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Section 178
Although it was only 8:30 AM, he didn't follow his original plan to hang out with Lilith, nor did he play on his phone or play games. Instead, he took a shower and prepared to go to sleep.
For the first time in a while, he planned to go to bed early.
That afternoon, after consulting with the law firm, he bought an item called "Daydream" from the system store.
The effect of the item was very straightforward: for every hour of sleep, his account would increase by 500,000 yen.
Chapter 240: Although You Didn't Ask, I Have to Tell You
This item called "Daydream," which allowed people to earn a lot of money every day, only cost 5,000 points of Pure Love Value.
For the system, human currency was not important at all, as could be seen from the large amounts of money given as rewards for each task.
Before obtaining the system, Asano Makoto had never imagined that he would have the opportunity to earn 100 million yen at once.
To put it this way, the money he earned through doing tasks was already more than the compensation he received.
So, in fact, he originally didn't want to buy this item.
He wasn't a greedy person. He already had enough money. Even if he were to support Miyajima Erico, Kamino Yuna, Konno Yuuka, and Kamino Risa for the rest of their lives, he still wouldn't be able to spend all that money.
However, after consulting with a lawyer and learning that what he was going to do next would be expensive, and that his current savings weren't enough, he ultimately spent some precious Pure Love Value to exchange for this "worthless" item that could only be used to make money after thinking it over and over.
With this item, he began to live a life where he could truly "earn money by lying at home and sleeping."
Then he suddenly realized that he seemed to be starting to like going to bed early.
At 9:00 PM, he took a shower and went to bed on time, which was much earlier than his usual bedtime.
He just forgot one thing, which was that no matter when he went to sleep, the total amount of time he slept would still be the same.
So, the next morning at 7:00 AM, he woke up feeling a little depressed.
However, after opening his phone and seeing the text message notifying him that his account had increased by 5 million yen, he suddenly wasn't so depressed anymore.
Because he woke up a little early and didn't know what to do, he planned to stay in bed for a while, play on his phone, and watch some videos.
Then he was surprised to find that Konno Yuuka had sent him several messages and some photos about half an hour ago.
The content was roughly that she got up early to catch the Shinkansen, would transfer in an hour and a half, and then take another half an hour to reach her destination.
Although she didn't tell Asano Makoto her specific itinerary, after seeing these messages, Asano Makoto's premonition became stronger and stronger.
Because through the previous conversations, he knew that Konno Yuuka's business trip was to Sendai, and the first Shinkansen from Sendai to Tokyo was at 6:30 AM, with a journey of about an hour and a half.
And if she transferred at Tokyo Station and took the Yamanote Line to Shin-Okubo Station, which was the closest to his house, it would also take exactly half an hour.
After seeing the message, Asano Makoto didn't reply immediately, but first checked the bus schedule from Sendai Station to Shin-Okubo Station.
After confirming that he hadn't misremembered, he realized that Konno Yuuka had really snuck over.
Although he already knew the truth, he didn't show anything. Instead, he replied very properly: "Good morning, Miss Konno."
"Having to catch the train so early and travel for so long, you must be tired."
In less than three seconds, Konno Yuuka's reply came: "Good morning, Asano-kun."
"Huh? Asano-kun, you're up so early today?"
She was surprised that Asano Makoto had replied to her message so early today.
After all, she originally thought that maybe Asano Makoto wouldn't even be awake when she arrived, and she would need to call him.
However, Asano Makoto didn't know what she was thinking at the moment, and simply replied as usual: "Yeah, I went to bed early last night, and then I woke up."
"Mm-hmm, going to bed early and waking up early is a good habit."
Konno Yuuka said this and didn't intend to dwell on the matter any further, but directly changed the subject: "By the way, Asano-kun, that thing we talked about last night…"
Because there was nothing else to do, and knowing that she was probably a little bored on the train alone, Asano Makoto followed her words and started chatting with her again.
In this way, the two of them chatted until 8:40 AM, when Konno Yuuka took the initiative to end the conversation with a sentence: "I won't chat anymore, Asano-kun, the train has arrived at the station" and "You can guess where I went this time."
Although the chat had ended, Asano Makoto didn't do anything else. Instead, he focused his consciousness on the surveillance camera he had installed in the lobby on the first floor of the apartment yesterday.
Then, in less than five minutes, he saw a tall, beautiful, and familiar figure in the picture.
Although she was wearing a mask and a baseball cap, he still recognized who it was at a glance by her beautiful gray long hair.
Looking at Konno Yuuka, who appeared downstairs in his apartment as expected, Asano Makoto couldn't help but laugh.
Then he withdrew his consciousness from the surveillance footage, picked up his phone again, and replied: "There's no way I could guess that… Sigh, it's so hard to guess. You wouldn't have run to my house, would you?"
After replying to Konno Yuuka, he thought for a while, then tapped on another person's chat interface and sent a message.
"I'm sorry, Erico, I have some things to do today too, so I still can't accompany you. I'll make it up to you next time, I'm sorry."
After sending the message, Asano Makoto began to wait quietly.
After ten seconds, the blue "unread" notification turned into a gray "read" notification.
About half a minute later, Miyajima Erico gave him a reply.
It was the same answer as yesterday.
Miyajima Erico didn't ask him what he was going to do today, but just told him to focus on his own things and not worry about her.
Although she said that, her sad expression as she stood in the kitchen was still seen by Asano Makoto.
Feeling a little distressed, he thought for a while, and finally picked up his phone and edited a new message.
"Although you didn't ask, I think I should still tell you."
"Erico, do you still remember Miss Konno? The one you saw at my door last time… Well, anyway, she's here to see me today. I guess it's still about her boyfriend."
After carefully looking at it twice to make sure there were no major problems, Asano Makoto clicked send.
Although these two messages were sent after careful consideration, he still felt a little nervous after they were actually sent.
He began to multitask, staring at the phone screen waiting for a reply, while focusing his consciousness on two surveillance screens, observing the reactions of Konno Yuuka and Miyajima Erico.
At this moment, Konno Yuuka had already taken the elevator upstairs. Now, she had taken off her hat and mask and was standing at the door, holding a small mirror in her left hand and a phone in her right hand, carefully adjusting her bangs with the little finger of her right hand, with a happy arc unconsciously appearing on the corner of her mouth.
At the same time, Miyajima Erico on the other side was staring at the phone screen, her expression looking somewhat…
It was an expression that was hard to fully describe.
Although the upturned corners of her mouth made her look a little happy and relaxed, the worry and nervousness on her face couldn't be concealed at all.
However, seeing this reaction, Asano Makoto visibly relaxed.
Because he knew that there shouldn't be any major mistakes today.
Author's words: Slowly starting to resume updates! Asking for monthly tickets at the beginning of the month meow~
Chapter 241: Only You Can Make Me Feel at Peace (3K)
Actually, it wouldn't matter if he didn't tell Miyajima Erico that Konno Yuuka was coming to see him today, but Asano Makoto carefully considered it and decided to tell her anyway.
After all, this was a low-risk, high-reward thing.
After telling her, even if Erico saw him and Konno Yuuka going out together today, he wouldn't have to worry about her overthinking, thinking that he was deliberately lying about being busy, but secretly going out with another woman.
Rather, if it was really discovered, then it would be impossible to prevent Erico from overthinking.
Moreover, his initiative to confess might make Erico trust him more and no longer have some random misunderstandings.
So, rather than saying "low-risk," it would be better to say "zero-risk."
Asano Makoto thought it was wonderful, but because he couldn't read Miyajima Erico's mind, he overlooked one thing.
That was that Miyajima Erico did trust him very much, but Erico couldn't trust Konno Yuuka at all.
She believed that the things Konno Yuuka had encountered were real, and she also felt that she was very pitiful, but precisely because of this, she was even more worried.
Because she knew what it meant when a woman who had been heartbroken by a scumbag had another very gentle man by her side to comfort her.
In other words, after first encountering Konno Yuuka hugging Asano Makoto, especially after Asano Makoto explained what had happened, Miyajima Erico was already convinced that this beautiful woman named Konno Yuuka would definitely have some thoughts about Asano.
However, despite her worries, it was true that she felt sorry for Konno Yuuka, and the understanding Miss Miyajima Erico couldn't possibly stop her from coming to Asano Makoto for comfort at this important time.
Moreover, even though Konno Yuuka was very beautiful, she still believed that Asano Makoto wouldn't have any thoughts about Konno Yuuka.
In fact, she had already experienced a similar thing once before.
When she first met Kamino Yuna, she had misunderstood that the other party might have feelings for Asano Makoto because of the aggressive look in her eyes.
However, when Kamino Yuna advised her to marry Asano Makoto, this guess completely disappeared. On the contrary, the politeness that Kamino Yuna showed after being lectured by Asano Makoto made her subconsciously feel: Little Yuna is really a good child.
In the end, Miyajima Erico chose to believe, and replied to Asano Makoto with a tangled, yet somewhat relieved expression: "Suddenly finding out that your boyfriend is that kind of person, Miss Konno must be very sad and helpless, right? After all, given her status, she might not have anyone to rely on other than you, A-Cheng."
The last time she explained to Miyajima Erico, Asano Makoto had made Konno Yuuka's identity clear, so her understanding of Konno Yuuka was basically the same as Asano Makoto's.
"A-Cheng must take good care of her, okay? I won't bother you, bye-bye."
Faced with Miyajima Erico's farewell, Asano Makoto just replied lightly: "Got it, I will."
Looking at the gray "read" notification, and the scene of Miyajima Erico staring at her phone in a daze, but not preparing to say anything else, Asano Makoto put away his phone.
At the same time, he heard a knock on the door, it seemed that Konno Yuuka had already tidied up her appearance.
Asano Makoto slowly got up from the sofa and came to the door, symbolically asking: "Who is it?"
Konno Yuuka, who was standing at the door, was stunned for a moment, then the corners of her mouth unconsciously showed a smile, and she lowered her voice and said: "Ahem ahem~~ Mr. Asano who lives in 902, hello, here is your home delivery."
Hearing this voice that didn't really sound like her, Asano Makoto was slightly surprised, and couldn't help but sigh that the island country really has voice actors everywhere.
However, he still tried his best to suppress the desire to laugh, and opened the door while saying in confusion: "Home delivery? The things I bought last night, arrived so quickly?"
And then…
"Oi!"
"Wah—!"
The first sound was made by Konno Yuuka, and the second sound was made by Asano Makoto.
His reaction wasn't fake, because he had already exited the surveillance screen, and also didn't expect it, so he was really startled by Konno Yuuka, who was raising her hands and making a flying motion, while making a loud noise.
If he hadn't reacted quickly enough and realized that this was Konno Yuuka playing a prank, he would have punched her.
On the other side, seeing her prank succeed, Konno Yuuka immediately burst out laughing: "Haha! Congratulations, you guessed right! Didn't expect it, right? I really came to see you!"