Madam, believe me, how can I be a minotaur?

Section 166

Before, Yamada Yuta was happy about this, feeling that Eriko was gradually accepting Asano Makoto. He thought that as long as she could get along well with Asano Makoto, things would be much easier for him.

He didn't expect that he almost dragged Eriko into it.

But fortunately, he discovered it early enough, before anything irreparable happened. He just needs to spend more time with Eriko these few days to win her heart back.

Besides, maybe Eriko's feelings for Asano-kun are just nonexistent, and he misunderstood? Just like just now...

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

But even though he was sure that he had misunderstood, he still subconsciously wanted to figure out the answers to these questions, as if he was confirming something.

Hearing this, Asano Makoto sighed helplessly and said, "I can't help it, after all, the house hasn't been cleaned for a long time, and it's too dirty to live in, so I discussed with Eriko that instead of having fixed times, she'll come over to help whenever she has free time."

Hearing this, Yamada Yuta immediately remembered that although it had been four weeks since he and Eriko moved in, it seemed that after Eriko helped Asano Makoto clean for the first time and rescued him, she had never come again.

Actually, counting the number of times, today should be Miyajima Eriko's third time coming to clean.

But in Yamada Yuta's mind, it wasn't like this.

Because of Asano Makoto's previous deceptions, in his mind, every time it was Tuesday or Sunday, either Asano Makoto was unavailable, or Eriko had a problem.

There were even two times when Eriko got sick on the cleaning days, and Asano Makoto had to take care of her instead.

Yamada Yuta remembered these two times Eriko was sick very clearly, because the first time, he didn't know Eriko was sick and was scolded by Asano Makoto. He even took a day off the next day to accompany Eriko.

And the other time was what happened a few days ago. At that time, because of the typhoon, he had just come back from working overtime at the company. Because he was in a hurry to rest and then go to the company to work overtime at night, he asked Asano Makoto to help take care of Eriko.

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

For example, last Sunday, Miyajima Eriko didn't go to clean, and Yamada Yuta felt surprised.

When they had dinner and chatted while drinking in the evening, he learned from Miyajima Eriko that the high school girl he had seen in the elevator last time came to stay, which was inconvenient for cleaning, so she gave Eriko another day off.

Thinking of these things, Yamada Yuta's expression suddenly became a little awkward.

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

Who would have thought that not only could they not complete the originally agreed-upon cleaning twice a week, but even after four weeks, Eriko had only come twice.

If it were anyone else, they would have definitely told them to get out and find new tenants, or raise the rent.

But Asano Makoto didn't say anything, neither blaming them nor raising the rent because of this, but instead taking care of them in every aspect of their lives.

Asano-kun is such a good person, and I even suspected him before...

Thinking of this, Yamada Yuta's heart suddenly became more guilty.

Noticing the change in his expression, Asano Makoto immediately smiled and said, "Since Yuta, you've come over, then let Eriko go home with you first. Anyway, I've cleaned almost everything here, and I can handle it alone."

Then, he turned his head and called out to Miyajima Eriko, as if he wanted her to go home with Yamada Yuta.

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

Saying that, he looked into the house from beside Asano Makoto, and said to Miyajima Eriko, who was stunned in place because of his words, "Eriko, did you hear that? You must help Asano-kun clean up!"

Afterwards, without waiting for Asano Makoto and Miyajima Eriko to say anything else, he immediately said goodbye because he felt so guilty that he was ashamed. "Well, Asano-kun, just send Eriko back after she helps you clean up. I'll go first, I won't disturb you guys working."

After saying these words, he turned around and went back to his own home, leaving only Asano Makoto and Miyajima Eriko, who were both dumbfounded, in the living room.

But looking at his back, the corners of Asano Makoto's mouth couldn't help but curl up. It took him a long time to suppress it again.

Chapter 225: Should We Have a Drink?

After Yamada Yuta went home, Asano Makoto didn't delay for too long.

It's better to be safe than sorry, he knows this very well.

So, he let Miyajima Eriko sit down and rest for a while, poured her a glass of hot water, chatted with her, and waited until her strength recovered and her complexion didn't look so strange before sending her back directly.

Although she seemed a little reluctant, Miyajima Eriko also knew what to do at this time. In addition, she was a little scared by Yamada Yuta, who had come to her door, so she obediently went home in the end.

But before leaving, Asano Makoto thought carefully and still gave her a good warning.

There was no way, although Asano Makoto believed that under his guidance, she shouldn't take the initiative to say those things now.

But since Yamada Yuta had already shown suspicion, he would inevitably ask her some questions. If he didn't warn her, Asano Makoto was worried that she might slip up.

So, Asano Makoto quickly thought about several questions that Yamada Yuta was likely to ask, and then told Miyajima Eriko the questions and how to answer them.

After doing all this and sending the reluctant Miyajima Eriko home, Asano Makoto lay directly on the sofa in the living room again, and his consciousness was also immersed in the monitoring screen in his mind, so that even if something went wrong, it would be convenient for him to go next door directly.

And this situation couldn't help but remind him of himself in his previous life: When he hadn't graduated from university and went to work a summer job in his previous life, he worked as a monitoring security guard for a summer.

At that time, he was still relatively simple and worked very seriously. He often watched the motionless screen for a whole day and rarely slacked off.

Adhering to the work principle of "When reporting work, details and various situations need to be reported carefully and in a timely manner, and should not be concealed or delayed, let alone glossed over," when the boss or other security guards asked about the situation, he would report the situation and the suspicious people he found seriously, instead of pretending not to see them like some colleagues and perfunctorily saying "There's no problem today."

Because he watched the monitoring for a long time, in the end, he even had shadows of the monitoring screen in his eyes when he went home to sleep at night.

However, although he has become a lot more cunning now and often slacks off at work, this is, after all, a major event related to him, so he inevitably became nervous and serious, watching the monitoring screen without distraction.

When Miyajima Eriko went home, Yamada Yuta was sitting on the sofa, wondering what to think.

Seeing his girlfriend come back, he just asked faintly, "You're back?"

And Miyajima Eriko looked very calm and nodded, "Yes, I'm back."

Seeing her performance, Asano Makoto couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, before really seeing Eriko's performance, he was still a little worried, but now seeing Eriko's calm appearance, there shouldn't be any major problems.

After a simple greeting, Miyajima Eriko didn't say much, took the vegetables from the refrigerator, and went into the kitchen.

And what made her, and Asano Makoto, didn't expect was that after she entered the kitchen, Yamada Yuta also followed in.

Miyajima Eriko couldn't figure out what he was going to do for a while, and subconsciously asked, "What's wrong, Yuta? Is there anything wrong?"

"Um... nothing, I just want to see if there's anything I can help with."

Yamada Yuta scratched his head and said a little embarrassedly.

Hearing this, Miyajima Eriko was obviously stunned and felt a little confused. She even asked in a slightly suspicious tone, "Help? You, help me? Yuta, are you okay today?"

She didn't know what Yamada Yuta was doing today, suddenly saying that he wanted to go into the kitchen to help, and a strange expression appeared on her face.

You know, in the many years of being together, not to mention helping with cooking, he had never even offered to help carry a bag when going out.

Although in Japan, because most of the men go out to earn money, the social position of men is much higher than that of women, and carrying bags is originally a woman's own business, so it doesn't matter if men don't help.

But how should I put it, as a boyfriend, it's really not right to not do even this little thing.

However, at that time, Miyajima Eriko also knew what kind of person Yamada Yuta was, knowing that he was a blockhead and never expected him to suddenly realize these small details, and didn't care much about these things.

It was only after meeting Asano Makoto that she gradually realized that it was so comforting to be thought of in these small details.

On the other side, seeing Miyajima Eriko's reaction, Yamada Yuta suddenly felt a little embarrassed.

He actually knew why Miyajima Eriko had this reaction, after all, he had done a pretty bad job in this regard over the years.

But it was precisely to make up for this that he decided to help at this moment, so naturally he wouldn't give up halfway.

So after thinking about it for a while, he still said in a somewhat concerned tone, "I'm fine, I just think you're very tired from going next door to help Asano-kun clean and then coming back to cook, so I want to see if there's anything I can help with."

Hearing this, Miyajima Eriko was even more puzzled.

She had been cooking for so long, and she had never seen Yamada Yuta come over to help because he felt she was tired.

However, hearing that Yamada Yuta wanted to come and help, she naturally couldn't say anything, but smiled and refused, "No need, Yuta, I'm fine, and you work very hard outside every day, and you've been working overtime for a long time these days, so go to the sofa and rest and wait for dinner, I can do it alone, it'll be ready soon."

"Um... I'm not tired either."

"Really, no need! Go and rest."

Yamada Yuta originally wanted to fight for it, but Miyajima Eriko didn't mean to let go at all, and directly drove Yamada Yuta out of the kitchen.

After being driven out, Yamada Yuta couldn't help but sigh, and suddenly felt that the road to winning back Eriko's heart was still a long way to go.

In fact, he also realized his mistakes.

But there's no way, the things that have been done can't just disappear like that. Because he didn't care about Eriko too much before, now even if he offers to help, Eriko's first reaction is no longer happiness, but feeling unable to understand.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but sigh again, standing at the entrance of the kitchen counter and silently watching Miyajima Eriko, who had already started to get busy, for a while, and finally went back to the sofa to lie down.

After all, he didn't have Asano Makoto's thick skin and dared to forcefully go in to help regardless of Miyajima Eriko's refusal.

But after sitting on the sofa, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

To be honest, he was really a little worried that Eriko would ask him to stay and help.

But this doesn't mean that he doesn't want to help, mainly because he has never cooked in his life. Even if he goes into the kitchen, he doesn't know what to do, and he might even hold Miyajima Eriko back.

So he is actually not very willing to help with cooking.

Next time, next time if Eriko has something she needs help with, and I can help, I will definitely do it!

Thinking of this, Yamada Yuta stopped dwelling on this matter and began to rest on the sofa with peace of mind - his body had indeed accumulated a lot of fatigue from working overtime these days, and he needed to seize any free time to rest.

Seeing this scene in the kitchen, Asano Makoto couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and the heart that had been hanging all the time finally relaxed a little.

Although Eriko couldn't understand why Yamada Yuta did this, as a man, he could naturally understand it, not to mention that he had also helped in the kitchen before in order to brush Eriko's favorability.

And after observing for a while, coupled with the play he had put on for Yamada Yuta at his door before, Asano Makoto gradually realized that Yamada Yuta probably hadn't discovered many things.

At least in his eyes, nothing must have happened between himself and Miyajima Eriko.

As for what he is thinking in his heart... Asano Makoto is not a god, and he can't read minds, so naturally he can't know so clearly.

But Yamada Yuta's recent performance may just be because, in his opinion, the relationship between himself and Eriko is very good, so he has a slight sense of crisis and wants to regain some presence in Eriko's side.

To be honest, if he had done this earlier, like before that typhoon.

Then maybe he could have really made Eriko change her mind and become more concerned about him, and the relationship between the two would have become stronger because of this, and it wouldn't have been so easy for Asano Makoto to dig a hole.

Too bad, Yuta, you realized it too late. Eriko is already mine.

But don't worry, I will definitely give you a proper farewell ceremony, and the compensation will be generous.

After all, you really are a good person...

Thinking this, Makoto Asano exited the surveillance feed and transferred the display to his laptop. He then took out his phone and ordered some takeout.

He couldn't help it. He hadn't eaten anything since falling asleep with Eriko at noon, and he was starving. He figured Eriko must be starving too.