They all pushed me!

"…Aren't you going to take a look at the contents of the contract?"

Hearing what Beichuan Liang said, Ms. Arima also raised her head in confusion, but immediately smiled with relief, glanced at Arima Kana next to her, and said to Beichuan Liang:

"Kana has already told me, and I also think it's good for her to stay with you, Beichuan. I'll have to trouble Beichuan to continue to take care of Kana in the future."

Parents should be the first audience for their children.

But compared to the audience seats, Ms. Arima placed herself at the ticket office from the beginning, and firmly believed that it was her efforts that helped her daughter inside sell more tickets and bring in more audiences, but she had never personally gone in to seriously appreciate the other party's performance, even once.

Arima Kana, who was standing next to her mother, lowered her head slightly, and her neat bangs cast a light shadow on her pure pupils.

Although he had already understood the other person's character over the years, Beichuan Liang still shook his head in denial after hearing these words:

"It's not that I signed Kana, nor that I took Kana with me to do anything. This time, I should say that I need to thank Kana for choosing our agency."

"That's also because of your care over the years, Beichuan..."

"That's not the case. It's not because I took care of Kana that she became popular today, but because I saw the possibility and inevitability of her becoming popular. Her passion and talent for acting made me look forward to and want to see how far Kana's future will go."

While saying this, Beichuan Liang also took the initiative to stand up and forcefully pulled Arima Kanae, who was originally standing next to her mother, to his side, asking her to keep facing her mother. He held her hand as if introducing his proud daughter to others, and his tone was very obvious with pride and even pride:

"Youma-san should have received a contract renewal request from Kana's former agency before. It's not just Burning Production. It can be said that as long as Kana shows a little willingness, most of the agencies in Tokyo will not be stingy with the price and will choose to sign her without hesitation."

"Since Shoplifters, I haven't co-starred with Kana in any movies or TV series. All her popularity and achievements in the past two years were earned by her starring works. You Ma-san should know this herself. I am only a half-teacher who occasionally teaches her acting lessons, but other body shape lessons, vocal lessons, dance lessons... Kana hasn't stopped in the past two years, right?"

Arimagana is indeed talented, but genius is never innate.

If one does not accept systematic training and teaching, but instead blindly exhausts all resources and squanders his spirituality and talents, he will ultimately become the next Shang Zhongyong.

In order to become the famous Kana Arima, the real Kana Arima never gave up her efforts, and this is a fact that Kitagawa Ryo has always seen.

It seemed that she did not expect Kitagawa Ryo to be so aggressive all of a sudden. Ms. Arima was subconsciously stunned, but because the other party's words were all praising her daughter, she didn't know whether she should be angry or not, and could only nod blankly.

Then, Beichuan Liang's tone suddenly slowed down and softened:

"Kana is your daughter and my junior. Whether I accept Kana to join my firm or you agree to let her do so, isn't it all about wanting to see Kana get better? Isn't it?"

"Like I said just now, Kana is a talented and hardworking child. She should be a daughter that you can be proud of and a junior that I can be proud of. Arima-san should know this best. After all, the name of your new book is "I am Arima Kana's Mother". Kana has persisted in this entertainment industry, which is particularly cruel to children, with your unfulfilled dream."

After such a persuasive and logical speech, although Ms. Arima was unable to understand every word of Beichuan Liang for a while, she was naturally brought into the other party's rhythm. For the first time, a certain idea that had been deeply rooted in her mind for nearly ten years began to waver. She moved her lips and asked in the direction of Arima Kana with a little trembling:

"Could it be that... Kana hates performing?"

"favourite."

"is it?"

Ms. Arima's facial expression eased slightly, but she immediately heard her daughter's voice again:

"Although I wanted to see my mother happy at first, I really liked it later. Arima Kana really liked performing and liked the feeling of having everyone's eyes only on me."

Arima Kana held Kitagawa Ryo's hand. The warmth from her palm seemed to give her some courage, so much so that she blurted out the words that she had been suppressing in her heart:

"Mom likes me because I'm famous, right? Then I'll just keep being famous and make her happy. After all, if my mom hadn't brought me into the entertainment industry and promoted me everywhere despite the cold stares, there wouldn't be an actor like Maganai now."

"You can pin your dreams on me, use my name to show off, or write something like 'I am Arima Kana's Mother'... That's enough. It's really enough. Do whatever you want."

"You brought me into this circle and allowed me to find something I like so early on... and something I'm willing to work hard for. That alone is enough."

Arima Kanae lowered her eyes and muttered quietly.

"Is that so... did I do something wrong?"

Ms. Arima shook her head weakly and asked herself the question.

She probably still couldn't fully understand what was happening, including the words her daughter said to her, which were things she had never imagined before.

Feeling as if she had aged ten years in an instant, Ms. Arima, whose spirit had suddenly become depressed, stood up shakily and walked upstairs:

"I, I need to think alone for a while, you guys eat first."

But obviously, Kitagawa Ryo and Arima Kana were not in the mood to eat at this time. After watching their mother's back completely disappear in the corridor, Arima Kana collapsed back on the sofa as if exhausted. The tears that had not flowed out of her eyes finally flowed quietly down her temples under the action of gravity.

She had never confessed her true thoughts to her mother before. Firstly, she had not found a suitable opportunity, and secondly, she lacked the courage to face it because she had no way of confirming how her mother would react.

Magana has already lost his father, and if he loses his mother as well, he will almost be considered a 'homeless child'.

After Arimakana's breathing gradually became even, Beichuan Ryo, who had been silent the whole time, handed her a tissue and said:

"feel better now?"

"Although I don't know the consequences, I feel much better after saying it out."

Arima Kanai took the tissue and sniffed hard. Her voice was a little muffled, with a strong nasal tone and a little bit of crying left, and she subconsciously expressed her thoughts:

"If Senior Liang wasn't here, I would never be able to say these words."

"At that time, I just thought that if my mother really disliked me and alienated me from then on because of what I said, Senior Liang should have stayed with me like he did today and would not have let me become a homeless child."

After saying this, Arima Kana suddenly realized the ambiguity in this sentence, and immediately added in a panic:

"No, I don't mean that Senior Liang is a dog..."

The originally somewhat dull atmosphere was completely dispelled by these words. Beichuan Liang laughed and spoke in a brisk tone:

"Of course I know that's not what Kana meant. You must be hungry, how about eating first? I'll send a portion to your mother later and then talk to her."

"…Sorry to bother you, Senior Liang, about my affairs."

"It's fine."

Kitagawa Ryo pulled Arima Kana up. As the heater was on in the room, the food on the table had not yet completely cooled down, so the two of them sat down opposite each other. The warm yellow light softly projected their shadows on the wall.

After seeing some sauce on the corner of Arima Kana's mouth, Kitagawa Ryo habitually moved forward and carefully wiped it off for her with the handkerchief he brought.

He has done this to his sister countless times in the past few years.

But Arima Kana, who was treated like this for the first time, seemed to feel a little shy. She lowered her head and poked the bowl meaninglessly with the tip of her chopsticks for a long time before she finally raised her eyes quietly and glanced at the person sitting opposite her who was slowly chewing the food on the plate.

This was a dinner for just the two of them.

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After taking the food out of the refrigerator and heating it up, Kitagawa Rumi poured cat food for Hotaru, then sat alone at the dining table, chewing her food casually while watching the white cat walking gracefully over to eat.

Many things in the house have been moved to the new house, and the living room feels a lot colder and empty. Feeling a little cold, Kitagawa Rumi put down her chopsticks, stood up, turned on the heater in the living room with the remote control, and then sat back down.

Since Kitagawa Ryo was not at home, Kitagawa Rumi casually took out her mobile phone and prepared to check Twitter while eating dinner.

[The first promotional poster for "Homeless Child" has been released! Director Gotanda's new work, starring Kana Arima! ]

Kitagawa Rumi casually clicked on the first hot trend and saw the promotional poster of a man and a dog. She tilted her head and thought for a while, then suddenly pulled over Ying who was eating cat food. She half-knelt on the ground, holding the confused white cat in one hand and holding a mobile phone in the other. With a "click", she took a photo with a similar standing position to the one in the poster.

“Today I am also a homeless kid!”

She skillfully matched the text, but just when she was about to send out the edited update, Kitagawa Rumi sighed and chose to give up. After all, a lot of people were watching her account, hoping to dig out some information about the progress of Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai's relationship. Although she just wanted to be funny, it would be bad if Ryo was implicated and the media misinterpreted it maliciously.

Letting go of Firefly who had been struggling for a long time, Kitagawa Rumi listlessly began to eat alone again. Although they were all cold dishes, she felt that the taste was much worse and she had no appetite.

I glanced at the sticky note on the table and the message on my phone:

"I'm going to Kana's house tonight to discuss something. Dinner is already in the refrigerator. You can heat it up and eat it. You don't have to wait for me. After eating, take a shower and go to bed."

Arima Kana... Kitagawa Rumi didn't think she was very familiar with her, she just met her once in Miyazaki, but she also knew that Ryo went there this time to sign a new contract with her and absorb Arima Kana into his personal agency.

But she had also heard that the other party's mother was a person who was used to making trouble, and her relationship with Liang was not very good, so she might prevent this matter.

Kitagawa Rumi looked at the clock on the wall that was slowly pointing to half past eight, and she felt that she had seen the difficult negotiation between Liang and the other party.

Hope everything goes well for Liang.

The girl who was eating alone solemnly put down her chopsticks, clasped her hands together, and prayed silently in her heart.

Chapter 46: Ruby's 13th Birthday Wish

"I'm going to Liang's house tonight, let's watch the latest episode of "B Komachi x B Komachi" together! I'm really looking forward to it."

Early in the morning of February 14, Kitagawa Ryo, who was having breakfast with his sister, suddenly felt his cell phone on the table vibrate and the screen lit up. It was a message from Hoshino Ai.

"Who?"

Kitagawa Rumi, who was sipping hot milk, glanced over there and asked casually.

"Love is coming to our house tonight."

Beichuan Liang nodded, replied to Hoshino Ai, and added explanation to his sister:

"She said she wanted to watch the latest episode of 'B Komachi x B Komachi' with me, which was updated tonight. In fact, she was looking forward to it a few days ago."

"Tsk."

Kitagawa Rumi smacked her lips and snorted coldly when she heard this:

"You said it as if it were real. I personally participated in recording and editing this program. I can guess every second of the scenes and plot. What's there to look forward to?"

“Probably the comments and comments from netizens.”

Beichuan Liang took a bite of the toast in his hand and explained with a smile:

"She's quite fond of watching these lately."

As the direction of public opinion on the Internet gradually changed, many CP fans of him and Ai began to emerge. In the past month, not only on video platforms but also on fan fiction sharing platforms, a large number of CP clips and articles about the two have sprung up like mushrooms after a rain. After all, with him and Ai showing their affection frequently in a dynamic post every other day recently, the material library for secondary creations can be said to be full and endless.

If she meets a more sophisticated one, Hoshino Ai will sometimes share it with Kitagawa Ryo in private messages. It is quite interesting to read netizens' half-true and half-false imaginations of their daily love life.

However, what Kitagawa Ryo finds amusing is that among these video clips and fan fictions, there are even quite a few creations from China, and the comment section is full of various machine translations and Japanese pseudo-Chinese replies such as "very good job, love from China" and "You should get started with Japanese. When I read it, my expectations went up, and I clapped my hands, held my stomach and fell to the ground, and laughed my head off. It is entirely possible to understand it, but my head exploded and I can't get up again."

Kitagawa Rumi also took a big bite of the toast in her hand with hatred. As a senior reader who has been in the Kitagawa Ryo fan circle for ten years, she is naturally aware of the latest hot trends. She now opens the APP rankings every now and then, and the rankings are basically dominated by the Ryoai tag.

For example, she had been following several writers who specialized in writing novels about women with Liang Meng as their theme. After Beichuan Liang officially announced his relationship, some of them quit following him, some turned against him, and some even deleted all their past works.

but it does not matter!

As her idol work progressed, Kitagawa Rumi finally earned some income and had her own little piggy bank. She had already made plans. When the time comes, she would directly act as a financial sponsor and commission hundreds of articles for her and Ryo's CP.

What tags should I use? Sweet love, sadomasochism, GB (female dominance)...

"Ruby, if you don't hurry up, it will be too late. After all, you have already stayed in bed for almost twenty minutes too long this morning."

Looking at his sister who suddenly stopped moving, with wandering eyes and a strange smile, Beichuan Ryo reached out and tapped her forehead, reminding her helplessly.

"I couldn't get up because it was cold. I always came back so late these past two days."

Kitagawa Ryou was instantly awakened from her fantasy by Kitagawa Ryo, and she was also indignant.

"But didn't I tell Ruby not to wait for me and to take a shower and go to bed early?"

Beichuan Liang finished drinking the hot milk in the glass and poured himself another glass.

He has been busy with Magana's affairs these past two days. Ever since the mother and daughter had their showdown that night, the relationship between the two sides has become gradually subtle. After all, the filth and grudges of the past few years cannot be completely eliminated in one night.

But Kitagawa Ryo was indeed worried about letting Kana Arima. Moreover, in a sense, he was the biggest confidence for Kana Arima to stand in front of her mother, both for Kana herself and for Ms. Arima.

After all, more than a decade ago, there was a sensational incident in which a popular child star broke up with his parents.

And the protagonist of that story is Ryo Kitagawa himself.

This is the basis for both parties to stand on the same side and negotiate fairly. Deep down, Kana Arima really doesn't want to lose her biological mother after her biological father, and Ms. Arima also needs to worry about her daughter and herself really breaking up completely.

"But if Liang doesn't come back, I won't be able to sleep well alone... Ms. Jingzi is busy with various work arrangements for our ACE, and I don't want to trouble her anymore."

Kitagawa Rumi lowered her head in grievance. She did not lie. In the past, either Kitagawa Ryo was at home, or Saito Kyoko was with her when Kitagawa Ryo was not at home. This was the first time that she had to eat, bathe and sleep alone in an empty house.

Even though she and Beichuan Liang had separated into separate rooms a long time ago, she still liked to lie in bed, listening to the familiar voices coming from the living room, closing her eyes and focusing her consciousness on the other's soft but clear footsteps, following Liang to the kitchen, bathroom and balcony amid the sounds of the refrigerator opening and closing, the exhaust of the bathroom heater, and the operation of the washing machine. Then she would hold her breath when the sounds got closer and closer and stopped at the door of her room, and fall asleep peacefully after listening to the subtle sound of the door opening and the occasional murmur of "Are you asleep yet?"

"…Every time it happens, I feel like Ruby doesn't look like a reincarnated person at all."

"Even if we don't count the past life, Ruby is about to have her thirteenth birthday."

"Speaking of which, Ruby, what would you like for your birthday this year?"

Kitagawa Ryo changed the subject calmly, but it wasn't too awkward. After all, Kitagawa Rumi's birthday was indeed in early March, which was less than a month away.

[Liang won't give me what I want, and Liang won't agree to my wish. 】

In response to Kitagawa Ryo's question, Kitagawa Rumi just looked away awkwardly. Although she thought so in her heart, she still said something else insincerely:

"Whatever, just give me whatever you want."

Children's casualness is always the most troublesome and difficult demand to meet.

But for Kitagawa Rumi, the word "whatever" here really means its original meaning. As long as it is a gift from Kitagawa Ryo, it really can be "whatever".

Beichuan Liang was naturally aware of this, but that didn't mean he would just give her some small gifts casually. He smiled and walked up to her and hooked her nose:

"That can't be casual. After all, I'm not the only one who wants to celebrate Ruby's birthday this year."

As a member of a new idol group that has been very popular in the past two months, it is foreseeable that on Kitagawa Rumi's birthday nearly a month later, although her fans will not hold a large-scale birthday celebration, there will definitely be many fans who will not hesitate to send their birthday greetings and gifts, and convey their blessings through various channels.