Am I being simulated by their love affair?

It was like a feather scratching across the surface of metal, leaving no trace.

After eating the last egg tart, Matsueda Jun said with a lingering feeling: "Strong things are not born strong. Only when enough materials are put into it and it is constantly polished can it reach its final form."

Everyone in the seats was excitedly discussing today's itinerary, only Tomatsu Tomoka noticed the topic in the corner and pricked up her ears.

"Even natural diamonds have to go through this process, not to mention man-made ones. Casting, forging, and smelting are all necessary processes to make them strong."

"Of course, the first thing is investment. Invest in carbon to get diamonds, invest in ore to get steel, invest in cement and rebar to get skyscrapers."

"Think about it yourself. Does what you put in correspond to what you desire to get out?"

A fox said something similar, but it called this process domestication.

Tomatsu Tomoka gave Mochizuki Haruka a victorious smile, although Mochizuki Haruka didn't see it.

The girl actually understood these words. Matsueda Jun had already told her when she turned Room 506 into ruins.

However, until now, she was still hesitant, because the strong colors in the simulation even made the girl who was watching the fire from the other side of the river feel a dull pain.

Mochizuki Haruka is actually just a child who is afraid of pain.

The silence in the corner was broken by the crashing waves, and exclamations came one after another around.

The train passed Qianhan Station and finally arrived at the coast.

On the right side of the train is a low seawall, which is not even as high as the bottom edge of the window. Sitting on the left seat and looking out the right window, you can only see the undulating sea and the morning light in the distance.

Less than half an hour ago, Hokkaido had just welcomed the sunrise. The lingering morning glow and silver waves merged together, filling the car windows.

"Please take a picture for me, Mr. Matsueda." Tomatsu Tomoka handed the phone to Matsueda Jun and sat on the seat on the right side of the carriage, with the sea behind her.

When the shutter sounded, she looked at Jun Matsueda through the camera.

"Thank you, Matsueda~" The girl returned to her seat with a smile. She looked at the photos on her phone and then looked out the window in surprise.

"Snowing!"

Endless snow fell onto the boundless ocean, melting into the crimson morning glow or the silvery waters. Beyond this world, only this lone train remained, running on its tracks.

Even the sound of shutter clicks disappeared in the carriage. People held their breath, trying to hear the sound of snow falling on the sea, which did not exist at all.

"I want to cry..." Wangyue Yao said softly. In such a white scenery, there is no room for any worries.

"Matsueda-san, the scenery we saw in Hokkaido this time was so unique that it feels like we'll never see it again in our lifetime."

"How lucky."

"How lucky."

It takes only a short time to cross the snowy sea, but people feel as if they have lived a lifetime by the sea.

It was not until the train arrived in Otaru that they remembered they had reached their final destination.

Chapter 151: Good news is like snowflakes, fleeting

Otaru is very small.

The hotel where Jun Matsueda stayed was right next to Otaru Park. To the west, you could see Tengu Mountain, and to the east, you could see Otaru Port, both of which were places we wanted to visit in the afternoon.

After packing their luggage, the morning was left for everyone to do as they pleased. He took the sleep-deprived Haruka Mochizuki out and met Natsumi Imokawa who had been waiting for a long time at the door.

"Pine branches! Free time!" The girl gently patted the camera in her hand.

"I understand. I'll go with you in the morning." Matsueda Jun patted Mochizuki Haruka's head gently, telling her not to fall asleep on the street.

"Um, why can't I see Tomatsu-san?" Natsumi Imokawa looked around vigilantly. She didn't really want to do anything with Tomatsu Tomoka.

"She left with Mizushima Miya. I heard that Mizushima's parents met here, and they wanted to see the place where their love story took place."

The girl holding the camera made a "wow" expression.

Otaru is synonymous with "love" in Hokkaido. Many movies have been filmed here, and many people have expressed their love and proposed marriage here.

"Let's spend the morning on a pilgrimage to the holy land of 'Love Letter'!"

Hearing the excited words of Natsumi Imokawa, the girl next to Jun Matsueda opened her eyes - this is a well-known movie in Japan, the most classic love art film in the 1990s.

Natsumi Imokawa was deceived by Otaru at her first stop.

"The movie clearly shows Otaru Health Hospital, so why is it Otaru City Hall..."

The office is where citizens go to handle various procedures, similar to the concept of government.

"Movies are all lies." Mochizuki Haruka grabbed Matsueda Jun's coat and said to him.

"How can art be called a lie..." Imokawa Natsumi complained softly on the way.

The three of them were walking on the road to Funamizaka. The snow in Otaru was piled very thick, with no signs of melting at all. The crunching sound when they stepped on it was very loud.

Walking past Otaru Station, which I had just left, Funamizaka is located just north of the station. "Saka" means slope, and Funamizaka is the slope where you can see the ships.

The boy's back stands at the highest point of the long slope. At the end of the road is the dock warehouse. The sea surface is covered with falling snow, which makes people imagine the existence of ships.

"It feels a bit like 'Love Letter.'" Matsueda Jun nodded.

"Right, right, movies don't lie!" The girl proudly puffed out her chest. A few snowflakes fell on her chest and melted by the heat.

Natsumi Imokawa regained her confidence and took the two of them to find the house where the two protagonists lived.

"Has it been burned down by fire?" The girl bent her waist a little.

"Because it's a private residence, it's not open to the public?" He bent a little more.

The library in the movie is the old Neon Mail Ship Otaru Branch, and the red mailbox that appeared at the post office intersection has long been demolished.

"They're all fake..." Natsumi Imokawa sat on the steps in front of the post office, his face full of disappointment.

"It's just artistic processing." Matsueda Jun and Mochizuki Haruka sat on either side of the girl to comfort her. "Just see it in the movie."

"If reality is just like movies, what's the point of movies?"

After Natsumi Imokawa gathered herself together and wiped away the tears from her eyes, she led the two of them into the post office.

The girl was writing a postcard to her parents on the counter. She turned around and asked the two of them, "Do you want to write a postcard too?"

Jun Matsueda and Haruka Mochizuki were both stunned for a moment. He thought about it and took out a few postcards.

He handed one of them to Mochizuki Haruka and said, "Write one for your aunt."

The girl nodded. If everything went well today, there would be hope that her aunt in the hospital bed would wake up.

Jun Matsueda still had three postcards in his hand.

The first one was sent to the welfare home.

"Director Grandma and Aya-chan: I'm writing these words in a post office by Ishikari Bay, riding on a sea train. The snow in Hokkaido is really heavy, completely different from Tokyo. After Aya-chan enters Haneda High School, she might come here again next year..."

The second one is for my roommate Lai Qi Yang Shi.

"Kurisu-san, after tasting Hokkaido milk, I can no longer tolerate the taste of expired supermarket milk. Let me warn you in advance: if you ever come to Hokkaido, absolutely do not bring a cow back with you..."

The third one was sent to Yamami-senpai who prayed for him.

"Hello, Yamami-senpai. Thanks to your prayers, the weather along the way was as sunny and snowy as I expected. I've tried a lot of Hokkaido delicacies, both those you mentioned and those you didn't. The only thing I haven't tried yet is Sapporo ramen..."

The three of them watched as their postcards were placed into ginger envelopes and put into a drawer filled with envelopes.

After leaving the post office, Natsumi Imokawa gave up his plan to go on a pilgrimage and decided to wander around, following the snow line under his feet.

Outside a telephone booth by the canal, the three met Tomatsu Tomoka, who was squatting on the ground making a snowman.

"Miya is making a phone call over there." The girl raised her head and looked up at them, revealing her graceful chin and neck lines. The girl's slender fingers, wet with snow, pointed at Mizushima Miya in the phone booth.

"Did Mizushima's parents really meet in Otaru?" Natsumi Imokawa's curiosity overcame her fear of the predator Tomatsu Tomoka.

After Tomatsu Tomoka finished building the little snowman in her hand, she buried the small heart-shaped card with Matsueda Jun's name on it into the snowman's chest, stood up and nodded.

"It's a very romantic story. We met in Otaru, and he proposed in Otaru."

Natsumi Imokawa and Tomoka Tomatsu were chatting about the Mizushima couple's love story that was comparable to a movie, while Jun Matsueda and Haruka Mochizuki were walking along the canal.

"Is it almost time for the results?" He looked at the girl who took out her cell phone from time to time to check it.

"At the earliest, we'll be able to see changes in the relevant vital signs data by noon." Her face was a little pale, perhaps because she didn't get enough sleep, or perhaps because she was worried.

A crow on a roadside roof cawed twice, then landed in front of the two men, flapping its wings and stirring up the snow on the road.

Jun Matsueda kicked the annoying guy away. The Japanese crows were everywhere. There were not many seagulls in Hokkaido, but there were quite a few crows.

After Mizushima Miya walked out of the phone booth with a smile, the five people decided to have lunch together - in fact, only Matsueda Jun and Tomatsu Tomoka had the decision-making power.

"I didn't expect to end up eating Sapporo ramen in Otaru." Jun Matsueda sighed as he sat at the square table.

"My family's authentic miso ramen!" said loudly the old man busy in the kitchen.

After the ramen piled high with side dishes was served, Mochizuki Haruka left her seat instead.

Tomatsu Tomoka watched Matsueda Jun follow the girl out of the store.

Jun Matsueda stood at the door, watching the girl put the phone to her ear, pace back and forth, and finally reveal a smile as if the sky had cleared after the snow.

"good news?"

"Yeah!" She walked over to Matsueda Jun, grabbed his sleeves with both hands and swung them back and forth. "Although the change in the indicator data is not as large as expected, it is still a positive trend."

When they returned to the dining table, Mochizuki Haruka finished a big bowl of ramen, including the noodles and soup.

However, the girl did not know that her joy would sink into the sea along with the sunset over Otaru.

Chapter 152 An Unfortunate Journey

The first stop in the afternoon was Tengu Mountain.

"The night view of Tenguyama is also known as one of the three best night views in Hokkaido."

"But it's still a long time before the sun sets." Jun Matsueda stood at the foot of the mountain, looking up at the people on skis.

"It's a pity that I couldn't take the picture." The corners of Natsumi Imokawa's mouth drooped.

"No matter what, there will be regrets. I've already seen the night view at Mt. Moiwa, and now it's nice to see the city during the day."

Following the girl holding the camera, a group of people walked up the mountain, stepping deep and shallow in the thick snow.

"By the way, why don't we take the cable car up?" Tomatsu Tomoka suddenly asked.

"Because Imokawa is looking for the place where the Love Letter begins. It's right here at the ski resort. If you take the cable car, you can go directly to the top of the mountain."

"Is it the part where they lie in the snow?" Tomatsu Tomoka also became excited and whispered to Imokawa Natsumi.

Jun Matsueda and Haruka Mochizuki followed behind the two of them, and the girls' voices were like ribbons, pulling the snow swaying in the air.

"This is it!" Natsumi Imokawa said excitedly. She compared the camera image with the movie screenshots on her mobile phone. After confirming that they were correct, she lay down on the snow.

"So this is what it feels like..." The girl looked at the gray-blue sky in front of her.

There was no trace of wind, and white dots broke away from the sky, swaying and gradually growing larger, taking the shape of snow.

Natsumi Imokawa stuck out her tongue and felt the cool touch on the tip of her tongue.

"It's such a monotonous color, but why do I never get tired of it..."

Tomatsu Tomoka also lay down, Matsueda Jun and Mochizuki Haruka looked at each other and chose to join them.

They lay in a circle, four hatted heads touching each other.

From the top of the mountain came the shouts of girls. The voices were not uniform, but the content could still be heard clearly.

"Are you OK--"

"I am fine--"

"Where are the lines from the movie?" Tomatsu Tomoka said with a smile.

A few snowflakes fell on Matsueda Jun's face and he began to hum a song.

"My love has gone away with the south wind~"

"What song is this?" asked Natsumi Imokawa, retracting his tongue.

"The protagonist sang it before he died, the blue coral reef."

"I thought it would be a very sad song, but it turned out to be so cheerful..." After receiving the message at noon, Mochizuki Haruka became more talkative.

So Jun Matsueda slowed down his singing, and his voice became sad in the snow.

"My love has gone far away with the south wind. Let's go to that island with the blue wind."

After a song, the four of them climbed out of the snow. Natsumi Imokawa wanted to lie down again, but the fast-moving skis wouldn't allow it.