My older sister is a villainous rich girl

"...Speak, what is it about?" He crossed his arms and put his legs up.

"Yes--"

Lawrence started, then hesitated.

He glanced at the other group members who were gathered in a circle, "How about we talk to each other separately later?"

What's all this about, so mysteriously?

Wayne inwardly scoffed, but still nodded.

In order to ensure that he could travel smoothly with Chris and Tasia, he would reluctantly make a small sacrifice if the requests were not too unreasonable.

Wayne thought to himself.

Seeing that he had agreed, Lawrence felt relieved and stopped pressing the issue, even relaxing his posture while leaning back in his chair.

"Tsk." Chris rested her chin on her hand in annoyance.

"The way you put it makes it sound like I really did something."

Wayne looked at her in surprise.

isn't it?

The matter is already in the past, why keep jumping back and forth?

Here, check it yourself.

She took the deck of cards out of her bag again.

To convince the others, she deliberately shook the small handbag a few times to show that it was completely empty.

There was nothing else besides that deck of cards.

Chris unfolds the cards.

—What appeared before everyone was all normal cards, with nothing amiss.

After a moment of surprise, Lawrence had no choice but to reluctantly give in.

"It seems I was overthinking it. I'm sorry."

And so, the group assignments were decided happily.

Seeing everything unfolding according to plan, Wayne felt a tiny bit of excitement.

Where should I take Chris and Tasia for fun?

What? You mean an investigation?

Sharpening your axe won't delay your woodcutting!

Maintaining a more cheerful mood can improve work efficiency, right?

Wayne's lips curled up at the thought of some interesting things that might happen.

The most important agenda items had been discussed, and after a few casual words, the meeting was adjourned.

Before leaving the meeting room, Lawrence, as if afraid that Wayne would forget him, reminded him several times: "Meet me at the library entrance after school, remember!"

"Got it~" Wayne waved his hand.

He and Chris stayed in the conference room, slowly tidying up their things.

I didn't leave the meeting room until I watched them all leave one by one.

After locking the meeting room door, Chris put the key into her bag, intending to return it to the teachers' office later.

Just before she was about to close the buttons, she seemed to suddenly remember something, and couldn't help but reveal a smug smile as she opened the bag and handed it to Wayne.

Following her movements, Wayne looked inside with some curiosity.

Chris then turned the inside of the bag inside out—

It revealed a very hidden compartment within it.

Ah this...

She only dares to act so recklessly because she knows no one has X-ray vision and no one will forcibly search her bag...

Well done, Miss Chris!

As Wayne walked with her outside, he showed an approving look: "As expected of you!"

……

Another club building across the street.

Five floors.

After a brief period of decline among the mobile clubs, the Orchestra Club finally regained its extremely valuable activity room.

The honors and awards that were once won are still hanging on the walls of the activity room today.

Here, things are no different from when we first lost them.

However, something is clearly different now.

The members of the orchestra have become more united.

"Sir Kareem...we will definitely work hard and restore the reputation of the orchestra!" After experiencing this, many members of the same grade have come to regard Kareem as their backbone.

They gathered around Geli, surrounding her.

If it weren't for Miss Geli's heroic act of standing up and confronting the willful and capricious Miss Chris... the orchestra would probably have been trampled underfoot for the next few years.

But the worst did not happen.

The orchestra, which was on the verge of collapse, was ultimately saved.

That is why everyone is so grateful to Gollie Edgeworth.

—Although Miss Kale is as reliable as ever, fighting against the drama club should be a task for everyone.

Therefore, they all made up their minds to practice hard to prove each member's abilities.

Chapter 264 You're Not My Girlfriend

After the people who had gathered around him finally began to disperse, Ge Li slowly exhaled.

The polite smile that had been lingering on her lips earlier also faded away.

She walked to the window and looked down at the scene in the school.

It's still the same as before.

"Lord Kareem, Vice Minister Karaman didn't show up today~" Yuna reported the "enemy's" movements to Kareem in a very smug tone.

In particular, she emphasized the pronunciation of the word "副" (fù), making no attempt to conceal her full of malice.

“…Ignore her,” Ge Li said.

For insignificant people, even winning brings no satisfaction.

However, Yuna's ideas were clearly different from Ge Li's.

She treated Karaman as if he were her defeated foe, reveling in the joy of victory.

"Senior Karaman, I'm afraid you'll be submitting your resignation application soon!" She deliberately raised her voice so that everyone in the activity room could hear her.

"If it weren't for Miss Kale cleaning up the mess, she would be the eternal sinner of the orchestra. Someone like that should just quit as soon as possible."

"Otherwise... it would be too much to ask of me to try so hard to forget all the embarrassing things I did every time I returned to the activity room..."

Yuna said with amusement, "No way! No one would be that shameless, would they?"

Ge Li frowned.

However, she remained gazing out the window, lost in thought.

How Karaman felt was of no concern to her.

What she truly cared about wasn't these tedious chores.

Yes, I won.

Whether in the match against Karaman in the orchestra or in the match against Chris outside the club, he had already won.

But... why is it that even though we won the game, it's still the same as when we lost?

Wayne didn't even glance at him because of this.

On the contrary, it seems that—

He felt even more sorry for Chris.

Although he tried his best to hide it when he was in front of her, she was certain that it wasn't her imagination.

They should have felt joy.

He finally had a chance to vent his resentment on Chris.

however--

He didn't even need to use words; he so easily stripped himself of his joy.

I didn't feel happy.

When Chris showed a humiliated expression when faced with his demands; when he looked at her and couldn't help but show a look of heartache.

This "victory" brought her no joy.

I only feel wronged.

Therefore, Ge Li clearly understood that he had lost.

He lost because of Wayne's own mindset.

It's just because... Chris appeared by his side a little later than him.

Is it not enough that you lost from the very beginning for such a ridiculous reason, that you have to keep losing from now on?

If I can't stay by his side in the future, that's fine, but now—

He and I clearly have a chance to be together forever.

According to his plan, as long as he spends a few more years developing and expanding, even his father probably won't be able to suppress him anymore.

Clearly, there was already hope...

How can I continue to endure having to share the same person's relationship with someone else?

If he didn't have the ability to change the status quo, he might not feel as unbalanced as he does right now.

...It won't last long.

Now that we've come this far, the result we want won't be too far away.

Gazing at the two white doves flying across the sky outside the window, Ge Li thought silently.

'Chris...one day, I will take him from you squarely.'

……

At Lawrence's request, Wayne met him at the library entrance.

Because of the specific location he mentioned, "library," Wayne originally thought it was about some difficult problem that required consulting information.

However, when they arrived there, they discovered that he had simply mentioned a more prominent landmark.

"Let's go get a drink."

As Lawrence said this, he led him to Edgeworth's tea house, located on another side street.

It was just a few extra steps.

However, for Wayne, this short stretch of road caused his mind to race.

On one hand, she suspected that he had also discovered her affair with Ge Li and was planning to use it to blackmail her. On the other hand, she wondered if she was overthinking things and that he had just randomly chosen a convenient place to chat.

His doubts only gradually dissipated after he sat down in an empty seat in a somewhat schizophrenic state and Lawrence ordered two iced coffees for him.

Sitting across from him, Lawrence didn't do anything particularly unusual. Instead, he spoke with a serious expression, "Actually, I want Wayne to do me a favor."

"Don't rush to refuse!"