They all pushed me!

"…Tanaka, have you been obsessed with the reports of your secret love affair with another actress last month and haven't recovered yet?"

The bald editor adjusted his glasses on his nose:

"If you search for the relevant tags of Beichuan Liang on Twitter, you will find that his fans have long known about this 'explosive' news you mentioned."

As he spoke, the editor-in-chief stood up, patted the reporter named Tanaka on the shoulder, and gave him earnest instructions:

“Do you know what the reaction was from his fans on Twitter?”

The middle-aged man in his forties imitated with a pinched voice:

"Great! It looks like Liang Bao has finally made some friends. The last time fans photographed him, he was eating at Haidilao alone."

"Yeah, yeah. I hope Liang can get to know more children of the same age. Does anyone remember the last time Liang participated in that parent-child variety show, he turned all the children in the same episode into his little followers?"

"Haha, I have a very strong impression of this. That's why I always think that Ryo can play better with older kids. They are obviously kids of the same age, but it seems that every time Ryo looks at them, he will unconsciously reveal the feeling of 'you are very childish'. I think he contributed a lot of emoticons that time."

Then, the editor-in-chief smiled and said to reporter Tanaka:

"I think if you do a little research, you'll know that the most influential fans of Beichuan Liang are the aunties."

"And, is it possible?"

"You guys don't think a kid of eight or nine years old is in love?"

The office suddenly burst into laughter, and reporter Tanaka himself felt a little embarrassed. He stood there holding the camera, feeling a little overwhelmed, not knowing what to say.

"Forget it, forget it. Since you like it so much, Tanaka, and you're also really good at digging up other people's secret relationships and cheating, how about I give you a new task?"

After ridiculing the other party, the editor-in-chief shook his head and sighed:

"Please tell me!"

Reporter Tanaka immediately answered loudly with the intention of avenging his previous humiliation.

The editor-in-chief smiled, took out a cigarette box from his pocket and pulled out a cigarette. Reporter Tanaka also took out a lighter and respectfully lit the cigarette for his boss.

"I remember you've been in the industry for more than a year, Tanaka."

"Yes!"

"Then you should have heard that Beichuan Liang's adoptive parents had a biological daughter almost a year ago?"

"Of course, I was also near the hospital at that time... although I didn't get the chance to be interviewed in the end."

The editor-in-chief nodded after listening to the other party's words, blew out another smoke ring, and said lightly:

"In fact, the Kitagawa couple didn't have any children for more than ten years after their marriage, so they chose to adopt a child from an orphanage, who is now Kitagawa Ryo."

"So when the news of Kitagawa Tomiko's pregnancy came out, there were actually quite a few rumors in the circle saying that the child might not be Kitagawa Susumu's."

"But after digging for so long, we haven't found any substantial evidence."

"But if they can find out something, it will be explosive news that can make the headlines."

Reporter Tanaka immediately understood what the editor-in-chief meant, and immediately patted his chest and assured:

"Don't worry, I'll investigate this matter right away!"

"waiting for your good news."

The editor-in-chief smiled as he escorted the excited reporter Tanaka out the door.

Of course, he himself did not expect Tanaka to really find out anything, he just wanted to find some work for the other party, maybe he could get some unexpected gains.

After seeing off reporter Tanaka, the atmosphere in the editorial office became gloomy again, and a group of editors continued to sigh as they searched for industry news suitable for publication.

"Do you want to report on Himekawa Airi's case? I remember she gave birth to a son recently."

"Himekawa Airi? Isn't she the actress who starred in the morning drama? Her traffic is just so-so. Just use her as a backup plan if there is really no gimmick."

"Hey, if only Beichuan Ryo was nineteen instead of nine years old now."

An editor, feeling a bit desperate, began to fantasize.

"It's true that there's no way to hype up a nine-year-old boy or a thirteen-year-old girl, but if it's nineteen or twenty-three years old..."

“It feels quite suitable.”

But he immediately smiled dumbly again. After all, who knows whether Beichuan Liang will still have such huge traffic ten years later.

Having been in this industry for a long time, he has seen too many child stars who flashed by like shooting stars.

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Toshiro Kindaichi was sorting out the registration list for the new play "Forbidden Game of Youth". He scrolled down the mouse and saw the name of "Kamiki Hikaru" under the role of "Valoya", who was the second member of the troupe who was willing to audition for this role.

Because everyone knows that as long as it is a role that Beichuan Liang wants, it will be difficult for anyone in the troupe to compete with him.

The light of the sacred tree.

Toshiro Kindaichi was impressed by the name, and the image of the other person quickly emerged in his mind.

The child's parents were friends of his, who died in a car accident about three years ago, but Shenmu Guang himself showed a strong desire not to be adopted by relatives or go to an orphanage, and instead joined the LALALAI troupe.

Toshio Kindaichi still remembers that at the funeral of the other party's parents, Kamiki Mitsuru's elders hugged him and cried, thinking that the other party had become a miserable child from then on.

During the vigil ceremony that night, Shenmu Guang calmly walked up to him, looked up and asked him a question that was not at all childish but childish:

"Why are you crying?"

“Because everyone is sad.”

"Why are you sad?"

Toshiro Kindaichi completely failed to understand the other person's feelings when he asked this question.

He just felt that the child was full of strange and inhuman qualities.

And these two points are very similar to Beichuan Ryo in the troupe.

So, when Kitagawa Ryo temporarily left the troupe to enter the film and television industry and was busy shooting movies and TV series, Kindaichi Toshiro extended an invitation to him, which continues to this day.

Considering appearance and acting skills, Kamiki Hikaru does have the potential to play Valoya.

After a brief hesitation, Toshiro Kindaichi chose to accept the other party's audition application.

In another room, Shenmu Guang was also honing his acting skills in front of the mirror.

He is doing a profile and portrait of the character [Valodia].

"I don't understand the importance of life, and I don't understand the meaning of protecting life. I don't have any empathy for all the emotions that arise at the moment of birth and loss of life."

"I have always been like this. I don't understand those things. I must understand them. Everyone knows them. But I still don't understand them. I have learned a lot to understand those things. However, no matter how hard I try, I still don't understand... why people want to live."

Shenmu Guang began to recite his lines. He suddenly stood up in the room alone and smiled at himself in the mirror.

"I was tired of the mundane, but I found a really great game. It might be a little exaggerated, but this is something that I can call a game."

He opened his arms wide, his eyes sparkling with joy and enthusiasm.

The face of the handsome boy in the mirror gradually became distorted.

"Human nature is not worth testing, so I want to watch it. Anyway, I got a deep moral satisfaction, and I also admired your numbness and incompetence, even the inability to take the slightest action. Goodbye, my dear classmates. Alas, you are a bunch of puppets! You have been pulled by strings all your life and controlled by others."

Shenmu Guang suddenly whistled.

"It's all my fault, but there's nothing I can do. Maybe only by doing this, by constantly taking away valuable things from other people's lives, can I truly feel that I'm alive. Success! Play the music! Fire the salute! Applaud and cheer! The king returns victoriously!"

The characters' lines are mixed with their own monologues.

After a brief frenzy, Shenmu Guang regained his composure. Emotional management is one of the most basic abilities for an actor.

Pushing open the door of the single practice room, Kamiki Mitsuru happened to run into Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai following behind him in the corridor.

He skipped the woman without hesitation and looked directly at Beichuan Liang.

[Child stars whose mothers they most want to be] has topped the list for two consecutive years. The most popular child star at the moment is Ryo Kitagawa, who is loved by everyone in the world.

Ever since he met the other party two years ago, he had a strong premonition that perhaps only after defeating the other party could he truly feel the weight of his own life.

Shenmu Guang shook his head, feeling a little regretful.

It was not until after that incident that he realized that Beichuan Liang had never considered that woman as his mother for even a single day.

Otherwise, he might feel more accomplished.

Chapter 18: This Brutal Pleasure

After that night, Kitagawa Rumi's investigation gradually began to get on track. Taking advantage of the fragmented time late at night and during the day, she turned almost the entire Kitagawa house upside down, including the rooms of the Kitagawa couple.

No one would doubt that a baby who is not even one year old is just a smart and lively child in the eyes of the Kitagawa couple. They are even delighted to see that Kitagawa Rumi is extremely curious about everything around her, and they don't care at all about her behavior of opening this cabinet to take a look and pulling out that drawer to touch.

Kitagawa Rumi's own education level is basically only elementary school dropout. She once found dozens of documents stuffed into the corner of a cabinet, but she couldn't understand the specific contents. She could only take pictures of them all with her mobile phone camera.

In addition to the various secretly stored files and account books that she could not understand, Kitagawa Rumi also took the opportunity when the couple went on a long trip to secretly open the private computer that Kitagawa Jin did not take with him. She had seen him enter the password, so she logged in easily.

Because she was worried about missing something important, Kitagawa Rumi simply found a USB drive and copied all the files and data in her computer, along with the photos she had taken before, and sent them all anonymously to Kitagawa Ryo's public account used for contacting business cooperation.

Although this series of processes sounds simple, the baby's body and physical strength still bother Rumi. However, every time she is frustrated and feels like she can't hold on any longer, Kitagawa Rumi will think of Kitagawa Ryo. Just recalling the time she spent with him makes her try harder.

In the pitch-black room, only the light of the computer screen was lit. Strolling in the dark night of black and white, Kitagawa Rumi recalled the distant past and pressed the 'Confirm Send' button with the mouse.

After spending three days to confirm the authenticity of the documents, Mr. Izaki told Kitagawa Ryo about the matter.

Beichuan Liang was originally worried about finding evidence that could really sanction the Beichuan family. Although he didn't know who helped him, after getting the evidence, he chose to take action without any hesitation.

As one of the most popular child actors nowadays, the news of Kitagawa Ryo's long article accusing his adoptive parents topped the hot trend of the week ten minutes after it was released.

Public opinion was in an uproar.

The Kitagawa couple didn't even think about how long Kitagawa Ryo had been preparing for this day. Before they could even do any crisis public relations, the opponent's combination of punches hit them first. Kitagawa Ryo's agency and LALALAI Theater spoke out in support at the first opportunity. Kindaichi Toshiro even showed no restraint and publicly cursed out that bastard on TV as if he had finally fulfilled his wish.

Subsequently, a large amount of evidence and reports on the Kitagawa couple's exploitation of their adopted son in the past few years were released, along with information that the couple had been lavishly purchasing luxury homes and cars in recent years.

If all of the above only put the Kitagawa couple at a low moral point for a while, at best they would be criticized by countless netizens.

But Mr. Izaki then disclosed the facts of the two men's bribery, tax evasion and tax avoidance in their early years. Because it involved illegal activities, the police immediately announced that they would launch an investigation.

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It only takes one bad day for an adult to have a meltdown.

In fact, Kitagawa Susumu and Kitagawa Tomiko were even on vacation overseas on the day of the incident. Due to the time difference, they were even a little drowsy when the public opinion exploded, but countless phone calls soon woke them up.

After taking three minutes to understand the current situation, the couple didn't even bother with their luggage and chose the fastest flight back to Tokyo overnight.

"…How could it become like this? Damn it!"

Kitagawa Jin didn't even dare to go back to his own home, because he knew that the place would probably be crowded with reporters. The two of them could only return to another apartment they had previously purchased in Tokyo.

"How dare that little bastard? If we hadn't taken him out of the orphanage, he would have spent his entire life eating garbage in there."

Kitagawa Tomiko also cursed with gritted teeth.

"It's okay to scold, I've made enough money in the past few years anyway."

"The key is how he dug that thing up."

Kitagawa Susumu opened his personal computer. He only kept a copy of the original document for himself in order to deal with his wife Kitagawa Tomiko.

After Beichuan Liang became famous, what he feared most was that his wife would directly file for divorce from him. Not only would she take away half of his assets, but she might also take away the custody of Beichuan Liang, this cash cow.

That's why he kept the original copy signed by the couple in his personal computer.

Husband and wife are the closest relatives, but only as accomplices can they live and die together.

Even now, Kitagawa Susumu has never doubted Rumi. Instead, he is wondering if he was seen entering his password by a servant at home and the servant used the evidence to exchange for money.

But it has happened after all.

"The police will come here soon, and because of the high level of attention, it is impossible to handle it privately as before."

Kitagawa Susumu's back was covered in cold sweat. Compared to Kitagawa Tomiko, who had completely lost the ability to think and was just venting her emotions, he was still thinking about the possibility of getting away with the crime.

Even if he becomes unknown later, the money he earned from Beichuan Liang over the years will be enough for him to live for the rest of his life.

Just as Kitagawa Jin was looking through his address book, hoping to find a solution through the connections he had accumulated over the past two years, Kitagawa Tomiko seemed unable to bear the blow and started to cry. Kitagawa Jin felt annoyed when he heard it:

"Stop making noise! ​​If you have nothing to do, just cover your head and go to sleep. Don't bother me!"

He roared behind him.

Having never seen her husband look so ferocious, Kitagawa Tomiko stopped crying for a moment and lay on the bed sobbing softly.

When Kitagawa Jin finally found a lawyer he had met at a drinking party and was about to get up and go outside to call him, he discovered that Kitagawa Tomiko had fallen asleep on the bed due to exhaustion and anger.

Shaking his head helplessly, Kitagawa Jin covered his wife with a blanket, put on his slippers and prepared to call the lawyer to consult about legal issues.