Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 335 Reasoning and Temptation

Yamami Maki spoke first, before Matsueda Jun could even look up.

“My sister doesn’t live with our family now, but she visits our grandparents regularly, just like us.”

Matsueda Jun looked down at the rice in the bowl, which was smeared with a little barbecue sauce. "Honkaku" sounds like a feudal clan.
"Currently, my sister is assisting in the management of the family's entertainment-related businesses."

Perhaps because they were talking about family matters, the girl sat up straight, holding a glass in her hand as if she were holding a teacup.

"As for their married life, it's not something I, as their younger sister, should comment on. However, my older sister called me today, and they're planning to go to Furano to escape the summer heat in a while and see the lavender fields together."

So you're saying you're not planning on having children yet?

The girl blushed slightly. "My sister hasn't mentioned it to the family, so she probably doesn't have this idea for the time being."

"Hmm." Wang Yuehua nodded, naturally picked up her glass, and took another sip of wine while Wang Yueyao wasn't paying attention.

She glanced at Yami Maki's posture; the way she held the cup and the distance between the cup and her body were all very clear details of the tea ceremony.

"Okay, okay~ It's not like it's your house. I was just asking casually. Don't take it so seriously."

Once the girl relaxed, the woman said with a smile, "No wonder your grandfather likes you so much. You're almost an expert in the Omotesen family's tea ceremony, aren't you?"

"It's still a long way off." Yamami Maki smiled gently and modestly.

Jun Matsueda slowed his eating, analyzing the conversation between the two in his mind frame by frame—

"Omotesenke" is a branch of Senke, the largest school of Japanese tea ceremony. It is a school that has been taught in courses on Japanese history. Compared to Urasenke, it is closer to the aristocracy.

The Yami family is clearly a conservative family, and it seems to have a long history. Since they value the distinction between the main family and the branch family, the family business should also be based on the eldest son's succession.

While it's unclear whether the senior's father is the eldest son, given this prevailing view, it's unlikely her family only has two daughters. Although the senior is mature and composed, she lacks the maternal qualities typically associated with older sisters, so she most likely has an older brother, though his age is uncertain.
My older sister got married two years ago. Since it's rare for Chinese immigrants to stop at a bachelor's degree, her father must be over fifty. Her parents are interested in Shintoism, as my sister mentioned before. Their ancestral tea ceremony tradition is likely also a lineage. Her father probably inherited the typical Showa-era male chauvinism.
"What are you thinking about, Matsueda?" Mochizuki interrupted Matsueda Jun's thoughts and pushed the pork, plum, and perilla fried skewers in front of him. "There's still so much food we haven't eaten yet."

"..." The boy looked up and met the smiling woman's gaze. The aunt winked playfully, as if she was still immersed in her role as the older sister.

She was testing the waters again. Jun Matsue put down his chopsticks. "I was just wondering why Aya-chan and the others haven't come back yet. Should we go check on them?"

As soon as she finished speaking, a timid knocking sounded in the room. Natsumi Imokawa peeked out from behind the door first, and then the girl walked into her seat along the wall.

Actually, she had already returned from the bathroom, but the conversation coming from inside the room when she was about to knock on the door made her hesitant to disturb them.

"Has Imokawa seen Aya and the others?" Jun Matsue asked the girl beside him, avoiding the gaze of the wicked and cunning woman.

"They seem to be taking pictures with ice cream in the hallway." The girl is holding a cup of cola, and her head is bowed like a hamster.

"I want ice cream too!" Mochizuki Hana stood up from her seat. "Yoko, do you want to come with me?"

The girl shook her head, and the woman hummed a song as she left the room alone. Testing the waters should be done little by little; today's level was just right. It wouldn't be good if Songzhi truly developed a dislike for her.

After the celebration banquet, Jun Matsueda stood in front of the station with a bag of food in his hand, while girls entered the station behind him.

The aunt who was in charge of taking orders had clearly overestimated everyone's appetite, so the remaining food had to be left for Matsueda Jun and Kurusu Yosei to finish, as they didn't want to waste any. "Are you sure you don't need me to take you?" Mochizuki Hana rolled down the car window and looked at the boy. She held her niece's hand and didn't let the girl get out of the car.

"It won't take long by subway, so don't bother me." Jun Matsueda waved goodbye to the two girls and turned to follow them into the station.

Mochizuki Haruka watched her beloved's figure disappear into the station, wondering, "Why didn't Auntie let me go with Matsue and the others?"

The black sedan's engine slowly started, the scenery outside the window receded into the distance, and the woman sighed.

"There are so many people over there in Songzhi. How much of an impression can you leave on him if you squeeze in there? You'd be better off listening to my lecture."

The girl obediently shut her mouth, waiting for her aunt's next words.

"It's highly likely that Songzhi and Xiaomoji are going to fall in love."

Startled by these words, Mochizuki Haruka looked up, and the slight drowsiness she felt after eating immediately disappeared.

"Really?! Isn't she betraying Tomatsu by doing this?!"

"Anyway, there's definitely something wrong with the relationship between these two." The woman moved a little closer to the car window, the night breeze ruffling her hair.

“As soon as I asked about Xiao Moji’s family situation, Songzhi immediately became distracted, and she told me that she had checked Songzhi’s side before, so there must be a problem.”

"What should we do then?" Mochizuki Haruka became worried.

Tomatsu and Kurusu were already troublesome enough, but with the addition of Yamami Maki, who was her senior, the girl's mind was in complete chaos.

The golden cat sitting in the passenger seat let out a lazy meow and jumped onto its owner's lap, trying to reassure her. The girl stroked the fluffy cat in her arms, still looking worried.

"It's alright." The woman waved her hand. "You don't need to worry about what happens between them. Just focus on improving your standing with Songzhi."

"How can you do that?!" The girl instinctively clenched the fur in her hand, and the poor cat let out a mournful howl.

"If we let it go unchecked, won't they actually start negotiating?"

"Hmph." Auntie chuckled mischievously. "Let's talk then, it's not your place to be the bad guy."

"Dating is one thing, getting married is another, and dating in high school and dating in college are not the same thing."

The woman picked up the cat from the girl's lap and soothed the little female cat's wounded heart with her soft embrace.

“If I talk too much to Songzhi, he might become rebellious and develop a dislike for our family. It’s better to let him experience it for himself.”

"He'll understand then whether it's better to be a boring live-in son-in-law of the Yamagami family or a prince to our little princess of the Mochizuki family."

Mochizuki recalled what Yami Maki had said at the izakaya earlier—it was about her older sister's married life, but the girl, as her brother-in-law, hadn't mentioned it much at all.

"Women from the Yamami family aren't so easy to fall in love with."

(End of this chapter)