Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 16: Guess Who I am!

Yan Yaoxuan stood in front of Shen Jintai's room hesitating whether to knock on the door. Shen Jintai still had feelings for his older brothers, despite him washing his tattoo. He speculated that right now Shen Jintai was most likely in a period of vacillation. At this critical moment, should he wait and see the change, or should he contribute to it?

No matter what feelings Shen Jintai had for his older brother, one thing was certain, Shen Jintai did not have him in his eyes.

The light above his head was shining, and the person he had a crush on lived on the other side of this door, but he didn't dare go in.

Yan Qiuchi: "Having trouble falling asleep? Why are you standing there?"

Yan Yaoxuan turned his head in panic and saw Yan Qiuchi, neatly dressed, looking at him.

Yan Yaoxuan: "It's nothing... Are you going to go out?"

Yan Qiuchi nodded and looked at him sternly: "Lao er*, what are you planning?"

*Lao er = Refer to the second oldest in the family. Funnily enough it's also slang referring to one's manhood (but he's not using it in that sense here).

The relationship between the two brothers was often muddled. Yan Qiuchi said: "Stop thinking about it. If you are bored, you can come work for the company. I'll arrange an internship for you."

Yan Yaoxuan's was about to speak but he swallowed his words.

His older brother was like a father, especially since their actual father was busy all day long and hardly had time to see them. Yan Qiuchi acted in his place, playing the role of half of a father. While they were only a few years apart, he was born to fear his older brother. Yan Qiuchi was strict on him, and if he got fiercer, Yan Yaoxuan wouldn't dare fight back.

Seeing that Yan Yaoxuan remained silent, Yan Qiuchi looked even more harsh: "Did you hear what I said?"

"I heard it." Yan Yaoxuan's voice was cat-like.

Yan Qiuchi suddenly received a call from Father Yan. He didn't have time to deal with this any longer, so he simply said: "You know everything I want to say. Don't make me discipline you."

Yan Yaoxuan saw his brother head downstairs. He curled his lip unconvincingly, but still honestly returned to his own room.

Autumn was approaching, and the night was much cooler in the evening. The trees outside were shaded, and there were faint insects buzzing around at night. The driver had drove the car up to the courtyard. Yan Qiuchi opened the car door. Just as he about to get in, he looked upstairs.

The lights in Shen Jintai's room were on, the curtains were not drawn. Half of his figure could be vaguely seen, shaking slightly. Yan Quichi was unsure of what he was doing*.

*Clarity: in case you missed it, the implication here is Yan Qiuchi saw half of Shen Jintai figure moving in a way that could a bit suggestive (aka perhaps he's masturbating). This is basically trying to highlight the deeper and deeper misunderstanding that Yan Qiuchi has for him (poor Shen Jintai, can't catch a break).

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Shen Jintai was doing some exercises while swiping Weibo.

In his previous life, he was never a high trafficked celebrity. He had to run his own Weibo that didn't have many fans. There certainly wasn't any hot-blooded* girls. It was calm and everyone got along. Occasionally he would send out chicken soup* and posts literary photos. His followers were less than half a million. Now he had more than three million fans.

*Hot-blooded = passionate.
*Chicken soup = motivational posts. It main purpose is to give positive energy. More meaningful post can be enlightening, thought-provoking, or heart-warming. After reading, you would feel warm as if you had chicken soup.