Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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“We’re watching the sunrise.” Jun Matsueda pointed to the gleaming Mount Fuji in the distance. “We also saw swans. If we meet them, I can tell you about their names, personalities, and family relationships.”

This is what he just heard from the photographer lady.

The girl puffed out her cheeks, letting him off the hook for the time being, while Tomatsu Yuka, who was sitting down, gently tapped the edge of the pot with a spatula.

"Breakfast will be ready soon. Could you please get some hot water, Pine Branch? We can make coffee later."

“I’ll go with you.” Mochizuki Haruka immediately walked to the boy’s side.

The camp cabins didn't have much hot water, but Class 5 and Class 6 had already started the supply trading system, with someone specifically in charge of boiling water. The girl led Matsueda Jun toward the open space where the bonfire party had been held the night before.

On the way, Wang Yueyao started talking about last night's activities. When she mentioned roasting marshmallows, a few girls popped out from behind a nearby tent.

"Isn't that Matsueda-kun?" the girls in Class 5 exclaimed excitedly. "We didn't see you last night!"

Just as Jun Matsuoka put on a business-like smile, before he could even speak, a girl continued.

"I heard from Sakamuro-san that you have someone you like?"

"real or fake?"

Chapter 429 Time Waits for No One

Does Matsueda-kun really have someone he likes?

"Is it because Sakamuro-san couldn't persuade you to come, that you're using this excuse to brush it off?"

"Don't lie to us, okay? Otherwise, Momona-chan will be sad, okay?" The girls laughed and giggled, not knowing which one of them Momona was.

Given the personality of the eldest daughter of the Mochizuki family, someone who suddenly appears and interrupts a conversation should be treated coldly. However, the girl only frowned and then looked at the boy next to her.

Jun Matsuoka still wore a gentle smile, but looked somewhat troubled.

"I do have someone I like."

The noisy girls quieted down for a moment, then became even noisier, hopping around in front of the two like rabbits.

"Huh, really?"

"I'm so surprised! I've never heard of this before!"

"Momona is going to be heartbroken..."

"Is it Tomatsu? Or Mochizuki? I thought Matsueda-kun would stay single until graduation!"

Mochizuki Haruka glanced at the girl in the crowd who was talking about being heartbroken, then turned back to wait for the boy's response.

"I can't say for now," Jun Matsue said with a smile.

"Ugh—what a spoilsport!"

"How could this be?"

"Is this just an excuse? That's disgusting!"

"It's not an excuse." The boy raised his arm and made an X. "It's just that I can't say it without my girlfriend's permission. I have to respect her thoughts."

"Huh? Then ask her now!"

That's exactly what I meant!

"Could his girlfriend be right next to him?"

The girls turned their gazes to Mochizuki Haruka, whose stern face and icy demeanor brought them back to their senses, which had been so focused on teasing her.

"I'm so sorry," Jun Matsueda said apologetically. "I'll introduce it to everyone when there's a chance in the future."

Okay~

"Don't do it again, okay?"

"Waaaaah..."

The girls walked away in a group, leaving the two of them behind.

"Let's go, didn't we need to get some hot water?" The boy shook the kettle in his hand.

Wang Yueyao glanced at him and continued walking forward.

"Is dating Yamami Maki this frustrating? You even have to hide your girlfriend's name?" the girl suddenly asked.

Jun Matsue smiled and said, "I'm not dating my senior, and we've never confessed to each other, so don't go spreading rumors."

Mochizuki Haruka snorted again, "If it's like this before even dating, won't it be even more frustrating after we start dating?"

The boy didn't answer; only the empty kettle, like a large bell, jingled softly with his footsteps.

Four steaming cups of coffee used up a whole kettle of hot water. Jun Matsue picked up his plate, which was covered with a piece of toasted bread that smelled of caramel, topped with a wobbly half-cooked fried egg and two strips of bacon.

"It smells so good." Jun Matsue placed the tray in front of him and took a deep sniff.

"Because they're all fried with butter~" The girl looked at him with a smile, her eyes exceptionally gentle—this scene was somewhat like her original married life.

Mochizuki Haruka stirred her coffee vigorously, the clinking of the spoon serving as a warning to the girl that this was no longer her private time.

After breakfast, everyone gathered in front of the camp cabin. Kominato Shoko stood on the steps of the cabin, while Hirouchi Aya still looked drowsy.

"You're free to do whatever you want this morning!" Teacher Kominato said, standing on tiptoe. "You can choose to go kayaking, cycling around the lake, or take a wilderness survival training course. In short, you can't leave the mountain lake area. We'll meet at noon to have lunch together and then pack your bags."

"Please be careful, everyone understand?"

"Yes—" came the same shout from the other side of the camp.

"Then dismissed! If you have any questions, you can ask the teachers and coaches, or the safety officers along the shore!"

As soon as the teacher finished speaking, Mochizuki Haruka came over, and Sakamuro Takeru, who was standing next to Matsueda Jun and laughing, gave up his seat.

What are Songzhi planning to do this morning?

The boy looked up, and the sky was so clear it was like a nearsighted person putting on newly fitted glasses, seeing everything clearly.

“Let’s ride a bike.” He turned to look at the quietly standing Mount Fuji. “With such good weather and such a beautiful lake, it would be a shame not to ride around it.”

“Then I’ll ride a bike too,” the girl said decisively.

"Didn't you ride it last night?"

"If you're not coming with me, what am I supposed to do riding my bike alone?" The girl rolled her eyes.

"Alright, alright." Jun Matsueda had no intention of changing his plans.

He glanced at the girl's legs; her straight, fair calves were covered in matcha-colored stockings—pleasing to the eye, but inconvenient for riding a bicycle.

"Go back and change into some clothes suitable for sports. I'll wait for you at the camp entrance."

While waiting at the door, Jun Matsue didn't sit idle; he took out his phone and tapped on Maki Yamami's profile picture.

"How are you feeling, senior? Have you taken any medicine? Has your fever subsided?"

Since the senior student doesn't want to talk about the past, then let's not talk about it for now. Matsueda Jun doesn't intend to let their chat box remain so cold.

Suddenly, it felt like a long-distance relationship... The boy was a little sentimental.

As expected, Yamami Maki quickly sent a message with a selfie in front of a full-length mirror—the girl had changed into her autumn school uniform and was carrying a schoolbag.

"I've recovered! Time to go to school!"

“That’s good.” Jun Matsueda sent a puppy clapping emoji. “I got up very early today and went to Hirano no Hama to watch the sunrise. Mount Fuji looked so pink.”

"At the time, I was thinking, 'I wish I could go with my senior.'"

The girl replied even faster, "I want to see it too!"

"Let's go see it together sometime."

Okay, if there's a chance~

The footsteps stopped in front of Jun Matsueda. He looked up and saw Haruka Mochizuki, who had changed into sportswear, with Tomoka Tomatsu following behind her.

"Matsueda-san, you don't mind taking me along, do you?" the girl asked with a smile.

"What's the use of minding?" Mochizuki Haruka answered for the boy. "Even though I minded, you still came along."

So the cycling team around the lake changed from two to three at the last minute before setting off.

Meanwhile, Yamami Maki was walking out of her house and getting into the car waiting at the door.

After the car door closed, the black sedan started smoothly. The girl put her schoolbag on the seat next to her and took out her phone.

The driver glanced at the rearview mirror and said, "Miss, the master doesn't like you looking at your phone in the car; it's bad for your health."

The girl smiled sweetly, "Could it be just this once in a while, driver, without telling my father?"

The driver fell silent. Yamami Maki said thank you, then opened her phone. The screen still showed her chat with the boy from a few minutes earlier.

"Let's go see it together sometime."

This was the boy's reply. She looked at the small, black text on the screen. Actually, the girl had wanted to say the same thing.

But she hesitated.

Chapter 430 Insolence

With a wide-open view and the sound of the wind, the scenery on both sides flows past behind, as if traveling through a time tunnel.

Jun Matsueda glanced back at the girls behind him, then slowed down, letting his bicycle slide between them.

"Would you like to take a break?"

Wang Yueyao shook her head. The girl's face was neither red nor out of breath. Her athletic shorts revealed the lower edge of her thighs, and her long, straight legs were white and shiny in the sunlight. When she swayed back and forth, it was impossible for people not to look at her.

Tomatsu Yuka, who was lagging behind her, didn't have as much stamina, but they were both riding rented recreational bikes and weren't going very fast, so the girl was only slightly out of breath.

"It's a bit hot~"

Tomatsu Yuka's face flushed slightly. The girl wore over-the-knee off-white knitted socks, and a half-length floral skirt was placed under her thighs, the flowing hem resembling a springtime country path.

"Of course you're hot wearing so many clothes!" Mochizuki Haruka said without turning her head.

Jun Matsue straightened up and glanced at the road ahead.

"There's a vending machine up ahead, let's stop there and have a drink of water."

The soft sound of brakes echoed one after another on the small viewing platform. The boy walked to the vending machine and glanced at the girls leaning against the railing.

What would you like to drink?

"Matsueda-kun, you decide," Tomatsu Tomoka said to him with a smile, and Mochizuki Haruka, who was standing next to him, did not object.

After thinking about it, Jun Matsuoka finally bought three bottles of green tea.

The viewing platform wasn't very big, and the three of them stood at a comfortable distance, leaning on the railing, admiring the tilted reflection of Mount Fuji on the lake.

Mochizuki Haruka took a sip of green tea and pointed to a cluster of white clouds floating in the distance.

"Which swan is that? What's its name?"

"...So far away, are you kidding me?" Jun Matsue felt like he was back at the convenience store where he used to work, facing a customer who was picking a fight for no reason.

"Didn't you say you knew everything?" the girl mocked him with her eyes.

"..." The boy took out his phone from his pocket, opened the camera, and zoomed in on the swan.

"This guy's called Boss. He's the second-in-command in the neighborhood, a tough, single man."

"Really? You're not just saying that offhand, are you?" Mochizuki Haruka asked, still somewhat doubtful.

"Why is the second-in-command named Boss..." Tomatsu Yuka looked puzzled and asked the same question the boy had last night.

“Of course it’s true.” Jun Matsue was as confident as a veterinarian. “It was missing a tuft of hair on its head. It was a mark left by a war criminal when it tried to attack me at sunrise.”

As he spoke, he called out to the white figure on the lake with its neck tucked in.

"Boss—"

The cloud actually peeked out and looked this way. The boy waved vigorously and whistled a melodious tune.

The swans slowly approached, and the girls on the platform, holding onto the railing, eagerly peeked out—

Sure enough, a tuft of messy feathers was found on its head.

"You're pretty good." Mochizuki Haruka pursed her lips, trying hard to suppress her smile.

Jun Matsuoka didn't say anything, but just took two big gulps of green tea with a smug look on his face.