[Comprehensive] Escape from shame is useless

The brooch was gone.

She clearly remembered putting it in her handbag, but she didn't. Even if she rummaged through everything in her handbag, she couldn't find it.

"What's the matter, are you looking for something, senior?"

In the locker room, the first-year junior who came to get things asked.

"My brooch is missing." Without the leeway to be polite to the younger generation, she carefully described what she was looking for, and the two quickly searched the locker room and the agency office next to it.

Still can't find it.

It was just an ordinary jewelry made of glass, no one would pick it up, so she must have accidentally dropped it somewhere.Don't worry, calm down Jasmine, think about when was the last time I saw it today.

Wear it to school in the morning, then show it to Chitose and the others at lunch, and then...then——

Yes, gym class!

She took the brooch off for gym class.

But they just looked for the locker room, there is no...

Forget it, don't think too much, and run all the places you have been to since then!

So, Jasmine also walked out of the locker room in the afternoon, went to the playground, went to the sports room, and didn't even miss the flower beds passing by, looking for them bit by bit, until she returned to the classroom and looked through her drawers , also failed to find a little green shadow.

What to do, she seems to have lost it...

The brooch that she likes to put next to her pillow until she sleeps, the brooch that she couldn't bear to leave behind even when she went to school, she just found a chain to hang it around her neck and put it next to her body, this is the gift that Zhengjun took all the time to choose for her...

Just lost it.

"Woo..." Tears fell one by one, soaking the textbooks spread out on the table.She didn't even realize what it would be like to cry in the middle of a crowded classroom, and she didn't have the energy to think about it.

"Student Kuroki, what's wrong with you, are you feeling uncomfortable?"

While the students next to him surrounded him, Watanabe, who was sitting by the wall, twitched his right hand and closed his eyes unbearably.

Unknown who notified Yuno, she appeared in this strange classroom within 2 minutes.It seemed that no one was surprised by her appearance, even when she appeared at the door, she silently made way for a straight path leading to Jasmine's seat.

"What's the matter, Jasmine?"

She immediately threw herself into her friend's arms, choked up and said, "I can't find the brooch..."

"We asked, but no one saw it." Before Yuno could ask, the students next to him began to chatter.

"Yes, that brooch is so conspicuous, if you see it, you will definitely remember it."

"Did the teacher or the school staff see it and put it away?" "If that was the case, it would have been broadcast long ago."

"Could it be someone stole it?"

There was a sudden silence in the classroom, and the forehead of the blond girl who was looking sideways from the crowd was sweating even more.

Seeing my wife Yuno looking at me, the girl who spoke just now explained tremblingly: "After all, she is so beautiful..."

"No way, what's there to steal from a glass brooch?"

"Who knows, maybe the eyelids are shallow?"

Yuno listened to everyone's discussion in silence, patted Jasmine's head reassuringly, and concluded casually: "Then call the police."

As soon as this remark came out, everyone was a little surprised.Although the loss of the brooch is indeed worthy of sympathy, is it necessary to call the police?

"...will the police come?"

"It will come, after all, it's not glass. That brooch is made of emeralds, worth at least 200 million."

"what?!"

Jasmine was the most surprised of all, she stared at Yuno dumbfounded, and was scared back to tears.

It's not that I don't cover it up for you, Akashi, this is called force majeure.

Now the most important thing is to find the brooch, and everything else should stand aside.Although the two of them are rich and powerful and don't take that little money seriously, it doesn't mean they want to hand it over to others like this.Besides, even if it was really just a glass brooch, it was still important to Jasmine.

It must be taken back, no matter the cost.

"However, I'm not indifferent." Yuno looked around for a week and said meaningfully, "If someone really stole it, they probably don't know the real value of the brooch. I can give that person a chance to regret it. .Before two o'clock tomorrow afternoon..."

She stopped for a while, and looked back at Jasmine again.

"If the brooch hasn't returned to Jasmine's hands before two o'clock tomorrow afternoon, then don't worry about me not talking about classmate friendship."

Neither Jasmine nor Watanabe had a good night's sleep that night.

Jasmine also couldn't tell whether she was more sad that the brooch disappeared, or whether she was more troubled that Akashi lied to her like this, and Yuno helped him hide her.And Watanabe was even more broken than her.

She didn't intend to steal anything, but she was just curious, yes, she just took it out to have a look.Obviously Hei Mu didn't lock the cabinet properly, but she planned to lock it for her.If Yuanzi hadn't frightened her with a surprise, she wouldn't have closed the cabinet accidentally, and now there are no people inside and out.

If everyone knew what to do, who would believe that she didn't do it on purpose, and how would they look at her.Once she is really exposed, isn't she equivalent to social death?Just thinking about that kind of future makes her feel like she's going to be suffocated. It's better to die than to let her admit this kind of thing.

Take the brooch to the balcony, below, the river flows quietly.The cool night breeze made her tremble unconsciously.Looking at the river, Watanabe suddenly raised his hand, the frame of the brooch reflected the light of the lamp.

Just throw it lightly, and without anyone noticing, all the things that bothered her will disappear.She was still the same as before, a pure white flawless, never made a mistake, reserved and elegant Sayoko Watanabe.She never did anything wrong, never saw a brooch, never!

[Watanabe-san, I will help you! 】【School doesn't allow you to wear such big accessories, but I can't help it. 】

[Then call the police. 】

【Xiao Yezi, you have always been my father's pride.Dad failed to continue to give you a good life, it's because of Dad's fault...]

After all, she withdrew her hand that had reached out to the balcony, and put the brooch back into her schoolbag.

When I arrived at the school the next day, the whole classroom was filled with an indescribable atmosphere.

"good morning everyone."

"Ah... well, good morning, Kuroki-san."

Everyone was whispering in private, discussing the possible culprit in this matter, and also discussing the gemstone brooch that far surpassed the consumption concept of their age, even looking at Jasmine with very complicated eyes.

It is indeed worthy of sympathy to lose a beloved thing, but such a thing is too precious, but... it makes them feel a little uncomfortable.This is a subtle feeling, not a hatred of the rich, but more of a estrangement, a estrangement of "we are people from different worlds".

It was just a brooch given by someone else, so Jasmine was passively classified into the upper class of society, and there was a gap invisible to the naked eye between her and "ordinary students".In fact, there was this clue as early as when my wife Yuno said that everyone should be "friendly" to Jasmine, but Jasmine's personality and affinity just made up for everyone's alienation from her.

But now, because of a brooch, her whole semester's hard work has come to naught, and everything has returned to the original point again.

Jasmine also slowly retracted the hand that was raised in mid-air to greet everyone, and walked back to her seat in silence.

She is no stranger to this kind of distant gaze.

That year, she was always looked at by people with such eyes.

That's how they looked at her as she was surrounded by applause.

That's how they looked at her when she was being scolded.

That's how they looked at her as she defended herself.

They still looked at her like that when she held her head down and apologized.

It was as if the whole thing was her fault.

Why did it become like this again today?

Just because she didn't know the brooch's true value?Or is it because she likes it so much that she can't bear to put it at home?Or because she accidentally lost it?

Is it her fault again?

"Jasmine too!" Miota held her hand, "Don't worry, we will definitely find it."

She turned her head when she heard the words, and her empty eyes met Miota's blunt gaze, regaining a little warmth.Beside her, Liu Sheng who had just entered the classroom also nodded at her.Even though Jasmine didn't know it, he stopped Sanada, that guy who didn't know how to read the atmosphere, otherwise their chairman of the discipline committee would come over and ask Jasmine to write a self-criticism.

"Well, thank you."

The morning classes passed one by one, and as time went by, not only the students became more and more nervous, but even the teacher occasionally paid more attention to her than usual.In this extremely urgent and sensitive state, Watanabe became more and more anxious, but he couldn't find a gap to get close to Jasmine.

In such an anxious wait, the morning class ended and the lunch break came.The girls who usually had a good relationship with Jasmine gathered around her seat again, but they only waited for her to shake her head wordlessly.

While everyone was speculating about the prisoner, someone knocked Jasmine's English book on the ground.At this time, Watanabe, who had been standing by the side, seized this opportunity, picked up the book without changing his face, and handed it back with a note in his hand.

After finishing this series of actions, she stayed for a while longer, and after confirming that no one noticed her behavior, she picked up her lunch box and walked out of the classroom.

This may be the most thrilling two seconds of my life.

After leaving the sight of the students, I realized that I was already sweating profusely, and my heart almost jumped out of my chest.

Pushing open the door of the audition room, there was no one there at this time, as she expected.Next, just wait for Hei Mu to see the note, and then come to her.Regardless of whether Hei Mu came by himself or with others, she recognized it.As long as she doesn't alert the police, she will do anything.

I used to be afraid too, no, to be precise, I am still afraid now.

I dare not admit my mistakes, I am afraid of facing her disgusting gaze, and I am also afraid of the sneering words of my classmates after the incident is exposed. I am so afraid that I almost hide at home today and don’t come to school. I shut myself at home regardless, just like yesterday Neither happened.

Even now that he has made up his mind, he really wants to run away like this, and hide in a place where no one knows him.

Constantly comforting herself, it's okay, Kuroki will forgive her.But at the same time, he clearly understood that if he changed himself, it would be impossible to talk about forgiveness.No one would believe her, and she couldn't believe herself.

Time passed bit by bit, and she hoped that Kuroki would not see the note, so that she would not have to face despair so early.Afraid that she really didn't see it, the police arrived as scheduled, arrested her and killed her father.During such a tormenting time, let alone lunch, my stomach hurts so badly that I feel like I'm going to vomit in the next second.

Click, the door lock finally rang.

Raising his head, Heimu poked his head out. After seeing her, he closed the door carefully and walked over alone.

"Watanabe-san, did you ask me to come here?"

Watanabe nodded, trying to pretend to be calm, but found that he didn't even have the strength to stand up from the chair.But she must stand up even if she can't stand up, this is her last dignity.

Picking up the brooch on the table, she stood up unsteadily, bent down, and handed it over with both hands.

"Sorry, I took your brooch."

Ah, what kind of dignity, when she touches something that doesn't belong to her, it's gone long ago...

Jasmine also accepted the gift in silence, and brought back the brooch she had been worrying about for a long time.The green emerald is still so beautiful, and the love has not changed at all, but this time it is unexpectedly not so exciting to find it again.

It's probably because of the person in front of me.

"Please raise your head up." Holding the brooch in her hand, she asked puzzledly, "Why does Watanabe-san take my brooch?"

"Would you like to hear my explanation?" Watanabe raised his head in surprise.She was ready for the wrath and blame she deserved.But I didn't expect that Hei Mu didn't lose his temper. Is it because he doesn't care?Impossible, she cried so sadly yesterday...

"Let me tell you first, it's not that I'm not angry, and I haven't accepted Watanabe's apology." Jasmine also emphasized it solemnly, and then continued, "I just want to know."

"Yes, I understand." She took a deep breath and began to describe what happened yesterday as objectively as possible.

"Before gym class yesterday—"

After explaining intermittently, Jasmine didn't give her any reaction immediately.

"Please believe me, I really want to return it to you sooner, but I have never been able to find a chance! I really didn't mean to take it, please believe me, Kuroki-san!" Watanabe said with a pale face, He clenched his fist tightly and repeated this sentence over and over again.

Jasmine also paused for a while and asked, "Do you know where you went wrong?"

"I, I shouldn't touch your things when you don't know..." All judgments are false, and all explanations are pale, because the starting point is the wrong beginning.At best, she just noticed it too late, and it was too late to make up for this mistake.

But wrong, after all, wrong.

"I'm sorry, it's all my fault." Watanabe bowed again. She even felt that doing so was not pious enough, and she should sit down.

"Well, okay, I see, I accept your apology."

"Really?" So simple?

"Really, I forgive you, Watanabe-san." Jasmine also said sincerely.

"But..." Watanabe was still a little confused, "Aren't you afraid that I'm making up lies to deceive you?"

"Being able to say such things means that you didn't lie to me." She waved her hand and was about to leave, "I'll report to Yuno first, and it will be too late. Just to be on the safe side, Watanabe-san, you'd better pass the time." Time to go out."

Until her figure disappeared at the other end of the door, Watanabe still couldn't recover like a dream.

This is the end?Did she forgive herself so easily?

Are you still worried that the two of you will be discovered by others when they meet, which will make it difficult for you?

To what extent is this a good old man?Idiot?

After school that day, when my wife Yuno blocked the way on the way to the club, and said that he wanted to have a good talk with her, Watanabe actually felt a sense of self-destruction of "this is right".

"Are you thinking that it was Jasmine who also told me about this and asked me to teach you a lesson?"

The two of them walked to the narrow space behind the library, which was very hidden and few people usually came here.

"Although I don't mind being misunderstood, I still want to remind you. There is no surveillance in the locker room, but there is in the audition classroom. The secret you thought..." She raised her eyebrows and spread her hands.

Watanabe swayed for a while, and barely maintained his standing posture by leaning on the wall.

"Then, I won't talk nonsense." Yuno smiled, "You drop out of school."