Am I being simulated by their love affair?

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"A large bowl of thick, spicy dipping noodles—" The waitress carried the tray to the two-person table.

Please enjoy!

"Wow..." The girl sat up straight, looking at the steaming, bright red soup and the chewy noodles with soft-boiled eggs and seaweed in the bowl next to her.

"It looks very tempting."

"Let me try how spicy it is." Jun Matsueda picked up his chopsticks. "If it's not too spicy, let Yuka try some too."

"My shrimp-flavored tomatoes should be ready soon too..." Tomatsu Yuka craned her neck to look at the kitchen where food was being prepared, then turned back.

"By the way, does Yamami-senpai want to look for an apartment together?"

The boy paused, his chopsticks still in his hand.

"...No way."

"Looks like 'letting nature take its course' isn't over yet~" The girl smiled as she watched him pick up a mouthful of noodles and put it into the rich broth.

"I checked Ochanomizu's school calendar, she should be starting school in the next couple of days, right?"

He even went to look at Ochanomizu's academic calendar... Matsueda Jun chewed on noodles soaked in broth and nodded.

"School started yesterday."

The dipping broth is fish-flavored, with a rich umami taste and the spiciness of black pepper. It's so thick that it coats every noodle, instantly filling your mouth and making you want to chew it up.

"School started yesterday..." Tomatsu Yuka blinked, "Is Yamami-senpai back to normal life?"

A couple of days ago, when we were chatting on the phone, Tsun-kun told her about Yamami Maki.

“Of course.” The boy swallowed his noodles with satisfaction. “She went to school with Kuroha Shin.”

"This isn't very spicy, but it's quite fragrant." He picked up a spoon and stirred it. "Would Youhua like to try some?"

The girl was about to say yes, but the shop assistant came over again with the tray—

"Standard shrimp and tomato dipping noodles, please enjoy~"

"Thank you~" She looked up and took it. The orange-red soup base was filled with the aroma of tomatoes, shrimp and cheese, which looked particularly tempting.

Tomatsu Yuka turned to the boy and smiled, "Let me try my own noodles first~"

“The standard portion is quite large.” She picked up her chopsticks. “They even gave us bread to dip in the soup. I feel like I’ll have to share it with Jun-kun.”

"It's nothing." Jun Matsueda licked the sauce from the corner of his mouth.

"I have a good appetite now."

The conversation then came to an end, turning into sucking and chewing sounds, and praise for the delicious dipping noodles.

As he took a bite of half a soft-boiled egg, the rich, spicy flavor fading from his mouth, Jun Matsueda suddenly remembered something—

The flavor of this rich, spicy dipping sauce is very similar to the "Torpedo" restaurant he and his senior ate at in Kumamoto.

The boy put down his chopsticks and took a sip of water with bits of ice floating on it.

Following her usual routine, she should be in the Ochanomizu cafeteria right now, picking out desserts with Kokoro Kuroba...

Yesterday morning, before taking the Kawai Juku exam, Matsueda Junkazu made a video call to Yamami Maki, who was preparing to go to the school.

The senior's complexion was better than he had expected. Perhaps it was because she had the company and guidance of her childhood friend these past two days, and the matter of severing ties with her family did not seem to have much of an impact on her.

When the boy asked her about it at the end, this was the girl's answer.

"I can't help it, I still have to go to school, eat, work to earn money, and I also want to buy myself a couple of new spring outfits..."

"We can't just cut ties with our family and abandon all these things, can we?"

The senior student's smile in the video was faint, yet it gave people a particularly refreshing feeling. Her calm attitude reminded Jun Matsuoka of himself when he first left the orphanage—because he had no attachments, he was not afraid even when he plunged into the fast-paced city.

So Jun Matsue breathed a sigh of relief—his senior's condition was unlikely to worsen, but would only improve.

However, simply communicating through a screen is still a bit unsettling, especially since he had promised to treat his senior to a meal...

Two days after the start of the semester will be the weekend, then I'll see my senior again.

His girlfriend gently nudged him, and he turned around to see a roll of noodles coiled in a spoon, covered in broth.

"This shrimp-flavored tomato soup base is also very good~" Tomatsu Yuka handed over the spoon.

"The cheese flavor is very strong, and the taste is not greasy at all. Would you like to try it, Jun-kun?"

Jun Matsue opened his mouth wide—the girl smiled and served him the noodles, watching him chew and swallow.

They finished the dipping noodles one bite at a time, and the two left the shop satisfied. They bought a small box of refreshing mint ice cream at a convenience store at the intersection, and continued to eat it one bite at a time, before heading towards Nishi-Shinjuku Station.

Holding her beloved's arm, looking at the crowd in front of her, shrouded in the deep darkness and chill of the night, Tomatsu Yuka felt a warmth spreading from her stomach throughout her body, making her steps lighter.

"Suddenly I remembered—" The girl looked at the profile of the person next to her.

"When do you plan to continue talking about the system? I'm quite curious."

"Then let's do it now." Jun Matsue led her into the station.

"Let me think where we left off last time—why there was no system, right?"

When the two entered the carriage, Tomatsu Yuka's expression was one of undisguised surprise. She squeezed into a corner of the crowded carriage next to the boy, nestled against his chest, and whispered something.

"Saving a beautiful girl whose life is in dire straits... Isn't that a ridiculous reason?"

“Who says otherwise?” Jun Matsue put his arm around her back. “I suspect this system is some kind of dating matching software from the future.”

"...So my original life would have been very unhappy?" the girl asked amidst the noise of the train starting up. "Even without the system, Mr. Ryusu's life wouldn't have been that bad?"

"Why do I feel like this system helped Mochizuki and my senior, but ended up hurting me?" she pouted.

"If I hadn't witnessed such a sweet scene between Jun-kun and me, perhaps I wouldn't have been so impatient and wouldn't have made such a mistake..."

The girl's aggrieved tone made Jun Matsue smile, and he reached out and pinched the cheek of the person in his arms.

"really?"

"If the system hadn't contacted Youhua, wouldn't you have had to keep pretending to be well-behaved in front of me?"

"If our relationship continues to deepen and you come into contact with Mochizuki and Kurusu, and then you finally lose your temper, the problem will probably be even more serious, right?"

"..." Tomatsu Tomoka blinked thoughtfully.

"I have to admit, it seems to be the case..." She tilted her head up.

"It seems that Tsun-kun understands me better."

The boy laughed—it seemed like he had heard something similar not long ago.

"Looks like I should thank the system?" the girl muttered discontentedly.

“Then there’s no need.” Jun Matsueda pinched her delicate nose again.

"The system treated you too harshly, and in the end, I had to bail it out—and that was after I had it down to its last breath."

“That’s right!” Tomatsu Yuka nodded vigorously, pressing against the boy’s chest.

"So I should be thanking Tsunkun~"

Given this atmosphere, the young man and woman should get out of the car and have a sweet and affectionate time together.

However, after the exam yesterday, the two went straight to a love hotel, so in the end they just hugged tightly and parted ways reluctantly in front of the apartment building.

After watching Tomatsu's figure disappear around the corner of the apartment lobby, Jun Matsueda turned around and walked towards the station at the other end of the street.

Let's put aside my senior and Imokawa for now and think about renting an apartment.

Wangyue is determined to build her own little nest, but she also needs a room in the rented apartment.

It should be similar for Kurusu, right? She'll be busy with her acting career in the future, so the company will definitely prepare an apartment for her.

Considering that I also need a room, do I really have to rent a four-bedroom apartment?

This is not easy to rent... Matsueda Jun has a headache.

He exhaled a breath against the chilly night wind, and finally took out his phone before entering Hamadayama Station.

Finding the black cat, white rabbit, and "Kirakira" avatars in the chat list, the boy paused for a moment, then pressed the "Create Group Chat" button on the screen.

Before the girls on the other side of the screen could even react in surprise, Jun Matsueda changed the name of the new group chat—

“San-Ting-Dai Rental Exchange Group”.

Chapter 852 The Short-Lived Third Semester

On January 8th, the first day of the third semester, Jun Matsue woke up to find everything outside his window white.

"It's snowing..." He took out his phone and snapped a picture.

The boy slept alone last night to prepare for the start of school. He changed into his school uniform shirt, went out of his room to wash up, and just as he walked to the living room and opened the refrigerator, the sound of the door opening in the entryway came from the same time.

"Mochizuki's up a bit early today." Matsueda Jun, who was taking out a bag of toast, turned his head. "You don't even need me to wake you up?"

"I set an alarm for myself..." The girl, rubbing her eyes, walked into the living room already dressed in her school uniform and went straight to the dining table to lie down.

"After all, it's the first day of school..."

“That deserves praise.” Jun Matsueda walked up behind her. “For your breakfast sandwich, would you like tomato or lettuce?”

"Lettuce." Mochizuki Haruka turned her head and glared at him.

"Keep your voice down, don't wake up Yosei Kurusu."

"If she wakes up and sees the snow that was piled up last night, she'll definitely come out and chatter away, it's so annoying."

The boy smiled, made a shushing gesture, and took the ingredients into the kitchen. The girl at the table sat up, propped her chin on her hand, and lazily watched him start cooking.

Twenty minutes later, as the two finished breakfast and went to the entryway to change their shoes, the bedroom door at the other end of the living room suddenly opened.

"Pine branches! Pine branches!" Yosei Kurusu waved to the boy in his disheveled pajamas. "It's snowing outside!"

"You look pretty." Jun Matsue, now dressed in his uniform and leather shoes, smiled at her.

"But we have to go to school today. If it doesn't snow during the day, it will be a bit difficult to build a snowman."

"Ah!" Miss Idol looked as if she had just woken up from a dream.

"I have to go to work today too!"

“At least we saw snow yesterday,” the boy said, pointing to the open kitchen door.

"The sandwich is in the pot, just heat it up in Kurusu and you can eat it."

"Thank you, Pine Branch~" The girl blew a kiss, which was blocked by the young lady who straightened up.

"It's time to go out." Mochizuki Haruka took the boy's hand and glared at the idol standing in the distance.

"Aren't we walking today? Hurry up, or we'll be late."

"Yes, yes." Jun Matsue walked toward the door she had opened, his upper body still faithfully facing Kurusu.

"We'll be going now, see you tonight."

"Bye-bye~" Yosei Kurusu stood on tiptoe like a ballet dancer and waved goodbye.

Be careful on the road!

Close the security door and look out into the corridor with the girl—the white covering the layers of eaves made Jun Matsue hold his breath for a moment.

“…So beautiful.” He reached out and took the slightly cool hand that was holding his.

"But you can't let my moon-gazing get frozen."

Mochizuki gave him a reproachful look and tightened the thick, pure white scarf around her neck.

"Isn't this the scarf you gave me before?"

The heavy snowfall must have stopped around dawn—the slippery road was not suitable for cycling. Boys and girls carrying schoolbags walked on the sidewalk, listening to the muddy sound of tires rolling over the road.

Holding the hand of my beloved, looking at the pure white snow covering the green plants on both sides of the road, I naturally feel happy as I gaze at the distant moon.

"It feels like it's snowing even harder than the snow a few days ago?"

Jun Matsue nodded. "The cold air must be coming."

The white breath he exhaled became more noticeable as he spoke. The boy opened his backpack to check and confirmed that he had brought an umbrella.

"It's only been a few days of school, and it's so cold—" The girl next to him complained halfway through, but was interrupted by the vibration of her phone in her pocket.

However, both of their phones vibrated. They exchanged a glance and then checked their messages.