Tokyo: They say it's just dating, but they're serious about it.

"You two... then I'll go by myself!" Yingdai snorted, grabbed a flashlight, put on her coat, and went straight out.

Eiyo's main purpose wasn't to catch them in the act of adultery. She was worried that Shiraki Masayuki would sleep at Mikoto's house. After all, if Sayuri was going to stay at Mikoto's house, wouldn't she run into Sayuri?

The "Husband Usage Fee" project is going bankrupt, so we have to move Shiraki Masayuki here and hide her away.

As Eiyo set off, Shiraki Masayuki, who was lying on the sofa in Mikoto's living room, also experienced a death-like suffocation. The telephone receiver was not put back on; it was just being pulled along by a telephone cord, swaying against the floor...

At the beginning, Katsuhiko used a whole bottle of [Recovery Potion] on her, since she was somewhat fragile and needed to recover... However, she was even more stubborn than Yuma Kamisaki.

Yuzuru Kanzaki, filled with intense emotions, vented her feelings towards Katsuhiko by talking back.

On the other hand, Shiraki Masako's situation was exactly the opposite. Although she also had strong emotions and provoked Katsuhiko by talking back, she was the kind of person who desperately wanted to feel Katsuhiko's feelings for her, as if she had an inferiority complex...

Of course, the final result was quite satisfactory for Shiraki Masako, except that she cried and shouted: "I already know how much you like me, I'll die if you keep doing this, please spare me..."

Katsuhiko was not very satisfied with her masochistic habit.

In the hospital hallway, did slapping someone twice mean they liked them? No way! My immediate thought was, "If you're going to commit suicide, then commit suicide. Don't drag me into it."

However, we've been together for a while now, and we've developed some feelings for each other; she's someone I can consider family. I have so many girlfriends; I can't just focus on one. I need to treat everyone equally, so I can't let her maintain this mindset forever.

Otherwise, if everyone did this, even with [restoration potions], it would take too much time.

Afterwards, Sheng Yan took a bottle of mineral water from the refrigerator in the restaurant and slowly walked to the sofa in the living room.

Shiraki Masayuki lay back on the sofa, her head tilted downwards, her long black hair cascading to the floor. Her dazed gaze drifted towards Katsuhiko, then suddenly froze, her lips trembling as she said, "Katsuhiko-kun, I... I can't do it anymore..."

"How could it be so fast? I see you're still not giving up, keep going."

Katsuhiko helped Shiraki Masayuki sit up, then stood up, looking energetic again.

Shiraki Masayu's eyes widened in shock, her mouth agape...

After some time, Yingdai rang the doorbell.

Katsuhiko answered the phone.

Yingdai asked, "Are you done with your work? Dinner is ready, come home and eat."

She deliberately waited at the gate for a while, mainly because she was worried that if she went in, she would be dragged along, which was too perverted and she couldn't bear the shame.

After receiving Katsuhiko's affirmative reply, she went into the room. A wave of heat filled the living room…

Shiraki Masako sat on the sofa with her head down, tidying up her wrinkled clothes like a thief. She had a strange look on her face, and her hands were still trembling.

"Don't sit here, go home and eat," Eiyo said irritably, standing in front of Shiraki Masayuki with a pout. "I've really had enough of having to treat you to dinner."

"I'm not eating anymore. I'm going to sleep here. Anyway, this is Mikoto's house, and she seems to have a good temper, so she definitely won't kick me out..."

"We can't not eat! We have to go back." Eiyo grabbed Shiraki Masayuki's arm, pulled it onto her shoulder, and dragged her outside.

"No...no..." Shiraki Masayu cried out, clutching her skirt, "My child..."

Chapter 121 Mikoto: Torture

Masayuki Shiraki was eventually taken back to the Kotoha family by Eiyo.

When I got home, the meal was already prepared.

Kotoha also opened a bottle of red wine to thank her for the 300 million yen gift of friendship... Shiraki Masako did not drink, saying that she does not drink alcohol during her pregnancy preparation period.

Her words greatly embarrassed Kotoha and Eiyo. After dinner, they dragged Shiraki Masako into the bedroom and fiddled with her for a while... Kanzaki Yumi then took the opportunity to drag Katsuhiko into another bedroom...

Around ten o'clock, Sayuri called and told Katsuhiko that she would be staying at Mikoto's house that night. She then secretly added that she hoped Katsuhiko wouldn't secretly spend time with Mikoto behind her back for the next few days. She wanted Mikoto to keep it a secret for a few days until she couldn't hold it in any longer and confessed...

Katsuhiko expressed his willingness to cooperate...

For the next week or so, Katsuhiko spent his evenings in Kotoha's master bedroom, second bedroom, and living room.

The family members are Eiyo and Kotoha, who are long-term guests, Yumi Kanzaki, who refuses to leave, and Sayuri, who occasionally makes a guest appearance.

After being humiliated and ganged up on by Eiyo, Kotoha, and Yumi, Yuma Kanzaki felt utterly disgraced and went into hiding. Of course, she was quite busy, refining the artwork Katsuhiko had given her and then submitting it to other artists' studios…

As for Shiraki Masako, after being watched and manipulated by Eiyo and Kotoha in the same way they would treat Shinsaki Yuma, she couldn't stand the high-intensity pace and ran away early in the morning, giving the reason that she had to go to work.

In addition, regarding Katsuhiko's appointment with Sato Ikuyo to pick up the fake medical records the next day, before Katsuhiko could even keep the appointment, Shiraki Masako secretly delivered them.

Her reason was quite frank: she didn't want Shengyan to get too close to that woman because she was the only son in her family, and her family was very wealthy and powerful; she would definitely be looking for a son-in-law to live with her.

She didn't hide these words from Yingdai and the others, and they all agreed with her.

If Sato Ikuyo becomes infatuated with Katsuhiko and becomes like me, determined to marry him, wouldn't we all be doomed?

Even if Ikuyo Sato had no objections, her family would absolutely not tolerate it. They'd either throw a check for hundreds of millions of yen in her face, forcing her to leave Katsuhiko, or they'd hire someone to kill her with a car…

After a brief consideration, Katsuhiko agreed that it made sense and decided not to bother contacting Sato Ikuyo again.

His impression of Sato Ikuyo is currently limited to "she's alright looking." There are plenty of girls who are alright looking, and if he gets too close to her, it could easily lead to complications.

Her status does not allow her to act recklessly.

If you insist on calling it female awakening, arranging for love and freedom, severing ties with parents, and eloping... then it's really hard to refute.

After all, the current societal ideology has a very low tolerance for the responsibilities borne by women.

The killer line is: "She's just a girl who wants to pursue her own love, happiness, and freedom. Why should you stop her?"

It's a kind of malicious brainwashing that seems to be for her own good but is actually irresponsible, targeting women's emotional tendencies. Many of these stories are even packaged as tragic love stories.

For example, a rich young lady from a wealthy family might elope with a down-on-his-luck man. She might enjoy the moment, but in the end, she'll still have to worry about the daily necessities of life...

This leads to most emotionally driven women, once they've determined the emotional value they need, disregarding everything else. What does the family business matter? What do their parents matter? Mrs. Noda even dared to hire an assassin to kill her husband…

Mrs. Noda and Ichiro Noda have already gone to court.

Mr. Kudo and Katsuhiko's father were very efficient. As soon as Noda Ichiro woke up and was able to visit him, they immediately took out a newspaper and discussed the "Yamaguchi Reiko case" in front of him.

The gist of the story is that Reiko Yamaguchi, an insurance saleswoman, conspired with her antique dealer lover, Kazuo Yasuo, to drug her husband's curry with sleeping pills and drown him, then defrauded the insurance company of 100 million yen. They later used the same method to drown their 16-year-old son in the toilet. Yamaguchi was sentenced to life imprisonment, and Yasuo was sentenced to death…

Noda Ichiro was initially confused. Why was he telling me this?

Mr. Kudo and Katsuhiko's father, fearing they would get into trouble, dared not be too direct about the matter. After giving a few perfunctory words, they took their leave and immediately contacted Mr. Oshima of the detective agency, and began investigating Mrs. Noda in Noda's name.

Since Sato Hiroji was poisoned in the hospital, Mr. Oshima has been in financial trouble. When he heard that the order was placed by the deputy ward chief of Ota Ward, he was overjoyed and made an exorbitant demand.

Mr. Kudo and Katsuhiko's father didn't have much money on hand, but after a little consideration, they went to Shiraki Masako's clinic. Shiraki Masako readily withdrew three million yen in cash and provided information such as the brothels that Mrs. Noda frequented...

After receiving the money, Mr. Oshima handed over hundreds of photos, videos, and audio recordings of Mrs. Noda's infidelity to Mr. Kudo and Katsuhiko's father within two days.

After obtaining the evidence, the two fathers immediately contacted Katsuhiko to discuss how to expose it to Noda Ichiro and the subsequent legal issues.

Katsuhiko, considering that Masayuki Shiraki might testify in court, also called her over, as did Eiyo, who was a lawyer.

The group sat around Mr. Oshima's law firm, watching the video and listening to the audio recordings. Of course, shortly after they started watching, Masayuki Shiraki and Eiyo left.

Because Mr. Oshima's filming is so professional, and all of it is in high definition, it gives you a feeling of being there!

Of course, although the scene was rather awkward, it wasn't so awkward if you watched it with a serious attitude.

After discussing it, the group decided to split the document into two parts. One part was sent anonymously to Noda Ichiro's office and received by Noda's secretary.

Another document was mailed to the prosecutor's office by Shiraki Masako in the form of a confession and a report.

Katsuhiko then found out the home addresses of the trial team from Tanaka Yutaka and secretly arranged for Shiraki Masayuki's assets to be reduced to zero.

Noda's secretary, who received the anonymous envelope, took the envelope and went to Noda's hospital room.

Noda vomited blood and fainted on the spot. Noda's secretary quickly arranged for him to be transferred to another hospital and had him undergo a full medical examination at another hospital...

The next day, Noda Ichiro, in his wheelchair, and a bewildered Mrs. Noda appeared in court.

In addition to Noda Ichiro and his wife's legal team, those appearing in court included Shiraki Masako and her lawyer, Eiyo.

Waiting outside the courthouse were Katsuhiko, Kotoha, Kanzaki Yumi, and Kanzaki Yuma, as well as Mr. Kudo and Katsuhiko's father.

Mrs. Noda was very aggrieved in court, crying and accusing Noda Ichiro of neglecting his wife at home... She also implicated Shiraki Masako, saying that she was Noda Ichiro's mistress, using this as evidence that he had cheated on her first and then used her to suppress her.

Noda Ichiro frankly admitted that Shiraki Masako was just his attending physician... and that he was already impotent before he met Shiraki Masako and could not get an erection at all. He even produced a medical examination report.

Mrs. Noda then took the opportunity to say: "It's because you're impotent that I found someone else. I had no choice. I didn't commit adultery..."

She simply refused to talk about the murder of her husband for insurance money.

Finally, Noda Ichiro produced video and audio recordings, played them in court, and even called in the dozen or so male escorts as witnesses.

Mrs. Noda shouted, "Turn it off! Turn it off! You're violating my privacy! I'm going to sue you! It's not my fault..."

I turned it off because the visuals were too graphic.

Although she verbally confessed to murdering her husband for insurance money during the conversation, she still denied it and implicated Masayuki Shiraki again, stating: "I didn't do it, it was all Masayuki Shiraki who did it. All her money was given to her by me, more than a billion yen..."

Aside from keeping the fact that Mrs. Noda gave her over a billion yen, Shiraki Masako frankly admitted to everything else. She also produced a recording of Mrs. Noda instructing her to poison him, and stated that she did not follow Mrs. Noda's instructions completely, but rather cut corners. She said this was mainly because she still had a conscience; otherwise, Noda Ichiro would have died long ago.

After some wrangling, Mrs. Noda was sentenced to life imprisonment. Her act of murder was not the main issue; the real problem was her motive of "insurance fraud," which was extremely heinous.

As for Masayuki Shiraki, given that she surrendered herself to the police and showed no signs of losing her conscience, the presiding judge decided to sentence her to two years.

However, Noda Ichiro was not satisfied. He hoped that Shiraki Masako would also be sentenced to life imprisonment, or at the very least, ten or fifteen years. After all, she was the direct perpetrator of the poisoning.

However, the trial team that received 1 billion yen from Shiraki Masako did not heed Noda Ichiro's advice and granted Shiraki Masako a one-year reprieve on the grounds that Shiraki Masako was pregnant.

Eiyo, who was acting as Masayuki Shiraki's lawyer, even showed Masayuki Shiraki's medical examination report to Ichiro Noda.

Perhaps because they received money, the lawsuit was handled very quickly.

Masayuki Shiraki and Mrs. Noda were driven away in a private car.

Noda Ichiro, who was in a wheelchair, wanted to find out from Eiyo whose child Shiraki Masako was pregnant with, but he still had to work on taking over Mrs. Noda's property, so he left in a hurry.

Mr. Kudo and Katsuhiko's father had intended to try and get on his good side, but Noda Ichiro left too quickly. They could only watch the departing car, shake their heads, and sigh, concluding that they probably wouldn't be friends anymore...

Katsuhiko turned to look at his girlfriends hiding in a car in the distance, then immediately grabbed Eiyo who was walking over, ignored his two living fathers, and got into the car.

Masayuki Shiraki's medical report is genuine, but it uses Sayuri's report; she is pregnant.

The reason why Xiaobaihe's medical examination report was used openly and legitimately was naturally because Xiaobaihe had given her tacit approval.

She stayed with Mikoto for several days in a row, causing Mikoto immense suffering. Every time Mikoto tried to find an opportunity to meet with Katsuhiko, Sayuri would always happen to show up, then linger and ramble on about random, unrelated things.

Mikoto thought that if she exposed Shiraki Masayuki's affair, Sayuri would probably lose interest in following her around. She also casually revealed that Eiyo had extorted money from Shiraki Masayuki.

Mikoto's thinking was simplistic. Sayuri wasn't indifferent to Shiraki Masayuki's problem, but since the matter had already occurred and couldn't be changed, it should be postponed. The current issue was getting Mikoto to be honest, since she had been holding it in for several days and couldn't give up halfway.

Of course, she also took the opportunity to find Yingdai and gave her a warning, saying: "No one except me, his legal wife, has the right to extort money from my husband's girlfriend and to hand over all the stolen money."

The pearl earrings, Cartier watch, and diamond gold necklace that Yingdai had only worn for a few days were all put away in a jewelry box by Xiaobaihe. Afterwards, Xiaobaihe even criticized her: "Don't you even look at your family's financial situation? With that meager salary, do you deserve such expensive jewelry? What if someone steals it? I don't even dare wear anything that valuable; I only dare to buy plastic ones..."