My Romance Simulation with Them

"Oh—it's about money. No problem, go buy me something first. Aren't we good friends? I'll pay you back."

"Ah... okay, I'll be right there."

Matsuzaka Satou had no doubts about what Nango Toki said. After nodding, she took a step forward.

This concludes the first scene from my memory.

What followed was the second memory scene—

"Matsuzaka-san, I'm a little short on cash lately, could you lend me some money?"

Nango looked at Matsuzaka Satou in front of him and spoke frankly.

He remained calm and extended his hand confidently, his demeanor not like someone asking for money, but rather like someone taking money from Matsuzaka Satou's pocket with impunity.

"Huh...? Ah... okay... I wonder how much Nanxiang-senpai needs?"

Matsuzaka Satou blinked her pink eyes, asked with concern, and took her wallet out of her pocket.

How much money do you have in your wallet?

"Ah... um... about 150,000 yen...? I just got paid from my part-time job..."

"Then give me your wallet."

"Ah... okay."

He instinctively handed over his wallet.

The pink-haired girl watched as Nango opened her wallet and took out all 150,000 yen, leaving her with only a few thousand yen notes.

"Consider the remaining one or two thousand yen as repayment for the meals I made you run errands for before."

Counting the banknotes in his hand, Nanxiang casually remarked.

His self-righteous attitude would seem utterly absurd to any normal person standing next to him.

Use the money Matsuzaka Satok gave her to pay back the money.

Anyone who saw this would be astonished.

Matsuzaka Sugar is clearly not a normal person.

She looked at the wallet in her hand and hesitated for a moment: "Is it really okay?"

"Is it really possible?"

"Leave me a thousand or two yen... Is that really okay? If you really need it urgently, Nango-senpai, why don't you take it all?"

She leaned closer and calmly suggested, "I don't need that much money... I still have some bread at home that can last for three meals a day."

"Huh? What are you talking about?"

Nanxiang glanced at her sideways: "Do you think I'm the kind of devil who watches you eat bread for every meal? Besides, isn't it normal for me to pay back my debts?"

After saying that, he reached out and patted Matsuzaka Satou on the shoulder, his expression serious: "I've been worried about Matsuzaka-kun the whole time. You need to eat and drink well and take good care of yourself, understand?"

Then, Nango stretched, waved to Matsuzaka Satou behind him, and left.

Before leaving, he didn't forget to reply, "By the way, I'll continue to trouble you with errands tomorrow."

"Ah."

That was Matsuzaka Sugar's crisp response.

She watched as Nanxiang went downstairs and left.

Yet, I couldn't help but feel a little worried.

It wasn't about worrying about when she would be able to pay back the money she borrowed from Nanxiang.

She never cared about that kind of thing.

To be honest, it doesn't matter if I don't pay it back.

What worried her most was that she only had one or two thousand yen.

If she were to run errands for Nanxiang... she felt that this amount of money might not be enough.

On the rooftop, the pink-haired girl let out a soft sigh.

Memories flashed by.

Then it came to mind when I was in Nanxiang.

The memory scene from the third image also began to emerge—

This time, however, it wasn't with Matsuzaka Satou that they interacted; instead, Hida Shoko took the initiative to come and talk to Nango Toki.

"You're making Sugar run errands and borrowing money from her again, Senior Nango, aren't you going a bit too far?"

Looking at Nanxiang Shi, who was flipping through the novel in his hand.

The blue-haired girl voiced her dissatisfaction.

As mentioned earlier, her name is Hida Shoko, and she is Matsuzaka Satou's good friend.

Hida Shoko was actually aware of the interactions between Matsuzaka Satou and Nango Toki over the past few days.

However, considering that Matsuzaka Sato, the person involved, did not express any opinion to Nango Toki.

Her best friend and confidante naturally couldn't comment on the relationship between the two.

But recently, Nanxiang's behavior has become increasingly outrageous.

I heard that yesterday they even took the wages that Matsuzaka Satou had just received from her part-time job.

You should know that's money Matsuzaka Satou earned through hard work every day.

It is the living expenses that the other party relies on for survival.

However, it was taken away by Nango Toki in such a nonchalant way.

I even had to ask Matsuzaka Satou to run errands for me these past two days...

"No matter what, this is too much!"

Hida Shoko is basically certain.

Nanxiang was definitely the kind of scumbag who made his wife work hard while he went out to play pachinko, idle and doing nothing!

"Sugar does like the senior, but the senior has really gone too far!"

Hida Shoko took another step forward, her beautiful and delicate face full of seriousness: "For the sake of Sugar's normal life in the future, please don't get close to Sugar anymore, senpai."

Yes.

As long as Nango Toki doesn't get close to Matsuzaka Sugar anymore... then the other person should be able to live a normal life.

but--

"A normal life..."

While flipping through the novel about Nanxiang, I put the novel away.

He turned to Hida Shoko: "Hida-san, what would be considered a normal life for Matsuzaka-san?"

"Why...?"

Hearing the words spoken by Nanxiang.

The blue-haired girl, who had been speaking righteously and sternly, was stunned.

She never expected that Nanxiang Shi would ask her such a question in return.

but--

"A normal life is one where you eat and drink well, don't have to be bossed around by Senior Nanxiang, and don't have your monthly salary taken away unreasonably. That's what a normal life is!"

Hida Shoko quickly realized what was happening and retorted sarcastically.

"Did you eat and drink well...?"

Savoring Hida Shoko's words, Nango Toki propped his face up with his hand.

His dark eyes looked over.

These were very clean and beautiful eyes, but being looked at by such eyes made Hida Shoko feel inexplicably pressured.

I don't know why.

Nanxiang Shi, who was standing right in front of him, was just a peer of similar age.

Yet it gave her an indescribable sense of oppression.

but--

"What's wrong? Did I say something wrong?"

Despite the scrutinizing gaze, Hida Shoko still spoke up.

She wasn't wrong!

Even if it was a senior, she was unwilling to give in.

Just as she was about to say something in response to Nango,

But at that moment, the other party shook their head:

"No, you're not wrong at all, Hida-kun. It's true what you said. Not being bullied or bossed around by others and eating and drinking well every day to maintain good nutrition and health is the most normal way of life."

"Why...?"

Without beating around the bush, Nango Toki's unexpectedly frank words surprised Hida Shoko.

She couldn't help but ask, "Since Senior Nanxiang knew, then why did he still..."

"Hida-kun probably doesn't know."

Nango waved his hand to interrupt Hida Shoko: "Matsusaka-san doesn't actually have the habit of eating properly. Because she lives alone, she usually just eats liquid jelly to fill her stomach."

"Why...?"

"I asked her to run errands to buy lunch boxes only because she hadn't eaten properly, and it was just an excuse to have her eat with me."

Nango looked at Hida Shoko calmly.

Hida Shoko really wanted to say that Nango Toki was lying.