They all pushed me!

The girl's mind was flooded with scenes that she had seen at that time and later learned about on the Internet. These scenes were more intimate than a kiss, and made her blush and her heart beat faster.

If it was just using there and there, she could obviously do it.

I've been busy with various things in the hospital these two days and I'm dizzy and tired. I want to have a good sleep, so I'll take a day off tonight.

Taking care of an elderly person is really stressful and expensive. He has been through this several times in the past two years, but this time was the most tiring one. He made a special trip to Shanghai for medical treatment and surgery.

I wish you all a happy weekend, and that you and your family will be in good health, and everything will go well.

Chapter 18: After Ruby Was Away

"Why did you come to my place today? I heard that Kana is busy with the audition for 'Homeless Kids' recently?"

Beichuan Liang put a straw into the drink he had just made, walked from the kitchen to the living room, and handed it to Arima Kana:

"Here, orange milkshake. I don't know if you like the taste. Ruby really loves this."

"Thank you, Senior Liang."

Arima Kana politely took the drink with both hands, holding the slightly cold glass and gently stirring it. The ice cubes inside collided with the wall of the glass and made a ding-dong sound. Then he bit the straw, took two small sips, raised his little face again, and commented seriously:

"tastes good."

"That's good."

Kitagawa Ryoya smiled and nodded, then sat on the small sofa at the side.

"By the way, isn't Ryo-senpai's sister at home?"

Still without answering Kitagawa Ryo's first question, Arima Kana drank her milkshake while looking around the Kitagawa house. When she saw that the door of the room with the sign 'Ruby's Room' was tightly closed, she asked another question out of curiosity.

"Well, Ruby is not staying at home these past two days. She has been busy with her idol debut."

Because Magana's relationship with her sister wasn't as close as that between Akane Kurokawa and her sister, Kitagawa Ryo didn't intend to give further explanation, but simply gave a brief explanation.

"I see."

Upon hearing this, Arima Kana nodded thoughtfully, and soon turned her gaze to Kitagawa Ryo, and naturally saw the doll that looked a little tattered and placed next to him.

"This is?"

"Ruby threw it away when she was angry a few days ago. This has happened before, but after all, it was the doll she had slept with for almost ten years, so I thought it was just a momentary fit of anger and would be fine once she calmed down, so I picked it up again."

Beichuan Liang picked up the doll beside him and explained with some embarrassment.

"Because it's quite old, and it was thrown from such a high building, so it looks a bit, uh, miserable now. I'll go to the store in a couple of days to see if it can be repaired."

"Ah."

Arima Gana took a look at the Orange Bear, which had been cleaned but still had some broken and exposed threads in many places. He suddenly put down the milkshake in his hand, took it two steps forward, observed and thought for a while, then raised his head and said:

"Does Senior Liang have any sewing tools at home? I think I can give it a try—"

She patted the doll in her hand:

"Patch it up a little."

"When did Kana learn this trick?"

"Ryo-senpai, have you forgotten? The role I'm auditioning for right now, Aizawa Suzu in 'Homeless Child', has a scene in the first episode where she helps the homeroom teacher mend his pants."

Arima Kana rolled her eyes at Beichuan Ryo with some dissatisfaction, lowered her head and stared at her toes and said:

"Or does Senior Ryo only care about Kurokawa, even giving her special acting lessons?"

If Akane Kurokawa hadn't proudly told her about the shoe-polishing incident on the chat app yesterday, Kana Arima wouldn't have come to the Kitagawa house out of the blue to visit today.

Although she herself did not think that she would lose to Kurokawa Akane in this audition as always, Arimashi Kana found it unacceptable for Kitagawa Ryo to favor one side in the fair competition between the two, regardless of whether it was of practical use or not.

Feeling the little emotion coming from Arima Kana, Beichuan Liang immediately understood the ins and outs of the matter. He reached out and stroked the other person's bangs, smiling and comforting:

"Qian is an experiential actor after all. Yesterday, she just asked me to be a mute tool for her acting training and demonstration. What she needs to do is to understand the role and hope to transform herself into the character in the story."

"But as an expressionist, Kana always needs to consider turning the character into herself and presenting it with her acting skills. Just like what is written on the pendant I gave you, the most important thing is to 'know yourself'. In other words, you just need to correctly understand yourself and the emotions that exist in your heart."

"So, compared to me explaining the play to Kana, as the most popular talented child star right now, Kana should understand her own heart better. After all, this is what Kana is best at."

Magana's right hand, which was behind her back, gently grasped the pendant on her wrist that she had worn for several years, and said calmly:

"Yes, my first feeling now is that Senior Liang is biased."

"I can already polish Akane's shoes, but I want to try sewing them, but Senior Liang is still making excuses and seems worried."

Aren’t we just talking about the topic of “Homeless Children”?

Kitagawa Ryo looked at Kana Arima who was cunningly pretending to be stupid in front of him. It was obvious that a few years ago, she was a child who tried hard to act like an adult and made him feel heartbroken at the first sight.

However, after thinking about the long-running divorce lawsuit between Arima Kana and her parents that ended only half a year ago, and the new parenting book "I am Arima Kana's Mother" that her mother was preparing, Kitagawa Ryo softened his heart and had to follow her words:

"...I'll get you some sewing tools."

After taking out a complete set of sewing tools in a box from the cabinet, Beichuan Liang also reminded:

"Be careful, don't get pricked."

"It's okay. I've been studying it recently."

Arima Gana spoke confidently. She closed one eye, blew lightly on the thread end, and passed it through the eye of the needle with great ease.

"I even learned it specially...I even forgot to wear a thimble."

Seeing that Arima Kana was about to take action, Kitagawa Ryo took out a small ring-shaped gadget from the box with a helpless look on his face.

Although he didn't know how to sew, he had seen Hoshino Ai mending clothes. This was a skill she learned during her bridal training. Moreover, this sewing box was originally used by Hoshino Ai at home.

This type of thimble is generally made of metal and has many small dimples on it. It is mainly used to hold the needle eye so that the needle can easily pass through the fabric without hurting your fingers.

"——I'm just a little nervous."

Arima Kana, who suffered a heavy blow right at the beginning, looked a little embarrassed. She lowered her head as if she didn't dare to look at Kitagawa Ryo at all, and only slightly extended the middle finger of her right hand.

"Be sure to remember this next time."

Kitagawa Ryo didn't think too much about it. He shook his head, took out the smallest thimble, reached out his hand and put it on Kana Arima's finger.

"I see."

Arima Kana answered in a low voice, the fingers of her right hand trembled unconsciously, and then she used a thimble to hold the end of the needle and began to carefully sew the doll.

Although Kitagawa Ryo was a little worried that he forgot basic common sense right from the start, it seemed that Arimakana really didn't exaggerate on purpose. As he gradually got used to the technique, his movements became more and more familiar.

"This Orange Bear doll seems to be a non-sale product that Morinaga Company launched a while ago. I remember that I could only get it by buying their popsicles and participating in a lottery."

"And the style is much smaller than the one in Senior Liang's house."

Arima Kana asked with a hint of curiosity as she threaded the needle.

"Because when the production crew of "Hatsusen" came to film, they accidentally took this doll that was placed on the sofa into the picture. Morinaga Company also took advantage of the popularity of this doll and launched a small doll of the same model."

Beichuan Liang nodded and explained:

"This was a special gift from Morinaga to me at the very beginning, so it's so big. Later, Ruby liked it very much, so I gave it to her as a pillow."

"Because Liang-senpai is the exclusive spokesperson for their brand."

Arima Kana chuckled and then asked:

"So why did Liang-senpai's sister suddenly throw it downstairs? It sounds like it should be quite valuable, and it was given to her by Liang-senpai himself."

"Maybe it's because I made her angry."

Beichuan Liang shook his head helplessly and chose to change the subject:

"Kana's hands are very deft, and she sews very neatly. If you don't look at it carefully, you can hardly tell."

"Thank you for the compliment, Liang-senpai."

Arimakana bit one end of the thread, and her mood became a little happier.

Anyway, it was hard for her to imagine what had happened. How could Kitagawa Rumi, who she had only heard of but had never met in real life, do such a thing?

After all, the pendant that Beichuan Liang gave her before, which was many sizes smaller than this one, was still very precious to her. She would clean it carefully every two days and rub it with her own hands to see the words engraved on it and the memories of the past condensed on it.

"That's about it."

After working for quite a while, Arima Kana put down the tools in her hands, breathed a sigh of satisfaction, and put the Orange Bear doll back.

Compared to the slightly miserable appearance when I first entered the door, after her repairs, although it was not as good as new, it looked much better and was a little more comfortable to look at.

"Thanks for your hard work."

Beichuan Liang also pushed the unfinished orange milkshake of Arima Kana on the coffee table to her side and greeted her with a smile:

"Have something to drink."

But at this moment, Arima Kana, who felt like she was not satisfied yet, had no intention of putting down her tools. She stroked the thimble on her right middle finger, and suddenly her eyes lit up:

"Wait wait wait - Ryo-senpai, could you lower yourself a little?"

"What's wrong?"

Beichuan Liang half-knelt down in confusion, and then saw Magana, who seemed to be itching to do something, walked up to him and grabbed the collar of his shirt, pulling it out a little.

"The button is loose."

"Senior Liang, don't move. This will be quick. I can get it done in no time."

Without giving Kitagawa Ryo any time to react, Arima Kana immediately took the initiative to unbutton the second button from the top of his shirt and put it into her pocket. She then quickly found a new button from the box of sewing tools and began to use the tools to put it back on.

Kitagawa Ryo tried hard to raise his chin, but occasionally he would touch the top of Kana Arima's head, who was doing sewing work in his arms. The soft hair rubbed against her neck, which felt a little itchy.

"All right."

But like Maganai said before, this is indeed a quick job.

After finishing the mending work, Arima Kana took two steps back, reached out her hand and stroked her masterpiece twice, then smiled and said to Kitagawa Ryo:

"Ryo-senpai, you can stand up now. This will make you look much more energetic."

"Well, please trouble Kana."

Although Kitagawa Ryo didn't feel any specific changes, he still responded seriously because of Magana's good intentions.

"No trouble, no trouble. I'll leave first. I have other things to do today."

Arima Kana drank the rest of the orange milkshake in one gulp, put all the sewing tools back into the box, and just like when she came, she still politely bowed slightly to Beichuan Ryo and said goodbye:

"Thank you, Senior Liang, for your hospitality today."

But immediately, she raised her right hand and waved it vigorously in the air:

"I'll come again next time."

Beichuan Liang looked at Kana Arima, who only truly acted like a child in front of him, just like she did today, and responded with a smile:

"That's fine. Kana can come anytime she wants."

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"When summer ends, I always feel like my heart is hollowed out."

"I always feel uneasy when I see my elongated shadow. I want to see you no matter what."

"Although I thought that it wouldn't matter if we broke up, I would rather have you scold me gently, scolding me for not being able to do such a thing."

"After this, I will like you even more and only you."

Kitagawa Rumi was practicing the song "Taiyou to Himawari" over and over again by herself. After much discussion, ACE finally decided to choose this song as their debut single.

From the day she was confirmed, she began her own training, knowing that her singing skills were average.

After finishing a whole song, Kitagawa Rumi took a short break and played back the video of her practice on her mobile phone, hoping to find the shortcomings.

"When summer ends, I always feel like my heart is hollowed out."

When she heard this, Kitagawa Rumi unconsciously grasped the pendant hanging on her chest.

Because she had heard the story that the second button from the top represented a boy's sincerity, and the button, which she had carefully trimmed to the length of the hanging string, was now hanging quietly in front of her heart.

Before I knew it, the song had reached the end.

"Just look up at your shining love."

Kitagawa Rumi spoke the last line of the song in a low voice along with the recording:

【I like you】