I refuse to be a plagiarist

Chapter 48: Can’t guess, can’t understand

"Then let's contact each other another day, Sister Zhu Yin."

“Haha…ok.

Hasegawa, you should go back early too."

He smiled and waved at the boy through the car window.

On the street near the "Senior Citizens' Apartment", in response to Akane Akasaka's farewell, Hasegawa, who had gotten a free ride in transportation, waved to her from a distance, and only turned around and walked towards his own residence after watching her car disappear at the end of his sight.

Tonight, the two of them spent quite a long time discussing the problems they might face in the future.

But even so, when it comes to actual operation, many things that are beyond plan may still happen.

[Forget it... Let's take it one step at a time.]

He opened the door with a smile.

As the saying goes, "Plans can never keep up with changes." No matter how well they plan tonight while chatting, compared to what they are about to experience in the future, their current actions will only theoretically increase the chances of a satisfactory result.

"Ah...I'm a little tired."

On this day when I just started to enjoy the weekend, compared to other classmates who had no idea where to go to have fun, I spent the whole night chatting with the editor in a Chinese restaurant about serious matters.

After returning home, the physical and mental fatigue that had been temporarily suppressed instantly swept through Hasegawa's mind.

He took off his clothes quickly.

After a tiring day, taking a shower and then lying in bed to have a good sleep is undoubtedly the best choice.

Although the "senior apartment" I rented was a bit old, fortunately it had basic shower facilities.

And since achieving financial freedom, although he has not yet chosen a new address, he has added some more interesting things.

For example, a simple single bathtub.

“Hmph~Hmph…”

Humming a pleasant tune.

After putting the water at a suitable temperature, someone who had been walking his bird unscrupulously in the house slowly lay down in the bathtub with his mobile phone, leaving only the arm holding the phone and a head above the water.

On the screen, the prompts of several unread messages are so eye-catching.

Because he had been discussing the animation and related possibilities with Akane Ayaka, Hasegawa had not paid attention to the messages on his phone.

"Ah, ah, ah... This is really a sin."

Nowadays, those who know his contact information are basically close friends. Since they are friends, then this high delay behavior is undoubtedly a very rude behavior.

I explained to all the friends who sent me text messages why I didn't reply immediately.

Fortunately, these text messages are not very important in terms of time or content. Most of them are just asking about my weekend plans.

[Hmm? Wait...]

His sight stopped at the last portrait, Hayasaka Ai.

Hasegawa suddenly remembered that he had never confirmed with the girl about the previous offline competition whether she was helping him secretly.

The fingers moved rapidly across the screen.

After editing the text message, Hasegawa placed his phone on a shelf beside him, closed his eyes and took a short rest.

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"Ok?"

Although it was already quite late according to Hasegawa, Hayasaka Ai had not yet fallen asleep.

Just like a certain guy, after helping a certain young lady finish all the aftermath, she was tired after a day's work and just started taking a bath before going to bed.

However, compared to Hasegawa's more ordinary treatment, the treatment of this girl who occupied the Shinomiya family's large bath alone was undoubtedly much more luxurious.

The message screen suddenly lit up and she opened one eye in her drowsy state.

After seeing the word "Hasegawa" on it, Hayasaka Ai sighed softly, stretched out her arms from the water, wiped the water droplets on her skin, and opened the text message sent by the other party.

——"Sorry, I was discussing something with a friend just now and didn't see your message.

correct.

I don't have any plans this weekend, is it convenient for us to meet?"

“........Hmph~”

After hesitating for a moment, the girl uttered an ambiguous hum, closed her eyes, and slowly sank into the water.

Unlike China's Penguin and WeChat, the contact method on Line is a bit like Taobao customer service, with reminders of read and unread messages.

So when she saw that the text message she sent to Hasegawa had not yet shown the "read" reminder, the smart girl instantly guessed that the other party might have been delayed due to something.

After all, compared to people of the same age around him, this friend I met on the Internet does not seem to be the type who likes to put his mobile phone in front of him every day, and let things that were originally intended to make up for fragmented time occupy most of his energy.

But even so, she had already understood the original intention in advance. For some reason, she felt a little bit of inexplicable discomfort in her heart when Hasegawa did not respond.

【strangeness......】

【What on earth is wrong with me? 】

While she was struggling with the surging emotions in her heart, Hasegawa on the other side of the screen was left aside.

One minute, two minutes, three minutes...half an hour passed.

Looking at the "read" mark on the screen, Hasegawa, who had already climbed out of the warm embrace of the bathtub, touched his head, and some doubts arose in his heart.

[Hayasaka...what happened? ]

There was doubt and some worry.

Just like the girl knows Hasegawa's personality and habits very well, Hasegawa also has a considerable understanding of Hayasaka Ai's behavior patterns.

After all, the two met on a strange network.

Compared to people you can meet in real life, netizens are always more humorous and casual, and less restrained due to various reasons.

In this kind of relationship, unknowingly, the two people have become aware of each other's little secrets or behavioral habits that they usually hide deep in their hearts and would not tell others.

In Hasegawa's impression, this mixed-race girl who appears to have various appearances is actually a very capable and independent-minded strong woman.

In most cases, there is a corresponding purpose behind all the other party's actions.

[Could it be that... this long silence without a response is also conveying some message to me? ]

The expression on his face suddenly became strange.

You know, what he is worst at is guessing what girls are thinking.

Chapter 49: Girl's Thoughts

[Did he fall asleep because he was too tired, or...?]

The fact that he had not received a reply for a long time made Hasegawa start to have wild thoughts.

In his mind, a funny scene flashed by: the girl was lying on the bed with a mobile phone in her hand, then she fell asleep in a daze and was accidentally hit in the face by the falling phone.

This is a situation that often occurs to office workers after a hard day's work.

When a person is extremely tired, even looking at the screen becomes a very difficult thing.

As far as Hasegawa knows, although Hayasaka Ai is a high school student at the same age as himself and is at the most energetic, the heavy workload on weekdays has made this girl bear a life pressure far beyond that of a corporate slave at an early age.

It is not easy to be a personal attendant to a young lady.

Behind the high salaries and good benefits, 996 and overtime work are common occurrences.

[Maybe I was really too tired, so I forgot to reply...]

He smiled helplessly.

Just when Hasegawa was about to put the rest of the things off until tomorrow, the cell phone on the table shook, which made him startle slightly after climbing onto the bed, and he sat up again.

——"Whatever you want."

"........"

[Why...I always feel like she's having a temper tantrum?]

The expression on his face was a little subtle.

However, after a brief moment of confusion, Hasegawa quickly responded to the other party, agreed on the time and place of the meeting, and then rolled smoothly onto the bed.

【Sleep, sleep...】

It's not just the girl on the other side of the screen who is tired;

Not long after, Hasegawa's faint snoring could be heard from the bed.

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You stand on the bridge and look at the scenery, and people who look at the scenery look at you upstairs.

The bright moon decorates your windows, and you decorate other people's dreams.

"Hah~~~~ah...it's already morning."

Press the alarm you set previously.

The morning sun shining in through the window made Hasegawa, who had just climbed out of bed, squint his eyes subconsciously, and then he walked into the bathroom in his pajamas.

I hurriedly dealt with my breakfast.

As the party who took the initiative to make the agreement, it would be too much to keep the other party waiting for a long time.

I took the train to the port area, which I had rarely visited before.

The place that Hasegawa and Hayasaka agreed to meet last night was not somewhere else, but near the Shinomiya family mansion.

He couldn't remember how confused he was at the beginning, but after the school festival last school year, he now knew the girl's real job content.

Although he often saw the incredibly gorgeous courtyard in TV interviews, he had never seen such a grand scene in real life.

"So you made the appointment to a place like this?"

"Haha... Just consider it as satisfying the curiosity of a common man like me, Hayasaka."

Looking at the incredibly gorgeous manor of the Shinomiya family from afar.

In the face of the accumulation of capital, inside and outside the wall are two completely different worlds.

You have to know that this is in the port area, where various financial groups are relatively concentrated.

"Ah~da, it's really amazing...

Looking at the place where the young lady lived, I immediately understood what the saying "some people are born to be cattle and horses, while some people are born in Rome" means. "

He stuck out his tongue exaggeratedly.

Faced with Hasegawa Hide's words full of resistance, Hayasaka Ai's pretty face turned dark, and the look in her eyes when she looked at the other boy became subtle.

——Are you implying something about Hayasaka Ai, huh?!

"Hey~Hey...why are you looking at me like that?"

This "murderous" death gaze made Hasegawa subconsciously distance himself from the girl.

After realizing the subtlety of his previous words, he raised his eyebrows and began to explain:

“Don’t think too much.

If we talk about ‘oxen and horses’, shouldn’t a pure worker like me be ranked before you?”

“…I didn’t mean that.”

He turned his gaze away from the boy's face.

But in Hasegawa's opinion, Hayasaka Ai's appearance made her look even more cute.

Wait...cute?

[Now that I think about it, it seems...]

Think about it seriously.

Although strictly speaking a considerable amount of time has passed since the two of them met on the Internet, it is much longer than the time when they met Yukinoshita when they entered high school.