Why wasn't I the one who got the male lead's script?

"Ryouya, you——"

No matter how slow-witted Eriri was, she could already sense the jealousy and hostility emanating from Aki's sarcastic remarks.

This should be proof that Akitomo also cares about himself.

However, Eriri did not feel happy or ecstatic because of realizing this.

“………You.”

——The emotion that surged in her heart could only make her feel anger and disgust.

"It's already this late and you're still arguing with me about such boring topics?!"

She pushed An Yi away fiercely, and the expression on her flushed face was more than just anger.

"If you really did something like that, Tomoya—then I'd be so disappointed! Why did you become such a filthy and disgusting person?!"

"I'm filthy and disgusting? You're the only one who doesn't have the right to say that about me, Eriri."

An Yi also did not get angry but laughed instead. It seemed that he had expected this situation to happen.

"And what evidence do you have to prove that I was the one who did that thing with Xingjian? I didn't do anything. I just forwarded the news that Xia Shizi was plagiarized. Can you blame me for this?"

He pushed up his glasses and articulated his rebuttal clearly, as if he had rehearsed it countless times.

"Besides, that guy took away everything I could have had—I'm the victim, so why should I be called dirty and disgusting?"

"Could have been...?"

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There will still be updates before 12 o'clock!!

I have evening study tomorrow night, I'm going to cry orz

Xing Jianqing Can't Be Alone Again: Chapter 8 Undercurrent Interlude (Part 2)

"This kind of thing doesn't matter anymore, Eriri."

Before Eriri could notice anything was wrong, Aki quickly changed the subject and met Eriri's slightly doubtful gaze with a calm demeanor.

"I'll say this one last time... If you're willing to come back to me and fulfill the dream we promised each other since childhood, I'll let bygones be bygones and pretend nothing happened before."

Aki Tomoya still holds out a little hope.

He still holds out a glimmer of hope for the future he has foreseen.

That's why it would be best if Eriri didn't leave his side.

But this girl Eriri is slightly different from Kasumigaoka Utaha and Kato Megumi.

This guy would rather be tough than soft in certain situations.

Although she is the type who can be coaxed and then healed, sometimes taking a tough attitude can help her to restrain her spoiled and willful nature.

She has now lowered her head and clenched her fists, perhaps she is hesitating.

Maybe there is still a chance to save it.

"…………snort."

However, what was a little beyond Aki Tomoya's expectations was that Miss Eriri did not give in to him this time.

"If that's your answer, I understand, Renye."

She raised her head and looked at Tomoya Aki from head to toe with a somewhat harsh gaze, as if she wanted to see through all the dark sides of him.

"You're more than disappointing to me—you're making me sick to my stomach to be able to do something so hurtful and then just stand aside and do nothing about it."

"Hey--"

Before Aki Tomoya could refute, Eriri turned around and left in anger, as if she had lost all her patience and was too lazy to continue talking to him.

“…What?”

Aki, who was a little annoyed because he didn't expect Eriri's cold attitude, waved his hand angrily and looked away in a bad mood.

He had clearly given her a chance to reconcile, but Eriri became more and more stubborn, and it looked like there was no way to convince her.

"If she refuses to accept my offer, she'll be punished... Anyway, if she refuses to give me face and insists on having her own way, there's no need for me to continue lowering my status and giving her chances again and again. Anyway..."

Amami Tomoya, who could only use this kind of hypocritical comfort in his heart to perfunctorily comfort himself, heard the crisp footsteps coming from the stairwell not far ahead and raised his head slightly.

Then, his face, which had been somewhat worried, became a little more relaxed.

Because the slender figure walking down the stairwell was someone he was very familiar with - Kasumigaoka Utaha.

"Senior...! I'll wait for you after lunch break as you told me before."

Aki Tomoya took two steps at a time and quickly walked to the front of Kasumigaoka Utaha, his face full of excitement and joy.

"So, you asked me out this time... just to talk about the thing you mentioned on the phone that you figured out?"

——Here’s what happened.

Last night, Kasumigaoka Utaha sent a text message to Aki Tomoya saying, "I've thought it through. There are some things I want to talk to you about in person. See you at school tomorrow."

It was this message that made Aki Tomoya feel that his "future" was not really hopeless.

Shiyu's attitude towards herself seems to have changed a little, so there may be a chance to turn her future around.

"...Well, it's just as you said, Ethics-kun. I've suddenly figured out a lot of things, so I wanted to have a long chat with you."

The girl with long black hair stood on the steps, looking down at the boy with glasses standing in front of her, staring at her with anticipation and interest.

——is a familiar name.

This should mean that what Kasumigaoka Utaha meant by "figured it out" is being able to understand oneself.

Noticing this subtle change, Aki Tomoya became excited again, but he tried his best to suppress the excitement in his heart and did not show it too obviously on his face.

She smiled as mature and elegantly as ever, her charming wine-red eyes filled with hidden complex meanings.

"But, if we talk during lunch break, I don't think we have enough time."

Kasumigaoka Utaha lifted her hair and looked around at the teaching building opposite through the window in the corridor.

"How about this? You skip the class meeting this afternoon and come meet me in the lecture hall—we can talk about it then."

"Ah, are you skipping class again?"

"Why, is it not possible, Ethics-kun?"

"No, not really...Okay, I'll skip it and come see Senior."

An Yi was a little embarrassed for a while, but soon gritted her teeth and agreed at the risk of being discovered by the teacher.

He raised his head and gave Shiyu the same hearty smile as before.

"If you are truly willing to change your mind... then it is never too late. I will always be waiting for you in the original club."

"………very good."

Shiyu looked at this smile that once meant a lot to her, and finally just chuckled, pursed her lips and nodded.

This pretty face that used to make her heart beat faster, now made her feel exactly what it was like - only she herself knew.

"In the end, we still can't avoid the topic of clubs and work, Aki-kun."

Of course, no one except herself knew about the playful feeling in her heart.

"Well, Senior Shiyu, see you later this afternoon!"

"Well, I'll wait for you in the lecture hall."

"Okay, see you then!"

An Yi waved to Shiyu and turned away. He seemed to be in a good mood - which is not difficult to understand.

Shiyu just waved goodbye to him with a smile, then put her hand down lightly, and the smile on her face gradually disappeared.

She stood on the original stairs and watched Aki Tomoya slowly disappear at the end of her sight, then turned her head and looked in the completely opposite direction.

That was the direction that Eriri Sawamura had just left.

"...You're still so impulsive."

She sighed to no one, then slowly took out her phone from the pocket of her pleated skirt.

She dialed a phone number, then leaned against the wall, gazing into the distance with a look that looked quite intriguing.

After a while, the call was connected.

"Hey, I'm ready here."

Kasumigaoka Utaha reported her actions to someone in a very calm tone.

"Leave it to me from now on."

"Well, thank you for your hard work, Kasumigaoka-san."

On the other end of the line—a blonde girl nodded, her cold blue eyes filled with icy emotions.

Sitting on the bench on the rooftop, she raised her head, looked at the blue sky, then lowered her head to look at the teaching building full of students.

This is the teaching building of Toyonosaki Academy.

“Just do it without thinking about the consequences.”

Hayasaka Ai chuckled, but the temperature of her tone dropped to an unprecedented freezing point.

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What's our slogan? Make trouble!

Ai-nee and Shiha's big moments! Eriri-san's gonna show off next! (° ?? °)?

Xing Jianqing Can't Be Alone Again: Chapter 8 Undercurrent Interlude (Part 3)

Time passed in the blink of an eye and it was already afternoon.

Eriri Sawamura followed the class to the school auditorium - their class meeting would be held here today.

Generally speaking, class meetings are organized by class leaders. After the head teacher confirms that all students are present, he or she will leave, leaving the students with room to express themselves freely.

——Of course, this action, which would have created conversation opportunities for many shy and introverted students, may now have the opposite result.

After the oppressive aura of the "teacher" disappears, all kinds of emotions suppressed in the students' hearts may come into being and finally burst out completely.

Worried about this, Eriri sat down in the assigned seat and began to look around frantically, hoping to see a familiar face among her classmates.

——Finally, she saw the black-haired boy looking at the class leader who had given a speech this morning.

The class leader's expression looked particularly cold and subtle. He seemed to be instructing the black-haired boy on what to say when he went on stage later.

However, Xing Jianqing didn't seem to be so focused. He just casually glanced at the classmates who had already taken their seats, and seemed to be quite indifferent to the detailed instructions of the class leader.

Eriri focused her attention and listened carefully to what the other person was saying.

"...Xingjian, this is...an opportunity...you must...make good use of it...making mistakes isn't the worst thing to worry about, what's terrible is the attitude of refusing to admit it...I hope you're not hopeless."

"——This guy knows nothing, yet he arrogantly defines others?"

Although she could only hear a few trivial words, even so, Eriri was already so angry that her brows jumped. She pursed her lips and tried hard to restrain herself from losing her temper.

If there weren't a few girls surrounding her, she might have lost control.

As for the person involved, Xingjian just stood there, raised his eyebrows, and looked towards the podium in the auditorium, seeming a little absent-minded.

He was probably too lazy to listen to what the class leader said.

——At the same time, in the corner of the podium where Xingjian's sight did not reach.

After organizing the materials and taking attendance, the teacher tucked the attendance book between his arms and looked at the girl with short black hair who was busy doing something in front of the computer with a somewhat apologetic look.

"I'm sorry, classmate. There's been some problems with the computer in the auditorium recently. I'm not very good at it... The students all came here after me, and I wasn't here just now. Seeing that you were near the auditorium, I had to trouble you to help me check it out."

"It's okay, teacher. Actually, I'm not very good at repairing electronic devices, but I just restarted it and it was fine."

A peaceful smile appeared on the face of the girl with short black hair. After watching the electronic and mechanical blind teacher nod and leave, she turned her gaze back to the computer screen.

She didn't turn off the computer immediately.

Kato Megumi glanced at the classmates who were slowly taking their seats in the auditorium with an imperceptible look, and then clicked on a certain software with the mouse.

She turned off the computer monitor and, taking advantage of the break when many classmates were still active in the open space outside the auditorium, left quietly—no one noticed her presence during that time.

As soon as Kato Megumi left, the class bell rang.