In the ordinary life of Crayon Shin-chan

At night, Misae was soothing the little ones to sleep.

"Go to sleep, go to sleep peacefully~" Seeing that Aoi was already fast asleep, Misae breathed a slight sigh of relief. After confirming that Aoi was asleep, she nodded: "Asleep, asleep. Since Daddy is working overtime tonight, it's time to paint your nails!"

As they were talking, Misae took out the nail polish that her aunt and her sister had bought abroad at noon that day. It was from the romantic country and was a special gift for Misae.

Misae accepted the gifts with a bit of embarrassment. Of course, the gifts weren't just nail polish; there were also crispy rice crackers from Paris.

"Hehehe~ High-end stuff from the Land of Romance~ I never imagined my neighbor's auntie would go to the Land of Romance." Looking at the nail polish on the table, Misae asked with some anticipation, "If I wear this, will this Kasukabe noblewoman transform into a Parisian fashionista?"

"ca va bien (How are you?)" Misae couldn't help but say in French.

"Grouper is better than fish, sardines are better than fish~ Saury is better than fish~" Shin-chan was standing behind Misae at some point, repeating the phrase Misae had just said.

"Haha~ 'ca va bien' is a French greeting. Ah!" Misae explained with a grin, but suddenly her eyes widened. She turned her head and saw Shin-chan standing right behind her. From the bedroom, she even saw Asahi peek out and glance in their direction. After Misae finished speaking, she quietly climbed back to sleep.

Mingxu had absolutely no interest in nail polish.

"Mom, what are you doing?" Shin-chan asked Misae with some curiosity.

Misae hurriedly covered her nail polish behind her back and waved her hand, "I... I didn't do anything... I was just about to ask you, what are you going to do?!" Looking at Shin-chan in front of her, Misae asked back.

"I need to pee." Shin-chan said, then turned and walked towards the toilet. Seeing Shin-chan's expression, Misae sighed. After watching Shin-chan finish using the toilet and return to his bedroom to sleep, she also breathed a slight sigh of relief.

"Oh, that was close! If Shin-chan had seen this, it would have been a real problem. I need to finish painting quickly." With that, she closed the bedroom door again, picked up the nail polish, and began painting her fingernails.

Soon, Misae painted her thumb with red nail polish, making it look shiny.

Looking at her work, Misae nodded in satisfaction: "Hmm, I didn't expect I was so good at painting! It's really good. Now I need to blow-dry it. Whoosh~" As she spoke, Misae put her nails to her lips and started blowing on them.

Her face quickly turned red. Looking at the nail polish on her hand, Misae uncertainly reached out and tried it: "Is it dry yet?"

But the moment her finger touched it, it immediately got stuck. Seeing this, Misae's lips twitched: "No, sigh~ let's do it again." Thinking about her own personality, she was indeed a bit impatient. She should have waited a little longer.

Carefully entering the bedroom, Misae turned on her phone's flashlight, afraid of waking the three little ones, and started searching on her dressing table: "Do you have nail polish remover at home? I seem to remember buying a bottle a long time ago."

As she spoke, Misae rummaged through the items.

Mingxu silently looked up, sighed, and thought, "Nail polish seems to be something women are really interested in. To wear it so late at night, really..."

"Hehe~" Suddenly, Shin-chan chuckled mischievously. Hearing the sound, everyone looked over. Misae tensed up, but when she saw that Shin-chan was still half asleep, she relaxed: "Talking in your sleep."

She shook her head, continued rummaging through the vanity, and quickly found a bottle. She carefully carried it out to the living room, a smile spreading across her face: "Luckily I found it! Nail polish remover. Okay, let's apply it again!"

As she spoke, Misae wiped the nail polish off her fingernails with nail polish remover and then applied it again. After finishing, she looked at her nails and nodded again: "Hmm, it looks very pretty."

However, before Misae could properly appreciate it, the sound of Aoi crying suddenly came from inside the house. Misae was startled and hurriedly went into the house, where she saw Mingxu already changing Aoi's diaper.

Seeing Mingxu's actions, Meiya breathed a sigh of relief: "Phew~ It's good that Xiaoxu is here. Okay, let's leave it to Mom."

"It's alright, you should continue applying it. If you start using your hands now, all your previous application will have been for nothing," Mingxu said helplessly, glancing at the red mark on Meiya's fingers.

"Huh? Uh, haha~" Misae laughed awkwardly after Mingxu said that.

After watching Mingxu help Xiaokui get settled and cover her with the blanket, Meiya breathed a sigh of relief. However, when she turned her head, she saw that Xiaoxin had kicked off the blanket. Meiya frowned and went over to help Xiaoxin cover himself with the blanket.

"Oh dear, you'll catch a cold like this." Just as Misae was about to cover up, Shin-chan stepped on her nail, and her freshly painted nails had to be done all over again.

"Sigh~ I finally painted them so beautifully, and now I have to do it all over again." After tucking the blanket over herself, Misae carefully went out, looked at her nails, and sighed.

After wiping off the nail polish again, Misae applied it for the third time. Looking at her finished nails, she nodded: "Hmm, perfect... Huh? What, this is the third time?"

Looking at her fingernails, Misae glanced around again. "Phew~ all that hard work finally paid off. I need to dry them quickly." She puffed out her cheeks and started blowing hard again, but remembering what had just happened, she hesitated for a moment, then grabbed the hairdryer. Just as she turned it on, a loud noise startled her. She quickly turned it off, and seeing the three little ones were still, she breathed a sigh of relief. "Phew, that scared me."

After turning the hair dryer to its lowest setting, Misae turned it back on and breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that the noise level had decreased significantly.

She carefully started blowing on the nails, and soon all the nail polish was applied and dried with the hairdryer: "Hmm, left hand is done, okay, next is the right hand!"

Inside the house, Shin-chan got up again, standing behind Misae with a pale face. Misae was startled and looked at Shin-chan's face, asking in confusion, "What, what's wrong?"

"Ah~ I had a terrible dream..." Shin-chan said with a terrified look.

"Oh my god? What kind of dream?" Misae asked, puzzled. Her eyes darted around and she saw Mingxu comforting Xiaokui in the bedroom behind her. Mingxu was exhausted tonight; Xiaokui had been woken up several times.

Shin-chan recalled his dream: "A nightmare of a 29-year-old monster with three layers of fat around its eyes chasing me! I was so scared I almost peed my pants, it was terrifying!"

As Shin-chan spoke, he glanced at Misae.

Misae looked at Shin-chan speechlessly: "Is it just a coincidence that he's 29, the same age as Mom? It's great that he didn't pee!"

As they were talking, Misae forgot to cover the things on the table. Shin-chan looked at them curiously and asked, "Mom, what are those things?"

"Huh? Uh, nail polish, the stuff you put on your nails." Misae explained helplessly when Shin-chan found out.

"Oh! Nail polish! That looks really nice, I want to wear it too, I want to wear it too~" As expected, Shin-chan started pestering Misae.

"No, go to sleep now," Misae said, looking at Shin-chan with displeasure.

"Go to sleep after you're done applying it!" Shin-chan shook his head decisively, looking at Misae: "I like Action Kamen~ help me apply Action Kamen!"

"Sigh~ I just can't do anything with you, you're only painting one nail." Misae was also at her wit's end with Shin-chan, so she took the nail polish and binoculars and started painting Shin-chan's nails.

Before long, a small outline was completed: "Okay, it's done."

Looking at the pattern on his hand, Shin-chan asked, puzzled, "Hmm, what's this?"

"Because your nails are too small," Misae explained.

"It looks awful, wipe it off for me!" Shin-chan shook his head in dissatisfaction.

"Ah, this is precious nail polish from the Land of Romance!" Misae was a little unhappy, but she had no choice but to wipe it off.

Shin-chan obediently went back to his bedroom to sleep. Mingxu covered Shin-chan with a blanket and looked at Misae outside the room: "Mom, isn't it a bad idea to wear nail polish at night?"

"Oh, it's alright, Xiaoxu, you should go to sleep too," Misae said softly, not minding.

"Okay~" Mingxu nodded calmly, covered himself with the blanket, and went to sleep.

Outside, Misae started applying nail polish to her right hand with her left, muttering as she did so, "It's really not easy to apply nail polish with my left hand..." She frowned as she looked at the nail polish that was almost outside her nails.

After finally finishing the painting, Misae breathed a sigh of relief: "Finally done! Haha~ So beautiful~ I absolutely cannot touch anything until my nails are completely dry!" As she said this, Misae made up her mind, but when she turned her head, she found a message on her phone.

"Oh, Dad's text message, it's probably something like he's arrived at the station and will be home soon. It's not a big deal if he doesn't text every time, but if it's something like he had an accident and was taken to the hospital... oh dear, what did he write? I'm so curious."

Misae hesitated for a long time before clicking on the message. Hiroshi's message appeared: "I'm going home soon." Looking at the message, it seemed to have been sent half an hour ago.

"...My God!" Misae rolled her eyes, speechless.

Too lazy to pay attention to Hiroshi, he was about to sit down when he heard the sound of the door opening behind him: "I'm back."

Misae was startled, and when she turned around, she saw Hiroshi.

Hiroshi looked at Misae, then at the nail polish still lying on the table, and asked with some confusion, "What are you doing? Why are you doing this so late?"

Misae smiled somewhat awkwardly and said, "Oh, I just suddenly felt like painting my nails. Look, they turned out pretty good, right?"

Hiroshi walked closer and took a look, then joked, "Hmm, it is quite pretty, but you really have the leisure to do this so late at night."

Misae pouted and said, "It's all because the lady next door gave me this nail polish from the Romantic Kingdom today, and I couldn't resist painting it on, and then all sorts of things went wrong."

Hiroshi smiled after hearing this and said, "Alright, alright, are the children all asleep?"

Misae nodded and said, "Yeah, they're all asleep. But Shin-chan and Himawari really kept me up tonight. Asahi was a big help too."

Hiroshi patted Misae on the shoulder and said, "You've worked hard. I'm going to wash up and get ready for bed." With that, Hiroshi walked towards the bathroom, while Misae sat on the sofa, looking at her painted nails with a satisfied smile on her lips.

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