Traveling back thirty years to Conan, intercepting Princess Eri

Chapter 149: Fujimine Yukiko's new friend, Arachi Kyoko
Yukiko Fujimine auditioned for a movie about the Meiji Restoration. The role she was going to play was Sakamoto Otome, the sister of the Meiji Restoration patriot Sakamoto Ryoma.

The girl had already received the audition script. She compared it with Kyoko Kurachi and found that there were many scenes in which they would act against each other.

Not wanting to affect others, Fujimine Yukiko and the other person went to the stairwell to practice, leaving Hayashi Shuichi sitting there to help them watch the numbers.

The other girls who came for the audition saw Lin Xiuyi's handsome appearance and thought he was also a colleague of theirs, so they all came forward to get to know Lin Xiuyi.

Lin Xiuyi tried to explain it at the beginning, but he repeated it so many times later that he was too lazy to say more.

In less than half an hour, he received contact information from more than a dozen girls, including several second- and third-tier celebrities.

"Life in the entertainment industry is really..." Lin Xiuyi shook his head speechlessly. Just now, several girls were about to make it clear that they could have dinner together in the evening and then develop the relationship further.

Fujimine Yukiko, who had returned at some point, looked at the pieces of paper with contact numbers written on them in Lin Xiuyi's hands and said sourly, "You really are so popular!"

"You already knew this at school," Lin Xiuyi said helplessly, "At least these are just phone calls, not love letters."

"Can't you just refuse?" Yukiko Fujimine stomped her feet in annoyance.

Kyoko Kurachi, who was standing next to him, smiled and said, "It's not a big deal to accept the contact information. If you refuse it in person, it will easily offend people."

"He's not an actor, there's no need to be afraid..."

Halfway through her words, Fujimine Yukiko realized that Hayashi Shuichi was indeed not planning to be an actor, but she wanted to be one.

The two came together. If Lin Xiuyi offended someone in public, he would inevitably implicate himself in the end.

"Understand?" Lin Xiuyi said unhappily, "If it weren't for you, I would have left long ago. How could I still be here?"

"Okay, it's my fault," Fujimine Yukiko apologized embarrassedly.

She wanted to say something else when the assistant in charge of the audition came out and called out Fujimine Yukiko's number.

The girl responded quickly and ran over in a panic.

"I hope Yukiko can succeed," Kyoko Arachi sincerely wished, "but please don't end up like me."

"Everything will go well for you today," Lin Xiuyi comforted.

"hope so……"

Kyoko Kurachi sighed. She was next to Yukiko Fujimine, but she had failed so many times that Kyoko Kurachi was almost numb.

Lin Xiuyi did not try to persuade him any further. Although he had never been an actor, he had seen Stephen Chow's "The King of Comedy" in his previous life and knew how difficult it was for a young actor.

Kyoko Kurachi's current condition is obviously not very good. Even if her acting skills are up to standard, she is very likely to be eliminated in such a numb state.

Thinking of this, Lin Xiuyi walked to the vending machine next to him. In addition to buying two cans of juice for himself and Fujimine Yukiko, he also bought a can of warm red bean soup for Kurachi Kyoko.

"Red bean soup? Hot?" Kyoko Kurachi looked at the drink Lin Xiuyi handed over in surprise. "Lin-kun, is this suitable for drinking in today's weather?"

"Since you can't buy red bean rice, you can use this instead," Lin Xiuyi explained, "I saw your performance when you were rehearsing your lines with Yukiko just now. It was wonderful. Drinking red bean soup in advance can be considered a celebration."

Red bean rice is often served as a celebratory meal in Japan. When people say "let's eat red bean rice", it usually means "let's celebrate".

"...Thank you," Kyoko Kurachi was stunned for a moment before she reached out to take the drink. The warm can warmed her cold hands instantly.

"Don't think about the past, just do your best," Lin Xiuyi said with a smile, "Past successes and failures will not affect today's audition." "Yeah," Kyoko Kurachi nodded heavily.

Because she had failed so many times, even her friends were very cautious when communicating with her, for fear of touching upon her sad memories.

She hadn't heard such straightforward encouragement in a long time.

She opened the pull ring and drank the sweet and warm red bean soup in one breath. Kyoko Anzhi felt that her whole body became warm, and her originally cold and numb heart also warmed up.

"Mr. Lin is right, I will definitely succeed today!" The girl clenched her fists and encouraged herself loudly.

After she finished shouting, she noticed that everyone else in the hall was looking at her in surprise, and she quickly bowed and apologized embarrassedly.

Soon, Yukiko Fujimine walked out of the audition room.

"How is it?" Lin Xiuyi asked casually.

"Of course it was a success!" Fujimine Yukiko held her chin high. "I've rehearsed this audition segment at home many times, and today's performance was just as perfect."

"Congratulations!" Kyoko Kurachi said with a smile, and hurried towards the audition room.

Yukiko Fujimine looked at her new friend's back in confusion, always feeling that the other person was a little different from herself before she went in for the interview.

"What are you thinking about?"

Lin Xiuyi put the cold juice on the girl's cheek, which made her shiver immediately.

"I was only there for less than ten minutes, and how come she suddenly became so much more confident?"

Fujimine Yukiko opened the juice, took a sip, and looked at Hayashi Hideichi with a suspicious look.

"Did you do something again?"

"It's nothing. I just gave her a can of hot red bean soup," Lin Xiuyi said honestly. "She failed too many times and lacked encouragement, so she became unconfident. After drinking the red bean soup, she obviously felt much better."

"Is red bean soup so good? Then why is mine juice?" Fujimine Yukiko picked up the drink in her hand and looked at it. "No, I want to drink red bean soup too!"

"Wait until we get back," Lin Xiuyi promised, "I'll make you some red bean rice to celebrate when we get back to the izakaya!"

"Yeah," Fujimine Yukiko nodded happily, and then the two of them waited at the door for Kyoko Kurachi to come out.

Yukiko Fujimine still has a good impression of this new friend. The two have common hobbies, and it would naturally be better if they could star in this movie together.

The reason why Hayashi Shuichi treated Kyoko Kurachi so attentively just now was partly because of Yukiko Fujimine.

Although her parents are also actors, they are elders after all. If she wants to stay in the entertainment industry for a long time, she still needs to make more friends of the same age so that they can take care of each other.

A few minutes later, Kyoko Kurachi walked out with brisk steps.

"How is it?" Fujimine Yukiko hurried forward and asked.

"Although we'll have to wait and see the results," Kyoko Kurachi said with a smile, "today's audition was probably my best performance yet."

(End of this chapter)