A Toast to Destiny: Part I Side Story Full Walkthrough and Details | Where Winds Meet

You find a lone drinker waiting in silence. Is he waiting for someone?

[1] Speak with the Lone Drinker.
This lone drinker wants more wine. You are given the following dialogue options:
・Explain you're not a worker here.
・Advise the elder to drink less.
・Offer the elder some good wine.
The correct option is to offer a good wine.

[2] Serve the Parting Tears.

[3] Let him savor it.
He tells you it's pretty dull. You ask him if you can join him. At first, he rejects you, but who can actually reject the young wanderer? You challenge him to a drinking contest.

[4] Defeat him in the drinking contest.
・First drink
Press the correct button on time repeatedly.
・Second drink
Press the correct button on time repeatedly and watch out for the prompt that will appear. Continue drinking.
・Third drink
Press the correct button on time repeatedly and watch out for the prompt that will appear. Continue drinking.

[5] Talk to the lone drinker and drink with him.
Due to the loss, he tells you he owes you a story.
You are given the option:
・What were you just thinking about?
・ What do you most want to say?
Choosing the second option, he tells you about the story of a young scholar who wanted to join the Inkbound Order. But he was rejected again and again because he can only write romantic stuff which the scholars didn't care for. Instead, he drifted in pleasure districts.
And then, he heard about Qing Yin, a famous musician. He can only gaze at her beauty from afar.
The scholar stayed in a cheap inn and started writing a poem for her. When he finally finished, he realized THE Qing Yin was sitting next to him! He wondered why she was there. But all she said was, "Let them have their mansions and banquets. This little inn still has a bit of soul left." They talked poetry and drank all night.

[6] Drink another cup for the next part.
The scholar and Qing Yin fell for each other at first sight. "With his handwritten verse and Qing Yin's cherished jade flute as tokens, they vowed to run away together in three days and spend the rest of their lives roaming the world."
However, Qing Yin didn't come on the date they agreed. But the scholar still waited. And his patience was rewarded. Qing Yin wearing plain clothes arrived on the fourth day. And they grew old and happy together.

[7] Have a one last drink.
You ask him if the story was about him and his wife. He asks you if you think the story is true. You are given the following options:
・For real
・Fake
・ I don't know
Choosing the last option, he tells you old memories are best to let go. He tells you that he buried a Pear Blossom Wine 10 years ago and wants to share it with you. You agree, and now you're buddies! You can call him Old Qiu!

Remember where he lives: A little cottage halfway up the slope in the east of Bodhi Sea.

・Pose: Drunken Fist
・Echo Jade x 25
・Qinghe Exploration x 25
・Enlightenment Point x 100
・Character EXP x 7000
・Coin x 7000