You hear the door slide open, and then close

You : "Huh? Who is there?"

Youriichi : "Love, I'm back."

You : "Why are you home so early? I thought that you went to help the people in the village?"

Youriichi : "I finished sooner than expected..."

You : "Oh, ok!"

He seems cold, he usually isn't like this, so something bad must have happened...