Chapter 103

"The so-called shortcut that Nagata Ryo was thinking about was not how he could kill me without being discovered, right?"

As soon as he heard this, Date Ko immediately wanted to step forward, but was stopped by Hoshikawa Kazuaki. He still needed to continue to speculate on Nagata Ryo's whereabouts and purpose from Kitajima Shinichi's reaction, but when he looked at Kitajima Shinichi again, the other party's expression was extremely strange.

His surprise was understandable, after all, he only knew that Xingchuan Heming was good at drawing comics, but he never knew that he was also good at reasoning.

His frustration is understandable, after all, strictly speaking, this information was leaked from him.

But what about jealousy?

Being watched in secret, being on guard against sneak attacks and frame-ups at all times, and having to be escorted to and from get off work, Xingchuan and Ming were afraid to live in such a life. Why were they still envied? And the envy was so severe that their faces were twisted.

Xingchuan Heming couldn't help but take a step back and distance himself from him. He felt cold in his heart and complained with a look of disgust on his face:

"What's that expression on your face? Are you jealous that I'm being targeted by Nagata Ryo? No way, are you unable to bear the blow of being abandoned by him, so you're taking your anger out on me, the one he's targeting?"

Who would have thought that this joke, which was usually used to lighten the atmosphere, would instantly make Kitajima Shinichi explode.

"Don't talk nonsense! I'm not abandoned. Do you think you have the qualifications to laugh at me?"

Kitajima Shinichi looked at Xingchuan and Ming fiercely, then he suddenly narrowed his eyes and said with a malicious smile:

"Or are you actually making a reference to yourself, as a poor idiot abandoned by your friends at a young age?"

What? Abandon?

Xingchuan and Ming were stunned by his sudden change of topic.

Kitajima Shinichi suddenly became very interested and shouted at Hoshikawa Kazuaki:

"Who would be jealous of you? You are just a poor creature abandoned by your only trusted friend!"

Because Kitajima Shinjima was the focus of everyone present at this moment, so at this moment, everyone noticed the obvious stagnation and stiff expressions of Hoshikawa and Ming beside him.

Their first reaction was that something Kitajima Shinichi said just now might have touched upon Hoshikawa and Akira's minefield.

However, contrary to what everyone thought, at this time, Hoshikawa and Akira were actually busy comforting Kagino Satoshi who was about to explode with anger.

Kagino Satoshi: Who said Xiaoxing was abandoned? Nonsense! It's sheer nonsense! How disgusting! How dare he make up stories about us like this! Who gave him the courage? I'm going to beat him to death!

Hoshikawa Kazuaki: Don't get excited, Xiaozhi. Don't forget that we will be included in the comic book at any time. This flashback story is scheduled for the back, so don't mess up the script!

Kagino Satoshi: Oh my, I'm so angry! Xiaoxing, he has slandered us so much! Why do you care about the script? Come and curse back with me!

In reality, Hagiwara Kenji also forcibly held down Kagino Satoshi who wanted to jump up as soon as Kitajima Shinichi said it, and comforted him repeatedly:

"Xiaozhi, calm down! Xiaoxing is trying to get the other person to talk. If you go and beat him up now, you will only cause trouble for Xiaoxing!"

Kagino Satoshi: "I don't care! This guy is so abominable! I must beat him up!"

Those who still remembered what happened in the orphanage looked unhappy. Those who didn't know the inside story were immediately curious about this old secret. They cursed Kitajima Shinichi's shamelessness in their hearts, but couldn't help but prick up their ears, waiting to see what secrets Kitajima Shinichi could tell.

Kitajima Shinichi saw that Hoshikawa and Akira were stunned by what he said, and thought he could finally turn the tables, so he tried hard to dig up these old memories in his mind and continued to pour them out:

"That guy's name is Zhi, right? You treated him as a good friend and protected him every day, but when the couple planned to adopt you, what did your good friend do? Didn't he just throw you into a solitary room and follow the couple in your name?

Even if you have talent, what's the use? At the critical moment, you will still be abandoned by your friends..."

Hoshikawa and Ming ignored him, but closed their eyes, suppressing their anger, and unconsciously spread out the script that they had written in advance in order to earn good reviews in front of Kagino Satoshi.

Hoshikawa Kazuaki: I've changed my mind. This Kitajima Shinichi really deserves a beating. I'm going to beat him up first, and then we'll rearrange the plot according to the third script.

Kagino Satoshi: Yes! Beat him! Why didn’t we decide this earlier? We can both fight together. You hold him down and I’ll beat him…

Hoshikawa Kazuaki: It's not us, it's me. You don't have much fighting power, just stay still.

After saying that, Hoshikawa Heming didn't care about Kagamino Satoshi's unwilling howling and just hung up the phone. Then he looked at Kitajima Shinichi who was still chattering and raised his fist to punch him.

Kitajima Shinichi had never practiced martial arts before, so he was no match for Hoshikawa Kazuaki. He was knocked to the ground by a punch, and his face immediately turned blue. He screamed and struggled to get up from the ground, but Hoshikawa Kazuaki punched him again and he fell back to the ground.

Seeing this, Kagano Satoshi, who had been standing in the crowd, also wanted to step forward and beat the guy up, but was held down by Hagiwara Kenji.

Kagamino Tomoyuki was so angry that he yelled:

"Let my brother Yan Er go. I'm going to teach that bastard a lesson too! I haven't abandoned Xiao Xing. That shameless guy actually framed us like this. He must be beaten up!"

The scene was in chaos, and Ida Ko had to bring police officers to separate the two. In fact, he half supported and half pulled Hoshikawa and Ming apart, while other police officers stepped forward to help Kitajima Shinichi, who was beaten into a pig's head, up.

Ida Hang pulled it back and advised:

"Forget it, forget it. That guy is just trying to make things difficult for you. It's not worth getting angry with that kind of person. It's not worth it."

Hoshikawa Kazuaki did not argue with Date Kou, but replied calmly:

"I know. I'm not angry. I'm calm. I just feel uncomfortable if I don't give him a few more wounds."

When Ida Ko heard this, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He quickly asked the police to take Kitajima Shinichi back to the Metropolitan Police Department first, and the remaining unanswered questions would be slowly reviewed when they got back.

Satoshi Kagino was held down by Kenji Hagiwara from the very beginning. Seeing Shinichi Kitajima being stuffed into the police car, he had to stop competing with Kenji Hagiwara in a huff, still mumbling to vent his dissatisfaction.

In the crowd, an older teacher looked at Kagino Satoshi who was mumbling softly, hesitated for a while, and finally stepped forward and asked:

"Hey young man, from what you just said, could it be that you are the child named Xiaozhi who was taken away that year?"

Kagino Satoshi, who had been complaining quietly before, immediately stopped talking upon hearing this. He stood up straight as a reflex and shouted softly:

"Mr. Nakajima."

After shouting, he seemed to suddenly realize what he had done. He grinned awkwardly and looked frantically at Kenji Hagiwara who was standing beside him for help.

Unexpectedly, Hagiwara Kenji simply turned his head away and pretended not to see it, which made Kagino Satoshi so angry that he gritted his teeth.

"So it really is you."

The middle-aged man called Mr. Nakajima looked at Kagino Satoshi with a look of emotion and sighed:

"After so many years, you finally came back. I heard that Xingchuan has been waiting for you, but you have always refused to come back. Since you came back together this time, have you talked things out?"

Kagino Satoshi opened his mouth, looking embarrassed and at a loss, but finally answered in a low voice:

"Not yet..."

Teacher Nakajima was not surprised when he heard this. Instead, he gave sincere words of comfort:

"Are you still entangled in that incident? Yes, after all, you were so close since childhood, but you broke up so suddenly. But it has been so many years since the incident, and since you are finally together again, you should talk it out as soon as possible."

Kagino Satoshi's mood immediately dropped when he heard this, and his handsome face was full of worry. At that moment just now, he almost agreed, but in the end he just moved his lips and said nothing.

He looked up at the place where Hoshikawa and Ming had fought before. The beaten Kitajima Shinichi had already been stuffed into a police car. At the instruction of Date Kou, he was sent to the Metropolitan Police Department along with two other embezzlers.

The crowd gradually dispersed. Maori Kogoro had just woken up and was showing off to the fans who gathered around him that he had easily solved another case. Most of the students had already gone back to the cafeteria to eat, and the teachers were gathered in groups of three or four, talking about something, but Hoshikawa Kazuaki was nowhere to be seen.

Seeing him backing off before even trying, Teacher Nakajima seemed to have thought of something, and he sighed as well, saying with an understanding look on his face:

"Well, I only heard later that the couple wanted to adopt the child who dared to draw on the Wall of Honor. Unexpectedly, Xingchuan was put in solitary confinement for scribbling, so you stepped forward... and were successfully adopted in the end.

Although he said all kinds of things later, Xingchuan never blamed you. Instead, he was waiting for you to come back and explain everything to him in person.

I can see that you have been struggling with what happened back then, and feel that you were the one who betrayed them first, so you don't dare to face your friends from that time, right?

But sometimes, you just need to take the first step bravely and apologize sincerely, and things will be resolved. You..."

However, before Mr. Nakajima could finish, Kagino Satoshi suddenly looked at him and interrupted him in an extremely serious tone:

"That's not the case. Although I felt very sorry for Xiaoxing back then, I really didn't betray him! I didn't!"

Kagino Satoshi's expression was more determined than ever before; his eyes had turned slightly red, but he remained stubborn and sincere.

Teacher Nakajima was surprised by Kagamino Satoshi's expression at this moment, and he couldn't help but feel puzzled. Could it be that everyone has really misunderstood him all these years?

Kenji Hagihara put his hand on Satoshi Kagamino's shoulder at the right time, and the familiar way of comforting him quickly calmed Satoshi Kagamino down. And Kenji Hagihara himself quickly combined the information he had just obtained with the general situation he had learned from Satoshi Kagamino's words over the past seven years.

I never thought that even a gentle teacher like Mr. Nakajima who is willing to care for his students would think that it was Xiaozhi who took the initiative to betray Xiaoxing. Then what about Xiaoxing himself, the biggest victim? How does he view this matter?

Kagino Satoshi, who Hagiwara Kenji thought was so aggrieved and sad that he could cry at any time, was conscious at this time having a dialogue with Hoshikawa Kazuaki.

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