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> A：「この本 借りてくよ。」  
>  B：「あっ 学校の本は持ち出し禁止です。」  
>  A：「じゃあ 黙っといてよ。」  
>  B：「規則ですから **そういう** わけには。」

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In this exchange, when B says「そういうわけには。」, what does そういう refer to? Is she
saying that she cannot keep quiet about A borrowing books, or more simply that
A cannot borrow books? Is the scope of that phrase just the line immediately
before or is it the situation as a whole?

Also, just so I'm clear, わけには is short for わけにはいかない, yes?
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What is そういう referring to in this dialogue?
I think B is saying that Because it's the rules, they can't do it like that
(stay silent). Although I mostly base it on
[examples](https://ejje.weblio.jp/sentence/content/%22%E3%81%9D%E3%81%86%E3%81%84%E3%81%86%E3%82%8F%E3%81%91%E3%81%AB%22).
And yes, in this case わけには is definitelly short from of わけにはいかない and そういう
refers to the proposed "solution".
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A very frequent usage of わけにはいかない is for something you can't do for moral
reasons.  
So I'd translate the last question as : It's the rule, so I'd never do such a
thing/what you say (and stay silent about you taking out that book).
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