My wife believes me; how could I be a cuckold?

After silently scoffing and making a couple of sarcastic remarks, Makoto Asano's face regained its calm expression.

At this moment, Yuta Yamada, who had just heard his voice, snapped out of his daze and shifted his gaze from Eriko Miyajima to him.

Seeing that his question had successfully attracted Yamada Yuta's attention, Asano Makoto immediately put on a look of realization and said with a smile, "Oh, I know, Yuta, you're here to see Eriko, right? She is indeed here with me. I just went to your house to ask, and she happened to be free, so I asked her to come over and help me clean up."

As he said this, Makoto Asano turned slightly to the side so that Yuta Yamada could see the whole room and know that Eriko Miyajima was alright and that he hadn't done anything.

However, Yuta Yamada naturally wouldn't look any further inside.

After all, Asano Makoto was talking to him at that moment, and it would be somewhat impolite to actually look at it.

When talking to others, especially to your superiors, you must never get distracted, or you'll regret it later. This is one of the workplace survival skills he learned from his senior colleagues.

However, looking at the innocent smile on Asano Makoto's face, he was basically certain that he had indeed misunderstood.

It seems Eriko and Asano really have nothing going on; I was just overthinking things and being too hasty...

Haha, that's right, how could Asano-kun possibly cheat on me?

Thinking of this, Yuta Yamada's mood immediately improved.

A smile returned to his face, and he nodded, saying, "Yes, I just got home and Eriko wasn't there. I was wondering if she was with you, so I came to check on her."

He paused for a moment before asking the question that had been bothering him: "But Asano-kun, didn't you and Eriko agree to meet on Tuesday and Sunday? Why did you come over today, Monday?"

During the few days when he wasn't working overtime, Eriko Miyajima would tell him about recent events while chatting over dinner every night, so he naturally knew about the cleaning day they had agreed upon.

Furthermore, because Eriko Miyajima doesn't have many friends and her social circle consists only of Makoto Asano, most of the things she talks about are related to Makoto Asano.

Previously, Yuta Yamada was happy about this, thinking that Eriko was gradually accepting Makoto Asano, and that as long as she could get along well with Makoto, it would definitely be much more convenient for him.

I never expected that Eriko would almost get involved.

Fortunately, it was discovered early enough that nothing irreversible happened. I just need to spend more time with Eriko these next few days to win her back.

Besides, maybe the whole thing about Eriko having feelings for Asano is just a fabrication, and I've misunderstood? Just like what happened just now...

Thinking of this, Yuta Yamada breathed a sigh of relief.

Even though he had already realized that he had misunderstood, he still subconsciously wanted to find out the answers to these questions, as if he were trying to confirm something.

Upon hearing this, Makoto Asano sighed helplessly and said, "There's no other way. After all, the house hasn't been cleaned in a long time, and it's so dirty that it's uninhabitable. That's why Eriko and I discussed that we wouldn't have a fixed time from now on, but would come and help whenever she has free time."

Upon hearing this, Yuta Yamada suddenly remembered that although it had been four weeks since he and Eriko moved in, it seemed that Eriko hadn't come back since the first time she helped Makoto Asano clean and even helped him out.

Actually, in terms of the number of times, today should be the third time that Eriko Miyajima has come to clean.

However, Yuta Yamada doesn't see it that way.

Because of Asano Makoto's previous attempts to deceive him, in his mind, every time it was Tuesday or Sunday, the day for cleaning, it was either because Asano Makoto was unavailable or because Eriko had a problem.

On two separate occasions, Eriko even fell ill while cleaning, requiring Makoto Asano to take care of her instead.

Yuta Yamada remembers Eriko's two illnesses very clearly, because the first time, he was scolded by Makoto Asano for not knowing that Eriko was sick, and he even took the day off the next day to accompany Eriko.

The other incident happened just two days ago. Because of the typhoon, he had just returned from working overtime at the company. He was in a hurry to rest and then rushed back to the company to work overtime that night. He even asked Makoto Asano to help take care of Eriko.

As for the other days when he didn't clean, it was basically because Makoto Asano had something to do, so he gave Eriko Miyajima a day off.

For example, yesterday, Sunday, Eriko Miyajima didn't clean, which surprised Yuta Yamada.

It wasn't until dinner that evening, while they were drinking and chatting, that he learned from Eriko Miyajima that the high school girl he had seen in the elevator had come to stay, and since it was inconvenient to clean, Eriko had been given another day off.

Thinking about these things, Yuta Yamada's expression immediately became somewhat awkward.

After all, the reason he was able to live next door at such a low price was because Makoto Asano wanted to find a housekeeper who could help with cleaning.

Who would have thought that not only could she not even keep up with the agreed-upon twice-weekly cleaning schedule, but it has been four weeks already and Eriko has only come twice now.

If it were an ordinary person, they would have already told them to get lost and find new tenants, or raised the rent.

But Makoto Asano said nothing. He neither blamed them nor raised the rent because of this incident. Instead, he took care of them in every aspect of their lives.

Asano-kun is such a good person; I actually had my doubts about him before...

Thinking of this, Yuta Yamada felt even more guilty.

Noticing the change in his expression, Asano Seiya immediately smiled and said, "Since you've come all this way, Yuta, let Eriko go home with you first. Anyway, I've almost finished cleaning up here, and I can manage by myself."

Immediately afterwards, he turned around and called out to Eriko Miyajima, as if to tell her to go home with Yuta Yamada.

However, just as Eriko Miyajima heard Makoto Asano's voice and subconsciously put down the broom and rag in her hand, preparing to walk over, Yuta Yamada immediately waved his hand and loudly stopped her, saying, "No need! Asano-kun, no need. You said it yourself, it's just a little bit left anyway, let Eriko finish cleaning for you."

As he spoke, he looked into the house from beside Asano Makoto, and then looked at Miyajima Eriko, who was standing there stunned by his words, and said, "Eriko, did you hear that? You have to help Asano-kun get things sorted out!"

Without waiting for Asano Makoto and Miyajima Eriko to say anything more, feeling ashamed and guilty, he immediately said goodbye, "Well, Asano-kun, Eriko can come back after she's finished cleaning. I'll be going now, so I won't disturb you while you're working."

After saying this, he turned around and went back to his own home, leaving Asano Makoto and Miyajima Eriko looking completely bewildered in the living room.

However, looking at his back, Asano Makoto couldn't help but smirk, and it took him a long time to suppress it again.

Author's note: I've been forced out of school by my parents to look for a job recently, so I only have a little free time to write each day, which has slowed down my update speed. I apologize to this humble author.

I've kept track of all the chapters I owed. I'll resume updates in a couple of days once things stabilize and make up for all the ones I missed.

Chapter 234: Excessive Indulgence

When he was unable to move, Makoto Asano had roughly guessed the whole story and knew what Lilith wanted to do.

She just wants a little revenge, that's fine, let her do what she wants, it won't cause any major problems anyway.

For Makoto Asano, whether it was Yuna Kanno or Lilith, these girls' revenge was just a minor matter, or rather, it could be seen as playful banter between lovers.

However, it was precisely this careless thinking that led to him being tricked.

He forgot that Lilith was not an ordinary girl. No matter how weak or ordinary she seemed, she was a different race from humans.

To think of their way of life with a human mindset is arrogant.

So he paid a small price.

For a moment, after losing sensation in his lower body, Makoto Asano did get angry.

I said that a long time ago.

After his rebirth, he had two Achilles' heel: money and his ox.

However, after looking at Lilith's panicked and frightened expression as she knelt before him, he calmed down again and softened a little.

Maybe things aren't so bad after all?

Perhaps the numbing effect hasn't worn off yet, so you can't feel it for the time being.

Or perhaps I was just taken advantage of too much today and can't recover from it in a while?

As he calmed down, Makoto Asano subconsciously thought of this.

Although these words sound like I'm just fooling myself.

But in reality, he wasn't really panicked.

He believed that his body would be fine, otherwise the system would have intervened to stop Lilith from making an irreversible mistake.

If Huang Mao loses his most important partner, can he still be Huang Mao?

He was confident that the "yellow-haired minotaur" system within him would definitely not stand idly by.

So he really wasn't in a hurry at all.

And because he was watching Lilith the whole time, he didn't miss a single detail on her face.

Upon looking up and seeing Makoto Asano's angry expression, Lilith's eyes quickly filled with panic and fear.

But before that, her eyes were indeed confused and lost.

Therefore, Makoto Asano immediately realized that her actions just now were probably not her intention.

Ultimately, given her timid nature, she wouldn't have had the guts to do it; there's a high probability that something went wrong along the way.

However, Makoto Asano didn't know exactly what had happened, so he had to wait for Lilith to speak first.

Actually, Makoto Asano originally wanted to tell her that he wasn't angry and encourage her to speak up.

However, he had just had most of his strength drained away, and his body had not yet recovered, so he was unable to move or speak.

Although he wasn't so angry anymore, Lilith was still quite frightened, perhaps after regaining her composure and realizing what she had just done.

Her mouth opened and closed as if she wanted to explain, but she couldn't utter a word for a long time.

However, gradually, as if realizing that delaying like this would only make Asano Makoto angrier, she finally mustered up the courage to speak, "M-Master, I really didn't mean to, I...I just..."

"Just now, I don't know what happened, it was like... like I lost control of my body, I just couldn't stop... Master, please believe me, I really didn't mean to do this..."

"Waaah... I'm sorry, Master, I'm so sorry..."

Lilith's words were fragmented and disjointed, and she couldn't get to the point after talking for a long time.

At this moment, what Makoto Asano wanted to hear most was not her apology and explanation; he wanted to know if his body would suffer from problems due to this overwork.

Unfortunately, he couldn't ask, and Lilith couldn't know what he was thinking.

Because she didn't know if he would accept her messy explanation, Lilith's voice gradually became tearful. She stopped explaining and just kept apologizing.

Therefore, Makoto Asano, who wasn't so worried before, suddenly started to panic.

After all, if there was no problem, why would Lilith apologize like this and cry like this, as if the mistake she made was irreversible?

To be honest, Makoto Asano even had a momentary lapse of judgment, wondering if he was already dead.

Because Lilith's current behavior no longer resembled an apology to a living person, but rather weeping over a corpse...

Thinking of this, Makoto Asano panicked even more.

I had to panic. Although he used to come many times a day, he never ran out of ammunition and always recovered quickly after each time, able to stand up again immediately.

This time, however, he was completely drained in one go, and even lost consciousness, his head hanging down with no sign of getting up again.

Who knows if this kind of thing will have any irreversible effects on the body?

However, he quickly calmed down again.

After all, even if one's body develops some strange problems because of what happened today, the system will have a way to cure them.

Although it may require some hard-earned "pure love points" to achieve this, it's worth it compared to your partner and future sexual happiness.

However, if possible, it's best to have no problems, so we need to clarify the issues as soon as possible.