They all pushed me!

The person who gave her this told her to understand her true thoughts correctly.

Arimakana loves acting, so she has been active in the industry as an actor until now.

Arima Kana doesn't like green peppers, so she refused to appear in "Big Green Pepper Gymnastics".

And now, she has someone she likes.

Chapter 11: Even the eggs are shaped like loving you

Tokyo, Kitagawa family.

Beichuan Liang opened his eyes drowsily, and the first thing he heard was the buzzing sound of the mobile phone alarm on the bedside table. Looking up, he saw that the indicator light of the air conditioner on the wall was still on. The weather in June was already a bit hot, and it was still working diligently as it was turned on last night.

I subconsciously glanced to my side and saw that Ai seemed to have already gotten up and the bed was empty.

The alarm, which had been ringing for half of the time, finally stopped. Although he knew it would ring again in five minutes if no one canceled it, Beichuan Ryo, who still had the urge to stay in bed for a while, simply took advantage of this time to lie down quietly for a while, until the phone next to him vibrated again, and he slowly came to his senses.

The air-conditioned quilt that he had been covering himself with last night had been kicked to the corner of the bed. Beichuan Ryo tentatively hooked the quilt back with his toes, then stood up and yawned, stretched out his right hand to take the mobile phone, and then turned off the alarm clock and the air conditioner in the room.

It was only at this time that he realized that the time was already 9:10 in the morning.

Although he immediately felt a chill all over his body as if he was overly nervous because it was much later than usual, Kitagawa Ryo immediately remembered that today was a long-awaited day off and there was no work or task waiting for him.

Having calmed down again, Beichuan Liang lay down on the head of the bed, his eyes slightly raised. Above his head was the huge wedding photo of him and Ai. Even though more than three years had passed, he could still clearly recall all the details of the wedding. Unconsciously, the sleepiness in his mind had completely disappeared.

After a long, relaxing stretch, Beichuan Liang put on his slippers and got out of bed. The sun was already bright outside. He casually opened the curtains in the room and squinted slightly because of the shining light. The wedding ring on the ring finger of his right hand was also shining in the sun. A white cat came out from nowhere and came out from the treetops in the courtyard outside. It nimbly jumped onto the windowsill, and then used it as a springboard to climb onto Beichuan Liang's shoulder. It raised its right front paw lightly along with its owner, with a lazy expression, as if it had yawned too.

After patting Ying's head, he took a quick shower in the bathroom on the third floor. After washing up, Kitagawa Ryo changed out of his pajamas, chose a set of casual clothes for himself from the closet, and walked downstairs leisurely.

"Brother, do you want to have breakfast? I'm just about to make fried eggs--"

As soon as he walked into the living room on the first floor, Kitagawa Ryo saw Rumi sticking half of her body out of the kitchen, smiling and holding a spatula and asking him.

"Okay."

Kitagawa Ryo nodded. Ever since Rumi officially decided to move out and live alone in the second half of the year, she has been learning some simple home-cooked dishes from Ai and him. In order to test her sister's results, they would often ask each other to make breakfast for practice.

"By the way, did Ruby see Love?"

"Hmm? Did you forget, brother? I'm going to film "B Komachi x B Komachi" today. I mentioned it last night. I think she's worried that it will affect the filming of your new drama, so she plans to record all the programs for the last three months in advance."

"It seems to be the case."

Beichuan Liang recalled briefly, sent a message to Ai, then pulled out a chair and sat at the dining table. He tilted his head and supported his chin to look at his sister who had returned to the kitchen. She seemed to be in a very good mood and was cooking while humming a song softly.

Compared to when she first started, when she couldn't even crack an egg and often threw both the eggshell and the egg liquid into the trash can, Rumi is now very proficient at it. After staring at it for a few seconds, Kitagawa Ryo looked away with relief.

It just so happened that Ai also replied to his text message at this time.

"I saw you sleeping so soundly this morning, and I thought you didn't have anything to do today, so I didn't call you. After all, Liang has been busy with the new drama recently, so you should have a good rest during your break."

Along with the text, there was also a photo. Beichuan Liang clicked it and saw that it was his own sleeping face. It was probably taken when he woke up in the morning.

"If you wake up at this hour, do you plan to make something for yourself? After all, it's still in time for breakfast. Even if you're busy as hell, you still have to make sure you have three meals a day."

"No, I saw Ruby in the kitchen when I got up, so I asked her to make my portion as well."

"That's good. I forgot Ruby was at home today. Look...it turns out she has a live broadcast mission today. I'm about to start filming here, so let's not talk about it for now."

"Well, Ai, don't think about finishing the filming in these two days. There is still plenty of time for the new drama. After all, they are all veteran actors. Judging from the progress in the past few days, everything is going smoothly."

After finishing the chat with Ai, Kitagawa Ryo put down his phone, walked into the kitchen quietly, and stood behind his sister silently. He saw Kitagawa Rumi was trying hard to cut the egg liquid, trying to make the final shape close to a heart.

What surprised him even more was that on the counter above their heads was a mobile phone with a camera that was being broadcast live, fixed with a bracket. The real-time comments on it were flooding with a large number of exclamation marks, question marks and comments:

“There’s a man approaching behind the anchor, ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!”

"Look back, look back, look back!"

Kitagawa Rumi, who had just worked hard to produce a half-finished product that looked like nothing, wiped the sweat off her forehead. When she looked up, she saw the dense barrage of comments in the live broadcast room. She turned her head subconsciously and saw Kitagawa Ryo who was tiptoeing. She curled her lips, reached out to shift the angle of the camera, leaned her head back slightly, and explained helplessly:

"This is my brother."

Then, she turned back and explained to Beichuan Liang:

"Today I had a task to live stream for a certain length of time, but since I felt like there was nothing to broadcast and I happened to be practicing cooking recently, I started a live stream. I didn't expect that the popularity was a little higher than usual."

Although many comments had guessed the identity of the person before, when Beichuan Liang's face was actually included in the camera, all kinds of comments and SCs filled the live broadcast room in an instant.

However, compared to these, Beichuan Liang was more concerned about the fried eggs on the pan. After all, that was one of his breakfasts later. After frowning for a long time before analyzing his sister's tricks, he sighed helplessly:

"There are ready-made heart-shaped molds in the cabinet."

"Forget it, Ruby, just stay on with the live stream. I'll make breakfast myself."

As Beichuan Ryo said this, he took the eggs from the refrigerator, took out the mold from the counter, cracked it open and poured in the eggs smoothly.

"But they all seem to want to see the two of us in the same frame. Come on, brother, just smile at the camera for my popularity—"

Just as Kitagawa Ryo forced out a business-like smile, he felt the right half of his shoulder sink. Rumi was standing on tiptoe, smiling brightly at the camera and making a 'yeah' gesture.

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Chapter 12: Not Acting

Tokyo.

On the set of "Tomorrow, Mom and Dad Are Away", which is currently being filmed in full swing, with director Hirokazu Koreeda's nod of approval, the scheduled filming for this morning's scene has finally been completed. The staff and actors bowed to each other, thanking them for their hard work, and then dispersed.

"Himekawa, come here for a moment."

Kitagawa Ryo had just taken the bottle of water handed to him by Ai and gently unscrewed the loosened cap. Before he could take a sip, he seemed to remember something and called out to Himekawa Daiki who was walking past him.

"What's the matter, Kitagawa-senpai?"

As an actor who was personally recommended to the agency by Toshiro Kindaichi last year, he is only fifteen years old and has already made a certain name for himself in the film and television industry. He is considered a newcomer that Kitagawa Ryo has been focusing on training in the agency during this period. This new drama has also brought him closer to the big list.

Of course, this is also based on the premise that the other party's acting skills are up to par. In Kitagawa Ryo's opinion, unlike other actors who debuted from the LALALAI troupe, Himekawa Daiki is a rare all-round player who can perfectly adapt to the rhythm and style of stage performances on both drama and film and television. Before this, he had only seen this trait in Kurokawa Akane.

"I've noticed before that in your free time during filming, you've been paying attention to the acting of others, including me."

"Yes."

Himekawa Daiki admitted it cleanly and raised his head slightly to look at Kitagawa Ryo:

"Compared to my predecessors, I have only been studying acting for a short time, so I want to learn more."

"I see. Just like what Uncle Min told me, you are a guy who never gives up. Well, Himekawa, you should go eat and rest first."

After encouraging this promising junior from the firm, Kitagawa Ryo smiled and gestured for him to leave. After Himekawa Daiki had walked a distance, he turned back and said to Ai:

"How does Love feel?"

"Hmm... he plays the role of a locker, right? This character hasn't had any lines so far. If Ryo asks me this now, I can't answer it--"

Beichuan Ai lay on her husband's shoulders from behind, watching his Adam's apple moving up and down as he drank water. She couldn't help but reach out and touch it, but was quickly met with a big roll of the eyes:

"It is because there are no lines that an actor's acting skills will be tested more. The character of the locker is a graduate of the Bear House and now works as a staff member and chef there. Ai should have read the entire script. His nickname comes from the experience of being abandoned in a coin-operated locker by his father when he was a baby. His life experience and secrets will be revealed in his exclusive episode later. In that episode, the Demon King played by me and the one played by Ai..."

Just when Beichuan Liang was seriously planning to talk to Ai about the play, she suddenly covered her mouth with her right hand, and her indifferent words came to her ears at the same time:

"I didn't really look at it—"

"Anyway, my scenes with Liang are basically all my scenes, so I only focused on the scenes with Liang in the episode scripts. Does that mean my acting is not good enough?"

“…These are two different things.”

Beichuan Liang opened his mouth with some difficulty, and his lips and teeth touched the palm of love, which was a little wet and hot.

He looked at Arimaka and Kurokawa Akane who were discussing the script enthusiastically even during lunch break. He opened Ai's hand slightly and said as if talking to himself:

"Like Himekawa, for us, every performance is actually a challenge, because you will always meet someone who is better than you in some aspects, and when you see such a scene, it is impossible not to be moved. As long as you see that, you will start to think desperately about how to defeat the other person, as long as you still think of yourself as an [actor]."

“So I’m just a half-baked actor.”

Ai followed Beichuan Liang's movements and moved her hand away from his lips, naturally lowering it to his chest, naturally holding it with the other hand that was originally placed there, and wrapped it around his neck:

"After all, ever since I first learned how to act, I felt that everything on the stage was fake and the lines were nothing but lies. That's why I couldn't act as easily as Ryo, and couldn't easily show sincere expressions of love or hate to other actors who were originally strangers."

"I have been forcing myself to do this before, but since I realized my feelings for Ryo, I can't even tell these lies anymore. I can only act out some scenes that allow me to speak the truth - although I don't think of this as acting, it's just a kind of role-playing between Ryo and me?"

"Clinical psychology graduate student x old-fashioned serious programmer? Or Oedipus Rex and Jocasta? It's just me and Ryo in love."

Beichuan Liang couldn't even find a word to describe his current mood for a moment. After a slightly messy sigh, he reached out and held Ai's hands in front of his chest, gently stroked the wedding ring on the other's ring finger, and smiled and comforted:

“Although Ai is a half-baked actor, she is indeed the best wife.”

"Um... another sentence?"

"How about using the most popular comment from netizens in the Golden Week special episode of 'It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular' that just aired?"

Kitagawa Ai also smiled when she heard this. When the episode was first aired last month, she, Ryo and Rumi were the first to watch it, so she naturally knew which comment the other party was talking about.

[It doesn’t look like acting].

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"Does Kana live alone now?"

It's June again, and it's time to return the gift again. But when Kitagawa Ryo walked into the Arima family with ease, preparing to finish the birthday cake as soon as possible and rush back to the set, he suddenly noticed that the entrance was empty, and subconsciously turned around and asked a question.

After asking this question, Kitagawa Ryo realized belatedly that Arima Kana was still on the set of the new drama. After all, unlike previous years, her birthday this year coincided with her work time. And because Arima Kana was still a minor, her work time could not exceed 10 pm, so the daytime time was even tighter. Kitagawa Ryo, who could shoot at night, could only squeeze out some time in the afternoon to go to her house to make the cake first, and wait for Arima Kana to come back in the evening to eat it.

To be honest, before coming here, Kitagawa Ryo was a little worried that he would run into a troublesome person like Ms. Arima, but he didn't expect to see any of her shoes at the entrance.

After putting away the house key given by Arimakana, Ryo Kitagawa felt a little relieved, changed his shoes, and walked quickly into the living room, heading towards the kitchen with brisk steps.

Ever since his sister unexpectedly pulled him over to do a joint cooking live broadcast half a month ago, it seemed as if she had found some traffic code. After asking him to collaborate on another brother-sister cooking teaching video, Kitagawa Rumi waved her hand and said that the popularity last time was no accident, and it was time to add new regular programs to his personal channel and live broadcast.

Although it was finally decided that he and Ai would take turns to be the guest.

The original program name "Kitagawa Brothers and Sisters' Cooking Class" was also overturned by love and changed to "Kitagawa's Family Meal".

The ingredients had already been purchased and delivered by Mr. Izaki in advance. While thinking about the menu for his sister's next show, Kitagawa Ryo began to process the raw materials in an orderly manner.

Beichuan Liang, who produces at least four handmade birthday cakes a year on average, is very skilled. After a short while, he put the finished cake base into the oven, walked out of the kitchen humming a song, took off his gloves, and prepared to take a short rest while waiting.

Because before coming, Arima Kana herself told him not to be too polite and to just treat the place as his own home. Plus, the two of them had always had a close relationship, and Kitagawa Ryo, who treated Arima as almost like a daughter, didn't feel too restrained. With the mentality of helping Arima to tidy up before leaving, he walked straight to the sofa in the living room and sat down quite casually.

Although he was still a little concerned about where Ms. Arima had gone and whether Kana Arima was living alone now, Kitagawa Ryo really didn't want to communicate with Ms. Arima. He clicked on her name in the address book several times with his mobile phone, but in the end he didn't make the call.

Perhaps in his heart, he also felt that it would be better for both of them if the other party left Kana.

Just when Kitagawa Ryo was hesitating whether to send a message to Kana Arima to ask, and was worried that it would disturb the other party who might be filming and was wavering, the phone in his hand suddenly vibrated. It was a call from Kana Arima.

"Hello, this is Kitagawa Ryo. Kana called me at this time. Is there something urgent?"

When Beichuan Ryo said this, he subconsciously glanced out the window. The sky was clear at this time, and it didn't look like it was going to rain so he was asked to help collect the clothes.

"Um... is the cake ready, Ryo-senpai?"

"Hmm - it's almost done. What's the matter? Can't wait to eat it? I'll send a photo to Kana when it's done."

"Okay, I got it. Liang-senpai, please return to the set as soon as you are done. I am really sorry for wasting time because of my own willfulness."

"It's okay. If you ask me, I'm the one who made Kana work hard on her birthday and I'm the one who didn't consider the employees at all. So we're even."

"Yeah, well, I'll continue filming here. See you, Senior Liang."

"Goodbye Kana."

Although he felt the phone call was a bit strange, Kitagawa Ryo didn't think much about it. As usual, he made Arima Kana's birthday cake and put it in the refrigerator. Then he tidied up the sofa, locked the door again, and drove away alone again.

It was around seven o'clock in the evening, and there was still some light in the summer sky. Arima Kana returned home in a rare hurry. She didn't even go directly to the refrigerator in the kitchen to check the cake, but walked straight to the balcony.

Perhaps the high-intensity shooting during this period made her forget that today was the day she would hang out and wash the pendant every once in a while.

Fortunately, there was no sign that the door to the balcony had been opened, so it seemed that Senior Liang had only entered the kitchen and the living room.

Arima Kana first breathed a sigh of relief, but she felt a little disappointed in her heart, as if she thought it would be okay to let him see it.

With such a complicated mood, she reached out and took back the two things together.

The pink ring pillow and the pendant placed neatly in the center.

As usual, she wrapped it around her right wrist so that she could hold it tightly in her palm at all times. Then, Arima Kana collected her other clothes and folded them carefully while sitting on the sofa.

Perhaps because she felt that the person she was promoting had suffered too much injustice during this period, the various birthday celebrations held by her fans this time were more grand and lavish than any previous ones. On video websites, you can also see a mix of her film and television works since her debut on the popular list.

Arima Kana took out the birthday cake and clicked on one of the videos.

The first picture is naturally the "Spider" that she is well-known to the public.