They all pushed me!

"This is where Ruby gives me a headache."

Beichuan Liang did not immediately answer his sister's rapid-fire questions. Instead, he smiled and reached out to hook her nose:

"Always asking questions I know I can't answer."

"I heard that you, ACE, went to Harajuku, Shimokitazawa, and Skytree for some fun today?"

"I just accompanied Abiko around to collect materials--"

"Are you planning to go on a trip with me for my birthday next month?"

"...Yes, but it's not a birthday outing, it's a date."

"That's just Ruby's one-sided idea, right? Is it possible that a groom-to-be would date a woman other than the bride a month before the wedding?"

Completely unexpected words came out of Kitagawa Ryo's mouth so calmly. Kitagawa Rumi's eyes widened in an instant, and she looked at the other's pupils in disbelief, as if she wanted to find some trace of lying from them.

In fact, Kitagawa Rumi already knew that at this stage all her feelings for Kitagawa Ryo would end in vain, so much so that she convinced herself to enjoy this almost ambiguous relationship, from birthday dates to the character setting in the comics.

Because in her imagination, Beichuan Liang would not reject her directly.

Back in Miyazaki, although Kitagawa Rumi did not act according to Tenten's instructions, she also ate the sugar coating on the sugar-coated bullet and thought she had understood Kitagawa Ryo's weaknesses and knots.

"If Ruby still thinks that the trip on her birthday is a date between us, then I can't agree to it, so I hope this can be confirmed as soon as possible. It's still early to cancel the trip now, otherwise we will be photographed by those reporters."

"No, it doesn't matter if we're photographed by reporters. After all, Liang and I are siblings..."

After stammering in her defense, as if she had found a loophole in Beichuan Liang's words, Beichuan Rumi shook her head and denied it:

"In the eyes of outsiders, Liang and I are brother and sister. There is absolutely no problem for us to hang out together."

"According to Ruby, am I an outsider too?"

Beichuan Liang listened to his sister's words, smiled and said:

"In my eyes, Ruby and I are also siblings. We have lived together for twelve years. We are my closest family members who have given me a lot of warmth."

Kitagawa Rumi stared at her brother's face in a daze, and suddenly realized a fact that she had always ignored.

From the time she revealed her identity to him until today, when she followed her past life self's example and called him "Ryo" in private, Kitagawa Ryo had never once called her "Sarina".

She clearly said that she wanted to let go of the past, and she knew that the other party always hoped that she would not be trapped by everything in the previous life, but she always held on to the so-called order of acquaintance in the previous life, and flaunted it as if it were some magic weapon or trump card to win.

Tendoji Sarina is already dead, and Kitagawa Ryo has never had any romantic feelings for her. This is just the beginning of their story. The more she emphasizes her identity through her titles, the further away she is from the other person.

The memories of her previous life were never the sea rescue in the story where the little mermaid was unable to speak, because her companionship and redemption of Kitagawa Ryo all happened in this life of Kitagawa Rumi.

It would be better to say that everything in the previous life should be like the fading fish tail.

Only when the little mermaid has legs like humans can she walk to the shore and pursue her love.

Her hair had grown quite long, almost reaching her waist.

A body that won't fall down no matter how you dance on the stage, a face that can feel cute without boasting, and a brain that can freely confirm all emotions without any foreign objects existing, without breaking down no matter how fast your heartbeat speeds up, without forgetting any memories.

"elder brother."

Kitagawa Rumi murmured this name, and little by little, she curled up into his arms and whispered in his ear:

"Brother, on my birthday next month, can you go out with me for a day?"

She returned to her younger sister's position, but her tone was even more intimate and sticky than before.

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“…This couple is too weird. Although the setting is a few years later, the heroine is still a minor.”

"Let me see. Hiss - it's really too exciting. After all, I've been in the Beichuan Ryo fan circle for so many years. Why do I feel that this thing is even more perverted than the custom-made article I accepted from Beichuan Ryo and his agent back then?"

"No, yours is also quite perverted, but the sponsor does give a lot of money, so I have no choice but to work hard. Let's find some articles with similar themes to learn from. Do you have any recommendations?"

"Let me look for it. How about this one? I have a very deep impression of it. By the way, are you going to write about sex in this article?"

"I have to write some, but it can't be pure sex. The emotional lines and foreplay have to be sufficient."

"Okay, I'll send you the information, you do your best, I'll log off first."

After finishing his chat with netizens, Inoue Daichi, who barely survives in Tokyo by doing a side job as a reporter, sighed and began to write:

"Obviously, I should be the one pushing MEM."

[She bit his earlobe gently, and at the last moment, she suddenly said softly: "Give me all of it, Liang."]

Inoue Daichi bit the tip of his pen and suddenly remembered some tips that netizens had taught him, so he deleted the word "Liang" and changed it to a name that could be used among family members or in bed.

Well - in this case, the feeling comes up all at once.

Chapter 52: Wedding Photos (Part 1)

Although there will still be two days of late spring cold weather occasionally, with the official arrival of March, spring is finally getting closer and closer. On the streets, you can even see many impatient middle school students taking off their heavy winter clothes early and putting on light spring clothes.

As the weather gets warmer, with less than two months left before their wedding, Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai have begun to prepare for another big event in an orderly manner.

"Silicone breast stickers, seamless underwear, transparent shoulder straps, slippers, platform shoes, two pairs of black and white boat socks, mid-waist socks, and high-waist socks, sunscreen, umbrellas, wet wipes and toilet water, cups and disposable straws, chocolate energy bars... um, is there anything else you want to bring? Cool."

"That should be it. That's basically what Kyoko said in the message she sent us."

"But I feel like no matter how many times I check, I can't be completely relieved—"

After zipping up her bag again, Hoshino Ai, who was wearing pink bunny pajamas, lay back on the bed, quickly took off her slippers, and slowly stepped back to the side of Kitagawa Ryo:

"After all, this is my first time taking wedding photos in my life."

"Didn't you experience love once before on the set of 'It's Not Easy to Run Away'?"

"Ryoya knows that it's an experience. The fake and the real are different."

Upon hearing this, Hoshino Ai gave Beichuan Liang a coquettish look, leaned against the headboard and stretched out her hands, gesturing on the blank wall above the bed:

"This is Liang and I's official wedding photo. We're going to hang it here for a long, long time."

"Then love should go to bed early so that you can be in a good state tomorrow."

"But the more you try to fall asleep, the more you can't fall asleep."

Lying on the bed, Hoshino Ai was bored and was fiddling with the two long rabbit ears on the hood of her pajamas, but she soon got bored again. She turned sideways and looked at Kitagawa Ryo who was leaning against the headboard reading a book:

"Speaking of which, why did Ryo start watching Tokyo Tower again?"

"Is it because we just went there last month?"

"It's a little bit related to that. After the recording of the show ended that day, Mr. Nakagawa contacted me and asked me if I was willing to participate in the movie version of Tokyo Tower."

"Ryo agreed?"

"We have reached a verbal agreement, after all, the wedding and the honeymoon are the most important things during this period. If the crew is really willing to wait until the second half of the year for me, I can give it a try. I still like the original work of Tokyo Tower very much."

Hearing Kitagawa Ryo say naturally, "The wedding and honeymoon are the most important," Hoshino Ai's eyes narrowed into crescents, and she seemed to be in a very good mood.

"But Nakagawa-san's little trick is too obvious. After all, the male lead of Tokyo Tower is himself. Maybe he will use Liang's stills to prove his own appearance when he was young."

"Indeed, I feel like Nakagawa-san is capable of doing something like this."

Kitagawa Ryo also smiled when he heard this. "Tokyo Tower" is a semi-autobiographical novel by Masaya Nakagawa. The name of the male protagonist in the novel is naturally "Masaya Nakagawa". If he really participated in this movie and played this role, if you search the name "Masaya Nakagawa" in the search engine in the future, you may be able to find related stills of Kitagawa Ryo.

Just as Beichuan Ryo turned his attention back to the book in his hand and read the paragraph "Some things are very precious, which cannot be conveyed by words and money alone, but only by time and body", he suddenly heard Hoshino Ai beside him call him crisply:

"Ryo, can you give me your right hand?"

Kitagawa Ryo subconsciously extended his right hand first, then turned his head and saw Hoshino Ai took out a nail clipper from somewhere, pressing it with a "click", looking quite expectant.

“I don’t think my nails are that long.”

"But Kyoko specifically asked that the man's nails and beard must be kept neat and tidy, and I can't fall asleep for a while."

Hoshino Ai took Kitagawa Ryo's right hand, held it in front of her eyes towards the light on the ceiling, and looked at it very carefully, her voice unconsciously lowered a bit:

"Besides, I think cutting Ryo's nails and cleaning his ears are very stress-relieving and relaxing things for me. Maybe doing them will make me sleepy."

While carefully cutting Kitagawa Ryo's nails, Hoshino Ai also complained quietly:

"As a boy, Liang only needs to trim his hair, beard and nails. I even had a hair removal today—"

At this point, Hoshino Ai suddenly stopped, unzipped the top of her pajamas, pulled her right arm out, and raised it towards Kitagawa Ryo:

"It should be fine now."

After taking a look at the other person's smooth white armpits and the half of his body exposed due to his posture, Beichuan Liang also resisted the urge to poke him and nodded calmly:

"no problem."

After all, Kyoko Saito had repeatedly told them to go to bed before ten o'clock tonight so that they would be in the best condition and have enough energy to prepare for the nearly full day of wedding photo shoot tomorrow.

If they really get angry, it will be hard for them to calm down completely even if we extend the time by two hours, let alone ten o'clock.

As if she had noticed Kitagawa Ryo's thoughts, Hoshino Ai obediently put on her pajamas and picked up the nail clippers again.

"My right hand is fine."

After a while, the five nails on Kitagawa Ryo's right hand were neatly trimmed. After stroking his masterpiece with satisfaction for a while, Hoshino Ai supported herself and crawled to the other side of Kitagawa Ryo and took his left hand.

Just when Hoshino Ai finished trimming the nails of her left hand, she looked up and suddenly found that Kitagawa Ryo had put the book in his hand aside and was leaning there quietly.

"I want a lap pillow, can I?"

Closing his eyes, Beichuan Liang gradually dug out the most basic desires and unfulfilled wishes that had been suppressed in his heart in the past.

"Okay."

After a slight pause, Hoshino Ai quickly agreed. She supported Kitagawa Ryo and gently placed his head on her thighs.

She combed his hair gently over and over again, and stroked his eyelids. Because she lowered her head, a few strands of hair fell naturally, touching the tip of Beichuan Liang's nose, which was a little itchy.

However, at this time, Beichuan Liang was already immersed in the situation where he was dominated by others and did not have to think about anything.

Surrender all control of your body and empty your mind.

Feeling the soft touch and fresh fragrance, Hoshino Ai lowered her head and blew warm breath into his ear at close range:

"A little closer to the inside."

While moving his body, he felt something touching his forehead, and Beichuan Ryo opened his eyes tentatively in a daze.

"Ryo, just close your eyes and leave everything to me."

Along with a whisper, a hand gently covered Beichuan Ryo's eyes.

The palms are warm.

after awhile.

Hoshino Ai looked at Beichuan Ryo, who was sleeping peacefully like a child on her lap, and suddenly remembered the most un-confession-like confession she had said to him a few years ago:

[I will become a good mother in the future.]

…Why does this sentence sound a bit strange now?

Chapter 6: Wedding Photos (Part 1)k

In the eyes of Hoshino Ai, her original statement of "I will be a good mother in the future" is actually similar to the saying circulating on the Internet that "When I saw him for the first time, I even decided where to send my child to kindergarten." After all, although she is four years older than Kitagawa Ryo, in the years when the two of them got along, this so-called feeling of being older or younger is not actually obvious.

And if you really count it...she was more likely to act like a little child in the other person's arms, wanting this and that, so much so that every time I see those seriously OOC (out of character) passages in fan fiction, I always feel a little inexplicably embarrassed.

Hoshino Ai shook her head left and right, throwing away the long string of messy words in her mind such as [the younger one is immature and ignorant, but after being nurtured, he turned to the offensive and pursued the victory like a little wolfhound x the older one is high in attack and low in defense, gentle and mature big sister, a childhood sweetheart], and with her soft fingertips she applied a little force and gently pressed the eyebrows and temples of Kitagawa Ryo who was lying on her thighs at this time.

In "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular!", a considerable amount of space is spent describing the first time the male and female protagonists slept together. Although in fact nothing happened between the two of them, the mere fact of sleeping in the same bed was enough to make Tsuzaki Hiramitsu, played by Kitagawa Ryo, break out in a cold sweat and toss and turn. When filming this scene on the set, Ryo's acting skills were as impeccable as ever, and he portrayed the psychological and physiological reactions of an older single programmer and office worker vividly.

Maybe this is something she cannot do. Since she graduated as a professional idol five years ago and started her career as an actress, she has produced very few works in the past few years, and all of them were partnered with Kitagawa Ryo. It can even be said that she spends more time on the variety shows she and the former B Komachi members, the operation and management of her personal YouTube channel, and the LALALAI troupe.

This is not to say that Hoshino Ai herself lacks ability as an actor. In fact, most of the directors and actors who have worked with her have spoken highly of her. In the past two years, she has often received audition invitations for various high-ranking roles, but ultimately chose to reject them all.

It is also because of this that, in the eyes of the vast majority of viewers who are not aware of the situation in the circle, Hoshino Ai basically always co-stars with Kitagawa Ryo. Although at first glance it seems a bit like the so-called bundled sales, her performance is always impeccable, so much so that last year some viewers joked whether Kitagawa Ryo had the instruction manual for Hoshino Ai in his hand.

But in fact, this is all just the wish of Hoshino Ai herself.

To be honest, even she herself doesn't think she is a competent actor, because ever since she confirmed her relationship with Kitagawa Ryo, she can no longer play roles that have nothing to do with him. Even if she knows it is a fake performance, she will choose to refuse and avoid it as if she has mental obsession with mysophobia.

This is also one of the reasons why Hoshino Ai has stayed in the LALALAI troupe after graduating from idol, because the roles and dramas here are often fixed. They perform "Macbeth" in this tour and still "Macbeth" in the next tour.

On the contrary, she is more accustomed to this pattern. Even if she has said the same lines with Kitagawa Ryo on stage a hundred times, when she says it for the hundred and first time, Hoshino Ai's emotions will still be as strong as before.

But Kitagawa Ryo was different. Just like when she was first called to his office for individual acting lessons, his acting skills showed no signs of being experiential or expressive, because no matter which school it was, Ryo had mastered it very well and could use it with ease.

In fact, a few months ago, Hoshino Ai asked Kitagawa Ryo about some matters after her marriage. She arranged for herself to temporarily semi-retire from the entertainment industry. Except for daily personal channel updates such as "B Komachi×B Komachi" and the possible SP special episodes of "It's Not My Fault in My Heart", she will no longer participate in the filming of TV series and movies. She will leave the public eye for a while, both for protection and to give herself a good vacation.

Her subtext is actually very obvious. She hopes that Kitagawa Ryo can put his work aside temporarily. After all, after the establishment of his own agency, Kitagawa Ryo's identity has actually changed from an actor to a president. Even if he just runs the business with Kana Arima, the hottest child star at the moment, he doesn't have to worry about financial profits and losses. What's more, the savings of the two of them for so many years are just there. As a basis for drawing a blueprint for the future, it is really too abundant.

However, Kitagawa Ryo did not agree immediately at that time, but judging from the conversation between the two tonight, the other party's attitude has actually been revealed. The wedding and honeymoon are indeed the most important things to him, but after that, he will continue to work in the industry as an actor, and the "Tokyo Tower" placed beside the bed is the best way to become famous.