They all pushed me!

Generally speaking, weddings in Japan require sending invitations to relatives and friends half a year or even a year in advance, which is convenient for them to arrange their time and can also show the couple's respect and enthusiasm of "wanting you to attend no matter what". If you only send invitations one or two months in advance, it will give the other party a feeling of being ignored. Not long ago, Kitagawa Ryo also saw a hot trend on the Internet [sent wedding invitations to college classmates two months in advance, but all were rejected].

But the situation of Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai is indeed special. There is no way for them to reveal their marriage news to the outside world half a year or even a year in advance. After all, it has only been more than three months since the two officially announced their relationship. In addition, the original plan was to invite only those who were closest to them and would not care about such things, so it has been delayed until now.

However, in order to express his respect and importance, Beichuan Liang finally chose to write the invitations by hand, and the content of the invitations submitted to each guest was different, which could be regarded as a slight compensation for his sincerity. After all, the unlucky person who didn't invite any college classmates and was rejected by everyone else was rejected by the other party directly on Line (social chat software). It can only be said that it really feels like he deserves it.

Beside him, Kitagawa Rumi was asking Saito Kyoko about the procedures of the wedding day and her own duties in a serious manner.

"As the groom's family member, Ruby's first important task on the wedding day is to welcome the guests and keep the gifts. The gifts are usually put in a gift bag. Look, it's the small bag next to me."

Saito Kyoko said as she picked up a beautifully wrapped congratulatory bag that she had placed next to her:

"The one outside is an envelope, and the envelope containing the gift money is placed inside. When an artist in the entertainment industry gets married, the amount of the gift money is about 200,000, 500,000 or 1 million. However, after the wedding, the guests will also be given corresponding souvenirs in return."

Upon hearing this, Beichuan Liang also took a look. He had attended friends' weddings before, such as the wedding of Dr. Amemiya Goro. However, even though he had seen it many times, every time he saw the big "Shou" character on the envelope of the gift bag, he still felt it was a bit out of place.

Different from the bright red wedding red envelopes that were common in China in his previous life, although the congratulatory bags here in Japan also come in gold and silver styles, the most common one is the red and white style with white as the main tone. There is no "囍" printed on it, but instead a conspicuous Chinese character "寿". Rather than being a wedding gift, it looks more like a gift for an eighty-year-old's birthday party.

However, there are also elements related to love and wedding on the wedding bags here. One of them is the water rope woven by craftsmen. On the wedding bags used for weddings, these gold and silver water ropes are basically woven into intricate knots, which means "once in a lifetime, never leave or abandon."

Perhaps the little girl was naturally interested in these colorful gift cords. Kitagawa Rumi looked through the folded strip on the surface of the gift bag that read "May you get married, may you Kitagawa..." twice, then put it back with some lack of interest. She then asked Saito Kyoko for two more mizuhiki gift cords, and used them like hair ties. After a while, she easily tied a bow on the gift bag.

"Ruby's hands are very skillful, but this kind of bow-shaped water-bow can't be used on wedding gift bags, because people will think you are deliberately ruining the event."

Saito Kyoko first smiled and praised Kitagawa Rumi, then she also explained:

"This kind of slipknot that can be undone and rewoven is usually used at children's birth ceremonies and school entrance ceremonies. At weddings, many of them are knotted in the shape of a heart knot. It's probably the difference between wanting to do it more often and just once."

As if she found this topic boring, Kitagawa Rumi pouted and untied the bow-shaped water hook she had tied on. She skipped to Kitagawa Ryo, propped up her hands, and made a heart shape in front of him:

"Brother, look, look."

Upon hearing this, Beichuan Liang raised his head and smiled, put down the brush in his hand, took it with both hands, hooked, picked and flipped the flower rope with his fingers, and took it intact while quickly turning it into a five-pointed star pattern.

Japan also has catapults. In the national cartoon "Doraemon", catapults is one of Nobita's few specialties. In his words, this is a perfect hobby that does not hurt, makes him tired, or make him hungry. But in Kitagawa Ryo's opinion, maybe it's just because it is the easiest way to entertain oneself, and one can play it for a long time and slowly explore various new hobbies.

"So brother can also play trance?"

Kitagawa Rumi, who originally just wanted to show off in front of Kitagawa Ryo, widened her round pupils and looked at Kitagawa Ryo who took the catwalk from her hand with some disbelief. After all, no matter which country it is, catwalk is a hobby that is more popular among girls. It is also for this reason that when Nobi Nobita, who has amazing attainments in catwalk, shows his mother, Shizuka and other classmates the new tricks he came up with after staying up late, no one pays attention to him.

“I studied it for a while before.”

Beichuan Liang smiled, stretched out his hand, and said provocatively:

"Are you giving up, Ruby? Don't think you can go on?"

"Of course I can continue flipping! I've played tumbling with other people in my class before, and I've never lost once."

As expected, Kitagawa Rumi's competitive spirit was immediately aroused. She snorted coldly and re-twisted the flower rope, but her eyes still glanced at Kitagawa Ryo's face with some suspicion. When she saw the beautifully written invitations and the brushes on the pen holder on the table, she paused slightly.

When she saw Kitagawa Ryo writing the wedding invitation with a brush today, she curiously asked her brother when he learned calligraphy. As a result, he vaguely said that he had learned it some time before, but Kitagawa Rumi herself did not remember Kitagawa Ryo having such an experience.

After the age of eight, the other party lived under the same roof with her all his life. Every time they were apart, he went to other places to film a movie or participate in a show, and his schedule was irregular. Before the age of eight, he was exploited like a cash cow by the Kitagawa couple. Logically, he should not have had time to learn calligraphy.

Although Kitagawa Rumi herself has never learned calligraphy, she can tell from her brother's handwriting that it is not something that can be achieved quickly. She also doesn't think that Kitagawa Ryo would learn these things without her knowledge. After all, she was there with Ryo when he started practicing kendo from scratch.

If it was Kitagawa Rumi a few years ago, she probably wouldn't care at all, let alone think deeply about such an insignificant detail, but -

Noticing his sister's strange look, Kitagawa Ryo's heart skipped a beat. If there was only one person in the world who could guess the biggest secret in his heart, it must be Kitagawa Rumi, because only she, as a reincarnated person, could naturally think in that direction.

But it doesn’t matter. Even Beichuan Liang himself has thought about telling his sister about this at some point in the future.

The reason why he hasn't told Hoshino Ai until now is not because the two of them are not close or he is worried that the other party will leak it, but precisely because Kitagawa Ryo doesn't want the relationship between the two of them to have any unnecessary disputes because of this matter, and to taint the earliest memories between them with the so-called "deliberate arrangement" traces.

But for Kitagawa Rumi, there was basically no concern in this regard. Firstly, the other party had first told her and only told her the fact that she was a reincarnated person, and secondly -

After learning that his sister was actually the reincarnation of Tendouji Sarina, Kitagawa Ryo also specifically recalled his interactions with Rumi over the years and came to the conclusion that:

The other person's hands weren't very clean either.

To summarize it briefly, it is:

She did it first.

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On the streets of Harajuku, Kitagawa Rumi, dressed in casual clothes and wearing a mask, was standing quietly on the side of the road. Compared with the students around her who were wearing heavy makeup, deliberately shortening the length of their school uniforms, or simply wearing other strange clothes, she was undoubtedly quite inconspicuous.

"Hello, can I take a moment of your time?"

A man wearing frameless glasses and a mask, who looked like a scout, approached confidently, and his questioning voice attracted the attention of some girls nearby.

Because there are a lot of scouts from various agencies scattered on the streets of Harajuku and Shibuya, many girls, even if they have no plans to debut, still feel that being approached by a scout is a kind of recognition in front of their friends, so they all look up, but when they see that the person being approached is not them, they lower their heads in boredom, or smile and joke with their friends who accompanied them, and then no longer pay attention to this side.

"Actually, I'm from Beichuan Liang's personal agency. Pretty lady, do you have any plans to debut?"

Kitagawa Ryo pretended to hand over a business card that looked fine at first glance, but if you got closer, you could see that the big 'Kitagawa Ryo' printed on it was prefixed with 'Kitagawa Rumi's brother', which was quite a spoof.

After a long period of praise, Kitagawa Rumi finally accepted the business card reluctantly, smiled and took his arm, and followed Kitagawa Ryo away.

Today at the end of March, Kitagawa Rumi finally celebrated her thirteenth birthday, and as she wished, she started a brother-sister outing with Kitagawa Ryo on this day.

"It seems like Ruby is particularly happy today."

"Because another of my wishes has come true."

The satisfied Kitagawa Rumi walked side by side with Kitagawa Ryo, stretched her body lazily, and then immediately took his hand again, and said excitedly:

"When I was in the hospital, I always thought that if I could be spotted by a scout on the streets of Harajuku or Shibuya in Tokyo one day, I would debut as an idol. It would be best if I could work in the same agency as my brother and become his senior or junior—"

“Now everything has been fulfilled!”

"Ah."

Beichuan Liang smiled and nodded when he heard this. He glanced at the time on his phone and asked:

"After we finish here in Harajuku, Ruby, where do you want to go next, Tokyo Tower or Skytree? Today is your birthday, so it's up to you."

Hearing her brother's words, Kitagawa Rumi didn't hesitate at all:

"Go to the Sky Tree!"

Then, she added, making things even more obvious:

"Because my brother has been to Tokyo Tower once, yeah."

It was definitely not because when she and Kitagawa Ryo set out from Ueno Park in the morning, they heard a few girls next to them talking about whether they should go on a "pilgrimage" in the order of [Ueno Park, Harajuku, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo Tower].

"Okay, I have booked a restaurant there in advance, and Ruby should be hungry."

"Now that my brother says that, I am indeed a little hungry."

I always feel that time passes very quickly, as if I am watching a variety show with edited clips of the process of traveling. I was clearly just holding hands and chatting with my brother, but before I knew it, Kitagawa Rumi was already standing in front of the Tokyo Skytree.

In terms of popularity and passenger flow alone, Tokyo Skytree is indeed slightly better than Tokyo Tower. However, today is not a holiday and it is only close to noon, so there are not many tourists who just want to climb the Skytree to enjoy the night view. Therefore, the two did not wait in line for long and walked directly into the tower.

"The best viewing platform for the Skytree is the 634th floor Sky Deck, but I've reserved lunch at the th floor restaurant [Sky Restaurant ] in advance. Hmm - let's take the elevator to the th floor glass floor first. That's also a tourist attraction."

Beichuan Liang had also made full preparations for today's trip. His orderly arrangements made his sister nod repeatedly. Before she even had time to listen carefully, she spoke without thinking:

"I listen to my brother."

Then, after taking the elevator to the 340th floor and actually seeing the glass floor that Kitagawa Ryo had just mentioned, Kitagawa Rumi also revealed a smile that was uglier than crying.

Just like the glass walkways in some natural attractions, the glass floor of Tokyo Skytree is the same. You only need to lower your head to see the scenery on the ground through the transparent glass floor under your feet, from the 340th floor, hundreds of meters high.

After taking a tentative and trembling step towards that place, Kitagawa Rumi retracted her foot as if she had been electrocuted, and looked at her brother behind her with tears in her eyes.

"It's okay. I'll go with you."

Because there were other tourists waiting behind them, Beichuan Liang stepped forward and patted his sister on the head, then half-dragged her onto the glass floor. It would be more accurate to say that he was half-carrying his sister, whose legs and feet had become as soft as plasticine, rather than walking together.

Although Kitagawa Rumi resisted the urge to scream, she still vented her emotions in another way. When Kitagawa Ryo finally reached the center with great difficulty, the chest area of ​​his coat had been bitten to pieces and was soaked with a lot of unknown liquid.

Just when he was about to check in the koala and burden-bearing sister, Kitagawa Ryo suddenly heard a voice from above his head saying "Please look here". When he and Rumi raised their heads subconsciously, they saw a burst of light from a flash.

"You can come upstairs to pick up the photos later--"

It seemed like I had taken some nice photos, and I felt like the staff’s laughter was more hearty.

Sure enough, when the Kitagawa siblings came to each other, they saw a very stunning photo on the preview page. The top-down perspective avoided the height difference between the two people very well, and the glass floor under their feet also created an atmosphere of standing in the sky...well, a koala standing in the sky.

However, Kitagawa Rumi liked this photo very much. After spending money to have the photo developed, she held it in front of her eyes happily for a long time. After she arrived at the restaurant, she reluctantly put it away and put it into her bag.

As the only high-end restaurant on Tokyo Skytree, Sky Restaurant 634 has a great view and is popular with diners. If Kitagawa Ryo had not made a reservation in advance on the official website, it would have taken a long time just by looking at the long queues outside.

While waiting for the meal, Kitagawa Rumi naturally looked out through the transparent window beside her. Like a little child, she reported to Kitagawa Ryo about the buildings she was looking at, pointing her finger at each one:

"Shibuya, Tokyo Tower, Haneda Airport, Disneyland... Tokyo Dome."

After seeing the Tokyo Dome, Kitagawa Rumi's voice paused slightly, but she immediately spoke firmly:

“I will definitely hold a concert there later.”

"Well, I'm waiting. I will definitely go to the scene to cheer for Ruby when the time comes."

Beichuan Liang supported his chin and looked in the direction his sister was looking.

The food was served very quickly. While the two were chatting, the waiter had already brought up the various dishes one by one. Because they were worried that they would be seen and recognized if they took off their masks for too long to eat, the two of them ate very quickly and finished their lunch in a swift and decisive manner.

After taking another look around on the Tembo Deck on the 350th floor, the two purchased new tickets and took the elevator up to the Tembo Corridor on the 450th floor, where the view was better and wider.

The pure white and bright space is dotted with cute cloud-shaped seats, and the design of the corridor allows people to have a 360-degree view of the entire Tokyo. Almost subconsciously, she made the same move as Hoshino Ai did at that time. Kitagawa Rumi leaned on the railing and leaned forward slightly, overlooking the ground from the tower more than 400 meters high, and opened her mouth slightly in shock.

"This is my first time coming to the Skytree in my two lifetimes."

"It's so high, it feels like everything below has turned into little ants."

Kitagawa Rumi held her chin with her hand, her tone sounding dazed.

She didn't have this feeling when she was on the plane, mainly because there were no common reference points. She was just surprised by the clouds outside the window for a while and then lost interest.

"Me too."

Beichuan Liang, who was standing next to Rumi, said calmly:

"This is my first time visiting Skytree in my two lifetimes combined."

"……Eh?"

Feeling as if she had heard something extraordinary, Kitagawa Rumi subconsciously turned her head, and happened to meet the other person's gaze who had also turned towards her. She could not see any sign of joking in that.

However, Kitagawa Rumi reacted quickly. Perhaps because she had made such a guess before, she accepted it faster than Kitagawa Ryo had imagined.

"It turns out that my brother is the same as me."

Kitagawa Rumi moved towards her brother, feeling inexplicably surprised that everything had turned out fine. Suddenly, she had a lot of things she wanted to ask and say, and they all came to her throat at once. But in the end, she only said this:

"very nice."

She had a premonition that even Hoshino Ai didn't know.

Kitagawa Rumi had no intention of asking further questions. She turned her gaze back to the window with a relaxed mood, and felt that the scenery was brighter.

She couldn't find the right words to define the relationship between the two of them. She just felt that the moment her brother said this, it was as if a knot had been drawn between them that no one could untie.

A knot tied with secrets.

written request for leave

Leave request issued on behalf of others

Nannan said she was too tired recently, so she will make up for it by updating twice a day tomorrow and take a rest today.

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Chapter 56: The Last Night of Singleness

After celebrating his sister's birthday at the end of March, Beichuan Ryo felt as if time had flowed faster. In the blink of an eye, April 23rd, the wedding date, was already just around the corner.

The wedding styles in Japan are roughly divided into four types: public wedding, Buddhist wedding, Shinto wedding, and church wedding (Christian wedding). However, because Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai have basically no interest in or even belief in Shintoism, Christianity, and Buddhism, they finally decided on a public wedding combined with modern wedding styles, which was held under the witness and blessings of relatives and friends.

However, what came even faster than Kitagawa Ryo's wedding was the explosion of popularity on all platforms for the new drama "Homeless Child" in April by the artist Arumagana, who is affiliated with his personal agency.

Good actors, a good director and a good screenwriter, coupled with the industry's top production level and publicity. Although Ryo Kitagawa thought that the drama would be popular from the beginning, he did not expect it to be so exaggerated. Just looking at the ratings and discussions of the first two episodes, this is not only the level of locking in the annual champion in April, but it is completely aimed at the historical single-episode ratings of the president Ryo Kitagawa, which was set in the past five years or even the past decade just last year with "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular".

As a rare TV series that advances the plot from a child's perspective, it can be said that Kana Arima, who plays the heroine Suzu Aizawa, is the biggest contributor to the show's success. There are many child stars in the industry, and many are hailed as geniuses, but in the current entertainment industry, there seems to be no one else who can rely on her acting skills to support a complete script as the undisputed first protagonist and still impress the audience.

For Kana Arima, the significance of this work is the same as that of "He Once Lived" to Ryo Kitagawa. It has changed the audience's view of her in one fell swoop, and they may even unconsciously separate her from the identity of a "child star" and feel and evaluate her acting skills from all aspects with the attitude of treating an actor.

Unlike the original film where she only relied on tears to fall within ten seconds to move the audience in front of the TV, Magana's acting skills in this one are undoubtedly much more sophisticated. Whether it's the cunning, complacency, disdain and boredom that appeared on her delicate little face in an instant after she stole her classmates' tuition fees and escaped the disaster by taking advantage of the class teacher's sympathy; or the cunningness of pretending to be a victim and crying "he's going to take off my pants" after being discovered by the police while stealing in a nursing home; or the fact that she used all the money she earned to treat her seriously ill mother and stayed by her side hoping that she would get better soon, all of them were brought to life by Magana's interpretation, and people couldn't help but immerse themselves in it.

And after the extremely shocking, almost hysterical line "If you sympathize with me, give me money, otherwise shut up!" came out of the mouth of Kana Arima, whose eyes were almost desperate but stubborn enough to make people feel distressed, her popularity naturally ushered in the most fierce surge.

"I wrote all the lines... At least give me some praise."

Gotanda Yasushi was holding a handful of cards and complained in a depressed tone.

"There is no use in procrastinating. Pay the tribute quickly, poor man."