I live my life in Tokyo

These words are like the sound of nature.

He opened and closed the car door for Higuchi Enka, opened and closed the car door for himself, all in one go.

The boy could sense that the girl next to him was in a good mood, although he didn't know why.

As the vehicle drove out of the forest, the dim sky gradually brightened. This might be because of the artificial lights. The night view slightly illuminated the dark sky in the forest, presenting a deep blue color.

As your vehicle drives past the night scene of Tokyo, wouldn't it be more appealing if a song called City Pop were played at this time?

Play Akina Nakamori's OH NO, OH YES! Lean back in your comfortable seat and enjoy the gorgeous light.

The car slowly stopped in front of Higuchi Yuanxiang's house. The boy got out and opened the door for the girl sitting next to him.

"I saw a different side of Sakakibara-san today."

After getting off the bus, Higuchi Yuanxiang did not rush home, but turned around and faced the boy.

"Mizuno Hayabusa is a perfect person. I take back what I said before. Sakakibara-san, you are not Mizuno Hayabusa."

He is not perfect.

She doesn't believe there are perfect people in this world, she believes even more that it is a mask called perfection.

But today's boy showed her a side that was rarely seen in normal times. Although he had always been mature in his style of dealing with things, he also had things he was afraid of and had negative emotions.

Is it real? Maybe, maybe not.

She suddenly felt that the boy with such a side became real in front of her, as if the boy with a peaceful smile in daily life also had this unknown side. The satisfaction of curiosity made Higuchi Madoka in a good mood.

But she also had neither the confidence nor the desire to judge what others feared.

"At that time, we were just colleagues who had just met. It was impossible to see the deepest part of someone's heart through nodding acquaintances."

"At least now we are no longer just nodding acquaintances."

"Mizuno Hayabusa..."

The character's information and background story have not been fully disclosed so far, the manuscripts sent to them are updated on a daily basis, and discussions about character settings have been discouraged by director Takenaka.

That's right, they only found out someone was going to get shot when they started filming today.

The expression of the actress who played the golden-haired hot girl at that time was like a villager who was stabbed by a knife during the Werewolf killing scene, with a face full of innocence and wonder.

"There is no such thing as a truly perfect person, and there is no such thing as a saint," the boy concluded. "If there is, it must exist in novels and anime."

"As long as one is human, he or she will have desires, wishes, and hopes to obtain things. There may have been true saints in ancient times, but saints cannot survive in modern society."

"Ah."

Higuchi Madoka said goodbye to the boy and nodded to express her gratitude to Miss Sato. After doing all this, she quickly opened the entrance door.

The boy looked away when he saw that she had arrived safely.

He still has a lot of work to do.

Designating a study plan for five sisters is one thing, taking college tests is another, and completing a galgame purchased online all night is another.

Chapter 25: Domestic flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers

“Really…”

After avoiding Hina's smiling teasing, Higuchi Madoka gave her a warning look, but this trick obviously didn't work for Hina, who was so happy every day.

The four-member idol group is in the bedroom of Higuchi Madoka's room.

Asakura Toru, Higuchi Enka, Fukumaru Koito, Ahaha… ahem, Ichikawa Hina.

The four of them were childhood sweethearts, living very close to each other, less than five minutes' walk away. Every night they would choose one of the four people's homes and go there to eat dinner together, inseparable and extremely close.

"Well...how is it?"

Asakura Toru's gaze shifted over Fukumaru Koito and Ichikawa Hina who were playing and fighting. He buried his legs in the soft cushion on the ground, leaned on his bed with his arms, and looked at the blurry starry night outside the window.

Others may find it difficult to understand Toru Asakura's words. Her words are usually unclear and lack a subject, leaving both her teachers and classmates at school confused as to what she wants to express.

But it is enough that childhood sweethearts understand.

"What are you talking about?" Higuchi Madoka leaned against her and looked at the ceiling, holding a pokey in her mouth.

"The life of an actor."

That's it.

Higuchi Madoka blinked her purple contacts, bit her pokey lightly, and felt the sweet taste of the chocolate gradually melting in her mouth. For a moment, this was the only answer in her mind.

"Is it interesting?"

Asakura Toru asked again.

This time, Higuchi Enka had the answer.

Whether it was the advertising shoots she had participated in before, the female passers-by she had acted as in the crowds when she had just entered the industry, to the female lead in TV dramas and movies, when she looks back on her journey, does she find it interesting?

That would certainly be interesting.

Higuchi Madoka, who did not expect to see any beautiful scenery, saw her childhood sweetheart, her agent Ms. Sato, and those interesting colleagues in the acting circle when she recalled her time drifting in the entertainment industry.

Idols and actors actually do the same job, serving the public.

When they had just started idol activities and were not yet famous, they often competed in idol activities, going through multiple selections in a short period of time, and passing or failing the competition based on the judges' scores.

Higuchi Madoka doesn't care at all about the critical looks from others. She doesn't want to live for others and become the ideal idol in their hearts.

The same goes for actors. No matter how well-made a movie is and how much manpower and material resources it costs, if the audience doesn't like it, they just won't like it.

“It’s quite interesting.”

She met many interesting people.

"Ahaha~ That's great. I also want to come to the filming site to watch Yuanxiang-senpai's performance."

The conversation on the other side ended at some point, and Asakura Toru's fan girl Ichikawa Hina came over and leaned on her cushion, imitating Asakura Toru's gaze at the stars.

"Arnold, Yuanxiang-chan is very busy." Fukumaru Koito came over to smooth things over. Her little face was serious and cute. She paused for a moment, as if she was organizing her words, "...it would be bad if it affects Yuanxiang-chan's work."

“Ahaha~ The shooting scene should be more lively, right, Toru-senpai~”

"Yeah." Asakura Toru hummed softly, "There are a lot of people... Not bad."

"It's decided~" Ichikawa Hina said with a smile, "Next time we're going to go to the shooting site to play!"

Higuchi Madoka squinted her eyes in pain, and calmly pulled Asakura Toru and Ichikawa Hina, who were already emotionally aroused, and said, "That's impossible."

Asakura Toru remembered something and blinked her eyes. "Summer Festival... is very interesting."

"Nani Nani, there's a summer festival~"

Higuchi Madoka stared at Asakura Toru coldly for a while. After she raised the corners of her mouth calmly and handsomely, Higuchi Madoka closed her eyes weakly and with a headache.

Originally, this was one of the topics that the two of them discussed casually when they went out to the convenience store just now. Unexpectedly, it was directly exposed.

Well, after all, she did plan to invite the three of them to attend the summer fireworks festival together.

Seeing that they had already started excitedly discussing what clothes to wear and activities to do, Higuchi Madoka took out her mobile phone and started checking her personal Twitter.

She did get to know a lot of interesting people and things in the actor's circle.

Leaning on the bed, listening to her three childhood friends chattering in a small discussion, Higuchi Madoka thought about it and finally joined in.

The time quickly reached seven o'clock in the evening, and it was time for the other three to go home.

If I get home any later, I won't have enough time to do my homework. If I get home any later, I'll probably have to go to bed until the early morning.

Higuchi Madoka is a senior in high school this year. She has already vaguely felt the different atmosphere in the school and the pressure of competition among her classmates, but she still has no idea about her future path.

Her mother is very satisfied with her life. Although she was a little worried when she first entered the entertainment industry, now she just hopes that Higuchi Madoka can eat well, sleep well, and spend every day contentedly and happily.

Her father hoped that she would be admitted to university. This was the thought of the older generation. They were earnest in wanting their sons and daughters to become successful, and it was not a lie.

Higuchi Madoka knows that being an idol is only a job for young people, and once you get older, it will be difficult to continue idol activities.

So, she tried acting.

Higuchi Madoka, who was still confused about whether to take the college entrance examination, waved goodbye to Asakura Toru who had sent her to the door, made an appointment with the other two to meet again tomorrow, and then set out on the night journey home alone.

Halfway through the journey, her mouth felt a little dry, so she glanced at the time on her watch and walked towards the nearest convenience store.

Amid the clerk's listless greeting, the girl picked out a bottle of green tea from the cold drink cabinet. After paying at the counter, she leaned against the window of the convenience store, unscrewed the bottle cap and took a sip of the drink.

This is what a lifestyle of going with the flow is like.

Higuchi Yuanka is very satisfied with her current situation. This is her, her own choice.

But, going to college?

Forget it, let’s ask a professional.

Thinking so, Higuchi Yuanka put the green tea she had taken a few sips of into her backpack, and under the light of the orange lights, she set out on the journey home again.

"I am back."

. . . . . .

The boy had just finished a day of shooting and took the subway back to the STARS agency alone.

With the arrival of the summer season in April, actors' lives have gradually become busier. The most obvious thing is the increase in the number of auditions and the extension of working hours. The once bustling agency is now completely silent. Apart from the sound of agents answering the phone, there is almost no sign of the actors.

The boy's work schedule was also packed, he thought. He had to run around in the dark mansion to shoot four and a half days out of five days a week, and the inconvenience of the shooting location was the main reason.

Naihe, Naihe.

The boy's resentful gaze did not attract the attention of the ungrateful military advisor, who was still squinting at the online forum.

"What are you looking at?" The boy, holding a can of yogurt in his mouth, approached the military advisor's computer. Seeing that he was staring at the Windows desktop, he raised his eyebrows meaningfully, "Haha, haha, hehe."

"What are you laughing at?" Iida Kei said coldly, looking strong on the outside but weak on the inside.

Tsk tsk tsk, such a childish trick. The boy shook his bangs in front of his forehead. Isn't this his reaction when his parents and relatives came in when he was playing with yellow butter?

Just press the win and d key combination to instantly switch from the fascinating live2d demonstration to the beautiful desktop with blue sky and green grass.

The boy grinned, "Iida-san, you're eating alone?"

After that, he let out a roar that shook the heavens and the earth, "Let me see!"

"Okay, okay, I'll show you." Kei Iida slumped back in his chair and opened the web browser in the lower left corner.

The boy was disappointed that he did not see the erotic pictures he had imagined. Instead, he saw a lot of open web pages, all with tabs of different actor training classes.

"Hmm...Eating from the bowl while looking at the pot? Iida-san, are you...trying to pick wild flowers?"

Home flowers are not as fragrant as wild flowers. Although there are not many actors to be trained by STARS agency in the next phase, there must be many talented and beautiful people among them. Does it mean that Kei Iida looks down on them?

"I went to see their performance, together with other agents." Iida Kei sighed. Although it is mandatory to be assigned actors, it is a good thing to have an agent who can understand the actors better. Therefore, STARS Agency regards the relationship between agents and actors as particularly solid and important.

There are not many military advisors and generals like Chen Gong and Lu Bu who are close friends.

"The result is, well, it's hard to describe. The only few decent seedlings I saw were all scooped up by a few acquaintances who used their connections." Speaking of the unspoken rules of the workplace, Kei Iida gritted his teeth. He could no longer tolerate eating well in the cafeteria while several agents boasted about the large number and good quality of their seedlings.

He ate all his meals in his office these days. The food was particularly spicy on some days, and the strange smell lingered for a long time, making Kei Iida suffer from the double torture of mental and real life.

"So, have you found any good seedlings?"

"I'm going to go and see for myself." Iida Kei knew that the boy had not attended any training classes, so he introduced: "There are too many small-scale actor training classes like this in Tokyo, or those without the support of an agency. There are only two ways for them to go. One is to fill out their resumes and submit them to an agency after graduating from the actor training class. The other is to be lucky. After the agency secretly visits the training class and finds a good seedling, it uses its connections to get him to sign a contract directly."

“The former is the trajectory of most actors, while the latter requires strength and a certain amount of luck to succeed.”

The boy returned to the couch and leaned back against the cushions, "I wish you good luck Iida-san."

Iida Kei sighed and said, "Thanks to your good words, I have already visited many training courses in Bunkyo and Shinjuku in the past two days. I will go to Nerima and Setagaya tomorrow and the day after tomorrow."

"You are really eager to recruit talented people." The boy's voice was faint. He had the Three Kingdoms God of War Lu Bu under his command, but he was still not satisfied. He was greedy and wanted to find new generals.

This was naked contempt for Lu Bu.

"Ah..." Iida Kei propped up his head and looked at the screen. After a moment, he raised his eyebrows unexpectedly. "An actor training institute in Nerima invited me to visit. Haha, here comes the opportunity."

The boy watched Iida Kei's every move with a deep and long gaze, and his hand had quietly touched the Fang Tian Huaji beside him.

For an agent who is immersed in his own little world of wine and women, perhaps he will only react when the Fang Tian Hua Ji is placed on his neck.

The boy threw the empty yogurt into the trash can. It would be dinner time in a while and he couldn't wait to taste the delicious roasted lamb leg.

There weren't many people in the idol area today.