Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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Or rather, he became more concerned.

This is the wicked scheme of adults... Jun Matsueda viciously scratched the image of Miss Yuka's smiling face in his mind.

"The tram doors are about to close if we don't leave now!" Aya Miyamura grabbed their arms and led them toward the platform outside the carriage.

"It's shopping time!"

Without even leaving the station, just walking through the station passageway reveals a dazzling array of shops. Matsueda Jun's steps remained unchanged, yet he could clearly sense the girls around him becoming lighter in their steps and their faces glowing.

This is women's shopping desire.

As he sighed inwardly, he followed the girls out of the station—even before nightfall, the brightly lit shopping malls outside the station and the bustling crowds below were already quite conspicuous.

"It's so lively." Miyamura Aya raised her hand to shield her eyes from the dazzling golden light.

“It will be even more lively during the New Year…” Yamami Maki remarked unconsciously.

The boy glanced at her.

"Have you decided how you're going to spend the New Year, senior?"

Yamami Maki blinked in surprise.

The girl was surprised not only because this was the first time Tsunku had asked her a question today, but also because the question the boy asked was about the New Year, something she was reluctant to think about.

"..." She hesitated for a moment.

"I guess I'll be spending this year alone."

Yamami Maki observed the expression on the boy's face next to her—he nodded slightly, as if it were just a casual question.

So a touch of disappointment crept into the girl's heart, but she quietly wiped it away.

"It's clearly your own problem, you can't just have expectations..." she told herself.

"Is Maki-nee planning to live alone?" Miyamura Aya interrupted the conversation in a lighthearted tone.

"We're all alone too—how about we come to the orphanage and play together sometime?"

"Ah ha ha……"

Yamami Maki responded to her joke with a slightly troubled smile.

If she goes to the orphanage at Wangyue's house to spend the New Year, her family will definitely be even angrier.

But that was also spending the New Year with Tsun-kun... The girl glanced quietly at her side.

Jun Matsue gazed at the flow of people ahead, offering no reply.

Chapter 814 Yamami Maki is full of contradictions

Exit the north exit of the station, turn left at the first intersection, and walk past art museums, cafes, and various chain stores to reach the ten-story Tokyu Department Store.

As she walked into the grand main entrance of the shopping mall with the young boy and girl, Yamami Maki paused and looked back at the scene behind her.

It was nearly four in the afternoon, and Tokyo had not yet seen the sun set. She could not see the shape of the sun, but only the sunlight filtering through the gaps between buildings and floating on the crowds on the street, turning into a layer of golden ice-like shards.

"What are you looking at, senior?"

The girl turned around.

Jun Matsue stopped and turned to look at her. Aya Miyamura, behind the boy, was scanning the entire hall with great interest.

"It's nothing." Yamami Maki walked towards him.

"I just thought the street scene was beautiful, so I turned around to take a look."

Jun Matsue and the other upperclassmen walked up to her, and together they chased after the girl in front of them.

"Are you worried about the time? It's okay if you go back early later, senior."

"No, not at all," the girl said with a gentle smile. "But Matsueda-kun did remind me."

"Although I put food and water in Xiao Kui's cage, I don't know if it will be enough for her dinner."

"Dinner..." The boy glanced at the time on his phone.

"It's not even four o'clock yet, it'll be about time to have dinner by then."

"That's hard to say~" Yamami Maki blinked, her expression unusually lively and playful.

"Girls love shopping—Tsun-kun has had so many relationships, haven't you realized that yet?"

"..." Matsueda Jun had no way to refute it, so he could only look at the girl standing in front of him.

"Jun-ge, the first floor is full of clothing and accessories!" Miyamura Aya, having finished her reconnaissance, skipped and hopped toward the two of them.

“It suits you perfectly,” she said, glancing at the girl next to the boy.

"—Perfect for us to pick out a gift!"

Yamami Maki smiled and said, "How about we split up and explore first?"

"I'm going to check out the cosmetics section over there. Matsueda-kun and Aya-chan, you stay here and look at clothes. I'll come find you later."

“Okay.” Jun Matsueda nodded. “If you can’t find us, just send us a message.”

"Okay~" The girl waved her hand charmingly and walked towards the cosmetics counter not far away.

Actually, Yamami Maki doesn't really care if her boyfriend picks out gifts for her in front of her.

After all, it was she who persuaded Jun-kun to embark on this path of actively taking control of his happiness.

—Moreover, compared to the heartache she felt watching boys kiss other people at her graduation ceremony, and the loneliness she felt later in college reminiscing about the past and reliving that pain, this bit of bitterness and loss is nothing to her now.

However, if she stayed with Jun-kun, he might worry that buying her gifts would affect her mood—it was out of this consideration that Yamami Maki considerately left the boy's side.

Watching his senior walk away, Jun Matsue turned around and met the gaze of Aya-chan, who was staring intently at him.

"...What kind of expression is that?"

"I wonder what Jun-ge is up to!" Miyamura Aya frowned slightly.

"I thought you finally wanted to get back together with Moji after you won over Yangshi!"

She glanced at the figure by the counter in the distance, then turned her head to scrutinize the boy beside her.

"But when I invited Sister Moji over to play just now, you didn't say a word!"

"..." Jun Matsue turned and walked into the clothing store next door.

"Your brother may be a bit of a womanizer now, but he's not at the point of going on and on one woman after another, is he?"

"What's wrong with that?" The girl, with the heart of a mother and the body of a younger sister, walked behind him.

"Anyway, Yang Shijie and Mo Jijie are both very nice girls, and they both like Chun Ge. What difference does it make whether you date one more or two more?"

Hearing their conversation, the smiling shop assistant froze on the spot, letting them walk past her.

"The difference is whether I want to talk or not." The boy's gaze swept over the rows of women's clothing with their many styles.

"Anyway, the reason I went to see my senior today wasn't because of any strategy that Aya-chan was thinking of."

Besides, if the senior had any affection level, he would have already maxed it out, so there would be no need for any strategy guide...

Miyamura Aya raised an eyebrow and continued to choose clothes suitable for the "older sisters" with Jun-ge.

"So, you asked me to bring Sister Moji along because there's something else going on?"

"Yes, it's a family matter."

Jun Matsue nodded, comparing the elegant black dress in front of him with the figure of Miss Mochizuki in his mind.

The size seems a bit small, and the waist seems a bit big...

He shook his head and continued the topic he hadn't finished discussing.

"Although I haven't mentioned it to Aya in detail, you should be able to sense that your senior's family background is not ordinary."

"Mmm!" The girl next to him nodded vigorously.

"Whether she speaks or smiles, she exudes elegance. Even just standing there, she gives off a very cultured vibe!"

"She is also very skilled at communicating with customers—although Sister Moji looks gentle and soft, she never has any problems with customers, whether it's taking orders or providing feedback."

“To be honest…” Miyamura Aya winked mischievously and leaned close to the boy’s ear.

"I'm not saying Haruka-neechan is bad—but Maki-neechan has more of a Japanese rich girl vibe~"

Jun Matsue couldn't help but chuckle. "Mochizuki wasn't following or monitoring me, so you don't need to whisper like that."

Cai Jiang rolled her eyes at him, "I just don't like talking about people behind their backs!"

"So, Sister Moji has a conflict with her family?" The girl quickly grasped the core issue.

"Hmm." The boy picked up the white dress in front of him and showed it off on himself.

How about this one?

"Not good!" Aya Miyamura shook her head decisively. "The cut and style are too ordinary."

"And who are you going to give the white dress to?"

"Sister Yao doesn't like wearing white, and Sister Yangshi doesn't like wearing dresses. Sister Youhua has so many white dresses, wouldn't it be redundant to give her another one?"

“…That makes sense.” Jun Matsueda put it back without hesitation.

"I originally thought Tomatsu would look good in it."

The girl's gaze seemed to look down on him. "Chun-ge's fashion sense has always been terrible~"

"After all, I don't buy clothes much..." The boy walked out of the shop.

"And I just imagined what Tomatsu would look like wearing this dress—"

"It feels like no matter what kind of white dress she wears, it will always look exceptionally beautiful on her."

“…Remember to tell Yuka-neechan this!” Miyamura Aya chuckled beside him.

"Although Chun-ge's fashion sense is terrible, his ability to win a girl's heart is unparalleled."

Stepping into the bright corridor on the first floor, the two returned to the main topic of their conversation.

"So, Chun-ge wants to help Sister Moji restore her relationship with her family?"

"No."

Jun Matsueda glanced back at the cosmetics section—even amidst the blurry figures, he immediately recognized the dark matcha-colored figure.

“It was my senior’s family who approached me, wanting me to persuade her to go back.”

"But I haven't decided what to do yet."

Miyamura Aya stopped and turned around, her relaxed and happy expression turning into genuine surprise.

"Huh?"

Looking at the glamorous clothes in the shop windows on both sides of the corridor, Jun Matsuoka sighed softly.

“If my senior goes back to her own home, she won’t be able to live alone, and she won’t be doing the coffee shop part-time job with you.”

The girl blinked again, "Is Sister Moji's family that strict?"

"Could it be one of those families from a Taiga drama?"

"...Although there are significant differences, it definitely has that old-fashioned feel."

"Wow—" Aya Miyamura opened her mouth wide, "So Maki-neechan is a real young lady..."

"So she escaped her family for Chun-ge? To bravely pursue love?"

Caijiang's girlish heart quickly began to make connections—and as she thought about it, her expression turned serious.

"So, this is why you broke up in the first place?"

"..." Matsueda Jun did not nod.

He watched the young couple chatting and laughing as they walked past him arm in arm.

If it were a boy from the past, he might have answered "yes" without hesitation, but now his thinking has changed—

"Ultimately, it's just that the person I was back then and the senior student I was back then weren't a good match."

"..." This time it was Miyamura Aya's turn to sigh.

"Anyway, it's all Chun-ge's love life, so I'm too lazy to say anything."