In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

Chapter 1392 Dad's Hiding (Part 1)

At the Nohara family's house, Shin-chan was watching Action Kamen in the living room, listening to the theme song. Shin-chan's face was full of excitement, and he casually picked up a cookie and started eating it.

Mingxu calmly read a book to the side, casually making some notes.

"I'm back!" Hiroshi's voice came from the doorway.

"Dad?" The two looked over at the sound and saw Hiroshi walking in from outside, peering at them.

"Hehe, were you scared by me?" Hiroshi said with a grin, looking at their surprised expressions.

"Dad? Why are you back so early?" Mingxu looked at Guangzhi with some confusion. Logically speaking, Guangzhi should be at the company at this time.

"Hey, Dad! Why are you back so early? Did you get fired from your company?" Shin-chan shouted instinctively the moment he saw Hiroshi.

"Hey, hey, hey, which company would just fire a department head like that?" Mingxu looked at Xiaoxin speechlessly. Although Guangzhi was only a deputy department head, his rank in the company was the same as that of a department head. It was just that there was no position for him here at the moment.

"That's right, Xiaoxu is right. Don't keep saying I got fired, okay? I was just running errands near the station, and I came straight back after I finished." Guangzhi gave them a casual explanation, then looked at the house, somewhat puzzled: "Hmm, where did Mom go?"

“She took the rumor board to the aunt next door,” Mingxu said calmly, looking at Guangzhi.

"Huh? He's not back yet?" Hiroshi was speechless.

"Yeah, he hasn't come back." Shin-chan nodded.

"Ugh~ Misae went off to slack off again while I was gone." Hiroshi rolled his eyes and complained.

"Mom has become a fishmonger?" Shin-chan didn't understand what Hiroshi meant by "fishing."

"That's not what I meant. 'Moyu' means to be lazy and not do housework," Hiroshi explained to Shin-chan.

"She should be back soon, right?" Mingxu asked uncertainly, since he didn't know if Meiya was chatting with her aunt, which usually took at least an hour or two.

"I don't know, but hehe, Xiaoxu, Xiaoxin, do you want to scare your mom?" Hiroshi suddenly smiled and looked at them with a grin.

"Huh? What do you mean?" The two little ones didn't understand what Hiroshi was trying to do for a moment.

"That means the three of us will hide together, and when Mom comes back, wow! We'll give her a big scare!" The more Hiroshi thought about it, the better the idea seemed, and his lips curled up even higher.

"..." The two little ones looked at Hiroshi with a strange expression. Goodness, I never expected you to be this kind of dad.

"Hey, what kind of look is that?" Hiroshi didn't get a reply from them. He looked down and saw the two men's disdainful eyes, and immediately shouted in dissatisfaction.

"I'm not a child," Shin-chan said disdainfully to Hiroshi.

"Hey, hey, hey, you are clearly the one." This time, before Hiroshi could say anything, Akira was the first to retort to Shin-chan.

Shin-chan tilted his head and chuckled, then looked at Hiroshi and retorted again, "Dad, shouldn't it be 'adult'?" He then continued watching TV, saying, "I'm watching Action Kamen. I'm busy, I don't have time to play with you."

"Hmph! He just doesn't know how to socialize. What about Xiaoxu?" Guangzhi looked at Mingxu, who pointed to the notes on the table: "I still need to take notes, Dad. You know I have an exam in a few days." Mingxu said helplessly.

"Oh, right, then you should study hard." Hiroshi said subconsciously, then realized that this meant he was the only one left. "Hmph, it's okay, I'll do it all by myself!" he said, pacing around the room. "Where should I hide? Oh! Hehe~"

Hiroshi saw the curtains, excitedly ran over, lifted them, and hid inside.

"Seriously, what are you doing?" Shin-chan shouted in dissatisfaction at Hiroshi's actions.

"How about I hide here and give Misae a fright?" Hiroshi asked them after he finished hiding.

"It's really not good." Looking at the bulky curtains, Mingxu said helplessly, "Dad, this isn't a good place for you to hide."

"Huh?" Hiroshi poked his head out, puzzled. "Is it that obvious?"

"And Dad's feet have already been seen," Shin-chan complained, pointing to the ground.

"Oh dear, I have to hide my feet." Guangzhi said, pulling hard on the curtains. Mingxu quickly stopped him: "Dad, you'll only break the curtains and it won't do any good. Besides, you haven't solved the problem of bulkiness."

"Oh dear, this is terrible, this won't do... Is there anywhere else?" Hiroshi was at a loss.

"Yeah, he'll be discovered right away if he hides there. What a silly boy," Shin-chan remarked to Hiroshi.

"Okay, okay, I'm a silly boy. Well, it's better to hide here." With that, Hiroshi hid under the kotatsu table in front of him.

"Dad, do you want to hide like this until Mom comes back?" Mingxu asked uncertainly, looking at Hiroshi under the kotatsu.

"Yeah, don't tell Mom, okay?" Hiroshi's voice came from under the table.

"However..." The two little ones silently took a few steps back: "Dad, the smell of your socks is emanating from them."

"Ah!" Hiroshi himself couldn't stand it; the taste was just too intense.

"Honestly, even I can't stand the smell." The two little ones couldn't help but complain as they looked at Hiroshi.

"Ugh! Let's hide over there! It stinks!" Shin-chan curiously lifted the lid of the kotatsu, and a strong smell wafted out, making his face turn pale.

"Okay, okay, I got it." Hiroshi was also helpless, but his feet really did smell.

Mingxu and Xiaoxin hurriedly opened the glass door and lifted the heater to let the air circulate, otherwise the smell wouldn't dissipate.

Looking around, I decided to just stay in the bedroom.

"Ah, so I guess I can only hide here again? In the closet or the cupboard? Oh no, no, I can't hide in the cupboard, it's too dangerous." Opening the glass door, Hiroshi looked at the storage room outside: "This way. It seems a bit too far, I can't scare Misae, sigh~ in the end I can only hide in the closet."

"We need to think in reverse later. It'd be better to choose a place that's completely unexpected. Let's check the inside first." Hiroshi said, opening the closet a crack and peeking out: "Huh, that's strange, Misae actually tidied it up."

“Mom is really serious today.” Mingxu leaned against the door frame, looking at Guangzhi with a tilted head and a smile.

"Oh." Hiroshi nodded, then his phone rang. He picked it up and answered, "Hello."

"Hello, this is Kawaguchi."

"Oh, what's wrong?"

"No, I just finished my work. We're going to discuss tomorrow's business. How about we grab a drink while we're at it?" Kawaguchi asked Hiroshi.

"Oh, okay, okay! Um, I'll go over after I finish my chores. Ah!" In his excitement, Hiroshi opened the other side as well, and things fell down, hitting him right in the process.

"Ah! Nohara-senpai, are you alright?" Kawaguchi was startled by the voice on the other end of the phone, and then he didn't hear Hiroshi's voice anymore. It seemed that the call had been disconnected. Could it be that something had happened to senpai?

After much deliberation, Kawaguchi decided to go and take a look.

"I forgot to mention, Mom, I only finished half of it." Mingxu shrugged, looking helpless.