Chapter 54: Shiori's Family Affairs [Please read and vote on Monday]
Sawayama Haruno's analysis is well-founded.
Thinking carefully about what happened last week, he just picked up an old necklace on the road, but Mine Shiori insisted on treating him to a meal to express her gratitude, which shows that the other party is the kind of person who cares about favors no matter how big or small the matter is.
In that case, he had supported her before, preventing her from falling and getting disfigured. Isn't this a greater favor?
Logically speaking, even if Mine Shiori didn't invite him to dinner, at least she would thank him in person.
But the other party did not do so. Obviously there are deeper reasons.
He only needs to determine the approximate range. Even if Nazuko Jise doesn't tell him, he can ask other people.
After all, the time, place, protagonist and supporting characters, and even part of the context of the matter have already been determined, so it shouldn't be too easy to find out the rest of the truth.
With this thought in mind, Sawayama Haruno decided to make a final test.
"That is to say, I just want..."
"enough!"
Jise Natsuko suddenly interrupted Sawayama Haruno.
She bit her lip, her expression looking somewhat angry but as if she had no way to deal with the other party, and in the end all of it turned into a sigh.
"You are actually right. Your analysis of Shiori is also correct. She is indeed the kind of person who will repay even the smallest favor."
"In fact, after hearing that you have a girlfriend, she gave up and no longer planned to express her feelings for you. But the favor cannot be left intact, so she planned to express her feelings of secret love for you as well."
At this point, Jise Nazuko paused and added: "It's not the kind of confession that requires a response from you, it's probably a thank you letter or something like that."
"Then?"
Sawayama Haruno asked in a low voice.
"Something did happen, but it wasn't Shiori's doing. It was forced, so that's what happened."
Jise Nazuko sighed several times and explained, "Now that you have guessed this, it doesn't matter whether I admit it or not, because even if you ask other people in the private school, they will probably know the truth."
"What exactly is it about?"
"Shiori's family affairs." Jise Nazuko played with the small silver spoon and said slowly, "It's related to her family. It must have caused a big blow."
"Family matters."
Sawayama Haruno repeated it softly.
Looking at the sympathetic look on Jise Nazuko's face, he seemed to have guessed something.
"Not only that, how could family matters affect her expressing her gratitude to me?" Zeshan Haruno hesitated for a moment and said, "Besides, this is not a reason why she can't say it, right?"
"Well, I'll have to ask Shiori about this."
Jise Nazuko gave a bitter smile: "I have told you so much, do you intend to completely ignore my thoughts?"
".I see."
Sawayama Haruno lowered his eyes slightly.
What the other party said made sense, and I should talk to Shiori about it, but I need to think carefully about how to communicate.
Otherwise, asking about other people's past, especially those related to family, always seems a bit presumptuous.
Fortunately, he was the one who picked up the old necklace. Perhaps he could use this opportunity to ask tentatively?
If his guess was correct, the "Shiori's family affairs" that Jise Nazuko mentioned were most likely related to Shiori's mother.
It is no wonder that after picking up the necklace, the other party changed the previous "nodding acquaintance" relationship, took the initiative to greet and even expressed the intention to treat him in return.
After all, that old necklace really has a different meaning to Mine Shiori.
The cell phone next to the table lit up again.
Having run out of things to talk about, Sawayama Haruno subconsciously glanced over. After swiping past the bank's payment message, he saw that the person who sent him the message was a very familiar guy.
——That was the “culprit” as to why he was sitting here, chatting with a strange female classmate.
"Shiori."
Sawayama Haruno was slightly startled.
Could it be that the other party discovered that he was meeting with Jise Nazuko? That's impossible. How could he find out?
Jise Nazuko doesn't seem like someone who would tell Shiori about this.
See what the other person says first.
Sawayama Haruno clicked on the LINE page and found that Mine Shiori had sent him two or three messages about ten minutes ago.
However, at that time, he was "analyzing" Mine Shiori's past with Jise Natsuko and did not notice the vibration of his cell phone.
Although the messages sent by the other party were not very long, there were about four or five of them. After reading them all, Sawayama Haruno finally understood what had happened.
"Secret filming, security room."
“A fight broke out?”
When seeing the information that it seemed that Miyazawa Maki had taken action, Sawayama Haruno's heart suddenly tightened.
"I'm sorry, Jise-san."
Zeshan Haruno stood up immediately and said, "I have something to do. I have to leave first."
"Oh yeah. Oh okay."
Nazuko Juse nodded belatedly, and when Sawayama Haruno hurried out, she finally realized what she had done and shouted, "Remember what you promised me, the photo!"
Sawayama Haruno didn't reply to her, but just waved his hand.
Inside the mall security room.
The security guard has already locked the man in black in the utility room and contacted the police on behalf of Miyazawa Maki, who are now on their way.
The three girls sitting outside the security room, staring at each other, seemed eerily quiet.
Suguha Ezaki stared at Maki Miyazawa, wondering what she was thinking.
Mine Shiori glanced at Miyazawa Maki from time to time, and then at her mobile phone from time to time, as if she was expecting someone to come.
As for Miyazawa Maki, she stared back at Ezaki Suguha in the same "unwilling to be outdone" manner.
Of course, it doesn't mean that she hates the other person.
In fact, she thought the guy was pretty cool.
She actually jumped down from the upstairs. That's so cool. Most girls can't do that, right?
I really want to ask her name to express my gratitude. But she seems to be in the same group as Mine Shiori next to her, so it would be weird to ask her because Mine Shiori will definitely join in the conversation.
"If I had known that, I wouldn't have said such weird things at noon."
Miyazawa Maki thought.
Now she feels awkward sitting with Mine Shiori.
The other party should have known that she is not Mana. Haruno seemed to have said before that he would explain to the other party.
Alas, if I were to talk now, I would inevitably end up discussing Mana, so I'd better not talk about it.
Miyazawa Maki curled her lips and chose to remain silent.
Fortunately, the strange silence of the three people did not last too long. Not long after, two hurried footsteps were heard outside the security room.
(End of this chapter)
