I always feel embarrassed and ashamed that the phone I gave to my senior sister has this kind of thing.

"Then...senior, have you ever accidentally sent this picture to someone else before?" he continued to ask cautiously.

Sagihara Shion did not answer immediately, but just kept looking at Mogami Jun's nervous face.

The strange silence between the two made Mogami Jun even more nervous.

Hey, this can’t be true...

"Puchi..." Sagihara Shion suddenly laughed. Her laughter made Mogami Jun feel confused and at the same time, relaxed strangely.

"Jun-kun, what's with that expression on your face? I should be an obvious suspect, but you keep asking me questions like 'unintentional' and 'mistaken'? It's hard to find the truth with that attitude." Sagihara Shion looked at Mogami Jun with a smile.

"Because I really don't believe that you would do such a thing. It doesn't fit your personality and behavior logic." Mogami Jun answered seriously, "Besides, I gave you this phone, which means I forced the pictures on you. If you look into it, it's my responsibility, right? I dragged you into this vortex for no reason."

"Thank you for defending me. I'm really happy that Jun-kun believes in me." Sagihara Shion nodded gently. "I can also tell you that I didn't send this picture to anyone. It just lay quietly in my phone. There was no such thing as an accidental sending because I don't use chat software or email at all."

Before Mogami Jun could breathe a sigh of relief, after a moment of silence, Senior Sagihara spoke again, "But - my testimony has no effect at all, because I am the person involved, so theoretically my suspicion should not have been eliminated. Jun-kun, you must remember this."

Sagihara Shion's eyes were very serious, so Mogami Jun could only nod and say, "Okay, I understand."

"Okay, let's discuss this seriously..." Sagihara Shion suddenly picked up a pen and started writing on the paper, "According to your description, there were three people present at the time: you, Takasaki Mayu, and that little sister Izumi. The three of you saved the picture on your phone, and then you gave me your phone - that is to say, the person who leaked the photo, whether intentionally or not, should be one of these four people."

Then, under the gaze of Jun Mogami, Sagihara Shion drew horizontal and vertical lines, outlined some squares, and then wrote the names of four people in them.

"I never did that. In fact, I almost forgot about it—" Mogami Jun couldn't help but defend himself.

"It doesn't necessarily mean you sent the photo intentionally for it to be considered a leak. Sending it to others unintentionally is also considered a leak, right?" Sagihara Shion refuted his statement. "Similarly, because of this principle, everyone around us has the opportunity to know the existence of this photo and publish it. Takasaki-san, Izumi-chan, your family, and... Haruike Kasumi-sensei who lives with me."

As she did so, she wrote the four Chinese characters "Haruike Xiangcheng" in her own box.

"Even Mr. Chunchi is included in the scope?" Mogami Jun was a little surprised.

"It's absolutely not okay if you don't carefully circle all possible suspects..." Senior Sister Sagihara looked at Jun Mogami seriously, "Since I am a suspect, then Mr. Chunchi who is with me is also a suspect. We must write it down carefully."

"Such strict rules..." Mogami Jun smacked his lips. "Senior, you suddenly become so serious."

"Now that the time has come, how can we not be serious?" Sagihara Shion asked back, "Jun-kun, don't look at me like this. At that time, I read a lot of mystery novels for reference. Although I didn't learn much, maybe it really helped a little..."

Does this kind of experience gained from reading novels really work?

Jun Mogami could only smile bitterly, but he had no idea at the moment anyway, so it was better to listen to the senior's opinion than to be in the dark.

"Do you know any information about their family situations?" Senior Sagihara asked Mogami Jun seriously again.

"Izumi Sanae lives with her mother and is from a single-parent family. I'm not sure about Takasaki Mayu, but it seems that both of her parents have a good income." Mogami Jun answered directly.

"Mr. Jun, do you know so much about little Miss Izumi's family situation?" Sagihara Shion's eyes became sharper.

Hehehehe, you definitely don’t know that I slept at her house for a night... Of course, Jun Mogami could not say this.

"Her mother and my mother are good friends, so I know a little bit about the situation." He used the truth to cover up the real situation.

"Okay, I understand." Sagihara Shion nodded, and then wrote the words "Izumi Mom" ​​in the box of Izumi Sanae on the paper.

Soon, a piece of white paper was covered with beautiful and elegant notes.

"As for Jun-kun, I'm very sorry, but I still have to write down your parents." Sagihara Shion looked at Mogami Jun with an apologetic look.

"Well, it doesn't matter. Since we have to decide objectively, my parents' names should be written down as well." Mogami Jun shook his head to show that he didn't mind.

Then, a question suddenly flashed through his mind.

Maybe it was really my father who did it?

I just had a fight with him and ran away from home with my mother. Maybe... maybe my father wanted to use this method to warn me and make me give in as soon as possible?

If it was his father, he should have had many opportunities to access his mobile phone or other personal belongings, and it should not be difficult to find the photo.

Although I don't quite believe that my father would do this, I wouldn't be surprised if he really did it.

Could it be?

Jun Mogami felt a strong sense of suspicion in his heart, but he remained calm on the surface.

"Senior, anyway, this is the scope of suspicion now, right?"

"Logically, it seems that this is the circle... But..." Sagihara Shion frowned slightly, "It seems like something is missing..."

Because Senior Sagihara was still thinking, Jun Mogami quickly closed his mouth and dared not speak, for fear of disturbing her thoughts.

After a while, Sagihara Shion suddenly raised her head and looked at Mogami Jun with wide eyes.

"I see...it turns out I might have missed something."

"What?" Mogami Jun asked quickly.

"Chun-jun, even though I look so poor now, my family once had a lot of money, and we lived a very luxurious life..." Sagihara Shion blinked, as if she was lost in memories of the past, "Of course, all this money was ill-gotten gains. The more luxurious it was, the more it proved how serious my father's sins were..."

"Senior, what do you mean by suddenly mentioning this?" Mogami Jun was a little confused.

"What I mean is that at that time, the affairs of the sect were very complicated, and my parents were very busy. They had to deal with all kinds of big and small things every day, so they were exhausted. So... they didn't have time to do housework. Instead, they chose to hire a part-time housekeeper to take care of it. Every one or two days, the housekeeper would come and clean our house. I remember it very clearly."

Then, the senior raised her head and looked at Mogami Jun again, "Jun-kun, although I don't know much about your family situation, but judging from your mother and father's occupations and identities, they should be busy people, right? So - maybe, your family may be the same as ours back then..."

The senior's voice was very soft and full of obvious uncertainty, but to Jun Mogami, it was like an epiphany.

"Ah... yes! How could I forget this? It's like this!"

Just as Senior Sagihara said, both Mogami Kiyoshi and Mogami Sayuki are very busy people. They go out early and come back late every day, or even stay out all night. No one has the time or energy to take care of the housework, so they have to hire someone special to do it. Moreover, the garbage classification in Japan is very strictly enforced, which makes everyone a little dizzy. Only the housekeepers have the most time to solve the problem.

Therefore, the housekeeper would come twice a week to deal with the household debris and garbage, clean the house, etc. Sometimes, Jun Mogami himself would even receive the guests.

Normally, no one would pay attention to such things. These housekeepers are employees sent by specialized companies. They have received good professional training and will not disturb the homeowners.

Therefore, there are very few memories about them left in his mind. If he thinks carefully, he can only recall vague shadows but not their faces. However, he seems to be sure that the housekeeper has been replaced.

If we look at it from this point of view, this is a huge oversight... Jun Mogami's heart was pounding.

"Jun-kun, what's wrong?" Seeing Jun Mogami in a daze, Sagihara Shion asked hurriedly. "I'm just suspicious. You can just use this kind of inference without any evidence as a reference. Don't take it seriously..."

"No, senior, sorry, can you wait for me to make a call?" Jun Mogami smiled embarrassedly at Miss Sakihara, then left the reading room and walked into the bathroom. Then he took out his mobile phone and dialed his father's number in the address book.

"Hello, who is this? Why do you have my number?" The call was quickly connected, and Zui Shangqing's voice was full of confusion.

That's right, an official like him would not easily allow strangers to call his private phone. If he encountered such a thing, he would definitely be shocked and confused.

"Dad, it's me." Jun Mogami answered immediately.

"Chun!" Saigami Qing was surprised and happy, "Where are you now?"

"My mother rented a room for me outside the school, so I'm staying there temporarily, Dad." Mogami Jun answered honestly, "Also, this phone was also bought for me by her."

"This bastard..." Saigami Qing couldn't help but curse in a low voice, "Come back quickly."

"I'm sorry, Dad. I decided to live off campus for a while. It'll be good for everyone to calm down." Mogami Jun replied apologetically, "You know my personality, so please don't push me anymore. I'll come back when I figure it out."

There was silence on the other end of the line.

During the conversation, Jun Mogami tried to guess his father's mood at the moment and found that his reactions were very normal and it didn't seem like he was plotting anything against him.

"But... I feel bad. The new house feels old and run-down, and there's a lot of dust. We really need someone to clean it up." Mogami Jun sighed, "Dad, which housekeeping company has been cleaning our house before? I want to hire someone to clean my place too..."

"You're a loser, you bastard! You can't even bear this little hardship and yet you run away from home?! If you can't bear this hardship, come back quickly!" Soon, Zui Shangqing's loud and angry rebuke broke out on the phone.

However, he was his only son after all, so even though he was angry, Zui Shang Qing still gave him a name.

"By the way, has the housekeeper who comes to your house been replaced recently? She seems not as attentive as before." Mogami Jun asked casually again.

"A new one was replaced a month ago. They said the original one resigned." Said Saigami Qing unhappily.

"Please, next time she comes over, you must tell her not to enter my room. It will be troublesome if she messes things up. Please, Dad." Mogami Jun reminded his father.

"understood!"

Mogami Kiyoshi then scolded Mogami Jun a few more times, but Mogami Jun refused to give in and refused to mention going home, so in the end the father and son parted unhappily.

After hanging up the phone, Mogami Jun breathed a sigh of relief.

Then he put his phone back into his pocket and strode back into the reading room.

"Jun-kun, what happened?" Sagihara Shion, who had been waiting there, asked carefully.

"Thank you, Senior! You really helped me a lot and helped me find my blind spot." Mogami Jun bowed vigorously to Sagihara Shion, "Senior, you are amazing!"

"This isn't that great..." Sagihara Shion was a little surprised at first, but soon smiled again, "But if I can be of some help, that would be great."

"It's more than just a little help... The hint you gave me helped me put the whole idea together." Mogami Jun sat back next to Sagihara Shion and picked up Sagihara Shion's pen. "I just called my father and he told me that the housekeeping company replaced a housekeeper a month ago."

Then he swallowed his saliva and said, "If you consider the timing, I had offended Hyoudou Takako at that time, and she also said that she had investigated me - so these two things put together are very suspicious."

Yes, Hyoudou Takako personally admitted that he had investigated Mogami Jun, and he still remembers it clearly.

"They wanted to investigate you, so they bribed the housekeeping company and sent someone to investigate? It really seems like a filial son's style..." Sagihara Shion nodded, but she was a little confused. "However, what happened today doesn't seem like a filial son's style. Although she is arrogant and mean, she is a person who can afford to lose. Now that she has admitted defeat, she won't continue to bother you about the previous matter - posting on the Internet doesn't seem like something she would do..."

"I feel the same way..." Mogami Jun nodded slightly.

In addition, when I met Takako's teacher, Professor Takashi, he seemed to have said that Takako had gone to the United States and should not be in the mood to cause trouble for himself.

Is there something wrong with this line? Did I guess wrong?

Wait...wait...Professor Ying Si?! A light suddenly flashed in his mind.

When he met Professor Takashi, Mayu Takasaki was there. Professor Takashi mistook Mayu Takasaki for senior Sagihara and greeted her.

This shows two points - first, he knew about the existence of Sagihara Shion.

Second, there is a high probability that he has seen Mayu Takasaki's face but does not know her name, and is convinced that he has a relationship with her.

If we infer carefully, we can guess that Hyoudou Takako collected intelligence on herself with the help of infiltrating spies, and perhaps logged into her own computer directly, obtained the chat software and email, and then found the picture in the email.

At some point later, she gave all the information to Professor Takashi, so when he saw the picture, he remembered Mayu's face, but Hyoudou Takako didn't know Mayu and only said that Sagihara Shion was beside her - so Professor Takashi mistook the person in the photo for Sagihara Shion, and he confused the two people because of the information error.

I know that Sagihara Shion exists, but I don't know her face.

I know Mayu Takasaki's face, but I don't know she exists.

That's why he got confused the first time he met him.

I should have thought of this a long time ago, why didn't I take it seriously at that time... Jun Mogami felt a little regretful.

Then what happened next should be obvious. He had a bad breakup with Professor Takashi, and Takasaki Mayu also stated her name at the time, so he investigated and found out Mayu's identity. The following online post was also easy to do.

A mere photo is nothing, but if Takako really had his room searched thoroughly, he would definitely know more...

But why? Why did the professor do this? It's fine to post it online, but why did he mosaic his face?

Was this some kind of malicious joke, or what was he planning to do?

Professor Takashi will not just stop here. As a professor at the University of Tokyo, he certainly wouldn't be so bored as to just post a negative post on the Internet and be done with it.

He felt uncomfortable when he thought that he had been spied on for such a long time without realizing it.

But at least the good news was that he knew where the enemy was and what had happened.

From this point of view, my mother's bringing me out of the house actually helped me a lot unexpectedly... From now on, the other party will not be able to spy on me.

He was not discouraged. On the contrary, this aroused his desire to win, as well as that kind of...exhilarating passion.

To be honest, these are just inferences and cannot be confirmed yet, but his intuition has told him that this should be the fact and there wouldn't be so many coincidences.

He didn't know whether Xiaozi was involved or not, nor did he know what his opponent wanted to do, but he was not afraid. To be honest, he wasn't even afraid of having 700cc of blood drawn, so what else was there to be afraid of?

Now, he was no longer standing in the fog without knowing it.

Professor Shuhei Takashi, if you really did this, then you made a fatal mistake...

"Junjun, what's wrong with you? You suddenly became dazed..." Suddenly, Sagihara Shion called out from the side.

Jun Mogami finally woke up.

"Senior, I was thinking that you are really my guiding light. It's great that I can sit next to you today!" he said with a smile.

"Eh?" Sagihara Shion looked at Mogami Jun in surprise. "I... I didn't help much..."

Then her face turned slightly red and she became speechless.

But soon, she turned her face away and said, "Don't say such things to deceive people. I have never ridden a carousel with anyone before!"

I'm still a little angry...

"Senior, I did that out of courtesy." Mogami Jun quickly explained. "As a thank you, Senior, I sincerely invite you to sit with me, as long as you want!"

"I don't want to play such a childish game as the carousel! I'm too old!" Sagihara Shion bit her lip, puffed up her cheeks, and firmly rejected Mogami Jun.

After a moment, she suddenly lowered her head again and lowered her voice, "If we take a Ferris wheel, I might consider it..."

"Okay, then let's go to the Ferris wheel! It's settled!" Jun Mogami held Senior Sagihara's hand and looked at her eagerly.

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