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

After hearing Yuta Yamada's explanation, Makoto Asano was completely speechless.

Putting aside Yamada Yuta's absurd idea, he genuinely didn't understand why Yamada Yuta trusted him so much, thinking he was a great person who didn't even have any feelings for his girlfriend.

Makoto Asano couldn't help but wonder if even he himself trusted him as much as the other man did.

But regardless, now that he's come looking for us, we have to find a way to resolve this.

So Makoto Asano started to think about what he should do now, whether to agree or refuse the other party's request.

Before he could even think it through, Yamada Yuta shoved two movie tickets into his hands and said something.

"If Asano-kun doesn't want to go with Eriko, that's fine too. Just pretend I didn't mention that... I'll give you the movie tickets as well. Invite your friends to go see it. They're quite expensive, and you can't get a refund. It would be a shame to waste them."

Perhaps because he was in a hurry to get to work, Yuta Yamada turned and left immediately after handing the ticket to Makoto Asano, without giving him a chance to refuse.

Looking at the movie ticket in his hand, Makoto Asano hesitated for a moment, but ultimately decided to refuse Yuta Yamada's request.

In any case, this request was far too outrageous, so outrageous that even Makoto Asano himself couldn't have imagined it.

Moreover, even if he agrees, Eriko Miyajima definitely won't.

After all, strictly speaking, his relationship with the other party has not yet been repaired.

So after thinking it over, Makoto Asano decided to return the movie tickets to Eriko Miyajima and see if he could take this opportunity to mend his relationship with Eriko.

The strategy of feigning indifference to lure the prey is ultimately aimed at "capturing" the prey.

He has been "indulging" this for almost a week now, and he's even deliberately avoiding any chance encounters with Eriko Miyajima in the mornings.

So he can't keep indulging her like this forever. If he really makes her give up and their relationship breaks down to the point of no return, that wouldn't be fun at all.

In addition, he was also very curious about how Eriko Miyajima would react after seeing him, given that she had experienced her dream on Tuesday night.

Thinking of this, Makoto Asano didn't go back to his room for a nap, but instead went next door and rang the doorbell.

Chapter 57 The Proactive Her

Eriko Miyajima slowly got out of bed after hearing the door close.

She turned to look at the alarm clock on the bedside table, its hands pointing to 7:30 in the morning.

Normally at this time, she would have already gotten up to make breakfast for Yamada Yuta and then seen him off to work.

However, she pretended to be asleep until today, and only got up when Yamada Yuta left the house.

All of this is because of the argument I had with Yuta Yamada last night.

Last night, after Yuta Yamada got home from get off work, he awkwardly told Eriko Miyajima that he had to work overtime this Saturday and couldn't go on their date.

Eriko Miyajima is a good girlfriend after all; she understands very well that Yuta Yamada, as a new office worker, prioritizes his work.

So although she was a little disappointed, she was very understanding and told Yuta Yamada that it was okay and they could go again next time.

However, to her surprise, Yamada Yuta suddenly said, "How about Asano-kun goes with you tomorrow? After all, movie tickets are quite expensive, and it would be a shame to waste them."

Eriko Miyajima paused for a moment upon hearing those words.

She suddenly remembered the dream she had on Tuesday night, the dream in which she kissed Makoto Asano in front of Yuta Yamada's coffin.

She didn't know why she had that dream, nor did she know why she kissed Makoto Asano in the dream.

But she knew she had made a mistake.

Perhaps it was because she had developed feelings for Makoto Asano, or perhaps it was because she realized she couldn't live without him after he distanced himself from her during the day. Whatever the reason, Eriko Miyajima was not going to defend herself.

Because she knew that she had indeed done something wrong to her boyfriend in her dream.

Therefore, she resolved not to make the same mistake in real life.

So when she heard Yuta Yamada's suggestion, she refused it without hesitation.

Perhaps because of her overreaction, Yamada Yuta suddenly became suspicious of her and asked her if something unpleasant had happened between her and Asano Makoto.

Having experienced that incredibly tragic dream before, Eriko Miyajima naturally couldn't tell Yuta Yamada the truth. So she simply said that she wasn't familiar with Makoto Asano and didn't want to go out with him.

But Eriko Miyajima's words only fueled Yuta Yamada's suspicions, making him wonder if Eriko had misunderstood Makoto Asano or harbored some prejudice against him.

The two then started arguing.

Yuta Yamada couldn't understand why Eriko Miyajima had such a strong prejudice against the "good guy" Makoto Asano.

Eriko Miyajima also couldn't understand Yuta Yamada's thought process, and couldn't understand why he insisted on pushing his girlfriend towards Makoto Asano.

The two, unable to reach a resolution to their argument, parted on bad terms and didn't speak to each other for the rest of the night.

Even this morning, Eriko Miyajima deliberately didn't get up to make breakfast for Yuta Yamada, which was quite unusual for her.

After getting up, Eriko Miyajima went straight to the living room.

The two slippers lying haphazardly in the entryway indicated that Yuta Yamada had already left.

Eriko Miyajima silently walked to the entrance, put away her slippers, and then sighed inwardly.

Just as she turned around to go back to her bedroom, the doorbell suddenly rang.

Yuta? Why are you back all of a sudden? Did you forget your keys?

Because Yuta Yamada had only recently left home, Eriko Miyajima instinctively assumed that the person ringing the doorbell was Yuta Yamada.

She didn't think much of it, and after hesitating for a moment, she opened the door directly.

Even though we had just argued last night and even stayed up all night sulking and not speaking to each other.

But since the two were boyfriend and girlfriend, Eriko Miyajima naturally wouldn't intentionally refuse to open the door for Yuta Yamada.

Moreover, after a night, her anger had mostly subsided, as she was usually mild-mannered.

However, to Eriko Miyajima's surprise, when she opened the door, the person standing there was not Yuta Yamada as she had imagined, but Makoto Asano, the landlord who lived next door.

Huh? Asano...kun? Why are you looking for me at this time?

Upon seeing Makoto Asano, Eriko Miyajima instinctively paused for a moment.

However, she quickly realized what was going on and asked the question that had been on her mind: "Asano-kun, is there something you need so early?"

Her tone was no longer as wary and distant as before towards Makoto Asano.

Clearly, the way Makoto Asano took care of her without overstepping boundaries in her dream that day, and his playful dalliances during this period, greatly changed her perception of him.

She has resolved the issues stemming from her previous argument with Makoto Asano and no longer wants to keep her distance from him as she did before.

Eriko Miyajima has now completely figured it out: Makoto Asano has absolutely no feelings for her; he simply wants to be her friend.

Come to think of it, it seems like it was four days ago when I last met Asano-kun...

Thinking of this, Eriko Miyajima couldn't help but feel a little secretly pleased that Makoto Asano had taken the initiative to come and find her today.

However, she herself was unaware of this.

Just as Eriko Miyajima was filled with mixed emotions, Seiya Asano began to explain why he had come.

"Yuta-kun just came over to me and gave me two movie tickets, saying that I should go to the movies with you today."

His tone was very calm and not distant, but he was very different from his initial friendly demeanor.

For some reason, seeing Makoto Asano's businesslike attitude, Eriko Miyajima felt inexplicably uncomfortable.

However, what concerned her more at this moment was what Makoto Asano said.

"You said Yuta came to see you just now? And he even asked you to come to the movies with me?"

"Yes."

Upon receiving Makoto Asano's affirmative reply, Eriko Miyajima's breath caught in her throat, and she couldn't help but feel a sense of disappointment.

She disliked Yamada Yuta for disrespecting her ideas and making decisions for her without her consent.

Therefore, after learning about what Yuta Yamada had done, the anger that had almost subsided in her heart surged up again.

However, since Asano Makoto was still in front of her, she didn't show it. She just couldn't help but give a bitter smile and asked somewhat resignedly, "So, Asano-kun, what was your answer?"

"Of course I refused."

Makoto Asano said in a somewhat exaggerated tone, "I don't know what Yuta-kun was thinking, making such an unreasonable request. No matter how I think about it, I could never agree to it."

Towards the end, his tone even carried a hint of anger and helplessness: "And he certainly didn't ask for your opinion, otherwise he definitely wouldn't have come to me, after all, between us..."

Hearing Asano Makoto's words, which were abruptly interrupted halfway through, and his protective tone towards her, Miyajima Eriko was slightly taken aback.

I never expected that the person who respected my opinion the most wasn't Yuta, but rather Asano-kun, whom I myself wanted to distance myself from...

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly to herself, and at the same time felt a little guilty for misunderstanding Asano Makoto before.

Immediately afterwards, perhaps because of this sense of guilt, or perhaps because she was still sulking about Yamada Yuta's presumptuous decision, she didn't know.

She suddenly spoke up: "Asano-kun, would you like to go to the movies with me?"

Chapter 58 Little Wife

Upon hearing Eriko Miyajima's question, Makoto Asano instinctively uttered an "Ah?" and couldn't even maintain the calm tone he had been trying to keep.

He truly didn't expect Eriko Miyajima to say something like that.

After all, their relationship on the surface isn't even that of friends.

However, Makoto Asano quickly recovered and replied with a troubled expression, "Is it a bit... to ask Eriko to go to the movies with me? Besides, something like that happened between us."

He didn't finish his sentence, but Eriko Miyajima, as one of the parties involved, easily understood what he was trying to say.

Because of what happened before, coupled with Makoto Asano's deliberate distancing during this period, the two have not had any effective communication and their relationship has not been repaired at all.

If it were before, Eriko Miyajima might have been happy to continue maintaining this neither-too-distant-nor-too-close relationship.

But after experiencing Makoto Asano's estrangement on Tuesday and realizing that she didn't want to lose him as a friend, Eriko Miyajima suddenly had a change of heart.

Perhaps, I don't need to be so distant from Asano-kun.

As long as you stay true to yourself and don't make the same mistakes as in your dream, isn't that enough?