Am I being simulated by their love affair?

Listening to the unprecedented screams and cheers around them, the audience in the audience already knew that a star had been born tonight.

The interlude trembled like a taut string, yet seemed grand and loud, and the girl continued to sing.

"Even when that flower withered, I couldn't understand its meaning~"

Once again, the radiant girl passed through the bustling crowd and the crisscrossing beams of light and looked into the eyes of Jun Matsueda in the audience.

"The people around you will definitely know~"

Lai Qi Yang Shi walked forward to the edge of the stage, facing the guests and the audience, with a bright and fiery fire in his eyes.

"In this chaotic era~"

"Looking at the light while covered in mud~"

People clearly felt that a piece of their yearning for all the beautiful things in their hearts was swallowed up by the hungry girl on the stage.

How else could they be so deeply attracted to her that they couldn't even move?

"Even if we walk into the dark night of sorrow~"

"Please continue to be unwavering—"

"Shine brightly—"

Jun Matsueda looked at the agent beside him, and the woman smiled bitterly and shook her head.

"No matter how impossible it is, as long as Yang Shi takes the stage, people will only believe that she is number one."

After Kurusu Yoshi left the stage with "When the Sun Shines", the audience could only feel a lingering regret when facing all the remaining performances.

"It's a huge success." Jun Matsueda walked out of the TBS building side by side with the girl.

Kurusu Yoshi looked back at the building behind him. The coldness of the steel had been completely melted by the girl's warmth, and the audience who left from the main gate were still talking about her excitedly.

"What a shame it's second place."

Even as she said this, the girl smiled triumphantly.

Chapter 163: Celebration Night for Two

Outside the TBS building, Jun Matsueda walked towards Akasaka Station, thinking he would go home after the performance.

"Wait!" Kurusu Yoshi grabbed Matsueda Jun's coat, "Change clothes with me!"

So Kurusu Yoshi changed into his black baseball jacket, went back to the main entrance of the TBS building, and leaned against the wall wearing a baseball cap.

The audience passed by her after the show, not realizing that this was the girl who had mercilessly stolen their hearts on the stage just now.

"The girl who was singing barefoot before was called Lai Qi Yang Shi, right? The typhoon seemed so strong."

"She seems to be a new member of JINIAS? After watching today's 'Ou Dan', she's the only one I remember."

"I'm in the front row, and I think Yang Shi-chan's feet are very beautiful, rare among Japanese girls..."

After the crowd had gone away, Matsueda Jun walked up to her and asked, "Isn't that guy's focus at the end a bit strange?"

The girl, with her hat pulled down, giggled, "All the audience members who left the theater were talking about me."

"all!"

Jun Matsueda's coordinated applause echoed alone in this dark corner.

"Let's go have a midnight snack." The girl said enthusiastically.

"It's not time for a midnight snack yet." Jun Matsueda looked at his phone and saw that it was just past nine o'clock.

"The stage consumes a lot of energy!" The girl raised the brim of her hat and glared at him, then walked towards the subway station.

In order to avoid the crowds leaving the show, Kurusu Yoshi decided to take the train for one more stop and get off at Omotesando.

"You're going to Omotesando for a late-night snack? Is it because the money is too much?" Jun Matsueda took off his hat as he watched the girl walk out of the platform.

"It's okay. It can be reimbursed from the activity funds anyway. My sister said we can just treat it as a celebration party and eat whatever we want." Lai Qi Yangshi shook his hair and started looking for a place to have a midnight snack.

"Isn't she coming along?" Jun Matsueda remembered that the agent got in the car shortly after the recording ended.

"Sister has to go back to report to work. Once this episode airs, we'll have to start preparing for our debut promotions."

The girl walked into a small path on the side, and Matsueda Jun followed her. "You just finished your performance, and she was so confident that she would let you run around alone?"

Matsueda Jun was still a bit strict with the agent, but Kurusu Yoshi smiled even more happily, "I told her, everything will be fine with you around."

The girl opened the door of the "Nakanishi Izakaya" and said, "Let's have our midnight snack here tonight~"

"First, let's have the Okinawa salt-grilled pork knuckle, then the yakitori set meal and the seasonal vegetable set meal. Oh, remember to order the lemon sour first!"

"Matsueda, do you want to drink?" Lai Qi Yang Shi turned around and asked him. Matsueda Jun shook his head. He still remembered the lesson from last time.

After the transparent liquid with lemon slices floating in it was served, the girl raised her glass and took a big sip.

"What a shame it's second place—"

This time she still said it with a smile.

"Didn't the agent tell you a long time ago?" Matsueda Jun looked helplessly at the charming red on the girl's cheeks.

"The first place this time has already been decided."

"There's nothing I can do about it." Kurusu watched the bubbles rising in the wine glass burst as they neared the surface. "Even though I already knew the first place was already decided, I still hope my debut will have a perfect result."

"I was thinking that if my performance was amazing enough, maybe I could get the guests to go against the program's arrangement and give me some points."

"If you know hypnosis or something, maybe you can do it." Matsueda Jun rolled his eyes at her, and the waiter brought up the salt-roasted pig's trotters.

"It smells so good~" The conversation between the two was temporarily interrupted, and they simultaneously stretched out their chopsticks to pick up the cut pig's trotters.

The pork is perfectly boneless, with a slightly hard roasted skin, sticky gelatin and no need to chew. After a simple salting, it becomes a delicious dish that will make you want to suck a few more bites even on the bones.

"It's so nice to have a midnight snack after the show." The girl said vaguely. Matsueda Jun nodded in agreement. It was indeed nice to have a free midnight snack after watching the show.

After drinking some water, the conversation continued, "Just in this episode, you're already the most dazzling one."

Jun Matsueda still remembers the guest's comment, "It's like a flower blooming on the edge of a cliff, making people tremble with fear but unable to help but approach."

"The production team must be having a headache right now. How can they edit the show so that the audience can believe that guy named Lai Qi Yang Shi is not number one?"

The girl laughed happily while holding the wine glass, and some of the wine in the glass spilled out. "Then I want to watch my performance on TV again!"

"By the way, your performance this time didn't have many dance moves, so why didn't the host call you a singer?"

"Because I debuted as an idol. Actor, singer, idol, these identities must be distinguished." Kurusu Yoshi put down the wine glass, picked up a skewer of yakitori, held it from the bottom with one hand and put it into her mouth. For some reason, the girl's behavior became ladylike again.

"Actors act, and singers sing."

"What about the idol?"

"...Idols are both actors and singers." As if she felt her words were unconvincing, the girl held the wine glass in front of her face, trying to block Matsueda Jun's sight.

"Are you drunk?" Jun Matsueda felt that Kurusu Yoshi's IQ was beginning to decline.

"How should I put it..." The girl lay on the table and thought, her long hair spread out on the table. The original pink pudding hair had disappeared, and only the ends of her hair could still be seen with a light pink color.

"Being an idol is about selling hope!"

"Hmm..." Faced with such an abstract explanation, Matsueda Jun did not deny it. He remembered how Qi Yangshi looked when she was performing on the stage. It was as if she was not in the same universe or space with the audience below the stage. It made people realize that they were out of reach of the girl and could only bathe in her light.

"Perhaps that's the case."

"Really?" Lai Qi Yang Shi smiled brightly again.

After finishing their midnight snack, the two walked towards Harajuku to take the subway home.

"Matsuzhi." Laiqi Yangshi beside him called him. The girl was still wearing his coat and had not changed back. It should be full of the smell of alcohol by now.

"Are you drunk?" Jun Matsueda looked at the girl beside him and prepared to support her.

"No." Lai Qi Yang Shi waved his hands to fan himself, trying to dispel the heat on his face.

"I'm an idol now?"

"Ah."

"A grand debut, huh?"

"So awesome~"

"I will stand at the top of the idol list!"

"It's hard not to believe it." Jun Matsueda smiled in the night breeze. His cheeks were a little hot, probably because he ate too much meat in the izakaya.

"Matsueda, from the underground livehouse to the TV station building, there will be many bigger and more magnificent theaters waiting for me in the future."

"I'm on the stage, and you're below."

"Just keep watching me and witness my journey to becoming an idol, okay?"

"it is good."

There was a faint sweet smell in the night breeze, and Jun Matsueda couldn't tell whether it came from his coat or the girl's breath in his ear.

Chapter 164: At the end of the year, trying to slow down

It was almost ten o'clock. When Lai Qi Yang Shi walked into the apartment building, he looked through 507's mailbox as usual.

Jun Matsueda watched the girl reaching into the mailbox and rummaging around. Ever since Laiqi Yangshi moved in, she had taken the initiative to take on the job of cleaning the mailbox.

She seemed to enjoy finding supermarket and restaurant coupons among a pile of junk flyers.

"Huh?" The girl made a surprised sound. She looked at the envelope in her hand. "Is there a letter for me?"

"I sent it from the post office in Otaru. If you don't have anything else, come upstairs." Mochizuki Haruka was already sending him a message to urge him.

The girl walked up the stairs, opened the ginger-colored envelope, and began to read the postcard inside before she even got home.

"Watch your way carefully, don't fall down the stairs later. I don't want to see news about a talented idol being disfigured right after their debut."

"I know~" Kurusu Yoshi put the postcard back into the envelope and followed Matsueda Jun upstairs obediently.

Before Jun Matsueda could take out the key to open the door, the girl guarding Room 507 pushed the door open from the inside.

"It's dangerous to open the door in advance like this. What if someone wants to open the door with bad intentions?" Matsueda Jun walked into the entrance to change his shoes and handed the packed food in his hand to Mochizuki Haruka.

"I brought you a midnight snack."

Lai Qi Yang Shi smelled of alcohol and walked into his bedroom. He took some clean clothes and went to the bathroom to take a bath.

"Impossible." The girl took the bag and said firmly, "I won't mistake your footsteps."

"Can you hear it clearly through the security door?"

"Yes." Wangyue Yao took a bite of the pig's trotter, and his mouth was bulging, like a hamster.

"......" Matsueda Jun looked at her more.

When Jun Matsueda finished his shower and walked out of the bathroom, Kurusu Yoshi was not in his room as usual, but was looking at the postcard from Otaru at the dining table.

"If you have the chance to come to Hokkaido, you must never bring a cow back..." The girl read the words on the postcard, and her laughter sounded like a string of wind chimes.

"You can even guess this." She took a sip of milk and leaned in front of Songzhi Jun to observe his wet eyelashes. "Songzhi, are you really a genius?"

"Is it possible that you are too easy to understand?" He wiped his hair with a towel, and the tiny water droplets that came out forced the girl to keep her distance.

Kurusu Yoshi ignored his words and walked into the bedroom with a smile, waving the card in his hand.

The next day, at 6:30 am on Sunday, Jun Matsueda finished washing his underwear and walked out of the bathroom.

"Mochizuki?" He called out uncertainly. It seemed like someone had been there before. It couldn't be Kurusu, who always slept in on his day off.

The girl in 506 had already crossed the balcony and tiptoed back to her bedroom.

"Matsueda did have that kind of dream, but I'm not sure if she masturbated..."

In order to explore the secrets of Jun Matsueda's body, Mochizuki Haruka either got up early or eavesdropped on him by sticking to the wall of his bedroom in the middle of the night. Today, she finally made a major breakthrough.

"What should I know next?" The girl lay on the bed, looking at the clean ceiling.

"What's his type? You can look up his so-called first love and Tomatsu Yuuka before she was exposed."

“How can I increase physical contact with him?”

"What makes him happy? I really want to see him smile more."

"The cows should be here soon, right? Is there anything else he wants..."

"If it makes Songeda happier, will he consider me more important?"

"Will you put me first?"