I refuse to be a plagiarist

"but......."

"?"

"Why didn't you contact me before about your plan to buy a property?"

There was a hint of confusion in those ice-blue eyes.

According to her understanding of the young man in front of her, with his efficiency-seeking personality, it is impossible for him to leave a ready-made and reliable helper like her unused.

Although she is also just a worker, thanks to the platform of the Shinomiya Group, the resources and information that this high school girl can access are even more than those of many workers who have worked in society for many years.

This is the information gap caused by different "platforms".

"Don't ever give me excuses like 'I'm sorry'.

If you really consider me a friend."

The expression on his face seemed a little gloomy.

Although she didn't say it directly, as a partner who can be trusted and relied upon, Hayasaka Ai undoubtedly attaches great importance to the guy in front of her.

The same is true for Hasegawa.

The wind rises at the end of Qingping, and the waves become between the waves.

This sentence is actually very appropriate to describe the gradually deepening connection between two people.

With the help of the seemingly illusory opportunity of the Internet, this connection has developed to this point. For both of them, it is definitely not just something that can be simply described as "precious".

There are inevitable syncs, but more often than not, they are coincidences given by God.

In addition to being a time traveler, the latter's core social circle can be said to be very narrow in a sense because of his previous hard work to make a living.

As for the former, who had been trained as a maiden's attendant since childhood, the situation was similar in a sense.

The difference in their social circles may mean that they will hardly have much interaction with each other in real life.

But it is precisely because of this that, faced with this long-lost opportunity where she can help, the girl wants to provide some help to the best of her ability.

However, the fact is that Hasegawa Hide, the person involved, secretly hid it from her and started to do things on his own.

Well, maybe for Hayasaka Ai personally, Hasegawa's plan to build a big house is not as good as him doing it alone.

After all, in the girl's opinion, at least her existence is much more reliable than those two guys just now...

His eyes were fixed on the reaction on the other person's face.

The girl still clearly remembers that when the two of them first became acquainted on the Internet, the other party once said, "True friends don't have to be so distant."

So when faced with the "bad" treatment of being kept in the dark by Hasegawa and having to play with other friends, she actually became unusually worried.

"Haha... that's a bit too serious."

He is not a fool.

At this moment, Hasegawa Hide could clearly feel the pressure coming from the girl.

That is the solemnity that friends want to treat each other sincerely.

Especially...it's on the two of them.

[Hey...how can I say this?]

I felt a little conflicted.

He knew that if he could not give a suitable answer, a rift called "distrust" would likely develop between the two of them.

But the problem is......

"If you want me to tell you something, I can tell you honestly."

He scratched the back of his head somewhat embarrassedly.

Actually, if I were to ask the other party for help, the reason why I didn't ask him for help was actually because of my own shamelessness...

Chapter 98: Worrying about Gains and Losses

It is said that it is better to rely on yourself than on others.

If it weren't for the fact that he really had no knowledge of the field of real estate purchase in Japan, Hasegawa Hideya would never have sought help from his friends around him on this matter.

In fact, according to common sense, it is not an unattainable goal for him to learn relevant knowledge from scratch.

But he underestimated his inner obsession with his future home and his potential desires as a human being.

Just like buying a product, as you continue to add billions of additional configurations, the budget amount that was initially set within your own affordability also increases exponentially.

This led to the initial choice of purchasing real estate, and later the need to come up with plans to raise cash reserves.

During this process, Hasegawa Hide's trusted friends were also pulled over by him one by one, either directly or indirectly.

This feels a bit out of control, but it is actually force majeure.

But the reason why Hayasaka Ai was not allowed to join is...

During the early years of the Spring Festival Gala, Uncle Benshan and Grandma Song Dandan had a skit program called "Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow".

They played the old couple Baiyun and Heitu in the script, and there was such a plot: Aunt Baiyun was in charge of herding sheep in the production team, but she was caught and criticized for secretly shearing the sheep. She was accused of "undermining socialism" at the time, and from then on she was labeled as "sheep stealing socialism".

The reason why she was discovered by the production team was that she always caught a sheep in the flock and plucked its wool...

In Hasegawa's opinion, asking friends for help is somewhat similar to the story of Aunt Baiyun taking advantage of others.

——You can’t always catch a “sheep” and pull it out, right?

“…Actually, this is only one aspect.

Besides this, Hayasaka, I have other things in mind as well."

He looked down at the girl who remained silent.

Hasegawa could vaguely see his own reflection in the other person's eyes.

It is said that friendship is mutual.

When the other person expresses care and concern for him, he feels that he also has the necessary responsibility to respond.

In fact, as his "soulmate" whom he met on the Internet, Hayasaka Ai did provide him a lot of help since they met offline.

This is actually an outward manifestation of the deep friendship between the two. If this happened in China, Hasegawa would not be too lonely. After all, the Chinese believe that the more you spend time together, the deeper your feelings become. There is even a saying that "you can't get to know each other without fighting."

But the question is, what about this island country under our feet...

In the Japanese habit, entrusting others with one's own "troubles" is actually a very rare thing.

Although he didn't quite understand the specific reasons, Hasegawa found it easy to find in the process of becoming a part-time worker and getting along with his schoolmates that everyone would handle the problems by themselves if they could, and would never ask others for help even if they didn't have the ability.

Apart from group activities involving team honor, unless it is a case of malicious bullying or deliberate behavior, there are rarely any cases of people actively coming forward to "commission"...

Hasegawa Hide is not a superman. Being surrounded by certain conventional rules, he often has to give up his own persistence and go with the flow.

His self-reliant lone wolf character was closely related to the social dangers he encountered in the early days of his time travel, but it must be admitted that it was also more or less influenced by the surrounding environment.

Fortunately, the friends around me are all reliable people, Shirogane, Yukinoshita, Hayasaka, Ishigami... Because of the process and experience of getting to know each other, everyone is mostly easy-going when getting along with each other, and are not bound by the so-called "conventions".

But one thing is another.

Perhaps in the eyes of other students in Shuchiin, Hayasaka Ai is just a lively hot girl who likes to sing, dance and rap in the academy, but as her partner, Hasegawa also knows how much pressure and loneliness she is under in her heart.

Perhaps because of his work, the other party would not have any material shortcomings, but he knew very well how terrible it was to be physically and mentally exhausted after a busy day of work.

So now that there are other options, he doesn't want to put the problems and pressure on the other party.

Friends are something that should more or less consider each other.

Of course, there may be one point that even Hasegawa himself has not noticed, that is, his self-esteem as a man, which he does not usually express but has always been stationed in his heart.

The era when people were shameless and barefoot and were not afraid of wearing shoes is completely gone.

While maintaining pragmatism, we should also pay proper attention to our attitude in dealing with problems.

——You can’t just summon the Sailor Moons you’re on good terms with all the time, right?

"It may sound corny, but Hayasaka, I still trust you as always.

The reason why I didn't want to trouble you this time is simply.....Alas~

So there are some things that you really don’t need to guess blindly by yourself.”

He looked seriously into the eyes of the blonde girl to express his sincerity.

Some things can only be understood but not expressed in words. If you say them directly, although the meaning can be understood, it would be a bit too corny.

"Anyway, you should understand, right?"

It's time to unleash your spiritual tacit understanding.

Perhaps because he felt that the lines at this moment were a little bit wrong and seemed to overlap vaguely with some melodramatic idol dramas on TV, this man named Hasegawa Hide did not directly express his idea of ​​sharing his friend's worries. Instead, he raised his right eyebrow at the other party as if he was possessed by Brother Kun.

But he could never have expected that after listening to his explanation, the girl in front of him took a few deep breaths, and then a new expression appeared on her face.

It seems like he's pretending to be nonchalant, and even... a little shy?

“Ahem. Ahem.

Well, today...the stars seem to be looking good.

Do not you think so? "

"........"

I followed the other person's gaze and looked at the moonless night sky.

Hasegawa had no idea whether the stars were beautiful tonight, but he could realize that the golden-haired girl in front of him seemed to have made some unexpected mistakes in the process of exercising their tacit understanding.

【Is there really something wrong with my expression? 】

[Also, you are like this now...what on earth were you thinking about just now!]

[Could it be that he misunderstood something and got too immersed in the role?! ]

I couldn't help but think of some bad things in my mind.

Although the possibility of friendship deteriorating is very small, now...

[Why do I always feel a little weird? ]

Chapter 99: The Snow Mother...

"I had a dream last night. Although it was interrupted at the critical moment, it was still quite interesting."

"Oh?

Interesting... Could it be one of those sweet dreams of being with a beautiful older sister?"

"Ha ha!

That’s certainly not…”

In some ways, Hasegawa Hide can be said to be quite clumsy. In the slightly awkward moment, he very cleverly chose to open a new topic.

Just like he is clumsy in some aspects, he also has his own areas in which he is relatively proficient.

The vast and shallow waves cover the white sand on the beach; the warm and flowing clouds cover the rosy cheeks.

In the evening breeze under the summer moon, in the slightly curious eyes of the girl beside me.

A high school boy named Hasegawa Hide described to the other party in a light-hearted tone that simple, innocent, yet memorable dream.

The story is a bit messy and even illogical.

However, when she heard that someone was chased for several streets by a country goose with its wings spread out in a dream, Hayasaka Ai, who usually wore a mask, couldn't help but narrow her eyes and raised her hand to cover her lips.

The girl's laughter and the swaying of the branches form a melody.

By the time the two of them parted, the scene of people and cars coming and going on the road had already unconsciously changed to a peaceful tone.

——It’s late at night

The happy time made the two of them even ignore the passage of time.

But before falling asleep, Hasegawa Hide always had a feeling in the dimness that he seemed to have forgotten something important today...

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