They all pushed me!

"I like coolness."

Then, she turned around slightly and naturally hugged Beichuan Liang's left arm. Looking at her mother who had just hurriedly stopped crying, she repeated her words again:

"I like coolness."

"Mother."

She wasn't asking for her mother's permission, just as she had never doubted the idea of ​​an empty audience when she was trying to become an actress.

Now Akane Kurokawa is just like a child who wants to hear the blessing from her mother with her own ears.

In fact, Kurokawa Akane's mother didn't say anything sentimental. She tried hard to recall in her mind the scene more than ten or twenty years ago when she followed her unmarried husband to meet her future parents-in-law. She remembered what she heard at that time, "I hope you two can live in harmony and happiness for the rest of your lives."

But when she was about to say this with a smile, she changed her words unconsciously.

Because her daughter is a much better child than her as a mother.

and so--

This is both a heartfelt blessing and a statement that should be made.

"You will live in harmony and happiness for the rest of your lives."

Then, the mother heard the two people in front of her nod in response at the same time.

It was as if he wanted to immediately confirm what she said, or as if he was simply feeling deeply for her.

They kissed each other almost synchronously, completing the two unfinished lines of poetry with their lips into four complete lines.

In this dizzy state with her brain almost blank, Kurokawa Akane vaguely recalled a passage she had remembered for a long time:

"I don't mind. If it's with you, kissing or doing that kind of thing is fine."

She had already tasted the first half of the sentence.

Next, it is...

Chapter 37: Four Names

Although he felt that the exposed skin of Kurokawa Akane, who was kissing him passionately, including his forearms, face and neck, was flushed slightly, and his body temperature was visibly rising, and his pupils were already blurred with a layer of affection as thick as mist, Kitagawa Ryo still suppressed the impulse in his heart for the time being, and after ending this somewhat long kiss, he took a small step back on his own initiative.

It has to be said that even though it is still winter, both of them are wearing quite thick clothes. In addition, Kurokawa Akane's mother is watching them. If the season were moved to summer, the situation would probably be completely different.

"I still have to go to the crew to film tomorrow, be good——"

As if coaxing a child, Kitagawa Ryo stretched out his finger and gently hooked Kurokawa Akane's small nose, then leaned over and gently pecked her forehead. He then turned his gaze to Kurokawa Akane's mother on the side, ready to say goodbye to his future mother-in-law.

But before Kitagawa Ryo could say anything, Kurokawa Akane hung on him like a koala again. His actions and kiss just now were like a fatal switch, which reawakened all the desires in Kurokawa Akane's heart that she had noticed and not noticed in the past, the desires that were on the surface and at the bottom, all the desires called demanding.

Although she and Kana Arima seem to come from the same single-parent family now, Kurokawa Akane never thinks that she is stronger than the other. It seems that all of Kana Arima's tears are dedicated to the role in the performance. She has almost never seen her cry for any reason in real life.

It's totally unlike her... When she was alone reading malicious comments on the Internet, she would cry secretly in her bed; after making a low-level mistake while starring in "Matilda", she almost cried in front of the audience, and finally sobbed for a long time in the arms of Kitagawa Ryo backstage; when her father died in an accident, she also silently shed many tears behind her mother's back.

Including now.

Kurokawa Akane felt her eyes getting red, and she seemed like she was about to cry again.

"Have dinner before leaving...?"

At this time, Kurokawa Akane finally realized that she was intentionally acting coquettishly towards Kitagawa Ryo in front of her. This was a habitual action that she, who was not very strong, could do more easily than Arima Kana.

"--All right."

Facing Kurokawa Akane like this, Kitagawa Ryo had no way of saying no. After thinking for a while, he decided to agree.

Although his most troublesome sister, Kitagawa Rumi, has always been the one who acts like a spoiled child, and Ai has never had the maturity that a girl of her age should have, and it is common for her to act like a spoiled child in his arms, but he has to admit that he still has no resistance to the coquetry of girls who are close to him. In a sense, this is also a testament to their respective charms.

But think about it from another angle, maybe it's because he has a strong liking for these girls that he is so easily captured by their every move and smile. After all, he has acted with hundreds of other actors over the years. Occasionally, when he goes to a members-only bar with Kindaichi Toshiro and others, he can also meet many waitresses who are either internet celebrities or idols, but he never feels such a thrill in his heart.

After hearing that Beichuan Liang agreed to stay for dinner, Kurokawa Akane reluctantly let go of his arms and walked towards the kitchen, looking back every few steps as if he was afraid that he would run away:

"Then, I'll make dinner now."

"Let me help, so Xiao Qian can finally feel at ease."

Beichuan Liang replied with a bit of amusement and helplessness, but just after taking two steps forward, he was blocked by Kurokawa Akane who turned around again. He only saw the other party shaking his head stubbornly:

"No, no, I can come alone. Liang will just sit here and rest. Mom, can you please turn on the TV? Or go to my room and take a look? Liang probably hasn't seen what my room looks like yet, right? If there are any books on the bookshelf that interest you, you can take them freely..."

Like a machine gun, Kurokawa Akane spoke a long paragraph in one breath, then put his hands on Kitagawa Ryo's shoulders, helped him turn around, and pushed him all the way to his room. After carefully guiding him to sit at the desk in his bedroom, he left the room with peace of mind and closed the door gently.

Beichuan Liang originally wanted to chat with Akane's mother for a while longer, but since he was pushed and dragged into her bedroom by Kurokawa Akane, he simply relaxed, lay back in the chair in front of the desk, took out his mobile phone and sent a message to Ai that he would be back late and would not be home for dinner.

Soon, he received a reply from love:

"When will you bring Chiyin back?"

“…You know all this.”

"Because Liang's location is at Akane's house, you don't have to guess."

After seeing Ai's reply, Beichuan Liang curled the corners of his mouth, and then he remembered that he had a mutual positioning software in his mobile phone that established a family relationship with two people in his family.

"And Kana also told me that Ryo was going to send Akane home today."

After a while, Ai sent another message with additional explanation.

"So, is everything resolved?"

"Well, it's over here, too."

"understood."

After a short silence, Ai sent another message:

"If there is one more, Allah will split Ryo in two on the Day of Resurrection."

"really."

Beichuan Liang couldn't help laughing and sent an emoticon in response.

However, Ai did not continue with this witty remark, but just sent another sentence that seemed to be a bit incoherent and incoherent:

"…As expected, it's still Kana and Akane."

"Because just like it's bound to be Love and Ruby."

After replying to the message in a flash, Ai didn't send any new messages in the next few minutes. Beichuan Liang put the phone on the desk, stood up from the chair, and scanned the bookshelf in front of him bit by bit, stroking the neat spines with his fingers, and sliding through the titles of psychology and drama-related books row by row, and finally stopped his eyes on a trophy display cabinet next to the bookshelf.

The various trophies placed inside are undoubtedly a recognition of Kurokawa Akane's acting skills, and among these, more than half of the awards were presented to Akane by him personally.

Kitagawa Ryo remembered that there was such a big thing in Rumi's room. He also remembered that she hugged him in the afterglow of a certain night and whispered many stories that he himself didn't know. He knew that for a long time, he was the trophy that Rumi wanted most in her heart even though she won the Best Newcomer Award without even being loved. The orange bear doll that he once took for granted as his sister's favorite was just a substitute for Rumi in many long nights.

If they hadn't really developed this kind of relationship in the end, all these many secrets would probably have remained buried in the deepest dreams, and the same was true for Arikana.

Although she didn't have such a trophy display cabinet at home, it was not until the kiss that confirmed their relationship that day in Shizuoka that Arima Kana confessed a lot to him. She confessed the button on his shirt that symbolized his heart and was sewn into the pendant, and the ring pillow that she secretly took away after his wedding. She placed it next to her pillow to create the illusion that she was not the only one living alone in that big villa, in the big city of Tokyo.

Frankly speaking, when he first learned this from Rumi, Kitagawa Ryo felt a little horrified, but these thoughts quickly vanished without a trace when he saw her peaceful and lovely sleeping face so close to him. In the end, all that remained in his mind were these few words: 'It is the most difficult to accept the kindness of a beautiful woman.'

In fact, the same is true of love. Even after the two got married, until he actually told her the fact that he was a reborn person, the other party was trapped in the past of the plan that went against Genji because of the incident at Johnny's Office.

Thinking of this, Kitagawa Ryo pulled out a semi-popular science book titled "Behavioral Psychology That Even Children Can Understand" from the second row of Kurokawa Akane's bookshelf, sat back in his chair, and began to read attentively.

Almost half an hour later, when he had read a quarter of the book, the door of the room was pushed open again. Kurokawa Akane, still wearing an apron, stood outside the door and called out to Kitagawa Ryo softly:

"It's time to eat."

"Okay, come right away."

After glancing at the lower right corner of the page and memorizing the current page number, Kitagawa Ryo stood up and followed Kurokawa Akane out of the bedroom. There seemed to be a stew bubbling on the dining table in the living room, and the fragrance and warmth filled the air. After letting Akane's mother sit at the head of the table first, he pulled out a chair and sat down, and Kurokawa Akane followed closely and sat next to him.

"Because I didn't prepare much in advance, and I'm not as good at cooking as Liang..."

She does not have the absolute self-confidence like Magana. Just like when her parents suggested that she learn acting, Kurokawa Akane subconsciously denied herself by saying "I'm shy and timid, and I can't do anything well." But in a sense, this does not mean that she is an inferior child, because in fact, what Kurokawa Akane wanted to hear was the encouragement from her parents after hearing this.

Just like now.

"No, it's quite rich, and Chiyin's cooking skills are the best in our family. This is not what I said, but a fact recognized by the fans of "Today's Meal of the Kitagawa Family"."

Beichuan Liang smiled and took a sip of the mutton soup that had been prepared by the attentive Chiyin's mother. As if he remembered something, he immediately suggested:

"How about coming to our house to film another episode of 'Today's Meal at the Kitagawa Family' next time? Invite Kana to come along, as the two of you are the most popular special guest pair among the audience in the live broadcast room. You can use it as an excuse to promote the live-action movie of 'Tokyo BLADE'."

"Okay."

Kurokawa Akane watched with satisfaction as Kitagawa Ryo ate the food he had made himself, completely forgetting the past when he was like a minion sitting in the barbecue restaurant and didn't even dare to put a piece of barbecue into the other person's bowl with a barbecue tongs. He immediately agreed.

Then she added with a smile, deliberately emphasizing a certain word in her words.

"If Kana comes, it will be the real 'Today's meal of the Kitagawa family'."

Hearing what Kurokawa Akane said, Kitagawa Ryo was slightly stunned, but she reacted immediately. The host of the show Kitagawa Rumi, the judge and regular guest Kitagawa Ryo and Ai, as well as Hotaru who had occasionally popped in over the past two years, plus her and Arima Kana, the two special guests who appeared together, were, in a sense, indeed all the current members of the Kitagawa family.

...Then the next episode should be about making dumplings.

After making such a subtle complaint in his mind, Kitagawa Ryo started chatting with Akane's mother about some family matters about Akane's childhood, while Kurokawa Akane would interject a few words from time to time. In such a pleasant and warm atmosphere, it felt like not much time had passed before the food on the table had been eaten up.

This time, Kurokawa Akane didn't try to persuade Beichuan Ryo to stay, but she still walked him to the entrance step by step, reached out to help Beichuan Ryo tie his scarf again, smoothed the wrinkles on his down jacket, and pulled up the collar. Then she stepped back half a step, raised her right hand in the air and waved at Beichuan Ryo, with the corners of her mouth raised, revealing a happy smile:

"Then, be careful on the road."

"Well, see you on the set tomorrow."

Raising his right hand in the same serious manner and waving goodbye to Kurokawa Akane, Kitagawa Ryo turned around, walked to the car in the parking lot, unlocked the car door with the key, and just as he sat in the driver's seat, the door of the passenger seat next to him was also pulled open, and it turned out to be Mr. Izaki, who had to leave early today because of something urgent.

"Wait for a long time?"

Kitagawa Ryo, who had long guessed that it was the other party's routine, was not surprised that Mr. Izaki would appear here. He started the engine and drove out of the parking space while asking casually.

"In fact, I'm ready to wait here all night to cool down."

Mr. Izaki fastened his seat belt and stretched out in the soft seat.

“…You’ll catch a cold.”

"I'm sitting in my car with the air conditioner on, so it's not that bad."

After realizing that everything was settled, Mr. Izaki took out a stack of documents from his briefcase and placed them on Kitagawa Ryo's right hand side:

"It's all settled now, right?"

"Ah."

In response to Mr. Izaki's question, Kitagawa Ryo nodded, his eyes looking straight ahead on the road, and he slowly began to call out their names one by one.

"Ai, Ruby, Kana, Akane."

Every time a name was read out, Beichuan Liang felt as if he became a little more complete.

The emotions and memories between him and them firmly linked him to this world that had no roots, no origins, and no destiny.

It truly fills the soul of a time traveler.

It is also the past and present life of two lifetimes.

I write a little slowly and I feel like I won’t be able to finish it tonight, so I might as well post the final chapter tomorrow.

After the end, I will write four chapters, as follows:

Extra 1: Thank you for falling into my world (Love & Ruby)

Extra 2: A threesome where no one is allowed to sneak out (Kana & Akane)

Extra 3: I believe there will be a special prize if I draw again (MEM啾篇)

Extra 4: It is reasonable to order the hero in the name of the author (Abiko Samejima)

Mid-February, Kitagawa's house.

"Everyone is welcome to come to Ruby's live broadcast room on time this weekend!"

Facing the live camera, Kitagawa Rumi, with a simple and refreshing ponytail, hosted this live program that has been running for several years very familiarly. She smiled and waved to greet the old viewers who rushed into the live broadcast room at the first time.

Sharp-eyed fans quickly noticed that, unlike her usual plain, clean, undecorated white apron look, today's host was wearing a cute apron with pale pink and white as the main colors and ruffles on the hem, which was quite rare. However, because the title of the live broadcast room already had the words "Valentine's Day Special Album" written on it, fans were not particularly surprised and immediately sent out a barrage of comments such as "Ruby looks so cute today" and "I guess today's dish is chocolate."

After simply picking out two prominent comments and responding to them, Kitagawa Rumi continued with the opening remarks that she had memorized over the years:

"It's cooking time again! As the annual Valentine's Day special, what kind of novel dish will the Kitagawa family prepare for today's meal? If it's really chocolate, then it's almost over. After all, everyone knows that I've never been very good at baking desserts. Apart from letting my brother occasionally get back to the mood when I was his dessert taster - well, if I don't set the house on fire, it's a victory."

As a pseudo-cooking live broadcast that has been running for several years and is half about popularizing cooking knowledge and half about teaching cooking steps, it actually requires the host Kitagawa Rumi to always play the role of a kitchen novice. Although everyone knows that after so many years of broadcasting, the host should be considered a cooking veteran, but there is no way for the sake of the live broadcast effect. In addition, Rumi is unexpectedly good at playing stupid roles, so the audience got used to and accepted this setting in the end.

After laying the groundwork for this, Kitagawa Rumi suddenly seemed to remember something, and suddenly clasped her hands together in front of her chest, and said to herself:

"Right! If that's the case, then I can also look for external help. Let me think, I remember that so-and-so and so-and-so are both good at making desserts—"