Chapter 42
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Ever since he was in high school and the first time he had seen Tang Arjin on TV, she became his favorite movie star. For years he chases after her and idolizes the woman in his heart. He worked hard to obtain the life that he could be proud of so that he might be able to show his goddess that he is worthy of her attention.
His fascination with Tang Arjin has become his passion and now it is his obsession. However, Jin Da Lin did not lose his mind for Tang Arjin. He has a normal life but a part of that life is his wanting to see and talk to his goddess.
He is not a jealous man, even though Tang Arjin had many relationships before, yet for him, that is not important. What is important for Jin Da Lin is the Tang Arjin in his mind.
And so, even though the woman in front of him did not pay attention to him and it hurt his pride a bit, he did not want to just give up and walk away.
She has done this many times before but it did not matter to him.
He just laid the flowers on the side of the makeup table and then took a glance at the frowning woman sitting in front of the mirror.
Jin Da Lin heaves a deep sight as he basks in her presence and absorbs that beautiful face in front of the mirror. He stood on the side like a statue and did not move.
Tang Arjin seems to have recovered from her stupor and then looks at the flowers at the side of the table. She suddenly frowns and when she shifted her gaze she saw the handsome man standing behind her. She just showed a deep frown and did not say anything.
They just look at each other as the man looks at her reflection.
"Miss Tang… I… Would you like to have dinner with me?" the man said recovering from his fantasies.
Tang Arjin did not answer and just shook her head.
He knew that it was a refusal but he could not do anything and just nodded his head to accept the answer. Ever since he has invited Tang Arjin, she only accepted his invitation twice. And that is with the promise of a deal and nothing more. He was already happy about that and has not expected anything more than that.
She told him that she has bad experiences with her previous lovers and still could not get over them until now. He knew that she has a bad experience from before and has heard a lot of them in the news. But his conviction towards her is truly real and strong that he did not mind those things.
He wanted to promise her his undying love which he has felt ever since he was young. But how could he tell her that if she did not let him get the chance?
While he still has his dignity and the people around them still unaware of the awkward occurrence, Jin Da Lin decided to take a step back and leave without showing a disgraceful expression. This way the people would not gossip talk bad about Tang Arjin. He would not want her to have bad rumors because of him.
Seeing the sensible man behind her, Tang Arjin showed a faint smile on her face. A smile that shows that she is in control of the situation and that no matter how handsome and rich the man is, she would not succumb to his charms that easily.
In fact, she felt contented with Jin Da Lin; however, she truly could not spare her time for him.
Soon the crew began to leave the set one by one, while Yu Qi and Ma Mian walk out of the set through the garage where the company van is waiting.
As soon as the two approaches, Yu Qi suddenly noticed a familiar man standing on the veranda.
"Uncle Da Lin, is that you?" Yu Qi suddenly asked with excitement on her face.
When Jin Da Lin turns around, he saw two young women standing on the side. When his eyes landed on the beautiful Yu Qi he immediately showed realization.
"Isn't this Qi'er… Haha… What are you… Oh, you are filming with Tang Arjin…" Jin Da Lin said with a happy smile on his handsome and mature face.
"Uncle Da Lin… Who are you visiting here? Don't tell me you are here for me? I would be very honored… Hihi…" Yu Qi said with a smile.
The two began talking and Ma Mian discovers that this man's name is Jin Da Lin is a close friend of Yu Qi's family. From the way the two are talking it seems that they are close to each other and knew each other for a long time.
Ma Mian had seen this man giving the flowers to Tang Arjin while Yu Qi is in the dressing room. So she is aware that he is here for Tang Arjin.
But from the way she could see it, it seems that Tang Arjin is not interested in the handsome-looking man. But Ma Mian could tell that this one is a bit sincere, but of course, she would not bet on it as she herself would not want to associate with rich people.
And so she decided to just stand to the side and wait for Yu Qi.
While the two are talking happily, they did not notice a pair of eyes glaring at them. Tang Arjin accidentally saw this as she was basking in her glory and success in subduing the man's ego. She saw from the mirror's reflection that Jin Da Lin is talking happily to Yu Qi.
And this scene made her expression turned ugly. She did not expect that this guy would flirt with a younger and more beautiful actress behind her back.
She wanted to tear his face apart and throw those flowers on his face.
Seeing the flowers, her mind was suddenly clouded with anger and a hint of jealousy as she suddenly picks up the bouquet and strutted towards the two who are talking happily on the side.
Ma Mian, on the other hand, would also smile as the two reminisce some of the childhood of Yu Qi which made the atmosphere between them looks like that of an uncle and his niece.
But suddenly in the corner of her eyes, she noticed the glaring expression of Tang Arjin followed by her assistant who is throwing an angry look at Yu Qi.
She immediately knew from that expression alone that the woman is being… jealous.