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

Over the years, many reports have also exaggerated the "kindness" of these gang members.

They claim that they no longer engage in violence or bullying, but instead maintain the gang's operation by selling emojis, selling milk tea, and even doing charity work and creating art.

In short, apart from their tattoos, these gangsters seem to have become harmless.

However, almost all Japanese people know that this is not true at all, but a lie carefully fabricated by gang members to whitewash themselves.

To give a very simple example.

Gangs often operate casinos and nightclubs, where they lend money at exorbitant interest rates or coerce girls into prostitution in the nightclubs.

Moreover, most of the girls being coerced in nightclubs are female family members of gambling addicts who owe high-interest loans.

In order to keep casinos and nightclubs running, they would even design traps to lure people into gambling.

Clearly, the Kamino family was one of the targets of these gang members.

Perhaps some gang members noticed the beautiful mother and daughter, Risa and Yuna, and then, through investigation, discovered Hiroki Kanno and tried to find someone to lure him into gambling.

It's also possible that the colleague who dragged Hiroki Kanno to gamble simply disliked him and wanted to get back at him.

In short, although it is unknown how the Kanno family was targeted, the gang members' plan has now entered its second stage.

That is, to make Hiroki Kanno incur a large amount of high-interest debt at the casino.

After some time has passed, after Hiroki Kanno has accumulated so much debt that he can no longer repay it.

They would use these debts to pressure Hiroki Kanno into sending his daughter and wife over, or even go directly to Risa Kanno and Yuna Kanno and intimidate them.

In fact, they had already hinted to Hiroki Kanno about this before, saying that if he sent his wife and daughter to work for a period of time, his debts would be forgiven.

However, "God of Gamblers" Hiroki Kanno believed in his gambling talent and thought he could turn the tide through gambling, so he never agreed.

These underhanded tactics of the yakuza are not exactly common knowledge in Japan, but they are certainly well-known.

Therefore, Risa Kanno actually knew very well that everything Makoto Asano said was true.

She just didn't want to... or rather, she was afraid to admit it.

As for the debts owed by Hiroki Kanno, she did not know the exact amount.

Although Hiroki Kanno said it was 40 million yen a month ago, it's probably 50 million or even 60 million now.

As a senior clerk with more than five years of experience, Risa Kanno earns a monthly salary of approximately 40 yen.

In addition, she spends about 20 hours a week working part-time at convenience stores or restaurants, so she can earn about 500,000 yen a month.

Such a salary is not low anywhere, but it is still a drop in the bucket compared to the debts that Hiroki Kanno owes.

That's 60 million yen! Even if she didn't eat or drink, it would take her a full ten years to pay it back.

If you factor in the outrageously high interest rates, she'll never be able to pay off this debt on her own in her entire life.

Therefore, she was very clear about what would happen to her and her daughter's future if she continued to maintain her relationship with Hiroki Kanno.

However, she was unwilling to accept it and even wanted to escape this reality.

Therefore, faced with Makoto Asano's hurtful words, she instinctively wanted to defend herself: "But Asano-kun, Hiroki, he used to—!"

Clearly, she still held onto hope for Hiroki Kamino, believing that he could reform and work together to pay off the debt.

But what Makoto Asano needs to do now is to shatter her unrealistic fantasies and then bind her firmly to his side through debt and his daughter.

Author's note: Sorry for the late update. Three more chapters were deleted yesterday, so I'm revising them now.

Two more chapters to come.

Chapter 122 Conditions (2/2)

The reason why Risa Kanno still has expectations for Hiroki Kanno is because Hiroki Kanno had a past experience of turning over a new leaf.

Before marrying Risa Kanno's older sister, he was the epitome of a scoundrel: he spent his days idly, doing nothing, and often hanging out with a bunch of cronies in bars and nightclubs.

Therefore, Risa Kanno strongly opposed her sister marrying such a person.

If her sister hadn't assured her that Hiroki would change and hadn't earnestly stated that she would only marry him in her life, Risa Kanno would never have agreed to the marriage.

However, after getting married, Hiroki Kanno did indeed become more well-behaved.

Instead of going out and fooling around, he started his own business from scratch and gradually built it up through his own efforts.

At his peak, his annual income reached nearly ten million yen, making him a solid member of the middle class.

At that time, he was not yet thirty years old.

Although his wife passed away shortly afterward due to the birth of Yuna Kanno.

As a result, he lost interest in other matters, causing his fledgling business to collapse without his support.

After his hard-earned business collapsed, he didn't continue to work hard. Instead, he seemed to have lost interest in everything and simply gave up, taking a low-paying, easy job and wasting his days.

But this did not stop Risa Kanno from still harboring a sliver of hope for him.

Makoto Asano was naturally aware of Hiroki Kanno's past experiences. He had witnessed Hiroki Kanno's career decline and how the man stopped striving after his wife's death in Yuna Kanno's dream.

but.

What does this have to do with him?

His original goal was to separate Risa Kanno from Hiroki Kanno, and at the same time change the current unequal status relationship between himself and Risa Kanno.

Moreover, he didn't believe that a gambling addict could turn his life around after owing so much money.

Therefore, both morally and logically, he had to continue implementing his plan.

What he needs to do now is to completely shatter Risa Kanno's unrealistic fantasy.

So before she could finish speaking, Makoto Asano interrupted her, saying, "Miss Kanno, I don't know what Mr. Hiroki was like in the past. All I know is that he now owes a large sum of money to loan sharks, and it's even money owed to the yakuza."

"And you saw it yourself that day. With Mr. Yushu in that state, do you really think he has any chance to turn things around? You should know very well that he is now completely addicted to gambling. No matter how you try to wake him up, you can't. Even if he loses everything and his family is ruined, he won't come to his senses."

These incredibly serious and realistic words made Risa Kanno's face grow paler and paler.

After facing reality, she was filled with despair.

Seeing this, Makoto Asano didn't push her too hard. If Risa Kanno got pushed too far and did something rash... that wouldn't be good.

So he softened his tone slightly and comforted her, "Ms. Kanno, I hope you can understand that I made this suggestion because I care about Yuna too much."

"However, I still hope that you, Ms. Kanno, will give this matter a serious consideration, since it concerns your and Yuna's future as well."

However, these words were clearly not very comforting, as Risa Kanno's pale expression remained almost unchanged.

Only when he mentioned "what Yuna's future is about" did Risa Kanno's face regain a little color, but she didn't say anything more.

It seems Ms. Jinno is quite indecisive...

Thinking this, Makoto Asano couldn't help but sigh softly to himself.

However, he will not change his opinion of Risa Kanno or anything because of this incident.

After all, no one is perfect, and it's normal to have some minor flaws in one's personality.

Moreover, isn't being indecisive just a nice way of saying being thoughtful?

Thinking of this, Makoto Asano carefully considered his words and continued to comfort her, "Miss Kanno, please don't make that face. If that day ever comes, I will help you... or rather, I will help Yuna pay off her debts."

"Of course, I can't just waste such a large sum of money, not even for Yuna. I also won't take this opportunity to say that I have no conditions to win your favor, Miss Jinno. That would be too hypocritical, and even if I said that, you probably wouldn't believe me, Miss Jinno, would you?"

"So, although I can indeed help you pay off your debts at the last minute, I have a few conditions."

As he spoke, Makoto Asano took out his phone, opened the banking app, and accessed his supplementary card with 100 million yen in it.

On the other side, after hearing Makoto Asano's words and looking up to see the long string of zeros displayed on his phone...

Risa Kanno couldn't help but pause in surprise, then subconsciously asked, "...What conditions?"

Logically speaking, she shouldn't have asked Makoto Asano such a question.

Even though Makoto Asano clearly stated that he would help pay back the money, she shouldn't have accepted his money.

Even if it were someone who lived before tonight, her pride and dignity would never have allowed her to accept this.

But Asano Makoto's words just now laid the truth bare before her eyes, making her fully realize reality.

In addition, this matter also concerns her daughter's future, so she can't worry about so much right now.

After all, there seemed to be no other way but to get help from Makoto Asano. She didn't want her daughter to be taken to a nightclub to do those... those painful and illegal things.

Seeing that Risa Kanno had taken the bait, Makoto Asano couldn't help but chuckle to himself, but on the surface he maintained a very serious expression.

He raised his index finger and slowly said, "First of all, my helping you pay off your debts is just lending you money. This money needs to be repaid. Moreover, after the money is repaid, I hope that this debt can be transferred from Mr. Yushu to you, because I don't think Mr. Yushu has the ability to repay me."

"Of course, no matter how much he owes, and no matter how much I've paid back, I'll only count half of the debt as yours, and I won't press you for repayment. You just need to pay me back a little bit whenever you remember."

This condition simply transferred the debt from the yakuza to Makoto Asano, and even reduced it by half, which only benefited Risa Kanno.

As for turning her into the debtor...

Actually, there's no difference, because she's the one paying off Hiroki Kanno's debts anyway.

So when she heard Makoto Asano's first condition, she didn't hesitate at all and nodded directly: "Don't worry, Asano-kun, I will definitely pay back the money, but not half, but all of it!"

Chapter 123 Big and Soft (Bonus Chapter 12/14)

Makoto Asano couldn't help but nod in approval of Risa Kanno's honesty.

Most people would probably jump for joy when they hear phrases like "just pay half" or "we won't chase you for the debt, pay it back when you remember," and might even end up not paying at all.

But she's different; not only does she want to pay back the money, she insists on paying it all back.

That's true. If she weren't that kind of person, she wouldn't have stayed with Hiroki Kamino for so long, and even took the initiative to help him pay off his debts.

Thinking this, Makoto Asano simultaneously raised his middle and index fingers, stating his second condition.

"Secondly, if it really comes to the point where you need my help to pay off your debts, then I hope that Ms. Jinno can divorce Mr. Yuuki as soon as possible after I have paid off your debts."

Perhaps feeling that this wasn't serious enough, he added another bargaining chip: "If you're not willing to accept this condition, then I might give up on Yuna because of this."

"I hope you can understand my predicament, Ms. Jinno, and don't blame me for it. I'm sure Mr. Yuuki will continue to gamble after paying off his debts, and then he'll be in debt all over again."