Am I being simulated by their love affair.

Chapter 47 The Methodology of Love

Always be loyal to food. This is the principle of the working emperor and also the life creed of Jun Matsueda.

However, faced with the obvious trap before him, Jun Matsueda had to hesitate.

Eating other people's leftovers was considered unseemly. If it had been his classmate Ken Sakamuro, or his department head Kou Tsushima, Jun Matsueda wouldn't have hesitated and would have just eaten it.

We are all brothers, what is there to worry about?
But Tomatsu Tomoka, the girl whose heart and eyes were filled with his, eating from the same meal with her was a bit too intimate. Matsueda Jun didn't want to give her any unnecessary hope.

Seeing Matsueda Jun's hesitation, Tomatsu Tomoka sighed and finished the remaining okonomiyaki in two or three bites, swallowing it with some difficulty.

He was a little surprised that the girl really looked like she couldn't eat anymore.

Tomatsu Tomoka wanted to explain, but she hadn't swallowed the food in her mouth yet, so she had to cover her mouth with one hand and chew hard.

Jun Matsueda went to the roadside and bought a small cup of lemon tea and handed it to her. The girl took it, took a sip, and then swallowed the food smoothly.

"I'm alive~" Tomatsu Tomoka held Matsueda Jun's shoulders with her right hand, pressed her heaving chest with her left hand, her legs slightly bent, and her posture weak.

Because she almost choked to death, Matsueda Jun didn't push away the hand on his shoulder.

"There's no need to force yourself to eat if you can't finish it." Jun Matsueda frowned as he took the unfinished lemon tea of Tomatsu Tomoka.

He is not the kind of person who would use his own arbitrary standards to demand others, and he has seen countless amounts of waste while working.

"But Jun-kun doesn't like to waste food, and he doesn't want to eat my food. I don't want to see you embarrassed in front of me, so I have to try my best to eat it." Tomatsu Tomoka smiled.

"Why bother?" There was no expression on Jun Matsueda's face.

The girl rested for a moment before resuming her walk. She took the tea from Matsueda Jun's hand and drank it as she walked, trying to ease the discomfort in her stomach.

"I do." Tomatsu Tomoka said lightly, "Just eating a little more can make you less unhappy. It's a very cost-effective deal."

As she spoke, the girl covered her mouth and gagged. "Sorry," she said with an awkward smile.

Matsueda Jun stopped helplessly and said, "Don't go, find a place to sit down."

The two borrowed two small folding stools from the shop owner and sat at the innermost part of the street, behind all the vendors, watching the flow of light and the flow of people in the middle of the road merge together.

Tomatsu Tomoka was still smiling, but her face was a little pale.

"What's there to be happy about?" Matsueda Jun said unhappily.

"I feel like what I just ate wasn't leftover okonomiyaki, but Jun-kun's troubles. Thinking that way makes me happy!"

Jun Matsueda had nothing to say and could only sigh.

A woman who is obsessed with love.

The two stopped talking and watched the uncle in front of them busy in the dining car. Outside the frame of the dining car were people who had temporarily escaped from the city, and everyone was bright and cheerful.

"It felt like we pressed the pause button, and then only the two of us walked out of the picture, while they were still performing on the screen," Tomatsu Tomoka said suddenly.

Although she was just hiding in the dark, the girl was very imaginative.

"Jun-kun, have you ever heard that love can be created?" Tomatsu Tomoka suddenly asked.

Jun Matsueda shook his head.

"Some say love has three components: intimacy, passion, and commitment. When these are met, love is born."

"But I don't believe it."

"Because even though none of the above conditions were met, I still fell in love."

Tomatsu Tomoka looked at him.

"Maybe it's because love has right and wrong, and only with those, it can be a healthy and complete love." Jun Matsueda joined the topic.

"I don't think so." The girl retorted.

The light before them flowed endlessly, and the two sat in the darkness like two audience members sharing their thoughts at the end of a movie. "Love is a subjective feeling, something we can't control. That's why we say 'falling in love' instead of 'walking in love,' because we can't choose when, where, or who we fall in love with. This is our tragedy, but also our fortune."

Jun Matsueda nodded in agreement.

"Then, when judging 'love', we should look at subjective feelings, not objective conditions."

Jun Matsueda didn't nod, but he didn't shake his head either. What she said seemed to make sense.

"If I don't have to do anything, just thinking about my love will make me feel alive. If I think about the person I love, I will want to work hard, to make progress, to discover the better side of myself, and to face others with a smile. Isn't this a great, especially great, very good feeling?"

"Generally speaking, I would call this situation being blinded by love. This feeling is only short-lived and momentary." Jun Matsueda made a calm assessment.

"So we're going to give up such a wonderful feeling?" Tomatsu Tomoka leaned closer. "Instead of giving up, why not try to maintain it?"

"I've said it before, it's your freedom." Jun Matsueda moved his stool to keep a distance from Tomatsu Tomoka.

“Then there are new problems.”

"When pursuing love, should we follow our heart and do what we want, or should we be scheming and use all kinds of methods?" Tomatsu Tomoka pointed at her chin with her index finger, looking very confused.

Before Matsueda Jun could answer, the girl continued speaking.

"I never mind using tactics in love. To me, it's just the difference between instinct and skill."

"Although I just said that love cannot be judged rationally, in order to pursue love, people have to calm down and use various methods to increase the possibility of love's success."

"Some people are gifted in love. Just by showing how passionate they are about love, they can make the person they like feel their heart flutter and they will fall in love with each other."

"But when it comes to love, I don't have any talent. I can't rely on instinct to make the person I love love me back. So I can only try one method after another until I find the key that can open the other person's heart. Although this is stupid, it is more effective than doing nothing."

"I'm just such a clumsy girl."

“This is my love methodology.”

Tomatsu Tomoka had already moved a stool and sat down in front of Matsueda Jun. He couldn't see the light streaming down the screen, only the girl's eyes flickering, the purple orchids on her yukata dancing eerily in the darkness.

"Of course, after summing up my lessons, I have discovered that there are some methods that I don't even need to try for my sweetheart."

"Some keys cannot be inserted randomly. Once inserted, they will hurt the other person."

"It's a pity that I learned this truth a little too late."

Tomatsu Tomoka sighed and leaned forward, almost falling on Matsueda Jun.

The purple February orchid grew as if it wanted to entwine around Song Zhijun, or as if it just wanted to touch his body carefully.

"Do you think he will still fall in love with me?"

The sound of something exploding.

The moving crowd stopped, the screen shattered, and people looked up, looked at the night sky and exclaimed.

Purple flowers bloomed in the air and then quickly withered.

"Ah, the fireworks display has begun."

Tomatsu Tomoka stood up and reached out to Matsueda Jun.

"Let's go, Jun-kun."