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

But even so, someone's reluctant questioning voice was heard from the crowd.

It seems that this idea has been deeply rooted in his mind.

Eriri took a deep breath, resisting the urge to throw the water bottle beside her at the person who was speaking, and responded in a voice that suppressed her anger.

"Then what evidence do you have to prove that he plagiarized?! Did you witness it yourself, or was your work copied, or did you install a security camera in his house?! Just because someone posted something online, you believe it? Are your standards for judging whether someone has done something wrong so crude?! So if I say I saw you running a red light while crossing the road, you have to pay a fine and be cursed by everyone, right?!!"

"Well………"

The boy, who was unable to refute Eriri's machine-gun-like questions and sarcasm, shut his mouth awkwardly, lowered his head dejectedly, and dared not look Eriri in the eye.

"Why are you on his side, Sawamura-kun?"

Finally, someone among the students who were originally so silent that they didn't dare to make a sound timidly raised this question.

This girl should still think that she is "righteous", and the boy standing on the podium at this moment, staring at Eriri blankly is the one who did something wrong and should be punished.

“Why? Haha… why…”

Enduring the puzzled gazes of the entire class, Eriri stood at the foot of the podium, using her frail body to block the view of the young man behind her, and lowered her head slightly.

——It’s a familiar feeling.

Once upon a time, many years ago, I was faced with a similar situation and was asked to make a similar choice.

Back then, I ran away, leaving the only person who understood me in a cowardly and embarrassing way, and hid among the crowd.

Now, another identical multiple-choice question with two options was presented to her.

Eriri raised her head and gave the following answer:

"Because the guy standing on the stage, who is being questioned and maliciously attacked by you, and whose suffering is inexpressible, is my friend!!!"

Although her eyes had already become moist, as if tears were about to burst out at the next moment - but Eriri sniffed sharply to suppress the impulse, and stretched out her hand very handsomely to protect Hoshimi on the stage behind her.

"Even if you don't believe what he says, even if you all think he's guilty of a heinous crime, I still choose to believe him and stand on his side!! Do you understand?!"

On the blonde girl's cute pink face, there was only a determination and stubbornness that was completely inconsistent with her age.

She resisted the urge to cry, even though shedding tears in this situation was just a physiological reaction she couldn't control.

The crowd, who were being stared at with a firm and hostile gaze by her, became agitated once again because of Eriri's words.

"No way... Why? Are Sawamura-kun and that Hoshimi friends?"

"But I've never seen them interacting privately..."

"I don't know what Hoshimi is like in her daily life, I only know that Sawamura-san is usually very kind to people... Since she is willing to believe Hoshimi, then did we really misunderstand something..."

"You're stupid! Look at how Sawamura got mad just now. He's actually two-faced after all!!"

When the students in the auditorium were discussing and deadlocked, a buzzing sound suddenly came from the auditorium's speakers - followed by a rustling sound of clothes rubbing against each other.

And suddenly, a young boy's voice came from the speakers.

"It was indeed me who did the Xingjian incident. I admit that."

"—?"

The auditorium, which was originally extremely noisy, became completely quiet because of this amplified speech.

Both Eriri and Hoshimi who was standing on the stage were stunned by this sudden situation.

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The person who is preventing me from watching the movie of Lu Nu is none other than Midoriya (uncomfortable). Xiao Hui is so cute, but whenever I think of this, I feel sick. When will there be a pure cut without Midoriya? Please kick me.

Xing Jianqing Can't Be Alone Again: Chapter 9: A Climax Concerto (Part 2)

Let’s go back to about fifteen minutes ago, in the school’s lecture hall.

The bell for class had just rung, and many students in the corridor quickened their pace and rushed towards the door in order to return to the classroom. However, the girl with a black hairband leaning against the door of the tiered classroom looked particularly lazy and leisurely.

She completely ignored the bell urging her classmates to return to the classroom, and walked steadily to the desk in the lecture hall, gently playing with the fabric draped over the computer.

It seems that Kasumigaoka Utaha has been waiting here for a long time.

About a few minutes later, hurried footsteps were heard again from the other end of the corridor, which had originally been completely quiet.

“Hoo, hoo, hoo…!”

From the other end of the corridor, a black-haired boy, who was extremely cautious in order to avoid the patrolling teacher and whose face was slightly red from sprinting, came to the door of the tiered classroom. He smiled and pushed his glasses at Shiyu who was leaning leisurely against the desk.

"Shi, Shiyu-senpai! I'm here on time as promised!"

He walked to the podium with some difficulty with legs that felt as heavy as if they were filled with lead, and stood in front of Shiyu. At the same time, he gave her a sincere smile and wiped the sweat from his forehead.

"So, what do you want to talk to me about, Senior?"

Tomoya Aki's attitude was exceptionally gentle, even gentler than before - noticing this, Shiyu just smiled faintly and looked at Tomoya Aki, who was still adjusting his breathing, with an intriguing look.

"Don't worry, it's okay. You know I'll always be here waiting for you, Lunli-kun."

"T-How can this be so embarrassing...haha."

Aki Tomoya, who could clearly feel that he was being treated tenderly, lowered his head shyly and scratched the back of his head rather embarrassedly - in fact, he was so happy that he almost shouted out loud.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's attitude towards herself has returned to normal.

She used to be like this, always sharp-tongued and cold to others, but gentle, considerate and attentive only in front of me, like a little woman in love.

Aki Tomoya was secretly delighted when he realized this - even though he actually didn't like Kasumigaoka Utaha.

No, he might like her a little bit - but he knew that he would never be with Shiyu.

Although this sounds a bit disgusting, he does feel excited and secretly happy about the kindness shown to him by others - Aki Tomoya feels that this is a common human problem, and he just made a mistake that everyone in the world would make.

He is just a human being. Even if he has such a mentality, it is understandable and he should not be blamed.

——Of course, these were all excuses he secretly made for himself. Shiyu probably didn’t know what he was thinking at this moment.

Probably.

Kasumigaoka Utaha just narrowed her eyes and looked at Aki Tomoya's expression, with the message at the corner of her mouth meaningful and at ease.

"Come to think of it, I do have something very important to discuss with you, Ethics-kun."

Shiyu had a gentle and mature smile on her lips. She slowly walked to the table beside her and picked up a piece of document paper that had been lying quietly on it.

She kept a warm smile on her face and handed the manuscript paper to Aki Tomoya, who was still grinning foolishly in confusion.

"This is my application for resignation from the club—please remember to sign it and submit it to the academic affairs office today, Mr. Ethics."

“………Eh?”

Aki Tomoya, who had a cheerful smile on his face, suddenly felt his whole body tremble, and the smile, which had not yet expanded to its fullest extent, froze on his face.

"Wait, wait, wait, Senior? Why are you—"

"Ah, I thought you came to see me after you had made up your mind. It turns out you didn't even think about it that way, eh, Ethics-kun?"

"No... Senior, isn't this too sudden? Why is this happening?"

After suffering blows one after another in one day, Aki Tomoya was already at a loss for words. He tried his best to say something to save the situation, but in the end he could only ask "why" one after another in embarrassment.

"...Why? So there's something you can't control, Ethics-kun?"

In stark contrast to the panicked Aki Tomoya, Kasumigaoka Utaha remained calm and composed in the face of danger.

She simply raised her eyebrows slightly, and the gentle smile between her brows revealed a hint of teasing.

"You've kept so many things from us, and now you're asking me why. Don't you think this is a bit too ironic?"

"—"

Aki Tomoya's eyes suddenly narrowed, he quietly took a few steps back, and his attitude towards Shiyu had undergone some subtle changes.

Kasumigaoka Utaha's expression, as if she had seen through everything, seemed a little creepy to him.

"…What's going on? What have I been hiding from you?"

However, if possible, pretending to be stupid is still the safest option.

In response, Shiyu just smiled and shook her head, as if she had already expected that he would continue to play dumb and did not show any disappointment.

Yes, that’s how Aki Tomoya is anyway - he never gives others an accurate answer.

"Since you, Ethics-kun, really want me to reveal what you're hiding, then I'll oblige you and start from the beginning."

Kasumigaoka Utaha smiled and gently sat down on the podium behind him. Her curvy figure looked particularly graceful in this posture.

"Let's start from the origin of all this—the puberty syndrome that happened to Sawamura-san and me, and... to you."

Hearing the last keyword, Aki Tomoya's expression changed, and his cheeks, which had turned red due to the intense exercise, turned a little pale.

"Let's put aside the adolescent syndrome between Sawamura-kun and me for now—it was actually your adolescent syndrome, Renli-kun, that pushed things step by step to the point where we are today. And if I'm not mistaken...my last guess should be pretty close."

Kasumigaoka Utaha paused, then stated her reasoning in a calm and confident tone.

"Everything you did, Mori-kun, was done deliberately according to your adolescent syndrome—foreseeing the future. And whether it was me or Sawamura-kun..."

Having said that, Shiyu shook her lower lip as if she couldn't bear to continue revealing the secrets. Finally, she calmed herself down and told out all her guesses.

"...We're both just tools, paving the way for you. Is that right?"

She placed her hands behind her back and gently placed them on the computer covered with a cloth.

The fingertips are only a few inches away from the enter key that can transmit sound.

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Happy Double Holidays everyone!! I finally got to the B&B I booked! Have fun everyone! (Those of you who don't have a holiday, study hard.jpg)

Xing Jianqing Can't Be Alone Again: Chapter 9: A Climax Concerto (Part 3)

"Speaking of which, let's get back to the topic of this adolescent syndrome of predicting the future."

In the empty lecture hall, only Kasumigaoka Utaha and Aki Tomoya were looking at each other in bewilderment.

The black-haired girl stood calmly in front of the desk, her back to the multimedia system as she stared directly into the boy's eyes, while leisurely placing her hands behind her back.

One hand was used to support the table, and the fingers of the other hand were gently rotating on the computer keyboard, as if the enter key would be pressed in the next moment.

"Of course, now that I've thought about it carefully, I feel that simply summarizing your adolescent syndrome as predicting the future seems a bit biased."

Kasumigaoka Utaha tilted her head with a faint smile, exuding the mature and elegant aura she always had.

"Because it's obvious that everything that's happening now isn't going as you predicted."

"—"

Kasumigaoka Utaha's seemingly unintentional words made the boy's eyebrows under the lenses tremble slightly.

This sentence unsurprisingly hit Aki Tomoya's pain point.

He clenched his fists and then unclenched them again, then continued to clench his fists because he became more and more unwilling to give up.

"So, what you saw, Ethics-kun—was probably just one of the countless possibilities for how the story could develop."

Kasumigaoka Utaha noticed the change in his expression, but she had no intention of showing any mercy or stopping.

She smiled and said the cruelest words to Aki Tomoya in the most gentle tone.

"So, this isn't about predicting the future at all—it's just fate playing a joke on you, giving you a glimpse of one of countless possibilities. We're not the ones who take such a joke seriously."

"Woo..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha actually knows very well where Tomoya Aki's psychological defenses are most easily destroyed.

This person seems to like anime and manga the most, but that's not the case at all.

There are reasons for the occurrence of adolescent syndrome. Eriri suffers from guilt about the past, and Utaha Kasumigaoka suffers from unwillingness to move forward and face reality.

The reason why Tomoya Aki could "predict the future" can actually be easily deduced from his symptoms.

He predicted that his future would lead him to become a winner in life, which in some ways actually reflects the true needs deep in Tomoya Aki's heart.

What really supports his creation is definitely not the purest love for the two-dimensional world - if the guess is a bit darker, it should be the sense of superiority and accomplishment that the identity of a two-dimensional big V brings him.

The so-called "passion" is nothing more than his desire to get rid of the impression of being a otaku and being looked down upon by everyone, and to find a high-sounding fig leaf for his actions.

So in the future he foresees, everything will go smoothly for him, the girls around him will all revolve around him, and the men around him will not be as successful as he is - this is actually the life he subconsciously wants most.

The otaku who is disliked by everyone will one day become the boss of a company and have a beautiful wife. The girls who had flirted with him before still focus on him even after being rejected by him. It is a beautiful plot development that can only appear in light novels.

Well, actually, there is nothing wrong with this. Everyone wants to pursue success in the field they are good at and become a superior person looked up to by others - at least they will pretend to do so on the surface, but they will still have these little calculations in their hearts.

But what Kasumigaoka Utaha fundamentally cannot understand and accept is actually another point.