It was just—

"Miss Gangye?" A gentle greeting suddenly came from behind.

Gangye Yoshiko instinctively looked toward the source of the voice.

A girl in a long skirt and a short-sleeved plaid shirt uniform was standing behind her.

The girl wore a gentle and serene smile on her face, standing still like an orchid in its place.

"Miss Shan Yuanmu Yuzi?!" Gangye Yoshiko was somewhat astonished.

To see her at Kyubei High School?

Shan Yuanmu Yuzi, the daughter of the influential party leader in Tokyo, Shan Yuanmu.

The reason Gangye Yoshiko knew Shan Yuanmu Yuzi was because her elders had also cooperated with Shan Yuanmu.

At that time, Gangye Yoshiko had gotten to know this girl.

What Gangye Yoshiko hadn't expected was... Shan Yuanmu Yuzi had also shown up at the Kyubei Festival.

"Um." Shan Yuanmu Yuzi nodded slightly, and with a gentle smile said, "I didn't expect to run into Miss Gangye in such a place, which is quite a surprising coincidence in some ways."

Hearing Shan Yuanmu Yuzi speak like this, Gangye Yoshiko also responded with a smile, "Indeed, this might also be what they call fate."

Fate...

Hearing this word, Shan Yuanmu Yuzi's expression became somewhat blank, and after a while, she turned and nodded with a smile, "Indeed, we have quite the fate. May I join you? I don't know anyone around here and am feeling quite lost."

She spoke so softly and slowly, making it impossible for Gangye Yoshiko to refuse.

"Well... I don't see much of a problem with that, but I have some matters to attend to next. Could Miss Shan Yuan please accompany me there first?"

Gangye Yoshiko said.

The other party, after all, was the daughter of a significant political leader, leaving her alone in such a place could impact the Gangye family unpredictably, and since Shan Yuanmu Yuzi left a decent impression on Gangye Yoshiko, she treated her more earnestly rather than negligently.

"Of course, Miss Gangye, rather I should apologize for making such a wilful request while you are busy."

Shan Yuanmu Yuzi nodded apologetically to Gangye Yoshiko.

"No need to bother about it any longer, let's head out," Gangye Yoshiko chuckled dryly and without acknowledging the other's gratitude further, turned to lead the way.

Shan Yuanmu Yuzi followed Gangye Yoshiko, laughing softly while scanning her surroundings.

She seemed to be looking for something, but eventually withdrew her gaze without any result.

After a while—

Shan Yuanmu Yuzi's eyes widened in shock, "Mr. Beichuan?!"

She hadn't expected Gangye Yoshiko would bring her all the way in front of Beichuan Si.

What was this?

Could it only be described as coincidence and fate?

Meanwhile, Beichuan Si obviously also noticed Shan Yuanmu Yuzi.

His expression faltered slightly, then he regained his composure and greeted Shan Yuanmu Yuzi, "It's been a long time, Miss Shan Yuan."

"It indeed has been a long time," Shan Yuanmu Yuzi approached Beichuan Si with delicate small steps, "Almost a month since our last meeting, right?"

"Um," Beichuan Si replied, his expression unchanged.

Internally, he was much more stirred than he appeared.

To be honest, Beichuan Si had never expected to meet Shan Yuanmu Yuzi at the Kyubei Festival.

Considering her school, Sacred Heart Girls' High School, was a noble all-girls' academy with strict access times, it wasn't a place of much freedom.

To meet Shan Yuanmu Yuzi on a Wednesday, within Kyubei High School... was practically impossible.

Yet this seemingly impossible scenario was now laid out in front of Beichuan Si, forcing him to accept this reality, pondering this, Beichuan Si didn't hesitate, asking about what he was most concerned about, "Miss Shan Yuan, how is Mr. Shan Yuan doing lately?"

"My father is as busy as ever with political matters, to be honest, every time he has a day off, I see him staying up late, so he really doesn't have time to do anything else."

Shan Yuanmu Yuzi responded honestly.

Her response made Beichuan Si exhale softly.

Thankfully the party leader hadn't come to Kyubei.

Otherwise, it would be a 'pandemonium', and even Beichuan Si might not be able to control the situation.

Seeing Beichuan Si visibly relaxed, Shan Yuanmu Yuzi timely added, "However, my father seemed quite keen on your Kyubei High's Kyubei Festival this time... It seems he had spoken to the principal in advance. He's supposed to give a speech in the auditorium today and might come to see you."

Saying this, Shan Yuanmu Yuzi also cleverly smiled, "I too found an excuse along those lines, which helped me get a day off from school to participate in your Kyubei Festival."

It's settled.

Beichuan Si breathed out again.

What lay before him now was already reality; no matter how much he didn't want to accept it, he had no choice but to do so.

It wasn't until then that Beichuan Si understood a saying.

Novels need logic, but reality does not.

Could there be a plot in a novel about "a person biting a dog"?

Certainly not.

Because if you wrote it that way, readers would absolutely criticize it as unrealistic.

But reality is different.

In real life, such things do happen, and not infrequently.

Faced with this development, Beichuan Si had no choice but to adjust his mentality in time.

Shan Yuanmu Yuzi's father wanted to meet with him...

Naturally, Beichuan Si couldn't refuse, especially since he had also asked Shan Yuanmu to help him find Shindai Kanari's father.

He was already in a position of asking for help, so refusing others was out of the question.

Thus, Beichuan Si had no choice but to go and meet the man.

Likewise, this incident made it crystal clear to Beichuan Si how difficult it was to hide his affairs.

A secret can't be hidden forever.

Since that was the case, there was no need for cover-ups.

To continue worrying about such matters, dither and delay... such behavior simply wasn't Beichuan Si's style.

As Beichuan Si was pondering this, Gangye Yoshiko spoke up beside him:

"Beichuan, where is my police badge?"

"Here." Beichuan Si took out the police badge and handed it to Gangye Yoshiko.

The tension in Gangye Yoshiko's expression completely dissipated upon seeing her police badge.

The process to replace a police badge was incredibly troublesome, and even more so for a badge of her rank, involving a whole set of cumbersome procedures.

Gangye Yoshiko had once lost her police badge and went through the process to replace it. Since that time, she never wanted to go through replacing a police badge again.

Rather than deal with that, she'd prefer to have a bare-knuckle fight with a desperate criminal.

"Don't lose it next time," Beichuan Si reminded her.

His preachy tone immediately made Gangye Yoshiko unhappy.

She might be someone who loses things, but it wasn't Beichuan's place to lecture her! If we're talking about seniority, I'm your elder!

Thinking this, Gangye Yoshiko retorted with righteousness:

"Do I look like that kind of person?"

Her question only brought a silent stare from Beichuan Si.

Beichuan Si said nothing, just looked at her.

This tactic was tried-and-true, and soon Gangye Yoshiko couldn't stand it anymore. Very reluctantly, she said, "Alright, alright, I get it! You're right, Beichuan! It won't happen again next time!"

Upon Gangye Yoshiko's response, the silent Beichuan Si finally replied:

"That's good."

Seizing the moment before Beichuan Si could continue, Gangye Yoshiko quickly changed the subject.

She looked towards the young college student with a baby-faced look standing beside Beichuan Si, and bluntly asked, "Beichuan, who's this... Aren't you going to introduce us?"

As Gangye Yoshiko spoke, Qiuxiao Yunai perked up.

Was it finally her turn?

Immediately, without any hesitation, she pulled out her business card and, under Beichuan Si's gaze, quickly handed it over to Gangye Yoshiko.

She really handed it over to Gangye Yoshiko.

The gesture was as if she feared Beichuan Si would stop her.

Though, at this moment, Beichuan Si was busy contemplating Beichuan Lin's situation and wasn't planning to stop her anyway—

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