The joyful atmosphere in the living room reached upstairs.
Eriri, who was in her room, heard it and walked out with some curiosity.
Coming downstairs, she saw Tanaka Masao and Sawamura Sayuri watching TV in the living room, occasionally bursting into laughter.
Eriri walked over and sat down, asking Tanaka Masao,
"It's so late, aren't you going home?"
"I'm not going home today; I'm staying here for the night."
Sawamura Sayuri echoed, "That's right, I asked Tanaka-kun to stay. He worked hard all day, and it would be too tiring for him to go back."
"Oh, I see."
Eriri nodded, not saying much about it.
She turned her head to the TV, and suddenly a face full of exaggerated expressions appeared, startling her.
"Wah! What is that thing?"
"It's a prank show. Eriri, you should watch it too; it's very interesting."
Sawamura Sayuri suggested, hoping Eriri would watch TV to relax.
"What's so interesting about this kind of thing?"
Two minutes and thirty seconds later.
"Hahahaha~, this is too funny. That passerby is so unlucky."
Eriri leaned on the sofa, watching the scene on TV, laughing loudly, with tears even coming out of the corners of her eyes.
After a while, Eriri stopped laughing, wiped the tears from her eyes, and said,
"This prank is really too interesting. I wonder how the production team came up with it; I want to try it too."
Hearing this, Sawamura Sayuri's eyes lit up, and she said excitedly,
"Eriri thinks so too? Actually, Mama also wants to try it."
The mother and daughter exchanged glances, then simultaneously turned their attention to Tanaka Masao.
Tanaka Masao, who was originally just enjoying the show, shivered when he realized he had become the target.
Full of survival instinct, Tanaka Masao quickly said,
"This prank needs to be unexpected to work. Now that I know your plan, it won't be effective anymore."
Eriri nodded, "Hmm, that's certainly true."
Seeing Eriri give up, Tanaka Masao breathed a sigh of relief, but before he could fully relax, another voice spoke up.
"Who said it's not fun if you know the prank plan beforehand? On the contrary, it makes it more interesting.
Always on guard, highly focused, very alert, yet still caught off guard and pranked—the reaction will definitely be even more spectacular."
Hearing this, Eriri's eyes sparkled.
"Oh, you're right."
Her interest was fully piqued.
She looked at Tanaka Masao with a mischievous grin.
"Hehehe, Tanaka-kun, are you ready?"
"Don't come any closer!"
Tanaka Masao said he had seen this plot in a certain book, but why was the gender reversed?
In the end, what Tanaka Masao expected, being reversely pushed, did not happen.
Tanaka Masao: I wasn't expecting it at all.
After a period of playful banter, all three were happy, and as the sky darkened, dinner was ready.
Sitting at the dining table, Tanaka Masao wondered if the Sawamura family's meals were always like this, or if it was because of his arrival as a guest.
Looking at the sumptuous dinner in front of him, he couldn't help but swallow.
He personally leaned towards the idea that these dishes were specially made for him.
Because judging by Sawamura Eriri and Sawamura Sayuri's figures, their usual diet should be relatively simple.
"I'm going to eat."
The three of them said a prayer simultaneously and began to eat.
According to Yukinoshita Yukino's diet plan, Tanaka Masao had one cheat meal opportunity this weekend.
He decided to use that opportunity now.
Seeing Tanaka Masao eating heartily, very satisfied with the prepared food, Sawamura Sayuri also smiled.
During dinner, the three of them didn't speak.
Perhaps it was because he hadn't eaten such delicious food in a long time, or because his training had increased his appetite.
More than half of the food on the table went into Tanaka Masao's stomach.
He rubbed his round belly, quite satisfied.
Seeing Tanaka Masao like this, Eriri couldn't help but quip,
"Why do you look like you haven't eaten in a long time?"
Tanaka Masao burped, then slowly said,
"I've been on a diet recently, so my eating has been quite restrained."
Eriri: "Diet? Are you crash dieting? Wouldn't that make all your efforts go to waste?"
Sawamura Sayuri: "Tanaka-kun, crash dieting isn't a good method. Not only does it harm your body, but you can't stick with it for long either."
"I know, I'm not crash dieting."
Tanaka Masao nodded, "I'm exercising to lose weight. It's just that I usually eat quite blandly; this is my only cheat meal this week."
Eriri asked with some confusion, "Exercise to lose weight? Can you stick with it?"
Although she had a good figure, she had tried dieting before, but she couldn't stick with either crash dieting or exercise.
Hearing this, Tanaka Masao was a bit displeased.
"Eriri, don't underestimate my willpower. I'm currently training two hours a day and have been consistent for a week."
"That's impressive."
Eriri was a little surprised. She didn't expect Tanaka Masao to exercise for so long every day and still keep it up for a week.
This also made her a little curious.
"Why did you suddenly decide to lose weight? Is there some motivation?"
Before Tanaka Masao could answer, Sawamura Sayuri, who misunderstood that Tanaka Masao was dieting to pursue Eriri, spoke first.
"It's for his health, after all, being too fat isn't good for your body, right, Tanaka-kun?"
Saying this, Sawamura Sayuri also winked at Tanaka Masao, as if to say,
[Don't worry, I won't tell anyone that you're dieting to pursue Eriri.]
Seeing Sawamura Sayuri wink at him, Tanaka Masao was a bit confused but still nodded.
"That's right."
"I see. Well, good luck then."
Eriri didn't care much about it, just offering a casual word of encouragement.
The three of them rested for a while and then watched some more TV.
As it was getting late, it was time to go to their rooms to rest.
As a guest, Tanaka Masao was invited to shower first.
Even though the Sawamura family was a wealthy household, the water in their bathtub was used by several people in rotation.
Saving water was one aspect, and another reason was that normally only the mother and daughter bathed, so there was no need to change it.
Watching Tanaka Masao walk towards the bathroom, Eriri bared her fangs and warned,
"You better not do anything strange in the bathtub, or if something goes wrong, I won't forgive you."
All three present were experienced, so they naturally understood the meaning of her words.
Tanaka Masao was a bit mortified.
"I wouldn't do anything like that."
Tanaka Masao, who had entered the bathroom, looked at the bathtub.
In the end, Tanaka Masao didn't even use the bathtub for a soak, just taking a quick shower.
Because Tanaka Masao, who had transmigrated, had no habit of taking baths at all.
Facing Tanaka Masao, who came out of the bathroom in less than ten minutes, the Sawamura mother and daughter simultaneously exclaimed,
"Hayai! (So fast)"
"This is a normal speed!"
The night passed without incident. The next morning, after having breakfast at Eriri's house, Tanaka Masao bid farewell.