Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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"This is my first time making authentic pickled eggplant. I'll try it and see if it tastes good."

Mochizuki Haruka put the eggplant in her mouth, chewed it twice, and nodded vigorously.

"good to eat!"

The boy smiled and started eating his udon noodles.

How did Songzhi spend his morning?

"I slept in a little longer today, ate a small breakfast, watched two episodes of a TV series, and then prepared lunch."

His voice sounded somewhat muffled because he was chewing something.

"Together with Kurusu?"

"Together with Kurusu."

Mochizuki Haruka pouted, "Didn't you always study by yourself in the mornings before?"

The boy took a tissue and wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth. "Because I wanted to study with you this afternoon."

The girl's eyes narrowed happily again before she frowned.

"You have to study right after the exams?"

Jun Matsue tasted the eggplant he had made, and it did taste quite good. "It's summer homework, so the sooner I finish it, the sooner I'll be free."

Mochizuki Haruka nodded reluctantly, pressed her body against the boy's arm, and began to concentrate on enjoying her lunch.

After the two finished sharing a plate of eggplant, the girl put down her chopsticks.

She suddenly remembered something.

"Is Matsue still not planning to come back to Kamakura with me?"

Chapter 645 A Man of Qi Worrying About the Sky Falling

"Is Matsue still not planning to come back to Kamakura with me?"

Jun Matsue paused, his chopsticks holding the udon noodles still, curry sauce sliding down the pure white noodles and dripping onto the plate.

Noticing the boy's unexpected emotions, Mochizuki Haruka quickly said a few more words.

"It's just a few days back home; Songzhi can treat it as a vacation."

"Grandpa's old house has a very nice environment. There is a hot spring in the house. In the summer, you can sit on the corridor to cool off and the sunlight shines through the maple leaves outside, creating a beautiful light and shadow effect."

"And no ill-intentioned relatives will bother you. My aunt and I only see them during ancestral rites and festivals."

"..." Jun Matsueda took a sip of the lemon tea that was placed to the side, "When are you going back?"

"Maybe the 23rd or 24th, I'll stay for three or four days." The girl's eyes held a hint of anticipation.

"...I just asked the Literature Museum for leave, and I'll be going back to the orphanage during those few days."

"Then take a few more days!" she said, dissatisfied. "Shouldn't summer vacation be quite free?"

The boy shook his head. "I even told the supervisor to schedule more shifts."

"Why?" Mochizuki Haruka instinctively took his arm.

"Once I get into university, there will definitely be more places to spend money, so I need to save more money."

"There's no need for that, I'm here!" The girl tugged at the arm in her arms.

Jun Matsue turned his face, and the two stared at each other for a few seconds before Haruka Mochizuki looked away first.

"I understand..." She lowered her head and fiddled with the remaining udon noodles on the plate.

Although she chose to understand, the girl was still a little sullen.

"Not eating anymore? Didn't you say the fish balls tasted good?" The boy wiped the sauce from the corner of her mouth again.

Mochizuki Haruka fell silent. She simply opened her mouth towards the plate, her bright black eyes glancing at Matsueda Jun beside her.

"Hey, I'm here," the girl said through her actions.

The boy sighed helplessly, picked up a udon noodle with slightly solidified sauce, and put it between her rosy lips.

After lunch, Jun Matsuoka went back to 507. The TV in the living room was already off, and the washed dishes were on the dining table.

Seemingly hearing the boy's footsteps, the bedroom door next to the balcony opened, and Kurusu Yosei leaned out, her body outlined in a close-fitting black vest, making her full breasts stand out prominently.

"Has Songzhi finished eating?"

The boy nodded, went to his bedroom to get his summer homework, and then returned to the living room to pick up the dishes from the dining table.

He was there to collect the tableware. Mochizuki Haruka didn't want to share a room with Kurusu Yosei, and of course, she didn't want to leave the tableware she had bought with her either.

"Hmm..." The girl glanced at her watch. "I'm going to take a nap. Pine Branch, please wake me up at two o'clock!"

“Okay.” Jun Matsue put the leftover ingredients from lunch into the refrigerator. “Let’s go to the supermarket together this afternoon to buy some groceries. Your ice cream seems to be almost finished.”

"No problem~" Kurusu Yosei cutely waved his right hand, giving an "OK" sign, and closed his bedroom door.

Remember to call me!

The nameplate on the door, bearing the name of the idol, swayed gently. The boy turned off the air conditioner in the living room and then turned and left.

I've made this trip back and forth several times this morning...

When she returned to room 506 with her summer homework, the dishes on the table had already been washed. Mochizuki Haruka walked out of the kitchen and took small steps to run into the boy's arms.

Jun Matsueda gently hugged her, "Shall we continue with our studies?"

"No." The girl shook her head, rubbing her cheek against his shoulder.

"Let me play for a while~"

After playing games on the sofa for half an hour, the two returned to Mochizuki Haruka's room.

The girl's bedroom was quite cluttered. The bedside table and the shelves against the wall were filled with comics, records, and DVDs. The two notebooks that Matsueda Jun had found were nowhere to be found; they must have been hidden away.

Mochizuki Haruka casually picked up a record and put it into the record player on the wall. Soothing jazz in the style of city pop started playing. She picked up her schoolbag from the corner of the wall and sat down next to the boy at the desk.

"Which subject should we write first?" Jun Matsuoka turned to look at her.

The girl thought for a moment, then took out a notebook from her schoolbag with the words "Ethics, Politics and Economics" written on it.

These are all things you can memorize and write. Making pine branches must be very simple, so it shouldn't matter if I bother myself...

The boy glanced at her, then pulled out the same notebook. "You'll do your homework properly, right?"

“Of course.” Mochizuki Haruka sat up straight, her posture elegant and noble. “It’s not like I don’t study.”

So, facing the afternoon sun, the two opened their textbooks, with the light and dynamic melody of the record player behind them and the monotonous chirping of cicadas hidden in the shade in front of them.

The sound of pages turning and pens scratching against each other filled the air. Jun Matsue looked at the questions in front of him and glanced at the girl beside him out of the corner of his eye.

Mochizuki Haruka rested her chin on her left hand and slowly wrote on a problem with a pen in her right. Her skin shone brightly in the sunlight, captivating the boy's eyes.

This feels good too... He looked away and wrote the correct answer in the blank space on the paper.

An hour later, the girl, as if liberated, threw down her pen and lay down on the boy's lap.

"I'm not writing anymore!"

"...Resting so soon?" Jun Matsueda glanced down at her. "Wait until I finish this big problem."

"You can write your own thing, don't worry about me." Mochizuki Haruka lay on his lap and started playing on her phone.

The boy wrote a few more words, and when the girl started to fidget restlessly, he put down his pen and helped her back to her seat.

"Does Matsue want some ice cream?" Mochizuki Haruka stared into his eyes.

"Sure, let me write a little longer."

"No need to wait, I'll feed you!" She stood up and walked out of the bedroom, quickly returning with the ice cream.

The girl opened the lid with the English writing on it, scooped up a spoonful, and held it to the boy's mouth.

"what--"

Matsueda Jun stared at the workbook, obediently opened his mouth, and put the cool and sweet ice cream on his tongue.

"It tastes good." He nodded.

"Right~" Mochizuki Haruka scooped a spoonful for herself, her sweet gaze lingering on the boy's profile.

The girl fed him bite by bite, and after watching Matsueda Jun finish writing the big question, she put the ice cream aside and hugged the boy's arm.

The cool, slippery touch made the boy blink. "What's wrong?"

The girl looked at him, her eyes clearly reflecting his image. "Are you going back?"

Jun Matsue checked the time. "I'll play with you for a while before going back."

"Can't we not go back?" Mochizuki Haruka pouted. "Let's stay until tonight."

"It's not like I'm not coming over," the boy chuckled. "Besides, I still have to go to the supermarket to buy groceries, do laundry, and tidy up my room."

The girl rolled her eyes, handed him the ice cream, and picked up the comic book that was on the corner of the table.

"It's your turn to feed me!"

Twenty minutes later, Jun Matsue returned to 507.

Before knocking on Kurusu Yosei's bedroom door, he leaned against the wall and stared blankly for a while.

Even if Mochizuki and Tomatsu can accept each other after summer vacation, will my college life be no different from what it is now?

The cicadas chirped loudly outside the window, as if mocking his needless worries.

Chapter 646 Testing

On July 22nd, Jun Matsue sat behind the counter at the Setagaya Library, looking out at the shimmering, tender green leaves of the cherry blossom grove.

Just by looking at the traces of sunlight, one could feel its astonishing heat. The boy glanced at his phone.

According to the lunar calendar, today is the Great Heat.

"No wonder……"

"No wonder what?"

The girl next to me returned to her seat, her cheek pressed against mine, her skin showing its delicate softness in the sunlight streaming through the floor-to-ceiling window.

"Today is the Great Heat," the boy said, fanning himself. "The hottest day."

"It's still a bright, sunny day." Tomatsu Tomoka looked at the cloudless sky outside the window. "It's a bit hard to bear."

She handed the boy a cup labeled "Drink More Water," with a few mint leaves floating slowly in the icy water.

"At times like these, you should drink some refreshing herbal tea~"

Jun Matsue took a sniff, took the cup, and lowered his head to take a sip.

The girl watched his Adam's apple move up and down, while the boy blinked, a look of amazement on his face.

It's refreshingly sweet with a distinct jasmine aroma, and has no bitterness at all. It's as if it even washes away some of the heat in your head.

"It tastes so refreshing." He looked at the girl beside him. "I feel like I can work two more hours now."

"Let's skip the overtime," Tomatsu Yuka said with a satisfied smile. "I'm glad Tsun-kun likes it."

"Is this freshly brewed?" Jun Matsueda shook the glass in his hand, causing the flowers, leaves, and ice cubes to sway. "Isn't this a lot of trouble?"

"I brewed it last night." The girl looked at him with a smile and took out a thermos that was placed to the side.

"In addition to green tea and jasmine, it also contains honey, mint leaves and lemongrass."

"It might not be cold enough after I brought it to the library, so I went to the ice machine in the tea room and added some ice."

"That's quite convenient." The boy felt relieved and took another sip of tea.

It's really delicious, and it's just as good as Wangyue's lemon black tea. They're both equally good.

The scorching sunlight suddenly softened, and the young boy and girl sat behind the counter, drinking tea and doing their homework.

Tomatsu Yuka circled a perfect circle around her answer—completely correct—and rewarded herself by looking at Tsunku for two more seconds.

She looked up at the boy doing his homework and said, "It's pretty quiet today. Not a single reader has come in for half an hour."

Jun Matsue scribbled on a draft paper, “It’s only one o’clock in the afternoon now. It’s too much of a hassle to go out. People who come to the library must have arrived very early in the morning.”