Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 18: Jintai's New Clothes

Bai Qingquan squeezed out a smile. The weather wasn't cold, but he still shivered. Today's Shen Jintai had really transformed. He was very abnormal!

Qingquan? He was going to cry with fright!

When he was with Shen Jintai in the limited group for a few months, Shen Jintai had never called him so affectionately before. Now just these past few days, he would call him directly by either "Hey, hey, hey" or "Qingquan"*.

*Clarification: he's saying Shen Jintai has been very informal with him, either by just casually greeting him or just using his first name. Usually this is not done in Chinese culture unless you have a super close relationship (and even then, it's debatable), which Shen Jintai and Bai Qingquan does not.

Why was he acting so strange? He was so devious. Did he really know that he used an alt account and lurked in his fan club and now he was deliberately teasing him? Otherwise, this didn't explain Shen Jintai's current peculiar behavior!

Bai Qingquan was caught in a huge sense of crisis but covered it up smoothly with his acting skills. He nodded with a smile and said: "You look very handsome today dressed in that business style."

Shen Jintai was dressed very mild-mannered today, which did not match his age.

Shen Jintai was still immersed in the shock from receiving his lips reward that he forgot how to act in front of Bai Qingquan. He casually said a few words and then rushed to the bathroom.

Shen Jintai: "Xaoi Ai!" He roared in his heart.

"Xaoi Ai is here."

"What do you mean it can no longer be judge by numerical values! Does this mean it improved exponentially?!"

Xaoi Ai: "Dear, you have to know that as Bai Yueguang's former enemy, he has no love for you. On the contrary, he hates you to the bone. It's just because of his temperament that he's polite to you on the surface. I just found that his aversion towards you had plummeted. Based on our experience, this cliff-like change is only temporary. It will eventually rebound so it's not easy to estimate. Thus, we'll count this as a favorable value."

Shen Jintai: "Isn't it really up to you to decide how much points to give?"

Xaoi Ai: "My dear, Xiao Ai is just an ordinary worker without such great power. If Xiao Ai can make my own decision, Xaoi Ai will definitely turn you into a peerless face right now!"

When Shen Jintai arrived in the bathroom, he went directly to the mirror. His lips color really changed. Originally it was dull and affected his complexion. Now it was much ruddier, but it wasn't to the point as Xiao Ai said: "Having your own beauty filter".

"My dear, don't worry. The change in lip color is gradual, otherwise if it suddenly becomes too red, others will think that you'd put on lipstick."

This prompted Shen Jintai: "Then in the future if my body proportion change, or I become even more attractive, won't it rouse suspicion from other people?"

Xiaoi Ai: "Dear, be at ease. If you become more beautiful and they can't find evidence of plastic surgery, their suspicions will only remain suspicions. Besides, as more people begin to like you, they'll see you through a different filter. It's normal for stars to become more beautiful after they become popular."

This was true. The more popular a celebrity was, the more beautiful they seem to look. Whether it was better hair and makeup, or people confidence in them increased, or just the sight of them brings joy to many hearts, as a star becomes more popular, the perception of their image will change to look more appealing*.

*Clarity: everyone has some filter when looking at a person. A star might not look beautiful to you now, but when they get more popular, they will have access to better things that can make them more beautiful (better makeup artists, clothes ect). Besides that, people perception of them improves too. If everyone's talking about how beautiful a celebrity looks constantly, eventually you might get swayed as well. Also, you yourself might start liking the celebrity. Then your view of them can change from they are just "average" looking to "hot" looking. Hope that makes sense.