They all pushed me!

After Kitagawa Ryo came closer, Hoshino Ai came back to her senses as if awakened from a dream. She wanted to force out a smile as usual, but after seeing the traces of tears on Kitagawa Ryo's face that had not yet dried, she suddenly couldn't smile no matter how hard she tried.

She subconsciously took out a tissue from her bag, and when Hoshino Ai came to her senses, she had already bent down and was trying clumsily to help wipe away the tears on Kitagawa Ryo's face.

What was rare was that Kitagawa Ryo did not take the tissue as Hoshino Ai had expected. He just stood there with his head tilted back, allowing her to stroke his eyes and cheeks bit by bit in a somewhat random and unfamiliar manner.

"Let's go back. The tour guide issue has been resolved, and we still need to prepare for the trip tomorrow."

After a long silence, Kitagawa Ryo finally reached out and held Hoshino Ai's wrist. He took a deep breath, and his tone and intonation returned to normal.

"Ah."

Hoshino Ai agreed softly. Since Beichuan Liang didn't want to say more, she didn't ask any more questions. She stood up and put her hands behind her back, saying in a melodious tone:

"This is my first time in Miyazaki, so I'm looking forward to it."

"The scenery here is pretty good. After all, it's a fairly famous tourist destination in China. But the last time I came here I was basically filming a movie, so I didn't really go for a tour."

The two of them walked along the mountain road slowly towards the hotel, chatting about this and that, and the atmosphere gradually became relaxed.

Because the mountain road was a little steep and it was completely dark, Hoshino Ai skillfully held Kitagawa Ryo's right hand with her left hand, still with their palms against each other and her fingers pressing on the back of the hand.

But in Hoshino Ai's other right hand, she was still holding the tissue that she had used to wipe Kitagawa Ryo's tears. She unconsciously applied a little force, and a clear sense of wetness spread in her palm.

Half warm, half cool and greasy.

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The hotel that the two had asked Mr. Izaki to book was not too far away. After they went down the mountain and walked for a while, the outline of the hotel soon appeared in their sight.

Hoshino Ai had already moved their luggage to the room in advance and kept the room card in her bag. They walked around the front desk on the first floor, crossed the lobby, and went up the stairs to the second floor.

Kitagawa Ryo lives in Room 203 and Hoshino Ai lives in the next door Room 204. Both are spacious and comfortable king-size bed rooms. The hotel is located in a high position and one can take in the entire dense forest and brilliant starry sky of Miyazaki by opening the window.

After Kitagawa Ryo put on slippers and inserted the room card given to him by Hoshino Ai into the recess in the wall, the power supply of the entire room was activated and the warm orange light immediately enveloped him.

Because he had already eaten dinner and had plans to travel tomorrow, Kitagawa Ryo, who was a little tired, prepared to take a shower and rest.

But when he finished his shower, changed into light pajamas and prepared to go to bed, there was a knock on the door.

It’s obvious that it’s Hoshino Ai.

Sure enough, when Kitagawa Ryo opened the door, Hoshino Ai, who must have just taken a shower, was standing there in a pretty manner.

There seemed to be a layer of hazy mist rising from her body, which made her skin look whiter and more rosy. Her blue-purple hair was draped lazily behind her, and under the light, it looked as shiny as a crow's feather.

Her hair is in good quality, soft and smooth, like fine silk, and has a familiar smell, the scent of summer orange. Hoshino Ai has become accustomed to using this shampoo and still carries it with her even when she goes out.

As soon as Hoshino Ai entered the room, she fell on the bed, which even Kitagawa Ryo hadn't had time to lie on yet. She rolled around slightly like a small animal that wanted to leave some trace there:

"I always feel that the bed in Liang is bigger than the one in my room."

"It's probably just a psychological effect. After all, they are all rooms of the same grade, so there shouldn't be any difference."

Beichuan Ryo sat on the edge of the bed without caring. Anyway, Hoshino Ai had often messed up his sofa when she was a guest at his house. If she was in a hotel, she could just roll around as she pleased.

"Ryo, are you willing to tell me about that child?"

"If you think this will make you feel better."

Suddenly, Hoshino Ai asked this question.

"Sarina? It seems like Ai didn't just come at that time."

Beichuan Ryo pursed his lips, then lay back down next to Hoshino Ai, completely putting all of his body weight on the bed.

It seemed as if this would save a little more energy to speak.

After spending several years with Hoshino Ai, Kitagawa Ryo also regarded her as an important person, so when faced with Hoshino Ai's concern, he seemed to have no need to hide anything.

What's more, you can know everything clearly just by entering keywords on the Internet.

But maybe, as Hoshino Ai said, if there is someone willing to take on the role of "listener", and tell all your troubles, maybe it will feel better.

So, starting from the first time the two met, Kitagawa Ryo slowly told all the stories between him and Sarina Tendouji, from her favorite "Hamlet" to "He Once Lived", which was inspired by her.

What Beichuan Liang said was very messy, mixed and fragmented, but also very fine and small, very soft and light.

Hoshino Ai listened to all these past events quietly. In fact, Tendouji Sarina's first meeting with Kitagawa Ryo was less than two months earlier than the first time she met Kitagawa Ryo.

She suddenly felt bitter because she inexplicably remembered a line from the play Romeo and Juliet that she had read:

"A man who suddenly becomes blind will never forget the precious images preserved in his vanished vision. Show me a beauty beyond compare, and what use is there of her beauty except to remind me that there is someone more beautiful than she."

At this moment, the inferiority complex and even self-destructive tendencies that she had buried deep in her heart with lies almost swept over her whole body.

But at this time, Beichuan Liang had already shown his weakness to her, and two weak people cannot comfort each other, and can only sink together in each other's negative emotions.

So Hoshino Ai suppressed her emotions, she turned sideways and hugged Kitagawa Ryo in her arms.

The highest level of experiential acting is to achieve harmony and integration with the character, which is a two-way emotional flow between the character and the actor.

Hoshino Ai once used her feelings for Kitagawa Ryo to interpret the role of Lala in "Youth Forbidden Game".

But now, she is expressing her emotions through the interpretation of a character in her mind.

It is "Macbeth", which is listed as one of Shakespeare's four great tragedies along with "Hamlet", which is Sariina Tendouji's favorite.

Macbeth, who received the witches' prophecy that he would become king, assassinated his cousin and King Duncan of Scotland. When he was panicking and afraid to act, Lady Macbeth, who loved him, comforted and encouraged her husband as a wife. She smeared the blood of the dead on the face of the king's guards on behalf of Macbeth to frame him.

My hands are the same color as yours.

"I feel from the bottom of my heart that it's really great that Liang is willing to tell me this. It's like I finally understand Liang."

[Please remove my feminine weakness, even if it means pouring the most brutal cruelty into my entire body from head to toe.]

"No matter what happens, I will always stand by Liang's side. If there is anything sad, I will share it with Liang like I did today."

[All living things need sleep, but you haven’t had a good sleep yet. ]

"Like Liang said, we have to travel tomorrow, so let's get a good night's sleep tonight."

【When you fall asleep, I will always be by your side. 】

"I will stay with Liang until he falls asleep."

Every word spoken by Hoshino Ai reveals the breath of love, almost making people drown in her love words without realizing it.

For the first time, the six-pointed stars formed by the interweaving of red and blue in her eyes shone into Beichuan Liang's dark eyes, as if a ray of light that came from a faraway place in the sky, across countless light years, finally reached its destination.

I can hardly think, and I don't want to think.

In the end, Beichuan Liang fell asleep peacefully in her arms, like a child.

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This is one of the rare sleepless nights that Kitagawa Rumi has after living with her brother.

Children's desire to sleep should be extremely strong, and they can feel the sleepiness coming from their brain around eight or nine o'clock.

But Kitagawa Rumi was unusually restless. She rolled around on the bed like a stranded fish.

Before going to kindergarten, Beichuan Liang and she slept in the same bed for the convenience of care, and she was almost accustomed to falling asleep holding her brother's arms.

This habit was also noticed by Beichuan Liang, but he just thought that his sister had the habit of hugging something to fall asleep, so when they slept in separate beds later, Beichuan Liang bought her a lot of doll pillows.

Kitagawa Rumi's favorite at this time is the [Orange Bear], which is one of the gifts given by the manufacturer to Kitagawa Ryo, the exclusive spokesperson of its own brand. However, the other two have been thrown to the back of the closet.

But Orange Bear seemed to have lost his magic tonight.

Kitagawa Rumi tried hard to close her eyes as she hugged the big golden teddy bear.

"elder brother……"

When people are missed, they don't care whether they know it or not.

He has already been embraced in the arms of those who miss him.

Chapter 27: The launch of the Anti-Light Plan

"Hello, hello, you must be the guests introduced by Amamiya. My name is Hondou Mai. It doesn't matter what you call me. I'm very happy to be your tour guide this time. I hope you can have fun in Miyazaki Prefecture!"

Near noon the next day, Kitagawa Ryo dialed the number given to him by Amemiya Goro and quickly contacted the tour guide. After about a few minutes, the other party rushed to the hotel entrance and greeted the two of them in a warm tone.

The local tour guide recommended by Goro Amemiya looked to be around 30 years old. He was not particularly handsome, but very friendly. He wore a pair of sunglasses on his forehead, was tall, had a bright smile, and had a camera hanging around his neck. He drove here.

"Hello, Miss Mai."

Because Goro Amemiya said that the other party was trustworthy, Kitagawa Ryo had no intention of hiding his identity. After getting in the car, he openly took off his sunglasses and hat, smiled and greeted him.

"Ms. Mai, the next few days will be troublesome."

Hoshino Ai on the side also followed suit and called out the same name.

"No wonder Amemiya reminded me of this specifically. The reputation is indeed greater than I thought."

Hondou Mai showed a slightly surprised look, obviously recognizing Beichuan Ryo, but she immediately regained her composure:

"But among all the guests I have received in the past few years, you are also the most popular one."

"From Miss Mai's tone, does she often encounter guests like us?"

Beichuan Liang asked with some curiosity.

"It's almost the same. It may have something to do with the shrines in Miyazaki. Although Miyazaki is a rural area compared to Tokyo, it still retains many large shrines."

Hondou Mai explained while driving:

"The most famous one is the Arata Shrine, which enshrines Tenten-no-Mikoto, the goddess of music and entertainment. It is said to be very effective, so many people in the Tokyo entertainment industry will come here from far away to pay homage before the release of new albums or new movies."

"I'm not bragging. I've received quite a few famous singers and actors over the past two years because of this."

Beichuan Liang also nodded and replied with a smile:

“That really makes people more excited.”

But he immediately added:

"But there's no need to introduce too much about cultural attractions like shrines. We're here mainly to enjoy the natural scenery."

From his previous life to the present, Beichuan Liang has been unwilling to listen to such myths and legends. In his opinion, the various stories, real or fabricated, of each tourist attraction were mostly born when the local tourism bureau chose to develop this place as a tourist resource. Many mountains, shrines, and rivers were given their own legends at that moment. Only in this way can the diligent local tour guides have the capital to speak eloquently to the tourists coming and going.

Beichuan Liangke didn't want to be led by the tour guide to tell him that this stone looked like a monkey and there was a story behind it, and that stone looked like an elephant and there was another story behind it, and then everyone would rush up to take photos.

This kind of travel was nothing more than pure torture for him.

Hondou Mai naturally understood what Kitagawa Ryo meant. She nodded very naturally and calmly changed the itinerary map in her mind to Plan B:

"learn."

As an experienced tour guide, Hondou Mai is a very talkative person. Hoshino Ai, who happened to be visiting Miyazaki Prefecture for the first time, was like a curious baby, constantly asking about every scene passing by outside the car window. The atmosphere in the car gradually became relaxed.

"arrive."

After about half an hour's drive, Hondou Mai also stopped the car and got out of the car attentively to open the door for Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai in the back seat.

“Although this place is not as famous as Takachiho Gorge and Manai Falls, the scenery is just as good, and it is quiet. People who are not born and raised in Miyazaki generally don’t know about this place.”

Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai listened to Hondou Mai's introduction all the way, followed each other's steps into the forest, and after going around a cliff, they saw a fairly wide river.

Green grass cascades down from the top of the hillside, extending in large stretches all the way to the foot of the dark green mountain in the distance. The sun shines through the clouds, the sky is low and blue, and the piles of flourishing white clouds make people feel open-minded.

"Wow--"

It was the first time for Hoshino Ai to see such a scenery. She opened her arms wide as if she wanted to embrace the world.

"Too beautiful."

People often feel their own insignificance in front of nature.

Looking at Hoshino Ai's silly posture, Kitagawa Ryo couldn't help but smile, but soon he also made the same gesture and took a deep breath of the clear air.

Mai Hondou, who was standing aside, was a little surprised by the two people's behavior. She had led many tourists, and the first reaction of most people when they came here was to take pictures.

Whether you take photos with your own mobile phone or ask her to help take group photos with a camera.

Even though the human eyes have not yet seen all the scenery in front of them, the machine's eyes must first be given a full view.

However, a sudden voice from behind quickly interrupted Hondou Mai's thoughts.

"Ms. Hondou."

Mr. Kurokawa, who was holding his pregnant wife's arm, greeted her kindly.

"Mr. Kurokawa, Ms. Kurokawa, what are you doing..."

Mai Hondou asked in surprise. She had just said goodbye to her employers an hour ago and watched them return to the hospital to recuperate.

"I feel better today, so I want to stay outside in the sun for a while. My husband brought me here."