Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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"Pine branches never held an umbrella for me!"

"It shows that Xiaoyao isn't very good at pursuing boys," Auntie said with a grin, and the three of them walked towards the teaching building together.

“I held an umbrella for you,” Jun Matsue said, looking at the girl walking beside him and correcting her statement.

"It was raining when we were looking at the cemetery, and you hid under my umbrella as we walked towards Dazai Osamu's grave. Have you forgotten?"

The girl recalled that at that time, most of her thoughts were focused on her aunt in the hospital bed, so the memory was not very vivid.

“…It seems there really is.” she said softly.

"Looks like our Xiaoyao is doing well after all." The woman's eyes crinkled into crescent moons with laughter. "What's this about looking at the cemetery? Don't forget to tell me later, Xiaoyao, okay?"

It was lunchtime, and there weren't many people on the road in front of the school. Matsueda Jun and Mochizuki Haruka took a long detour along the edge of the road, showing their aunt around the club building, parking shed, library, and outdoor sports field.

The three of them finally stopped by the artificial lake opposite the cafeteria. Wang Yuehua looked at her own statue, which was the first time she had ever seen it in person.

The facilities at Haneoka High School are considered excellent by all standards in Tokyo. The woman nodded in satisfaction, "Looks like my money wasn't wasted."

"It would be nice if this statue could be restored to look better." She touched the bust in front of her. "My chest isn't this flat, and my features aren't this flat either."

"Why bother making it look so nice?" Mochizuki Haruka pouted. "You're not planning to find a husband."

The topic was getting a bit too private, so Jun Matsue changed the subject. "Speaking of which, there are a few holes over there in the bicycle shed. They were probably made by crows throwing stones or something."

"It's fine on sunny days, but it leaks like crazy on rainy days. Aunt, could you take this opportunity during your inspection to raise this issue with the school?"

“Aren’t you on good terms with the student council? Have them report it.” The girl looked at him again.

……

Jun Matsue and his aunt exchanged a glance and reached a consensus—Mochizuki (Haruka) was a bit too aggressive today.

"What's the reason?" the woman asked, gesturing with her eyes.

The boy shook his head innocently, indicating that it had nothing to do with him.

How could this be! Wang Yuehua widened her eyes slightly and stared at him. If Xiaoyao behaves abnormally now, the reason should be found in you first!

"What are you two doing, exchanging glances?" Mochizuki Haruka looked at the two people beside her with displeasure. "Are you bullying me because I'm not tall enough?"

"It's nothing, the umbrella is just a bit heavy." Jun Matsue pretended to weigh the umbrella in his hand.

"I was trying to tell you that the umbrella is being held too high~" Mochizuki chose to continue by taking over his words.

That guy, Matsueda, has a lot of tricks up his sleeve. I'll have to warn Haruka to be careful from now on...

"I'm a little hungry." The woman stretched and yawned, her breasts, which the statue could not restore, became even fuller. "I want to try the school cafeteria in the summer."

"Does Matsue want to come along?" Mochizuki Haruka looked at the boy, her eyes filled with anticipation.

"Of course I really want to go to the cafeteria." Matsueda Jun had barely uttered half a sentence when the girl already knew the result. "But there's a class monitor meeting at noon about the sports meet."

"I'm not making excuses." Seeing the girl's dim eyes, he added, "Didn't they announce it on the radio this morning?"

"It seems there was a notification..." Mochizuki Haruka recalled again, as she never remembered things she wasn't interested in.

"Songzhi! You owe us a meal!" The aunt immediately tried to secure an opportunity for her niece.

“Okay…” Jun Matsueda’s tone was somewhat helpless. “Then I’ll go back to the classroom first. I still need to go to the convenience store to buy bread.”

"No need to buy!" The woman waved her hand with a smile. "We'll bring it for you~ The cafeteria food is always better than the convenience store food, right?"

"...That's fine too." He couldn't find a reason to refuse, but he'd have to be careful not to let his senior see him.

Although the senior student is tolerant, she might still get jealous, so it's best to avoid it as much as possible.

The boy's figure disappeared on the lakeside, and Mochizuki Haruka was still staring blankly in the direction he left.

"Is my Xiaoyao in a bad mood?" the woman said in a doting tone.

The girl squatted on the grass by the lake and sighed. The dry soil where her tears had fallen was now covered with overgrown grass.

"I haven't had many opportunities to deepen my relationship with Songzhi lately..."

"Is it because you haven't tried hard enough?" Wang Yuehua gathered her skirt and squatted down next to her, mimicking her niece's posture.

“How could that be!” the girl retorted firmly. “He’s currently practicing with the band, going to the election committee, preparing for the sports meet, club activities, and part-time jobs.”

"Where do I find time to be alone..."

"Songzhi is so busy!" the woman exclaimed. "This guy doesn't seem destined for a quiet life."

No matter what she was doing, Mochizuki Haruka was helpless in the face of this situation, and her worries made her stomach feel even hungrier.

"Let's go eat."

After trying the Chinese cold noodles that Matsueda Jun highly praised in the cafeteria, the two went into the teaching building, and Mochizuki wanted to see the girl's current classroom.

The corridor was crowded, and as the two passed through, the admiring glances around them never left—their striking resemblance represented the most captivating charm of the Mochizuki family during their girlhood and youth.

As they walked through the corridor connecting the teaching building and the administration building, they happened to see Jun Matsueda and a girl disappearing at the top of the stairs.

The girl had a faint smile and a gentle expression. She was holding documents in her hands and maintaining a just-right distance from the boy.

However, a woman's intuition tells Mochizuki that something seems amiss...

Chapter 319 The Difference Between Mochizuki and Yamami

There were already quite a few people in the conference room. Yamami Maki and Matsueda Jun chose to sit down near the door.

Fortunately, there were empty seats together... The girl felt relieved as she watched the boy sit up straight and block the sunlight leaking through the crack in the door for her.

Pine Branch is being far too considerate... The pale yellow parrot in her heart started chirping again.

"The seating arrangements for each class at the sports meet have been distributed to all class leaders. Please open the instruction booklet..."

The meeting was chaired by a second-year girl from the student council, who was also the chairperson of the executive committee. This is how it is at Japanese schools—whenever there is a large-scale event, a committee is selected to organize and prepare it.

Although she had already heard it from her junior, Yamami Maki still turned the pages attentively as she listened to the voice, until a pen came into her view—the one that Matsueda Jun carried with him to meetings.

"Is the senior going to participate in the sports meet?" the boy next to her asked quietly, without turning his face or shifting his gaze, as if he was also carefully reading the instruction booklet.

The girl's lips curled up. "I signed up for two team events."

They began to talk quietly, heads bowed, while Tsushima Kou, idly watching them from the corner, observed them.

What's the current progress of Matsueda and Yamami?

He didn't plan to ask directly; that would be too boring. He preferred to observe little by little through clues to enjoy the slow and steady progress.

"The final confirmation of the registration list will be due tomorrow at noon. Classes that do not require modifications do not need to submit again..."

After the meeting, Yamami Maki stayed in the classroom to share her experience with the junior who chaired the meeting, while Matsueda Jun went to the balcony in the corridor to bask in the sun for a while. He took out his phone, but neither Mochizuki Haruka nor his aunt had sent him any messages.

I wonder where they are now... Jun Matsue began to think about whether he could avoid the two of them.

Yamami Maki walked out of the classroom with the class president. The girls waved goodbye with smiles. She paused at the door for a while before walking towards Matsueda Jun.

It was lunch break time, and there weren't many people around the secluded activity room. Yamami Maki moved a little closer to the boy, and the two walked downstairs together.

"Matsuede-san only signed up for a relay?" The girl's tone was somewhat regretful.

"Does Senior want me to appear more often?" Jun Matsue glanced at the time on his phone; Mochizuki and the others should have finished lunch long ago.

"Mmm!" Yamami Maki nodded. "I've never seen Matsueda-san show off her skills at the sports meet!"

The girl didn't think much of it, but after she said it, she realized that the topic was a bit inappropriate.

Although Yuka didn't mention it directly, it seems that Matsueda-san's absence from the previous sports meet was due to her junior's reasons...

"Um, I'm sorry..." She didn't know whether she was apologizing to Matsue or to Yuka.

"Why apologize?" Jun Matsue asked with a smile. "Since you want to see it, I can just sign up for a few more programs. Anyway, the application form can be modified."

"Don't overwork yourself, Matsueda-kun?" the girl said, her slight melancholy replaced by joy.

The two walked out of the stairwell and returned to the distance between ordinary friends—the corridor was quite open, and they were bound to be seen by others.

There were indeed other people in the corridor. Yamami Maki looked surprised, and Matsueda Jun stopped in his tracks.

What are you doing here?

Before him stood the aunt and niece, who had attracted countless glances along the way.

Mochizuki glanced at the girl standing next to Matsueda Jun, and her tone became even more intimate.

"The only building left to inspect is the teaching building. Auntie, can't I even come and take a look?"

Mochizuki Haruka sized up the two people who appeared from the stairwell, while Yamami Maki bowed to the woman in front of her.

"Greetings, Madam Mochizuki." The young woman looked up, her smile perfectly timed. "Congratulations on your recovery."

"Alright, alright," Wang Yuehua waved her hand. "We're not at a banquet, and we're not at your house. There's no need to use that tone."

Yamami Maki nodded, then looked at the girl beside her, "Good afternoon, Mochizuki-san."

"Good afternoon." Mochizuki Haruka's tone wasn't as gentle as hers. The girl handed the bag containing the lunchbox to Matsueda Jun. "This is your lunch, fried shrimp tempura rice balls."

Jun Matsue took the bag, glanced at the senior student beside him, and Maki Yami's smile remained unchanged as she winked.

He had a bad feeling...

"Did you come back from a meeting? Are you done with your work?" the woman asked curiously.

"I was just about to go back to the classroom," Jun Matsue implied that his being on the same route as his senior was just a coincidence.

"Then, Songzhi, can you show us around the teaching building again?" The woman shook the umbrella in her hand.

"Xiao Moji, why don't you come along too? I haven't seen your father in a long time."

Jun Matsue hoped that his senior would turn around and leave, otherwise it would be troublesome if the cunning aunt caught any flaw in her words.

However, as a woman from the Yami family who valued etiquette, Yami Maki naturally did not refuse, and she nodded slightly.

The two people who attracted attention in the corridor became four. The aunt was accompanied by her niece and the second young lady of the Yamami family. After exchanging glances with her senior, Matsueda Jun walked to Mochizuki Haruka's side.

In this situation, he definitely cannot stay next to Yamami Maki.

The woman walked past the senior high school classrooms, watching the students on the podium being handed out class uniforms, and an unfinished flag leaning against the wall at the back of the classroom.

"Is the school preparing for a sports meet recently?"

"It'll be in a couple of days," Yami Maki told her about the sports meet arrangements.

"Is Haruka going to participate too?" Mochizuki looked at her niece beside her, while also observing Matsueda Jun's expression on the other side.

"I signed up for the relay race, the 100-meter dash, and the high jump with Songzhi."

Mochizuki Haruka's pursed lips relaxed a little, and the fact that the boy was walking beside her made the girl feel much better.

So, Matsueda-san participated in the relay race with her? Yamami Maki stared at the gleaming tiles on the wall.

Walking with the aunt and niece from the Mochizuki family always gave her a feeling that she was being subtly targeted.

"Songzhi, do you want to go back for lunch first?" Mochizuki Haruka looked at the boy beside her who was unusually ignored. "You must be hungry, right?"

"It's alright." Jun Matsue glanced at the bag in his hand. "A little more time won't make a difference."

"Shall we go to the playground?" Auntie suggested. "We can take a look at the arrangements for the sports meet, and Songzhi can also sit down and have a meal."

Under the bright sunshine, Jun Matsuoka sat under the sunshade set up on the playground. The ground was covered with the dark green soft mats that were usually used in the gymnasium, so sitting on the ground was quite comfortable.

The air in the distance rippled slightly due to the heat, distorting the woman's figure. The boy chewed on a rice ball, watching the woman holding an umbrella walk gracefully towards him.

"Where are Mochizuki and Yamami-senpai?" Matsueda Jun looked up, and Mochizuki Hana put down her umbrella and sat down next to him.

"They went to buy water," the woman said with a smile. "It's so hot, they need to stay hydrated."

Jun Matsuo swallowed the rice. He did feel a little thirsty, not sure if it was because of the sunlight, the rice ball, or his aunt's staring gaze.

"Matsue, the Yami family has very strict rules, you know?" The woman suddenly changed the subject, her smile becoming playful.

"Unlike our Mochizuki family, as long as you're with Xiaoyao."

"No one will care if you ask her to call him 'brother' or 'brother-in-law'!"

The sun was blazing, and Jun Matsueda felt his throat getting drier and drier.

Chapter 320 Ambitious People and Hardworking People

Jun Matsue slowly swallowed the last bite of rice ball. There were two more left in the box, but he didn't plan to eat them for the time being.

"What Auntie said has nothing to do with me."