They all pushed me!

Seeing that the topic was getting further and further away from the purpose of his trip, Beichuan Liang took a deep breath and directly raised his own issues:

"To be honest, the main reason for my visit to Johnny's to visit President Kitagawa is to discuss the performance of ACE, an idol group under my personal agency, at the Tokyo Dome."

"Hey - of course I know that Kitagawa-kun is here for this matter, but this kind of thing is not something we can finish with just two sentences here. How about Kitagawa-kun and I have lunch together at noon today while we discuss the specific matters here?"

President Kitagawa reached out and patted him on the shoulder:

"It can be seen that Kitagawa-kun is very concerned about this matter. No wonder there are always rumors in the industry that Kitagawa-kun is a super sister complex."

I don't know if I was thinking too much, but Kitagawa Ryo could hear the subtext of "You don't want your sister to not be able to perform on the Tokyo Dome stage, do you?" The smile on his face froze slightly, and he smiled insincerely:

"Since President Kitagawa has invited me so sincerely, I naturally have no reason to refuse."

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"…If this old thing is okay, I would even eat this steering wheel."

After finishing lunch, Kitagawa Ryo, who had just gotten into the car, closed the door and rolled up the anti-peep window, punched the steering wheel in front of him. Mr. Izaki, who was sitting next to him in the passenger seat, also nodded solemnly:

"Although I've heard similar rumors before, Kitagawa's attitude towards Ryo is indeed very strange."

Having noticed something obviously unusual, Kitagawa Ryo directly brought Mr. Izaki over on the grounds that he was the general manager of all artists (groups) in the agency and that it would be convenient for both parties to discuss related matters. But just as he expected, the other party had no intention of serious negotiations, and both sides maintained a friendly attitude on the surface and ate the meal quite perfunctorily.

"I just checked. As early as the last century, Weekly Bunshun broke the rumor that Johnny & Associates President Kitagawa molested and even sexually assaulted his artists. However, it did not cause much disturbance at the time. Now it seems that the credibility of this rumor is quite high."

"And, if I remember correctly, when Ryo's first contract with Burning Production expired, it was indeed Johnny's Office that offered the craziest price. At that time, Ryo was exactly fifteen years old, and there were indeed rumors that Kitagawa was a pedophile and liked boys of that age."

"If you keep talking, I feel like I'm going to throw up on the way."

Beichuan Liang shook his head helplessly. Although he had heard of all kinds of unspoken rules in his many years in the industry, he felt an almost uncontrollable feeling of nausea when he thought that an old pervert might have been eyeing him since he was a child, and now he had to ask for help from him.

"First, I'd like to trouble Grandpa Izaki to collect information and evidence in this regard. Johnny's has produced so many artists over the years. If incidents like this really continue to happen, there should always be someone willing to tell the truth and testify against the other party."

"Is Ryo going to threaten him with this?"

"Let's see how much evidence we can gather... If possible, I'd like to bring him down and ruin his reputation."

After saying this, Kitagawa Ryo sent Mr. Izaki back to the company and then drove back home.

"elder brother--"

As soon as he parked the car and opened the door, Kitagawa Ryoichi saw his sister Kitagawa Rumi standing beside him with a bright smile and waving at him.

Perhaps because what happened just now was still lingering in his mind, Beichuan Liang subconsciously reached out and hugged his sister beside him, and whispered:

"If I say that I hope that the next time Ruby renews her contract with the firm, the term can be changed to lifetime, will Ruby agree? Will she think that I am overprotecting her?"

Although she didn't know why Kitagawa Ryo suddenly said such a thing today, Rumi replied as a matter of course:

"No problem. If you want, Ruby can renew the contract with you for 200, 300, or 10,000 years."

Chapter 5: She Finally (k)

After hearing his sister's answer without hesitation, Kitagawa Ryo felt the urge to retch and the feeling of nausea that was stuck in his throat subsided a little. He rarely buried his face in Rumi's dense and beautiful golden hair, feeling the fresh and natural orange scent that was so familiar that it was almost engraved in his bones. His mood gradually began to return to his usual calm.

Even without counting his previous life which happened quite a long time ago, in this life, Kitagawa Ryo is already a veteran who has worked in the industry for nearly 20 years. Perhaps it is because he has seen too many contrasts between the glamorous front stage and the dark and heavy behind the scenes, and has seen agencies exploiting their artists without bottom line and parents who want to make their children famous sending their children to the sides of famous directors and screenwriters or even to their beds, that he wants to establish his own personal agency in the industry.

Among the people close to him, Ai can be said to be quite lucky to have met Mei Pro, which, although not a large company, is treated as their own daughter by both the president and the president's wife. The various difficulties encountered in her career were basically career-related, and most of the bad things were prevented by him and the Saito couple. However, Kitagawa Ryo would not expect everyone else to have such good luck.

Arima Kana's mother was already a blatant mine that could explode at any time. Kurokawa Akane was talented and had a happy family, but neither she nor her parents were actually insiders. They lacked basic common sense and understanding of the entertainment industry, and it was not uncommon for them to be fooled by other bad agencies into signing a child labor contract with a 19 or 28 split. Not to mention Rumi, the one that Kitagawa Ryo was most worried about from the beginning to the end.

The two direct reasons that really prompted him to terminate his contract with the agency early and set up his own business, apart from the fact that it was almost impossible for the official announcement of his love and the subsequent marriage news to get the consent of Burning Production, was the debut of his sister Kitagawa Rumi.

In the first few months before the ACE group was officially established, quite a number of agencies sent invitations to sign contracts and cooperate with Kitagawa Ryo, including some of the biggest names in the idol industry, but he never relented until his own agency was established. Only then did Kitagawa Ryo sign ACE under his own name.

The reasons for signing Kana Arima and Akane Kurokawa are almost the same.

Maybe, no, he was just afraid. He was afraid that Magana would shrink back because of his mother's personality, and because of that shrinkage, he would not dare to show his dazzling acting skills anymore, and would be willing to be reduced to being a supporting role for others on the stage and lose the courage to stand under the spotlight; he was afraid that after Kurokawa Akane stepped into this circle with the pure idea of ​​wanting to perform, she would be pushed into an unfamiliar field by an agency that only focused on economic interests, and would be completely at a loss in the face of malice on the Internet; he was even more afraid and unable to accept that the sister he raised since childhood would suffer any harm, and would be carried away by those negative emotions and materials to become an "idol" who was completely different from her wishes in her two lives, and learned to lie and use others without batting an eyelid.

It could be said that he was making arbitrary assumptions and fearing a future that might never happen, or that he was expecting them to be forever pure, beautiful, and worry-free and to achieve the self-satisfaction of his original wishes, but what Kitagawa Ryo is pursuing now is indeed this self-satisfaction.

"I'm sorry, today—"

"No need to apologize. I know that my brother must have had something bad happen to him today. Isn't that the purpose of home and family? When your own world is gloomy and thundering, just hide in another little world."

Kitagawa Rumi held his waist tightly with both hands, closed her eyes and whispered:

"Brother, you must have gone to Johnny's today. If it's because our ACE's Tokyo Dome performance didn't go well, then it's because I'm too willful. I clearly said before that as long as we can get on the Tokyo Dome stage in a shorter time than B Komachi and the others, it will be fine."

"I couldn't help much with the new drama that the company was preparing recently, and now my brother has to worry about this matter, so I should be the one to apologize."

Trying her best to suppress the stirring thoughts in her heart and the almost habitual urge to wrap her legs around herself, Kitagawa Rumi softly conveyed her warmth and emotions bit by bit through the contact of skin.

"I see, thanks Ruby."

Beichuan Liang took a few deep breaths, and finally loosened his arms. He looked at his sister with a complicated look, whose hair was a little messy because of his previous actions, and walked towards the entrance of the underground parking lot while saying:

"Go home. I'm going to take a nap first. I have to go to the set in the afternoon."

"Ah."

Kitagawa Rumi followed behind and gently patted her own hot cheeks, then agreed and trotted after him.

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It was lunch time on the set of the new drama. Kitagawa Ai, Arima Kana, Kurokawa Akane and Shiranui Fulilu, who had shooting tasks in the morning, formed a small circle to eat lunch together and shared the lunch boxes they brought with each other.

"Although I've heard from Liang that Xiao Qian's cooking skills are getting better and better, I didn't expect that her progress is faster than I thought. I conservatively told Liang before that Xiao Qian's cooking skills will surpass mine in a year or so. Now it seems that she is obviously better than me now."

And because Kurokawa Akane accidentally made a little extra in the morning and brought over an extra bento, the other people took some without any pressure. After tasting two bites, Kitagawa Ai was the first to give high praise.

"Sister Ai, you don't have to praise me so much. I just happened to cook the dishes I'm best at today. The others are just average. I'm not like Sister Ai who can cook all kinds of dishes well. She's also especially good at infant recipes. The snacks I brought over a few days ago are still remembered by the other children on the set."

Kurokawa Akane responded with a smile, but there was a deep melancholy hidden in her eyes. She herself did not expect that Kitagawa Ryo would suddenly be absent for the entire morning today, so she could only find a random excuse to share with everyone the other lunch box that she had already taken out and stuffed on his desk every noon.

"Come to think of it, Kana's bento feels like a pre-made meal or a cooking pack."

On the other side, Fulilu Shiranui, who had very sharp eyesight, keenly noticed the abnormality of the bento in Arima Kana's hand, and pointed it out in a calm tone.

"Well, after all, I'm not as good at cooking as Xiao Qian and Sister Ai. Mom has returned to her hometown in the countryside because of Grandpa's back injury. Usually when she's at home, she always orders food delivery from Uber."

Arima Gana nodded, looking nonchalant.

"So Kana lives alone now? Be sure to pay attention to your safety."

Upon hearing this, Beichuan Ai immediately gave a warning.

"Don't worry, Sister Ai. The security measures in the community where I live have always been very strong. Without the consent of the owner or the identity verification, other suspicious people can't get close to the surroundings of the house. The surveillance cameras and anti-theft chains and anti-theft locks are all complete. I asked Senior Liang to check them for me before."

Arimakana raised the corners of her mouth and chewed the food in her mouth slowly and gracefully.

"That's good, but Kana could have told us earlier that no one was home. It's just a small matter of making an extra portion. It's not good to always eat these meal packs, pre-made foods, and takeout."

Kitagawa Ai spoke openly, smiling brightly as she passed some of her own food to Kana Arima, whose dishes were a little scarce.

"Seeing Ai-senpai's smile, I feel like my appetite has increased for lunch today."

Shiranui Fulilu nodded her head quite straightforwardly and expressed her thoughts subconsciously.

She also called Ai "Kitagawa-senpai" at first, but because Ai herself liked to be close to this child, and sometimes she couldn't tell whether she was calling Kitagawa Ryo or Kitagawa Ai, she soon changed the name to the current Ai-senpai at Ai's instruction.

"By the way, Ai-senpai, do you know why Kitagawa-senpai didn't come this morning?"

As soon as Shiranui Fulilu said this, Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana on the side also pricked up their ears. They had wanted to ask this question for a long time, but they always felt it was not appropriate to ask about love, so they kept asking until now.

"Liang, Liang went to discuss other work this morning. After all, our agency is not only planning this new drama."

Beichuan Ai nodded, thought for a while and added:

"If nothing unexpected happens, he should be here this afternoon."

Although she wanted to complain about Ai talking about our agency so naturally even though her contract was still with Berry Pro, she was the president's wife after all, so Shiranui Fulilu rationally took back her words and simply replied:

"I see."

"Maybe this is the president. I always feel like Senior Liang has been very busy since he came back from vacation."

"After all, you have to consider every aspect of the entire firm. It sounds tiring."

After learning where Kitagawa Ryo was going, Arima Kana and Kurokawa Akane breathed a sigh of relief and smiled and expressed their opinions at the same time.

"Yeah, I think so too, so I've been thinking about how to make Liang relax and have a good rest recently. It is necessary to decompress by combining work and rest, so that he can cheer up better later."

"Although I think those so-called decompression methods on the Internet, such as squeezing bubbles on bubble wrap, punching the pillow hard, tearing some decompression paper, etc., are not reliable, but I still found some inspiration. Liang seemed to like this before, so I went to the previous bridal shop to re-order..."

Beichuan Ai put down her chopsticks worriedly. She suddenly felt that it was not a good idea to talk about this topic with a child. She swallowed back the words that were about to come out of her throat, ended the previous topic vaguely, and started a new topic quite stiffly:

"Speaking of which, the content to be filmed this afternoon is Blunt's personal response. How is Kana preparing?"

"Of course it's no problem, don't worry, Sister Ai."

Although she was eager to know what the other party had not finished saying, regarding the specific aspects of Liang's "hobbies", Arima Kana still did not show any clues on her face and assured with a smile.

The shooting progress has reached the sixth episode. The character she played, Blunt Instrument, was abandoned by her biological mother for the first time at the beginning of the play, and soon encountered the second abandonment. This was also the scene she played during the audition. She has always had a longing for her biological mother, but she stubbornly refuses to accept the habit of calling each other by nicknames in the "Bear House", because in her heart, this is just a temporary residence, and sooner or later she will be taken back by her mother one day.

The mother did come after she was released from prison as she wished, but what Blunt Machine did not expect was that she came to completely sever ties with her as she was about to remarry. As a result, she, the child, would naturally become a burden. After her mother's resolute second abandonment, Blunt Machine seemed to have finally accepted her fate and the nickname "Blunt Machine". She integrated into the life of the "Bear's Home" and participated in the trial of going to families who were interested in adopting children.

During this period, a middle-aged couple who were kind to others but unable to have children due to a congenital disease took a fancy to Dunqi. They treated Dunqi very well and took her to amusement parks and aquariums. Dunqi also fell in love with their gentleness and kindness, but deep in her heart she still retained the fantasy of her biological mother and could never call her dad and mom.

At the same time, Marble, who had suffered a mental trauma in the previous trial family, was finally discharged from the hospital. The Devil applied the prickly heat powder that the other party had always missed on himself like a little child, and welcomed Marble's return with open arms. With the cooperation of Ice Doll, he helped her find a sugar-making couple as the next trial family.

They gave Danzhu a little bird made of sugar, and then accompanied Danzhu to draw sugar figures of the devil, the mailbox, and other children in the welfare home. After the hostess of the house gave her a bath at night, she carefully and meticulously applied the same brand of prickly heat powder on Danzhu, hugged her and whispered:

"Don't force yourself to forget your real mother. I will try my best to get closer to your real mother. It's ok for you to treat me as a fake mother at first. One day, when you really want to, you can call me mother."

After that trial, Marble returned to the "Bear's House" and threw away the box of baby powder he had been holding in his arms. He distributed all the sugar figures he had drawn to other people including the Demon King, and he held the sugar bird and looked at it for a long time.

Then, she became the child of that family.

When the Mailbox and the Demon King said goodbye to each other with tears and marbles and wished each other well, for the blunt instrument on one side, this incident caused her a huge mental shock on another level.

After all, in her eyes, she and Danzhu are actually both children who miss their biological mother, but now Danzhu has abandoned the past and is heading towards a brand new future, so what is her choice?

Just when Blunt was hesitating and slowly began to get close to the middle-aged couple, something she could not have imagined happened. Her biological mother came to the "Bear's House" again and said bluntly that she wanted to take Blunt away and take her home.

The biological mother wanted to take the child away from the orphanage on her own initiative. As the director, the Devil had no reason to stop her. However, he realized something was wrong and went with Ice Doll and Locker to collect information about the other party. He learned that the other party had remarried again, but the man had a two-year-old child left by his ex-wife. She came to take the blunt instrument away this time just to let her daughter take care of the child for herself and her remarried husband.

But the ignorant Blunt Instrument had no way of rejecting his biological mother's affectionate love, and seemed to have made up his mind to stay by his mother's side.

As she was packing her bags to leave, the Demon King showed her the intelligence he had gathered, and quickly asked the locker to invite the middle-aged couple who had been interested in adopting Blunt and who loved her very much, and bluntly asked her to make her own choice.

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"I hope every child here can choose the family they want. Relatives are determined by blood ties, but family members are not necessarily so."

The devil played by Kitagawa Ryo stared deeply at the blunt weapon in front of him and pointed at two families in front of him, a couple who were looking at her lovingly and crying silently, and a woman who urged her to leave quickly or she would miss the train.

"This is your own choice. What happens next has nothing to do with me."

After saying this, the Demon King quietly stepped back, leaving the choice to the blunt weapon.

Arima Kana first walked halfway towards her biological mother with her head down, but eventually she burst into tears and threw herself into the arms of the couple on the other side and cried loudly.

This unexpected move made her scream hysterically:

"What kind of child is this!"

"Do you know who gave birth to you?"

"Even if you don't have a conscience, you have to have a limit!"

The adoptive mother held the blunt object in her arms, covered her ears with her hands on the left and right, and pressed her head tightly against her forehead, while the adoptive father held the two of them together with his broad shoulders.

"I don't care about you anymore-I don't want you anymore!"

The woman left angrily, cursing all the way, and never looked back.

She finally abandoned her daughter.

Arima Kana was still crying, and emotions such as reluctance, pain, relief, guilt, self-blame, and relief were all expressed on her face through this character called Blunt Instrument.

This should be Maganai's most successful experiential performance, because she thought of her mother who was basically lacking in common sense. It was possible for real reporters to sneak in one or two, but how could the community where they lived, with very strict security measures, allow reporters to swarm at the door of her house to put strong pressure on her and interview her.

She finally abandoned her mother.

Chapter 5: Don't Push Me (5k)

"Ryo asked me if I knew any Johnny's juniors (trainees who entered Johnny's through auditions but have not yet debuted)? Did something happen?"

Ai casually pulled open the ragged white gauze on her chest and threw it under the bed. She then laid on Beichuan Liang's naked chest, rubbing against it like a satisfied cat. Then she slightly raised her purple eyes filled with watery affection, and drew circles on his collarbone with her fingers while recalling:

"I've never been a fan of any Johnny's group. They're mostly male idol groups. We didn't have any collaborations when I was in B-Komachi, and they're trainees who haven't debuted yet. Hmm... maybe Gao Feng and the others know some of them?"

"By the way, Ryo hasn't told me what it is all about yet?"

Kitagawa Ryo, who had just come back to his senses from the aftermath of near madness, calmed down a little. He had no intention of hiding his love. After all, husband and wife are one, and toppling the president of Johnny's is not a trivial matter. Moreover, as a national idol, Ai's connections and influence in the idol industry are no less than his, so Kitagawa Ryo also needs her help.

After Kitagawa Ryo told Ai the whole story, including the fact that President Kitagawa might have had dark thoughts about him for more than a decade, Kitagawa Ai, who was already exhausted and leaning lazily on him, sat up straight and cursed the old man in the most straightforward way with gritted teeth.