"I think she’s even prettier than Zhu Lin and Gong Xue. When I first saw her, I almost lost my soul. She was interested in being with too. At that mont, if I had nodded, she would have been my wife."
"And then?"
Yu Jianhua: "Then, of course, I rejected her. Later on, I had many opportunities to engage in corruption and decadence. Each ti, I thought about how I once said no to an extraordinarily beautiful woman, and I could resist any temptation. You might not understand; have you ever seen an extraordinarily beautiful woman?"
An extraordinarily beautiful woman?
Xu Lin pondered. Actually, he did have an extraordinarily beautiful woman around him, and that was Chi Linyue.
An extraordinarily beautiful woman isn’t just about looking pretty or having a good figure. There are several criteria, like temperant and charm.
Xu Lin thought about himself and realized he couldn’t refuse.
The charm of an older sister was sothing he couldn’t resist. After all, he was just an ordinary person.
Xu Lin replied, "I still don’t understand."
Yu Jianhua continued, "One must not forget their original intentions. You might not know this, but a considerable number of corrupt officials caught were once passionate and ambitious youths. But that’s how the world is. One step to the left or one step to the right, and the trajectory of life differs. Sotis, making one wrong move might an there’s no turning back, and you can only continue down that path."
Yu Jianhua patted Xu Lin’s shoulder, "Don’t make the wrong choice. I have faith in you."
"Alright," Xu Lin responded.
"There’s more."
"What else?"
"You and Yanyan, take it slow. Unless you marry her, if you touch her, I swear I’ll break your legs!"
Yu Jianhua added, "Don’t give any surprises."
There was no way Yu Jianhua could say they shouldn’t see each other; that was impossible. Both were studying in Jiangdu, and he couldn’t control things from so far away.
"Sure."
Xu Lin felt awkward because his relationship with Yu Xinyan was quite ambiguous.
If Yu Jianhua found out, who knows if he could even leave tonight.
The two spent a long ti chatting in the living room. Yu Jianhua, who hadn’t smoked in three days, suddenly smoked five cigarettes, while Xu Lin smoked six.
Until it was ti for dinner.
Lin Yating called the two into the dining room to eat.
Lin Yajing shot her husband a glare. Yu Jianhua, feeling quite embarrassed, quickly put out the half-smoked cigarette.
Dinner was a joyous affair.
Yu Xinyan served Xu Lin several tis, and if her parents weren’t around, she’d be even bolder.
After more than half an hour, everyone was full.
Lin Yajing and her daughter went to wash the dishes.
Xu Lin and Yu Jianhua chatted in the living room for a while, then Xu Lin went into the kitchen to say goodbye to Yu Xinyan and the others before leaving.
Xu Lin also made a trip to the underground garage, as his backpack was still in the car.
Elsewhere.
After showering, Yu Xinyan wanted to head over to Xu Lin’s place.
Seeing this, Yu Jianhua reminded her, "Be back before nine."
"Dad, I know," she replied.
"That kid has a girlfriend; you need to be careful," Yu Jianhua warned. "It’s okay to be friends, but don’t forget you’re a pretty girl, and there are differences between n and won."
"Okay, okay," Yu Xinyan said, nodding sadly.
Soon, Yu Xinyan headed out.
Lin Yajing ca over with a sliced apple.
"That kid has been surprising lately."
"How so?" Lin Yajing asked.
"When we ca back and bumped into him in the garage, he was driving a Porsche Panara worth over two million, which he bought himself."
"Over two million?" Lin Yajing exclaid in shock.
"He even showed his bank balance; he recently received over 13 million in royalties and copyright inco, totaling over 20 million. Additionally, he bought a large apartnt in the provincial capital for 16 million..."
Yu Jianhua ntioned to Lin Yajing.
Lin Yajing was quite surprised, but being the wife of an official, she managed to stay composed, which would not have been the case for ordinary people.
"A person transford after three days. You should see him with fresh eyes. Xu Lin has really made sothing of himself, but he’s got a girlfriend now. Otherwise, I would have agreed to have Yanyan with him."
"What about now?"
"Right now, we need to take it slow. That silly girl Yanyan just likes him. I’m worried things might get out of hand. You know how young people are, sigh..."
As a father, he was quite concerned.
Honestly, when it ca to his daughter’s future marriage, Yu Jianhua hoped she would marry soone familiar, like Xu Lin. Having watched him grow up, despite so unreliability, he was generally dependable.
The saying goes: Don’t neglect minor details when it cos to major issues.
Small details don’t matter as long as the big picture is sound.
Elsewhere, Xu Lin imdiately went to take a shower as soon as he got ho.
After his shower, he heard the doorbell ring.
Looking through the peephole, he found it was Yu Xinyan.
"Why did you co?"
"I ca to hang out!"
Yu Xinyan was so familiar with the place it felt like her own ho. She imdiately took off her shoes because she was wearing socks, so she didn’t need slippers on the wooden floor.
The wooden floor was still quite cold in winter, even with the heating on.
"Xu Lin, when are you going back to your rural hotown?"
"Not sure, I’ll wait and see when my parents go back."
Xu Lin had things to do when returning to his rural hotown. His grandparents had passed away, and so old customs had been passed down to Xu Cheng. Xu Cheng, being nostalgic, was in charge of rituals like "returning fortune" at the end of the lunar year and "receiving fortune" a few days after the new year, which was usually handled by old rural feng shui masters.
You might wonder if these things have any use. Actually, they’re sowhat superstition.
But Xu Cheng would do them, saying that since his parents were no longer around, he was responsible, and in the future, Xu Lin would take over.
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