novelraw Section 124
Section 124
It's better to be careful these days.
And this item, it's best not to use it if possible...
Looking at his smashed car, Makoto Asano couldn't help but think with lingering fear.
Then, after briefly mourning in his heart, he turned around and left.
Although he bought insurance and could get compensation and repair fees, Eriko was still waiting in the hotel. If an accident happened now, he would have to wait for the insurance company to come, and the damage assessment would probably waste a lot of time.
So after thinking about it simply, Makoto Asano decided to leave the car here for now and come back to deal with it when he had time.
He spent about five more minutes returning to the hotel. Opening the door and seeing Miyajima Eriko still sitting safely on the bed watching TV, Makoto Asano finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Although Lilith was reliable, he was still a little worried.
Hearing the sound of the door opening, Miyajima Eriko turned her head towards the door.
Seeing that the person who opened the door was Makoto Asano, a sweet smile immediately appeared on her face: "Asano-kun, you're back."
"Yeah, I'm back."
Makoto Asano nodded, walked into the room and sat on the bed, then told Miyajima Eriko what had happened.
"...That's pretty much it. It looks like we'll have to take a taxi home later."
Miyajima Eriko had been listening attentively.
After hearing Makoto Asano say that the car was smashed and couldn't be driven, besides being surprised, a hint of joy flashed across her face unconsciously.
And when she heard Makoto Asano say they would take a taxi home, the joy on her face immediately disappeared.
However, she quickly adjusted her emotions and prepared to say a few words of comfort to Makoto Asano, who had lost his beloved car.
On the other side, because the time she existed was too short, Makoto Asano didn't notice Miyajima Eriko's thoughts.
And after hearing the other party's comfort, he just smiled lightly, indicating that it wasn't a big problem. He had bought insurance, and it could be repaired later.
He really didn't care much about it.
If he was asked if he was sad that the car was broken, the answer would definitely be yes.
But if he was asked if he would be willing to do it again, then his answer would also be yes.
Just paying the price of a car to win over a good girl like Miyajima Eriko, only a fool wouldn't want to.
In this way, the two of them simply packed up, then changed into the clothes that had been drying all morning and were almost dry, and took a taxi home.
Makoto Asano originally just wanted to send Eriko to her doorstep, and after seeing Yamada Yuta, say a few words to cover up yesterday's events and fool him, then go home.
But what surprised him was that Yamada Yuta hadn't returned yet.
Today was Saturday, and the typhoon ended at two or three in the morning, and it cleared up early in the morning.
And it was almost one in the afternoon now, so naturally there was no situation where he couldn't come back due to the weather.
Could he still be working overtime? He's too hardworking.
Thinking of this, Makoto Asano directly followed Miyajima Eriko into the apartment with peace of mind, sent her back to the bedroom, and helped her lie down on the bed.
And then...
Then there was no then.
Makoto Asano didn't do anything strange.
After all, Eriko had only experienced that kind of thing for the first time last night, and then had a second battle this morning.
So her body hadn't recovered yet and was still in a very weak state.
And now she was at her home, not in a hotel, and Yamada Yuta could come back at any time. Makoto Asano naturally couldn't do anything stupid.
However, after sending Miyajima Eriko back to bed, he didn't leave as he had planned before, but started to get busy.
Actually, he didn't do anything big, just taking care of Miyajima Eriko, pouring her water, caring about her, and chatting with her from time to time.
Anyway, Yamada Yuta hadn't returned home yet, so why not stay.
And after Miyajima Eriko realized that Makoto Asano didn't plan to leave, she didn't say anything, but instead became visibly happier.
Although they had agreed in the hotel that after returning home, they would forget about this matter and go back to being ordinary friends, and she had even proposed it herself.
But obviously, she hadn't changed her mindset yet, and still maintained an incredibly close relationship with Makoto Asano.
In this way, a single man and a single woman were alone in a room, and they were a single man and a single woman who had just had close contact not long ago, so as they chatted, the atmosphere in the room began to become a little strange.
And in this incredibly ambiguous environment, Makoto Asano gradually immersed himself in it. He seized the opportunity and leaned over, preparing to simply kiss Miyajima Eriko.
Noticing his movements, Miyajima Eriko's cheeks flushed red.
However, she didn't reject Makoto Asano's intimacy. Instead, after hesitating slightly, she directly closed her eyes and quietly waited for his arrival.
Just then, the sound of a key being inserted into the lock and slowly turning suddenly rang out.
Hearing this sound, Miyajima Eriko, with an unknown burst of strength and lightning-fast reaction, immediately stretched out her hands and pushed Makoto Asano away.
Makoto Asano's reaction was also very fast, only slightly slower than Eriko.
After being pushed away, he immediately straightened his clothes and then turned around and walked towards the door.
When he walked out of the room, he already had a calm expression on his face, as if he had just done nothing.
And behind him, Miyajima Eriko had fallen back onto the bed.
She subconsciously turned her back to the door and covered her entire body with the quilt.
Chapter 170: Help Me Take Care (3k, Bonus 16)
At 1:30 PM, Yamada Yuta finally returned home, exhausted.
However, looking at the front door, he didn't directly take out his key to open the door, but instead sighed deeply.
And this deep sigh was not the first time he had let out today.
Or rather, his sighs hadn't stopped since he left the boss's office last night.
At around 6:30 PM last night, just after he was forced to stay at the company to work overtime for about an hour due to the typhoon, and his colleague left the office with a look of listlessness, the boss suddenly called him to the office.
Although he felt a little confused, he couldn't disobey the boss's orders.
So he quickly nodded in response to the colleague who came to inform him, and then walked into the boss's office.
As soon as he entered, he saw the boss sitting in the chair with a flushed face and slightly disheveled clothes.
The next second, he suddenly smelled an extremely pungent smell permeating the entire office.
Although he was a little slow in this regard, he wasn't stupid.
He had smelled this smell when he rewarded himself, and there had long been rumors in the company that the boss liked young handsome men.
So he immediately realized what the boss had just done in the office, and also understood why his colleague had looked so listless when he left.
To be honest, Yamada Yuta actually admired his boss quite a bit.
Although the company was inherited from her deceased husband, and she was only a middle-aged woman in her forties, she developed the company very well.
From this point of view, she was a veritable strong woman.
But if he had to say, this strong woman boss wasn't without problems.
The biggest problem was that her reputation in the company wasn't very good.
According to the old employees, she had strong desires and had harassed employees more than once or twice.
In addition, she also played very hard, often looking for some newly hired young subordinates to go to her office, and then...
However, as a subordinate, Yamada Yuta naturally wouldn't inquire about the boss's private affairs, and he didn't want to inquire.
And he wasn't worried about getting involved.
Because he was very self-aware and knew that his ordinary appearance was unlikely to be liked.
Moreover, from the time he joined the company until now, he had never been harassed by the boss, and even the number of times he had spoken to her face-to-face could be counted on one hand.
And that handsome colleague who joined the company with him had already been called to her office countless times.
So seeing the scene in front of him, he just froze slightly, and then began to seriously ask the boss why she had called him over.
However, after the question was asked and he received the boss's reply, he couldn't hold back anymore.
"Yamada-kun, as you know, the company's performance hasn't been very good recently, so in order for the company to continue to survive, I plan to optimize a group of people and send a group of high-end talents to society."
Perhaps because she was experienced, even though she had just had a tryst, this strong woman boss was still in a relaxed posture.
A smile hung on her face, which already had fine wrinkles, and she announced in a faint tone: "And Yamada-kun, you are currently ranked very low on my list of candidates."
"Miss Tomiyama, I--"
Hearing this, Yamada Yuta opened his mouth anxiously, wanting to defend himself.
His boss's full name was Tomiyama Natsumi, and she was the company's CEO.
So in theory, Yamada Yuta should call her President Tomiyama.
However, this President Tomiyama was special. Perhaps wanting to appear younger, she asked her subordinates to call her "Miss."
Although he had a lot to say in his heart, Yamada Yuta had been struggling in this society for quite some time, and he had gradually established his own workplace survival values.
So he naturally wouldn't actively court disaster, but obediently called her Miss Tomiyama.
"Yamada-kun, you don't want to lose this job, do you?"
However, perhaps not planning to listen to his explanation, Miss Tomiyama directly interrupted him: "You know, it's very difficult to find a job now, and it's even more so for jobs with conditions as good as our company."
"So if you don't want to lose your job, you may have to work harder recently. Otherwise, I can only reluctantly fire you--actually, I'm quite reluctant to part with Yamada-kun, because you are so steadfast and hardworking, and your overtime hours are the longest in the company."
Speaking of this, Miss Tomiyama suddenly paused, and then said to him in a somewhat meaningful tone: "It's just a pity that your brain isn't very useful, and you don't have much tact. You don't know how to get along with your colleagues, and you don't know how to get on well with your superiors."
Although he had been in society for quite some time, Yamada Yuta's experience was still too shallow.
He naively thought that his ranking in the boss's heart was low because he hadn't gotten along well with his colleagues and hadn't pleased the boss.
So he hurriedly stood up and bowed ninety degrees, promising: "Miss Tomiyama, I will find a way to get along well with my colleagues and get on well with them! Please give me another chance!"