They all pushed me!

I returned home from Shanghai today. Just like the day before yesterday, I took a seven or eight hour car ride and I’m still in the car.

My grandmother has now settled down in a hospital in Shanghai. My mother and uncle are taking care of her while she waits for surgery.

I had been planning to type in the car like I did before, but after writing a thousand words I found that I couldn’t open my eyes, my head was dizzy, and I couldn’t write anymore.

I should be home around seven or eight tomorrow morning. I’ll take a nap first and then update you all after I’ve rested well.

Thank you for your continued support, I am so sorry.

Chapter 19: Flower Girl No. 1 is gathering strength

[Senior Liang, are you free this weekend? I hope, plan, and will visit you at 8:00 a.m. on Saturday…]

After deleting and revising repeatedly but still not satisfied, Arima Kana finally pressed her finger on the delete key, watching the above words being deleted one by one, and the text column returning to its original blank state.

In the eyes of the outside world, Kana Arima, the talented child star who is known to the public as being humble and polite, having a great stage presence and acting skills, and being the only designated junior of Kitagawa Ryo in the agency, and who is currently in great demand, was curling up her legs in an office chair without any grace, holding her mobile phone helplessly, and even messing up her hair in a bit of madness.

"What's wrong? Did Kana encounter any troubles?"

Arima Kana's main agent Shoko Mita, who was working on a computer at a desk on the other side of the room, also noticed her artist's strange behavior and cast a concerned look over here.

She has been serving as Arimaka's agent for several years. Although her status in the company and her income level have risen along with her rising popularity, she has also received various rumors from her colleagues.

After all, in the eyes of others, Magana's career in recent years has been completely smooth sailing. The artist herself does not have any bad habits that child stars often have. She also has her senior Kitagawa Ryo, who is directly under the agency, as a guide to provide her with resources and pave the way for her. For this position of agent, she just needs to win by doing nothing. It's completely possible for her to do it.

Every time she heard such discussions, Oeda Shoko felt that she should send that person over here to have a few sniper fights with Arima Kana's mother from the middle gate.

Many times, Shoko Oda even felt that compared to Kana Arima herself, her inexplicable mother was more like a child who knew nothing and had only one continuous brain circuit.

In fact, it is hard for Shoko Mita herself to imagine what kind of big job Ms. Arima could do if it was not her who stood in the position of agent.

You know, over the past few years, even with Kana Arima's own conscious bias and Kitagawa Ryo's care (threat), Ms. Arima was able to barely control most of her troubled heart, and after divorcing her husband, she turned her energy to writing books.

After being praised by Kana Arima herself, Ms. Arima confidently waved her hand and said that she would absolutely refuse to have a ghostwriter and would write a book on successful parenting tips herself.

As a result, she, who had a low level of education, spent three days at home to come up with nine words, and concisely determined the title of her book.

Compared with the book "Child, Please Give Me Your Hand - Parenting Tips to Benefit Your Children for a Lifetime" which was ghostwritten by the Kitagawa couple, the title "I am Kana Arima's Mother" carefully conceived by Ms. Arima is undoubtedly much more resounding, and can even be said to be deafening.

Anyway, Oda Shoko was hoping that she would concentrate on writing the book at home. After all, according to her progress, which was not enough for her, by the time this parenting book was finally completed, Kana Arima herself would probably be almost an adult.

"Ms. Xiangzi, do you know what Senior Liang's schedule is these days?"

Hearing her agent's concerned inquiry, Arima Kana's eyes lit up and she immediately asked back.

"Hmm? I could go ask Mr. Izaki, but what's wrong?"

"Because I want to visit Senior Liang's home this weekend, and I wonder if he has time."

"Then why not just send him a message to confirm? I remember Kana has his contact information."

Mita Shoko spoke subconsciously, but she immediately remembered that Kitagawa Ryo had specifically told her about Arima Kana's personality and some points that he hoped she would pay more attention to in daily interactions, and she smiled suddenly:

"Are you afraid of getting a negative answer?"

"Ah."

Arima Kanae nodded honestly.

Just like what Kitagawa Ryo analyzed, because of her past experiences and the environment of her original family, she is a child who hopes, no, it should be said that she longs to be needed, expected, and recognized by others. Even when performing, she eagerly hopes to get positive feedback from others.

Because of this mentality, she also sets a set of almost strict high standards for herself, which is one of the underlying logics behind Arimaka's rising popularity in the entertainment industry.

However, due to the introduction of Kitagawa Ryo in recent years, she has continued to participate in and even star in many popular works, and received a series of praise from audiences and people in the circle. The threshold in Kana Arima's heart has also been subtly raised a lot.

This threshold related to needs is something that will fluctuate with the circumstances, just like Kana Arima herself has no doubt that if her popularity continues to decline, she will become like the future that Kitagawa Ryo once outlined. In the end, she may be moved by the request of one or two people and be willing to restrain her acting skills according to the other party's wishes and perform in accordance with the pace of others.

But the fact is that Magana's popularity has only increased, and some media have even given her the title of "the second Kitagawa Ryo".

Since my mother has always liked me being famous, I'll just keep my popularity high.

Since the audience has always supported me for my wonderful acting skills, I should keep honing my acting skills and take every role seriously.

Since people in the industry have always needed you to be able to provide both traffic and quality, you should just perform in a way that no one can find fault with.

Since Akane Kurokawa has always wanted to defeat herself head-on in the audition, she should just face every challenge head-on and defeat her with her performance.

If Arima Kana would have been delighted at the beginning because of the sudden increase in praise and recognition of herself, but at this stage, with the increase of the threshold in her heart, what Arima Kana longed for more, and the rare ways of positive feedback that could make her feel the throbbing again, there are only a few left.

Or rather, only this one person.

It's not that I'm so deprived that I only have support and recognition from him.

But in his own heart, the support and recognition from just one person is enough to overwhelm the support and excitement of ten thousand, one hundred thousand, or even one million people.

But in this case, it also means that the negative feedback from the opponent will overwhelm everything, and even make Arima Kana hesitate and dare not go in.

As for the fact that he was able to greet them aggressively the day before yesterday and went straight to the Kitagawa family without even saying hello in advance...

Rather, it was an 'impulsive behavior' that was rarely seen in Arimakana in recent years.

Although Beichuan Liang didn't know that she went home that night and carefully reviewed all the conversations between them on her bed, and then rolled around holding the button that she had secretly taken from Beichuan Liang's collar and brought back, and she didn't sleep well that last night.

"Okay - then I'll go ask for Kana first."

Shoko Mida also smiled at Kana Arima who came over, and then began to contact Mr. Izaki, the main agent of Kitagawa Ryo.

Although it was not appropriate to inquire about the schedules of other artists in the company, considering the close relationship between Kitagawa Ryo and Arima Kana and the fact that the two had collaborated with each other several times in the past two years, and the fact that the agents of both parties were familiar with each other, Shoko Mida still chose to send an inquiry message to Mr. Izaki in the address book.

About two minutes later, Kana Arima, who was waiting anxiously on the side, finally received the news from Shoko Oda.

Beichuan Liang has no work arrangements this weekend and is free.

Arima Kana, who suddenly felt confident, immediately sent an inquiry message.

Although it was no different from the one I edited at the beginning, I felt more at ease in my heart. While quietly waiting for Beichuan Liang's reply, I was even thinking about what to wear that day.

[I'm very sorry, I have to go to Miyazaki this weekend. Kana, please come and visit us next time when you are free. ]

Then, after going through so much trouble, Arima Kana finally got the answer she least wanted to see.

"Aaaaaaaaaaaa..."

Mita Shoko looked at Kana Arima, who was once again frantically ruffling her hair and mumbling meaningless words. Just as she was about to speak, she saw her suddenly raise her head and spoke calmly:

"I remember that an advertising agency in Miyazaki invited me to cooperate with you in business, right?"

"Indeed, there is one, and it's a very famous local family. Let me take a look, it seems that they want to shoot a tourism promotional video for their hometown."

After a brief pause, Mita Shoko skillfully recalled the incident from her memory and quickly retrieved relevant information from her computer:

"Advertising agency, Marina Tendoji, the contact number is..."

"Please contact Miss Xiangzi."

Arima Kana put her right index finger on the side of her face, revealing a sweet smile that is almost her signature smile:

"Tell Ms. Tendoji that we are willing to cooperate. It would be best if we could discuss this in person in Miyazaki Prefecture this weekend."

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[I'm very sorry, I have to go to Miyazaki this weekend. Kana, please come and visit us next time when you are free. ]

[Then I won’t bother you, Senior Liang. I wish you a happy day today.]

Kitagawa Ryo looked at the message that Arima Kana replied after a long time, smiled, and put the phone back into his pocket. He felt that he could see the other person's serious little face that matched the tone of her voice through the screen.

Just like the rules he himself had realized when he was a child star.

What people desire in child stars is nothing more than the part of them that does not belong to children. They are keen to seek everything beyond their age in children, whether it is conversation, acting skills, or even just looking mature enough to be impressive.

Both he and Magana actually have these characteristics.

In Kitagawa Ryo's eyes, the reason why Kurokawa Akane was defeated again and again against Arima Kana was because she still retained most of the nature and childlike innocence of a child that even most of her peers did not have. The "experiential" acting style that she pursued was also mixed with a lot of childlike natural curiosity and desire to imitate the world.

Although in Kitagawa Ryo's opinion, Kurokawa Akane and Arima Kana are both one-in-a-million talented actors, their completely different family backgrounds have paved almost opposite backgrounds for their personalities and acting skills, and profoundly influenced their every move.

So Kitagawa Ryo still believes that if nothing unexpected happens, Arimaka can still win in this audition of "Homeless Child".

But the more this happened, the more Kitagawa Ryo felt sorry for Arima Kana. After all, the other party was not like him, who had lived two lives. She was simply an overly sensible and precocious child.

Especially after the other party's parents divorced completely, in a sense, Arima Kana was about to become a "homeless child".

Therefore, in the past few years, Kitagawa Ryo helped the other party hide part of the income from his mother and secretly left part of the assets to Arima Kana herself.

Economic independence is always the most basic step to personal independence. In the entertainment industry, Ryo Kitagawa has seen countless parents of child stars taking their children's income for themselves as a matter of course in the capacity of guardians and agents. He has also encountered situations where parents make a lot of money, but do not allow their children to have any pocket money in their daily lives.

Some parents even openly deceive their children by offering them pocket money of 100 yen for filming an episode of a TV series or 1,000 yen for an advertisement to tempt them to take on as many jobs as possible.

Although Kitagawa Ryo didn't think that Magana's mother would strangle her daughter in this regard (mainly because he didn't believe that the other party's IQ could think of this), this was just to prevent any future events.

"Once Ruby's matter is over, let's ask Kana and Akane in a couple of days if they're willing to be flower girls at the wedding..."

Just as the bridesmaid who receives the bouquet from the bride at a wedding can receive the same blessings from her ideal partner as the bride, Kitagawa Ryo also sincerely hopes that his two younger generations can find their own happiness in the future.

After all, the flower girl who is responsible for throwing flower petals at the beginning, holding up the bride's wedding dress when she enters, and handing over the ring pillow (similar to a ring box, responsible for placing the rings) when the newlyweds exchange rings is a symbol of angels, the embodiment of a pure heart, and a witness to happiness.

Although Ruby was originally going to take this position...

Chapter 4: Cute (5k)

Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan.

"finally reached!"

As soon as he walked out of the airport, MEM啾 opened his arms excitedly, breathed in the fresh air outside in big gulps, and subconsciously planned to take out his mobile phone to take pictures.

"Uh uh... there are so many people."

On the other side, without the protection of the expression board, Samejima Abiko, who was taking a plane for the first time in her life and had just escaped from the crowded crowd at the airport with difficulty, had subconsciously hidden behind Kitagawa Rumi, who was a few inches shorter than her, and lay on her shoulder and complained weakly.

"Cheer up, Akane is so much younger than you, Abiko, it's not like it's this bad."

Kitagawa Rumi half-dragged her best friend and pushed the suitcase out step by step. She nodded at Kurokawa Akane, who was holding the hand of Saito Kyoko on the other side to prevent her from being separated by the crowd.

They are now considered emerging idols with some fame on the Internet, so for this trip they tied their hair up and stuffed it tightly into their hats, and covered their faces with large sunglasses or round-frame glasses and masks.

"This shouldn't be Xiao Qian's first time on a plane. She looks very familiar with it."

Kyoko Saito, a single mother who was recruited as a temporary agent and guardian and was traveling with four half-grown children, curiously asked Akane Kurokawa beside her.

"Well, because my family goes on a trip abroad every year around New Year's."

Akane Kurokawa raised her little face and answered several people's questions with a smile.

"That's really enviable."

Kitagawa Rumi replied without any reason:

"Ryo has rarely taken me on a trip."

"Isn't it because Ryo has been busy? By the way, hasn't the cold war between you two siblings ended yet? You don't even want to call me 'brother' anymore."

Kyoko Saito looked quite worried, she initially thought that the cold war between Kitagawa Rumi and Kitagawa Ryo would not last long, after all, she considered the relationship between the two to be brother and sister.

But unexpectedly, this quarrel was really unprecedented. Even Kitagawa Rumi herself moved to her house and lived in the same room with her for almost a week, and until now she has no intention of going home.

“…This is my personal business, and I came to Miyazaki today to shoot the MV for ACE’s debut single.”

Kitagawa Rumi looked away awkwardly, and stiffly but resolutely changed the subject:

"I will not let personal emotional matters interfere with my work."

"Ok."

Saito Kyoko also sighed worriedly, waved her hand and said:

"...I don't know what you two siblings are thinking."

"I have already rented a car, and it is parked outside the airport. Our next destination is Takachiho Town in Miyazaki Prefecture. The filming team I contacted should be here by now."

"Let's go then."

The group successfully found the vehicle that came to pick them up. After confirming that it was correct, the car started quickly and drove along the road towards Takachiho.

After getting in the car, Kitagawa Rumi subconsciously supported her head and looked out the window. She looked at the increasingly familiar scenery in front of her with a complicated expression, and unconsciously reached out to stroke the strands of hair falling down the side of her face.

She seemed to be feeling stuffy, or as if she realized that she was already in the car and there was no need to hide anymore, or maybe she suddenly remembered something else.

After about two minutes, Kitagawa Rumi took off her hat and untied her hairband with great ease.

As if escaping from a cage, the smooth blonde hair regained its freedom, spreading out like a waterfall, with a fresh and natural orange scent.

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【Welcome to the myth, valley and peaceful town】