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"Huh? Important things?" Upon hearing what the senior said, Mogami Jun immediately became serious. "What's wrong?"

All kinds of thoughts, both good and bad, flashed through his mind in an instant.

"Don't think too much, nothing terrible has happened." Sagihara Shion shook her head, "On the contrary, it's good news."

"Good news..." Jun Mogami repeated.

Although he was very curious, he did not ask any further questions.

It was obvious that Senior Sagihara just wanted to keep a suspense for the two people's meeting.

We could have made it clear over the phone, but we had to wait until we met. I think the senior should be enjoying our time together.

She said she didn't want to act like a spoiled child, but she ended up doing it anyway.

"Well, I will definitely arrive on time tomorrow! Don't worry, Senior." Mogami Jun suppressed his inner laughter and answered seriously. "I'm waiting for good news from Senior."

"Don't laugh!" Sagihara Shion shouted as if she had the ability to read minds.

But her order came too late. There was a brief and awkward silence between the two, and finally they couldn't help laughing.

The laughter grew louder and louder, and finally the sound of “Hahahaha” echoed in the phone.

If there were other people present, they would probably think they were all crazy.

"Good night." After laughing, the two said goodbye at the same time.

With a sweet feeling of comfort, Mogami Jun closed his eyes.

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The next afternoon, Jun Mogami kept his promise and arrived at the library on time.

It's the agreed day again.

He walked quickly along the familiar path and came to the reading room.

He came early, wanting to give his senior a surprise, but when he came in, he was shocked to find that his senior, Sakihara, was already sitting in the familiar seat.

"Jun-kun, good afternoon." Sagihara Shion heard footsteps, turned around and saw that it was Mogami Jun, and nodded with a smile on her face.

"Ah, can't you let me win for once? Senior is really serious." Mogami Jun made a joke, then quickly walked to the side of the senior and sat down.

"So, what exactly does the 'good news' that you mentioned mean? We don't need to keep it secret anymore, right?" he asked with a smile.

"Here you go!" Senior Sagihara didn't keep the secret any longer and directly handed the few pages of paper in front of her to Mogami Jun.

At first, Jun Mogami thought that this was a new manuscript written by Senior Sagihara, but when he took it and took a look, he found that the content on it was not these things at all.

“What is this…?” He looked up at the senior with some surprise.

The content on the paper is some introductions to the characters.

"Matsukata Akira, born in 1946, is the son of Professor Matsukata Kaoru, vice president of the Japan Industrial Promotion Association. He graduated from Keio University in 1967 and joined Itochu Corporation, where he has been working ever since. In 2003, he became the company's director and executive officer, and retired in 2013...

Matsukata Nobuyuki, born in 1977, is the eldest son of Matsukata Akira, former director and executive officer of Itochu Corporation. He graduated from Sophia University in 1999 and joined NEC Corporation in the same year. In 2000, he married the daughter of Togo Daisuke, former director of Itochu Corporation, and has been working for the company ever since...

Matsukata Shizukata, born in 1975, is the eldest daughter of Matsukata Akira, the former director and executive officer of Itochu Corporation. In 1995, she married Izumo Yosuke, the son of investor and tycoon Naoki Izumo. She graduated from Ochanomizu University in 1997 and then helped her husband manage the family business...

Matsukata Aoi, born in 2001, is the son of Matsukata Nobuyuki, the business director of NEC Corporation..."

There were a lot of words written on the paper, densely packed, but one could tell at a glance that these... were all information about the various family members of the Matsukata family.

Mogami Jun held the pages of paper and looked at Sagihara Shion hesitantly, almost in disbelief.

"Senior sister...how did you...do all this?" he asked hesitantly.

Sagihara Shion narrowed her eyes slightly, seeming to be very satisfied with Mogami Jun's reaction.

"Of course I found this out bit by bit." She replied with a smile, "Could it be that Chunjun told me this in a dream last night?"

"No... I mean, hasn't the senior been in the school all the time? How could she find these things?" Mogami Jun still couldn't hide his surprise.

"First of all, we have to thank where we are now—" Sagihara Shion waved her hand and pointed at the library itself. "Our school has a rich collection of books, and has been steadily collecting various newspapers and books for decades, so it is a treasure trove of information. I recently flipped through the yearbooks and celebrity directories in the library, and screened all the celebrities with the surname Matsukata, and then matched them with the era and genealogy one by one. Finally, I screened out the family members of the Matsukata family since the Duke of Setsho Matsukata Iwao. Although there are definitely some who have missed the net, these should be the general ones."

Then, she added, "Of course, the second thing is to thank you for the phone you gave me, Junjun, and our great information age. As long as I can find the family tree, I can search for all kinds of information on the Internet, just like a puzzle, and piece together the personal information bit by bit... Of course, this is also because the Matsukata family has always been the upper-middle class of society, so there are more traces left. If it were an ordinary commoner like me, it would probably not be so easy to find clues from public information-"

Then she frowned slightly, "But speaking of it, from another perspective, this also shows that this is a really scary era. Even if a person does not leave his house, he can retrieve so much information with cheap equipment and the Internet. It is really too difficult to protect his privacy... Chunjun, you must be careful in the future."

Mogami Jun looked at the materials in his hand again.

It was impossible not to be surprised. The senior student had done a lot of preparation for him.

But apart from surprise, he felt more emotion and heartache.

Although the senior student said it very easily, if you think about it carefully, you will know how huge the workload is to "look through the celebrity directories and various yearbooks, then copy down the key information, and then carefully search for relevant information on the Internet". You can imagine how much effort the senior student spent.

Senior sister is in the critical period of her senior year now. Is it really a good thing to be distracted like this... He couldn't help but worry.

"Senior, you've worked so hard." He couldn't help but thank Senior Luyuan, "Thank you."

"There's no need to thank me. After all, I'm one of the parties involved now." Sagihara Shion shook her head. "Just think about it. They slandered you and me in secret in order to achieve their own despicable goals. How could I possibly endure such humiliation..."

"Yes, I will never let them off easily for slandering me like this. I will make sure they get the lesson they deserve." Mogami Jun nodded and put away the papers. "Senior, leave the rest to me. I will take care of everything."

Sagihara Shion's face immediately turned stern.

"Chun-jun...what do you mean? Do you think I will hold you back?"

"How could I possibly think that?!" Mogami Jun quickly defended himself, "Senior, you've already helped me a lot, but I really don't want you to be distracted by this matter. After all, for you, getting into the University of Tokyo is a more important goal. What you've achieved now is enough...ah...!"

When he said this, Jun Mogami suddenly let out a cry of pain.

It turned out that Sagihara Shion snatched the pages of paper directly from his hands, rolled them into a tube, and hit Mogami Jun on the head.

Of course it didn’t hurt, it was just unexpected.

"Jun-kun, thank you for caring about me, but I won't be satisfied with just this much!" Sagihara Shion looked at Mogami Jun seriously, "I was already involved in this matter, and I have already promised Asana that I must help her. Since I have made a promise, how can I give up halfway and put all the blame on you? I have already troubled you enough before, and now I can't be a powerless person anymore, Jun-kun, can you understand me?"

Mogami Jun was speechless.

Now that it has come to this, there really is nothing more to say.

The senior sister is usually so easy to talk to, but once she becomes stubborn, it is really hard to shake her.

She wholeheartedly wanted to help herself and Asana, and it was definitely not something that could be dismissed with just a few words.

"Then, senior sister, promise me that you won't affect your studies, okay? At least you should have enough energy to cope with the exam." Finally, he made a little concession, "If you continue to invest so much energy like before, I will definitely not be able to sit idly by."

"Don't worry, I will pay attention to the balance." Sagihara Shion's expression also eased, and a little longing appeared in her eyes. "I hope to win the exam more than you do."

Then there is nothing more to say.

Jun Mogami believes in his senior.

So he stopped talking nonsense, picked up the pages of paper again, and started studying them with Senior Sister Luyuan.

It is obvious that Matsukata Shizukata was Mrs. Izumo's maiden name before she got married.

It’s a very nice name.

Even such a dignified and serious lady has a girlhood of youth.

She married Izumo Yosuke before she even graduated from university. I guess it was an arranged marriage by her parents.

Now, is she going to do the same to her daughter?

240, Make a plan

In the library under the cover of night, Mogami Jun and Sagihara Shion silently looked at the information she had sorted out.

Mogami Jun knew that every word on these seemingly insignificant pieces of paper was the result of the hard work of the senior student, and that she had sorted them out in the space she squeezed out of her precious study time, so he read them very carefully.

"Although the members of the Matsukata family are considered to be in the upper-middle class of society and their incomes are certainly not low, judging from their occupational distribution and life experiences, they are not very prominent figures. They can only be said to be better than ordinary people..." After reading more than half of it, Mogami Jun came to the conclusion, "The Matsukata family has indeed fallen."

"That's true, but after all, their reputation and connections are still there, so Jun-kun had better not underestimate them." Sagihara Shion whispered to Mogami Jun, "It's conceivable that they have always wanted to revive the family's former reputation, so they are targeting Asana."

"So many years have passed, why are you still obsessed with what happened back then?" Mogami Jun couldn't help but shrug.

"If a person has never had something, he won't have any thoughts about it. But once he once had it and suddenly lost it, he will naturally want it back doubly..." Sagihara Shion answered faintly.

Mogami Jun knew that his senior was thinking about her sad memories again and was a little sad, so he didn't respond for a while.

But it's true.

After all, his ancestors were wealthy dukes and veterans of the Meiji Restoration, and they truly experienced the feeling of leading national affairs and giving orders to countless people. Now, they have suddenly fallen to the bottom due to various changes, but the glory and prestige they once had are probably something that even generations will not be able to forget.

It is better to say that the more we fall into the mortal world, the more we miss the past.

Therefore, it is quite normal to try every possible means to revive the family.

"Mrs. Izumo has been married for so many years, but she still hasn't forgotten the family's ambitions and is willing to sacrifice her daughter. It's really scary to think about it." He couldn't help but smack his lips. "Logically speaking, shouldn't she consider Asana's future as her daughter..."

"Some women are very loyal. Once they decide on something, they will stick to it to the end regardless of everything." Sagihara Shion replied, "I don't agree with what she did to Asana, but I can understand her motives. From childhood to adulthood, she must have been instilled with the idea of ​​reviving her family by her family. She also accepted it happily and married someone she had never met at a young age... Just this stubbornness is still a bit admirable."

"No matter how high-sounding the reason may seem, once you use others as sacrifices in such a despicable way, then it can't be glorious. There are many ways to revive the family, why do you have to take this path? What's more, it's your own daughter..." Mogami Jun couldn't help but sneered, "Senior Sagihara, haven't you figured it out? The so-called marriage is not about Asana, but about Asana and the huge wealth of the Izumo family. I'm afraid they are planning to use the method of occupying the magpie's nest to turn the Izumo family's wealth into the Matsukata family's wealth..."

"Then why did Jun-kun's family approach the Izumo family?" Sagihara Shion suddenly asked back, "Jun-kun said it so skillfully... I'm afraid it's not the Matsukata family who is thinking about this... Didn't Jun-kun's family mention similar ideas to you, Jun-kun?"

Under the questioning of Senior Sagihara, Jun Mogami's smile suddenly disappeared and turned into a dry laugh.

The senior sister was indeed perceptive and got to the truth directly—

Grandpa and father wanted to marry into the Izumo family, wasn't it just for the wealth? They didn't care who Asana was - even until now, they hadn't officially met Asana...

But how could I dare to say such things in front of my senior?

"Senior, you are joking. Our family just has a personal relationship with the Izumo family, so we are friends with Asana. I want to help Asana only so that she can have a future of her own. I don't have any evil thoughts about money." He answered seriously.

The first sentence was a lie, but he was really confident in the second sentence.

Sagihara Shion looked at Mogami Jun quietly, and finally, she nodded slightly.

"This is the only thing I still believe in Jun-kun. Jun-kun has never valued these material things. Even if he really likes Asana, it will never be out of consideration for money."

Then she smiled again, "Okay, let's not worry about motivations and purposes. The most important question now is, what are we going to do?"

"Since we already know the basic information of the current members of the Matsukata family, why don't we continue? I'll find a way to find out who Matsukata Nobuyuki and Matsukata Aoi are, and then think of a way to deal with it." Mogami Jun suggested.

That Matsukata Aoi is obviously the cousin that Asana mentioned. He was pushed into this awkward position by his elders at such a young age. What was he thinking? Was he as conflicted as himself, or was he like his aunt, Lady Izumo, who wholeheartedly wanted to sacrifice himself for the revival of the family?

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Wait, marrying Asana doesn’t seem like “sacrificing oneself”, does it?! It seems like a stroke of luck, right?! So, there is nothing worthy of sympathy for this guy!

When Jun Mogami thought of this, he became filled with hostility towards the younger brother whom he had never met.

Even if he didn't do it voluntarily, he has already stood on the opposite side of himself, so there is no need to sympathize with him.

"You're right, Jun-kun, so... how about we just find a time to visit the Matsukata family together?" Just as Mogami Jun was deep in thought, Sagihara Shion suddenly proposed.

"Ah? Senior...what are you talking about?" Mogami Jun was caught off guard.

"I say, why don't we just find a time to visit the Matsukata family together, what do you think?" Sagihara Shion repeated it seriously.

Only then did Mogami Jun confirm that he had not heard wrongly.

But why do this? He was a little confused.

"Senior, why do you think so?" he asked in a low voice.

"What's wrong, Jun-kun, are you feeling nervous?" asked Sagihara Shion.

"I don't mind. I'm not afraid of them anyway." Mogami Jun shook his head. "But... I think it's not a good idea to let you face those people."

"If you are not afraid of them, Junjun, then I don't need to be afraid of them either, right?" Sagihara Shion replied with a smile, "Besides, although they have ill intentions towards us, their home is not a dangerous place. What will happen if we really visit them once?"

"Having said that, why do we have to face them head on?" Mogami Jun still didn't quite understand.

"We can negotiate with them, appeal to their emotions and reason, and ask them to let Asana go. After all, Asana is also their niece and cousin..." Sagihara Shion replied with a smile.

Mogami Jun's expression suddenly changed, as if he had heard some weird joke.

"You must think what I said is too childish and ridiculous, right?" Then, Sagihara Shion continued, "In fact, I don't expect them to have a change of heart. Since things have come to this point, they will definitely not give in because of our words. But we also use this opportunity to show our position. We must let them know our determination. We must let them know that since we dare to come to them, we will never give up."

"Is this important?" Mogami asked, "Even if we don't tell them in person, we can still fight against them..."

"Doesn't that make us look weak? We are obviously the ones who are right, right?" Sagihara Shion looked at Mogami Jun seriously, "And Jun-kun, please understand my feelings. I was slandered and defamed without knowing anything. The things I care about most were tarnished with the most despicable words. This is an insult that I absolutely cannot tolerate. I must refute them in person. If I act sneakily, people will look down on me..."

Mogami Jun finally understood what the senior meant.

Should I say that she is indeed a senior... She does it in such a righteous way.

The Matsukata family slandered the Izumo family, saying that Sagihara Shion had learned deceptive tricks from her father, and sold her body to seduce Mogami Jun, and that the two of them were shamelessly together. Mogami Jun herself never cared about such slanderous words, and naturally never took it to heart, but the senior was different. She would never allow others to slander herself and her feelings like this.

She wants to show her dignity by facing the other person directly.