They all pushed me!

The mistake Kindaichi Toshiro made was that he thought Hoshino Ai was just a theater actress who changed careers halfway through.

He has never seen Hoshino Ai perform on stage as an idol.

"The last scene of the play is Lala's solo scene. She bangs on Yelena's door, crying hysterically and feeling regretful. The despair after being bullied and the complex state of mind after being rescued are really a test of her acting skills."

"Not every actor can do this. In my opinion, maybe only love can perform that feeling."

After hearing what Beichuan Liang said, Hoshino Ai also stood up straight, as if she had been revived, and asked Beichuan Liang excitedly:

"Really? Are you sure?"

"Of course, after all, love is the absolute center."

“So, even in the last shot before the curtain falls, please firmly grasp the audience’s attention.”

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"It seems...not good."

Kitagawa Ryo curled the corners of his mouth. He looked at Hoshino Ai who was reciting the lines in front of him, and felt that the bold words he had just spoken seemed a little too early.

"Because I don't understand the thoughts of this little girl named Lala at all—"

Hoshino Ai was a little mad, pointing at the lines in the script and said to Kitagawa Ryo:

"'What my mother often said was that I should learn to control my needs, but in fact, she only controlled her own needs every time. If I wanted something, she would try her best to satisfy me. If I wanted to buy new clothes, she would find odd jobs.'"

"Why did Liang mark the tone of this line as something that should be taken for granted but with a hint of contempt?"

"Because Lala is that kind of child. She thinks her mother's behavior is natural. She wants new clothes because she hopes to dress herself up to be more beautiful and enter the so-called upper class society."

Beichuan Liang spread his hands and explained.

"I can't understand."

Hoshino Ai's brain seemed to have crashed, and she muttered to herself:

"I can't understand it at all."

"It doesn't matter if you can't understand it or act it out, just use expressionist acting. Isn't Ai good at this?"

Hoshino Ai was silent for a while, and looked away as if she didn't dare to look at Beichuan Liang's face:

"…In the end, it's all Liang's fault. Who told you to teach me this? I've subconsciously started to put myself in the role and use my acting skills based on experience."

She spoke in a whisper as soft as a mosquito:

“That’s why I can’t understand it at all.”

For Hoshino Ai, the mother portrayed by Lala was something she had never dared to imagine. When she saw this line, she even felt that it was not an exaggeration to describe it in a dreamy tone like reading a fairy tale.

She could no longer remember her mother's specific appearance, whether it was intentional or unintentional, but it was a good thing at least.

Although I sometimes relive my childhood experiences in my dreams.

But the one who used unreasonable violence on her turned her into a faceless woman.

Kitagawa Ryo looked at Hoshino Ai, who had a strange expression on her face, and suddenly remembered something that Kindaichi Toshiro had once told him, something that President Saito had told him at the cocktail party that day.

The reason why Hoshino Ai, who was attracted by a cup of Matcha Frappuccino, chose to sign a contract with Berry Pro was not money, but the more illusory "love".

In fact, this does not conform to Maslow's hierarchy of needs theory, because at that time, Hoshino Ai's most basic need for survival was not met, but she was almost obsessively pursuing the higher-level need of being loved.

I could feel that the girl in front of me was slightly revealing a little bit of the truth to me.

"Love, try this line."

Kitagawa Ryo pointed to another line in the script and said to Hoshino Ai.

That was the scene where Lala had a conflict with Basha after she confessed her true thoughts to Yelena and said that she became a couple with Basha just because she wanted to live a better life.

"I will temporarily play the role of Basha, and you will act opposite me."

"Whoa whoa."

Hoshino Ai nodded to show that she understood.

"So do you love me now? Now? I need to know if you love me now? Hmm?"

After adjusting his mood slightly, Beichuan Liang began to question angrily.

"Yes, yes, of course! How could I not love you? You are so infatuated, so obedient, and so well-off, with a house! As for me, a girl with no money, no power, and no connections, I rely on your love! I can't live without you!"

Hoshino Ai soon recited her lines with great emotion.

"Are you being arrogant or acting like a spoiled child..."

Beichuan Liang was somewhat speechless and choked:

"This paragraph seems to be a mocking tone no matter how you look at it."

"Why can love be interpreted as a quarrel between young lovers?"

Hoshino Ai covered her face with the script, leaving only a pair of beautiful eyes:

"my question."

"I always feel like love is subtly incompatible with these lines related to 'love'."

Kitagawa Ryo shook his head, took out his mobile phone from his pocket and searched for songs released by B Komachi with familiar movements. He picked a song at random. Anyway, many idol songs are full of words like "love", "dream", "sweat" and "effort".

After listening to it twice with headphones on, Beichuan Liang raised his chin to Hoshino Ai again:

"Say 'I love you' in a loving tone."

"I love you."

Hoshino Ai spoke quite smoothly, without any joints.

"Be more enthusiastic."

"I love you!"

"Okay, I know the problem with love."

Beichuan Liang stood up and clapped his hands.

The vast majority of people believe that the most important thing in love is whether they are loved by others, rather than whether they have the ability to love others.

But Hoshino Ai is just the opposite.

What she cares about is whether she really falls in love with others, but at the same time she doesn't care much about whether she is really loved by others.

That's why she has a bit of trouble handling the role of Lala, who is loved without realizing it.

"Hmm... let me think about it."

Beichuan Liang stroked his chin and thought seriously for a while, then smiled at Xingye Ai:

"Would you like to go shopping for new clothes with me?"

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After deciding that she wanted to help Liang, Kitagawa Rumi quickly took action.

First, he secretly took out an old mobile phone from the drawer when no one was in the room. The Kitagawa couple's mobile phone upgrade speed was quite fast. As if they were afraid of lowering their rising net worth, they replaced their phones with a more expensive new one every two months.

After getting the old phone and the matching charging cable, Kitagawa Rumi first charged her phone at night. Although the SIM card was pulled out, relying on the wireless network installed at home, she finally reconnected with this world nearly a year after her reincarnation.

The moment she posted on Twitter, Kitagawa Rumi felt as if she was in another world.

Then, she instinctively began to search for tags related to Kitagawa Ryo.

"Huh? Some people actually said that Liang's acting in 'He Used to Live' was overhyped? Yun, who has never been to a movie theater, can comment on it on the Internet? Even the 10 billion box office can't shut you up, right? When you die and are burned into ashes, will you still have a mouth left that's hard?"

"Hype? Eating human blood buns? It's all done by those two people, okay? Disrespecting the dead? I am the dead, I agree, okay?"

"She doesn't look like a child at all, not cute at all? What kind of stunning face does the person who said this have? Can you post a selfie? You are so ugly, are you so anxious?"

So, on the first night, Kitagawa Rumi subconsciously argued with netizens on the Internet for a whole night.

"No, I took the phone to take pictures of evidence to help Liang get rid of the Beichuan family, not to surf the Internet. We must take action tonight!"

The next day, Kitagawa Rumi still swore an oath.

"Do you know how to reply to your father? If you didn't talk for a day, I would have thought you were reincarnated. Yes, yes, yes, no one can compare to your brother's achievements. If you don't understand, just ask, what box office champion is your brother?"

"Is his performance half as good as you fans' words? Stop cueing him all the time. It's really boring to drag him down with the crowd. How many years has this group photo from hundreds of years been pinned? I have plenty of photos like this."

So we fought on the line for the whole night.

"Ruby, Ruby, you can't go on like this."

During the day of the third day, I continued to feel heartbroken.

"What, the LALALAI Theater is going to put on a new play?"

"Don't ask. If you want to know, just go and see it. It's a great deal. If I hadn't been unable to go, I would have already reserved a front row seat."

"You said the cast list hasn't been officially announced yet? You don't really think Liang's acting skills aren't good enough for a lead role, do you? No way, no way?"

Then, he fell asleep while promoting his products.

"We'll take action tonight."

On the fourth night, Kitagawa Rumi finally made up her mind.

As a result, Kitagawa Susumu and Kitagawa Tomiko suddenly slept late tonight. After making sure there was no good opportunity, Kitagawa Rumi took out her cell phone again.

"Just take a look."

[I took a photo of someone who looked like Ryo from behind at a shopping mall in Ueno, Tokyo]

Under the tag of Beichuan Liang, someone posted a tweet like this.

Kitagawa Rumi recognized the figure at a glance.

There was no way she could be wrong.

Then, she widened her ruby ​​eyes, as round as a frightened kitten.

In the blurry photo, Kitagawa Rumi noticed.

My brother's right hand.

Being led by another girl.

Chapter 16: Peers

Tokyo is bustling at night, and the area near the comprehensive shopping mall in Ueno district is particularly bustling with people. The huge crystal chandeliers flash dazzling light, illuminating the entire building as if it were daytime. Looking up from the first floor of the shopping mall, one can see a bustling crowd climbing up the escalator in a spiral.

Throwing two people into such a huge flow of people was like two drops of water in the sea, without causing any ripples at all.

Although the premise is that Beichuan Liang's identity will not be discovered.

Beichuan Ryo pressed down his wide-brimmed hat, and only his eyes were exposed from the mask he wore. After making sure that his face was mostly covered, he looked up and said to Hoshino Ai beside him:

"Go in."

Hoshino Ai nodded. Her fame was not as high as Kitagawa Ryo's, so she just wore a baseball cap as usual. Occasionally, when people saw her face, they would only give people the simple impression that this little girl was very beautiful.

In order to prevent unnecessary trouble, Toshio Kindaichi also specially found an adult to look after the two children, who was also responsible for paying the bills and carrying the bags.

The person who was asked by Kindaichi Toshiro to take care of the child happened to be someone whom Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai knew. He was Katsuya Kaburaki, who was Kindaichi's junior in the drama school and also joined the LALALAI troupe in college.

However, he did not choose to become an actor after graduation, but instead used his connections to become a producer in the circle. He met Hoshino Ai during a fashion magazine modeling job and introduced her to the acting training class of the LALALAI Theater Company.

Katsuragi Kaburagi, who has been working in the circle for several years, has lost the immaturity he had when he just graduated and has become quite smooth in his dealings with others. This is one of the reasons why Toshiro Kindaichi entrusted Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai's trip to him.

He followed the two people, slightly behind them, with a smile on his face and his arms folded behind his head, acting like a parent taking his children shopping in a mall.

"Want to hold hands? It feels like there are too many people here."

Kitagawa Ryo took a look at the flow of people inside the mall at the door, winked at Hoshino Ai beside him, and took the initiative to make a suggestion.

"Okay."

Hoshino Ai didn't think anything of it. She took two steps forward and stood shoulder to shoulder with Kitagawa Ryo. She stretched out her left hand at her side and tried to reach for Kitagawa Ryo's right hand as naturally as possible. But when she really touched it, her mind suddenly went blank. She didn't know how to hold it or what posture to use.

It has not even been a year since B Komachi debuted, and her popularity has not accumulated enough to hold a fan handshake event. Hoshino Ai tried hard to recall the videos she had seen of other idols shaking hands with fans offline. They smiled sincerely, gently held the fans' hands with both hands and said words of thanks for their support.

No, no, this has absolutely no reference value.

Liang is not her fan, and there is no way to hold it with both hands right now.

A lot of questions popped up in my mind one after another.

If I only cross the upper part of my fingers, won't it be a little unstable and easily knocked apart by the crowd?