Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 26: Jintai's Scenes

"Go ahead."

"What you said just now was very good. It is a beautiful thing to like someone, but if the other party doesn't return your feelings but you continue to stalk them, isn't it like Qian Jiashu? Mr. Shen, you should also know how it feels to be such a low-life, right?"

This Gao Qiao was indeed the most loyal assistant of the protagonist. He wholeheartedly believed in Yan Qiuchi.

"Don't worry. You can tell President Yan that he can also rest assure." Shen Jintai knew that it was useless to say these words. His tarnished image had been deeply ingrained in everyone's eyes and couldn't easily be reversed. "A lot has happened these past few days. People can change, including myself."

Gao Qiao had been with Yan Qiuchi for a long time. Overtime he had been infected with his temper. As his assistant, when Yan Qiuchi had to act restrained, he would play the role of a blackface*.

*(黑脸) = Reference to Peking opera. It is the facial makeup of the drama character, which reflects the character of the actors playing the role. The person who draws the black face usually plays the character who's brave and reckless or selfless. It also used to describe someone as harsh and unsympathetic. English equivalent would be the "bad cop" in . I'm not sure if it's also related to "" as Americans know it but it is extremely offensive, disrespectful, and racist. Don't do it.

"President Yan's coat."

Shen Jintai was dumbfounded for a moment. He returned to his room, picked up Yan Qiuchi's coat and handed it to Gao Qiao. Gao Qiao bowed, grabbed the coat, and walked out. His attitude was extremely arrogant.

Shen Jintai gave a small chuckle. When he turned around, he saw Li Meilan and Xiao Tang looking bewildered and speechless. He relayed to them what happened yesterday. Xiao Tang became furious. "How could such a thing happen?!"

"President Yan handled it very well," Li Meilan said. "It's not easy to get this kind of person to apologize* and it'll only cause more trouble if it was publicized."

*Clarity: She's referring to Qian Jiashu.

"You can thank Yan Qiuchi for me," Shen Jintai said. "I won't thank him personally."

Not showing up in front of Yan Qiuchi was the best thank you he could give him, right?

This feeling of uneasiness was really uncomfortable. He didn't know how the previous Shen Jintai could be so happy*.

*Clarity: He's saying that he has a bad feeling because Yan Quichi had always treated the old Shen Jintai coldly. Even when he saved him last night, he didn't do it out of affection or care but simply because it was morally correct. The new Shen Jintai feels uneasy at this matter especially when he knows about how Yan Qiuchi feels about the old Shen Jintai. He couldn't comprehend how Shen Jintai could be happy previously chasing after such a person who didn't return his feelings. (Technically he wasn't since he did commit suicide).

He certainly couldn't do it. He didn't want to be entangled with Yan Qiuchi anymore. It was best just to treat him like a stranger.

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"He told you that?" Yan Qiuchi asked Gao Qiao.

Gao Qiao nodded. "He was quite serious and doesn't seem to be lying. He might not really like you anymore." After finishing his sentence, he immediately regretted it, feeling that it was an inappropriate thing to say.

Fortunately, President Yan had always had a dull personality and never looked too deeply at things. He rubbed his palms together and quickly said, "I have sent your coat to be washed."