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

This state continued until he finished eating.

He ate the last bite of rice from his bowl, put down his chopsticks, and suddenly said without warning, "Xi Xia, stay with me tonight."

"Eh?"

Konno Yuuka was completely stunned.

Clearly, Asano Makoto's words, borrowed from a certain Kirito who wished to remain anonymous and liked to use the Starburst Stream technique, had a considerable impact on her.

After figuring out what Makoto Asano had said, her face turned red, and she even temporarily forgot the pain her mother's phone call had caused her.

Looking at Asano Makoto's serious expression across from her, she blushed and stammered, "Eh?! You...you you you you! What weird things are you saying?! You perverted lecher!"

To this, Makoto Asano simply looked confused, as if he were completely naive, and replied, "I know, I hope you can stay at my house with me tonight, is there a problem?"

Upon hearing this, Konno Yuuka suddenly realized that she might have misunderstood something, and for a moment she was speechless.

Finally, after stammering for a while, she could only weakly say, "Don't use such strange words... Also, tomorrow won't work... I have to go to work..."

Makoto Asano immediately retorted, "So if you don't have to go to work, you can spend tonight with me, right?"

"I told you not to use such strange expressions!"

Konno Yuuka first scolded Asano Makoto, then nodded hesitantly, "Well, if I don't have to go to work, it's not impossible..."

She didn't say it, nor could she say it, and she wasn't even aware of it herself: if she didn't have to go to work, she wanted to stay here forever and be with Makoto Asano.

On the other side, Makoto Asano nodded knowingly and said calmly, "Then why don't you ask for leave tomorrow?"

Konno Yuuka thought for a moment, but finally refused: "How could I, you idiot? Besides, I already asked for leave last time, it's really not appropriate to ask for it again."

Although she really wanted to stay, as she said, it was really inappropriate for someone like her, who had no connections in the firm and had only gotten to her position through her own abilities, to keep taking leave.

What she didn't mention was that this week's project was really important; it was the "National Producer" variety show that she had mentioned before, launched to save the agency.

Although the planning doesn't start tomorrow, but rather a few more days later, it's still best to go for the preliminary preparations in order to ultimately achieve a good ranking.

Therefore, after weighing the pros and cons, she had no choice but to reject Makoto Asano's proposal.

However, after being rejected by her, Makoto Asano was not discouraged. After thinking for a moment, he suggested again, "Then... I'll post a request to your agency, specifically asking you to come to my house to shoot a product for me?"

As he spoke, as if confirming the feasibility of the method, Makoto Asano silently pondered for a while.

He then nodded and said, "Well, although your firm will most likely have to review my qualifications, if I spend more money, or simply pay a real clothing company to help me post the commission, this matter should be easy to resolve."

Konno Yuuka was completely stunned. She hadn't expected Asano Makoto to have such a wild imagination and come up with this method.

What she didn't expect was that Makoto Asano would go to such lengths to get her to stay.

She quickly realized why Makoto Asano had gone to such lengths.

It seems Asano-kun already noticed that I had a problem.

No, he might already know why I've become like this and what I just said on the phone.

As expected, nothing can be hidden from him...

Thinking of this, Konno Yuuka couldn't help but smile bitterly, and then she suddenly thought of her mother.

Her mother chose to trust that scumbag instead of her own daughter, and even yelled at her for the sake of that scumbag.

Makoto Asano showed her immense care, patiently supporting and encouraging her from behind the scenes, and even willing to pay such a high price for her.

In comparison, she no longer knows who she should be closest to.

In an instant, Konno Yuuka's eyes turned red.

Filled with gratitude, yet also a touch of grievance and inner turmoil, she shook her head and said to Asano Makoto, "Asano-kun, you don't need to go to such lengths for me, I'm fine..."

However, before she could finish speaking, Asano Makoto interrupted her: "What are you thinking? When did I say I did it for you? I just wanted you to spend the night with me... But if you really can't get away, then forget it."

While listening to the notification sounds in his mind that kept repeating "[Konno Yuuka's affection level +1]" and "[Stability value +1]", he gave Konno Yuuka a bewildered look and said in a serious tone.

Perhaps it was because his serious yet nonsensical manner was too amusing that Konno Yuuka couldn't help but laugh.

She wiped away a few tears from the corners of her eyes, her tears turning into a smile, and once again gave Asano Makoto that bright and dazzling smile, asking, "Do you really want me to stay?"

Unlike before, this time, there was no hidden chill in her smile.

Implicit within it is only beauty and love.

Looking at her smile, Makoto Asano was stunned.

After a long pause, he nodded somewhat stiffly and said, "Of course, if possible, I would like you to stay with me tonight... What? You don't want to?"

As he said those words, he silently apologized to Eriko a few times in his heart.

However, he believed Eriko would understand. After all, he couldn't just let Konno Yuuka, whose current stability value had only recovered to 50 points, leave and cause problems.

Konno Yuuka stared at his serious expression for several seconds, wondering what he was thinking.

After several seconds, she finally seemed to realize what was happening and chuckled a few times. Then, feigning helplessness, she shook her head and said, "Oh dear, Xiao Cheng is really like a little kid. Oh well, to keep you from feeling lonely, I'll reluctantly take a day off."

Makoto Asano was amused by her words and pretended to be disgusted, saying, "What? Why don't you just go to work?"

"Don't be shy, Xiao Cheng, I'll keep you company tonight."

As she spoke, Konno Yuuka took a big bite of fried chicken and then said with a smile, "Oh, right, could you go and reheat the food for your older sister? It won't taste good if it gets cold. Since you want your older sister to stay so much, you should be able to do this little thing, right?"

Looking at the expression on her face that resembled that of a female demon... no, a female monster, Asano Makoto's forehead veins bulged instantly, and he suddenly felt a little regretful.

He looked at Konno Yuuka and said seriously, "...No, to be honest, why don't you go to work?"

"That won't do. My sister has already decided to stay, and you were the one who asked her to stay... Are you going back on your word?"

Makoto Asano nodded seriously and said, "Yes, I've changed my mind. You'd better not stay."

Konno Yuuka's face was filled with a bright smile as she slowly but firmly said, "No."

Asano Makoto sighed deeply and could no longer speak.

Chapter 281 See You Next Time (3k)

In the end, Konno Yuuka stayed.

As soon as she finished eating, she called her agent to tell him that she had something to do the next day and couldn't go, so she needed to ask for leave.

Despite the agent's strong objections over the phone, she made up her mind and firmly declared that she would absolutely not go to the photo studio the next day.

Left with no other choice, the agent had to grant her request and then gave her a good lecture.

While she was on the phone asking for leave, Asano Seiya sent a few messages to Miyajima Eriko, informing her that Konno Yuuka would be staying another night.

Soon after, he received Eriko Miyajima's understanding as always.

Besides, he even received comfort from her in return—while he was still thinking about how to comfort Eriko, Eriko told him not to be sad and comforted him by saying that once all these things were over, she would have time to be with him.

Upon seeing these words, Makoto Asano was speechless.

He just felt once again that Eriko Miyajima was indeed a girl worth giving everything for.

However, since the plans for the next few days had already been finalized, he could only promise Eriko Miyajima that he would definitely spend more time with her next week.

Eriko Miyajima said she looks forward to that day.

After Makoto Asano informed Eriko Miyajima, Yuuka Konno had already asked his manager for leave, so he began to accompany her to watch movies and play games.

He behaved himself throughout the night, simply playing and relaxing with Konno Yuuka without doing anything out of line.

After all, what he did before was really too much and had already aroused Konno Yuuka's vigilance.

Moreover, Konno Yuuka's emotions have become very unstable because of that phone call from her mother.

Although her stability score had improved slightly by the time she finished dinner, it was still hovering around 65 points.

Therefore, Makoto Asano knew very well that he should not do anything similar to this again in the short term, and it was best not to make similar jokes again.

They played until almost midnight before going back to their respective rooms to sleep.

This time, nothing unexpected happened. Konno Yuuka, who was gradually becoming familiar with the layout of the apartment, did not go to the wrong room when she went to the bathroom in the middle of the night, which made Asano Makoto, who had stayed up a little later to wait, exclaim with regret.

After a peaceful night, the next day, Friday morning, arrived.

After getting up, the two of them still didn't go out. Instead, they continued what they had done the night before, laughing and joking while watching TV and playing games. They spent the whole morning doing nothing.

During this time, Makoto Asano still didn't do anything out of line. Instead, before lunch, Yuuka Konno asked him to give her a massage.

He couldn't possibly refuse such a good thing.

However, just like last time, he simply wore massage gloves and gave Konno Yuuka a serious massage.

Aside from indulging in a good eye look at that incredible figure and taking the opportunity to carefully touch those perfect long legs for a long time under the guise of a massage, he didn't do anything further.

The reason he had this opportunity was that Konno Yuuka didn't know Asano Makoto's sexual preferences, so touching his leg wasn't considered a sensitive contact in her eyes.

The massage lasted from 12:30 pm to 1 pm.

After massaging Konno Yuuka's legs, Asano Makoto finally began preparing the belated lunch.

This time, he specially made a lot of Konno Yuuka's favorite foods, packed them in an insulated box, and told her to take them to the photography studio to eat later.

Yes, Konno Yuuka is about to leave this place.

Although she wanted to stay here a little longer, she simply couldn't take any more leave.

Staying here for one more night is the limit of what she can do now.

When I granted her leave last night, her agent gave her a very stern warning and analyzed the pros and cons of the situation for her.

“Xi Xia, you know what this project means to our agency, so we can’t afford to make any mistakes.”

"Taking leave on the very first day of the project will definitely have a significant negative impact on your reputation with the agency, and it might even affect the allocation of resources to you."

"Fortunately, it's only in the preparation stage now, and you are, after all, a newcomer that the agency is preparing to promote, and you are so outstanding, so it's okay to be a little willful once or twice."

"But this is the only time. If there is a next time, although you won't lose your job directly, the firm may reduce the resources you can get, or even promote someone else."

Konno Yuuka was well aware of this, so she could only assure her manager that she would arrive early the next day.

There's no way around it; she hasn't earned enough money yet, and she's not planning to give up so soon.

For the sake of her future, she had no choice but to listen to her agent and obediently go back to work.

However, she knew very well that as long as she could get a top ranking in this talent show, she could gain popularity and resources to successfully transform her career and improve her status in the agency.

In other words, at that time she had the right to "act like a diva".