Tokyo: Starting with taking on his wife's debts

"Uh...yes."

"That's it! It's that guy who has a wife at home but still cheats on her with other women, and now he's married a young widow in our village. Let me tell you, that guy is a beast! His wife is crying because of this, and he's even cursing her for not knowing what's good for her. It's infuriating! Let me tell you—"

"Um, could you tell me where Mr. Yamanaka is?" The woman seemed uninterested in Mr. Nagata's gossip.

"You're still looking for him?!" Boss Nagata screamed.

Chapter 161 Sanyo Securities

Ms. Midori Umezu is the head of the sales department at Sanyo Securities, which is also Tachibana's team leader and Suzuki Ichiro's boss's boss. Because a section chief is on sick leave, Midori Umezu is in charge of Suzuki Ichiro.

Hideaki, whom Ichiro Suzuki is currently working with, has stopped trading stocks several times in a row.

Suzuki Ichiro was filled with anxiety and cautiously investigated Nomura Securities and Yamaichi Securities. He was horrified to discover that the people who were in contact with Hideaki at those two securities companies were Ms. Sato Masako and Ms. Shiraki Ikuyo, both of whom were great beauties. What competitiveness did he, a bald old man and a small team leader, have?

He initially tried to contact Tachibana, who had resigned, to inquire about the situation, since Tachibana had said she was going to marry Hideaki and become a full-time housewife. However, Tachibana had changed all her contact information.

He struggled with this all night, not daring to ask Xiuming, and unable to think of any way to get Xiuming to continue trading stocks with him.

Then he secretly went to the supermarket where Xiuming had given him the address to receive the gifts, to find out if Xiuming had abandoned him or if he really didn't have time.

Then, after he squatted down in the supermarket and eavesdropped on their conversation, he was shocked to discover that Hideaki was married, and his wife was not Tachibana, but the supermarket owner, a gentle woman named Riko.

What shocked and terrified him most was that many of the women in the shop had ambiguous relationships with Hideaki, and they often mentioned Hideaki's name, and occasionally even Tachibana.

Mrs. Riko acted as if she hadn't heard anything.

This is practically... every man's dream...

He subconsciously thought of Nomura Securities and Yamaichi Securities, and anger welled up inside him.

This is absolutely outrageous!

They actually sent a beautiful female minister to use her charms on Mr. Hideaki!

Two large stock exchanges are not only competing with a small-to-medium-sized stock exchange for customers, but they are also resorting to underhanded tactics.

Shameless.

Afterwards, he returned to the company and waited for Department Head Umezu to find him and ask how the business he was working on with Hideaki was going. Why hadn't Hideaki been handling the operations these past few days?

Fearing that Minister Umezu would think he was too incompetent, Ichiro Suzuki carefully chose his words and said: It's not that your subordinate is incompetent, it's that Nomura Securities and Yamaichi Securities are too cunning, and they each used honey traps on Mr. Hideaki...

Of course, considering that Midori Umezu really hates cheating men, she didn't dare to mention Tachibana's situation, Hideaki's wife, or his lifestyle issues.

Umezu Midori highly valued Suzuki Ichiro's work ability, so she had no reason to doubt the truthfulness of what he said. Besides, she knew Sato Masae and Shiraki Ikuyo, after all, they were colleagues.

Have they both fallen into depravity?

While surprised, Midori Umezu couldn't help but feel saddened by the increasingly sluggish economic situation.

Recently, the company has been losing more and more customers; some have suddenly disappeared, while others have gone bankrupt and entered liquidation.

Even many of her friends on social media are secretly going to pawnshops.

She also had plans to pawn some jewelry or other valuables to give as gifts to her loyal clients…

Ministers also have their own difficulties and face greater pressure.

She thought about how Sato Masako and Shiraki Ikuyo had started to become shameless, and she... was still a little conflicted.

After all, Tachibana-chan is so innocent and naive.

Moreover, Hideaki and Tachibana seem to be very affectionate, so how could I do such a thing?

Considering Xiuming's physique, appearance, and age, this is simply impossible, isn't it?

Where do Sato and Shiraki get the nerve?

But seeing the expectant look in her subordinate Suzuki Ichiro's eyes, she found it hard to refuse this arduous task. After all, as a department head, she had to take on the responsibilities of a department head.

She then dialed the landline number for "Miyamoto 100 Yen Supermarket" that Suzuki Ichiro had given her.

Today, Riko and Misako didn't come downstairs, Chieko went upstairs again, and then Hitomi Shiraishi answered the phone.

She made a basic business inquiry and was told that Hideaki was not in the store. Then she was given the landline number of the Nagata family's convenience store.

Now, Midori Umezu has learned some information about Hideaki's conduct from Mr. Nagata.

Mr. Nagata also said that the young widow whom Hideaki had seduced seemed to be quite ill and would definitely not be able to return to Tokyo within a week.

While surprised, Midori Umezu also harbored doubts.

But now is not the time to gossip. We need to find Xiuming as soon as possible and get him to invest more.

After all, it's unknown how far things have progressed between him and those two shameless women, Sato and Shiraki. Stock exchanges are also going to great lengths to prevent customer data from being stolen, so it's impossible to find out.

Could it be that they've already secretly obtained a huge investment from Xiuming?

Her heart tightened at the thought.

She immediately hung up the phone, went downstairs, got into her green Jeep, grabbed a trunk full of gifts, and drove straight to Fukushima Prefecture…it was only a three-hour drive…she arrived at noon…

Mr. Nagata hung up the phone while cursing, "What an impolite woman!" and then turned on the TV to watch Dragon Ball...

A small clinic in the village.

Hideaki continued to massage Funakawa Yoshiko's lower abdomen to relieve the pain.

As expected of the professional pain relief skill provided by the cheat code, she was asleep with a smile on her face, completely unaware that she was bleeding...

Xiuming was speechless. It was really annoying to always be investing sunk costs in her.

Fortunately, she had already obediently given out the phone number of the pinball machine manufacturer.

As long as we manage to seize her cash cow, this small investment will at least offer some consolation. After all, all feelings can be measured in money these days; feelings are worthless, only the money in hand matters...

It seems like a very immoral act, and in fact it is, but how does it compare to some women who covet men's property?

"My husband works hard all day and comes home to an empty sofa. His wife has run off with another man. I can't even count all the women I know on my fingers!"

Clearly, there is still humanity among them.

After informing the doctor, Xiuming went straight to Nagata's convenience store to get sanitary napkins again.

Last night, I left him with all the 10000 yen I had on me: I smashed his door, borrowed his umbrella, boiled water, and cooked rice porridge...

It definitely won't cost 10,000 yen.

Xiuming casually grabbed a pack of sanitary napkins, said goodbye, and left, saying, "Put it on my tab, I'll pay you back later."

Mr. Nagata glanced at Hideaki's retreating figure and said, "A rude woman called just now, saying she was looking for you. Do you want to know who it was?"

The call was maliciously disconnected...

"Who is it?" Xiuming took a step forward and leaned back to ask.

"She didn't say, and I didn't ask, but she'll be coming to see you soon~" Nagata pointed menacingly at the clinic, indicating the direction Funakawa Yoshiko was, and continued, "Does she know you have many women? Or does she not know yet?"

He probably doesn't know... Nagata silently guessed, wanting to see how Hideaki would react. Would he offer me hush money? I'll take whatever amount you offer and then tell on me.

"What's it to you? An old man like you, so gossipy, no wonder you got divorced." Xiuming said and ran away.

"You rude bastard!"

Who could be making the call?

An impolite woman?

Of all the women I know, who is impolite?

They all seem pretty good... It must be what old man Nagata thinks.

Ayako? Esaki? It's definitely one of them.

Ezaki definitely can't make it in time, so it'll have to be Ayako.

The health and wellness plan was finalized and completed last night... Let's get ready to welcome Ayako... Let her come happily, leave happily, and return with a full heart.

When Xiuming returned to the outpatient department, Funakawa Yoshiko was still asleep with an IV drip on her wrist.

Being able to sleep soundly is a great sign of recovery; I guess her immune system is fighting back. Let's not wake her.

The faster you recover, the sooner you can return to Tokyo.

After washing his hands, Hideaki asked the doctor for a bottle of cleaning solution that looked like "Fuyanjie" (a feminine hygiene product) and a disinfectant towel. He then opened the plastic bag containing the sanitary napkins and lifted the blue sheet covering Funakawa Yoshiko's feet...

Halfway through, Funakawa Yoshiko woke up, and almost as a reflex, she suddenly curled up her legs, her knees slamming into Hideaki's ears on either side of his head with a "bang".

She seemed to realize she had overreacted, and then began to play dead... She remained motionless until Xiuming finished his work.

Xiuming covered her with the sheet, jumped off the bed, rubbed his ears, and said with his back to the bed, "Say thank you."

"Thank you..." Funakawa Yoshiko still covered her face with the sheet, and a sobbing voice came from inside the sheet, "Please don't do this again... It's so embarrassing... I... I don't know how to face you anymore..."

"Then call me husband!"

"..."

Funakawa Yoshiko tightened her grip on the bed sheet, which slowly slid down, revealing her flushed forehead and a pair of watery, almond-shaped eyes. Then the sheet moved up again, covering her head once more.

She screamed in her heart, but couldn't say it out loud. It was too embarrassing and especially nauseating.

"You can sleep here for now!" Xiuming said as he packed his things. "I'm going to Nagata's supermarket."

The wall clock showed it was almost twelve o'clock; the routine locking procedure...

Try locking onto the Nikkei 225 futures index in the stock market using the television set in Mr. Nagata's house.

The rewards for locking in characters are too uncertain, and the skill rewards are always bizarre.

"Um...when are you coming back?" Funakawa Yoshiko asked, her head still covered by the bed sheet.

"Do I need to report to you? You're meddling too much."

Hideaki thought to himself: You're not Riko...

"..."

Hideaki returned to Mr. Nagata's convenience store.

Mr. Nagata grabbed the remote and wouldn't give it up; he wanted to watch "Dragon Ball," so Hideaki watched it with him.

This is so exciting! So exciting! The Saiyans are about to transform for the first time.

Even the old man in his fifties blushed and felt his blood boil with excitement.