They all pushed me!

Of course, Kitagawa Ryo, who also appears quite frequently in the video and serves as the acting teacher of the two, has also caused widespread discussion due to his earnest and lively teaching style. Some media outlets even directly gave him the title of a genius acting instructor with a 100% success rate.

Although it was only a half-joking statement, it inevitably made many new child actors and their parents excited. In the past, they all wanted to take advantage of each other's traffic, but now it seems that if their children can get the other party's teachings, they might become the next Kana Arima and Akane Kurokawa.

Amid such popularity and the background of the update of the fifth episode of "Tomorrow", Kana Arima and Akane Kurokawa also took the opportunity to release the news that they would participate in the live broadcast program "Today's Meal at the Kitagawa Family" hosted by the same agency artist Kitagawa Rumi this Sunday. Combined with the original extremely high traffic of "Tomorrow", it was overwhelming and lasted for two whole days on the Internet, once again indirectly destroying the discussion environment of the seventh episode of "Homeless" which was supposed to be broadcast on time on Saturday.

"Liang's move was very successful. Although there are still some comparisons between the two posts, the tension is not as strong as before. The popularity of this live broadcast linkage has also been hyped up. Ruby didn't broadcast for the past two days, but the number of fans in the live broadcast room increased a lot. It's a win-win situation."

Kitagawa Ai, who was wearing bunny pajamas, was holding her white cat and browsing her phone while talking to her husband who was sitting next to her and wearing the same couple's bear pajamas. Since Kitagawa Rumi moved out, the task of taking care of Hotaru fell on her and Kitagawa Ryo. However, the other party did not seem to "mourn" for the departure of the previous owner for a moment, and immediately and seamlessly moved the dining place from the second floor to the third floor.

"Although there is some editing involved, the relationship between Akane and Kana is actually pretty much the same as what is said in the video. In each other's eyes, they are indeed both friends and rivals. Sometimes, hype in the entertainment industry requires this kind of mixed feeling. If you forcefully combine two artists who don't like each other, it's easy for their personalities to be shattered, and eventually cause a backlash."

Kitagawa Ryo reached out and held Hotaru's paw pads, gently shaking the cat's two front paws.

"Yeah, that's right. Come to think of it, Akane and Kana are from the same year, and they're both actors, so I think they'll have more common topics."

Ai nodded thoughtfully, stroking Ying's back and asked:

"How's things going at Johnny's Office lately? Is that Kitagawa still harassing Ryo?"

"It's much better than before. I guess he can see my attitude. He must have been very troubled recently. Although it hasn't been officially exposed, a few days ago, a BBC reporter went to the building where Johnny's office is located and applied to enter for interviews and filming, but was rejected."

Beichuan Liang waved Hotaru's front paws and punched the air with a set of cat punches, and then added:

"It seems that the BBC has interviewed many victims. Although some of them do not want to reveal their names or appear in public, their testimonies also indirectly confirm that Kitagawa's criminal behavior has lasted for nearly 30 years, spanning the 20th and 21st centuries, and there is no sign of stopping until now."

"But if the BBC officially finishes making a documentary about this incident, it will probably be by the end of this year or the beginning of next year, so let him be proud for a while."

Seeing that Beichuan Liang was at ease, Ai nodded and stopped asking questions. She changed the subject with a relaxed look, smiled, touched Ying's little head, and took the initiative to suggest:

"Does Ryo have any important schedule this year? Would you like to be our guest at "B Komachi x B Komachi" again?"

It is already mid-October, and for Japan, where New Year's Day is the New Year, there are less than two and a half months left until the end of the year.

"Well, on the set, I have a second role in a TV series and a main role in a movie to play. I also have three recordings for radio and variety shows. As for the agency, I am mainly busy with the official contract with Shiranui Fulilu and communicating with her family. This girl is really good, but it's a pity that the current public opinion is all on Akane and Kana. But she is not arrogant or impatient, and her mentality is good. There are also many directors in contact with Himekawa. I will accompany him to meet some people and get familiar with them in a few days. It will also be good for him to get roles in the circle in the future."

"Then, Abi is about to graduate from ACE. I have to talk to her recently about whether she should keep her live broadcast and commercial contracts with us after graduation. I am also contacting the venue for the graduation performance, which will most likely be at the Budokan. It will also be a headache for ACE to recruit new people."

Listening to Beichuan Liang talking about so many things in one breath, Ai opened her mouth in surprise, let go of the cat in her hand, took off her shoes, sat behind Beichuan Liang, and gently massaged his shoulders while whispering some of her own suggestions:

"Hasn't Ryo been given the title of an acting teacher with a 100% success rate recently? When talking to Shiranui Fulilu, you can also express your willingness in this regard appropriately. I will also contact her sister to ask her family's attitude. As for Himekawa's matter, Ryo can just act as an introduction. When I went to the troupe a few days ago, I heard that Uncle Min has been very free recently. He has taken in several good new talents based on Xiao Qian's reputation. It's just right for him to take Himekawa to see the world. After all, he is a child from his LALALAI troupe."

"After graduation, Abiko will definitely become a professional manga artist. The current popularity of Tokyo BLADE is obvious to all. Aren't Ryo and Ruby on good terms with her? Then we must do our best to grasp this IP, which will definitely be great in the future."

At this point, Ai also 'fiercely' stretched out his right hand in front of Beichuan Liang and shook it, which made him laugh and spit:

"Why do I feel like Ai is more capitalist than me, the president, now?"

"That's also for the future of our agency. Besides, I don't think there's any need to play the emotional card. Abiko will definitely not leave the agency. After all, once the comic becomes popular, it will definitely be adapted into an IP, such as a radio drama, animation, 2.5-dimensional stage play, and even a live-action comic-adapted movie. We have a ready-made actor here who is % praised by the original comic authors who have worked with him. He's super, super, super-popular."

Ai poked Beichuan Liang's cheek, and soon one finger turned into two, then three, and then spread out from fingers to palms, stroking it little by little, and finally stopped at the temples on both sides, rhythmically tapping and massaging them with the soft and tender fingertips.

"As for whether ACE will add members or not...Ryo knows that B Komachi was always adding and replacing members back then. There are definitely benefits. The constant addition of new members can indeed keep the audience and fans fresh for a long time, but every adjustment of members is actually a test of the team atmosphere and the captain's ability. If it is not handled well, conflicts will easily arise."

Speaking of this, Kitagawa Ai also raised her chin slightly.

"Indeed, after all, not everyone can be like Ai, who has always been recognized by all teammates and fans as the captain and the unmovable center, and led the team all the way to the Tokyo Dome stage."

Beichuan Liang understood what she meant and praised her generously. He tilted his head back a little, half-opened one eye and smiled at her:

"She is our first generation super popular beautiful girl idol."

Then, he closed his eyes again, leaned in his wife's arms and slowly expressed his thoughts:

"Actually, I didn't plan to add more people. Ai should be the one who knows best about all the bad things that often happen in idol groups, so when I was planning Ruby's debut, I found MEM啾, a teammate with good character and good professional skills. The same goes for Abiko. She and Ruby have been friends since they were young. It is precisely because of the two of them watching over me that I haven't worried about the atmosphere within ACE in the past two years, and Ruby herself is also very happy."

"So after Abiko quits, let MEM-Chu and Ruby continue to be the ACE group. Although it may sound a bit hypocritical, they really do regard the idol career as their dream."

"Ruby doesn't need to be mentioned. Although MEM啾 has been thriving in the short video platforms and live streaming such as TikTok in the past two years, when I asked her a few days ago whether she had considered investing more in the development of the more powerful Mei Pro agency in this area, she refused very straightforwardly. She even firmly stated that if she felt that these things affected her idol work, it would not matter if she stopped them all on the spot and threw them away."

Beichuan Liang said this and his speech speed slowed down:

"That's why I never thought of letting her and Ruby follow the multi-talented path of being actors, idols, and regular guests on variety shows like before. They just simply produced albums, released singles, and held live broadcasts. Even the live broadcasts on the Internet were just to follow the current trend."

"The life of an idol should be to shine brightly on the stage without worrying about anything. When they graduate from being an idol like Abiko did, they can pursue their goals and dreams for the next stage of their life."

Upon hearing this, Kitagawa Ai nodded in agreement:

"After all, no one can be an idol for life. This industry is one of the most youth-dependent professions."

"Time, injuries, lack of popularity, plans being cut short, offending the audience and being criticized, conflicts with the agency and being hidden away, not every idol can be like what Liang described, and spend their entire career on the glorious stage without worries."

"This afternoon I went to Ruby's room to tidy up the furniture she left behind. As I was wiping the rookie award in the trophy display case, I was thinking, maybe as an idol, Ruby is much luckier than me."

Kitagawa Ai stood up, opened the door and let Firefly out, but she did not open the drawer of the bedside table and take something out with her mouth to put on Liang like she did in the previous years. Instead, she turned off the lights directly, skillfully untied the bear and the rabbit in the dark, and then approached them.

But only as an idol.

Chapter 4: The Composition of Girls (5k)

Tokyo, Kitagawa family.

Today was the day for the scheduled live broadcast. After meeting up in advance, Kurokawa Akane, Arima Kana, and Kitagawa Rumi took a car together. When they pushed open the half-closed door that Kitagawa Ryo had left for them and walked to the entrance, they saw the white cat that had been lying on the shoe cabinet for some time, lazily raising its paw pads towards them, as if briefly welcoming them:

"Meow."

What surprised Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana was that Kitagawa Rumi seemed to understand what Hotaru meant. She took Hotaru off the shoe cabinet without even changing her shoes. She held Hotaru's two front paws with her left and right hands, staring at the cat's hotaru-colored pupils that stretched vertically as if its body had become longer. She squatted there and spoke without thinking:

"Meow--gulu--, meow--meow? Meow, meow!"

Seeing Kitagawa Rumi, who seemed to be communicating seriously with the cat, Arima Kana paused while changing her shoes and tilted her head in surprise:

"So Ruby can speak cat language?"

"After all, this is the cat that Ruby has had for so long, probably seven or eight years. I think maybe it really has telepathy or something?"

Kurokawa Akane also moved closer out of curiosity, staring at Hotaru for a long while before speaking uncertainly:

"But I always feel that... this cat in Senior Liang's house doesn't seem to have grown much."

Arima Kana was suddenly stung by Kurokawa Akane's unintentional description of "it seems like it has never grown much", and she twitched the corners of her mouth, feeling that something was implied.

"There's no such thing as cat language. I just used to play like this with Ying often. After all, I don't live at home anymore. When I come back occasionally, I always want to get closer to her."

After having this unclear conversation with the cat for a minute, Kitagawa Rumi finally stood up contentedly, holding Hotaru in her arms, and explained while rubbing its little head.

On the other side, Beichuan Liang, who also heard the noise at the entrance, walked over from the living room yawning. There was nothing he could do. He had been tossing and turning until almost the middle of the night last night and his sleep was really insufficient. However, compared to the other person who was still sleeping soundly in bed, Beichuan Liang, who was thinking about the live broadcast today, still tried hard to get up.

"Ruby, Akane—Kana."

Unable to resist a big yawn, Beichuan Liang waved his hand sleepily:

"You guys get familiar with the kitchen here first. It's similar to Ruby's... I'll lie on the sofa for a while. The live broadcast will be in about two hours, so just wake me up when the time is right."

Because Beichuan Ryo looked extremely sleepy, the three of them understood and did not ask him why he did not sleep well last night. One by one, they helped to clear the pillows on the sofa to make room, or brought a small quilt. Then they watched Beichuan Ryo fall headfirst on the sofa and immediately fell into a deep sleep like a baby.

Because there is some distance between the living room and the kitchen, and the sound insulation of this house is already good, once the doors in the middle are closed, there is no need to worry about waking up Beichuan Liang who is sleeping on the sofa in the living room.

Kitagawa Rumi, who had lived here for more than three years and came back every weekend to broadcast live, was very familiar with the kitchen here. After a simple test of the live broadcast equipment and kitchenware, she nodded to the remaining two people and said:

"Then Xiaoqian and Kana, you should get familiar with it first. It's actually not much different from mine. Just pay attention to where the ingredients are placed, and take out the ones you're going to use and thaw them in advance."

As she spoke, she glanced at Ying, who was staying outside the kitchen obediently, and said helplessly:

"Looking at my brother's appearance, I think he hasn't fed Ying this morning. I guess he didn't clean the litter box last night. I'll go check it out."

"Well, Ruby, go feed Hotaru first. It's still early for the live broadcast anyway, and I've used this kitchen before, so I can just bring Kana to familiarize myself with it."

Kurokawa Akane immediately showed an attitude of understanding. She had suffered from cyber bullying in the past two years and her mentality was unbalanced for a while. At that time, she almost ran to the Kitagawa family every day as if to escape, and diverted most of her attention to her cooking skills. She really left a lot of memories in the kitchen here.

"Well, Ruby, feel free to do as you please."

Arima Kanae naturally had no objection. It would be more accurate to say that from the moment she entered the room until now, her attention had inevitably been diverted to Kitagawa Ryo who was sleeping on the sofa. The fingertips of her right hand hidden behind her back trembled unnaturally, as if she was still savoring the touch of his cheek and mouth corners that she had intentionally or unintentionally brushed over when she was covering him with the quilt just now.

After seeing that Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana both nodded in agreement, Kitagawa Rumi walked out of the kitchen with light steps, picked up Hotaru as quietly as possible, then carefully walked through the living room and went upstairs up the stairs.

She remembered that after she moved out, Ying's cat food bowl, litter box and nest were all moved to a room on the third floor to make it easier for Kitagawa Ryo and Ai to take care of them.

After recalling the specific location, Kitagawa Rumi found the place. She first took the cat food on the shelf and poured breakfast for Ying. Then she skillfully lifted the pedal of the litter box and used the litter shovel next to it to clean out the clumped cat litter and granular feces.

"trash bag--"

When the cleaning work was almost done, just as Kitagawa Rumi was subconsciously preparing to take a garbage bag to seal the things and throw them away, the finger she stretched out towards the shelf suddenly touched nothing.

"Just finished it?"

After a moment of hesitation, Kitagawa Rumi immediately remembered that this thing was placed in the drawer of the desk in her brother's bedroom next to her. Because the second floor was now half-vacant and she didn't want to run to the first floor to get the garbage bag, she didn't hesitate, and lightened her steps and gently pushed open the bedroom door little by little.

The first thing that caught my eye was still the huge wedding photo, and on the bed underneath it, Ai was sleeping soundly on her side with half of her snow-white shoulders exposed. She was wrapped in the almost transparent curtains and rose ball decorations, looking dreamy and romantic, like a princess waiting to be woken up by a prince.

However, Kitagawa Rumi still had no reaction to this scene. Even without counting her previous life, she was already a girl of almost seventeen years old. Moreover, all that knowledge had been instilled into her rudely and unreasonably a few years ago when Hoshino Ai wiped the corner of her mouth and walked out of the room.

Holding her breath, she finally got the garbage bag from the desk drawer. Just as Kitagawa Rumi was about to leave, she suddenly saw a trash can in the corner of the bedroom.

Perhaps it was because she suddenly remembered the story of Mrs. Clam that she had talked about with Kitagawa Ryo on the phone before, and remembered that her brother once said that there were several times when she forgot to take the garbage downstairs and he helped her throw it away, Kitagawa Rumi suddenly paused, took two steps in that direction, and decided to take the garbage bag in the bedroom and throw it away together with the garbage bag containing cat litter and excrement.

Frankly speaking, in the past, Kitagawa Rumi had already anticipated the contents inside, but she did not have any extra thoughts. After all, in a sense, they were just the same as the scraps of yarn she had seen. They were just tools to indirectly prove and describe the harmonious life of the couple.

But when she really got closer and was about to reach out to put the garbage bag away, she froze in place for a moment and almost couldn't help making a sound. Her rosy red eyes looked around in doubt and suspicion. When she came to her senses, she found that the garbage bag in her hand, which she had intended to use to hold the cat litter, had been squeezed to pieces.

There was clearly nothing in there.

In other words...my brother didn't use that last night.

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Even when Kitagawa Rumi absentmindedly walked back to the first floor with the garbage bag, her steps were still a little unsteady, and her mind was full of messy thoughts like 'when did it start', 'how long has it been', 'I have been using it for more than three years since I got married'. When she walked out the door to throw the garbage to the garbage recycling area in the front yard where someone would come to clean it regularly, she was stimulated by the slightly chilly autumn morning wind. She took several deep breaths and barely came to her senses.

This was the last straw that broke the camel's back. It came so suddenly and so heavily that Kitagawa Rumi almost felt as if she was going to black out. She had just moved out for a few months when her brother and sister decided to have a child, as if to fill her original position in the family.

She thought she knew Kitagawa Ryo best, whether as a fan, a younger sister, or as a 'reincarnated person' known only to the two of them.

Therefore, Kitagawa Rumi knew in her heart that since Kitagawa Ryo had made this decision, he was already prepared and aware of being a father. If nothing unexpected happened, he would continue to walk on the right path impartially, just like he had in the past twenty years of his life, and become the best father for a child, just like he was the most perfect brother to her.

There are no crows in sight, nor can I hear any temptation from those who claim to be gods.

Just like making a simple decision about what to eat for breakfast tomorrow, Kitagawa Rumi put the garbage bag away and nodded to herself.

Then, she suddenly put her hand on her neck and pulled out the pendant that she had been wearing for many years from the collar of her dress. She put the string that tied it into her mouth to moisten it and bit it to loosen it, then used both hands to pull the pendant off in an almost brutal manner.

The Sphinx with the words "Everything in moderation" engraved on it turned a few times in the air and then rolled straight into the gap between the garbage bags.

But Kitagawa Rumi didn't look distressed at all. Gifts like these, big and small, that Kitagawa Ryo had given her over the past decade or so could almost fill up an entire room. But they were actually the same thing as the various trophies in the trophy display cabinet. Without the most important one, they had no meaning at all. They were just zeros piled infinitely after the number zero, and would eventually become the corpse of time, no longer having any value to be remembered.

If there were, they would only be reefs in the sea and boomerangs that were destined to fly back, waiting to suddenly hurt her one day in the future.

Kitagawa Rumi started walking back, and the expression on her face returned to normal.

At this moment, one of her pupils was flashing a dark and deep black star that seemed to devour everything, while the other was shining a bright and pure white star that seemed to hold all the beautiful emotions of the girl.

But isn't that a matter of course?

Love itself is an emotion that comes from the most primitive desires of human beings. It is full of deception, exclusivity, and betrayal. Therefore, it is the most complicated, dangerous, selfish and hopeless thing.

But it is also the purest, freshest and most gentle. Even if it goes against nature, goes against instinct, and abandons logic, you still want to get it. Once you get this star, it's like you have the emotions of the entire universe.

Kitagawa Rumi quietly walked back into the living room, and did not notice that Hotaru, who was following behind her, jumped up and picked up the pendant that was thrown into the gap of the garbage bag. She only focused all her attention on Kitagawa Ryo who was sleeping there, and stared at him motionlessly for a long time, then leisurely returned to the kitchen.

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As a popular live broadcast program with a fixed time, and with the advance announcement that the guests would be Akane Kurokawa and Kana Arima, who are currently gaining popularity, with two minutes left before the live broadcast started, a large number of fans were already waiting in Kitagawa Rumi's live broadcast room, and the number of barrages began to increase visibly.

"This is Ruby, welcome everyone to my live studio on time on the weekend—"

After turning on the live camera on time, Kitagawa Rumi, who looked no different from before, still had a simple and refreshing single ponytail and a plain white apron without decoration, quickly appeared in the camera, and greeted the audience in the live broadcast room very familiarly while making an opening speech:

"It's the weekly cooking time again! The two cooking assistants invited for this episode of "Today's Meal at the Kitagawa Family" are the leading actors Akane Kurokawa and Kana Arima, who are very active in the currently popular "Tomorrow, Dad and Mom Are Away"!"

Accompanied by the applause of Kitagawa Rumi, Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana, who had already prepared in advance, also walked into the kitchen slowly.

“Has the filming started yet?”

Appropriately acting out the awkwardness and embarrassment of facing the live camera for the first time will help create a pleasing contrast for the subsequent cooking process with ease.

As if he couldn't find the camera lens, Kurokawa Akane waved his hands slightly in confusion:

"Hello everyone, I am the actor Akane Kurokawa."

"I'm actress Arimaka Nai, good afternoon everyone."

On the other hand, Arima Kana only needs to maintain her usual calm and polite demeanor in the eyes of the public, and only show a certain degree of clumsiness and panic during the cooking process.

Creating a sense of contrast has always been the most convenient and practical way to create a likable personality. Most audiences will naturally regard these seemingly inadvertent details as rare realism, feeling that they have glimpsed the unknown cute side of the idol.

Sitting at the dining table outside the kitchen, Beichuan Liang supported his chin and quietly watched the live broadcast inside. As a food taster, he only needed to come on stage to comment in the final stage.

He looked at the girls with bright eyes and white teeth not far away, talking and laughing, sometimes clumsy, sometimes triumphant, sometimes holding their breath and not daring to make a sound, carefully controlling the heat, and sometimes being playful and cutting the ingredients into strange shapes and insisting that they looked like someone.