System: Master Your Life
Chapter 44: Yu Jianhua’s Advice and the Agreement Between Men

Chapter 44: Chapter 44: Yu Jianhua’s Advice and the Agreement Between Men

"Xu Lin, my parents and I are heading out to Jiangdu!"

In the morning, Yu Xinyan sent a message to Xu Lin.

"Xu Lin, are you awake yet?"

"Are you sleeping in again?"

Yu Xinyan sent quite a few messages in a row.

Xu Lin didn’t see them until he got up at ten in the morning.

Xu Lin: "Just got up."

Yu Xinyan: "Xu Lin, we’ve still got five hours until we reach Jiangdu!"

Yu Xinyan sent Xu Lin a picture from the car. Yu Jianhua was driving, and Lin Yajing was in the front seat.

Yu Xinyan was sitting in the backseat.

"Did you buckle up?"

"Yes, don’t worry!"

Yu Xinyan sent a selfie showing she had fastened her seatbelt.

Xu Lin: "Alright, safe travels."

"Mhm!"

The distance from where Xu Lin was to Jiangdu was pretty far; driving took over six hours.

Taking the high-speed train would take about three hours.

Along the way, Yu Xinyan would occasionally send Xu Lin pictures of the scenery.

On September 1st, quite a few of Xu Lin’s high school classmates had already headed out. Some had school starting in a few days but had left early as well.

For example, Zhao Yifei left yesterday. When Xu Lin opened the high school class group chat, Zhao Yifei had already posted photos of Finance University.

Finance University is one of the top thirty key universities nationwide and ranked 26th last year.

In the ranking of finance universities, it always stands as the top higher education institution.

As for campus scenery, Finance University could enter the top twenty nationwide.

Zhao Yifei took many photos and posted them in the class group.

Xu Lin’s class was a regular class. Besides Yu Xinyan, a super-whiz type genius, the highest achiever was Zhao Yifei. Besides Zhao Yifei, there were also four others who got into key universities, including Xu Lin, who got in by a stroke of luck.

Seeing the beautiful campuses of key universities, the classmates felt a lot of envy. Some regretted not working hard enough, feeling deeply pained, while others regretted not applying to Finance University. Xu Lin got in with 552 points, so with my higher score, wouldn’t it have been a sure thing?

But there’s no ’what if’ in the world.

And those repeating the year had secretly resolved to get into a key university next year.

Zhao Yifei told the classmates who were full of regret: "No need to worry, you all can come to Finance University in the future too. Four years of college, just put in some effort for graduate school!"

Seeing the envy of his classmates, Zhao Yifei felt delighted. Getting into a key university was something to be proud of. Although Zhao Yifei didn’t get into his dream college, being in the top finance university now made him feel his future was bright.

In the future, he would become an elite in the finance world!

Zhao Yifei continued to look at the classmates’ messages.

Lei Haolong appeared.

Where Zhao Yifei was, Lei Haolong was never absent.

Lei Haolong: "Finance University’s campus is so beautiful. I must go in and take a look when I get the chance!"

Lei Haolong was one of the last people Zhao Yifei wanted to see. He immediately said, "It might be troublesome for students from other schools to enter!"

Damn it!

This bastard showed up again!

In Zhao Yifei’s view, sometimes Lei Haolong was even more annoying than Xu Lin!

Lei Haolong: "My buddy is at Finance University too, so I’ll just have Xu Lin take me in."

What the heck!

Xu Lin had been silent for a long time, not appearing in the class group for half a month, making Zhao Yifei almost forget that Xu Lin was also studying at Finance University.

Screw that!

points to get into Finance University.

Every time Zhao Yifei thought about this, he felt like he wanted to eat shit, just miserable.

He’s an academic underachiever, yet he’s in the same school as me, an academic achiever!

In the class group, people started envying Xu Lin, and as for Zhao Yifei, he simply stopped speaking when he saw the names of Lei Haolong and Xu Lin; it just made him irritated.

At this moment, Zhao Yifei clicked on Yu Xinyan’s profile, trying to add her as a friend, but he couldn’t.

However, he noticed Yu Xinyan changed her profile picture.

What kind of picture?

Zhao Yifei clicked it open and looked closely, only to find it was a picture of Xu Lin quietly sleeping in bed.

"Damn!"

Zhao Yifei felt even worse; he thought he shouldn’t have looked at the profile picture.

The good mood he had was instantly ruined.

Xu Lin didn’t know about this.

Today, he wasn’t exercising either. Besides, his stats were all over 50. Anyway, he had a fitness sculpting card, so his fitness results wouldn’t diminish. So, Xu Lin just played games for fun.

In the last two days before heading to Jiangdu, Xu Lin decided to play until he dropped, making the most of it one last time.

In the afternoon, Yu Xinyan sent a message saying she had arrived at Jiangdu University.

She sent Xu Lin a bunch of photos.

For example, a solo shot at the school gate and a group photo with her parents at the gate.

There were a lot of people at Jiang University’s gate.

Yu Xinyan sent a video to Xu Lin, showing there were not only many people but many cars too, including luxury cars.

But luxury cars didn’t seem like much here.

Jiangdu University is one of the top two prestigious universities in the nation and among the best in the world. It has produced countless industry and field leaders, including high-ranking national officials and even a number one graduate.

So, luxury cars? What’s the big deal?

Even a Rolls-Royce has to yield to an old Audi here.

At Jiang University, the future is unpredictable, with infinite possibilities.

In the future, Yu Xinyan would be the same. Her life holds endless uncertainties.

"You punk, since Yanyan is studying over there, take good care of her in the future. If I find out you’re bullying her, I definitely won’t let you off!"

In the evening, Yu Jianhua sent a message to Xu Lin.

Yu Jianhua meant that now that his daughter was in college, he couldn’t manage everything. She’s grown up. Whatever happens between Yu Xinyan and Xu Lin in the future is beyond his control, but Xu Lin cannot bully Yu Xinyan.

Xu Lin replied, "Don’t worry, I’ll take care of her!"

"You punk, how much have you earned recently?"

Yu Jianhua asked.

"About 100,000 plus."

[Wealth: 482,516.44 yuan]

Xu Lin glanced at his wealth value; to be precise, it had increased by 120,000 recently, 100,000 of which was a system reward, and another 20,000 came from "Daddy, don’t!"

"Fast money, don’t go astray, or if I find out you’re doing something shady, you’re dead meat!"

"I won’t go bad."

Xu Lin’s earning speed could be described as astonishing, something ordinary people couldn’t achieve. He made several hundred thousand in one summer, even on his sporadic schedule. If he worked a bit harder, making a million in a summer wouldn’t be a problem.

But this didn’t mean much to someone like Yu Jianhua. He was only 39, still in his prime, with whispers that he might move up in the next couple of years, perhaps to the provincial capital, climbing even higher; what position he might hold is anyone’s guess. His old boss had already been promoted to the central administration in Kyoto, which was quite impressive.

Money really didn’t mean much to leaders this high up.

Xu Lin was only casual with Yu Jianhua because they were familiar, and Yu Jianhua didn’t have genuine disdain for Xu Lin, having watched him grow up; otherwise, who would dare call Yu Jianhua a Bastard? Even those with billions in assets might not get to meet him.

Yu Jianhua asked again, "What plans do you have for college? Seriously, punk, tell your uncle."

"Uncle, why are you suddenly speaking so earnestly? Even my dad isn’t like this."

"Lucky you’re not my son, or my eighty years of life would be cut to sixty, dead before retirement."

"I haven’t really thought it through yet, but if I had to say, I’d like a bit more freedom, no constraints, a little money to live happily."

Xu Lin didn’t joke around.

His life attitude mirrored those lyrics: Forgive my unrestrained freedom-loving nature.

Xu Lin felt that having a happy, comfortable life was enough.

"Your dad had the same mindset, and your mom couldn’t take it and left, so don’t turn out like your old man."

"You old Bastard, I’ll tell you when I’ve figured it out. Who knows, I might strike it rich before I even graduate."

"You punk!"

"Old Bastard, here’s to you getting a promotion next year!"

"Alright then, less chatter, just remember not to go astray!"

"Ok!"

"Take good care of Yanyan, don’t bully her!"

"Rest assured!"

"That’s a pact between men!"

"I’ll remember!"