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

Section 179

"You scared me," Asano Makoto said, rolling his eyes in annoyance. Then, putting on a puzzled expression, he asked, "Why did you actually come here? Is your work finished?"

Konno Yuka had always been a person who spoke her mind directly, but this time, she didn't directly answer Asano Makoto's question. Instead, she asked with some embarrassment, "Um... are you not happy about it?"

Asano Makoto asked, puzzled, "Huh? No, why would you think that?"

Konno Yuka stammered, looking very awkward, "Because... because I came without notifying you, so I was afraid you'd think I was being impolite—"

In Japan, visiting someone uninvited is indeed a very rude thing to do.

If you want to visit someone, you usually need to contact them first and arrange a time that suits their availability.

So it's quite normal for Konno Yuka to have such concerns.

But Asano Makoto was an exception.

After all, he was worried about how to complete the task but didn't want to go and find her himself.

And even without the task, he was still very happy about Konno Yuka's sudden visit.

Because besides having important business, there's another type of unannounced visit that's okay.

That is when the relationship between two people is close to a certain degree, such as childhood sweethearts, best friends, or even a couple. When people with this kind of relationship suddenly arrive, it's no longer impolite, but a pleasant surprise.

In other words, Konno Yuka being able to secretly run over and give him a "surprise" proves that in her heart, he is already a very important person, someone she subconsciously wants to be close to.

Although he couldn't rule out the possibility that Konno Yuka was just naturally friendly, he wouldn't be unhappy about it.

So before Konno Yuka could finish speaking, he interrupted her directly, "Why would I be unhappy about this? The fact that you suddenly ran over here means you see me as your best friend, right? So I'm very happy that you came."

These words directly closed the distance between the two of them, which had become slightly distant after not seeing each other for a few days.

Then, without paying attention to Konno Yuka's suddenly shy reply, or the system notification sound of 【Konno Yuka's favorability +2】in his mind, he continued, "Alright, don't just stand at the door, it's still pretty cold outside, come in quickly."

Seeing him step aside to let her enter the house, Konno Yuka subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief and felt a warmth in her heart.

To be honest, she was really worried that Asano Makoto would resent her for this.

But for some reason, until she met Asano Makoto just now, she hadn't thought about it at all.

Let's put it this way, from the moment she finished work yesterday afternoon and started chatting with Asano Makoto, she only had one thought in her mind: I want to go find Asano-kun, I want to be by his side.

Only then can I feel at peace.

Because she suddenly discovered that her trusted boyfriend was a very bad scumbag, and received Asano Makoto's comfort and help when she felt most desperate, Konno Yuka now seemed to have a disease, a disease that would kill her if she was away from Asano Makoto for too long.

During this business trip, she felt really helpless when she only had a manager by her side who knew nothing and didn't care about anything other than work.

She could even feel that her mental state was a bit unstable.

If she hadn't been able to chat with Asano Makoto every day to relieve her boredom and heal her heart, she didn't know how she would have survived.

So when she finished this period of work and started a new round of vacation, her first thought was to rush back to Tokyo and meet Asano Makoto.

And her desire for this even exceeded "wanting to eat fried chicken and desserts," which shows how much she wanted to meet Asano Makoto.

If it weren't for the remaining rationality telling her that it wasn't appropriate to visit in the middle of the night, she probably would have taken the train back last night.

Even so, she still booked a ticket for the first train this morning, and then endured her sleepiness and got up early to rush back.

As for why she didn't go back to her own home last night and come over the next morning...

That's naturally because her scumbag boyfriend, Shida Yoichi, lives next door to her house.

Because of work, she has to travel all over the country, so she didn't rent an apartment and still lives at her parents' house.

Shida Yoichi's workplace is very close to his home, so he simply doesn't rent an apartment and lives directly at his parents' house.

Therefore, the last time Konno Yuka contacted Asano Makoto and investigated Shida Yoichi with him, she did it secretly without the other party knowing.

To make him believe that her work hadn't finished yet, she didn't even go home for those two days and stayed in a hotel.

And this time, although she had told him that her work was finished, she still used the excuse that she was too tired from work and would rest there for a day before going home.

As for why she主动 told Shida Yoichi that she was on vacation, on the one hand, it was because he kept asking her when she was on vacation, and she was getting annoyed by his questions.

On the other hand, it was because she was prepared to put an end to this matter completely and put a period to her relationship with that scumbag.

Chapter 242: National Producer (3K)

Because the two's homes are too close, Konno Yuka can only make things clear in person and ask Shida Yoichi not to make a big deal out of it.

Otherwise, if she only unilaterally informs him of the breakup in a phone call or text message, and he runs to her house to make trouble, things will become very troublesome, and her family will be affected.

If he can abide by the rules and no longer disturb her and her parents at her home, then that's naturally good, and there's no problem.

But it's better to be safe than sorry. Since they are already adults, she doesn't want her parents to be implicated because of this matter.

Therefore, she suddenly had the idea of buying her own house.

Although she really doesn't want to meet that scumbag again, the two's homes are right next to each other, and as long as he wants to, he can run to her house to find her at any time.

She doesn't want to experience this feeling of not being able to go home a second time.

So if she can buy a house and move out herself, or even call her parents out to live with her, that would be even better.

Anyway, the money she originally saved to buy a house with him after marriage is now useless, so she might as well use it to buy a house for herself to live in.

When the time comes, she'll just buy it here. Everything looks pretty good.

The key is that it's close to Asano-kun... uh, no, it's not! It has nothing to do with Asano-kun! The key is that the apartments here are really good, the location is good, it's close to the station, and the surrounding facilities are also very complete.

And it's not far from her parents' house, so she can go back to see them at any time.

Yeah, that's it!

It's just... it seems like there's still a lot of money missing. Even if she wants to buy a 1DK (one bedroom, one kitchen, one bathroom) here with the money she saved before, it's very difficult...

An upscale apartment like Asano Makoto's, located in the heart of Shinjuku, with a floor area of over 80 square meters and a 2LDK, costs at least 150 million yen.

Even just a 1DK with an area of ​​more than 30 square meters costs about 70 to 80 million.

Moreover, there are no such small units in this luxury apartment building. The smallest 1DK is 50 square meters and costs 100 million yen.

(The price of luxury apartments in Shinjuku is so outrageous. You can go to the website of the real estate company "Mitsui Fudosan", select "Shinjuku" and "Apartment" in the filter conditions to see.)

You should know that Konno Yuka has been a model for almost four years now, and her savings are only a little over 15 million yen.

Although her savings are relatively small, a large part of the reason is that she has to give some of it to Shida Yoichi to spend, but even if she doesn't give Shida Yoichi money, she definitely won't be able to save up to 20 million in these years.

Because the job of a model is actually not very profitable.

Models don't earn a monthly salary, but calculate their wages based on the work that the agency helps them get, by the hour, by the day, or by the scene. Some clothing shoots are calculated by the piece.

Moreover, there is no unified standard for models' wages, and the differences are huge. A model like Konno Yuka, who has won a championship in a magazine's model selection, is already considered half a top-tier model in the industry.

Not to mention that she is also very hardworking. While other models only work two days a week, and spend the rest of their time eating, drinking, having fun, and maintaining their figure, she goes on business trips for a week at a time and runs all over Japan.

But even so, she still only has an income of less than 5 million yen per year.

Let's put it this way, the model work in Japan is somewhat like the adventurer's guild in a Western fantasy world. Models (adventurers) accept commissions from the agency (guild), and then go to complete the tasks and receive rewards.

Depending on the model's own qualities (adventurer level), the work they can get is also different, and the rewards are naturally different.

At the same time, the agency will also require models to take on at least a certain number of jobs per month to ensure that the agency can handle the accumulated tasks in a timely manner.

However, the above is not the most critical issue.

The main reason why she can't make money is that she is unwilling to use her looks and figure to do "part-time jobs" like many of her colleagues.

There's no need to say how chaotic the model circle is. Using the body to exchange for money is commonplace here.

However, just like her requirements for her boyfriend, Konno Yuka also requires herself to be faithful to her boyfriend.

So after losing the "biggest source of income" as a model, she would have to be a model for at least twenty years to buy the smallest house here.

But the job of a model is about youth.

So unless she transforms into an entertainer or singer before losing her biggest reliance, successfully makes a name for herself, and gets commercial endorsements, she will never be able to buy a house here, and she won't be able to live under the same roof as Asano Makoto.

Fortunately, the agency she is in has recently arranged several new projects for her, including the idol, singer, and actor projects that were temporarily shelved due to poor response in the past.

This opportunity should not have been her turn.

Because she is unwilling to accept unspoken rules, even though she has won awards and her performance as a model is very good, she is still not considered a core figure in the agency, and the transformation is even more distant.

In fact, she is very clear that the reason why the project arranged for her last time was stopped was because of this reason, not the so-called "poor response".

Because of this, her manager complained to her a lot, saying that chastity is not as important as making money, and that she worked so hard to help contact the project, but in the end, she didn't get much of a share.

However, Konno Yuka has never accepted it, because in her heart, some things are bottom lines that cannot be crossed.

If she were to do those things just to get the opportunity to rise, then she would rather be a small model honestly, or simply quit this dirty circle.

However, because the top artist of the agency she is in recently exposed bad deeds and fell into public opinion turmoil, even the agency's efficiency is not very good.

There are even rumors that the boss is ready to sell the agency urgently to stop the loss, making everyone in the agency panic and unable to see the future.

So the agency is anxious to promote a new top female artist to put out the fire, and it doesn't matter what unspoken rules are, as long as it can save the current decline, then the agency is willing to give resources to promote.

So, she got a big bargain.

According to the news she got from her manager, the new projects she got are the last desperate attempt by the agency to turn the tables.

It is said that it seems to be a variety show called "National Producer". As long as she can get a place in it, she can successfully transform.

Although her business ability is slightly poor in areas other than modeling, she sings pretty well, but it's just pretty good, she dances okay, but it's just okay, and as for acting... that's basically just a pure vase, just showing her face in front of the camera is enough.

However, although she has various shortcomings, her external image is too good, and no one in the entire agency can compare to her, not even the top artist who relied on her body to get to the top, but ended up exploding.

So in the end, she was selected into the big list of this project.

But it's just a big list. Whether she can completely win this project depends on her efforts next.

Because the first few places in that variety show need to be decided internally.

Although her conditions are very good, the fact that she does not accept unspoken rules still deducts a lot of points for her, so she still needs to rely on her own efforts.

After saying so much, in short, as long as she can successfully transform this time, then the possibility of her earning a lot of money in the future will not be low.

Just look at Asano Makoto's situation. Back then, he pretended to be a child prodigy and earned enough money to spend his whole life by endorsing those enlightenment products at the age of ten.

It seems that I have to train harder next, otherwise I won't even be able to afford a house here...

Looking at Asano Makoto, who was standing quietly at the entrance waiting for her to enter, Konno Yuka secretly made up her mind in her heart as she walked in.