They all pushed me!

"I remember the price of this thing was 50,000 yen per time."

"Oh? Then I've made a profit, right?"

Hoshino Ai happily made a "yeah" gesture and stuck out her tongue lightly.

"This is perfect promotional material... and your debut live is coming up soon... No, I have to go back and come up with a new plan right away."

As if he had thought of something, Saito Ichito suddenly stood up from his seat, walked out and turned back to shout at Hoshino Ai:

"I've already paid the bill, remember to go back early and don't hang around outside."

"Yes--"

Deliberately dragging out the word, Hoshino Ai waved at Saito Ichigo who was leaving.

In the past two months, Hoshino Ai has grown very fast. She has gradually learned how to use lies to disguise herself and dress up, including tricks to make herself look cuter.

When you accidentally bump into someone, even if it doesn't hurt, you should cover the part that was bumped and complain quietly and continuously, "It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts." Learn to use some repetitive words or deliberately lengthen the tone when talking to people. It is also very useful if you do the small details of winking and sticking out your tongue just right...

However, Hoshino Ai was unable to do the most effective part of the article titled "How to Make Yourself Cute".

"To fall in love with someone. Girls become cute when they fall in love. They will start to pay attention to their makeup and appearance. The admiration that comes from the bottom of their hearts will make girls dazzling and attract people."

But for the past Hoshino Ai, this was a complete paradox.

Because at that time she had neither loved anyone nor been loved by anyone.

Two months ago, Hoshino Ai held this thought and threw this sentence behind her without even thinking about it.

But now, Hoshino Ai has realized the effect of lies.

Having always deceived herself by telling herself that she was capable of loving others, Hoshino Ai can now say words like "I love you" and "I like you" without any burden.

She sincerely looks forward to the day when she officially debuts as an idol, when she can say the lines she has practiced countless times in private to her fans in the audience, and then receive loving responses from them, until the day when her own lies become reality.

However, if this is the case - then "falling in love with someone makes yourself more lovable" is no longer a paradox.

Just keep deceiving yourself and fall in love with someone.

But Saito Ichito has emphasized more than once:

Idols cannot fall in love.

Hoshino Ai gulped down the last bit of drink in the cup. She tilted the cup slightly and drank up the remaining bit that had gathered at the bottom of the cup.

At this moment, the girl's mind suddenly flashed back to a conversation she had with Saito Ichito in the car two months ago.

"It's convenient to say that child stars are good, and there's nothing wrong with just saying you like them."

"It's just a child anyway."

Chapter 9: Are you willing to work another job?

After finishing his work at the LALALAI troupe, Kindaichi Toshiro escorted Kitagawa Ryo to the car and rubbed his head before leaving:

"If there is really no other option, just come to my house. Any time is fine."

Different from his tone in the morning, Kindaichi Toshiro's expression was very serious when he said this, and he didn't mean to be joking or funny at all.

"You only have one bed in your house, right? I don't want to sleep with a 40-year-old man who is always drunk. I'll have nightmares."

"Haha... you are still like this. If you really want to come, I can even sleep on the floor in the living room."

Kindaichi Toshiro grinned twice, took out a cigarette from his pocket and closed the car door for Kitagawa Ryo:

"Come and play often in the future."

It is not known whether Kitagawa Ryo heard the last sentence. After all, the car started very quickly and was out of Kindaichi Toshiro's sight in a short while.

He shook his head slightly and lit the cigarette in his mouth. A blood-red sunset was sinking majestically and quietly in the steel forest. Toshiro Kindaichi blew a smoke ring towards the sky, clasped his hands together, and walked slowly into the building.

After spending several years with Kitagawa Ryo, Toshio Kindaichi still didn't feel that he truly understood the other person, so until now he couldn't tell how he really viewed his adoptive parents.

But Toshiro Kindaichi knew his friend from college very well.

He still remembered the scene when he went to the orphanage with the other party a few years ago. At that time, the Kitagawa Jin and his wife quickly chose Kitagawa Ryo.

"You like that type? You don't look like a kid at all."

At that time, Kitagawa Shin just smiled and replied:

"It's not your own child anyway, it doesn't matter whether you like it or not."

"It's mainly about being smart and sensible...it's good for aging."

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On the way home, Kitagawa Ryo took out his personal mobile phone from his bag. Artists like them usually have more than two mobile phones, one for work and one for personal use. They also open a small account to surf the Internet.

As soon as I opened my phone, I saw the message sent to me by Sarina Tendouji.

Before leaving Miyazaki Prefecture, he also told Sarina his personal contact information. This kind of private contact with fans is actually not allowed objectively, but considering Sarina's own situation, her agent Mr. Izaki finally acquiesced to it.

"cold."

Just like writing a letter, Sarina always likes to start with this one-word address. Kitagawa Ryo raised the corners of his mouth while swiping the screen. Although it was just words, he seemed to be able to hear her voice in his ears, the clear and crisp voice of a little girl whose voice was just beginning to change.

"Dr. Goro came again this afternoon. He seemed to really want to come with me to do some solo push-ups. I directly borrowed a bunch of videotapes from him."

"Although it's winter, the temperature here is still very warm, and I feel a little better. But I still feel uncomfortable when I eat. I can't swallow. My throat feels blocked and itchy, and I always want to cough. But if I cough, my head will throb and hurt, and sometimes I vomit."

"I've been on IV more often these past two days. Because my right hand is always on IV, I'm learning to eat with my left hand. The nurse who brought me food actually said she could feed me, but I'm already twelve years old, and I felt ashamed, so I refused in the end. Although I eat slower, it should help digestion."

"But now I do need a nurse to accompany me when I take a shower. I have to wear a waterproof bag that looks like a tube on my hand because there is an auxiliary needle inserted in my right hand. I don't really understand it. Anyway, they said that my blood vessels are too thin to be pierced, so they use this, and it cannot be removed."

"Ryo hasn't seen any new shows or movies in a while, so I've been reading these days, even the scripts that Ryo sent me last time. If I don't understand something, I'll ask Dr. Goro. Speaking of which, turning pages with my left hand is much easier than eating with my left hand."

"What is Ryo doing today?"

Like a diary, one message after another, the writing is not very good, even a little bit of a log, but Beichuan Liang read it very carefully and typed a reply seriously:

"The filming of the movie has been completed. Since it will be released in the New Year this year, I will send the disc directly to Sarina. I will also send an extra copy to Mr. Goro at that time. After all, he is also participating in the film. Sarina, please remember to pass it to him on my behalf and say hello."

"Today I went to the headquarters of the LALALAI Theater Company and met a lot of new actors who are about the same age as Sarina... They can only be called trainees now."

As he typed this, Kitagawa Ryo couldn't help but imagine the image of Hoshino Ai in his mind.

He suddenly remembered that Hoshino Ai seemed to be the same age as Tendouji Sarina, but if the two were put together, they probably wouldn't look like they were the same age.

The emergence of this idea seemed to have directly cut off his originally smooth flow of thoughts. For a moment, Kitagawa Ryo didn't know what message to send next. He typed and deleted it repeatedly, and finally just ended with a fairly witty remark.

"In my opinion, they may not be better than Sarina."

Exhaling deeply, Beichuan Liang buried his body in the soft cushion.

Search it yourself.

In fact, for a long time in the past, Beichuan Liang did not like those fanatical fans. He felt that these people were mentally immature and often did some incredible things that were difficult for ordinary people to understand.

But when he himself had such a huge fan base, Beichuan Liang just felt...

Still pretty good.

No matter what you do, even if you upload an ordinary landscape picture on a social platform, there will be hundreds of thousands or even millions of people expressing their love and support for you. In a way, it can be regarded as an addictive poison.

As long as it is a movie in which he stars, he will book groups to clear out even the midnight showtimes in cinemas; the children's toothpaste he endorses will be sold out in the official flagship store overnight, and the trend of #GrowingUpAlsoLikeChildren'sToothpaste has even become a hot search. Many office workers wake up one night to find that the toothpaste on the washbasin has been replaced by orange flavor by their wives and daughters. The endorser is delighted, but the sales of the orange-flavored chewing gum next door unexpectedly plummeted.

So most of the time, Beichuan Liang is still willing to search it himself.

After logging into his own special account and skillfully selecting the tags related to himself, Beichuan Liang did not choose to look at the 'popular' column, but instead swiped to the 'latest' column.

Because he did not hide it deliberately, Kitagawa Ryo's appearance at the LALALAI Theater Headquarters today was photographed by many reporters and even passers-by. The current related discussions are basically centered around this. There are also tweets shared by those newcomers who were met during the day about seeing themselves today, and the comments below are basically full of envy.

"Huh--?"

Scrolling down, Beichuan Liang saw a tweet that looked like it was posted by the official account of some agency:

BerryPro@BerryPro Idol Agency:

"Our new junior high school idol group B小町@B小町-offical has assembled its members and will soon be having their much-anticipated debut live. Please forward this post with the #B小町 tag ​​and we will select three lucky viewers to give out tickets for the day. We look forward to your comments."

"The time, location and member information are as follows..."

At first glance, it seems to have nothing to do with Beichuan Ryo. I don't know how it got included in the search for Beichuan Ryo related tags. Many of Beichuan Ryo's fans are probably a little confused, and some even left a message asking if the wrong tag was used.

"Because the center of this group, Ai-chan, is also a student in Kitagawa-kun's Workshop. - One minute ago", the official reply was pinned to the top of the comment section.

With this gimmick, the number of comments below began to increase. Although the number of idol otakus in Beichuan Liang’s fan group is average, after all, the huge base is there, and many people still left a message specifically:

"It seems pretty cute. I'll go take a look if I have time."

"There's a kid in there who seems to have been a model for a fashion magazine. I seem to have some impression of his face."

"Anyway, it's just an assembly line idol group. They've already involved middle school students. What's the next step? Launching elementary school idols? wwwwww"

There were both positive and negative comments, but no matter what, there was still some discussion. Kitagawa Ryo clicked on the members' photos and came to the page of Hoshino Ai.

In the introduction column, Kitagawa Ryo noticed that Hoshino Ai did not use her full name like the others, but just a simple word "Ai", which stood out a little when arranged together with the other names.

In the photo, the girl, wearing an idol uniform with red, pink and white as the main colors, made a heart gesture with both hands and gave the best smile to the camera. The pure white over-the-knee socks outlined the beautiful curve of her calves, and there was a golden signature in the lower right corner:

Ai.

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Saito Ichigo ambitiously scheduled B Komachi's first debut live two days before Christmas. The days at the end of the year are the busiest and most crowded days on the streets.

Ryo Kitagawa has just finished recording a TV program. The most well-known role in his acting career so far is in "Home Alone". The plot of that movie happens to begin on Christmas. Since then, Ryo Kitagawa has become a kind of spokesperson for this festival in disguise. At this time every year, he will be invited to record the Christmas greetings segment of some radio or TV programs, and then rehash some old stuff at the same time.

It was a rare snow this year, although it was only a light snow, and very light snow at that. Each snowflake was tiny and fragile. Some children on the roadside stretched out their hands to catch it, but by the time it fell into their palms, it had already turned into tiny water droplets. It was more like rain than snow.

However, with the addition of the atmosphere of the upcoming Christmas and New Year, this snow that can't be considered snow also has a bit of romance. In fact, snow is like the clouds in the sky. The shape composed of water vapor always seems to be favored by people, allowing them to pin all kinds of emotions on it.

Kitagawa Ryo didn't want to go home immediately. Everything in the Kitagawa family now revolved around the baby in her belly. The agent, Mr. Izaki, was also well aware of this. He just followed behind Kitagawa Ryo and tacitly allowed him to do some willful things that were in line with his age.

Because he was wrapped in thick winter clothes, wearing a scarf and a hat, Beichuan Ryo was not worried at all about being recognized. He stretched out his hands towards the falling snowflakes like other children. However, because he was wearing too much bulky clothes, he felt more like a clumsy penguin.

I could hear the children around me excitedly discussing the story of Santa Claus: the old man with a white beard and a red hat sitting on a sleigh carrying all kinds of gifts climbing in through the chimney and putting the gifts into the red socks hanging at the head of the bed.

From their expectant tone, one can imagine that the children are looking forward to the arrival of the two sleds pulled by reindeer.

Kitagawa Ryo clasped his hands together and blew a breath into his palms, then walked towards the destination written on the ticket. The ticket was bought for him by Kindaichi Toshiro, and according to him, there was no need to rush for tickets as there were plenty of them left.

The scene before my eyes seems to illustrate this fact.

Four girls standing side by side were distributing flyers to passers-by:

"We are the idol group B Komachi. We will have a debut live in thirty minutes. Please support us if you can."

“I wish you a good mood!”

The size of Berry Pro Agency is there, and B-Komachi is a completely new idol group, so they finally chose to start as underground idols.

Kitagawa Ryo deliberately avoided Hoshino Ai who was standing on the right, and chose to walk into the underground from the left. He handed the ticket purchased in advance to the ticket inspector and entered the venue prepared in advance.

Lighting, sound, stage, although there are not many audiences on site, the equipment is quite complete and not cheap, so the live audio-visual effect should not be bad.

Generally speaking, it was a pretty mediocre idol debut live that happens every day in the city of Tokyo.

The idol otakus nearby seemed to have made similar comments. Their ages ranged from high school students to office workers. In the group of idol otakus, there are indeed some people who like this kind of fresh debut idol, probably to enjoy the feeling of the training system.

Watching the other person step onto a bigger stage through hard work is like realizing your own dreams step by step.

Idols are actually a profession that sells dreams.

Hiding his body behind Mr. Izaki's broad back, Kitagawa Ryo quietly waited for the live to begin.

"We are--B Komachi!"

When all four girls on the stage gathered together and shouted out the name of the group enthusiastically, the audience below also cooperated by raising their glow sticks in response.

The next step is the self-introduction session.

But Kitagawa Ryo didn't look at the stage. Instead, he frowned and noticed someone in the crowd.

In the past few years in the entertainment industry, he has come into contact with many popular idol groups, including some that have made their way from underground idols to the Budokan. Because their identity as children is quite useful, Kitagawa Ryo has also heard many private complaints from them.

One of the sentences he remembered clearly was:

"When I first debuted, every time I finished an underground live, I would feel like my nose was dying. There were too many people, and the air would become turbid after staying there for too long."

"And every time you clean up the venue after a live show, you never know what kind of garbage you'll find. Plastic bottles, cigarette butts, disposable glow sticks, etc. are fine, but a lot of times you'll find paper balls with that kind of liquid stuck to them... Tsk."

It is difficult for idols standing on the stage to see the audience below. Most of the time, all they can see are the light sticks. This is why there are so many types of otaku fights, because as fans, this is their response to the idols on the stage.

Kitagawa Ryo nodded in the direction of the man, and Mr. Izaki nodded in understanding. He took advantage of the darkness to move over, kicked the man in the crotch from behind, and then quickly retreated.

The man, whose eyes were fixed on the flying skirts of the girls on the stage and who was immersed in his fantasy, was suddenly hit so hard that he howled in pain and his eyes almost popped out. However, because the sound system in the venue was turned up very loud, only two people around him noticed the movement.