The first episode came to an abrupt end amid the fierce conflict between Fang Jinxin and Ting Hai, and the ending theme slowly began to play.
Eri let out a long breath, her chest rising and falling slightly as she stared at the screen, still hungry for more.
"This show is so suffocating, but it's so addictive too. That Ting Hai is simply an unreasonable monster! How did Fang Jinxin end up with a friend like that? It makes me furious!" Eri could not help complaining, clearly already completely drawn into the story.
"This is only the first episode. What comes later gets even crazier." Takuya stood up and picked up the empty fruit plate. "The slaughter in the stock market, the twisting of human nature—it's a hundred times crueler than this."
Eri rose with him and helped gather the toothpicks from the coffee table. Looking up at him eagerly, she asked, "Will there be another episode tomorrow night?"
"One episode every day, airing continuously."
"Then tomorrow I have to get Kazuki to sleep early. I absolutely can't miss the beginning!" Eri's voice brimmed with anticipation, and she even clenched her little fists.
Takuya carried the fruit plate toward the kitchen. Watching his wife's excited back, the corners of his mouth could not help lifting.
Even a housewife like Eri, who normally watched nothing but domestic dramas and light variety shows, had been utterly gripped by the first episode, her emotions rising and plunging with the plot.
What about those financial professionals and stock investors who stared at the market in Kabutocho every day, their eyes bloodshot from fighting in the stock market?
When they saw Ting Hai's seemingly divinely aided, frenzied maneuvers in the futures market later on, they would surely descend into complete madness!
Takuya put the fruit