Am I being simulated by their love affair?

"Compared to the University of Tokyo's exam, the common exam is just a warm-up."

“So difficult…” Kurusu Yosei gripped the steering wheel tightly, his movements like those of a resolute helmsman at sea.

"Then I'll cook more for Songzhi so you can worry less about other things."

However, once she got home, her idea of ​​easing her boyfriend's burden immediately changed.

“So…” The girl, bending down to change her shoes, looked at the boy who had walked into the living room first.

"Is Wangyue not coming back tonight?"

"Hmm." Jun Matsue carried his schoolbag toward the bedroom. "She said she'll come over after school tomorrow."

"I see..." Miss Idol's bright eyes blinked.

"How about tonight?"

“…I’ll take it.” The boy turned to look at her knowingly.

"But I'd like to take a bath to relax first—"

"Then you go ahead~" Kurusu Yosei waved him away with a sly smile.

"Let me pick out some clothes first... How about I wear my cheerleading outfit tonight to cheer for Pineapple?"

The girl's words made Jun Matsueda quicken his pace. He put his schoolbag in the room and took his change of clothes into the bathroom.

After quickly shedding his heavy winter clothes and taking a quick shower, the naked boy lay down in the warm, steaming bathtub and couldn't help but let out a satisfied groan.

"what--"

He exhaled a long breath, dispersing the thin mist. He gazed at the ceiling for a while, then closed his eyes.

Although Jun Matsue felt that apart from math, the other subjects in this common exam were not difficult, he was still mentally exhausted after sitting in the tense exam room from morning to night for two days.

However, with the soothing warmth of the flowing water and the thought of the idol's cheerleading uniform, the boy felt fully recharged.

He picked up his phone, which was lying to the side, and started looking through the messages.

After turning on his phone after leaving the exam room, Jun Matsue began receiving all sorts of messages.

The well wishes from Aya and the dean, the girls' conversations after the exam, the encouragement from the senior students, and the occasional mentions of him in the class group chat while comparing answers—it all felt even more daunting than the English listening comprehension section…

The boy swiped the screen with his water-dampened fingers—the “San Ting Tai Rental Exchange Group” had sunk to the bottom; everyone had been taking exams these past two days and hadn’t discussed renting.

Staring at the several "Good luck on your exam" messages on the screen, each with a different tone, a soft feeling unconsciously spread across his eyes.

Although there will definitely be many problems when we share a place, the joy and satisfaction that comes with it will surely be much greater than what we feel now.

Jun Matsue felt himself becoming increasingly "impatient".

"So, Matsueda is going back to school tomorrow, right?"

The message that popped up on the screen brought him back to his senses. The boy changed his position and lay deeper in the bathtub, looking up at the penguin icon on his phone.

"Of course, I need to go to school to check the answers. As for Imokawa, he's free now, right? Does he still need to go back?"

"Yes!" Natsumi Imokawa sent a frowning penguin emoji.

"There are still final exams, and I don't want to perform worse then than I have now..."

Jun Matsue laughed, creating ripples in the bathtub that gently bumped against his chest.

He had already talked to Imokawa on the way, and the girl felt that she had performed quite well—"She should still be at the level she was at in her second year," she said.

"It's good that Matsue will come to school again~" Natsumi Imokawa seemed relieved.

"At least during this last period at school, there's still some hope."

What's there to look forward to?

Without hesitation, the girl launched her attack: "Look at the pine branches, seduce the pine branches, chat with the pine branches, and take pictures to show the pine branches!"

Jun Matsueda replied while holding his phone in one hand, "Let me tell you in advance—I don't know about Mochizuki, but Tomatsu is also going to continue his studies like me."

"what……"

Although it was just a short line of text, one could feel the disappointment on the other side of the screen... The boy blinked.

That's really amazing.

"Don't soak the pine branches in there for too long, I need to take a bath too~"

“Okay—” Jun Matsue replied from the bathtub.

“That’s alright!” Natsumi Imokawa replied.

"I'll find my own opportunity when the time comes—just don't pretend you didn't see it, Pine Branch."

"..." The boy suppressed a laugh and sat up straight to reply.

"I saw that sentence."

After drying off and changing her clothes, Miss Idol walked out of the bathroom. She stood in front of the boy, blocking his way and waving the clothes she was holding.

Kurusu Yosei had no underwear in her hands, only a short skirt and narrow short sleeves. Matsueda Jun naturally imagined the image of this gold and white fabric draped over the girl's body—

Her bare, white thighs and waist, and the shapely lower breasts visible from below...

"We'll start after you take a shower~" The idol girl walked past him with a playful smile.

"Finish early so you can go to bed early! Is the water in the bathtub still warm?"

"It's hot." The boy walked towards his bedroom. "I'll go turn on the air conditioner first."

After turning on the air conditioner and making the bed, Jun Matsue sat on the edge of the bed and stared blankly for a while.

From what day did he start sharing bathwater with Kurusu?

Never mind, it doesn't matter anymore.

The boy lay down on the bed and looked at the ceiling.

To reduce the hassle of sharing an apartment, let's use the same bath salts for everyone first...

Chapter 865 "Dynastic Change"

The next day, Monday, was the day to go back to school to check the answers.

The sun wasn't any brighter after the exam, but it was still a bit warmer than the previous two days. Before the bell rang, the classroom of Class 6, Grade 3 was already bustling with noise.

"Tsun-kun got a perfect score again~"

The students in the front row all turned around to look at the boy in the back row who was writing.

Kominato Shoko smiled and nodded from the podium, "And what about Yuka?"

Jun Matsue spoke up for the girl, "That's also a perfect score."

"Amazing!" The female teacher clapped softly, feeling even happier inside than she showed.

"Keep up the good work and strive to take first and second place in the humanities stream at Yuqiu High School this year!"

The bell rang as expected, and Kominato Shoko tidied up her materials, picked them up, and walked off the podium.

"Everyone, take a break now. Next class is math. I heard that the difficulty of Math 1 and Math A has increased this year, so be prepared!"

The students in the classroom groaned as they left their seats, quickly finding their close friends and forming small groups, some happy and some sad.

"People downstairs are saying physics is really hard... This year's average score might be the lowest in history."

The surrounding students laughed gleefully, "Luckily we're in the humanities class!"

"But geography is difficult too..."

"Then why don't you just not choose it?"

A noisy conversation arose around him, and figures flashed past the windows on one side of the corridor. Jun Matsueda picked up his water glass and turned to his right.

"It feels like I've gone back to being a sophomore."

Tomatsu Yuka smiled at him, "After all, everyone just finished their exams, so they're bound to be quite relaxed."

"Matsue chose geography, right?" Mimi Mizushima asked curiously as she turned around to chat.

"How does it feel? Is it really as difficult as they say?"

“Tsun-kun will definitely say it’s not difficult,” the girl replied with a smile, answering for her boyfriend.

"He even won a gold medal in a geoscience competition back then."

Jun Matsue nodded. "However, earth science is a science subject, while geography is a humanities subject. I'm only able to avoid taking physics because of earth science."

"The geography questions did seem a bit harder than the past two years' exams, mainly because the questions were more tricky."

"How many questions did you get wrong on the pine branch section? Haven't the answers for geography been sent to the class group chat already?"

"..." The boy smiled without saying a word.

"Another perfect score?" Mimi Mizushima sighed, rubbing her forehead.

"Geography, English, and world history—that's already three perfect scores, right?"

"It seems I won't be able to pin Tsunku down this time~" Tomatsu Yuka sighed dramatically, remembering what her juniors had said the day before the exam.

"I should have chosen world history. The Japanese history exam had a particularly tricky question that probably caused all the test takers to lose three points."

"Three points is fine then." The boy smiled reassuringly. "Anyway, the common exam isn't that important. As long as we pass the Tokyo University's selection score, that's fine."

"Pine branches."

The girl behind him called his name softly, and Jun Matsue turned around—Haruka Mochizuki, who had been lying down during class, stood up, her eyes still showing a hint of weariness.

"Shouldn't you keep your promise?"

The boy blinked. Mochizuki was referring to breaking up with Tomatsu after the exam.

“No problem.” He turned his head and glanced at them; the girls wisely began chatting amongst themselves.

"What does Mochizuki want to do?"

The girl stood with her arms crossed, walking haughtily out the back door. Jun Matsueda put down his water cup, waved to Tomatsu, and followed her out of the classroom.

The corridor was noisy. Wang Yueyao walked along the edge, looking out at the brighter sunlight.

"In short, everyone needs to know that you and Tomatsu have broken up. You can discuss the specifics with her."

As Mochizuki Haruka spoke, she turned her head to the side, frowning as she looked at the noisy figures in the hallway.

"Let's skip the daytime announcement and wait until after school to release it, otherwise I feel like I'll be driven crazy by all the noise."

Jun Matsue smiled. "Thank you for your thoughtfulness, Mochizuki."

The girl snorted again and slowed her pace.

"Who told you to walk behind me?"

The boy obediently walked to her side. A crowd of people came chatting and laughing, and Wangyue naturally moved closer to him, their sleeves brushing together.

"Have you checked the answers yet, Mochizuki? How does it feel?"

"That's about it." Mochizuki Haruka stretched. "I got most of the questions I was supposed to answer right."

"That's already amazing!" Jun Matsueda's tone became a little warmer.

"Although it sounds simple, if everyone could solve the problems they knew, there wouldn't be so many 'ronin' every year."

"Anyway, I won't get a perfect score." The girl pouted demurely.

"But the final score should be higher than I thought. I sent a message to my aunt."

"What message did you send?" the boy asked, looking ahead.

The two walked from the middle of the corridor to the other end, where the corridor became brighter, blurring the view beyond the end.

"She did better on the test than she expected." Mochizuki Haruka turned the corner at the intersection. "I told my aunt that it's all thanks to Matsue teaching me."

The girl glanced at him. "If your aunt's attitude towards you improves, do you know who you should thank?"

Jun Matsue nodded without hesitation, “Of course I will always be loyal to Mochizuki.”

"..." Mochizuki Haruka tugged at his arm.

“After tonight, ‘Wangyue’ must be replaced with ‘Xiaoyao’.”

Jun Matsue was the last to return to the classroom—Mochizuki had gone to the restroom, and he couldn't very well follow her in. When the boy pushed open the back door, the chaotic noise from inside the radiator was much quieter than before.