Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 84: President Yan's Charms

She vaguely remembered that Shen Jintai had told her he had a good impression about Bai Qingquan now. She didn't know what to think... They would bump numbers*... right?

*Reminder: bumping numbers (撞號) = refers to them being both the same number in terms of positions, in this case both 0s.

"Did you come to visit Xiao Jin?" Mrs. Yan asked with a smile.

Bai Qingquan returned her smile with his own and said: "I'm here doing a promotional event so I figured I drop by since it's on the way."

Xiao Tang came over hugging a watermelon with him. Bai Qingquan grabbed it and started to cut it open. He looked gentle doing it, as if he wasn't a famous celebrity at all.

When Mrs. Yan saw Yan Qiuchi from a distance, she shouted: "Watermelon! Do you want some?"

Yan Qiuchi waved his hand and continue sitting at his spot while chatting with the director.

After a while, Shen Jintai had changed his clothes and came out. His hair was still dirty as he couldn't wash it so he put on a baseball cap and went to the director's side to chat for a bit. He then came to the RV and said to Mrs. Yan: "Qiuchi's English is really good."

"He has received multilingual education since he was a child. He speaks English, French and Japanese fluently." Mrs. Yan said.

Bai Qingquan and Shen Jintai were very envious when they heard it. The two of them were scumbags. Despite being big stars, they still envy the literate. After all, there was a big difference between a big star and a young talent like Yan Qiuchi.

Shen Jintai's role, Chen Zheng, was a son from a famous family. He had studied overseas and was fluent in English. Director Lu Ming told him that the air force he joined was American and they all spoke English. Shen Jintai specifically found a foreign language teacher to teach him his English lines, but the results was still unsatisfactory.

After they finished eating, before returning to the town, Shen Jintai took Bai Qingquan around the set. The crew had all kinds of military motorcycles so Shen Jintai took one and drove Bai Qingquan to the distant gun tower.

Yan Qiuchi sat under the pergola watching them from a distance as he sipped his mineral water. His mouth twisted slightly after he finished drinking seeing how happy Shen Jintai and Bai Qingquan looked... It was like they were a couple.

Rather, he actually felt as if they were truly a couple. Their relationship had improved immensely during the time when they film The East Palace together.

"Do you still smoke?" Bai Qingquan asked: "I didn't see you smoking when you were filming the East Place."

"Not too often." As actors, smoking was indispensable. It probably had something to do with socializing in the industry as well as alleviating the pressure that comes with it. Shen Jintai took out a cigarette and handed it to Bai Qingquan: "Look at this. This was specially prepared by the crew."

The cigarette looked very old. It had no filter and the case and cigarette smelled like old Shanghai in the 1930s and 1940s.

"It's a high imitation. It's exactly the same as the one in the old photos." Shen Jintai said: "The character I am playing now loves to smoke, so I have smoked more recently. Look at this."

Shen Jintai took out his lighter and showed it to him. The lighter was gilded and had a contemporary look. Bai Qingquan had never seen anything like it before.

Shen Jintai: "This is an oil-burning lighter. It can be used as soon as you pull it, and it can be filled with kerosene and gasoline."

Bai Qingquan took it and pulled it a few times, then looked up at Shen Jintai.