down her face. "Waaah..."

The low sobs were clearly a warning sign that a more violent storm was about to break.

"What's wrong?" Kobayashi Megumi gently stroked her daughter's hair. "Is something bothering you, Lanlan?"

"Lan... Lanlan... will you forget everything?" Little Lin Lan looked at her mother with teary eyes. "Eating delicious noodles with Mom and Dad, going out to play with Mom and Dad... will Lanlan forget all of these things? Lanlan doesn't want to forget... Lanlan wants to remember them forever... Waaaaaah!"

"Good baby~" Xiaolin Hui opened her arms, "Come to Mommy."

While wiping away her tears, Ran climbed into Megumi's arms and hugged her tightly, saying, "Ranran, don't forget Mommy... and Daddy..."

“Everyone forgets some things,” Kobayashi Sora said, putting down her chopsticks. “My parents don’t remember things from when they were little either, but… my parents’ great-grandparents do remember. When my parents grew up, their great-grandparents would tell us these things, and we would remember them again.”

“That’s right~” Kobayashi Megumi gently stroked her daughter’s back. “When Lanlan grows up, Mom and Dad will tell her these things again. Lanlan also took a lot of photos. When she sees the photos, she will remember them all.”

Ran Kobayashi looked up. "Really?"

“Really?” Kobayashi Megumi recalled for a moment, “Dad, do you remember that card? It’s the one she used to mispronounce when she was little.”

"That one." Kobayashi Sora remembered where the card was, got up, found it, and placed it on the kotatsu.

It was a number card with a blue "8" on it.

Megumi Kobayashi picked up the card and waved it in front of Ran Kobayashi. "Ranran, do you remember this?"

“This is 8,” Ran answered. “Ranran could count to 8 a long time ago.”

"Lanlan didn't pronounce it like that when she was little."

"Huh?" Xiaolin Lan asked curiously, "How is that pronounced?"

"When Lanlan was little, she learned colors first. When she learned to read numbers, she could read all the other numbers, but she always said that [8] was blue." Kobayashi Megumi still finds it funny when she thinks about it now. "Back then, her father put up a big picture in the bathroom with all sorts of things on it, like flowers, grass, and trees. When Lanlan was taking a bath, she would play in the water and point to the things on the picture, asking her parents to read them. Then when her father read seven, eight, and nine, she would splash water and loudly repeat 'blue,' and eventually it became one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, blue, nine."

"I can't believe such a thing happened!" Ran blinked her big eyes. "When did that happen?"

"It was when I was two years old," Kobayashi Sora remembered clearly, "which is about four years ago, almost five years ago..."

Kobayashi Sora herself was in a daze.

It feels like it happened just yesterday, but it's already been five years.

“It’s been so long, no wonder Lanlan doesn’t remember.” Little Linlan squirmed in her mother’s arms. “When Lanlan grows up a little more, Mom and Dad will remember all the happy things we have now and tell them to Lanlan.”

"Okay~" Kobayashi Megumi wiped away her daughter's tears. "Mom and Dad will remember everything."

"Um..." Xiaolin Lan was a little embarrassed, "Don't remember about crying."

"Okay, whatever you say." Kobayashi Sora snapped out of her daze. "Let's continue eating our noodles. After we finish, we'll wash up and go to bed."

“Okay…no!” Ran Kobayashi shook her head. “After eating noodles, we still have to eat ice cream. We agreed last year that we would eat ice cream every New Year’s Eve from now on.”

"Yes, you're right." Kobayashi Sora nodded. "We'll have ice cream after we eat a bowl of noodles."

Mr. and Mrs. Kobayashi exchanged a glance.

Children's memories are truly amazing.

Chapter 873 Humming softly

After finishing her buckwheat noodles and ice cream, Ran Kobayashi washed up contentedly.

I originally wanted to watch the Red and White Song Festival with my parents, but I fell asleep on my pillow after only listening to two songs.

Kobayashi Sora carried her daughter back to the room and covered her with a small blanket.

Rice cake jumped onto the bed and curled up next to Xiaolin Lan.

As she slept, Xiaolin Lan sensed the approach of the rice cake, placed her small hand on the big cat, and her breathing became longer and deeper.

Kobayashi Sora gently closed the door, returned to the kotatsu, and crawled back inside.

"Ah~" Kobayashi Megumi pinched an orange segment between her fingertips and brought it to Kobayashi Sora's lips.

"Aww~" Kobayashi Sora ate the orange segment and lightly kissed her fingertip.

"You're not being honest." Kobayashi Megumi said this as she leaned into his arms, pinching a segment of orange and putting it in her mouth.

Then, almost as if possessed, I kissed my fingertip.

Hmm...it has a hint of Kobayashi Sora's scent.

Kobayashi Sora hugged Kobayashi Megumi, "Is this considered an indirect kiss?"

"Ugh... how can you say such things?" Kobayashi Megumi protested, squirming closer to Kobayashi Sora.

Kobayashi Sora kissed the back of her snow-white neck, inhaling the fragrance of her hair, "Because you'll become especially cute after I tell you~"

Her soft earlobes had turned an alluring pink.

"You bad guy." Kobayashi Megumi bit her lower lip lightly. "You big bad guy."

Kobayashi Sora recalled the nickname she used when she was drunk, "Then you're my dear older sister~"

"No, that's not true." Kobayashi Megumi also remembered her foolishness back then, and turned around while snuggling in Kobayashi Sora's arms. "Don't say it again."

She gently sealed his mouth, and Kobayashi Megumi felt her face was even hotter than the kotatsu.

Thinking that her daughter might not be sound asleep yet, Kobayashi Megumi pressed down on Kobayashi Sora's restless hand, "Watch TV a little longer..."

Kobayashi Sora took her hand, "Okay~"

Resting comfortably on Kobayashi Sora's arm, Kobayashi Megumi placed the orange in his hand and then reached out to peel it.

Of course, it's easier to peel it with your own hands, but Kobayashi Sora is holding my hand, and he's so strong that Kobayashi Megumi can't break free.

He ate one slice himself and fed one to Kobayashi Sora. The sweet juice filled their mouths, and the two of them finally calmed down a little.

"There's no anime-themed Kohaku Uta Gassen this year either." Kobayashi Megumi recalled a special project that Stardance had participated in before. "Was the response bad?"

"The response was quite good, although some controversy was inevitable." Kobayashi Sora was aware of this. "It's just that there haven't been any special projects since then, and the proportion of anime songs in the Kohaku Uta Gassen has increased significantly after the special projects."

"In that sense, the anime Kouhaku Uta Gassen is more like a summary, after all, there are so many classic anime songs."

“Yes, if the classic songs haven’t been released yet and the new anime songs are released first, some people will definitely feel uncomfortable. But there are so many classic songs, and if many are released every year, other songs can’t be released. If only a few are released every year, the new songs will have to wait for many years.” Kobayashi Sora had a similar idea. “So why not just do a medley of classic songs, and then we can freely choose anime songs based on the popularity of that year.”