Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 641 "He's Mine"

At four o'clock in the afternoon, after the bell rang to end the exam, Tomatsu Yuka looked up and saw Matsueda Jun, who was sitting in the same exam room as her, pick up his pencil case and look at her.

"I'll go back and find Kurusu first."

The boy mouthed this to the girl, and before she could nod, he left the examination room.

Tomatsu Yuka didn't call out to him; she simply lowered her head, packed her things, and followed the wind created by the boy out the back door.

Looking at the hurried figures walking away in the distance down the corridor, her emotions were somewhat complicated.

After today, the relationship between Tsunkun and Kurusu Yosei will surely change, right?

How close will they become?

If something happens to me, will Jun-kun come to find me even faster than he did today?
If he and Kurusu Yosei, or Mochizuki Haruka, were to encounter trouble at the same time, whose side would Tsunku rush to first?
Could it be me...?

The girl, her heart pounding with emotion, slowed her pace as she was gradually enveloped by the crowd surging out of the classroom behind her.

Back in the classroom, Jun Matsueda picked up his schoolbag and quickly walked towards the stairwell while texting Yosei Kurusu.

"I'm coming back now. Are you home?"

The girl sent him a photo, a recording of her tour on TV, probably taken while she was sitting on a sofa.

“This guy…” The boy frowned.

He wouldn't even send a text message, so he couldn't sense Kurusu's current emotions at all.

He had to tell Mochizuki that he was going back first... As Matsueda Jun stepped onto the stairs and clicked on the black cat avatar in his list, the girl who had caught up from behind grabbed his arm.

The boy turned his head and saw Mochizuki Haruka's signature slightly aloof eyes and brows.

"Are you in such a hurry to get home to find Lai Xi?" She had already checked her phone.

“I’ll walk with Songzhi. The car is right at the school gate, which is much faster than you riding your bike.”

Having no reason to refuse, Jun Matsue nodded, and the two walked down the stairs together.

Stepping out of the teaching building, the sunlight was exceptionally scorching. The girl squinted slightly as she followed the boy's hurried shadow.

"What is Laiqi Yangshi planning to do? Is he going to retire?"

Jun Matsueda's voice was a little muffled, "If I had known, I wouldn't be in such a hurry now."

"..." Mochizuki Haruka's eyes flickered. She had only been happy for a few days because of the disheartened Kurusu.

They quickly left the school gate and got into a black car parked by the roadside. The girl told him to "drive faster," then glanced at the boy next to her who was looking at the windshield, and quietly took out her phone.

Is Auntie home?

The woman replied quickly, "Are you going to tell me your little love stories again?"

“No.” Mochizuki Haruka sent over a screenshot of Kurusu Yosei’s post.

"What if I stop being an idol after coming to Qiyang World and come back to steal my pine branches?"

She had a vague premonition, and it grew stronger as the car started its engine.

The girl's message showed as read, but there was no immediate reply; the aunt was still thinking about it.

Mochizuki Haruka pouted, glancing at the boy beside her. Matsueda Jun was still staring at the road outside the windshield.

Only after the silhouette of the apartment building climbed onto the road in front of the car did the girl receive a reply from her aunt.

"Of course we kicked her out!" the woman said aggressively.

"Even flirting has its limits. He hasn't even explained the matter of that fake girlfriend yet, so idols shouldn't get involved!"

Just as she had expected, the girl nodded vigorously. She looked up at the apartment building parked outside the car window, her eyes filled with undisguised hostility.

The sound of two people's footsteps echoed in the stairwell, one after the other, all the way up to the fifth floor. Before entering the corridor, Jun Matsue turned around and glanced at the girl walking behind him.

"Could Mochizuki stay in room 506 for a while? I'd like to talk to Kurusu alone."

Wang Yueyao stared at him intently for a few seconds.

"up to you."

Watching the girl walk into 506, bend down to pick up the cat that ran to the entrance, and wait for her to close the door, Jun Matsue stood in front of the security door next door and took out his key.

In the sweltering summer heat, even the door lock felt hot, making one reluctant to hold it. The boy walked inside and closed the door behind him.

The living room, with the air conditioning on, was chilly. Standing in the entryway, Jun Matsueda could only see the dining table outside the kitchen; he couldn't see Yosei Kurusu.

However, her singing voice surrounded the boy's ears—her bright and melodious voice was overwhelmed by the accompaniment and the cheers of the audience, losing some of its delicate authenticity.

He changed his shoes and walked into the living room. In the center of the sofa sat a girl's slender back, swaying slightly to the melody on the television.

It turns out she was just singing on TV.

Hearing footsteps behind her, Yosuke Kurusu turned around, a milk-flavored Pocky stick dangling from her mouth, and gave her a "welcome back" smile.

"Pine branch is back~"

"..." Matsueda Jun was a little surprised, she wasn't like this a couple of days ago.

The boy was no longer in a hurry. He sat down next to the girl and looked at her on the TV screen, where she was holding a microphone and looking radiant.

"Why are you watching your own performance today?"

During the two weeks I spent back at my apartment in Kurusu, I never saw myself on camera.

"Since I don't think I'll be performing on stage again anytime soon, I'm just taking a look and reminiscing," Yosei Kurusu said casually.

Jun Matsue picked up the Pocky bag that the girl had placed on the coffee table, took out a Pocky stick, chewed it bit by bit, and the sweet milk flavor melted on her tongue.

"So what's the deal with your announcement?"

"It means exactly what it says, 'Suspension of activities'." Yosei Kurusu turned to look at him.

"Don't frown yet!" The girl raised her hand and gestured towards the boy's eyes. "I didn't stop the activity because I was angry or sad!"

"...Then what is the reason?" Jun Matsue asked, pushing away the hand that was placed in front of him.

His emotions calmed down a bit, not because the girl's decision was justified, but because the previous Kurusu Yosei seemed to have returned.

"Because of that Sakurai Masahiko." Kurusu Yosei picked up the remote and switched to the entertainment news section.

"Look, he's been exposed with a ton of bombshell revelations today—"

"Spending the night with underage fans, anonymously recording one's own indecent videos on gray websites, workplace violence against colleagues, using connections to get favors for one's lovers and relatives..."

Her rosy lips parted and closed as she read the host's report with great interest.

"After today, the name Sakurai Masahiko will no longer be seen in the Japanese entertainment industry~"

The girl clenched her fist and waved it, looking smug and triumphant.

Jun Matsueda took out his phone and searched. Masahiko Sakurai and his agency had indeed issued apology announcements, which seemed particularly mechanical and brief compared to their previous lengthy and emotional statements.

"Great news!" He clapped a few times to celebrate.

"Now that you've won, shouldn't Kurusu be returning to idol activities?" Kurusu Yosei blinked, broke the cookie stick he was holding in his mouth, and made a soft "snap" sound.

"Because I am the price."

The sound of cicadas outside the balcony seemed to expand infinitely, sweeping towards the two people in the living room.

"...You are the price?" Jun Matsue repeated the girl's words, his relaxed expression tightening again.

"So it's because of Masahiko Sakurai's company?" The boy seemed to understand.

Masahiko Sakurai's agency is called SG, which is incredibly large and occupies half of the Japanese male idol market—that's why Jun Matsueda was so worried when Yosei Kurusu's scandal broke out.

"Hmm." Yosei Kurusu nodded and calmly ground the biscuit stick on his molar into powder.

"These news reports were leaked by the president this morning. A few days ago, she received a call from the vice president of SG, who said that if these things were made public, they would use their resources to blacklist me."

"A threatening phone call..." Jun Matsueda looked at the serious-looking host on TV.

"Aren't they the ones who manage male idols?" the boy frowned. "And they have the power to blacklist you?"

"Of course you can." The girl picked up the remote control again, and the cursor slid across the TV program schedule.

"So what if I'm a little scheming?, Arashi, and Sakurai Ariyoshi's Dangerous Night Party are all shows hosted by artists under SG Entertainment. Music Station, which I appeared on before, is also one of them."

"Or rather, these are the kinds of shows that belong to SG—the shows can only guarantee viewership thanks to the popularity of the hosts."

"Moreover, SG has deep relationships with major TV stations. Their so-called ban means shutting down all the resources they control to you."

"Unable to appear on popular TV shows for promotion, and ostracized by major TV stations..."

Yosuke Kurusu switched the TV screen back to his own performance, watching the girl on stage radiating brilliance.

"For idols, if they can't be active on screen, it's no different from being dead."

The cicadas' chirping faded away like the receding tide, and Jun Matsue pondered for a while.

"Is SG only targeting you? What about your junior?"

"Because I'm the most popular, while Eri hasn't even taken off yet." The girl proudly puffed out her chest.

“Targeting me would have the biggest impact on the company.”

"And it's because I was disobedient that SG had to spend so much money on public relations for Masahiko Sakurai. I heard that their higher-ups are very angry with me."

The boy's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, but Kurusu Yosei, seeing his expression, smiled with satisfaction.

"Songzhi doesn't need to think about what I should do; this is my own choice."

“The president called me last night and told me about these things. She said she had asked Eri and that I would make the decision.”

"If Sakurai Masahiko must be punished, then she should expose everything she knows and temporarily sideline me. That way, at least I won't be attacked by SG with all her might."

"Or we could let Sakurai Masahiko off the hook and wait for the outcome of the lawsuit. That way, his reputation would only be damaged again, and he should still be able to stay in the entertainment industry. I would also be able to continue my normal activities, so it wouldn't be a loss for me."

Jun Matsue sighed, "Letting you make the decision, isn't this a multiple-choice question?"

The girl nodded. "If I let him go now, wouldn't all that punch I threw back then have been for nothing?"

"...So there's no room for maneuver?" the boy asked one last time.

“This is the only way to handle it.” Yosuke Kurusu glanced at his phone. “Since the president leaked the information to the media this morning, a whole bunch of companies that have been working with me have terminated their contracts.”

"The endorsement deal was cancelled, the planned flash mob collaboration event had to be canceled, and the photobook's publisher said they would reconsider the collaboration..."

"That's the impact of being blacklisted by SG."

Before Jun Matsueda could even comfort the girl, she raised her eyebrows and leaned closer to the boy.

"You mean stepping on Sakurai Masahiko would make SG this excited? Could he be a relative or lover of some high-ranking official?"

Jun Matsue ignored her attempt to ease the tension, and asked, "So what are you going to do now?"

“It’s a long vacation now—” Kurusu Yosei relaxed and lay down on the sofa, causing the boy’s position to tremble.

"You don't need to worry about anything, just wait for the company's notification."

"..." Jun Matsue turned his head to look at the girl lying flat, her feet dangling off the sofa, swinging back and forth leisurely.

"Then let's get some rest first, and see if things change in a few days."

He got up and walked to the refrigerator. "What do you want to eat tonight? I'll make it for you."

“I’ll cook it.” Kurusu Yosei sat up. “Anyway, we’re free now. Matsue’s final exams aren’t over yet.”

The girl walked briskly past the boy, opened the refrigerator, took out some ingredients, and walked lightly towards the kitchen, humming the song she was singing on TV.

“It seems like we will never get tired~”

"Stay still in this summer~"

Her being sidelined seemed to have come to an end, but despite their long conversation, the two of them hadn't mentioned anything about the future of their relationship.

Jun Matsue sat down on the sofa near the balcony, listening to the unrestrained chirping of cicadas outside the window, looking as if he was either thinking or daydreaming, until his phone vibrated in his pocket.

"Aren't you two finished talking yet?"

It was sent by Mochizuki, and he replied with a simple "It's over."

The sound of a door opening came quickly from the entrance hall. Mochizuki Haruka walked into the living room with a slow pace. She glanced at the kitchen from which the girl's singing was coming, and then looked at the boy sitting on the sofa.

"How to say?"

Jun Matsueda shook his head. "Masahiko Sakurai has left the entertainment industry, and Kurusu is temporarily suspending all activities."

The girl frowned. "Retire or be shelved?"

"Shelter." A clear, bright voice came from the kitchen.

"So she's going to live in the apartment permanently?" Mochizuki Haruka's brows furrowed even more deeply than the boy's earlier.

"Let's not talk about that now." The boy waved his hand. "Wang Yue, you guys—"

Before he could finish speaking, Kurusu Yosei, holding a kitchen knife, returned to the living room.

"Matsue! Don't you dare ask Mochizuki Haruka for my help!" The girl glared at him.

"After all, I want to make you the one who loves me the most, Matsueda Jun, so I can't show her any mercy!"

“…What did you say?” Mochizuki Haruka turned her head.

"I want to bring Matsue back to the time when we shared an apartment, and make him the Matsue who loves me the most!" Yosei Kurusu repeated clearly and loudly.

As soon as she finished speaking, Mochizuki Haruka walked up to Matsueda Jun, who was sitting down, and gave him a deep kiss as if she were venting her anger.

"..." The girl released the boy's cheek, stood up, and wiped away the glistening saliva from the corner of her lips with the back of her hand.

Mochizuki Haruka looked at Kurishi Yosei with a defiant gaze and said, word by word.

"he's mine."

(End of this chapter)