Gu Anlei was really hungry, so she picked up a piece of the jade dragon tendon without thinking too much. The melt-in-your-mouth texture made her feel intoxicated. After taking a bite, it was as if her entire esophagus was filled with a faint fragrance.
"It's really delicious!" Gu Anlei's eyes lit up as she nudged Jiang Yuan, signaling him to eat too.
Jiang Yuan still didn't touch his chopsticks, because he saw that Sikong Miao had already poured wine, and he figured the dinner was about to turn into a drinking party. Gu Anlei looked naive and inexperienced, so he had to keep an eye on her order.
As they were talking, the other men were already drinking and chatting. After a few rounds of drinks, the others began to turn their attention to the only girl on the table.
"Miss Gu, let me toast you. We've come all over the country to Huasheng Academy. It's a blessing that we've met from afar!" Kong Chi filled Gu Anlei's glass to the brim.
Gu Anlei quickly waved her hand and refused, saying, "I don't drink alcohol, you guys do it!"
"No one is born knowing how to drink. Everyone starts from not knowing how to drink and then learns!" Kong Chi patted Gu Anlei's shoulder with his bare hand.
Seeing this, Gu Anlei immediately took the wine and stepped back, saying, "Then I'll have a drink!"
As she spoke, Gu Anlei reluctantly finished her drink.
"This woman is really incredibly stupid!" Jiang Yuan watched leisurely from the side.
Just as he guessed, it was easy for a group of men to get a woman drunk. After a few rounds, Gu Anlei was already quite drunk.
"I can't take it anymore, I need to go to the restroom!" Seeing that she couldn't drink anymore, Gu Anlei also started to make excuses to escape.
"I'll stay with you!" Jiang Yuan stood up and helped Gu Anlei.
"Mmm!" Gu Anlei nodded, her breath reeking of alcohol.
"Brother Jiang Yuan, you haven't eaten any food or dishes, that's not very kind of you! Besides, Miss Gu went to the restroom, how can a grown man like you accompany her!"
The other men started to tease him, but Jiang Yuan wasn't embarrassed at all. On the contrary, Gu Anlei blushed and waved her hand, saying, "Then I'll go by myself!"
"Can you manage?" Jiang Yuan doubted whether the woman could safely walk to the restroom.
"Um!"
Gu Anlei covered her mouth and ran out.
"Brother Jiang, come, let me toast you!" Kong Chi toasted Jiang Yuan.
Jiang Yuan didn't refuse and downed it in one gulp. He often drank spirit wine at Bu Yao's shop, and his alcohol tolerance was far better than these young lads.
As they were drinking, a drunken blond-haired man next to Sikong Long laughed and said, "Brother Long, I've checked for you. This girl is a fourth-rank officer, her rank is higher than that guy Kong Chi's. Are you sure you can tame her?"
"Oh!"
Sikong Long smiled wryly, but did not offer any opinion.
"Waiter, five more bottles of spirit wine!"
The drinking party got increasingly chaotic. All the dishes and aromas had been eaten, and Gu Anlei finally strolled back after half an hour.
“Miss Gu, we hit it off immediately. We must drink this cup of wine!” Sikong Long became bolder and started to get closer to Gu Anlei.
"I can't drink anymore, you guys drink, I'm going home!" Gu Anlei, who wasn't good at drinking, was a little tipsy and finally realized she needed to find Jiang Yuan, so she immediately threw herself at him.
"You should pray you don't throw up, or I'll leave you on the side of the road!" Jiang Yuan whispered in Gu Anlei's ear.
"Hehehe!" Gu Anlei giggled foolishly.
"Oh dear, we haven't even started drinking yet, Miss Gu, why are you already ending this!"
Some people started to grope and pull at Gu Anlei, but Jiang Yuan smiled coldly and said, "Enough is enough, or this drinking party will become a dead end!"
"Jiang Yuan, what do you mean?" Kong Chi's face darkened.
"A first-rank military officer! Ha, he really has lowered the bar for Chinese soldiers!" Jiang Yuan slapped his arm, and nine golden patterns appeared in mid-air.
"Hiss, 99... a ninth-rank officer!"
The most shocking thing was those few who had retired from the military and enrolled in the college, because only those who had served in the military knew what a ninth-rank officer meant!
If it were solely based on military merit, this promotion would be virtually impossible. Therefore, there is only one other path left: this person is a core member of the Tianfu sect.
"What do you mean! Are you trying to go against the Sikong family?" Sikong Long watched as the woman he was about to win over fell into another man's arms. Neither his male pride nor his instinctive impulse could make him back down.
"The Sikong family! Do you think you're worthy?" Jiang Yuan had no intention of making a move here, and carried Gu Anlei outside.
Within just a few minutes, a series of announcements began to ring out from Shixiang Pavilion.
"Guests in the lobby, please pack a set of ten dishes and ten aromas."
"Guests in the lobby, please pack another set of ten dishes and ten spices."
"Guests in the lobby, please pack another set of ten dishes and ten flavors to go."
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"Are you crazy? Who would pack up Shixiang Pavilion's signature dishes to take home and eat? What's the point of eating them there? It's completely meaningless!"
"What do you know? That's not about being high-class, it's just eating a casual meal. Have you ever seen someone swagger around while eating a casual meal?"
"They're eating simple meals, but what are we eating? Garbage!"
"Comparing yourself to others will only make you miserable; just stop comparing and shut up!"
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