Chapter 205: Is it contagious to be slightly tipsy and have a poor alcohol tolerance?
Zhu Yingning took some effort to stop herself from thinking about Wu Bo's words.
But after they sat down one after another, she found that Xu Sirui left a lot of empty seats around and sat right next to her. This made her think of Wu Bo's words again. She quickly lowered her head and checked her phone for a while to stop herself from thinking about other things.
Later, others arrived one after another. She thought that Sun Mingyuan, who loved to join in the fun, would definitely come first, but he was the last to arrive. He said he was helping out at his uncle's dental clinic: "My uncle is so cruel. He even exploits me like this on weekends!"
"Helping you is more like helping you." Xu Sirui sneered. "You haven't even taken the medical license exam yet, and your uncle is willing to let you learn this and that, so just be happy."
"Yes, yes, yes." Sun Mingyuan smirked and clung to his lap. "You're right, Brother Xu. So, when are you planning on hiring me over? I heard the salary is pretty good..." He rubbed his fingers together, making a counting gesture, blinking, "At least it's better than that stingy middle-aged uncle of my uncle's. Just take me in!"
"Get lost." Xu Sirui pulled his legs away. Sun Mingyuan was holding him too tightly, so he couldn't pull them back. "Why did they hire you? To perform crosstalk?"
"How could I? I have a real use for it." He grinned, patting his chest and saying slyly, "You guys in the gaming industry are often criticized by players. When you see bad reviews, like calling you black-hearted capitalists, you must be so angry that your teeth are broken. I can fix them for you."
Xu Sirui: “…”
With his jokes, the atmosphere instantly became lively and everyone laughed.
Besides familiar faces like Wu Bo, Sun Mingyuan, and Zhang Lin, there were also some classmates from Zhu Yingning and Xu Sirui's high school and college years. Not everyone knew each other, and the atmosphere was a bit reserved. But some people were born with the ability to liven things up. Regardless of whether they were strangers or acquaintances, as long as they were in Sun Mingyuan's presence, he could turn them into close friends.
After chatting with Xu Sirui, Sun Mingyuan sat down in his seat and began to greet everyone one by one.
Let’s start with Wu Bo who was sitting closest to him: “No, I haven’t seen you for a while. How come you have become like this? Have you really become Liu Yifei?” This made Wu Bo laugh and scold him at the same time, for not saying a single honest word.
Then he turned to Zhu Yingning and said, "Teacher Zhu, oh no, Leader Zhu, Director Zhu, you have to protect me more when you become successful in the future. You see, I can't rely on Xu Sirui anymore, in the end I still have to rely on you... Oh no, no! I have to toast you now and leave a deep impression on you."
As he was about to go find some wine, Xu Sirui patted him on the back with the back of his hand: "Come on, the food hasn't even arrived yet and you're already drinking. If you don't want your stomach, there are others who do."
Sun Mingyuan smiled and said, "I drink wine and she drinks tea, okay?"
He opened the white wine, poured a small cup, held the cup in both hands and offered it to Zhu Yingning.
She had never seen such a scene before, and could not withstand Sun Mingyuan's overwhelming enthusiasm. She stood up nervously with the teacup in her hand. Just as she was not sure what toast to say to fit the mood, she was pulled back by Xu Sirui.
"Let him go crazy if he wants to. You just sit still and that's all." He hummed, then raised his chin towards Sun Mingyuan, "Come on, start the show."
"Do you think I'm a monkey?" Sun Mingyuan scolded with a smile.
He held the wine glass, his posture so respectful that it looked like he was about to toast an aunt. However, when he actually spoke the toast, he suddenly became serious and sincere: "Hey, seriously, Zhu Yingning, ever since I met you, I knew you were different from the rest of us. No matter how well we do, we're just trying to make a living. Look at Xu Sirui, how's he doing? I heard he's already considering registering a company, but that's just a high-end way to make a living. You're still not on the same level."
"Hey, don't pull me down." Xu Sirui said calmly, kicking Sun Mingyuan's stool with his long legs.
Sun Mingyuan ignored him and continued, "How are you different from us? I've always thought you were destined for great things. You're not just trying to make a living, so I have to toast you with this glass of wine. But not because I want you to protect me—I was just kidding. This glass of wine is a toast to you as a person."
"I'm not as great as you say..." Zhu Yingning felt even more uncomfortable after hearing what he said. She wanted to shrink under the dining table and become a stone with low presence.
Fortunately, Sun Mingyuan finally finished his toast, raised his glass forward, and said with great enthusiasm: "Come on! I'll drink it, you can do whatever you want."
Then he tilted his head back and drank it all in one gulp.
Zhu Yingning felt that if she stopped, it would not be enough to cater to his enthusiasm. After hesitating for a few seconds, she raised her head and drank the tea in the cup.
Only then did Sun Mingyuan turn around and use his community bull to harm others.
With him warming up the atmosphere, the wine was almost finished before the dishes had even arrived. It would have seemed stingy not to open more bottles of wine, so Xu Sirui could only bring up a second bottle of Moutai. He regretted not bringing red wine; at the rate Sun Mingyuan was going, he'd get everyone drunk in no time.
During this time, he himself had to drink two or three glasses.
Unlike other people, Xu Sirui's face easily turns red when he drinks, especially when he drinks baijiu. In Sun Mingyuan's words, "his face is as red as a peach blossom." After drinking, his face turns red and his eyes become misty. Sun Mingyuan laughed and said, "It's a good thing you have a good physique. Otherwise, if you stood at the door of the bar with your eyes open, you would be picked up by someone."
Xu Sirui glared at him.
Zhu Yingning asked curiously, "What is corpse picking?"
Xu Sirui: “…”
Sun Mingyuan felt extremely frivolous after being asked this question, and immediately said, "Nothing, I was just drunk and talking nonsense. Hey! Speaking of which, we can't just drink, you have to have some too. I let you go at the beginning because you didn't have any food to share, but now I can't let you go. You are the star of the show today, you have to have some, even if it's just a sip."
Xu Sirui wanted to block it for her, but Zhu Yingning said, "It's okay, I can drink it."
He gestured with his fingers to apply a thin layer, "Just a little bit will do."
Sun Mingyuan didn't make things difficult for her and only poured her a little bit.
But after she started drinking, other people came to toast her. She couldn't refuse, nor did she want Xu Sirui to help her, so she had to add to the toasts little by little. In the end, after drinking a round, she had drunk a full glass.
She held her forehead and felt a little dizzy.
Wu Bo laughed at them. "Why are you two both so bad at drinking? Is it contagious?"
Zhu Yingning waved her hand: "I'm going to the bathroom."
Wu Bo was frightened by her and stood up to follow her. "No way, are you really that uncomfortable? Are you feeling like vomiting? Do you want me to go with you?"
"No, I just washed my hands." She showed her wrist that was stained with sauce with a funny look.
"Oh." Wu Bo sat back down.
Not long after she left, Xu Sirui also stood up: "I'm going to the bathroom too, you guys eat first."
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