Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 203 Unresolved Trouble
"Is life always this hard, or is it just when you are a kid?"

Has life always been this hard, or is it just when you're a kid?

Jun Matsueda looked at the distracted girl in front of him, who did not answer for a long time.

"Tomatsu-san?"

Tomatsu Tomoka came back to her senses, her eyes a little dazed, "Sorry! I was distracted."

He shook his head, indicating that it was okay, "You seem to be in a bad mood recently, and your mind wanders a lot."

"Or maybe cancel the oral practice first."

"I'm fine, just keep practicing." The girl smiled apologetically.

The last class in the morning was home economics. Matsueda Jun followed Sakamuro Ken and Suyama on the way to the home economics classroom and began to think.

Tomatsu Tomoka has been acting strangely lately. Matsueda Jun knows very well that she was working part-time at the literary museum because of him, but recently their schedules have completely diverged, and the girl hasn't given any specific reason.

It was like something was being hidden from him.

The boys walking in front of Jun Matsueda were chatting.

"By the way, what's the content of today's home economics class?"

"Is it weaving?"

"It feels worse than cooking. At least it's edible."

As they walked up the stairs, a group of students who had just finished their home economics class came down from upstairs. The stairwell became even noisier, like being in a pet store.

As soon as Mochizuki Haruka walked into the stairwell, she noticed Jun Matsueda standing on the steps below. He was following the boys in Class 2 and looked a little absent-minded.

The girl was also walking behind the girls in Class 1. She silently watched Jun Matsueda walk up the stairs step by step. Now they were all standing on the platform at the corner of the stairs, with the girls in Class 1 and the boys in Class 2 in between.

Jun Matsueda didn't notice her.

Mochizuki Haruka stopped on the platform. She turned around and watched Matsueda Jun continue walking. His back gradually rose higher and stepped onto the last step.

The girl no longer looked up. The boy's upper body was blocked by the stairs to the upper floor. She could only see his clean indoor shoes and suit pants.

The black trouser legs swung slightly, the indoor shoes turned in a different direction, walked into the corridor, and disappeared behind the wall.

Mochizuki Yao was stunned in the stairwell for a while. The sunlight caressed the girl's back through her coat. She hoped that this little bit of warmth could bring her comfort.

She left the stairwell, her remaining words floating in the light.

"it hurts."

After school in the afternoon, Jun Matsueda pushed his cart out of the school gate. Today he had a part-time job at the Literature Museum, and he was still alone.

I pushed open the door of the library, put my schoolbag under the counter, changed into my uniform, and went to the drinking fountain to get a glass of warm water.

After finishing his daily work, according to Jun Matsueda's usual habit, the next time should be reading time. However, he did not do so. Instead, he clicked on the monitoring system in the background of the computer.

Real-time monitoring covered every corner of the library. After confirming that there was nothing unusual, he adjusted the monitoring period to yesterday afternoon.

That was Tomatsu Tomoka's part-time job.

Jun Matsueda looked at the Gothic girl who appeared on the screen.

"A lingering ghost."

After school the next day, Tomatsu Tomoka looked at the boy sitting next to her in confusion.

"Matsueda-san said he wanted to go to the Literature Museum with me today?"

Matsueda Jun was already packing his schoolbag. "I've told my supervisor I'll be switching my shift to today."

"Ah? Why?" The girl opened her mouth slightly, the book in her hand hanging in the air, looking a little dazed.

"Because we have to get rid of the troublesome people once and for all."

"Matsueda already knows?" Tomatsu Yuka's intelligence returned quickly.

“You’ve been acting strange these past few days, so I looked at the security footage from a while ago yesterday.” Jun Matsueda looked up. “There’s no need to hide this from me. It would be bad if that guy did something rash.” He had watched the security footage after get off work yesterday. The gothic girl had tried to follow Tomatsu Yuka on her last two occasions when she left work.

The girl waved her hands hurriedly. "I just don't want her to have any contact with Matsueda-san anymore. That guy has a really weird personality."

"Let's go." Without saying anything else, Jun Matsueda walked out of the classroom carrying his schoolbag.

He has no habit of leaving his troubles to others to solve.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, a girl in a black long dress sat by the French window of the library, holding Kierkegaard's "Notes of a Seducer" in her hand, with steaming coffee on the table.

The door of the library was pushed open, and the girl raised her head to look at the door, ready to start today's observation.

Her delicate face froze in surprise for a moment, then immediately broke into a bright smile.

"Matsueda-kun~" She walked up to the two of them and called out happily, "Long time no see!"

There was no expression on Matsueda Jun's face. "Please, Ms. Miyamoto, come out with me."

Tomatsu Tomoka watched the girl walk out of the gate with her lover. She thought for a moment and followed them.

"Matsueda-kun wasn't supposed to be in class today, was he? Are you here to reward me because I've been behaving so well lately?" After walking out of the literary museum, the girl spoke first, her tone very excited.

Jun Matsueda stopped and turned to look at her as if he was looking at a mental patient.

"Didn't you understand what I said before?"

"I did listen!" The girl looked aggrieved. "You told me to stay away from you, and I did."

"I'm just curious about Tomatsu-san. I want to know why Matsueda-kun likes her. Is that a problem?"

"So you harassed her every step of the way while she was at work and tried to follow her home?"

"Don't come to the library anymore." Matsueda Jun's expression was even colder than the cold wind outside. "The surveillance footage is all there. We can hand it over to the police at any time."

"So what exactly does Matsueda-kun like about her?" The girl's expression remained calm, as if she hadn't heard what he said at all.

"I don't like her." Matsueda Jun looked at the girl in front of him with a glimmer of hope in her eyes, "But it's absolutely impossible for me to like you."

"Wearing weird long skirts all day and looking at others unscrupulously makes people feel disgusted."

The color on the girl's face gradually disappeared, and she became pale and weak.

"And you are too ugly, that's the main reason." Jun Matsueda paid attention to the girl's hands, guarding against her taking out any dangerous items from her bag.

"Your face is no match for mine."

"Are you satisfied?"

The girl didn't say anything, but just stared at Matsueda Jun's face, her gaze seemed to be firmly attracted by magnetism.

Only after the long black dress had finally disappeared into the distance did Tomatsu Tomohana appear beside him. "If Matsueda-kun said that to me, I'd probably want to die."

"We just have to make her give up." Matsueda Jun looked in the direction the girl disappeared. "She's already on the security guard's blacklist. You should be careful when you go to and from get off work these days."

"Yeah!" Tomatsu Tomoka nodded obediently, and the two walked back to the library together.

At 8:30 in the evening, Jun Matsueda was standing on the side of the road holding his bicycle, and next to him was Tomoka Tomatsu pushing a small white cart.

"Remember to be careful when you go back." He turned his head and reminded the girl.

"I'll pay attention. Thank you for your concern, Matsueda~"

The girl's sweet smile froze. Around the corner behind Jun Matsueda, a girl in a long skirt walked quickly towards her, with liquid shaking in the glass in her hand.

"Matsueda-san, be careful!"

Realizing she was discovered, the calm-looking girl quickened her pace and splashed the liquid in her hand.

At the entrance of the Setagaya Literary Museum, the sound of a bicycle falling was heard.

(End of this chapter)