Chapter 1035: Chapter 278: Young Master Xu Values Talent (Career)
The next day, due to the arrival of a cold wave, the temperature dropped below zero overnight.
Snow began to fall in the Capital City.
"Wear a couple more layers, choose style over warmth!"
Pei Danqing scolded.
Xu Lin was only wearing three layers: a short-sleeved shirt inside, a turtleneck sweater in the middle, and a trench coat on the outside.
Besides underwear, he only wore a pair of long pants.
In the North, where winter temperatures often drop below zero, many people wear thermal leggings, which Pei Danqing wore today.
The way Xu Lin dressed fit the saying "choose style over warmth" perfectly.
"It’s not a big deal; I’m strong and hearty, as you know."
"Don’t catch a cold."
"I’m fine."
After a hearty breakfast that morning, they bid farewell to Xu Lin’s mother-in-law, Yue Man, and returned to the courtyard house.
In the snowy weather, quite a bit of snow had already accumulated inside the courtyard.
Xu Lin, being from the South, seldom saw snow unless he traveled north, so he found it quite novel.
"Xu Lin, I want to build a snowman!"
Pei Danqing suddenly felt inspired and said she hadn’t built a snowman in over ten years.
"Then let’s do it together!"
Xu Lin had never built a snowman before and wanted to give it a try.
So the two of them started building a snowman in the yard.
"When I was a child, I used to build snowmen with my friends, but that was ten or twenty years ago," Pei Danqing suddenly reminisced.
"Do you still keep in touch with your childhood friends?"
Xu Lin asked casually.
"No, we haven’t been close for a long time. Each age has its own circle, and it’s hard to stay friends."
"I feel the same. I don’t really stay in touch with old friends anymore."
Thinking about it, Xu Lin realized it was true—different social circles make it hard to have common topics with old friends.
After more than two hours, the snowman was finished. It was over 1.8 meters tall, a really big size.
"Xu Lin, take a picture of me!"
"Okay, stand still then."
Pei Danqing wanted a photo with the snowman. After she stood beside it, Xu Lin took a series of photos with her and the snowman.
After looking at the photos with the snowman, Pei Danqing sent them to Chi Linyue.
As she mentioned earlier, Pei Danqing indeed didn’t have many close friends growing up, not of the true-friend variety anyway—work colleagues don’t count as real friends.
Now, Pei Danqing was closest to Chi Linyue.
They continued building the snowman and chatting.
Xu Lin also took several photos of the snowman and sent them to Ning Yuhuan and the others, saying he had built a snowman in the Capital City.
Apart from Rong Xiyi, who, as a native of Suzhou, had seen snow, none of them, including Ning Yuhuan, Yu Xinyan, and Xia Xiyao, had seen snow in real life.
The three were very interested.
In fact, even Rong Xiyi was excited about it; she also wanted to build a snowman and said she would go with Xia Xiyao to Bin City during the winter break to see the snow and ice world and build a snowman.
The ice and snow world of Bin City is quite famous and attracts a large number of tourists every winter.
"Xu Lin, come inside, it’s too cold out!"
Pei Danqing called Xu Lin into the house; it was nice and warm inside with the heater on.
Once inside, Xu Lin took off his coat and sweater, wearing just a short-sleeved shirt, which he wore all year round.
"How about we do something fun?"
Idle and mischievous, Xu Lin suggested as he sat on the sofa and pulled Pei Danqing into his embrace to mess around.
"What are you doing? Wasn’t last night enough?"
"Enough of what? We couldn’t make much noise, it felt unfulfilled, and I bet it was uncomfortable for you too."
As he spoke, Xu Lin leaned in to kiss her.
Indeed, as Xu Lin said, last night felt unfulfilled for Pei Danqing too. Usually, when she was with Xu Lin, it was just the two of them in the house, and she could enjoy freely. But last night, she was afraid of making too much noise that her mom might hear.
As for her brother, he went out last night, drinking with friends.
All in all, Pei Danqing felt unfulfilled and now, being teased by Xu Lin, she became more active.
"When are you going back to Jiangdu?"
After a few minutes of kissing, they separated, and Pei Danqing asked.
"Tomorrow, I suppose. I can spend today with you, but you have to work tomorrow, right?"
"Yeah, work tomorrow, so you better spend today well with me!"
Pei Danqing became more proactive.
Meeting Xu Lin wasn’t easy—sometimes it took a month or two before they saw each other. She often had to take the initiative to go to Jiangdu. Xu Lin wasn’t often free and didn’t find it convenient to visit Capital City, despite the advanced transportation.
The two played from day to night.
After a hearty dinner, they continued to fool around until late at night.
The next day, Xu Lin sent Pei Danqing to work and then visited Zheng Xincheng’s lab before returning to Jiangdu.
Xu Lin had previously left a billion with Zheng Xincheng to recruit top talent.
In Xu Lin’s view, recruiting talent is easy as long as you pay well.
This time, he planned to invest another ten billion. He wanted to accelerate the development of virtual reality.
To speed up, two things are needed: talent and hardware. With both in place, it was up to the lab team to make progress.
When the lab members saw Young Master Xu, they were shocked.
They didn’t expect Young Master Xu to appear here.
It wasn’t until Zheng Xincheng introduced him that they realized Young Master Xu was the real owner of the lab.
