In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 1477 Hiroshi's Awkward Relationship with the Kids

On television, the news broadcast had ended: "That's Friday's news. Thank you for watching."

Seeing this, Hiroshi casually turned off the TV and took out his phone to take a look.

The phone screen saver features the three little ones sitting together, which looks exceptionally heartwarming.

It's almost one o'clock now.

"It's already this late." After a moment of reflection, Hiroshi rubbed his stomach. "Ah, I'm so hungry. Why aren't Misae and the others back yet?"

Misae took the three little ones out shopping earlier. It turned out that Misae wanted Hiroshi to go too, but Hiroshi really didn't want to go out on the weekend anymore, so he just wanted to stay home quietly.

She got up and went to the kitchen to look for something. Looking at the rice cooker, she saw it was empty: "It's empty. Isn't there anything to eat?"

Thinking for a moment, Hiroshi rummaged through the cabinet, but found nothing: "Hmm~ Why are there no snacks? Huh? Action Kamen?" Just then, Hiroshi suddenly spotted the Action Kamen toy in the cabinet and took it out with a sigh: "This is the one he cried and made a fuss about after losing it, right?" Recalling the scene of Shin-chan 'accidentally' losing the toy, Hiroshi couldn't help but sigh. After placing the toy on the table, Hiroshi planned to give it to Shin-chan when he returned.

He then rummaged through the cabinet a bit more and found a box of cold noodles. Hiroshi was overjoyed. "Found it! Leftover cold noodles from the summer!" He took the noodles, put some cold water in a pot, and brought it to a boil. Then, Hiroshi took out a few handfuls of noodles: "Isn't three handfuls a bit too much?"

Just then, the doorbell rang, and Hiroshi was taken aback: "Oh, they're finally back."

As he spoke, Hiroshi put down the noodles and walked towards the door, complaining as he opened the door: "Here it comes, too slow, too slow!"

However, seeing no trace of Misae at the door, Hiroshi was puzzled for a moment. He looked down uncertainly and then noticed the little ones.

"Um... hello there." The little ones looked at Hiroshi somewhat shyly.

"Ah, hello there." Hiroshi looked at the little ones and a smile immediately appeared on his face.

The kids told Hiroshi why they had come, and Hiroshi nodded as he cooked cold noodles, saying, "Oh, I see. So you had plans with Shin-chan. I'm really sorry, that kid hasn't come back yet."

"Huh? Shin-chan isn't here?" Masao suddenly felt a bit troubled.

"Excuse me, where is Xiao Xu?" Kazama asked uncertainly.

"Xiao Xu and the others went out together." Guangzhi was a bit confused. Xiao Xu probably didn't know that Xiao Xin had invited them. However, Xiao Xin's fish-like memory was really a headache.

Scratching his head, Kazama asked again, "Will he be back very late?"

After quickly rinsing the noodles to cool them down, Hiroshi picked them up and looked at the little ones: "No, they should be back soon. Until then, please eat this. Would you like some cold noodles with me?"

Hiroshi pointed to a large plate of cold noodles on the table and invited him.

"Okay, okay." Looking at Hiroshi, the little ones were clearly a bit reserved.

Upon hearing this, Hiroshi nodded. After preparing the sauce for everyone, they sat around the table. The noodles were placed closer to the little ones, so Hiroshi could just reach out and grab them. It could be said that he took great care of them.

However, the atmosphere between them felt strange.

Seeing the kids eating without any intention of chatting, Hiroshi awkwardly said, "Oh, it seems like it tastes even better when everyone eats together~"

It felt even stranger when they all suddenly reached out with their chopsticks to pick up noodles at the same time.

Hiroshi looked at them and spoke again, "By the way, how have you all been lately?"

"Uh, very good..."

"fine.."

"It's alright..." The three little ones looked a bit strange, and even Hiroshi felt his question was odd: 'Was my question too casual?'

After thinking for a moment, Hiroshi asked again, "Oh, by the way, how's Shin-chan?" As soon as he said this, Hiroshi suddenly realized what he had asked and wanted to slap himself.

"Huh?" Kazama Masao looked at Hiroshi with a strange expression. It seemed that he knew more about this problem than they did.

Hiroshi clearly realized: Ah, I think I asked a difficult question. But what's with this strange atmosphere? Is it really that hard to communicate?

Suddenly remembering something, Masao looked at Hiroshi and said, "Um..."

"Huh? Is something the matter?" Seeing someone break the atmosphere, Hiroshi quickly chimed in.

"Um, I lent my Action Kamen toy to Shin-chan before, but he has never returned it to me."

"Huh? Really? This is really a headache..." Hiroshi was also a bit overwhelmed upon hearing this, which was very much in line with Shin-chan's personality.

Zheng Nan nodded: "Although I kept telling him to give it back to me quickly, he always said that he forgot or that Action Kamen wanted to stay here, sigh~" Zheng Nan was a little helpless at this point. Xiao Xu knew and wanted Xiao Xin to give it to him, but this guy also had all sorts of excuses, and he didn't know what to say for a moment.

Hiroshi sighed, "Sigh, that kid really knows how to brush people off..." Suddenly, Hiroshi remembered something, "Masao, you were just talking about Action Kamen, right?"

"Ah? Yes." Zheng Nan nodded upon hearing this.

Hiroshi picked up the Action Kamen figure he had just found and placed it in front of Masao. He asked again, "Is this it?"

"Huh?" Looking at the Action Kamen toy, Masao confirmed it and looked at Hiroshi with delight; "This is it. Great. Haha, great, because Shin-chan is a bit unreliable, I thought he had lost it."

Hiroshi waved his hands repeatedly, "No way, Shin-chan wouldn't be that careless..." As he spoke, Hiroshi was thinking to himself, 'But he really did lose it... Shin-chan, Daddy has cleaned up your mess!'

Thinking about this, Hiroshi felt a sense of pride; he really was a good father!

After being affected by this incident, their previous atmosphere improved a lot, and as they talked, they had almost finished the large plate of noodles in front of them.

Seeing that the noodles were finished, Hiroshi looked a little embarrassed: "Oh, it seems like there's not enough. I'll just cook another plate." As he spoke, he stood up to continue cooking noodles.

"Ah, no need, that's enough!" Kazama quickly tried to stop them, but Hiroshi just thought they were shy and waved his hand, "It's okay, don't be polite."

While cooking noodles, Hiroshi glanced at the three little ones behind him out of the corner of his eye: "Hey~ everyone seems so nervous. Is there something wrong with how I'm talking?" Hiroshi couldn't help but reflect on himself.

While he was pondering, the three little ones were also discussing it.

Zheng Nan looked at them and said, "I always feel really nervous talking to my friend's dad."

“That’s right.” Kazama nodded in agreement.

Ah-Dai nodded but didn't say anything. However, their timing was indeed bad. Xiao-Xu and Xiao-Xin weren't home. If even one of them were home, they wouldn't be in such an awkward situation.

After quickly cooking the noodles, Hiroshi put them back on the table. The children had no choice but to continue eating. However, after that brief respite, the atmosphere between them returned to normal.

Seeing that no one seemed inclined to speak, Hiroshi felt a sense of helplessness: 'Sigh, as expected, we can't seem to get a conversation going. Even when we try to talk about things we share, it always ends up being...'

"Hey, how are Xiaoxu and Xiaoxin doing at kindergarten?" Hiroshi asked, looking at them.

"Well, well. Xiaoxu helps the teachers and gets along well with his classmates at school. Everyone speaks highly of him. As for Xiaoxin... well... Masao, you tell him." Kazama paused when he mentioned Xiaoxin, then looked at Masao and started passing the buck.

"Huh? Me? Uh... Shin-chan... um... Bo-chan, you tell me." Masao looked at Bo-chan and handed the ball to him.

"Dazed..." Adai didn't know what to say either: "Shin-chan is in kindergarten, and Asahi is keeping a close eye on him. Mmm, so delicious~"

"Huh? Uh, really? Then everyone try to eat as much as you can." Hiroshi looked at them, his expression a little awkward.

"I can't continue this conversation, what should I do?" Hiroshi.

Zheng Nan: 'What's going on? This tension feels like playing a hyper-realistic game of make-believe...'

'Even though I didn't do anything, I feel a strange sense of guilt.' Kazama.

'It tastes really good, but my taste buds are terrible.' Dumbass.

Sensing the strange atmosphere, everyone had only one thought in their minds: 'Xiao Xu, Xiao Xin, please come back soon!!!'

The noodles in front of them were quickly finished, and everyone was clearly full, because Hiroshi himself felt that his stomach was stuffed.

Looking at the time, Hiroshi sighed helplessly, "I'm sorry, everyone, Asahi and Shin-chan still didn't come back in the end."

"Ah, it's okay."

"Stay~"

Just as the little ones were about to say something, looking somewhat disappointed, the sound of a lock being opened came from the doorway.

Then came that familiar voice: "You're back!"

"It must be me coming back." Another familiar voice rang out: "Hey, Shin-chan, don't run around!"

"Hehe~"

Upon hearing the sound, Hiroshi was overjoyed and hurriedly stood up, looking towards the entrance: "Hey, you're too slow!"

"Sorry." Misae was a little embarrassed, realizing she had come back a bit late.

The little ones peeked out at this moment, and when they saw them, Mingxu was taken aback: "Hey, you're here."

Shin-chan looked at them with some curiosity: "Why did you come to my house?"

"Hey, hey, hey, you're the one who invited us to come here," Kazama said helplessly, looking at Shin-chan.

"Ah, I've completely forgotten about it." Shin-chan shrugged, looking helpless.

"Seriously, what are you doing?" Mingxu slapped Xiaoxin helplessly, looking at the kids apologetically: "I'm really sorry, everyone knows Xiaoxin's personality. It seems this time it really was Xiaoxin's fault. By the way, have you guys eaten?"

"Ate."

"I just ate noodles with my uncle."

"It was delicious and I'm very full."

Hearing what the three said, Mingxu nodded.

Misae, holding the things, looked at Hiroshi and said, "Honey, you must be very hungry."

"Oh? What's this?" Hiroshi stared at the object, momentarily stunned.

"We came back so late because Ahui treated us to lunch, so I bought this especially for her." Misae said, handing the item to Hiroshi.

"Oh! It's an eel bento! Yay~ But I've already eaten a lot of cold noodles~" Hiroshi said, holding the bento with a slightly embarrassed expression.

"In that case, let's put it away for now and eat it later when we get hungry." Mingxu shrugged and then looked at the little ones: "Let's go play on the second floor. Wait a minute, I'll bring the toy box up with me."

"Okay." The little ones nodded, and Shin-chan took the lead and went up to the second floor, and the other little ones quickly followed.

Mingxu picked up the toy box and headed upstairs.

As Hiroshi watched the children skip and hop upstairs, he smiled and said to Misae, "Looks like our house is going to be lively for a while."

Misae put the shopping bags on the table and rubbed her shoulders: "Yeah, but seeing the kids having fun makes it all worth it, even if it's tiring."

Hiroshi opened the lid of the eel bento, and the aroma instantly filled the air: "How about we have this as afternoon tea? Maybe we can share some with the kids when they're tired of playing."

Misae nodded and took two cans of drinks out of the refrigerator: "Okay."

The two sat at the dining table, chatting while listening to the laughter coming from upstairs.

A commotion suddenly erupted upstairs, followed by Shin-chan shouting, "This is mine!"

"Little new!"

Hiroshi and Misae exchanged a glance, smiled helplessly, and continued to enjoy their bento boxes, their hearts filled with warmth and satisfaction.

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