Your Rival in Love Gets Prettier Every Day

Chapter 142: Sweetheart's Confession

Bai Qingquan had been in a daze all day. If it was only the video, he could still hold on. However, his alt account got exposed and now he felt he couldn't even face Wei Ge. The things he had posted on his alt was far more thorough than the things he had told Wei Ge and others in private. The entire network has now seen his vulgar side, and he was too ashamed to show his face to anyone again.

"Qingquan." Wei Ge knocked on his door: "Open the door and have something to eat."

Bai Qingquan laid on the bed with red eyes, as he covered his head with a pillow. It would be even more shameful if he eats and drinks like a normal person now.

Time passed and eventually the outside darkened. He moved his chair and sat in front of the window looking at the Yangtze River. The rooms in the hotel he was staying at all had a view of the river. When he looked around, the woods by the river were white, as if shrouded by a dark twilight.

Thinking about his situation, he couldn't blame it on others. He was too careless and thought no one would suspect him and be able to pick out his alt, so he got bolder and started to post without hesitation.

He will never use an alt again.

The sound of knocking was heard from outside. Bai Qingquan turned his head and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "I want to sleep. Don't disturb me. I don't want to eat."

"It's me." Shen Jintai said.

Bai Qingquan was taken aback for a moment, and his face suddenly turned red. He had exposed some of his indecent side in front of Shen Jintai, but he thought it was fine since they were sisters.

He opened the door and as soon as it opened, a group of people all looked at him, including Wei Ge, with worried expressions on their face.

Shen Jintai felt distressed seeing Bai Qingquan's state. After only a day, Bai Qingquan looked haggard, his eyes were swollen showing obvious signs that he's been crying all day.

"I'll go in and talk to Xiao Bai." Shen Jintai said. After speaking he went in and close the door. Wei Ge knocked on it again, bringing a plate of fruit and handed it to Shen Jintai. He took it and closed the door again and put the plate of fruit on the table.

Bai Qingquan laid directly on the bed, pretending to be dead. Shen Jintai took off his coat, put it on a chair, and sat down by the bed, patting Bai Qingquan's leg.

Tears welled into Bai Qingquan's eyes as he laid on the bed and looked at him: "I'm finished."

Shen Jintai: "Things have already happened, so don't think too much about it. I heard Wei Ge say, you haven't eaten for a day?"

Bai Qingquan: "How can I still eat?"

Shen Jintai: "Look at me and my previous reputation. When I'm mentioned, there's always bad comments online, saying I was cheap, overturned, and had no brains. There were even GIFs of ghost animals circulating all over. Even a random taxi driver knew me and how I chase a man until my whole family went bankrupt. But the fact of the matter is, whether it's relatives or friends, people from the crew, people you meet when you participate in events, or people in the circle, no one will talk about this to you in person. As long as you don't go online and search for it, you won't see or hear it."

Bai Qingquan said: "That's just covering one's ears and stealing a bell*. They'll still laugh at me in their hearts."

*Stealing the bell (掩耳盗铃) = idiom referring to deceiving yourself, trying to cover up things that can't be covered up.

Shen Jintai: "But I believe that now when they see me, none of them are laughing."

Bai Qingquan sat up when he heard the words: "I have seen President Yan's confession. You don't need to do this. Besides, you can't help me much."