Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 23: Detonate the Hot Search

The media already knew the inside information earlier than the netizen regarding Shen Jintai's return. Shen Jintai had a charismatic attribute that could fascinate anyone. He had a deadly aura, a bad personality, and every one of his move could set up a bloody storm in the entertainment circle.

"Our next guest will be Shen Jintai, who we haven't heard from in a long time." The host knew that he was going to be the focus tonight. He turned to Shen Jintai and smiled. "Tonight's Jintai is a bit different from the past."

No, not just a bit different, the change was much too drastic.

Shen Jintai had always like fancy outfits. The more important the occasion, the more ridiculous* and exaggerated his looks became. Even when wearing formal wear, like a suit, it was always adorned with ostentatious bells and whistles that most people couldn't understand. Later when his image hit rock bottom, despite wearing low end clothing, he was still able to garner attention. His hyperbolic outfits coupled with his long red hair was consistent with his "mischievous shocking" style.

*[Lei Ran] (雷人) = internet buzzword means unexpected and shocking that can leave people speechless. It's original meaning is to knock someone down when the clouds discharge and can referred to as "thunder people".

Now, he wasn't as thunderous, but his mischievousness still hasn't changed.

Bai Qingquan looked at Shen Jintai with a smile on his face, while cursing his name a thousand times in his heart. What the hell is the red rose doing on his chest. It's obvious it's there just to attract attention. Although... he couldn't help but admit that a red rose near his chest had a certain exquisite finesse.

There were many moonlight powders at the scene, and when they saw Shen Jintai coming, they all tacitly chose not to say a word, but the netizens who squatted on the live broadcast had already exploded.

"Ahhhhhhhhhhh, Shen Touhua!"

"Touhua looks so beautiful today. Is it the return of Nirvana?"

"It's a bit of a stretch to call him beautiful. His complexion looks just average."

"After a certain something happened to a certain someone, he retired from the circle. Now he's making a comeback. Fuck me*. I can't judge him based on his face value alone. Beauty can nourish people, but once the beauty goes downhill, the face goes along with it. How is it possible that Shen Jintai kept his in such good condition?"

*I rely on (我靠) = slang to express dissatisfaction or surprise. Note this is use a lot throughout the novel but I decided going forward to Englishize it instead of using the direct translation since it just sounds too awkward. As for the meaning, it could be a variety of things like fuck, shit, god damn, OMG ect. depending on the context.

"Because he's still young. He's not older than 20 years old. His peak appearance still hasn't come yet!"

"Doesn't he look a bit taller?"

"I really can't recognize him anymore! Honestly, I have always been a bit blinded to him. I relied on that red hair of his to distinguish him. Now without it, he looks so strange!"

"Whoever thought of putting a rose on his chest is a genius. It's quite a thoughtful finishing touch to the outfit!"

"Ha ha ha, how many water army* did Shen Touhua put in your area this time! Shen Touhua has always been ridicule by the group in your district, okay."

*(水军): online paid posters and social media bots commenting or posting predefined content on online platforms. In the entertainment industry, water armies are used to promote, defame or boost data of particular works or celebrities.