They all pushed me!

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"I thought she would choose to go home."

“Maybe we were chosen.”

"Ordinary people can't choose their family."

"But if you choose it yourself, it should be stronger."

"What's stronger?"

"What is it... maybe it's a bond. The bond will be stronger."

“But I chose you, too.”

After a conversation between his mother and grandmother on the overpass, Koreeda nodded with satisfaction:

"Game 34, Mirror 12, Pass!"

In order to save time, the crew adopted the method of separating the exterior shots and interior shots and shooting them all at once. They had originally planned to shoot all the nearby scenes in one go today, but as soon as they finished this section, it started to drizzle.

"Then let's go back and shoot the indoor scenes first."

Hirokazu Koreeda frowned and looked at the rainfall for a while. After judging that this drizzle might not stop in a short time, he made a new decision.

He looked at the script in his hand, pondered for a while, pointed to a few paragraphs and said to the assistant director and the stagehand:

"Set up the scenery first, and go through these scenes."

Then, he waved to Arima Kana on the side:

"In the next scene, you have to..."

After briefly instructing the two child actors, the scenery over there was almost ready, and a pot of boiling hot pot was brought to the table.

Except for the father who was still working outside, the remaining four people in the family sat together. Only the little girl Yuri, played by Kana Arima, who had just been taken in by the family, stood alone, somewhat out of place, and carefully nibbled on the potato chips that Shota had stolen.

"Hey, this is kidnapping no matter how you look at it."

Yusuke, played by Kitagawa Ryo, was eating absent-mindedly. He glanced coldly at Yuri, who was at a loss, and criticized her bluntly.

"I didn't imprison her, and I didn't ask for a ransom, so how can it be considered abduction?"

Mother Nobuyo grumbled.

"Didn't her parents go to the police station to file a missing persons search?"

"Not at all. I think they feel more relaxed because of it."

His son Xiangtai did not join in the conversation. He pouted and used chopsticks to stir the hot pot, trying to find another piece of meat. But in the end, he could only withdraw his chopsticks in disappointment and complained:

“It’s all cabbage.”

“Boka cabbage is very good for the body – the flavor of the meat is cooked in, and the gluten is cooked as well.”

After hearing the word "gluten", Yuri suddenly moved. She leaned forward, pursed her lips, and slightly stuck out a part of her tongue, looking like she wanted to eat but didn't dare to open her mouth.

She had just said that this was abduction, and that she hoped to send Yuri back, but now it was Yusuke who first noticed her expression and pursed his lips at her:

"Na."

"What's wrong, do you like gluten?"

The mother who was reminded immediately turned her head away. Yuri nodded timidly, and then was called over by her grandmother and a bowl of cooked gluten was put in her bowl.

"It's very hot."

Yusuke gently reminded from the side.

So grandma stretched out her mouth and blew it twice before feeding it to Arima Kana with chopsticks.

"Is it tasty?"

Yuri nodded in affirmation.

"Have you eaten it before? With whom?"

"grandmother."

After hearing this answer, although he knew that he was probably just in a corner of the camera, Kitagawa Ryo still made corresponding changes in his expression. His somewhat vigilant look relaxed and his facial lines softened a bit.

The character he plays, Yusuke, is actually closest to his grandmother in this family, because she took him in after he ran away from home and gave him the treatment of a family member that he had not enjoyed for a long time.

Therefore, after hearing Yuri's "grandmother's" answer, his hostility towards the little girl decreased a lot.

“There’s more.”

Just when grandma wanted to feed Yuri some more gluten, the mother said with some concern:

"If you eat too much, it might happen again at night."

She was referring to the fact that Yuri had just wet the bed last night.

"Then sleep on my bed."

Grandma said disapprovingly.

"No, I'm sleeping on your side too."

Yusuke immediately raised his hand to protest, and his eyes changed for a moment, but he immediately felt that what he said was a bit inhumane. As if to cover up, he turned his head away, picked up the drink in front of him and pretended to take two sips.

"I have a solution."

Grandma brought over a small bottle of salt. She asked Yuri to stretch out her hand and poured the salt into her palm.

"This is very effective for bed-wetting. It was used to treat it in the past."

Following his grandmother's instructions, Yuri lowered his head and licked the salt in his palm vigorously. His eager posture and his little face wrinkled because of the saltiness made everyone smile.

“It’s very salty.”

Even Yusuke couldn't help but curl his lips again, propped up his head and looked at Yuri in front of him, and said jokingly:

“I’m really licking it.”

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"I declare that from now on, Kana's title can be changed from 'a talented child star who can cry in ten seconds' to 'a talented child star who is the best at licking salt.'"

During the intermission after the filming of this scene, Kitagawa Ryo immediately took two bottles of mineral water, helped unscrew the bottle caps, and handed them to Arima Kana while joking with a smile.

"Thank you."

Although it was just a joke, Arima Kana also heard that it was Kitagawa Ryo's appreciation for her acting skills. She took the bottle of mineral water with both hands and drank it in small sips to relieve the numbness of her tongue.

The crew actually said that they could use sugar instead during filming, and then omit the close-up shots and choose to pull shots from top to bottom to cover up the specific movements and expressions of Kana Arimaka licking salt.

However, Arima Kana took the initiative to say that she could use real salt, and was confident that she could perform well, so she hoped to use close-up shots at the beginning for the filming.

The final result also made Hirokazu Koreeda very satisfied. After all, there was only one child actor in the industry in the past decade who had such an attitude and talent at this age, and that was Ryo Kitagawa. However, he saw such potential and plasticity in Kana Arima.

"But speaking of it, Kana's long hair is still pretty cute. It's a pity that it's going to be cut short soon."

Beichuan Liang squatted down and looked at Arima Kana's dress with interest, and reached out to touch the end of her hair:

"Today's makeup is really amazing. You can't tell it's a wig that's artificially added."

Because the plot wants to hide Yuri from being discovered, the mother cut her hair short and gave her a new name after getting her consent. So for the early filming of the plot, the makeup artist and stylist specially gave Kana Arima, who originally had short hair, a section of long hair. At this time, she was also wearing cute twin ponytails.

"Does Ryo-senpai like long hair?"

Arima Kana lowered her head, stretched out her right hand and nervously twisted her hair in circles in front of her forehead, but she pretended to be casual and asked.

"I do prefer longer hair, but after getting to know Kana, I sometimes think girls with shorter hair can be cute, too."

"…Senior is teasing me again."

Arima Kanae left after saying this:

"I went to ask the director about the next scene."

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After spending some warm daily life with the other five members of the family, his son Shota saw news about Yuri on TV one day.

What is ironic is that when their daughter had been missing for two months, the last people to call the police were not Yuri's parents, but their neighbors who felt strange because they hadn't seen Yuri for a long time and the principal of the kindergarten who went to visit their home.

After confirming that Yuri wanted to stay here, everyone in the family decided to cut Yuri's hair short and give him a new name.

“How cute.”

"That's so cute. This way we won't be discovered."

Rin (new name), played by Kana Arima, who cut her long hair and turned it back to short hair, was praised by everyone. Her mother pushed her to the side of Yusuke, played by Ryo Kitagawa:

"Go look in the mirror. Yusuke will take her to look in the mirror."

Because he works as a gigolo, the only full-length mirror in the house is placed in Yusuke's room. Yusuke took Rin with a smile and brought her to his mirror.

He openly played with the girl's hair, then said with a smile:

“It’s really cute.”

"cute?"

"Yeah, very cute."

Yusuke helped her adjust the position of the hairpin on her head and smoothed out her messy hair:

"Rin's hair is a little reddish, it looks nice."

"You don't have to spend money on dyeing your hair like I did."

As if he suddenly thought of something, Yusuke gently rested his chin on Rin's little head from behind:

"Actually, I have another name, brother."

"what name?"

"Shunsuke."

After saying the name, the smile on his face faded, as if he had fallen into a painful vortex of memories. His facial features were imprinted there, not moving for a long time.

"I like the name Rin."

Rin looked at Yusuke's expression in the mirror, and suddenly raised her head slightly and said this.

For her, unlike the name Yuri, Rin is a new, loving name given to her by her "family".

"…Rin is indeed a better name."

As if the paused time suddenly started flowing again, Yusuke suddenly smiled with relief again.

Lin's words made him realize again the little thing that he had been hiding in his heart.

Although the main reason why he named himself "Shunsuke" in the brothel was out of revenge, he might have the same idea as Rin, but he just didn't want to admit it.

Because for him, the name 'Shunsuke' is also a name of love.

He hoped that Junsuke could be ravaged and treated roughly like himself, but he also hoped that he could receive real love from others like Junsuke.

Yusuke lowered his head slowly, and the change in his eyes at that moment made Hirokazu Koreeda's eyes light up.

He could see that Beichuan Ryo had already entered the state.

At this time, we should strike while the iron is hot.

Hirokazu Koreeda called the stage manager in a low voice, pointed to another plot in the script, and asked him to go and do the set design and notification work in advance.

"Have 'Guest Number Four' ready for the photo shoot."

He gave the order, then crossed his arms and looked at the script again.

Now we can only hope that this actress named Hoshino Ai can take on the role opposite Kitagawa Ryo who is in such a hot state.

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For Yusuke, Customer No. 4 is a taciturn mysterious customer who wears a mask every time he comes.

Every time she came, she would only order one thing, which was to lean on Yusuke's thighs and listen quietly to him talking about some daily trivial matters, as if this was already extremely satisfying.

The same is true today.

However, when Yusuke was still talking about some interesting daily things as usual, he suddenly noticed that there were obvious scratches and cuts on the other person's fingers and wrists, fresh and old mixed together, which stung his eyes.

"What happened? Did you have a fight with someone?"

Yusuke gently reached out his hand to touch the wounds, and with his other hand he massaged the other's temple and head, trying to give her some comfort from himself.