Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 17: Beauty is Coming!

One night two years ago, Bai Qingquan and Shen Jintai debuted in a limited group. A group of seven people went to participate in a charity for Harper's Bazaar. When they were about to take a photo, Shen Jintai suddenly push him and crowded him out from the steps.

He staggered to the ground in front of a bunch of top celebrities. His scalp became numb with embarrassment. When he raised his head, he saw Shen Jintai with heavy makeup smirking at him.

He held on to the end with a smile, and when he returned to his room, he turned on the faucet and cried in the bathroom. Just after crying, the president of his official support group told him she found a pipi black* in the group who was a fan of Shen Jintai.

*Pipi black = term use referring to black fans who pretends to be fans. I'm keeping it in pinyin form since I have no idea what's an equivalent translation.

This fan was very hateful. She was obviously a black powder. She pretended to be a fan and every day would instigate his fans in the group until she was finally caught by the president.

This gave Bai Qingquan inspiration. He registered an account that night and posted Shen Jintai's rainbow farts for over a month. Whenever Shen Jintai would shoot for magazines, his fans would rush to buy them. Bai Qingquan bought 500 copies alone and was finally accepted into the "Gold Powder Family".

He named his alt account: "Black Moonlight".

He worked hard with his rainbow farts. Due to his familiarity with the entertainment industry, he finally became an administrator for the group. This group was full of hateful gold powder that had similar virtue likes Shen Jintai. Everyday they would flatter Shen Jintai or went to scold Bai Qingquan.

Bai Qingquan didn't know what he did that offended Shen Jintai and his fans. He was a newly signed artist of Sunshine Media. He signed a ten-year contract with them as soon as he debuted. It was natural that Yan Qiuchi would support him! Yet somehow this offended Shen Jintai!

However, he blew rainbow farts every day ignoring his conscience, all in the name of future rewards. He devised several large-scale blackouts for the Gold Powder, and then contacted the key members of his own fan club to successfully counter* against them.

*Anti-kill (反杀) = in Chinese means to kill a person for revenge. The word does not have the same meaning as it does in English. (In English it would mean opposing killing which is not the case here). I decided to use counter as anti-kill doesn't make sense translated.

The feeling of counterattacking was euphoric. He finally ate bone marrow and knew the taste*!

*Once you eat bone marrow, you will know its deliciousness = metaphor that means people become greedy after getting a benefit.

Even after Shen Jintai left the circle, Bai Qingquan didn't leave the group. He would still log into his alt account every other day and wander around the "Gold Powder Family".

But now, he had been kicked out! Why was he kicked? Bai Qingquan's heart was beating wildly, feeling that his secret was suddenly revealed!

Where was the horse's feet* exposed? Did he not use "Brother Jintai" sweetly enough? Was his rainbow fart not real enough? Or maybe because he didn't scold himself enough.

*Reminder: Bare the horse's feet (露出马脚) = it's metaphorically revealing the hidden truth or inadvertently leaking out inside information.

Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh.

Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh.

He can't accept it!

This was a secret that even his agent didn't know about. The dark and private life that he had enjoyed alone all these years was gone and he had no one to confide in!