The feeling of drinking for the first time was nothing special. Mingluo only felt that the taste in his mouth was extremely refreshing and sweet, and a little bit "high". A hot breath rushed from his mouth and nose straight to the top of his head, making Mingluo's head feel a little swollen.
Ming Luo liked the sweetness of the wine, but he didn't like the feeling of being "high", so after drinking this glass of wine to calm his mind, he didn't drink any more and just sat in the chair and ate snacks.
I have to say, these snacks taste really good. The small flesh-colored balls are crispy on the outside and soft on the inside, and seem to have a little salty and fragrant filling. They are much more delicious than salted peanuts.
Ye Zhihan raised the corner of his mouth slightly. Seeing that she liked to eat side dishes, he introduced that this was "fried pine worms", which was the most popular side dish for drinking on the Suma continent. Pine worms are actually not insects, but a strange symbiotic fungus.
Ming Luo nodded while eating, not daring to look at Ye Zhihan again, for fear of revealing that silly look of being distracted. He just stared at Xiong Zhuangpeng opposite him, and saw him guzzling one glass after another with a very lonely expression.
"If you ask me, how could a man of steel like you run away from your marriage?" Ming Luo didn't know why, but she felt her eyes burning and her head dizzy, but her thinking logic was very clear. She suddenly had the idea of comforting Xiong Zhuangpeng.
"Hmm? What else can I do? Go back and marry into her family? I can't live like this having to stay with someone I don't love for the rest of my life!" Xiong Zhuangpeng was so angry that he raised his hand to pour Ming Luo a glass of wine.
"No, no, no. The marriage between you and Bai Qianqian should be decided by yourselves. If you don't want to marry her, you can just tell her clearly. Why hide it?" Ming Luo said as he took a sip of wine.
"It's up to her to decide on her own marriage..." Xiong Zhuangpeng murmured, "If I reject her outright, it will damage her reputation and may even cause rifts between the Xiong and Tiger families."
Ming Luo sighed helplessly and took another sip of the wine. "So if you run away, her reputation won't be damaged? You'd rather wander the world than marry her. That's even more cruel than rejecting her outright. Is there anything worse than your current situation?"
She looked at Xiong Zhuangpeng silently. He had a handsome and sunny face, a strong and stylish body, and was a brave and warlike bear tribe general who was only nineteen years old. This setting was a bit like the particularly lovable little wolfdog in TV dramas. It would probably be very happy to fall in love with such a young man, right?
However, Xiong Zhuangpeng in front of him was not happy at all. He lowered his head and fell into deep thought, with a pair of sandbag-sized fists placed on the dining table, seeming to be very troubled.
Ming Luo struck while the iron was hot and said, "It's no use for you to run away on your own. You have to make it clear to the other party. What if Bai Qianqian also doesn't want to marry you?"
That's right. Xiong Zhuangpeng slapped his thigh, shaking the dining table. If Bai Qianqian didn't want to get married, then he could cancel the engagement with her. If Bai Qianqian wanted to marry him, then he would persuade her to stop liking him.
Xiong Zhuangpeng thought this idea was feasible, so he excitedly drank another glass of wine. He poured wine for Ming Luo with gratitude.
Mingluo just wanted to persuade him to think more openly and solve the problem. She thought that her previous words were highly subjective and might not be suitable for Xiong Zhuangpeng, so she asked again: "What if Bai Qianqian really likes you?"
Xiong Zhuangpeng recalled the bloody scene on the battlefield where Bai Qianqian had crushed an enemy with a single slap. He also recalled that apart from the occasional friendship between battlefield rivals, there had been no other interactions between the two of them. He shook his head and said, "She can't possibly like me. I don't know her well."
Ming Luo was chatting and drinking with Xiong Zhuangpeng, and before he knew it, he had drunk three cups of Qiantao Wine in a row.
After Xiong Zhuangpeng figured it out, he said excitedly, "Ms. Mingluo, thank you so much. I didn't expect that you, who look so young, actually understand so many profound principles. Freedom of marriage, this is what I want!"
Ming Luo smiled at Xiong Zhuangpeng's grateful gaze, her eyes curved into crescents as she said, "Don't be polite. It was you who saved me, so I should be thanking you. Besides, I'm not young anymore. I'm already twenty-one years old."
Ming Luo quietly added in his heart: I will be fine whether you save me or not, after all, Ye Zhihan’s shadow prison has been set up.
"Twenty-one years old?!" Xiong Zhuangpeng seemed very surprised.
"Yes, what's wrong?" Mingluo asked in confusion.
Ye Zhihan, who was standing by, also listened attentively to Ming Luo's words and memorized them verbatim. Freedom of marriage—is this the human concept of love? Could he date Ming Luo without first asking for her parents' consent?
No, no, no, you can't do that. Mingluo is only twenty-one years old, still the age of a playful kid. He is much older than Mingluo, and it seems a bit too much for an old cow to eat young grass.
"I thought you were only fifteen or sixteen years old. It seems I have to call you Sister Cheng." Xiong Zhuangpeng scratched his head embarrassedly.
Ming Luo watched Xiong Zhuangpeng's reaction with interest. Because he had been drinking, his face was rosy and he spoke a lot bolder.
Xiong Zhuangpeng noticed Ming Luo's teasing gaze and felt even more embarrassed. Two cute semicircular bear ears suddenly popped out from his brown hair.
"Hmm! Ears!" Mingluo has always had no resistance to furry things. She stood up dizzy and asked him expectantly, "Can I touch them and try?"
Mingluo's expectant expression made it impossible to refuse, and Xiong Zhuangpeng nodded in agreement with a slightly reserved manner.
"Hmm, it's so soft!" Ming Luo was standing next to Xiong Zhuangpeng and was only a little taller than the sitting Xiong Zhuangpeng.
Xiong Zhuangpeng sat like a well-behaved kindergarten kid, with his hands on his thighs, motionless. He raised his clear eyes and looked at Mingluo, only to see the girl standing beside him with a smile on her face, her eyes full of his bear ears, and a look of intoxication on her face.
It turns out that his bear ears are so popular with girls. Seeing Mingluo so happy, Xiong Zhuangpeng was also in a very happy mood. He was about to continue talking to Mingluo, but was stopped by a look as cold as an iceberg.
Ye Zhihan glanced at the empty seat next to him inconspicuously, and saw the two people opposite him smiling and behaving intimately. Ming Luo rubbed Xiong Zhuangpeng's ears contentedly. Standing next to the burly young man, she looked particularly delicate and charming, and even gave people a sense of contrasting cuteness.
Ye Zhihan looked at Xiong Zhuangpeng coldly with a frown in his eyes, his eyes full of murderous intent, and his whole body exuded a very threatening and murderous aura. He almost said directly, "If you get so close to Ming Luo again, I will kill you." He wished he could grow a pair of furry ears.
Xiong Zhuangpeng's mouth twitched. He had no ill intentions towards Ming Luo. They had just been drinking together and had a crush on each other. Such a smart and lovely girl was indeed rare. So he quickly stood up with an awkward smile and said, "Hey, big brother, do you want to touch my ears too?"
Ye Zhihan: Is this bear sick???
"Not interested." Ye Zhihan responded coldly on the surface, but he was extremely tormented in his heart.
He's a shadow demon, so he definitely can't have furry ears. But Mingluo seems to be quite interested in fur. Is there only one spot on his body covered in soft hair? Why not just cut off Xiong Zhuangpeng's furry ears?
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