They all pushed me!

"If I don't show up, what will their other manuscript be like?"

Saito Ichigo hesitated for a moment and did not answer.

"It's no use for the president to remain silent now. If I go to their editorial department, I can still find out."

"……All right."

Taking a deep breath, Saito Ichito operated his mobile phone and opened the private chat page with Kitagawa Ryo before reopening the email. Without further explanation, he directly sent the current location of the two.

Then, he showed the lower half of the email to Hoshino Ai:

"A review of mother-son breakups in the entertainment industry, how come Beichuan Liang can only rank second?"

"Before stepping into Tokyo Dome, Hoshino Ai should perhaps give an explanation to her mother."

"From the perspective of the rebellious idol Hoshino Ai, who resents her biological mother but is still gaining popularity, is there something wrong with the value orientation of the youth group in today's society?"

Below these titles is a picture of the woman.

The moment she saw the other person, Hoshino Ai suddenly realized that the faceless monster had actually been living in her bones and blood, and had always lived in her heart and brain, and she had never been able to get rid of him.

Hoshino Ai sat there blankly, just staring at the woman in the photo motionlessly.

Until a familiar voice came from beside her.

He didn't even know what was happening. Before Kitagawa Ryo, who had rushed over, could react, Hoshino Ai had already hugged his waist and buried her head in his chest. She cried like a child, as if she had finally found a place to vent her emotions.

In fact, she had always remembered the other person's face, but she had put a faceless mask on the mother in her memory.

Because no matter whether she is twelve or twenty years old this year, the other party only needs a look to make Hoshino Ai return to the age of four, and she dare not speak but can only fall asleep in tears many nights.

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"Let me tell you, since Tanaka dared to send such an email, it means he must have verified the identity of that woman. After all, if someone spreads rumors about this kind of thing, we can definitely sue him."

After a lot of twists and turns, Toshiro Kindaichi was called by Kitagawa Ryo to the private room of this membership restaurant to discuss ideas.

"Well, Tanaka wouldn't fake something like this. If it were exposed, the entire Weekly Entertainment Live would be implicated."

Saito Ichigo nodded, and he looked at Kitagawa Ryo who was sitting on the sofa on the other side:

"What do you think, Kitagawa?"

"If we only consider the interests of the company and Ai's image strategy, we would choose the first reporting method."

Beichuan Ryo spoke softly. Hoshino Ai had already fallen asleep on his lap. She had been showing off her physical and mental growth in front of him just a few days ago, as if she wanted to announce to the world that she was about to become an adult.

But the uneasy sleeping face curled up brought all these impressions back to me.

"But Ai should... no, definitely won't accept this kind of PR treatment."

"So what should we do? Let's not talk about the possible negative impact of the other party's report. Just considering Ai's current condition, it will be difficult for her to hold the Tokyo Dome concert next week."

Saito Ichigo spoke quite restrainedly. In fact, everyone present knew that if "Weekly Entertainment Live" really made a similar report according to the second plan, it would be a heavy blow to Hoshino Ai and the entire B Komachi.

"In fact, the most urgent task is to first find out the woman's intentions. Her own words will play a guiding role in the public opinion of this incident."

Beichuan Liang said with a frown.

In the public opinion, if there is a serious conflict between parents and children, they will subconsciously stand on the parents' side first. This is also a common phenomenon in the entire East Asian Chinese cultural circle. Otherwise, Yasushi Gotanda would not have made a movie with a similar theme, "Spider".

The reason why he was able to directly overthrow the Kitagawa couple in public opinion was, on the one hand, because he had already consciously collected a large amount of evidence that the other party was exploiting him, and on the other hand, because he and the Kitagawa couple were originally only in a relationship of adoptive parents and adopted son.

In the eyes of the public, rebelling against adoptive parents and rebelling against blood relatives are actually two different concepts.

"Severing blood ties is never as simple as removing the umbilical cord at birth."

Beichuan Liang's two hands gently wrapped around Xingye Ai's right hand, and he murmured in a low voice:

"Instead, blood relationship itself is another umbilical cord."

"So, we still need to meet."

Toshiro Kindaichi also agreed with Ryo Kitagawa's opinion:

"All the information we know about this woman was actually processed by Tanaka or Weekly Entertainment Live. They always write in the direction that makes them popular. Maybe..."

"You see, even you yourself will unconsciously have expectations of blood relatives."

Beichuan Ryo interrupted Kindaichi Toshiro with a smile:

"Everyone more or less believes that blood is thicker than water. Otherwise, Weekly Entertainment Live would not have given the first option, letting everyone see a story about a mother and child reuniting, even if it is made up, but with a happy ending. There is always a market for it."

He propped up his head and winked at Kindaichi Toshiro:

"If a couple suddenly appeared now and claimed to be my biological parents, would you think, no, would you want me to rush into their arms with tears in my eyes and shout "Mom and Dad"?

"That's definitely not possible."

"Isn't this right?"

Kitagawa Ryo nodded, he turned his gaze to Saito Ichigo and said:

"Like I said just now, we need to meet that woman, but not for the purpose of reconciliation. It would be best if we could find something wrong with her, or in other words, find the loopholes in her logic."

"When love wakes up, I will communicate with love first."

"I believe in love, which means the other party's statement is definitely untenable. As long as we can expose the other party's lies, the initial public opinion will not be one-sided."

Then, Beichuan Liang lowered his eyes and thought for a while, nodded and spoke to Saito Ichito again:

"When Ai left the orphanage, Mr. Saito was the official guardian. This gave him the right to talk to her biological mother as Ai's current guardian."

"But Mr. Saito is not the best candidate."

"what do you mean?"

Saito Ichito showed a look of realization.

"Well, your wife, Ms. Saito Kyoko."

Beichuan Liang pointed out the name clearly:

"She is the best person to meet with the other party."

"After this meeting, after getting to know this 'mother' who has been missing for ten years but has suddenly appeared, it will be time for Ai to meet her."

He lowered his head, reached out his hand and gently brushed off a small piece of dust that had fallen on Hoshino Ai's head.

“I believe in love.”

"But if that doesn't work, I'll go with her."

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When Hoshino Ai woke up, she and Kitagawa Ryo were the only ones left in the room.

Judging from the clock on the wall, she had slept on Beichuan Liang's legs for almost two hours.

If it were the Hoshino Ai of the past, she would have stood up immediately, apologized embarrassedly, and asked with a little concern if Kitagawa Ryo's legs were numb from being pressed, and then leaned over and asked with a smile if she wanted to help rub them, until Kitagawa Ryo shook her head and refused, saying it was okay.

That was how she and Beichuan Liang interacted in the past, intimate yet playful.

But now Hoshino Ai just wanted to continue lying there. She was almost greedily and endlessly enjoying the breath of Kitagawa Ryo that enveloped her.

She originally thought that she had learned to restrain herself and wait in the past few years, but when she vaguely heard that Kitagawa Ryo was doing his best for her today, it was like a switch was turned on again, and all of Hoshino Ai's senses awakened at this moment.

At this time, Hoshino Ai finally understood how Kitagawa Ruimi and Kitagawa Ryo got along, and also understood why the other party always had an inexplicable attitude towards her.

It has gone beyond the scope of intimacy and can be called dependence.

However, no one stipulates that the older party cannot rely on the younger party.

Feeling the restless arching of Hoshino Ai on his legs, Beichuan Ryo also stopped thinking:

"are you awake?"

"Ah."

Hoshino Ai didn't want to think about anything at this moment. She just lay there quietly without saying anything. Her mind was like a sponge that had absorbed so much water, bloated.

"Love can't stay in my legs forever."

"I hope so..."

"You will be twenty years old next month, growing from a minor to an adult."

Beichuan Liang shook his head:

"If you say something like this, Ruby will laugh at you for a long time if she sees you."

Although he made the decision to help Hoshino Ai, Kitagawa Ryo would actually prefer to see Hoshino Ai overcome this inner demon on her own.

Call it self-righteousness or wishful thinking, Kitagawa Ryo hopes to see Hoshino Ai who is no longer bound by the past.

He is not a fool, of course he can realize the feelings of Hoshino Ai for him.

When a woman wants to have sex with a man, there is no wall in the world that she cannot cross, no fortress that she cannot climb over, no moral concerns that she cannot abandon, and in fact there is no God who can control her.

But it's embarrassing to say that in his two lifetimes, Kitagawa Ryo has never had a single love affair.

However, he still stubbornly felt that if he had a relationship with Hoshino Ai, there would be a sense of inequality. Although Hoshino Ai was older than him, he had lived two lives after all.

I remember that when I died in my previous life, I was probably thirty years old.

If you think about it this way, he accompanied Hoshino Ai from the age of twelve to twenty, which is more like the Genji Plan in "The Tale of Genji".

Therefore, Kitagawa Ryo hopes that Hoshino Ai can grow to a more perfect level.

"Love and I are on the same side."

He encouraged Hoshino Ai who was hesitant at the moment.

Hoshino Ai rarely showed a weak look in front of Kitagawa Ryo, and the trembling of her fingers gradually spread up along the corners of her clothes.

Abandoning all the halo and embellishments, what now appears in front of Beichuan Liang is just a little girl who is afraid of her mother.

"Then - can Ryo give me courage?"

Hoshino Ai suddenly asked.

She did not wait for Beichuan Liang's answer, but stood up first and put her arms around his neck.

Beichuan Liang opened his eyes slightly. At this distance, he could clearly see the girl's eyelashes trembling like black butterflies.

Then, Hoshino Ai's lips pressed coolly and quietly against his.

He was kissed forcefully.

Chapter 40: Conversation between Women

When Hoshino Ai pressed on his body and pried open his teeth with the tip of her tongue, Kitagawa Ryo still didn't react. Although he had never been in love in his two lifetimes, he had actually fantasized about the scene of his first kiss with a girl many times. Maybe it was on the way home from school after evening study in high school, or maybe it was a moonlit walk together in college, or maybe it was under the grand fireworks in the night sky, but he never thought that his first kiss would be like this.

Without any defense or preparation, Kitagawa Ryo's lips were even dry, but Hoshino Ai still gently wrapped him up, as if she wanted to use her tongue to completely moisten his dry lips.

When the cell phone in his pocket suddenly rang, Kitagawa Ryo finally reacted as if awakened from a dream. He tried to reach out and push Hoshino Ai away, but before he could do so, Hoshino Ai had already let go of his hand, and the distance between them was pulled back from negative to positive a few centimeters.

Beichuan Liang only felt a little residual warmth on his lips, and his face flushed unconsciously because of the kiss just now, and his nose was full of the scent left by Hoshino Ai.

"..."

After taking two quick breaths, Beichuan Liang wiped his mouth with his right hand, leaving a small but clear lipstick mark on the back of his hand.

He was speechless for a moment, and Hoshino Ai didn't speak either. The time between the two seemed to have stopped. Kitagawa Ryo was shocked, but Hoshino Ai smiled calmly as if relieved.

As if to divert his attention, Kitagawa Ryo took a deep breath, took out his still ringing cell phone, and answered the call.

"Why hasn't my brother come back yet? It's already half past five."

Kitagawa Rumi's clear voice came from the other side, with a hint of coquettishness as usual.

"Ruby... um, nothing much. I was delayed on the road for a while, and I'll be home soon."

"Also, don't eat too many snacks before meals."

Kitagawa Rumi agreed obediently:

"Well, brother, please be careful on the road."

"I see."

Beichuan Ryo replied and hung up the phone.

He turned his head to look at Hoshino Ai, but she didn't seem nervous or panicky at all. She was like a child who was caught eating candy at home because of being spoiled, but she was still self-righteous. She savored the sweetness in her lips and teeth while being complacent and proud:

"If Liang thinks I've gone too far, you can retaliate even more severely."

Hoshino Ai put her hands behind her back, leaned forward slightly, slightly extended her tongue, and slowly licked her lips.