Chapter 142 32: Straw

She spent the night in a daze, and only felt a little more alert the next day.

She has always been good at regulating her emotions.

She has been like this since she was a child.

You can even get up early to make cookies.

Guangsue had given her a bag of dried cranberries before, and she had agreed to make cookies. A friend's promise should not be forgotten. Even if she was in a bad mood, as long as she thought that this was for a friend to eat, she would be in high spirits.

I added the remaining honey and worked hard for a while, and finally finished the cookies before school.

She packed it in a paper box that she had bought in advance at the convenience store, patted her face in the mirror, took a deep breath, and greeted the new day.

On the streets, although the typhoon has not officially arrived yet, the temperature is already cooler than yesterday.

The moist wind blew the hem of her skirt, causing the girls in short skirts to exclaim and look away.

Shirai kept forcing himself not to think about what happened yesterday, and then thought about the future, whether he should apply for the law major.

Unfortunately, there weren't many people around her who could give her advice, and she didn't want to cause trouble to Guangsue because of herself.

I arrived at school at about the same time as usual.

But today, why did Guangmo arrive so early?
And she also stood next to other people, which was rare, silent and no one knew what she was thinking.

No, it should be that many people gathered around a depressed-looking male classmate. He was the chairman of the class and also a deviant student.

Hirosue saw Shirai, glanced at the schoolbag in her hand, and then gave a look to a girl.

The girl received the look and coughed twice. "Everyone, please be quiet for a moment. We all believe in Taniguchi-san's character and believe that he would not make a mistake for the remaining tens of thousands of yen. However, since he disappeared in class and the surveillance camera is broken, we can only use the stupid method. Please open your schoolbags and check one by one."

"Hey, that's so troublesome!"

"It's just a few tens of thousands of yen, right? We can just make up for it later. I'll pay for it if that's the worst that can happen."

"That's it."

"Everyone." Hirosue Yoshimiya spoke, looking at everyone calmly.

They all shut their mouths.

"Although the amount of money lost this time is not much, theft is intolerable. If we do nothing, it will only encourage the other party's arrogance, and more valuable things may be lost next time. Searching the bag is just a helpless move. Please understand."

As soon as she opened her mouth, the others looked at each other, and those who had just opposed suddenly agreed.

"Yes! Hirosue-san is right. We can't tolerate it."

"Search if you want. Have a clear conscience."

"Let's start with me."

"It's been a whole night, maybe they've all been hidden."

Taniguchi looked at Hirosue gratefully and said, "I, I made a very small mark on the banknote. You can see it. It's right there—"

Guang Mo stopped him and said, "Tell us quietly, we will pay attention when we check."

She pointed at a few people and went to the corner with Taniguchi to listen to him tell her the location of the mark.

The inspection began, and it was very cursory, only checking the schoolbag and pockets. Basically, any thief with a little bit of brains would not be found, except
"Hirosue-san, these are the cookies I made with the cranberries you gave me last time. Would you like to try them first?"

Shirai did not realize the seriousness of the problem and even had time to hand the freshly made cookies to Hirosue who was checking on her.

Guangsue looked at the biscuits for a long time, closed his eyes, opened them again, looked at her with complicated eyes, then opened her wallet on the table, took out a few bills and took a look.

"Taniguchi-san, come and see if this is the mark you mentioned."

She turned her head and said.

Shirai's smile froze there, and his hands holding the biscuits hung in mid-air.

Taniguchi was stunned for a moment, then walked over, took the bills, looked at them, and then turned them over and over again. Finally, his mouth opened unconsciously, staring at Shirai blankly: "It's you?"

Guangsue's cold voice reminded: "So, is this the money you lost?"

Taniguchi swallowed and nodded, "Yes, yes, the horizontal line in the lower right corner was drawn by me with a pencil, exactly the same."

Hirosue looked at Shirai with emotionless eyes: "Shirai-san, do you have anything to say?"

A bolt of lightning struck outside the window.

What followed was a dull rumbling sound.

It was like a bombardment on Shirai's broken heart.

"Here."

When the last straw fell, the camel was speechless.

"Guangmo, it's not me. It's really not me. The money was not mine yesterday." Two lines of tears flowed unconsciously as she defended herself weakly.

Hirosue lowered his head, took out all the marked money from his wallet, and handed it to Taniguchi: "Taniguchi-san, check to see if there is anything missing."

Taniguchi looked at Shirai, then at Hirosue, and pointed twice as if there were thorns on his back: "Yes, that's it."

"Now that the money has been found, this matter is not glorious after all, and telling others about it will affect our reputation. Could you please not call the police or tell the teacher? On behalf of Huajin Group, I am willing to fully fund Taniguchi's future college expenses, and the whole class can testify to this."

The money was returned. Taniguchi, who had no intention of pursuing the matter, listened to the voices of agreement around him and nodded hurriedly: "Yes, yes, for the sake of the collective, I will not pursue the matter. Thank you, Hirosue-san."

After dealing with these things, Hirosue Yoshimiya looked at Shirai, who looked like a sculpture, stretched out his hand, and pushed the biscuits in her hand back.

"That's all, Shirai-san."

Hirosue's tone and eyes seemed to speak of disappointment.

People's eyes are like the sun, and she is a piece of ice. Under the scorching heat, even her tears will evaporate.

Shirai fell into a chair, like a puppet, as if his body no longer belonged to him and he was just a puppeteer behind the scenes, frantically trying to pull different threads.

But in vain.

Class, break, lunch break.
It was not until the bell rang that she slowly packed up her things and walked out of the classroom step by step.

"Shirai-san."

"Shirai-san?"

Kondo called her a few times, but she seemed to hear nothing. Her eyes were terribly empty, like an empty shell that had lost its soul.

The two passed each other, Kondo frowned, his face gloomy, he waited there for a while, and casually blocked a student from Hirosue's group.

"What happened in your class today?"

"Ah no, nothing."

"Huh? Don't make me do it."

"Kondo-sanbetsu, I say."

After listening to the other party's words, Kondo had already formed a clue in his mind.

"You are ten thousand times more despicable than I thought."

She didn't need any evidence, she knew that this must be Guangsue Liangmiya's method. The only thing she didn't understand was what Guangsue could gain from it.

She let this passerby go and did not go looking for Hirosue, but turned around and tried to catch up with Shirai.

Kondo was a little worried about her condition.

　Thanks for the tip from "吃我一板"
　　Thanks to "冰冷灬魔夜" for the reward
　　
　
(End of this chapter)