Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 185 White Semester
"This is the book you borrowed. Please return it within two weeks."

Jun Matsueda bowed his head and sent the gorgeously dressed girl in front of him away.

"Matsueda-san, that girl is definitely interested in you, right?"

Tomatsu Tomoka walked from the neatly arranged bookshelf to the counter and looked at the girl's back as she left.

"Maybe she just likes reading?" He shrugged and continued to organize the books on hand.

The girl puffed up her cheeks and looked at him. "We've only been working for three days since the New Year, and that girl has been borrowing books every day."

"I'm free to help her, but she insisted on waiting for you to finish organizing the bookshelf and come back to do it for her."

"If this isn't liking you, what is it?"

The boy sighed, "That's probably right. So what? Should we chase her away?"

"Mr. Matsueda is just too nice to her." The girl returned to the counter and sat down, continuing to look at the English exercises in her hand.

"I treat all visitors the same way," Matsueda Jun said, lowering his head to sort out the books in his hands. "If you show a bad attitude, you'll get a complaint."

"That's true," Tomatsu Yuka nodded. "Time flies so fast; school starts tomorrow."

The Setagaya Literary Museum opened on the 2nd of this month, and the Neon Library is open on Saturdays, Sundays, and statutory holidays throughout the year, ensuring that citizens always have a place to read during their rest time.

Jun Matsueda came to the literary museum the day after he returned to the apartment, and as for Tomatsu Tomoka's arrangements, they were of course synchronized with his.

"It seems like Matsueda-san is particularly relaxed lately." Tomatsu Tomoka put down the pen in her hand and looked at the boy next to her who had finished his tidying work.

"Is there?" Jun Matsueda asked while lying on the table. The girl laughed at his lazy posture.

"Hmm, Matsueda-san always gave me a very tense feeling, as if there was a goal that had to be completed within a time limit."

"Especially at school," the girl added.

Jun Matsueda didn't say anything. He lay on the table and looked at the ballpoint pen in his right hand, the black pen body flying between his fingers.

Maybe Tomatsu Tomoka was right, he really did feel relaxed recently.

Previously, during a meeting in the news department, Jun Matsueda once said that his goal was to raise a bunch of children.

But he actually knew very well that the children in the welfare home did not need him to raise them, and everyone would eventually leave there and pursue their own lives.

All Jun Matsueda could do was provide a little more help before they left.

However, thanks to a certain young lady, this goal seems to have been achieved ahead of schedule.

"Mr. Tomatsu's observation skills are a little too good." Jun Matsueda sat up and casually opened a book to read.

"After all, I sit next to Matsueda-san." The girl said proudly with her chest puffed out.

The quiet afternoon was spent with the sound of turning pages of books and the rustling of pens.

"It's not enough to just be alive," Matsueda Jun read the words on the book. "You also need sunshine, freedom, and a little fragrance from flowers."

Maybe so, but Jun Matsueda feels that he is more suited to a life with clear goals.

"What is Tomatsu-san writing?" He looked at the girl beside him who had been writing furiously all afternoon.

"The real test questions from the English proficiency test." Tomatsu Tomoka picked up the test paper on the table and showed it to him. "Matsueda, do you want to take the test with me?"

"Yingqian?"

"The English proficiency test will give you extra points when applying to university~"

"Then it seems necessary to take a test." Matsueda Jun flipped through the textbook handed to him by the girl, and felt that it was a bit similar to the CET-4 and CET-6 exams.

"Until Matsueda-san finds a new target, let's just use this as a temporary solution."

"How come you know it again?"

"Because I'm Songzhi's deskmate~" The girl's smile was like a butterfly, fluttering its wings in the winter sun, as if it were about to take flight.

On the last night before school started, Matsueda Jun sat at the dining table while Kurusu Yoshi was still eating and watching TV. With one less person at the table, the girl's smile brightened a little.

"Matsueda, the agency said my debut single has a lot of plays on YouTube, and TBS also said the ratings for our last show were good!"

"Is it the song 'When It Shines'?"

"Hmm! So far, it can be considered a great success!"

"The first step on the road to becoming an idol is going smoothly." He drank the last mouthful of seven-herb porridge in the bowl, and warmth spread from his stomach to his whole body.

"My next plan is to prepare my first album, perform on music shows and variety programs, and then see if I have the opportunity to sing theme songs for TV dramas or web series."

After having eaten and drunk his fill, Jun Matsueda sat in his seat, watching the girl put down her spoon and count off the plans one by one on her fingers with great interest.

It’s better to have a goal after all.

Besides working to earn money, it’s time to think about what else to do.

The next morning, Jun Matsueda put on a beanie and gloves, turned up his collar, and rode his bicycle fully armed, heading towards Haneda High School.

The third semester at Haneda High School began with heavy snowfall. A cold wave swept across the Kanto region, and snowy days became more frequent in Tokyo.

Pushing the carts into the school gate, students walked in groups of two or three, talking to each other about their whereabouts during the New Year and the New Year's money given by their parents, with uncontrollable happy smiles on their faces.

Walking into the classroom from the back door, Tomatsu Tomoka was still sitting in her seat as usual.

The girl took off the scarf from her neck. She seemed to have just arrived in the classroom, and her face was still slightly flushed from the cold wind.

"Matsueda-san, please take care of me in the new semester~"

She took out a stack of stapled papers from the drawer and handed it to Jun Matsueda. He looked down at it and it seemed like something he had just seen in the library yesterday.

"This is the material for the Eikan exam. Didn't Matsueda-san feel the need to take the test?"

"There's a lot of relevant information online, and it doesn't cost any money. I've sorted it out myself before, so I thought I'd print out an extra copy for you."

Jun Matsueda had just sat down in his seat at this time. He hung his schoolbag on the side of the desk and carefully looked at the materials in his hand.

"Is this a gift for the new semester?"

The girl didn't answer, but just lifted her hair from her ear and smiled at him.

"Thank you, Tomatsu-san." He stuffed the information into the drawer, and the girl's smile became brighter.

After knocking on the office door, Kominato Shoko turned around and waved to Matsueda Jun.

"This is the new semester's duty schedule and some class schedule adjustments. Songeda, remember to post it on the notice board when you return to the classroom."

Xiaominato Shengzi handed him the form in her hand and said, "There are also new textbooks. Please ask a few classmates to get them."

"Ok."

“Keep up the good work in the new semester.”

"I understand!" Matsueda Jun's expression was firm, and Kominato Shoko couldn't help but giggled twice.

Walking along the busy corridor, the snow outside the window was heavier than when Jun Matsueda came to school. The sunlight from outside passed through the glass, leaving a long strip of light on the ground, and his shadow and the shadow of the snow shuttled through it.

Putting down the form in his hand, Jun Matsueda looked out the window. The late girl walked towards the school gate step by step, leaving a trail of footprints on the white road.

A snowflake drifted across her cheek, and the girl, feeling something, looked up and met the gaze of Jun Matsueda by the window. Behind him, students chased each other, forming a constant stream in the background.

Mochizuki Haruka took off her scarf and gave him a smile as pure as snow.

The short white semester has officially begun.

(End of this chapter)