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Has.h.i.+moto Chisa feels smug after seeing the news . Even Miwako didn't know that Rie was adopted . That's good . It will be easier to bring her back .

Her phone rings once . She checks the text and frowns deeply . "Kiyohira is investigating my past again . Did that dog say something to him?"

No, the dog ran away after she met its master . Her toy hasn't grown any backbone to say her name . She might run and hide, but she won't reveal her name to anyone . Rie is even better than Miwako . Then, why is Kiyohira reinvestigating her past? He already did it once when the marriage proposal happened a few years ago .

She texts her stepfather . He will take care of it . Her stepfather has been putting a lot of efforts to erase the fact that she studied at a low ranked school before her mother married him . Whether it's bribing her old school or creating fake records, he will do anything to prove that she is perfect . He wouldn't want anyone to know . Otherwise, the perfect stepdaughter won't be perfect . Before, he needed her to marry a powerful young master . Now, he needs her more because his son is failing as the director of his company .

If Kiyohira is suspicious of her anyway, she can't risk it . She calls Miwako .

[Chisa, I brought a new purse for you . ]

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"Should I appreciate it that you are using my money to buy gifts for me?"

[Um . . . it was a pretty one . ]

"Kiyohira is looking into my past . He must have found out something . Leave the country for a while . Don't tell anyone where you are going . I will handle things here . "

[Where should I go?]

"Go anywhere . You can't meet him . By the way, how many people knew that it was me in our school?"

[Uh . . . your name never came up . You were the angel . n.o.body would believe that it was you, but . . . ]

"But?"

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[Back then, someone took a picture of you when you were bonding with Rie . It was only the picture of her cleaning your shoes with her face . We don't know who took and circulated the pictures in the cla.s.sroom, but your face wasn't shown . But, that never happened again . I claimed that it was me . I took all the photos and burned it . I made sure that nothing could be used as a piece of evidence . Well, the school didn't care anyway . ]

"Oh, I remember . I wonder who it was . " Chisa smiles . If that person wanted, her mask would have been long broken . Since the person didn't do anything till now, it probably won't be a problem in the future . "Don't go home . Hide at the secret playhouse . Leave the country soon . I will send you the money in your account . "

There have been enough witnesses, but rarely anyone cared about Takeuchi Rie . People don't care because they don't want to become the victim themselves . They all took part in bullying Rie because she was the chosen punching bag . If anyone tried to save her, they would also be treated the same .

Why did Chisa choose her? When she transferred to that school after her father died, she always pretended to be mature and smiling . Back then, it was Rie who saw through her mask .

***

"New girl, why do you smile when you aren't happy?" Rie puts her lunchbox in front of her . "Here, my mother sent a lot . It's delicious . "

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She purses her lips . This girl has seen through her smile . When she didn't eat, Rie feeds her using the chopsticks . Even her mother never did it to her .

"You are stubborn . Where did you come from, new girl? Do you want to play with me?" Rie grins at her . "My mother makes the best food . I will ask her to put more . We can eat it together . "

Whether it's an act of kindness or pity, Chisa didn't like it . Chisa doesn't say anything . If only her mother also packed lunches for her, she wouldn't be shamed like this moment .

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Later, she realizes that Rie is like this toward everyone . Rie is everyone's favorite including the teachers . Though her grades are mediocre, she is still liked by everyone because of her kindness and smiling face . Chisa didn't like it, but she didn't do anything either .

There is one person who didn't get along with Takeuchi Rie . That's Takeuchi Miwako, her cousin . They often argue and fight in cla.s.s . Most students hate Miwako for being hateful toward Rie .

Things change suddenly after her parents' divorce . Takeuchi Miwako tells everyone how Rie's mother cheated and got pregnant with someone else's child . The parents begin to complain . Her cla.s.smates isolate her . n.o.body would sit with her during lunch . They would write names on her desk and use it like a dumpster . The teachers turn a blind eye to whatever was happening in the cla.s.sroom . Chisa laughs when she sees this . Weren't they the same people who used to like Rie?

Rie is disappointed whenever she looks at her lunch . Chisa decides to sit with her and share the junk food that she brought from the department store .

"I will eat what my grandmother sent me," Rie tells her curtly .

Still proud? Chisa tears open the packet of chips .

"You shouldn't eat that every day . " She hears Rie say with a small voice . "You won't grow tall if you eat junk food . I don't mind sharing my lunch with you . "

Chisa looks at the lunch box . The meal looks plain and not so delicious . Still, she takes a spoonful . Rie shows a tiny smile .

What's this girl is happy when she should be crying? Everyone is treating her like s.h.i.+t .

Feeling annoyed by the smile, she arrives at the cla.s.sroom early . She begins writing bad words on her desk . Suddenly, the door opens and Takeuchi Rie walks in . Rie widens her eyes when she sees Chisa on the desk . The shock is replaced by disappointment . The final layer of the nice girl's act in front of Rie is broken .

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