Am I being simulated by their love affair?

"I saw you standing in front of the window in a daze, and then you looked around the cafeteria and noticed my sight." The water in the girl's eyes became turbid as she looked at the bowl of rice in front of Matsueda Jun.

The fried pork chop rice is incredibly beautiful. The pork chop is a pure golden brown, each grain of the batter distinct and emitting a sizzling heat. Beneath the pork chop is an equally golden fried egg, which trembles slightly with the movement of the person, and is surrounded by overflowing red sauce. If you get close, you can smell its aroma.

Mochizuki Haruka looked at the pasta on her plate. The broken noodles were scattered all over the plate. The sauce was sticky, leaving gray and turbid marks on the surface of the plate. It looked unappetizing.

"Matsuzhi, I'm clearly getting better just like you said, so why can't I feel happy in my heart?"

"Your so-called recovery process means letting me watch you smile so happily in front of others from a distance?"

Jun Matsueda took another sip of the wakame and tofu soup and wiped his mouth with a tissue.

"Is this weird?"

"I was always by your side, inseparable from you. That would be abnormal, right?"

"We are not lovers, nor are we family. At best, we are just friends. Friends certainly won't be around you all day, and I shouldn't be the only one in your world."

It started again. Mochizuki Haruka watched the changing mouth shapes of Matsueda Jun, but couldn't hear what he said clearly.

Anyway, they are just general principles. No matter how you say it, it is right, and no matter how you refute it, you can't shake his ideas.

The girl has discovered that no matter how much the boy in front of her talks, there is only one thing he wants to do.

Let yourself and him drift away.

Chapter 205: Neon Wasn’t Built in a Day

February 11th is Neon's National Foundation Day, and Yuqiu High School has a day off.

"By the way, was Neon really founded today?" asked Kurusu Yoshi, who was lying on the yoga mat.

The girl's legs are spread forward and backward on the yoga mat, her upper body is straightened, and her hands are stretched upward. This posture is not pornographic, but it makes people's eyes unconsciously linger on her slender legs and perky chest.

"Did you really pay attention in class when you were in school?"

Jun Matsueda walked out of the kitchen, holding a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other. The shape of the orange-red egg liquid rolling in the bowl reminded Kurusu Yoshi of the waves that evening.

He looked up at the girl doing yoga. The yoga mat was spread on the floor in front of the balcony door. The midday sun poured in from the open balcony door, washing the girl's well-proportioned limbs, tight waist and abdomen, and fluttering eyelashes into gold.

Kurusu Yoshi used to do yoga, but she always did it in her room. But recently, for some reason, she moved her yoga mat out of the room.

"Weren't you doing yoga in the room before?" Jun Matsueda looked at the egg liquid being stirred in the bowl. The sound of chopsticks colliding with the porcelain bowl was quick and crisp, and sounded quite pleasant.

"Because I found that I can watch TV while doing yoga in the living room, which is much more enjoyable than staying in the room!" The girl blinked, and her golden eyelashes flickered as if she was casting magic.

She stood up from the yoga mat, put on her slippers, walked in front of Jun Matsueda, tilted her head and looked at him, "You haven't answered my question just now!"

Matsueda Jun turned around and walked back to the kitchen. "The Neon Chronicles record that today is the day the first emperor ascended the throne. That's how the so-called National Foundation Day came about."

"But many people think it just describes a folk legend."

"Matsueda really knows everything~" The girl's tone was like a kindergarten child talking to her teacher. Just as she was about to walk into the kitchen, Matsueda Jun closed the door.

"I just remember what I saw."

"We're going to open fire soon. Don't come in dressed like this. You'll get covered in fumes."

Lai Qi Yangshi smiled silently twice, leaning on the glass door to look at his back in an apron, looking like a clumsy little thief.

"Hmm... delicious!" The girl took two mouthfuls of rice, picked up a large chopstick of scrambled eggs with tomatoes and stuffed it into her mouth. "Matsueda is quite good at cooking Chinese food."

"It's okay." Jun Matsueda scooped a few spoonfuls of seaweed egg drop soup into his bowl. The house was relatively empty today, so he went to the kitchen and cooked some Chinese dishes.

"You eat and drink like this every day. Don't you need to control your weight as an idol?"

"My current position is an idol singer!" The girl raised her head proudly, still chewing rice, "Skill is more important than appearance!"

"And I'm exercising. Yoga, running, and dancing all consume a lot of energy." She suddenly stood up and lifted the hem of her clothes.

"Look, I don't have any belly fat!"

"I know, I know." Matsueda Jun picked up a piece of grilled chicken with green onions, dipped it in the rice, and put it in his mouth. "If you don't eat it now, I'll finish it."

Lai Qi Yang Shi immediately sat down and started fighting with him for the few remaining chicken nuggets.

After lunch, Jun Matsueda changed his clothes in the bedroom. When he returned to the living room, the girl had just washed the dishes and was wiping her wet hands with a tissue.

“Is your album finished?”

During this period, Lai Qi Yangshi always went out early and came back late. Even the messages she sent to him were voice messages. When he opened them, he was either humming or singing. This made Matsueda Jun suspect that the girl had lost the ability to speak normally in the company.

"It's almost done!" Kurusu Yoshi took off his apron and ran into the bedroom to change clothes. "Only two songs left."

She poked her head out from the bedroom door and looked at Jun Matsueda who was walking towards the entrance. "Matsueda, are you going out? Wait for me!"

The girl leaned out a little, and her black suspenders and one bare shoulder could be seen. She had not finished changing her clothes yet.

"I'm going to the company to see my agent this afternoon. She said she has a few demos she wants me to listen to."

"That has nothing to do with me. I have an appointment with someone else this afternoon, so I don't have time to go with you." Jun Matsueda bent down to change his shoes.

"We're just going out together, going out together!" Lai Qi Yang Shi retracted his head. After a rustling sound, a girl wearing a hooded sweatshirt and a beige cotton jacket trotted up behind him.

"Don't you think going out together is much more enjoyable than going out alone?" She patted the boy's bent back. "It's the feeling of both of us working hard, and suddenly every day we spend together feels meaningful!"

The girl kept her hand on Matsueda Jun's back without letting go.

It's a bit hard, the lines of the spine are obvious, and you can feel the elasticity of the muscles.

Did it feel good? She touched it twice more.

"What are you touching?"

After putting on his shoes, Matsueda Jun stood up and slapped her hand away. "Can we go out now?"

"Let's go!" Lai Qi Yangshi pushed open the door.

The metal security door is very thick and requires some strength to push. The girl was a little uncomfortable when she first moved in, but now she has gotten used to it.

The two men walked through the door of 506. Even though the room next door was luxurious, dark, deserted, and often uninhabited, its door looked no different from the one they had closed.

The girl walked down the stairs in two steps at a time, and turned back to look at the boy who was walking down step by step. She didn't say anything, but her blinking eyes urged him to hurry up.

"Got it~" Jun Matsueda quickened his pace as he went downstairs.

After leaving the unit door, Matsueda Jun turned left and walked towards the carport, and the girl followed him.

"Is Songzhi going to ride a bike today?"

"I'm already heading to the carport, and you're still asking this?"

"Then can you wait until I get in the taxi before leaving?"

Even without looking back, Jun Matsueda could imagine the pitiful expression of the girl behind him.

A boy holding a bicycle and a girl wearing a mask stood on the side of the road, looking at the taxi under the red light at the intersection in the distance.

"Do you wear a mask when you go out now?"

"Yeah!" The girl in the gray mask nodded. The large mask made her face look particularly small. "Because I was recognized on my way home from get off work before!"

Matsueda Jun clapped his hands. "You're already famous, huh?"

The girl's eyes curved and she smiled proudly, "She said she was a fan of 'The Birth of an Idol', but now she's a fan of me!"

The light turned green, and Kurusu Yoshi walked towards the taxi, turned around and waved, "Then I'm leaving, okay? See you tonight!"

"See you tonight." Jun Matsueda got on his bicycle and watched the taxi approach and then move away.

I stepped on the pedals, and the long-awaited bicycle finally started moving, heading towards Setagaya.

Yamami Maki sat by the window of the library, looking at the street outside. The figure of a boy riding a bicycle came into her sight, and the girl smiled subconsciously.

She had sat by the window like this before and had seen Jun Matsueda riding his bike by many times, but this time was different.

She was his destination.

Chapter 206: Limited Coffee, Non-stop Phone Calls

The library was so quiet that even the air was still.

Besides a pencil case and books, there were two cups of coffee on the empty desk. The girl by the window looked towards the brown-red wooden door of the study room. Her special teacher was about to arrive.

Jun Matsueda pushed open the door of the study room and met Yamamimi Maki's eyes. The boy waved and the girl nodded.

He sat down on the chair opposite the girl, "Senior, you came earlier than I expected."

When Jun Matsueda parked his car downstairs, he deliberately looked at the time. There were still fifteen minutes until the agreed time of 1:00 p.m.

"Because I wanted to buy two cups of coffee." Yamami Moji shook the coffee in front of her. "That shop is usually quite crowded, but when I went there today, there weren't many people, so I came a little early."

Before Matsueda Jun could speak, the girl continued, "Matsueda-san, don't tell me you want to pay or bother me!"

Yamamiya Maki's expression was very serious, with a hint of cute persistence between her brows.

"I'm the one who bothered you with tutoring and made you take a long detour because of me. A cup of coffee shouldn't be a big deal, right?"

Actually, for both of them, the library at the Setagaya Literary Museum was the best place for tutoring, as they were both about the same distance away. However, studying together there risked being discovered by Tomatsu Tomoka, so they were now sitting in the study room of the Setagaya City Library.

Matsueda Jun could only sigh, "Senior always has a way of making people accept your kindness."

The girl looked at him and picked up the coffee, smiling.

"How about it?"

"Rich aroma, smooth taste." He put down the cup, "Reminds me of the iced latte my senior class had during the cultural festival."

Yamami Maki raised her eyebrows in surprise, and her mouth opened a little wider, revealing a bit of her white teeth. "This coffee shop is owned by that classmate's family!"

"Matsueda-san has a really good memory."

Matsueda Jun unfolded the exercise book he brought with him and said, "I just remember what I drank."

The afternoon tutoring session began. Although it was called tutoring, it was actually no different from self-study. The two of them read and did exercises on their own. If there was something they didn't understand, they would write it down on paper or communicate quietly.

"Matsueda-san, this multiple-choice question about the egg production process..."

Yamami Maki leaned forward, and Matsueda Jun also leaned over to look at the questions she handed over. The girl's black hair hung down from her ears and spread out on the table, with a few strands pressed under his fingertips.

"Option A, huh?"

As Jun Matsueda read the questions, the sounds of writing and turning pages faded for a moment, leaving the silence so quiet that one could almost hear breathing from the other side. The girl remained in her position, the faint scent of camellia wafting over. It felt as if they were no longer in a city library, but in a winter forest.

The flowering period of camellia is generally from October to April of the following year...Matsueda Jun put down the test paper and used aimless thinking to dilute his illusion. Yamami Maki was still staring at him, as if this way she could see clearly the problem-solving process in his mind.

"Choice A is incorrect because it implies that fertilization occurs in the ovary, when it actually occurs in the fallopian tube."

"What about option D?" The girl looked into his eyes.

When Jun Matsueda picked up the test paper again, his cell phone on the table vibrated and the still air began to move.

"Sorry, Senior, I have to take a call."

"It's okay, the phone call is important. I'll just look at the questions at the back first." Yamami Moki smiled.

Ten minutes later, Jun Matsueda returned to the room and saw the girl drinking coffee, with most of the liquid in the cup gone.

Noticing his gaze, Yamami Maki put down her cup, and the half-melted ice inside swayed slightly. "I can't help feeling sleepy after eating, so I have to drink more coffee to wake me up."

"I do that sometimes too." Matsueda Jun sat down. "It was Aya-chan who called just now. She was a little nervous and asked about the interview."

Before he left, the girl's coffee cup was still full.

"Matsueda-san is a volunteer, right? I saw your application form." Yamami Maki is a student council member in charge of reviewing volunteers for this interview. "Aya-chan will probably be less nervous when she sees you."

"Hmm." Matsueda Jun nodded. "I was planning to give her a surprise, but now I have no choice but to tell her in advance."

The two solved the question about the egg production process. When the girl handed over a new test paper, Matsueda Jun's phone rang again. He took a look at the number ending with 0110. It was the police's phone number.

He quickly covered the phone and gave Yamami Moki an apologetic look, "Sorry, senpai."

"It's okay~" As soon as Jun Matsueda stood up from his seat, the girl brought him the coffee.

Twenty minutes later, he returned to his seat. "The district office called. It was about investigating my living situation. It took a little longer."

Jun Matsueda lied. In fact, the call was from the police station. He didn't intend to let the senior know about the response to the previous call to the police, as this would only make her worry.

"I see!" Yamami Moki nodded with a smile. The coffee cup in front of her was empty, with only brown ice cubes left.

If I had known this earlier, I would have eaten less for lunch. If I were alone, I would feel sleepy unconsciously... The girl who didn't take a nap was a little distressed.

Before Jun Matsueda sat down, Yamami Maki stood up and walked over to Jun Matsueda to talk. There were other people studying around them.

"Matsueda-san, how about we go out for a walk?"

She whispered softly into his ear.

A damp and cold wind blew in her face. The girl, who was not wearing a scarf, shook her head and stamped her feet. The hem of her dark green woolen skirt was lifted up, revealing a pair of straight white calves.