One winter, Yamaoka does not turn up for work for three days so Kurita and Mariko go to visit Yamaoka at home. They meet Ms. Chiyo who takes them to his rooms on the top of a run-down apartment building. Ms. Chiyo is the wife of chef of the Gourmet Club and has known Yamaoka since he was a child. She embarrasses the women by saying they would make good marriage candidates for Yamaoka
風邪で会社を休んでいる土郎を見舞ったゆう子とまり子。そこで出会ったのは中川の妻で士郎の育ての親的存在の「ちよ」。二人を士郎の花嫁候補とみなしたちよは咄嗟の出来事を利用し、二人に花嫁試験を!?