Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 311 Prelude to the Stage Performance

At the dining table in the Wangyue family, Wangyue Hua looked at her niece, who seemed somewhat absent-minded.

"Xiaoyao doesn't seem to have much of an appetite today?"

The woman had a good appetite, after all, she hadn't eaten a proper meal for almost half a year. For the two months after she woke up, her three meals a day were the time she looked forward to the most.

"I'm thinking about the Pine Branch performance," the girl mumbled. She had just learned at noon that the band's debut performance had been confirmed.

Mochizuki Haruka felt a little regretful that the band's progress had been too smooth.

If the audition fails, she can still go to the dark and enclosed space with Songzhi a few more times; the livehouse is one of the best places for a love story to unfold.

"Is Songzhi going to perform?" Wang Yuehua put the beef brisket, soaked in broth, into her mouth and chewed happily.

"When?"

"July 10th." The girl took out her phone to check the weather forecast. "A high of 34 degrees Celsius, and it might rain."

It doesn't seem like the right conditions to go out and see a show?

Mochizuki Haruka both hoped that her beloved's performance would be packed and thunderous, but also felt that if the weather was too bad and no one came, it would be fine too—that way she could have Matsue's first time all to herself.

Although it was unlikely, the girl frowned. Tomatsu would definitely go to the show in a kayak even if the torrential rain flooded half the city that day.

Thinking of this, Mochizuki Haruka put down her chopsticks and looked at the woman sitting opposite her. "Auntie will be going to the show with me, right?"

"Isn't that a given?" Auntie raised an eyebrow. "I want the front row seat."

“A livehouse isn’t a concert; you can’t get a front-row seat.” The girl rolled her eyes at her. “If you want to be at the very front, you have to be one of the first people to arrive.”

"Is that so?" The woman blinked in surprise; she had no experience watching a performance in this kind of setting. "Then we should go early."

She had seen pictures of boys playing drums on her niece's phone; the way their muscles bulged exuded pure hormones. The aunt was quite looking forward to seeing Jun Matsueda live.

"Should we prepare something for him?" Mochizuki Haruka pondered. Simply being an audience member was clearly not enough. "Should we send him a bouquet of flowers? Or perhaps some gifts for the entire band?"

"Is this how you pursue guys? You have absolutely no talent for romance." The woman pouted, wiped her mouth with a napkin, and sat down next to her niece.

"When boys play musical instruments, they are no different from those who play basketball or soccer. The happiest thing is that some people think they are handsome."

"You sit in the front row, stare intently at Songzhi, and act like you're completely smitten. Even if Songzhi doesn't show any reaction on her face, she'll drum with extra effort."

That seems to make sense. The girl nodded in thought, not forgetting to correct her aunt's mistake, "There aren't any seats in the livehouse, are there?"

"Huh?" the woman said in disbelief, "Then you can only stand there?"

"You have to stand here the whole time~"

In apartment 507, Jun Matsueda and Yosuke Kurusu sat on the sofa, watching the latest episode of "Exposing Their Masks!" on TV.

“I don’t actually have much experience standing in the audience.” The pink-haired girl sitting next to Jun Matsueda had a reminiscing expression. “Aside from my own performances, I’ve never been to see anyone else’s performances.”

"Then wouldn't I be very honored?"

Matsueda Jun looked at Kurusu Yosei on the screen. Even sitting in the corner, the girl was still so eye-catching, her eyes darting around with a touch of cute mischief. "What were you looking at?" he asked curiously.

"I'm looking for the pine branch," the girl said matter-of-factly. "The lights from the audience are too bright; I've been looking for it for ages!"

"This guy..." Jun Matsue wanted to laugh, but also felt a slight tickle in his heart, like being gently scratched by a girl's hair.

"I was worried about you back in the audience."

"What's there to worry about?" Kurusu Yosei's eyes were innocent. The show soon reached the moment when she made her first surprising statement, and a gasp of surprise rang out from both the stage and the audience.

But as the girl spoke gently, the tense atmosphere gradually dissipated, and a line of subtitles appeared on the TV screen: "Kurusu-san's producer must be crying by now, right?"

The production team wants to turn this into a plot twist. Jun Matsueda nodded. The seemingly flamboyant and optimistic girl actually has great respect for her work and colleagues. This contrast is indeed likely to attract many viewers.

Another round of banter between the host and guests ensued, culminating in the final question, which also became the subtitle of the episode—"Does nobody have any dreams?!"

After hearing the girl's honest words once again, Jun Matsue suddenly realized that Yosei Kurusu seemed to be looking in the direction of his seat when she said those words.

"Are you looking at me when you say this? Is this considered criticism?" he asked the girl next to him.

"I'm not criticizing you~" the girl shook her head vigorously, "but Songzhi is also someone without dreams, right? Being the 'King of Part-Time Jobs' and all that, isn't it just about wanting to make a lot of money?"

“That’s right.” Jun Matsueda shifted his position, resting his hands on the sofa. “I need money to satisfy my desires in life, that’s all.”

The girl shook her head more vigorously, her long pink hair flying wildly and hitting his face with a sharp, painful thud. "Then I still hope that Songzhi can have a dream."

"Or rather, do you have a goal?" Kurusu Yosei tilted his head. "The joy of moving towards it is something that money can hardly buy!"

"So I'm so happy to see Pine Branch getting ready to perform on stage!" The girl's radiant smile was even more vivid than what was on the television screen.

"Maybe a band will become Songzhi's dream? Playing drums is something you can do for a lifetime!"

The girl got up from the sofa, first pretending to sing loudly, then changing to a clapping motion with both hands.

"I hope that Songzhi can also experience the joy I am feeling now!"

Matsueda Jun realized once again that Kurusu Yosei's thoughts were more delicate and warm than he had thought.

"July 10th, right?" The girl walked to the TV, covered her own close-up image, picked up the calendar on the TV cabinet, and circled the date with a pen.

"Then I'll be Songzhi's fan, okay? Songzhi, can you make me fall in love with you?"

"If you get hooked, it'll only cause more trouble, won't it?" Songzhi said with a smile. The annoyed girl grabbed a cushion from the seat and threw it into his arms.

"That's the most annoying thing about you!"

Although July hasn't even started yet, its tenth day has already become a highly anticipated day. The girls keep this date in their hearts and are each making preparations for their appearance.

However, the band's first performance came even more suddenly than a July rain shower.

(End of this chapter)