As soon as he finished speaking, Gu Ziqian's expression changed completely.

He immediately looked at Zhou Yanci beside him and gestured with his eyes for him to keep an eye on Shang Wu.

Zhou Yanci pretended not to see his meaningful glance and raised an eyebrow at him in return.

"Didn't you hear what A-Wu said? If you do something wrong, you should apologize. What are you standing there for!"

Gu Ziqian clenched his fists, exasperated, and said, "Then what kind of apology do you want from me?"

Shang Wu narrowed her eyes, thinking of his repeated provocations in the past.

She curled her lips into a smile.

"I'll give you two choices."

For some reason, Gu Ziqian felt a tightness in his heart after hearing these words, and had a bad feeling that neither of the two options she was about to mention was good.

Shang Wu glanced at the wine on the table and pointed to the three bottles of strong liquor in the corner.

Wang Qizheng's method of making things difficult for her was something she copied exactly.

"Either you drink these three bottles of wine in one go and we'll call it even, or you kneel down and apologize to me in public."

Upon hearing this, everyone looked at Shang Wu with complex and indescribable expressions.

Someone cautiously began to offer advice.

“Sister-in-law, isn’t this punishment a bit too harsh? Although he did something wrong before, his uncle has already stepped down, and he was punished by his family for so long before being released. Isn’t that already making amends?”

"Yes, sister-in-law, we're all good friends, how can you be so aggressive?"

"Sister-in-law, that's not very generous of you."

Shang Wu turned around casually and sat down on the sofa.

Like Gu Ziqian, these people always felt that Zhou Yanci chose her only because he saw her as a tool to be used and would eventually get rid of her. They never took her seriously.

Once they returned from their slumber, these people became even more formidable.

Everyone was eager to curry favor with the future president's wife, leaving her out in the cold.

Now she's standing up for Gu Ziqian.

They weren't genuinely speaking up for Gu Ziqian.

They were simply indignant to see someone on their side being bullied like this, as if they were seeing their own fate.

Shang Wu looked cold and casually checked her neatly trimmed nails.

"How about this, whoever apologizes for him will drink the three bottles of wine. If you feel sorry for him, then drink them yourselves. I have no objection. It's not a bad thing to take the blame for him."

As soon as she finished speaking, the few people who had been vying to speak up for Gu Ziqian fell silent.

Gu Ziqian could no longer bear it and looked up at Zhou Yanci beside him.

"Are you sure you want me to choose between these two ways of apologizing? I'm a respectable young master of the Gu family, which of these methods would allow me to maintain my dignity and save face?"

Zhou Yanci also realized that Shang Wu was deliberately trying to make Gu Ziqian lose face and be unable to hold his head up in front of everyone.

He couldn't help but glance at Shang Wu.

At this moment, he had no choice but to help Shang Wu.

He is now eager to repair his relationship with Shang Wu, and he absolutely cannot let his efforts go to waste tonight.

Zhou Yanci lowered his eyes for a moment before finally speaking.

"You should finish these three bottles. I think you can hold your liquor pretty well, so you should be able to handle them."

Gu Ziqian's eyes widened.

Is this even human language?

He grew anxious: "Zhou Yanci!"

Zhou Yanci suppressed him with an even colder gaze: "What, you're so picky about apologizing? If you apologize today, we'll call it even, and we can still hang out politely together in the future. Don't ruin our relationship for the sake of your own pride!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Ziqian finally understood.

Zhou Yanci has completely changed; he plans to marry Shang Wu.

Zhou Yanci's words were meant to remind him that the person he needed to cultivate a good relationship with was Shang Wu, because after their marriage, they would inevitably have to spend a long time together.

If he doesn't please Shang Wu now, he'll inevitably face a lot of trouble later.

Thinking of this, Gu Ziqian could no longer bear it and could only turn his head to look at Shang Wu.

"Fine, I'll drink, I'll drink, okay?"

Make him kneel? Dream on.

He would never kneel down to Shang Wu in front of so many people!

Gu Ziqian walked to the table, picked up the wine, took a deep breath, and then tilted his head back to gulp it down.

As Shang Wu watched him pour alcohol down her throat, she inexplicably thought of how Lu Rang drank for her.

What is Lu Rang doing now? He keeps saying he'll help her solve these problems, but which of these inspectors is easy to approach?

Will he get into some trouble...?

As Shang Wu was deep in thought, Gu Ziqian suddenly choked on his wine.