I refuse to be a plagiarist

In other words, although the truth of the matter is still under investigation, Hayasaka Ai's intuition tells her that Ishigami, who was suspended from school by the academy, probably had some unknown hidden story in the original incident.

But still the same sentence.

In this world, many times, "right" and "wrong" alone cannot determine everything.

If the hidden facts were to be revealed and the parties involved became angry and humiliated... logically speaking, compared to the second generation who have someone to rely on, Hasegawa and Shirogane, who are just ordinary people, would obviously be in a very disadvantageous situation.

--"Yes.

And... Hayasaka, how did you know about this?"

【......】

"you!

This guy is really......"

Such a decisive and powerful reply made the girl feel suffocated for a moment, as if she couldn't help but want to pull the other person out through the screen.

Although there were only two short lines of text, she could guess from the somewhat serious question that someone had obviously treated this action with Baiyin Yuxing as a serious matter.

How did you know about this?

Of course, I learned about it from the young lady who was the vice president of the student union and who accidentally noticed some clues!

[If I'm not mistaken, Hasegawa is probably now lying alone in bed, wondering what exactly exposed this matter? ]

I couldn't help but imagine someone lying on the bed, thinking hard with a serious look on his face.

And just as Hayasaka Ai thought, after learning the news from Hayasaka Ai, he immediately tensed up his nerves and his brain started working rapidly, searching for fragments of memory about this incident.

After all, before launching the action, he naturally discussed the risks hidden behind it with his friend Baiyin Yuxing.

However, in order to clear the boy's name, and given that Baiyin would become the student union president in the new school year with his top-ranked final exam score, they finally decided to charge forward.

However, the message from the girl now told him that this matter had already been known by others!

[Damn it! This is really.......]

I glanced at the time on my phone.

After confirming that the other party would not be asleep at this time, Hasegawa Hide made a prompt decision and directly dialed the familiar phone number...

Chapter 9. Resources? What resources?

"Moshimoshi... Baiyin, are you still awake?"

After the signal was connected, Hasegawa greeted the other party directly without waiting for a reply, causing Shirogane Miyuki, who answered the phone, to frown.

"Whether he slept or not, isn't it obvious?"

I looked down at the small desk lamp on the table.

As usual, he was still staying up late to study hard.

With absolute effort and sweat, he got the first place in the grade in the final exam of Shuchiin Academy, which has a high deviation value. The things that Shirogane Miyuki paid behind this honor are definitely not something that can be simply summarized in a few words.

[It’s eleven o’clock....]

"Tomorrow is Monday.

You called me so late at night, did something happen to you?"

The intensive exercise book that I had been thinking about carefully was turned upside down on the desk.

Although the two of them have been close friends for a long time, given their personalities, they generally would not contact each other at a time that might easily disturb each other.

So in Shirogane Miyuki's opinion, since Hasegawa has taken the initiative to contact him, there must be something that he thinks is very important.

There was a hint of concern in his tone.

In response to Shirogane Miyuki's well-intentioned inquiry, Hasegawa on the other end of the line did not show any reaction, but went straight to the point and said:

"So be it.

Shirogane, did you accidentally tell other students about the incident on Ishigami at school?"

"Um?

Why, why do you ask that? "

His brows were slightly furrowed, and the dark circles under his eyes caused by staying up late made Baiyin Yuxing look a lot more "ferocious" than usual.

Thinking carefully about my experiences in school.

After confirming again and again that he had not been exposed, he gave a reply with full confidence:

“I really didn’t tell anyone about this when I was in school.

Hasegawa, did you get any bad news?"

"It's more than just bad news."

A hint of weirdness appeared on his face.

Regardless of their relationship or their stance on the incident, they had no reason to deceive each other.

After receiving the reply from Shirogane Miyuki, Hasegawa Hide didn't think much about it and directly told him about the chat he had just had with Hayasaka Ai:

"I have a friend I've known for a long time......"

"Wait! Hasegawa, this friend you are talking about could be..."

"Don't let your imagination run wild. She's a girl from your Xiuzhiyuan."

She stopped the other person's suspicion in a bad mood, "If I really wanted to play a joke on you, would I have stayed up late at night and called you to have an awkward chat?"

"Um, sorry..."

"Okay, it's late at night, let's not talk about these useless things now.

You know, when I was chatting with her just now, she happened to ask me if you and I were helping Ishigami, a junior who was punished by the school. "

"what?!"

Shirogane couldn't help but be shocked by Hasegawa's information.

The uncontrollable and suddenly raised voice immediately caused his younger sister, Shirogane Kei, to throw a pillow at him, hitting him accurately on the forehead.

"Stupid brother, don't make so much noise at night!"

"Ah, ah.....I'm sorry, Kyu. I'll pay attention."

I apologized to my sister in time.

Then he carefully retreated to a corner, lowered his voice, and asked nervously:

"What the hell is going on?"

“It’s weird, isn’t it?

We hadn’t told anyone else about it, but an unrelated girl found out about Ishigami’s situation.”

Listening to the harmonious and loving daily conversation between the Shirogane brothers and sisters faintly coming from the other end of the phone, Hasegawa Hideya very considerately lowered his voice.

After a brief moment of silence and thinking, Baiyin Yuxing on the other side finally spoke up and put forward a tentative guess:

"Hey...Hasegawa, do you think there is such a possibility?

That friend of yours who you have known for a long time and is studying at Shuchiin, could she be some noble daughter with powerful information channels?"

Carefully reflect on the people you have come into contact with recently.

Although some clues are bound to be left in the process of investigation, the problem is that in Baiyin Yuxing's cognition, what he did only stayed on the superficial surface. It seemed that restarting the company was just a gossip among classmates, and it was far from being associated with any plan such as "XX rescue operation".

Of course, with the conditions the two of them currently have, they cannot be completely sure that there are no loopholes on their side.

But again, under these conditions, could there be other reasons?

For example...my best friend, the female friend who attends Shuchiin Academy, is a person with powerful energy behind her.

"This... I think it's a little unlikely."

Although he was a little hesitant, Hasegawa still gave his opinion after considering it for a while.

Hayasaka Ai and I met on the Internet several years ago. We were two office workers who were very stress-resistant in real life and accidentally found a partner to keep each other warm.

A valet may sound high-sounding, but in essence it is just a high-level worker.

Put yourself in their shoes. If the other person is really a person with huge energy, how could he be troubled by working overtime at high intensity?

At worst, I can just take a two-day break.

Look at myself now. Although I haven't achieved anything too earth-shattering, isn't my daily life quite comfortable?

【etc! 】

【The power behind...】

[I remember that during the last school festival, Hayasaka mentioned that the lady she worked for part-time seemed to be called, called...what was her name?]

Suddenly, a princess-like character who seemed to have a very good family background appeared in my mind.

But perhaps because he did not think deeply about it at the time, Hasegawa found that he could not remember the girl's name for a moment.

In his opinion, he and Hayasaka Ai may not have much capital, but the power behind the daughter they assist is something that people have to consider carefully.

"By the way, Baiyin, I want to ask, among the current members of your student union, are there any members with particularly prominent family backgrounds?"

"Everyone seems to be very impressive in terms of family background...

But if we really want to talk about who is the best, I'm afraid it's only Shinomiya."

When talking about the name "Shinomiya", Baiyin's tone and the expression on his face obviously became a little unnatural, as if there was some secret that could not be told.

But compared to his shyness, Hasegawa on the other end of the phone was ecstatic:

【correct! 】

[That’s Shinomiya! Shinomiya Kaguya! ]

All the explanations started to make sense.

Only after he came back to his senses did he realize that if this was the case, then the phone call he made tonight was...

A hint of embarrassment appeared on his face.

However, since it has been confirmed that the crisis has been resolved, such a result is already something to be thankful for for him.

Chapter 10: Hayasaka Ai wants to get involved

The unknown can be scary.

Now that the truth has been revealed, there is no need for Hasegawa to be so worried anymore.

I breathed a sigh of relief quietly.

However, before hanging up the phone, he still reminded Baiyin to be careful to protect himself when carrying out operations in normal times to avoid being targeted by some people with ulterior motives.

The eldest daughter of the Shinomiya family is fine.

After all, judging from the news from Hayasaka, this young lady did not seem to have any hostility towards her and Shirogane's attempts to help Ishigami clear his grievances.

Not only that, judging from the other party's various actions, Hasegawa always felt that this other party might be helping Shirogane...

【really! 】

[They keep saying they are not interested...these two must have some secrets!]

Gossip-filled and talking behind one's friend's back.

After ending the call, Hasegawa returned to the page where he was chatting with Hayasaka Ai.

——"Don't worry, we know what's going on and will be careful next time.

By the way, does anyone else know about this?"

——“….”

Looking at the text message that was sent a few minutes later, the blonde maid on the other side of the screen slapped her forehead and finally sent a string of powerless complaints on her phone.

Hasegawa this guy...

Are you this confident now?