System: Master Your Life-Chapter 693 - 176: Meeting Yu Xinyan in the Capital City, Danqing’s Yearned-For Life_3

Chapter 693: Chapter 176: Meeting Yu Xinyan in the Capital City, Danqing’s Yearned-For Life_3

Last year at this time, Yu Xinyan was still at summer camp, while Xu Lin was typing at home.

A year passes in the blink of an eye.

Yu Xinyan felt a bit sentimental. Originally, there was nothing for Xu Lin to feel sentimental about, but Yu Xinyan’s mood influenced him, and he suddenly felt a bit lost.

Why?

Xu Lin thought it was probably because he had grown up.

At nineteen, in ancient times, he might have already had a son.

Therefore, Xu Lin had more things to face, like thinking about how he should live his life or dealing with all kinds of mundane matters.

Time passes, and the night is about to fall.

Seven thirty.

"Xu Lin, I have to go to class."

Yu Xinyan felt a tinge of regret, reluctant to part.

"Which classroom?"

"The laboratory building."

"I’ll walk you there."

Xu Lin and Yu Xinyan went together to the laboratory building.

"Here we are, go on up. If anything comes up, you can call me."

Xu Lin reminded her.

"Okay!" She nodded seriously.

Xu Lin turned and left. It wasn’t until Yu Xinyan could no longer see Xu Lin’s figure that she turned around sadly and went into the laboratory building.

This is how life is; there are more farewells than reunions.

Will she always be able to stay by his side in the future?

Yu Xinyan thought, looking at the Yanyan classmate on the desk.

This was a gift from Xu Lin.

The Yanyan classmate was quite mischievous. It would wander around the desk when Yu Xinyan didn’t give it commands, dance, or do some cute actions, and the actions weren’t repetitive. It seemed to have a mind of its own.

Yu Xinyan found it very interesting.

Those who didn’t know might think it was a dynamic wallpaper.

"Yu Xinyan, what is this? It seems pretty interesting."

Someone asked her.

"My boyfriend designed a program for me. It does some simple tasks for me."

Then, Yu Xinyan demonstrated it to a few people, showing Xu Lin’s work. It’s really not much, not a big technical challenge, but it was very appealing to girls who found it cute and interesting. Then they guessed that Yu Xinyan’s boyfriend must be a romantic guy.

Xu Lin left Kyoto University. It was already dark by then, and he didn’t linger outside but went straight back to the courtyard.

It was past eight in the evening.

Xu Lin pushed the door open and heard a flute sound.

Xu Lin was a bit curious, was Pei Danqing playing the flute?

Sure enough, after Xu Lin saw Pei Danqing, he found her playing the flute.

"Director Pei, you’re in such high spirits?"

"Just call me Pei."

She stopped and thought calling her Director Pei felt too formal.

Pei Danqing said, "I learned the flute back when I was in school."

She continued, "I used to love watching costume dramas. Seeing the protagonists playing the zither or flute made me want to try, so I learned the flute, though I only learned the basics."

"From a family like Pei’s, you must have learned some musical instruments as a child, right?"

"No, I wasn’t interested in instruments back then, but I read a lot of books. As for skills, I learned horseback riding at thirteen or fourteen."

Horseback riding is something only the wealthy could learn, as it was a sport for the nobility.

Pei Danqing asked him, "Do you know how to play the flute?"

"Yes, I do!"

Xu Lin continued, "Hand me the flute."

Pei Danqing handed it to him.

"What song would you like to hear? As long as I can play it, or I can play something of my own."

"Hmm... ’Phoenix Seeking Phoenix.’

"Ok."

Xu Lin adjusted his posture and began playing.

The piece "Phoenix Seeking Phoenix" can be played on any instrument, but, of course, different instruments give a different feel.

The sound of the flute is melodious and penetrating, and when played by Xu Lin, it carried a certain ethereal quality.

Pei Danqing sat there, watching him play, feeling quite a sense of enjoyment.

But she suddenly felt something was missing, not that Xu Lin’s playing wasn’t good, on the contrary, it was very good, bringing her enjoyment on both a mental and spiritual level, but she felt that if the scene was in a peach blossom forest, with the blossoms in full bloom, and both dressed in ancient costumes as carefree adventurers of the martial world, it would be perfect.

Everyone has a life they yearn for in their heart, and Pei Danqing yearned for the life of carefree adventurers like those in books or TV shows, who travel the world freely, righting wrongs without the burdens of worldly matters.

Of course, this is just her fantasy.

Because in reality, such adventurers wouldn’t exactly live like that, being unproductive and with uncertain economic sources.

They couldn’t just go chopping people up for money every day, could they? Ten steps to kill one, leaving no trace for a thousand miles, or going around righting wrongs?

Didn’t ancient times have laws? They would be on the run with lives worse than dogs if wanted.

Novels and dramas idealize their lives.

Soon, the song ended.

Pei Danqing was left wanting more.

She was just about to ask Xu Lin to play another piece.

"Got any wine? I’d like some." Xu Lin felt thirsty.

"Yes, would you like red wine?"

"Red wine is perfect."

"Alright, I’ll get it."

Very soon, Pei Danqing brought out three bottles of red wine and two glasses specifically for red wine.

This is a high-end Hayas dry red wine, priced over ten thousand per bottle.

Besides the wine, Pei Danqing also brought out a pack of cigarettes.

"Cigarettes?"

Xu Lin was taken aback.

"I got these for you at home. You can’t buy them outside."

Pei Danqing assumed Xu Lin usually smoked, so she brought him a pack.

These are special supply cigarettes, not available on the open market, and only accessible to a select few.