Drinking

"Drinking... of course it wouldn't just be drinking. Drinking is drinking, but our business with the Jiang Family is over, isn't it? Next, we're heading to Guangzhou, then to find Chi You... You should know about that too."

Xu Yanwu laughed awkwardly and set what he was holding down on a nearby table.

"Come to think of it, Otto, you actually meet people in your laboratory. Aren't you afraid of information or research projects leaking?"

Otto said nothing at Xu Yanwu's words, merely pointing at the nearby console.

Then he made an inviting gesture.

"You may test it as you please."

Seeing Otto's gesture, Xu Yanwu fell silent as well.

Xu Yanwu was hardly stupid, but if someone asked him to steal research materials... he truly would not know how.

"Let's not talk about that. Come on, come on, let's find somewhere to sit, have a drink, eat a few peanuts..."

Xu Yanwu carried two chairs over from a corner of the laboratory and placed them beside the table. He sat down naturally, then patted the seat beside him as he said to Otto, "Otto, don't just stand there. Come sit. Why are you being so stiff?"

"If I remember correctly, this is my laboratory."

Though the previous experiment was only halfway finished, Otto still sat down.

With a wave of Xu Yanwu's hand, two exquisite little white jade cups appeared in his palm. He poured each of them a cup of clear baijiu and set one before Otto. "We're leaving tomorrow, so I had some free time tonight. I figured I'd come find you for a drink and a heart-to-heart."

Xu Yanwu picked up his cup. "These past few days, for certain reasons, I've thought a lot about Chi You. Then I thought about my childhood and my past,