Misae's driving skills weren't that good. Today, without Hiroshi helping to drive, Misae drove very slowly. After a simple lunch with Himawari at noon, they set off. Now it was almost afternoon and they still hadn't arrived.
"Mom, if we keep going this slow, can we still get back tonight? Don't tell me we'll have to stay at big brother's place? I still have school tomorrow!"
"Safety first! Don't worry, we're almost there!"
Being complained about by her daughter, Misae was also a little helpless. Besides, the car at home had only recently been changed. If it got bumped or scratched, it would be another considerable expense.
"Himawari, do you think Shin-chan will really miss us?"
"Huh?" Himawari found it hard to believe. Shin-chan? Miss them?
"Mom, are you serious? Would big brother really miss us? Compared to staying at home, he definitely prefers living alone, right?"
"And is it really okay for us to just go over there without telling big brother?"
Himawari was a little doubtful. The two of them just going over like this, what if they ended up interrupting Shin-chan and Big Sister Ai enjoying some two-person time?
Nohara Himawari was a firm ShinxAi shipper. After all, Ai had been working on winning over Shin-chan's family since they were little. Over the years, even though Ai had gone abroad, during holidays and special occasions, she'd always have someone send gift boxes to Shin-chan's house, and she'd even prepare presents for Himawari.
Who wouldn't love such a sister-in-law?
Now that her big brother and Big Sister Ai were at the same school, and he was also living outside on his own, with Ai's means, big brother should have already been taken down, right?
"What's wrong with it? I'm his mother. Going to see if he can live on his own is totally natural, isn't it?"
Maybe because Shin-chan had been too troublesome when he was little, in Misae's eyes, he was still that kid who couldn't take care of himself and needed her to worry about every aspect of his life.
In reality, Shin-chan's laziness since childhood wasn't because he couldn't handle things on his own, but because he knew his mom would handle everything for him and indulge him unconditionally, so he was completely shameless.
Now, living alone in the apartment, Shin-chan was taking good care of himself. Of course, not without Shiro's help.
"Alright, we're almost there. This should be the place."
Turning past an intersection, they finally arrived at Shin-chan's apartment building.
"Let's go. I even brought some ingredients. Tonight, let's have dinner at your brother's place."
As the founder of Lazy Cooking, Misae was best at making sukiyaki and hot pot, these dishes didn't require much cooking skill and depended mostly on ingredients.
Carrying the ingredients as she got out of the car, Misae was already fantasizing, 'Shin-chan must miss my cooking, right? Maybe he'll even get emotional and throw himself into my arms!'
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Inside Shin-chan's room, Yukino was sitting properly, holding her phone, not sure what she was looking at.
Next to her, Eriri was hugging Shiro and sneakily glancing at Yukino, silently grumbling that this Yukino was kind of in the way. 'When will she leave?'
What Eriri didn't know was that Yukino had the same thought. She was watching to see when Eriri would leave. She absolutely couldn't let Eriri and Shin-chan be alone together.
Eriri, although she looked innocent and even had that "loser dog" air about her, Yukino suspected this was all just an act. She was actually a carnivorous pervert.
Originally, Shin-chan was planning to enjoy the last night of the weekend in peace. But now with both Yukino and Eriri here, and both of them looking like they planned to stay for dinner, it was giving him a headache.
'It was supposed to be a weekend rest day, why doesit feel more tiring than usual?'
"You two, are you staying for dinner?"
"Then I won't be polite."
"Of course."
What Shin-chan didn't expect was that Yukino and Eriri answered without hesitation at all.
Damn, and today he totally didn't want to cook. He was planning to spend the evening with snacks and instant noodles.
Would he have to ask Shiro to help with cooking?
Seeing Shin-chan look at Shiro, Yukino immediately realized something. This guy Shin-chan, asking Shiro to run errands to buy groceries was one thing, but now he was even thinking of having Shiro cook?
"Let me handle the cooking today. Don't make things harder for Shiro."
"I want to help too!" Even though Eriri couldn't cook, she didn't want to fall behind.
At this moment, a knock suddenly came from the door.
"Don't tell me it's another beautiful classmate or black-stockinged senpai coming to find you?"
Yukino once again looked at Shin-chan with disdain and couldn't help but complain. This kind of luck with women was way too exaggerated.
"I'll go open the door."
Eriri stepped forward to open the door. 'Could it be Suotome Ai?'
"Shin-chan, I came with Himawari to see you!"
As soon as the door opened, Misae walked right in, but when she saw the person opening the door was a blonde, mixed-blood beautiful girl, she froze on the spot.
Did she knock on the wrong door? Next to her, Himawari also looked shocked. 'It isn't Big Sister Ai?'
"Mom, why are you here!" Shin-chan was surprised to hear Misae's voice.
'Mom??!'
'Is this… meeting the parents?! Way too sudden, isn't it?'
"A-Auntie, h-hi!" Eriri couldn't even talk properly, her words stumbling, face red with nerves.
"Ah, hello."
Hearing Shin-chan's voice, Misae also realized she hadn't come to the wrong place. She just found it a little strange how this mixed-blood beautiful girl was connected to Shin-chan.
Misae didn't think Eriri was Shin-chan's girlfriend. She knew her son too well, Eriri might be cute, but her figure really was a hard pass, definitely not Shin-chan's type.
"Hello, Auntie."
Yukino also stood up from the sofa. She never imagined that Shin-chan's mother would come. 'The girl next to her should be his younger sister, right?'
Although not as nervous as Eriri, Yukino was also tense all over. She didn't even know why she felt nervous, but she really did want to show her best side in front of Shin-chan's mother and sister.
"Hello, hello."
"Shin-chan, aren't you going to introduce us?"
"This is Sawamura Eriri."
Shin-chan thought for a moment, not sure how to introduce the relationship between him and Eriri. What, was he supposed to say that this beautiful girl was your son's pet?
"This is Yukinoshita Yukino, she's the president of our club. Eriri and I are club members."
"Eriri came to deliver a painting to me. Yukino lives across the hall, we're neighbors."
"So that's how it is." Misae looked at Shin-chan with a somewhat unfriendly expression.
'Here I was so worried about you, and it turns out this brat has two beautiful girls keeping him company!'
Looking around the room, although it was a bit messy, it was still within acceptable range. It wasn't like she had imagined, completely messy with trash and dirty clothes everywhere. It was barely a passing grade.
But in that case, the ingredients she brought might not be enough now.
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