They all pushed me!

"Let's do it this way."

Kitagawa Rumi raised her little face.

Abiko Samejima silently put on a surprised expression of w(?Д?)w. She did not draw a role. After all, the production team also considered that the other party simply could not perform smoothly at this stage.

Because Kitagawa Rumi once again didn't follow the script. The little mermaid should have asked, "After my voice is taken away, what do I have left?"

Under everyone's astonished gaze, Kitagawa Rumi continued to speak, saying the words that were supposed to be spoken by the witch:

"I still have a slender and beautiful figure, and you still have light steps and lively and lively eyes that seem to speak. With these, even without a voice, I can easily charm a man's heart."

Hiding behind the hood, Hoshino Ai silently stared at Kitagawa Rumi's expression, but her body was still performing meticulously, saying the predetermined lines:

"Take it away."

The witch cut off the little mermaid's tongue and gave the medicine to her.

Then, I watched her go, watching her chase the ray of sunlight shining into the seabed.

Although everyone already knew about Ryo Kitagawa's existence before recording this episode, when Ryo Kitagawa dressed as a prince appeared on the stage, everyone still made more exaggerated expressions of shock for the effect of the show.

After the last scene ended, Kitagawa Rumi, who could no longer speak, could only rely on her eyes and dance.

But at this time, Kitagawa Rumi had completely lost the courage she had when facing the witch, as if the courage she had at that time was all false.

When looking into the eyes of Beichuan Liang, I could feel my pupils shaking and wavering, as if I was about to cry.

But in the setting, mermaids cannot cry, and even tears are not allowed to appear.

The one who drew the role of the princess was MEM啾, and she looked quite leisurely, after all, it was her personality that made her look so. The role of the princess also had few lines throughout the whole film, and seemed more like a background board.

No one would really be able to get into the few-minute skits on this kind of variety show...right?

Why did I suddenly feel like I was being glared at several times?

MEM looked carefully and found that it was Kitagawa Rumi who was not far away. She was staring at him with her round ruby-like pupils.

At this moment, MEM啾 even felt that if he didn't do something, the newly formed ACE would be disbanded on the spot and enter a wonderful stage in their lives.

She obviously just wanted to be an idol in peace and realize her childhood dream.

Fortunately, Senior Liang seemed to have anticipated this situation in advance and even thought of the lines for him.

So, when the plot reached the moment when the prince mistook her for his savior, MEM啾 directly changed the lines of the script.

Don't ask, just improvise.

"I only found you on the shore, but someone else must have rescued you from the storm because the place where the accident happened was too far away from the temple where I was. It was not a distance that could be drifted here by the wind."

Samejima Abiko also made an emoticon at the right time saying "I really can't do anything about you ╮(╯▽╰)╭".

After all, she was sitting in the audience and could see more clearly. Although the two of them didn't say it, they still took better care of Kitagawa Rumi, the youngest member of the team, in their hearts.

The reason why she was willing to debut with Kitagawa Rumi was certainly not because of the promises she made to her. Besides, Kitagawa Ryo knew from the beginning and tacitly acknowledged that the protagonist of the comic she was currently creating was based on him.

Moreover, if one day her work can be adapted into a live-action version, wouldn't it mean that she has already become a popular cartoonist? There would be no need to go around in so many roundabout ways.

笨。

Kitagawa Rumi, who didn't know that she was being taken care of by the other two members of the group, now opened her eyes wide in surprise. If she hadn't remembered that she couldn't speak, she would probably have shouted something like "I am your savior".

Beichuan Liang smiled when he heard this. He walked back to Rumi's side, reached out his hand to touch her soft hair, and said as if he had discovered the truth:

"It's you! You are the one who saved me when I was caught in the storm and waves."

“The best thing I never dared to hope for has finally become a reality.”

He stared into his sister's pupils and modified the extremely arrogant line.

"I am really happy about my happiness, because the person I like is the one who likes me most among all people."

【"The Daughter of the Sea", Happy Ending! 】

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After the skit ended, Kitagawa Ryoya briefly expressed his congratulations to his sister's idol group for their debut, then left the stage.

After all, tonight's guest is ACE. He was only here to make a guest appearance. If he stays too long, it will easily steal the show.

After returning to the stage, Ryo Kitagawa continued to watch the recorded scene on the screen in the lounge, tapping the table lightly with his fingers, recalling Rumi's performance just now.

He always remembered something Mr. Izaki said.

Twelve years ago, on the eve of his decision to break with the Kitagawa family, he suddenly and inexplicably received a large amount of documents and evidence in his official business cooperation contact mailbox managed by Mr. Izaki, which directly exposed some illegal acts of the Kitagawa couple in their early years. This allowed him to stand on the commanding heights in both moral and legal senses and successfully break away from the Kitagawa family.

But the strangest thing is that in the years that followed, the person who provided the evidence never contacted them again. If he was afraid of revenge from the Kitagawa couple, the two people clearly died in an accident shortly afterwards.

He neither revealed his identity nor asked for any compensation, his behavior was extremely strange.

What made Mr. Izaki even more confused was that a large amount of photographic evidence was mixed in, which were obviously taken at close range, but the techniques were unprofessional. Many of the photos were quite blurry. However, the other party was quite patient and took many photos of one document from all angles, as if they were afraid of exposing any details.

On the one hand, this shows that the photographer is not a professional, and on the other hand, it shows that the other party has plenty of time to spend in the Kitagawa family, almost exaggeratedly.

But if this is the case, the conclusion drawn is completely illogical and counter-common sense, because it is impossible for such a person to exist in the Kitagawa family at that time.

However, after eliminating all possibilities, the one that remains, no matter how absurd it is, is the truth.

Mr. Izaki, who has been investigating for so many years, finally gave the final conclusion in a conversation with him not long ago:

At that time, the only person who could conduct such a search and collect evidence at the Kitagawa family was——

The only one present was Kitagawa Rumi, who was not even one year old at the time.

It was so outrageous that even Mr. Izaki himself felt it was wrong.

But for Beichuan Liang, who is a time traveler himself, he can easily think of a reasonable possibility.

That means the other party is also a time traveler or reincarnation like him.

But even if that's the case, why did 'Rumi' help me in the first place?

It reminds me that the death anniversary of Tendoji Sarina and the birthday of Kitagawa Rumi are on the same day.

“Is this really the case…?”

Beichuan Liang looked at his sister on the screen, who had a satisfied look on her face with a smile on her face, and murmured unconsciously.

Then, he saw that Rumi's expression suddenly stiffened again and her smile disappeared.

"The following is my personal new song audition session! This is also the ending theme song of the TV series "It's Not Easy to Run Away" which will be broadcast on TBS TV, starring me. Please pay attention to it!"

In the center of the stage, Hoshino Ai raised the microphone with a sweet smile, and the accompaniment music sounded instantly.

"The feeling in your heart, the throbbing in the distance, the fragrance of your interlocked fingers and faces when you are in love, are emotions that go beyond those between a couple."

Along with the cheerful singing, Hoshino Ai also interacted with others one by one.

When she looked at Kitagawa Rumi, she coincidentally sang the following lyrics:

"The ugly, secret thoughts began to mature and flew away with the swans."

Chapter 15: Pre-marital blues?

On the evening when Saito Ichigo was sitting with his legs crossed and chewing peanuts while watching the next episode of "B Komachi x B Komachi" which was about to be aired, in Yamanashi Prefecture, hundreds of kilometers away from Tokyo, Kitagawa Ryo and Hoshino Ai, who came with the crew of "It's Not My Fault That I'm Popular", were also awake.

As a city in the Tokyo metropolitan area, Yamanashi Prefecture is very close to Tokyo. In addition, it has a beautiful natural environment and is an important fruit production area in the country. It also has many hot springs. Therefore, every weekend or holiday, many Tokyo citizens drive here to relax and enjoy entertainment such as picking fruits and soaking in hot springs.

In addition to the fruit orchard, another location the crew took in Yamanashi Prefecture this time was the Seibai Zen Temple, which is located in the grape orchard. This is also the oldest ancient building in Yamanashi Prefecture. The Buddhist temple in it was established as a national treasure in the middle of the last century.

But Beichuan Liang was really sleepy. Not to mention the charming Buddhist temple and national treasure in front of him, even if the Queen of the Kingdom of Women in "Journey to the West" who claimed to be a national treasure was dragged in front of him, he would probably just want to go back to sleep.

Kitagawa Ryo has a characteristic that he is completely unaware of his bed. As an actor who shoots movies in various places all year round, this is a very convenient advantage.

That was supposed to be the case tonight.

After finishing the day's shooting, Kitagawa Ryo, who was staying in the guest room of Qingbai Zen Temple for tomorrow's shooting, brushed his teeth and took a shower as usual, talked to his sister on the phone, had a private chat with Hoshino Ai for a while, then made the bed, covered himself with the quilt, turned off the lights and prepared to go to bed.

But just when he was about to fall into a drowsy sleep, Hoshino Ai suddenly invited him to go out.

At this moment, Beichuan Liang finally realized the true feeling of "missing the people and not sleeping yet".

He was forcibly pulled up by Hoshino Ai, and he didn't care whether the moonlight in the courtyard was as clear as stagnant water, or the shadows of the pine and cypress trees were as intertwined as algae and water chestnuts. He yawned sleepily, and barely cheered himself up. He felt that Hoshino Ai, who was holding his hand and leading him in a certain direction, stopped.

They had already reached the steps of the Buddhist temple, which was a section of the building that protruded from the eaves to shelter from the rain.

If you look up, you can see a plaque engraved with [Medicine Buddha], which also indicates that the one enshrined here is the Medicine Buddha in Buddhism and his two great assistants: Bodhisattva of Sunlight and Bodhisattva of Moonlight.

Moreover, the two of them had already been inside the hall once during the day, and there were indeed statues of Medicine Buddha, Sunlight Bodhisattva, Moonlight Bodhisattva and the Twelve Yaksha Generals enshrined inside, looking down with solemn appearances at the two people who had walked into the hall at that time.

"If I'm here, I feel like my lies and desires will be seen through."

Hoshino Ai suddenly said this for no reason. Kitagawa Ryo was slightly stunned, but he immediately remembered that this was a line in a scene that the two of them were going to shoot tomorrow.

But this sentence should obviously be the line of Tsuzaki Hiramitsu, the character he played.

Could it be that he was also led astray by Rumi at the recording site of that episode of "B Komachi×B Komachi"?

"That is to say, you can't lie here."

It was still the lines in the script. Bathed in the moonlight, Hoshino Ai seemed to be directing and performing a one-man show in front of Kitagawa Ryo.

Kitagawa Ryo remembered that the next line should be the heroine Moriyama Mikuri's "My favorite is Mr. Hiramitsu", which injected confidence into the hero who had always been worried about gains and losses and dared not move forward.

But what Hoshino Ai said next was not such an affirmative statement.

It was an unexpected question.

"So—Ryo will marry me, right?"

"This is not something that has been decided and planned..."

"Please answer directly."

"meeting."

After receiving this affirmative answer, Hoshino Ai turned around contentedly, seemingly communicating with the Bodhisattva or Buddha inside through the temple door, and then turned back and said with a smile:

"Ryo didn't lie."

"…Go back and rest."

Beichuan Ryo replied a little tiredly.

In fact, the moment Hoshino Ai asked this question, Kitagawa Ryo had already completely sobered up. He frowned slightly and looked at Hoshino Ai's expression, somewhat worried and concerned whether this was a sign of pre-marital depression.

Although he has known and interacted with Hoshino Ai for twelve years, Kitagawa Ryo also doubts whether he has really eradicated all the negative influences that his original family had on him during his childhood. After all, the impression that Hoshino Ai left on him at that time was too deep.

Although she has extraordinary looks and physical conditions, she has an almost pathological tendency to self-destruct. Compared with Sariina, who was the same age as her at the time, her body was collapsing and self-destructing, but her mental state was upbeat and optimistic...

I subconsciously thought of Tendoji Sarana again.

Kitagawa Ryo pursed his lips calmly. Ever since the speculation that Kitagawa Rumi was Tendouji Sarina came into being, he became more and more conflicted.

Until now, he has not really asked his sister for confirmation.

"Ruby is Sarina?"

Should he say this directly? If all this is just a coincidence, and Kitagawa Rumi is not actually Tendouji Sarina, then what will Rumi think when he says this? Will she think that he is actually just loving her as a substitute for Sarina?

In fact, over the years, Kitagawa Rumi's position in his heart is definitely the highest one.

The guilt and remorse he holds towards Sarina Tendouji has never dissipated, but the feelings he has towards Rumi Kitagawa are completely the opposite, positive and proactive.

In his heart, the former is like the empty gums after a tooth has just fallen out. When he doesn't think about it, he often feels a sense of loss as if something is missing, but when he thinks about it and touches it with his tongue, he gets the pain accompanied by a strange sense of satisfaction.

But there is only one thing that is certain, no matter who the other person is, it will not affect his wedding with Hoshino Ai.

Because whether it was Tendoji Sarina or Kitagawa Rumi, Kitagawa Ryo had never developed any "liking" for either of them in the opposite sex category.

So far.

The only person he had romantic feelings for was the one in front of him, Hoshino Ai.

As if she felt the change in Kitagawa Ryo's eyes, Hoshino Ai felt that she had gone too far and was being willful and unreasonable.

"sorry."

She suddenly apologized in a low voice.

"It's ok."

Kitagawa Ryo replied in a very normal manner.

The conversation between the two of them now sounds like kindergarten children being taught to speak by their teacher.

On the way back, Hoshino Ai held Kitagawa Ryo's right hand tightly with a feeling of relief.

She now began to be thankful that no one could hear the complicated and inexplicable guilt and emotions she was feeling in front of the temple.