Chapter 324: The Unflustered Man
"Her BMI is 21, system-corrected vision is 5.1, not color blind or weak, lung capacity over 20020, system-adjusted heart rate can drop to 0, blood pressure 129/86. Without using Spiritual Power and the system, her 3000-meter run time is two minutes and fifty-four seconds, standing long jump over five meters, climbing thirty floors in four minutes and thirty-nine seconds, no genetic diseases, no cavities, no hereditary contagious diseases."
Xi Wenxuan rattled off the selection criteria that had been posted online.
Xiang Beifei: "..."
He actually took it seriously!
And she met the standards!
This was going to be tough to unwind!
"Uncle Xi, this is actually..."
"Right, her gender is female, that should meet all the requirements."
Xi Wenxuan continued speaking, ignoring Xiang Beifei and trying to remember if he had missed any information.
[You reported your daughter's conditions with aplomb, composure value +39]
Xiang Beifei: "..."
This was totally unnecessary, hey!
"She originally didn't meet the standards for lung capacity, running up thirty floors, and the 3000 meters because she dislikes exercising. For the past ten days, I've been forcing her to practice! She's only just managed to meet the standards! You're to blame for all this." Xi Wenxuan said.
"I don't understand; if you think this is all my fault, why force her to do these things?"
"My daughter, Xi Wenxuan, may opt out of that ridiculous drunken marriage pact, but as the prospective bride mentioned in the agreement, she must meet the standards set by the prospective groom. Only then will she have the choice to marry or not to marry! It's not because she doesn't meet your standards that she can't marry! This is very important for a girl's reputation!" Xi Wenxuan said coldly.
Xiang Beifei: "..."
He seemed unable to find a counter-argument.
The guy looked sullen when talking, but had made the ultimate decision to protect his daughter's reputation and honor his promise.
"Uncle Xi actually thinks it's a ridiculous marriage pact, and honestly, I really wouldn't have remembered if Uncle Xi hadn't mentioned it."
"You were young at the time, the forgetfulness is on you. A ludicrous agreement should have been dealt with by your father! After your father's incident, it became a knot that couldn't be untangled. I, Xi Wenxuan, am an upright person; it would be unreasonable for me to disregard it unilaterally! Little Yao, as an SR, was guaranteed a spot at Jingzhou University after her Awakening System, but I insisted she go to Liangzhou University, and also choose the martial path, because you were at Liangzhou University!" Xi Wenxuan said with composure as he looked at Xiang Beifei.
"Is that so?"
Xiang Beifei secretly sweated.
He had just remembered Xi Keyao vaguely mentioning this the last time they met; no wonder she had asked him last time if he remembered that incident!
So this was the incident in question!
"If you don't like her, please tell her clearly; better to have a short pain rather than a long one! If you do like her, then tell her, so she can stop worrying about it all day long."
"I didn't come to find you because you're famous; to be honest, I'm not optimistic about your future," Xi Wenxuan said, his gaze intense as he looked at Xiang Beifei.
"Why not?"
"Because the alliance doesn't boost someone for no reason," Xi Wenxuan stated.
Xiang Beifei nodded thoughtfully.
That actually made sense; a discerning person indeed.
"So why does Uncle Xi think the alliance is boosting me?" he asked.
"I didn't know at first, until today when you mentioned you were a student mentored by Professor Luo. Only then I understood," Xi Wenxuan didn't hide his thoughts and spoke bluntly: "Professor Luo is a man of iron integrity, I admit. But having ties with him is not necessarily a good thing."
"So deep down, Uncle Xi doesn't want your daughter to be with me? Just because of Professor Luo?" Xiang Beifei asked.
He looked at Xi Wenxuan, who seemed to be a bit single-minded. Was he also a member of the Idle Faction?
"No, I respect Professor Luo! Because of Professor Luo, I'll give you an extra two points of impression score," Xi Wenxuan simply stated.
"But you still aren't optimistic about my future."
"Now it's eight points, initially, it was six."
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"You think standing with Professor Luo will hold your daughter back?"
"A perfect score is one hundred points," Xi Wenxuan continued on his own.
[You finished stating your point without batting an eyelid, composure value +81]
Xiang Beifei: "..."
Our conversations seem to be at odds.
"What kind of bizarre scoring is this," Xiang Beifei muttered.
"That's correct, I still don't have high hopes for your future," Xi Wenxuan nodded.
Xiang Beifei: "..."
He finally figured it out, communicating with this person was even more exhausting, and unless Xi Wenxuan was allowed to finish what he was saying, their wavelengths just didn't match.
Indeed, this was a man who had awakened the [SR-tier Composed System]!
"Yes, by getting involved with Professor Luo, the Alliance will turn all their attention on you, which means you'll be under Alliance surveillance, and that would leave my daughter with no privacy," Xi Wenxuan nodded.
Xiang Beifei patiently waited for him to answer the next question.
"Low scores are not your fault, because in my eyes, all pigs vying for my family's cabbage don't score more than five points."
Although Xi Wenxuan couldn't keep up with Xiang Beifei's words, he remembered every one of Xiang Beifei's questions.
Xiang Beifei deliberately waited ten seconds, making sure Xi Wenxuan had finished speaking, before asking, "So Uncle Xi doesn't have high hopes for Professor Luo either?"
"I respect him as a person, but I don't have high hopes for his future," Xi Wenxuan said.
"Why?"
"You should understand the reason better than I do," Xi Wenxuan said.
"Does that mean Uncle Xi disapproves of me being with Xi Keyao?"
"Yes, I disapprove," Xi Wenxuan didn't deny.
"But my opposition is ineffective," he added.
"I don't understand Uncle Xi's meaning now," Xiang Beifei said.
"Her mind is full of choices, and I can't stop her, but she is too shy to speak up, so I need to step in and make things clear to you for her. Either marry her, or explain things to her. If you break things off and she becomes distraught, you must still marry her!" Xi Wenxuan declared unequivocally.
"But if you have no confidence in my future, aren't you worried that marrying her could drag her down later?"
"Once you marry her, you'll be my son-in-law, and no matter how bad the future gets, I'll still have to shoulder the burden with you. Even if you and Professor Luo can't set clear boundaries, I'll have to follow along, unlucky as I may be for bringing this on myself! I'll give you time to think about it," Xi Wenxuan said coldly.
Xi Wenxuan looked down at his watch.
Thank goodness, he wasn't a pushy person.
Xiang Beifei breathed a sigh of relief at being given time to think…
"Have you made up your mind?" Xi Wenxuan asked coldly.
Xiang Beifei: "..."
Dude, it's been less than a minute, come on! Do you think this is a live bomb defusing countdown?
"I need time to think."
"How much time do you need?"
"A few days."
"How many days exactly?" Xi Wenxuan asked.
"Three days."
"No, that's too long. Two hours," Xi Wenxuan said.
Xiang Beifei: "..."
"Come in!"
Xi Wenxuan flicked his wrist, and the room's door swung open, with Xi Keyao storming in grumpily.
"Dad, you're too much!" she said through gritted teeth.
"Two hours. I'll be waiting."
Xi Wenxuan rose with composure, ignoring Xi Keyao, and walked towards the door. As he reached the doorway, he added, "The bed is large, comfortable. If you do anything unspeakable, please let me know. I won't need this room anymore."
Bang!
He slammed the hotel door shut with force, and then a strong wave of Spiritual Power spread all around.
He actually sealed the entire hotel room!
Sealed!
Locked!
He had personally locked his daughter and a young man in a hotel room!
Xiang Beifei was completely dumbfounded!