Her younger brother, Pei Guanyun, was quite envious because he usually had to smoke ones bought elsewhere, yet his sister managed to get a pack from the elders for her future brother-in-law, who was even three years younger than him.
He couldn’t even get a smoke!
"What’s special about these cigarettes?"
Xu Lin took out a pack.
Generally speaking, cigarette packs are labeled: Smoking is harmful to health.
But there’s none of that on this pack.
"Special supply cigarettes, do you want so?"
"How could I not? So these are the cigarettes those big shots smoke?"
Xu Lin found it intriguing. As everyone knows, the wealthy or those people have different food than the average person. Food safety is a common man’s problem, but those people even drink specially supplied, healthy water.
Dammit, even cigarettes have special supplies.
Snap!
Xu Lin lit one up.
The familiar taste, last ti Zhang Boyu gave him one, and now Xu Lin finally reclaid that feeling.
"What ti are you leaving tomorrow?"
Pei Danqing poured him a glass of red wine.
"Noon, I’ll have a lie-in in the morning."
"When will you co to the Capital City again next ti?"
"Hard to say, I’ll co if I have things to do, but definitely within this year."
"Now that it’s vacation ti, what do you usually do?"
Pei Danqing didn’t forget, Xu Lin is still a student.
Plus, he’s just finished his freshman year, which is the freest ti for college students, the first couple of years.
"Speaking of what I do, I’m quite busy, especially during sumr vacation."
"Busy with what?"
"A very grand thing."
"How grand?"
Pei Danqing was curious; Xu Lin spoke sowhat jokingly, yet seriously, leaving her sowhat perplexed.
"It’s complicated, but if I succeed, your great-grandfather will definitely urge you to marry ."
Pei Danqing said nothing, her gaze slightly reproachful, glaring at Xu Lin.
She didn’t mind Xu Lin talking like this.
Xu Lin: "Actually, I’m trying to develop artificial intelligence!"
"Artificial intelligence?"
Pei Danqing was even more astonished: "Aren’t you writing, composing songs, which is literary artistic creation? How such a big leap?"
How does literary art connect with technology?
Xu Lin didn’t directly explain but said, "Grab a sheet of paper and two pens."
"Give a minute."
"Rember, two pens!"
"Okay, okay."
Pei Danqing didn’t know what Xu Lin wanted to do but went to her room to bring out a notebook and two pens.
The two sat by the stone table in the yard.
Then, Pei Danqing saw Xu Lin, one pen in each hand, using both hands simultaneously.
With his left hand, Xu Lin wrote the great one’s "Snow in Spring."
With his right hand, Xu Lin wrote the great one’s "Langtaoshan Beidaihe."
They didn’t interfere with each other; he wrote quickly, and the characters were very beautiful.
"Multi-tasking?"
Pei Danqing was very surprised.
"It’s multi-tasking tis four, but I only have two hands, so I can’t use the other two task capabilities."
Xu Lin paused; he had already finished writing.
"Multi-tasking tis four?" Pei Danqing was even more astonished.
Xu Lin pointed to his own forehead: "So literary arts are just a simple application of my brain; I’m challenging new fields."
The great one.
Poems, rivaling the majesty of Han and Tang, unbeatable by those great poets and writers.
Calligraphy, unrivaled by Huaisu. Who was Huaisu? The pinnacle in cursive script, a figure immortalized in the history of calligraphy.
But these are nothing.
To the great one, these are just bonus skills.
He is a military strategist, a strategist, a politician, a thinker.
With both civil and martial achievents spanning the entirety of history, few can match him, and this is true throughout human history.
Know that in our country, titles like "what-kind-of-expert" are bestowed very strictly, only soone like Confucius, a giant revered through the ages as the supre teacher and sage, can be regarded as a thinker, educator, literary figure, and politician.
And yes, Confucius was a politician, don’t underestimate Confucius.
Of course, his inept descendants have tarnished his na.
The great one is Xu Lin’s ultimate idol.
Xu Lin has important things to do!
"By the way, this smoke you got really has so flavor."
Xu Lin exhaled a cloud of smoke, and Pei Danqing felt he was exhaling ethereal vapor; she wasn’t sure if it was an illusion.
Pei Danqing couldn’t quite grasp Xu Lin’s multi-tasking tis four, but she had witnessed his multi-tasking tis two.
What is most remarkable about Xu Lin is his learning talent; he can master a skill swiftly, and that’s what’s most extraordinary.
But he didn’t showcase that.
Three bottles of red wine were quickly finished, mostly drunk by Xu Lin.
He drank wine as if it were water.
Later, Pei Danqing brought out two more bottles.
Nothing happened tonight, although people say n and won drinking together can lead to things.
Xu Lin doesn’t believe in that.
After eleven o’clock, the two returned to their rooms, took a shower, and went to sleep.
No words were exchanged overnight.
It happened to be Saturday the next day.
Pei Danqing didn’t have to go to work, and Xu Lin didn’t wake up until nine.
He thoroughly enjoyed sleeping in.
Then he got up, washed, and ate.
Pei Danqing drove him to the airport.
"I’m heading in now."
Xu Lin bid her farewell.
"Okay, goodbye."
Pei Danqing nodded, watching Xu Lin enter the airport.
The ti was already mid-July.
Xu Lin had to go back to work.
A little after four in the afternoon, Xu Lin had just gotten off the plane.
At that mont, he received a ssage from Shang Wanjun, saying her book had started selling the day before, and today she received a note from the publisher saying it was performing well.
"How is it performing well?"
Xu Lin asked her.
A minute later, Shang Wanjun replied: "The publisher says it has the potential to beco a hit, and they’ll increase the print run."
Xu Lin: "That’s great! It’ll make big money and bring fa, the beautiful writer Shang Wanjun."
Shang Wanjun: "Yeah."
Shang Wanjun: "I’ve moved hos, just settled in today; would you like to co have a look?"
"Moved?"
"Yes, changed to a new environnt, and it’s better than the previous one."
Shang Wanjun sent him a few pictures.
It’s also a duplex apartnt, but this ti the surroundings look better, appearing more upscale, with very cozy decor that seems to be the style girls would like.
The size seems even bigger.
"I’ll co over and have a look. See you soon."
Shang Wanjun had already resigned from the school, moved everything out, and this rental place, Xu Lin checked the location she sent, is very close to the university where she’s pursuing her PhD.
As for the university where she’s doing her PhD, it’s Jiangdu’s second-ranked college.
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