They all pushed me!

"I will work hard and cherish this opportunity."

She knew that Beichuan Liang didn't like her saying things like "It's all thanks to the seniors" or "It's all thanks to the seniors' good teaching", so she just showed her determination.

"Would you like to sit down and drink something hot first? Um... Coco, would you like it?"

Considering that the two children probably wouldn't like coffee or black tea, Beichuan Liang thought for a moment and then thought of Coco.

"Sure, please help Senior Liang."

"I don't have a problem either."

After getting the answers from the two people, Kitagawa Ryo walked into the kitchen, took out a few ingredients from the cupboard, and while preparing the hot cocoa, he used the corner of his eyes to peek at the reactions of the two children sitting on the sofa in the living room.

Today's visit was originally proposed to him by Magana two days ago, but unexpectedly, just half a day later, Kurokawa Akane also sent a message with the same request.

If the two of them were still competitors and competing for the same role in auditions, in order to take care of their respective feelings, Kitagawa Ryo would most likely not have thought of inviting both Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana to his house at the same time.

But who knew that Kurokawa Akane suddenly changed her mind last month. She was no longer obsessed with competing with Arima Kana on the set of film and television dramas, but instead focused all her energy on drama. Her relationship with Arima Kana suddenly became much closer, and they were like friends.

Seeing that the two people who had been arguing over the topic of acting in the past few years and neither of them had backed down could now sit on the same sofa and chat and laugh, Beichuan Ryo smiled with relief, fine-tuned the proportions of cocoa powder, sugar, milk and other ingredients, and prepared two cups of hot cocoa with a taste that was more in line with the children's preferences and prepared to give them to the two.

As a result, when he walked out of the kitchen and into the living room, he found that the TV in his living room had been turned on. Arimaka Nakadashi was holding the remote control, and she and Kurokawa Akane seemed to be discussing what program to watch.

After a while, the familiar prelude narration reached Kitagawa Ryo's ears.

"Be careful, it's hot, go slowly."

Bending down, he gently placed two cups of hot cocoa in front of the two people. Beichuan Ryo also stood up and looked at the pictures playing on TV with interest.

"Are you watching the latest episode of 'It's a shame to run away, but it works'?"

"Well, because the last episode was so exciting, I've been looking forward to the latest episode all week."

Kurokawa Akane's sitting posture was quite proper, but when she said this, her two legs hanging in the air couldn't help but sway slightly back and forth:

"But since I have to go to bed before 10 o'clock, I can only watch it this morning."

"After all, in the last episode, we had the 'first screen kiss' contributed by Ryo-senpai. Everyone would be looking forward to the development of this episode."

Arima Kana took a sip of her hot cocoa and raised the corner of her mouth towards Kitagawa Ryo. It seemed that there was a hint of mischief in her smile.

"I think this so-called 'first screen kiss' is not as serious as the fans on the Internet think..."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head helplessly upon hearing this. In the previous episode of "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular", the character he played, Tsuzaki Hiramitsu, was driven by the surging emotions in his heart. For the first time, emotion overwhelmed reason, and he took the initiative to kiss Moriyama Mikuri.

Then that evening, trends like "Kitagawa Ryo's first screen kiss" rushed to the top of the hot searches. After Hoshino Ai's fans found out that this was also Hoshino Ai's first screen kiss, the CP fans of the two, who had increased significantly because of the drama, also fell into a carnival in various senses. All kinds of secondary creations were everywhere at once, and Hoshino Ai even sent Kitagawa Ryo a few interesting photo sets privately.

"Indeed, after all, for Ryo-senpai and Ai-nee, who are about to get married, kissing is already a very common thing."

Arima Kana nodded thoughtfully, but was immediately held by Kurokawa Akane:

"It's about to start. It's about to start."

As she had gone to bed early as usual and had not watched the latest episode, Kana Arima tactfully lowered her voice and started watching the show attentively with Akane Kurokawa.

It's another episode of psychological struggle and overcoming mental barriers. The writing style of romantic comedies is no different from most stories. You encounter difficulties and then solve them. During this period, you get to know others, enter each other's hearts, explore each other's world, and then decide whether to settle down.

At the end of this episode, the heroine Mikuri Moriyama took out the ice wine that her aunt specially gave her.

The atmosphere was already set, and under the influence of alcohol, Tsuzaki Heimatsu, who had regained his courage, finally made up his mind and once again took the initiative to kiss Moriyama Mikuri.

Perhaps because she had seen a similar scene in the previous episode, Kurokawa Akane, whose psychological threshold had been raised, no longer had the shame of rolling around on the bed with a red face and a quilt in her arms at home last week. She even looked at the progress bar that was about to end with a little dissatisfaction, as if she was not very satisfied with the plot of this episode.

But then, Moriyama Mikuri, who was hugging Tsuzaki Hiramitsu, spoke gently in his ear:

"I don't mind."

"If it's with you, whether it's kissing or doing that kind of thing... I can do it."

The prelude of the ending song "Love", which has become popular on the Internet recently, is inserted here at the right time, as if it was deliberately interrupted, and the picture jumps directly to the dance part of the ending song.

Even after the song was finished and the episode came to an end, Kurokawa Akane's slightly open mouth still couldn't close again. She stared at the TV screen that had turned black after the song ended, and her voice was as thin as a mosquito:

"Th-that kind of thing? W-what kind of thing?"

"H."

With a calm expression, Arima Kana gently blew on the hot cocoa in her hand, took a sip with satisfaction, and while feeling the sudden sweetness between her lips and teeth, she calmly explained.

Her father was caught having an affair with another woman by her mother. It is said that he was in a very embarrassing state at the time. This was one of the reasons why the court later chose to award custody of Magana to her mother.

Seeing that Kurokawa Akane was still confused, Arima Kana was ready to give her another small lesson, but immediately Kitagawa Ryo put his finger on her lips:

"Where did Kana learn all this from..."

Beichuan Liang sighed, withdrew his fingers, and spoke with a troubled tone.

“There’s content about this in the script of ‘Homeless Children’.”

Arima Kana licked her lower lip with the tip of her tongue and spoke as a matter of course:

"Xiao Ling in the video is a regular at using this trick. When she was caught stealing by the police, she simply lied to her police colleagues and said that they wanted to take off her pants. That way she could easily get away."

In his heart, he once again blamed a certain Mesozoic great director, and Beichuan Ryo helplessly tapped the forehead of his younger junior:

"……All right."

Then, he comforted Kurokawa Akane, who was still full of doubts:

“It doesn’t matter if you don’t know now.”

"When Xiao Qian grows up, she will understand."

"I see."

Listening to Kitagawa Ryo's words, Kurokawa Akane subconsciously remembered the song "Wait Until I Grow Up" that she heard in "Matilda", and nodded half-heartedly.

Just like she would silently write down questions she didn't understand in class and wait until after class to ask the teacher or go home to look up the answers in a book, Kurokawa Akane silently repeated the two lines she had just read in her mind, secretly memorizing them in her mind:

"I don't mind. If it's with you, whether it's kissing or doing that kind of thing... I can do it."

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After finishing today's program recording, Kyoko Saito, who was working part-time as a driver again, helped the three girls of ACE into the car, preparing to send them home one by one.

"Speaking of which, Abiko, did you watch the latest episode of 'It's My Fault in Our Stars' yesterday? The plot is unfolding like a raging wave! It's a hundred times more exciting than last week's first screen kiss!"

"I just finished reading it while slacking off backstage. I can only say that the best part is in the last minute. This perfect way of breaking up the chapters seems to be something I need to apply to my future career as a cartoonist."

Kitagawa Rumi held up her face and looked at the street scene passing by outside the car window. She seemed to have no intention of joining in the heated discussion between MEM-chu and Samejima Abiko beside her.

However, because they knew that Kitagawa Rumi did not watch "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular", the two of them tacitly did not bring up this topic with each other, giving her a rare moment of peace and quiet.

But after all, it is the hottest serial drama at the moment. Even if you intentionally avoid clicking on this topic and try to hide it from the smart push of big data, sometimes you can't avoid it.

For example, the "first kiss on screen" that stayed at the top of the hot search trend for a long time last week.

But that is the one that Kitagawa Rumi doesn't care about the most.

So much so that when she occasionally saw those CP-related secondary works, Kitagawa Rumi would just sneer slightly, with the corners of her mouth raised in disdain.

Especially when she saw them speculating and imagining whether this 'first kiss on screen' that belonged to both of them would also be their real first kiss in real life, she would even laugh out loud from time to time.

It was like she clearly heard from MEM啾 and Samejima Abiko that the latest episode aired last night included the second kiss between the two in the play, but she couldn't see any similar entries in the hot search trends.

The first time is always the most precious and the most cherished; the second time and countless times thereafter combined cannot compare to it.

Therefore, no matter how prominently the so-called "first screen kiss" appeared in front of Kitagawa Rumi, she could easily sneer at it.

Forget about the first kiss on screen. Kitagawa Ryo's real first kiss had already belonged to her several years ago, and Kitagawa Rumi is now just waiting for the right opportunity in the future to announce this fact to him openly.

So, Kyoko Saito, who had been watching Kitagawa Rumi through the rearview mirror, was afraid that she would be depressed and unhappy because of the other two people's discussion of "It's Not My Fault That I'm Not Popular Yet", fell into the confusion of self-doubt again.

Because she saw Kitagawa Rumi sitting cross-legged in a happy mood, playing with the ends of her hair that fell to her chest with her right hand, and her beautiful rosy red eyes were filled with pride.

Chapter 37: What role do I play in this wedding?

For Beichuan Liang, this is a rare day of leisure.

All the work at hand has been temporarily completed. The popularity of the TV series "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular!" in which he is starring is steadily rising. The preparations for the new album of ACE, where his sister is, are also proceeding in an orderly manner. Judging from the data of the preview PV released two days ago, in the past two months, they have accumulated a large fan base. The idol work is gradually getting on the right track. He is also much more relaxed and no longer interferes in everything.

Just as Beichuanliang was lazily leaning on the lounge chair on the balcony, squinting his eyes and drowsily holding the white cat at home, he suddenly heard a slightly strange sound of turning pages of books in the living room.

He half opened one eye and glanced into the room, only to see Kitagawa Rumi coming out of his room with a pile of various books in her hands. After placing them on the coffee table in the living room with some difficulty, she took the top book and began to flip through the pages.

Oh no, I felt really excited. I could actually see my sister actively reading books besides doing her homework.

But it's always a good thing.

Thinking of this, Beichuan Liang, who was feeling sleepy, withdrew his gaze, closed his eyes again, and put his hands under the cat's belly, which was warm.

However, Kitagawa Rumi in the living room was not reading the book seriously as Kitagawa Ryo had expected. She just quickly flipped through a few pages of the first book and put it aside. She then took the second book without stopping in order from top to bottom, and also flipped through the pages quickly without touching them.

It looked like she was practicing some kind of quantum speed reading method, or simply looking for something to confirm something. After repeating this several times and flipping through seven or eight books, Kitagawa Rumi sighed dejectedly, stood up from the sofa, and walked towards the balcony where Kitagawa Ryo was in her slippers.

"Liang--Hmm, are you asleep?"

After seeing Kitagawa Ryo lying there and seemingly taking a nap, Kitagawa Rumi immediately suppressed the half-name she had just called out, slowed down her steps, muttered something in a low voice, and slowly walked up to him, suddenly wanting to reach out and poke the other's cheek.

What made Kitagawa Rumi feel fortunate was that Liang was not woken up by her action. Even the cat lying on Liang's belly was quite cooperative and quiet.

So one finger turned into two, three, and then the whole palm was used to touch it. Kitagawa Rumi leaned over and lowered her head. With her left hand, she carefully smoothed back the few strands of hair that had fallen down because of her posture behind her ears to prevent the ends of her hair from touching Kitagawa Ryo's nose and eyebrows and waking him up.

She had no intention of doing anything bad while Ryo was asleep. After all, she had already gotten the other person's most important first kiss. Secondly, Kitagawa Ryo had already realized it when they were in Miyazaki Prefecture last time. What she wanted more now was that Kitagawa Ryo could be the active one.

No matter whether he was like a doll at that time, without any enthusiasm and just letting her take what she wanted, or he was currently sleeping soundly and unaware of anything, Kitagawa Rumi herself would feel uninterested.

Feelings are always a two-way thing, but as long as Kitagawa Ryo has a little feeling for her in this regard, Kitagawa Rumi doesn't mind being the one who likes him more.

Just when Kitagawa Rumi was thinking about all these random things, she finally felt something strange, and Kitagawa Ryo, who was half asleep and half awake, opened his eyes.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?"

Kitagawa Ryo pulled his hands out from under Ying's warm belly, moved his sister's hands away from his face, yawned with a bit of confusion as if he had just woken up, and asked Rumi who was standing in front of him and looking at him with her head down.

"nothing--"

Kitagawa Rumi didn't find any good reason to explain her behavior, so she simply gave up. She stood up and pouted at the pile of books in the living room:

"Why are there so many books in the cool room that I can't understand? Can you find me two normal, reliable books that I can understand at my age, and preferably of a higher quality?"

"You have quite high requirements here. What's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking me for a book to read? I remember Ruby never really liked reading."

Beichuan Ryo asked in surprise while gently scratching Ying's chin.

"Because—uh, I want to make the bookshelves in the room more photogenic."

In the face of Beichuan Liang's doubts, Beichuan Rumi did not intend to hide anything, and immediately explained the reason like a bamboo tube pouring beans:

"After discussion, the next program of our ACE channel is tentatively scheduled to be a video introducing each member's room. But I feel that there is nothing good to shoot in my room, so I thought I should at least fill up the bookshelf. Then I can zoom in and maybe add a character of an excellent student who loves reading."

"Is it possible that Ruby's specific grades in school are easy to find out? She is an excellent student who is on the verge of passing in every class, right?"

"Based on my many years of experience in chasing stars, I don't think fans will treat entertainment idols and ordinary students with the same standards..."

"Look, this girl is called Xiao Qian. Not only is she a child actor in the LALALAI troupe, but she also has excellent academic performance and is one of the best in her grade."

Kitagawa Rumi was also amused by the tone of Kitagawa Ryo's short video model play, and couldn't help laughing:

"But Xiao Qian is really amazing. I don't know how she manages to do both without any delay and still achieve good results. I just can't do it."

"Ruby, don't worry too much. There are still many schools in Tokyo that offer art courses. The requirements for academic subjects are not high. When Ruby enters junior high school next April, I will help you arrange it."

Beichuan Liang, who also obtained the necessary academic certificates through this path, is also familiar with these, and then he advised:

"But Ruby, it's better not to create a persona of a top student or an excellent student for yourself. After all, it's easy to be exposed. The destruction of a persona is always one of the most troublesome things for an idol."

"I know, I know, but I can't put a row of fairy tales on the bookshelf like a child."

As Kitagawa Rumi spoke, she reached out and pulled Kitagawa Ryo up from the recliner, led him to her room, and pointed to a bookshelf in the corner:

“This is too empty.”

"Abizi's shelf is filled with all kinds of comic books and her own sketches, while MEM啾's bookshelf is mostly filled with idols' albums and CDs, all of which are quite consistent with their personalities."

Kitagawa Rumi sighed again, took out her cell phone from her pocket, opened a group chat of three people, found two photos and showed them to Kitagawa Ryo.

"Hmm? MEM-chu, why are all these albums and peripherals of B Komachi on this one?"

"I borrowed them from Sister Ai to use as a temporary decoration. But she said that Sister Ai was quite generous and gave her a copy of all of them."

"You are such a good senior who cares about the younger generation."

Kitagawa Rumi curled her lips when she said this, although she also came up with the idea of ​​borrowing things from others to shape the character later from MEM啾.

However, when Hoshino Ai was mentioned, Kitagawa Rumi suddenly seemed to have thought of something, and asked curiously to Kitagawa Ryo who was tidying up the bookshelf:

"Speaking of which, has Sister Ai ever filmed a room introduction video before?"