Double AS

"...Xiao Huang, have you seen the news? Your former manager is in court with your original firm." Momoi and Kise sat in the courtyard of the campus. When they looked up, they happened to meet the LCD hanging in the corridor. The screen flicked.

The LCD screen in the corridor of Tonghuang Atrium is broadcasting the news——In the news, Kise’s tall former manager is dressed formally and seriously, and his face in black sunglasses reveals an unapproachable coldness, no matter how the reporter asks him, he always keeps it closed The mouth does not express any opinions to the outside world.

Both the first instance and the second instance were guilty, both criminal and civil, and the whole case is still under appeal.

"Um, yeah, I know."

Huang Lai lowered her head and only answered one sentence.Then continue to focus on the preparation for the graduation exam.Spring is here, and it's time for graduation exams.Kise had a brace buckled on his left leg and leaned on his crutches. He was concentrating on the next exam subject.

He stared intently at the textbook and muttered to himself, wanting to copy all the things that might be tested in his mind before the next exam.

He had to pass the graduation exam before he could enter the Paris acting school.

This is the only way he can repay her.

([-], winter)

It was a bit cold in the room——after waking up a little, she realized that this was not her 24-hour central air-conditioned room.The body squeezed to the side, and a warmth came through the skin; although he woke up, he still didn't want to open his eyes, and wanted to stay a little longer.

"Miyuki..." the person next to her called softly and softly.

"What's the matter?" She finally opened her eyes.

"Miyuki, you frown even when you're asleep." The other party smiled, and then stretched out his hand to gently smooth the frown between her brows.

"Is there?" "Yes, look at your face, it's scary."

"But it seems that there are people who are fascinated by such people." With a snort, Miyuki took out a pack of Seven Stars from the drawer, lit it, and smoked it.

Seeing her conceited expression, the other party seemed to be used to it a long time ago, smiled slightly, lifted the quilt, picked up the underwear that was thrown on the ground, and put it on.

The dark blue uniform was thrown under the bed in a mess like that.

Anyone with a little common sense could tell from the uniforms thrown on the ground which school they were students from.

"Aren't you going to go straight up?" Nakatani Miyuki asked her girlfriend.

Their school is extremely famous, and they have all come here. It would be meaningless if they don’t continue to go straight up; especially for ordinary students like Shao, the number of places open each year is extremely limited, and they don’t have a prominent background. It was extremely difficult to squeeze through the narrow gate.

Slightly belonged to that kind of delicate and thin white girl, with clean short hair and wearing only underwear, she came to Miyuki and asked for a cigarette.Breathing out the smoke deeply from her lungs like a sigh, as far as smoking is concerned, she is a bit of a veteran, and she deserves to be the one who led her in.

"Ordinary people like us... just being able to go to high school is already very difficult. To be honest, if my parents didn't have such ridiculous dreams for me... I really don't want to wait In this place. Here...it's hell..." While smoking a cigarette, he said in a low voice.

"If it weren't for Miyuki, I might not be able to survive high school... To those people, ordinary people like us are like mud on the soles of their shoes? This is already my limit." She Slightly showed a wry smile.

"...Then which school do you want to go to?"

"According to my grades, I should only be admitted to Shizuto." She leaned her body up, "Miyuki's body smells like cigarettes...it would be terrible if she was caught. Really, she is a top student but always follows her Bad girls like me hang out together and do some "bad things".──Nakatani Miyuki is the number one talent in terms of brains, family background, and abilities..."

The temperature is transmitted through the body skin.Cold, cool, but very comfortable.

Nakatani Miyuki put her arms around his shoulders and patted her on the head.

"Really, it's dazzling, Miyuki. It's so dazzling that I can't even open my eyes."

She didn't quite understand what she meant at the time.

"—you'll never understand his pain, you'll never understand the pressure he's under—you'll never understand him."

To love only by instinct, is it any different from a beast?

she's not as strong as you think

You can't see her full of holes, and you can't see it.

Some people, after wading through this muddy water, can still cross that line cleanly and return; but some people can't-

She was the one who was left behind.

Since then, that was the first time she went off track.

"After the first semester, I will suspend school and give me a re-exam." Throwing the notice into the trash can, "You actually fell into a school you have never heard of, what's wrong with you? ── Your ability is not That's all." Her father asked sternly.

She never loses.Since childhood, she has always been No.1 in every competition.

The most perfect, the best, the top.

"In the competition called life, there is no room for error... Do you want to be the one who steps on others, or the one who is stepped on the ground?"

"You were born to live on the clouds, you are the Winner, not the Loser."

"The people of the Nakatani family have never lost—we are the absolute elite, the top existence of this social pyramid."

The reprimand came down harshly, she just straightened her back, looked straight ahead with her eyes, and didn't say a word.When the head of the family speaks, it is one of the many customs in their house to clasp the hands and stand upright.

From knowledge, education.From conversation, manners.

She was born in an unimaginable family.

To be fluent in listening, speaking, reading and writing the languages ​​of five countries, to play six musical instruments fluently, to be good at sports, to be familiar with politics, economy and international situation-this is a must-have examination question on their table.

When standing, put your hands together and hang them down naturally and gracefully, with your body straight.Hold your head high and keep your eyes straight ahead.When sitting down, keep your knees together, keep your head still, shoulders still, and your eyes steady and firm.

Speak clearly and perfectly phrased, with impeccable logic.

Every move, every look and every movement must be the most cautious, strict and perfect.

All along, she was raised by such strict education.

A political family with three generations of official career.And she was raised as a political officer.

Miyuki stepped out of the courthouse, and the lawyer walked down the steps with her—she didn't invite him.

The lawsuit is over.

Although the judge sentenced her to lose the case, she was only awarded civil compensation, and all the criminal parts were withdrawn; Wan Wu Dajie was so angry that she had no choice but to jump to her feet, but even so, the court ruled that she must pay the firm the amount of compensation It's also breathtakingly high.

Her managerial career was officially ruined.

Even if she wins the case in the end, she will no longer be tolerated in this circle.No firm dares to use a broker who has seriously broken his promise.

She literally lost her career on it.

"Then I will take my leave first, and please express my most sincere respect to your father and brother for me." The lawyer paid her respects and left.She recognized him, he was one of the retainers of the Abe family.

They never wanted to, but they did it at the last minute.

Although it is in an extremely roundabout way, indirectly exerting pressure through a third party.

"It's a very clever method. No one expected that it was you who were behind me──It's still as perfect and cautious as usual." Miyuki picked up the phone.The way of doing things is all too familiar.

"There are a lot of people here, let's find a place to talk slowly. Do you remember the old place before? My sister." On the phone, the person smiled, "There will never be annoying reporters harassing there."

Nakatani Miyuki's elder brother.

The two brothers and sisters met at a private club in Ginza, which was never open to the outside world, and it was completely by appointment only.

This place has been the place where my father and members of their faction often come and go, whether it is secret talks or discussions, they often choose here.

"I didn't come forward directly, and I didn't ask the Abe family to take action, but indirectly exerted pressure through the people under them. I don't think Wanwu Daikai and the media can figure out how I escaped unscathed." Nakatani Miyuki said coldly, "I realized once again how terrible the surname Nakatani is. ── I don't want this matter to affect my father's career."

Nominations for the next prime minister have begun.

"We haven't seen each other for 20 years. Do you just go straight to the point? Miyuki's personality hasn't changed at all." Elder brother and second brother Akiro Nakatani slapped his knees and laughed. He also has the same cold face and silver-rimmed glasses as himself. , Even laughing is full of bureaucracy.He smiled and shook his head: "It's no wonder that my father has always had such high expectations of you──You should understand that my father is not like other people. He treats you like me and my elder brother. The expectations of Brother Xia Sheng are no less than those of me and Brother Xia Sheng.

He has always hoped that you can enter the Senate and add another strong pillar to our Nakatani family on the political road, and you also have such talents. "His father has very good plans for the three siblings, the financial world, the political world, and the Senate—it's a pity that he doesn't know what this sister is thinking.

"The nominations for the next Prime Minister of the Cabinet have begun. If the Liberal Democratic Party... our faction successfully regains the ruling power again, the next Minister of Finance should be the father, but other factions are also eyeing it. Now is an extraordinary period. , anyone──brother, me, even you who haven’t come home for a long time, everyone can’t make any mistakes.” Qiu Lang, the second brother, tapped the table.

"If the incident continues, it will be a disaster if the father is involved. That's why I asked the Abe family to put pressure through a third party." The complete acquittal was too suspicious, so the criminal part was suppressed. But civil compensation can't escape.

They don't pay attention to small upstarts like Wanshuang Dajie. What they fear are the media, reporters, and political opponents who try to bring them down all the time; The strife between the two is also very powerful, powerful enough to be fatal.

"Brother Qiulang really deserves to be my father's most reliable secretary. Both her thoughts and methods are too meticulous." Miyuki twitched her lips coldly.There was still no expression on his face.

"Isn't that how our three brothers and sisters were brought up? The world is very competitive, and the higher the class, the higher the ranks. A single negligence can mean that one's body will be crushed. Especially in the political field, it is like walking on thin ice, and no mistakes are allowed."

In case of failure, it is not impossible to be forced to hang himself.

If you want to stand on the clouds, you must endure what ordinary people cannot bear, and you must pay a price that ordinary people cannot pay.

"Phew... that nouveau riche probably couldn't imagine how prominent the background of that little broker who let him call around." He sighed: "──My grandfather is a cabinet minister, and my father is a deputy minister of finance. My mother is the only daughter of the Keihan Daiichi Bank. My elder brother Natsuo Nakatani is the head of the bank, and I—Akiro Nakatani is the secretary of the Minister of Finance's Cabinet. He really doesn't know what kind of person he met— "

"What are you going to do next?" Miyuki asked.

"Don't do it. We don't have time to mess with those low-level people, and we have a lot of trouble. Maybe I have to thank him, thank him for driving you out of that lowly circle-" Who would Care about the mud that rubs off your feet?It also takes strength to deal with people. Creating enemies also creates risks. The Nakatani family has always been low-key and cautious, which is why they have settled in high positions in the political arena for three generations.

"How can you make yourself like this? Mess with a group of upstarts and clowns." Nakatani Qiulang said seriously to his own sister.In their eyes, the three words showbiz are completely synonymous with low class.

"...20 years later, you are still the same. I still have nothing to say to you..." Miyuki replied indifferently.

"You had a better life, my dear sister. A life that is a hundred times more perfect than the one you are in now." Her brother continued, "We are the top talents in this country. It is not that I want to be complacent. Among the Japanese political circles, our Nakatani family is not ranked in the top five, at least in the top ten. Three generations in politics, with a political history of nearly 60 years, the daughter of Liberal Democratic Party leader Shinzo Nakatani ──I don’t understand you.” His knuckles rattled the table.

"What are you after? What do you want?"

"Go home! You've been wandering around for so long, but in the end you can't do anything. Go home and be a peaceful daughter."

"I will ask mom not to arrange a marriage partner for you. Although you can no longer be seen in public—you have already let the media know you when you were an agent, but it is not a problem to be dad's private secretary with your ability. You are politically sensitive. That’s right, your vision is fairly accurate, so please help the Nakatani family with me.”

"Also, get rid of those "bad habits". That kind of deviation cannot be allowed to appear in our house." She cast her eyes sharply.

There is no room for any setbacks in their family's image.That is the lifeblood of the political man.

"That's not a deviation, it's just how I was born." She refused coldly.

"No matter what it is──we won't force you to find someone to marry, but at the same time, you are not allowed to associate with women, don't let your private behavior affect the whole family; every thing you do, every word you say Please think carefully about your words first, you don’t want your father’s career to be ruined just because of your personal affairs, do you?” Ignoring his sister’s words, Akiro Nakatani continued.

"The family will come forward to settle part of the civil compensation. Brother Xia Sheng and I are not a problem with that small amount. Let's live a low-key life from now on."

After 20 years, they are still the same, nothing has changed.

In addition to pushing her back into the cabinet, it had to be locked layer by layer.

No individual will is allowed before the great family interest.

She just looked at him like that, her own siblings, her family members connected by blood.

That look was half sigh, half pity.

"... I will deal with the compensation myself." She directly refused, "I have been planning my future life over the years, and I have invested a lot." Selling real estate in Tokyo and Osaka , and those precious cars plus stocks and some deposits, that's enough.

Stand up straight away.Hanging the coat carefully on the arm, "I am responsible for what I do and the way I choose." She said decisively to her brother.

"I have made myself nothing and worked hard for so long, but the result is not back to the original point?" He really didn't understand why it was wrong to be the one who won, and insisted on being a loser.

"A life that has never had setbacks must be boring. You ask me what I pursue? What do I want? I can answer you right now." Said all the words in my heart in one breath.

"──I am pursuing my own battlefield, and then fight a victory. A victory with a big victory."

Word by word, awe-inspiring and decisive.

"I believe I can do it. No matter where I go, I can always make a comeback. Because I am truly elite."

I couldn't help being amused by my heroic speech──In the past three years, that kid is not the only one who has changed.