System: Master Your Life-Chapter 689 - 175: White Jade Pillar Holding Up the Sky, Purple-Gold Beam Spanning the Sea!

Chapter 689: Chapter 175: White Jade Pillar Holding Up the Sky, Purple-Gold Beam Spanning the Sea!

Xu Lin chatted with his great-grandfather for more than an hour.

By then, it was already dark outside.

No one came to disturb them.

Because the great-grandfather is the authority of this family, or rather the highest power.

If he were gone, this family might fall apart.

Xu Lin and Pei Danqing didn’t leave until nine o’clock in the evening. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

Before that, Xu Lin had dinner with Pei Danqing and the others.

The great-grandfather valued Xu Lin highly, and he called several important younger members of the family, such as Pei Danqing’s grandfather, grand uncle, and second grand uncle, over, and had Xu Lin sit on his right side, telling everyone, this young man, I think very highly of him, in the future, you must protect him!

"Dad, do you really have high hopes for this young man?"

Pei Danqing’s grandfather couldn’t help but ask after Xu Lin had left.

"He’s destined for great things; he will be someone significant in the future."

The great-grandfather took up his cane and started walking, and his son quickly followed, "The key to our family’s long-lasting presence is always doing the right thing. During the Republic, it was like this; counting back, when the Ming dynasty fell, and the Manchus entered China, our ancestor fought tooth and nail to protect our cultural heritage. Our family, which had five to six hundred people, was reduced to only twenty or thirty, nearly exterminated. But because of this, we managed to avoid reckoning, and history gave us a place. We are those who enjoy blessings and are also people who pass down legacy. If you lack insight, what will happen to our family after I’m gone?"

"Dad, don’t say that. You’re still healthy..."

"I’m over a hundred years old now, can I really live another ten or twenty years? I don’t mess around with those longevity tricks. When I die, even if I can’t be a hero, I certainly shouldn’t be a coward!"

He struck the ground three times with his cane, "Han Gaozu, a figure like that, held the empire but could still depart casually, disregarding life and death. How can someone like me, who can’t even leave a name in history, not do the same?"

"What did you talk about with my great-grandfather for so long?"

Pei Danqing was curious.

"Talked about everything," Xu Lin said.

We talked about the world, what was there to discuss?

As for the old man wanting Xu Lin and Pei Danqing to be together, Xu Lin said to let nature take its course, there’s nothing more to say.

"Tell me, what did you talk about?"

"Your old man thinks highly of me."

"I think highly of you too."

"You’re different, you’re still too young."

"You’re much younger than me, aren’t you?" Pei Danqing smiled.

"No, I’m talking about being young in terms of the dimensions of thought, not age. Even an eighty-year-old can be immature."

"My great-grandfather said you’d be wasted if you didn’t become a government official."

She was sitting in the passenger seat, at this moment, she turned sideways to look at Xu Lin, the seatbelt was pulled down across the middle of her chest.

Can you imagine such a historical blockbuster scene?

Moreover, with her turning sideways like this, tension caused one button to come undone.

Inside there was the striking white scenery.

Originally, her top two buttons, the top one for comfort of the neck, so it was unbuttoned, but now the second button also came undone.

"Your button’s undone."

Xu Lin directly pointed it out.

He’s not like those Gentlemen who would use another method to subtly hint when the button is undone.

Commonly known as high emotional intelligence.

Xu Lin would just directly point it out.

"Thanks for the heads up."

Director Pei quickly buttoned up.

She was somewhat voluptuous, a charming beauty.

Director Pei: "It’s still early, why don’t we go have a drink?"

"You drink alcohol?"

"Drinking is quite normal, it’s just a beverage."

"Okay, let’s go have a drink."

"Let’s go here, we should visit an upscale bar. I don’t like those smoky, mixed sort of places."

"Alright."

Xu Lin drove to the bar.

After they sat down, Xu Lin had the waiter bring a few bottles over.

"How’s your drinking capacity?"

Pei Danqing asked.

"You’ll find out soon enough."

Not getting drunk after a thousand drinks, what do you think?

He drinks alcohol like drinking water, no matter the proof.

The two drank an 18-year Sherry cask Macallan, a type of whiskey with not too high a proof, suitable for normal consumption.

As they drank, they chatted about all sorts of things. Pei Danqing also talked about her school days, which Xu Lin found quite interesting. Actually, her school days were quite normal.

She was very low-key at school; nobody knew her family background was so significant, even after graduation.

Then, they talked about the high expectations her family had for her, which put considerable pressure on her.

Because in her family, there are just the siblings in the main lineage; the brother doesn’t seem very capable at the moment, who knows what will happen in a few years.

They drank for an hour.

Pei Danqing was a bit drunk, with a rosy flush on her face.

"Does my great-grandfather want us to be together?"

Pei Danqing suddenly asked.

"Yes, that’s the case." Xu Lin admitted.

"What do you think?"

"Physically, of course, I’m attracted to you, it’s like the saying: a fair lady is a gentleman’s desire."

Men like women, women like men; it’s really not complicated. For most, it starts with physical attraction, that is, physiological liking.

"What about emotionally?"

"I don’t feel anything for now."

"Why is that?"

"We’ve only known each other for how long? We have to get to know each other, for example, if you have any shining points in your personality, to trigger my fundamental liking for a woman."

Snap!

Xu Lin lit a cigar; it was his first time smoking such fancy stuff.

For showing off.

Exhale!

Xu Lin blew out a puff of smoke.

"What’s the taste of the smoke?"

"Hard to say, but overall it’s a very overpowering taste, all smokes are the same."