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This is a story about a 26 year old office worker taking in a homeless 16 year old runaway. The story basically centers around Yoshida trying to give Sayu something resembling a normal life, and the two of them adjusting to living with each other.
For those expecting the worst: the story is very adamant about "this is not romantic or sexual, don't even joke about that". To elaborate, there are multiple times that Sayu tries to seduce Yoshida (this is how she's gotten by previously, and thus she has some warped expectations). Yoshida firmly refuses and is appalled by the thought, to the point where he threatens to kick her out if she tries it again. I'm hoping future volumes maintain that.
There's a lot of wholesome moments, and a few very uncomfortable ones. In general, I think the female characters are poorly written - particularly Yoshida's coworkers (the romantic interests). I'm hoping that improves. Reading an LN narrated (primarily) by an adult was refreshing.
The audiobook is great, btw!
Update: having finished the series, the writing definitely improves over time (though the romance elements remain the weakest part, imo). Overall I really appreciated the series, despite its flaws, and it gave me lots of moments to pause and consider what I'd do, were I in the various characters' shoes, at those particular moments.