I refuse to be a plagiarist

"........"

There was a hint of retreat in his tone that was not usually there.

In the face of his friend's seemingly roundabout remarks, Hasegawa did not make any movement. He still kept his eyes closed, crossed his legs, and wandered around aimlessly.

But the tone was full of affirmation:

"Don't think about it.

You...are definitely in love with me!"

Chapter 172: Being a teacher is a common problem

Looking outside Hasegawa's new home through the floor-to-ceiling windows, in addition to the unobstructed wide view, you can also see two trees at the edge.

One is a jujube tree, and the other is also a jujube tree......

Bah, bah, bah.....This is not a collection of short essays by Mr. Lu Xun. In fact, even Hasegawa himself doesn't know what species these two trees are.

But there is no doubt that the branches swaying in the wind, while making rustling sounds, did soothe the mood of a friend next to him.

[Love... this is really a complicated issue. ]

Muttering quietly in my heart.

Although he himself did not quite understand the problem, facing his friend who had finally managed to lower his dignity and ask the question, Hasegawa opened his lips slightly and finally swallowed back the words "I don't know either".

How can a man say that he is not good enough?

Hasegawa Hide certainly knows that he may not be a trustworthy "expert" in this area. In fact, seriously speaking, this straight-forward guy who likes to stick to his own opinions is just a naive rookie.

Not to mention giving advice to others, it is already commendable that he did not drag his teammates down to score points in the opposite direction.

But so what?

What the friend in front of him needs at this moment is probably not some ingenious plan, but a little courage to support him to move forward.

Just like the naive feelings that unfold between other young boys and girls, after a year and a half of overt and covert "game" and fermentation between Shirogane and Shinomiya, their feelings and longing for each other have already reached their peak. To go further, all that's left is for one of them to break through that layer of window paper.

Running in both directions is the most deadly.

Perhaps the two people who were immersed in the game had not realized it yet, but the dog food atmosphere that was unintentionally exuded had actually attracted the attention of other partners around them.

Oh, of course, except for a certain magical secretary lady...

“There’s actually nothing to hesitate about, Shirogane.

Look at your peers around you who are struggling with love.

Compared to them, the problems you are facing right now are not even as difficult as the Novice Village."

Staring intently at the boy in front of him who was obviously still hesitant and wavering, Hasegawa tried to comfort him, but at the same time, a hint of disappointment could not help showing in his eyes.

As a partner of Shirogane Miyuki, he can also indirectly understand some of the young lady's thoughts from Hayasaka Ai. When he looks at the "game of strategy" between the two, it is like he has a God's perspective as a spectator.

——iseedeadpeople (laughs)

Although it is impossible to see all the details clearly, it is more or less possible to grasp the current general direction.

As mentioned before, the relationship between Shirogane and Kaguya is a two-way one, which is the most desirable type of relationship and the one most likely to be blessed by bystanders.

In Hasegawa's view, compared with the many classic cases of unrequited love around him, the two parties in front of him now only need to press A on the progress bar for the last time to complete the task and achieve the achievement.

As a guy with strong initiative, with a hint of machismo in his heart that he himself may not even be aware of, Hasegawa's idea on this matter is undoubtedly to encourage his friends to launch a victory charge towards the goal.

——Don’t be afraid, just charge and it will be done!

"But........."

The advice from his friends gave Baiyin Yuxing some courage.

Looking at Hasegawa Hide's resolute face and the thumbs up he gave him, he admitted that there was indeed an impulse burning in his heart.

[Yes, Baiyin, as a man, what are you struggling with? ]

【Go, tell Shinomiya. 】

【Tell her the most sincere thoughts hidden in your deepest heart. 】

Under someone's encouragement, the boy could feel the hot blood in his body surging, and even his cheeks became rosy.

This was actually his truest impulse.

For Baiyin now, whenever the eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family is mentioned, he can't help but start to have wild thoughts, and he is not at all calm and rational as usual.

Fortunately, both of them were under the light of the setting sun, and because they had just done manual labor for the whole afternoon, Baiyin's subtle abnormality did not cause anyone to ridicule him.

But then again.

In this situation, even if Hasegawa noticed the slight change in his friend's expression, he would not be able to make jokes with him like he usually did.

Apart from anything else, I finally seem to be in better shape. What if I accidentally extinguish that fragile flame of hope?

"So, what's your decision?"

Seeing that the other party was already showing signs of being moved, Hasegawa knew the principle of striking while the iron was hot, so he quickly opened his mouth and started to pursue, trying to make this guy in front of him make a decision quickly.

After all, he understood his little friend.

Even though Hasegawa, as a bystander, speaks very logically, he can also understand that as a person involved in the story, Shirogane probably has his own insecurities and worries in his heart.

This is actually a very normal mentality.

After all, they are facing an existence like Kaguya Shinomiya, who is like a moon princess and is very distant from ordinary high school students. Even in the Celestial Empire where everyone is like a dragon, people can't help but look up to certain beings, let alone in this island country with clear class hierarchy and even a bit of bloodline theory?

Although it sounds a bit sarcastic, compared to Hasegawa who has a Chinese soul, Shirogane Miyuki is undoubtedly a genuine Japanese person.

Therefore, influenced by the environment, the boy naturally also has those "worldly" limitations in his heart.

Add to that his inferiority complex which is completely opposite to his confident appearance... With so many factors stacked up against each other, it is really difficult for him to maintain his manly self-esteem in front of Kaguya Shinomiya, who crushes the opposite sex in all aspects.

However, no matter how difficult it is, on the premise of deleting the give up button, no matter how great the difficulty is, you must take the crucial step!

Hesitating?

Hesitant?

Want to back off?

But those are just meaningless self-escapes.

Hasegawa still remembered that a long time ago, the guy in front of him had actually asked him that he didn't know what his attitude was towards Shinomiya.

Now that the other party has found the answer in his heart, then......

"Just tell Miss Shinomiya all the passion in your heart!"

"Hasegawa..."

In the afterglow of the setting sun, Baiyin Yuxing felt an unprecedented encouragement from the depths of his friend's eyes staring at him. The eagerness in his heart that had cooled down in the face of reality resurfaced at this moment and reached a whole new height.

The boy couldn't help but feel slightly moved by the mixture of emotion and courage, and even his voice had a slight tremor that he didn't usually have.

But how would he know?

The partner who gave me the support of my faith and seemed very reliable, when it came to the girl next to him, the actions and attitude he showed were so regrettable...

Chapter 173: What is the Tale of the Bamboo Cutter?

I remember there is a saying that goes: When God closes a door for a person, he often leaves him a window.

Hasegawa Hide has forgotten the origin of this sentence, but he himself did not comment on the idea that the sentence was trying to express.

After all, countless bloody cases in reality have told us that in many cases, the so-called "God" will nail you down with both the door and the window.

Short is short, long is long.

The objective gap between the two is often not something that can be easily changed by just thinking about it.

Just like Shirogane and Kaguya.

A person walks on the asphalt road on a summer night.

The stars in the blue night sky ensure that Hasegawa does not feel lonely as he walks alone.

The "attribute table" of Baiyin Yuxing gradually emerged in my mind.

Compared to Miss Kaguya, his friend is undoubtedly inferior in many aspects.

Although Baiyin is a good person, even in Hasegawa's own opinion, this little friend is already outstanding among his peers in terms of both ability and character.

But if I were to marry the daughter of the Shinomiya family and form a new family together...

Humans are emotional animals.

The union of two people, in a sense, is the union of two big families.

Compared with the simple and clear emotions between the two parties, many times, the integration of the two families actually involves more issues that need to be considered, and the subsequent impact cannot be completely resolved by love and understanding alone.

Hasegawa naturally knew nothing about Kaguya's family members in the Shinomiya family.

After all, it is the top financial group on this island country. At least for ordinary people like him, there is no intuitive impression of it.

However, my little friend Baiyin Yuxing has had several contacts with his family members.

The figure of an uncle gradually emerged in my mind.

Compared to his younger sister Kei Shirogane who prefers to keep her thoughts to herself and is as meticulous as a little adult, the one who left a deeper impression on Hasegawa among Shirogane Miyuki's family members is actually his father, who is said to have been separated from his wife and children due to the bankruptcy of his company and has now become a complete vagrant.

Well, he is the uncle with deep nasolabial lines, who seems to have a lot of stories to tell and whose words make sense, but always gives people a sense of Dio within Dio.

[Oh my god... why do I suddenly feel such an inexplicable sadness? ]

My career was gone, my wife ran away, and my child was almost taken away by my mother...

Recalling the image of Shirogane's father in his memory, Hasegawa couldn't help but feel a little admiration for him.

After all, he was able to maintain an optimistic attitude after suffering such tragic blows in succession. As a man, he felt that he saw an indomitable spirit in the other person that was worth learning from.

Of course, despite his admiration, he would not want to experience the oppressive feeling of being "broken a hundred times" if possible.

Back to the point.

Asking himself honestly, as to whether this uncle is a qualified father, Hasegawa feels that he has no right to make any objective evaluation.

You say he is qualified... Judging from the fact that Baiyin and Baiyinmei are in charge of the family at a young age and the strong disdain they show towards him in their words and deeds, it seems that this uncle does not have the dignity of a father.

But you'd say he's unqualified... From the communication with the other party when he first visited, Hasegawa was able to clearly capture this man's concern and love for the growth of his son and daughter.

But no matter what, given the current situation of the Shirogane family, wanting Miss Kaguya to marry him, from the perspective of a passerby, it feels a bit like a professional poverty alleviation worker.

[If it were in the style of some Taiwanese idol dramas, and the lines were a little more mean, I'm afraid something like "a toad wants to eat swan meat" would pop out of the mouth of the XX elders of the Shinomiya family, right? ]

I complained silently in my heart.

Indeed, as the two parties in love, Baiyin and Shinomiya can be said to be evenly matched in soul, and they also have passionate feelings hidden in their hearts. They are truly a perfect match.

But once the future of the two is considered, the issue of "being well matched" becomes a hurdle that cannot be avoided no matter how you play around.

Unless... that young lady is willing to abandon her relatives and elope with her Silver Guild President without any disagreement.

Although it is indeed of reference value from the feasibility perspective, if she really did that, although she would be able to make her own decisions in love, in terms of moral concepts, this princess who abandoned her old father would probably be no different from an ungrateful person.

[In fact, if you are thick-skinned, it is not impossible to continue to move forward in this situation where the woman is strong and the man is weak.]

An idea suddenly popped into my mind.

When thinking of this, Hasegawa couldn't help but recall a "Tiger of the Criminal Division" named Cao Dahua in the movie. The character played by Uncle Da was a guy who did not have outstanding hard power but was able to eat soft rice in the system.

In a sense, that "Cao Dahua" is also a rare talent...

But Hasegawa himself is very resistant to this kind of freeloading way, which can be seen from the fact that he calls it "shameless" in his heart.

His like-minded friend Baiyin Yuxing naturally holds similar views on this matter.

In addition, what I learned from Hayasaka about the strength of the Shinomiya family, from the perspective of feasibility alone, let alone the Tiger of the Criminal Division, even the son-in-law and ninja route would probably be difficult to implement.

[Forget it...it's none of my business anyway, why bother so much?]

【All that needs to be said has been said.】

[If you want to pull the princess on the moon into your arms, Baiyin, it depends on your own efforts. ]

Hasegawa now has some understanding of the story of The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter.