Chapter 155

"For the responsibility of an indirect car accident, he is prepared to kill and take revenge; do you think he won't use longer, more peaceful means to take revenge in the future?"

"..."

Biting her lip gently, Sayuri Matsumoto couldn't be sure anymore.

And, when Toshihiko Takasugi broke up with Kazumi to pursue her back then, she already felt very guilty toward her friend.

Now that she knew so much, Sayuri Matsumoto felt that she really needed to take off the childhood filter.

"...What is the game you mentioned?"

"Conduct some tests."

"Use some magic means to let your groom expose some of his inner thoughts."

"I think after you hear those inner thoughts, you should be able to confirm some of the thoughts in your heart."

"You can also make some brand-new decisions."

Ren Amamiya's words were already very clear.

This was inviting her to act in a play, just to see Toshihiko Takasugi's true face clearly.

Sayuri Matsumoto could almost imagine how vicious that hidden appearance was.

If it were before, she would never have agreed.

But now it was different.

Having already taken off all the filters for the person she liked in her childhood, Sayuri Matsumoto at this moment was much calmer than ever.

"Okay."

At this moment, the scale in Sayuri Matsumoto's heart had shifted, and she couldn't help but want to see Toshihiko Takasugi's reaction.

"How do I cooperate?"

"Just go about your normal activities; I will arrange the rest of the work."

Ren Amamiya did not ask for Sayuri Matsumoto's cooperation; it was enough to just act according to his arrangements.

"Hayasaka-san, I'll trouble you with the matter over there."

"Not at all."

Ai Hayasaka bowed slightly; she had already understood Amamiya-kun's meaning and took a small step back.

"Then, I will go prepare."

"Hmm, by the way, let the makeup artists outside come in."

"I understand."

Ai Hayasaka exited the lounge, and the makeup artists waiting outside also re-entered to give the bride final touch-ups.

"Ran, Sonoko, adjust your emotions."

Ren Amamiya's voice seemed to have a special magic; the unstable emotions of the two were quickly brought under control, and the complex emotions almost returned to calm in an instant.

Just a short while after the two had controlled their emotions, the door to the room was opened.

"Sayuri, the lemon tea is bought."

"According to your request, it's warm."

The person who pushed the door in was a mature woman with long hair, wearing a dress, and a blue jacket on her upper body; she was dressed relatively coolly.

Kazumi Takenaka didn't think there was any problem seeing so many students in school uniforms in the room.

She had heard before that Sayuri had also invited some former students to attend this wedding; obviously, these children in the room were them.

"Thank you, Kazumi."

Sayuri Matsumoto's mood was a bit messy right now; drinking something could also help her stabilize her emotions.

"By the way, Kazumi, the matter I asked you to investigate."

"Is the news you got accurate?"

Kazumi Takenaka was slightly stunned, then looking at Sayuri's extremely serious and solemn expression at the moment, she realized that things seemed to have changed a bit.

Her expression couldn't help but become a bit more serious.

"It is accurate."

"I conducted investigations around the place where the accident happened at the time, and I also found a few eyewitnesses."

"No, Kazumi, I mean, are you sure it was my father who drove and hit that woman?"

"I..."

Kazumi Takenaka was slightly stunned, and then she understood what Sayuri wanted to ask.

She recalled the results of her investigation in her mind; it seemed that all the eyewitnesses' statements were very similar, all saying that Sayuri's father had an accident while pursuing a criminal.

But whether this accident was caused by Sayuri's father, indeed no eyewitness had ever said so.

Kazumi Takenaka's face changed drastically; she realized she had messed up the errand.

"No one has ever said anything similar accurately."

"They all said your father had an accident while pursuing a criminal, but no one said it was your father who hit the person."

Instantly, Sayuri Matsumoto understood; it seemed this was her own misunderstanding.

She had always believed that the death of Toshihiko's mother back then was directly caused by her father.

Because she was afraid of letting her father know that she already knew about what happened twenty years ago, she had never taken the initiative to ask her father.

Unexpectedly, because of this reason, she had taken it for granted that her father caused all the tragedies.

Now Sayuri Matsumoto already understood that her past entanglement was wrong.

Perhaps some things should have been laid out directly with her father, instead of letting Kazumi investigate what happened back then.

And finally getting an incomplete answer.

"Sayuri, this... this is my fault."

Kazumi Takenaka also didn't expect that she would make such an incorrect investigation.

Sayuri Matsumoto shook her head slightly.

"Kazumi, this is not your fault."

"Your investigation had no problems; not getting an accurate answer should be because those eyewitnesses didn't explain it clearly."

Sayuri Matsumoto tried hard to catch her breath; right now, she only felt that her blood pressure was a bit high.

Perhaps this matter was just her own one-sided wishful thinking.

And Sayuri Matsumoto's biggest regret should be not sitting down and having a good talk with her father.

If she had known about what happened back then from her father's mouth, it shouldn't have caused such a big deviation.

No matter how brain-dead she was from love, she understood one principle.

A father driving and hitting a woman and a father driving and pursuing a criminal, and the criminal having an accident and hitting a woman, are different.

One is primary responsibility, and the other is not even secondary responsibility.

Since it wasn't her father's primary responsibility, why did Toshihiko... why did Toshihiko Takasugi want to treat her father as a target for revenge?

Could it be, really because it's easier to target her and her father?

Sayuri Matsumoto couldn't help but clench her fists.

If things were really like this, then what was her choice to sacrifice herself to end this grievance?

The anger that rose in her heart made her mood very stable at this moment.

"Miss Matsumoto, you need to calm down."

The voice that suddenly came to her ear interrupted the anger rising in her heart.

The anger was like being doused by a basin of water; no matter how great the anger was, her nerves didn't have any sign of being provoked at this moment.

Sayuri Matsumoto let go of her clenched fists.

The warmth on her face also disappeared without a trace; at this moment, she became very calm, even so calm that it was unbelievable.

"Miss Matsumoto, you should drink a cup of lemon tea to calm down."

"Ah, to avoid lipstick getting on it, remember to use a straw."

Sayuri Matsumoto nodded slightly, subconsciously opened the can of lemon tea, put the straw in, and then she heard.

"Sonoko, you can also drink some lemon tea."

Sayuri Matsumoto was slightly stunned, and then her brain immediately cleared up.

Sonoko Suzuki was stunned for two seconds and also reacted.

She smiled and walked over, taking a can of lemon tea from the plastic bag.

— Author's Notes —

PS: The new book is on the shelves, asking for data.