Chapter Six Hundred and Seventy-Seven: Eerie Scene
"Hmph, I really want to see how many more drinks you can handle!"
The mont he raised his glass, a cold smirk appeared at the corner of Li Zhengyi’s mouth, hidden by the cup. He wasn’t stingy or deceitful and just tilted his head back and downed it all at once. After all, Li Zhengyi himself was fond of drinking and had a good amount of confidence in his alcohol tolerance.
Let alone that Xiao Yi was already at his wit’s end, even if they were to compete fairly, he felt confident he could drink Xiao Yi under the table.
"Good, Young Master Li is really generous... extraordinary, your presence... compelling, truly worthy of being... the hero among drinkers. Let’s all toast to Young Master Li and thank him for this drinking session. How about it, everyone?"
Having swallowed a drink, Xiao Yi looked at Li Zhengyi who had also downed his in one go. A barely perceptible smile tugged at the corner of his eye. He applauded and raised another glass, his words slightly slurred, addressing the surrounding guests.
"Good!"
Who could say no to toasting Li Zhengyi? Even those who already felt uncomfortable and nearly couldn’t hold on didn’t dare to say anything. They could only unanimously shout in approval, each raising their glasses towards Li Zhengyi.
"This..."
Li Zhengyi didn’t expect to face another round right after finishing one. He hesitated slightly, about to say sothing or make an excuse, but then Xiao Yi spoke again, "Young Master Li, look... everyone respects you so much... you wouldn’t... turn down everyone’s goodwill, would you...?"
Hearing Xiao Yi’s words, Li Zhengyi wished he could slap to death this ddler, this drunkard. Just drink by yourself, why drag into this?
But facing the gaze of so many guests, and importantly, Zhao Yuhua’s gaze as well, he had no choice but to gather his spirits. Squeezing out a smile, he lifted his glass again and addressed them all, "Thank you, everyone, for coming to the party today. I won’t say much, just hope that everyone can eat well, drink well, and have a good ti!"
After speaking, he tilted his head back again and drained the glass.
Even though Li Zhengyi had extraordinary drinking abilities, having downed these successive glasses, he felt his cheeks growing warm, his head slightly dizzy, and his stomach sowhat uncomfortable. However, seeing that Xiao Yi had also tilted his neck and consud a large glass in one go, he felt a bit better in his heart.
Muttering under his breath, he thought, ’You little brat, let’s see how long you can hold up!’
With that thought, an idea suddenly struck him. This brat was already so drunk, why not take the initiative, step forward, and be the one to add that final match to the fire, the last straw that would break his resistance?
No sooner had he thought it than he acted on it. After taking a deep breath, Li Zhengyi took the initiative to pick up his cup and presented it to Xiao Yi, "Young Master Xiao, thank you once again for coming. Co on, let’s drink another one!"
"Young Master Li, you are too kind. To have Young Master Li personally offer a drink, how can I be worthy? Co on, bottoms up!"
The smirk on Xiao Yi’s lips, faint but increasingly intense, played against the growing haze of drunkenness in his eyes.
After three drinks, Li Zhengyi’s eyes began to gleam, but his consciousness started to cloud, his blood ward up, and his body’s temperature rose.
"Young Master Li, although I had arrived after you left, I couldn’t witness your school days’ glory, but I can vaguely sense your radiant past... co on... senior... bottoms up!"
"Junior Xiao... co on... bottoms up!"
"......"
Xiao Yi, seemingly oblivious, even took the initiative to approach Li Zhengyi. Naturally, Li Zhengyi couldn’t ask for more. The two found all sorts of relationships and reasons to continue drinking glass after glass. After two or three more rounds, and Xiao Yi suddenly collapsing with a thud, Li Zhengyi’s confidence soared. He didn’t consider any other possibilities and, in a pretense of concern, briefly suggested calling soone to help Xiao Yi rest, which was vehently refused by an agitated and red-faced Xiao Yi. Watching Xiao Yi loudly claim he wasn’t drunk, Li Zhengyi couldn’t wait to get him completely plastered. In their back-and-forth, they looked like close brothers with arms over each other’s shoulders, glass after glass going down.
Li Zhengyi failed to notice that Zhao Yuhua, standing nearby, didn’t change her expression even when Xiao Yi fell down drunk. She was indifferent and didn’t step forward to intervene. Sothing seed off. Even if Zhao Yuhua had a cold deanor, Xiao Yi was her guest. Even if he wasn’t her boyfriend, but just a common friend, she should have said sothing when he got that drunk.
He also failed to notice the hint of mockery in Zhao Yuhua’s eyes as she watched the two n drink, her gaze becoming almost pitying when fixed on his increasingly reddened face, whereas when she looked at Xiao Yi, her brow rely furrowed in thought, her face devoid of any concern.
He had also completely forgotten about a reliable subordinate who had gone to change clothes and still hadn’t returned after such a long ti. It was quite strange...
Moreover, he failed to notice that the drunken hue on Xiao Yi’s face was gradually fading. The more he drank, the clearer Xiao Yi’s expression beca, his speech more and more coherent, while he, on the other hand, had begun to stutter unknowingly...
"Senior, I heard that you’re top-notch when it cos to picking up girls, with countless love affairs. I really admire you, Junior. Could you perhaps share a trick or two with ?"
After another glass of alcohol, a subtle smile played at the corners of Xiao Yi’s mouth. Sporting a sincere look, he regarded the increasingly flushed and bleary-eyed Li Zhengyi across the table, who was starting to sway, but whose expression had begun to fill with vigor.
As Xiao Yi spoke, his hand, which had been casually resting on Li Zhengyi’s shoulder, slipped down unintentionally, brushing against the small of his back with an unnoticed, gentle press.
"Brother Xiao, I’ll tell you, I dare not brag about other things, but when it cos to picking up girls, you’ve really co to the right person. Let tell you..."
Li Zhengyi seed oblivious to any oddity. In fact, at this mont, he was incapable of noticing anything unusual. His mind was in a haze, having even forgotten his original purpose. Seeing Xiao Yi’s earnest request for advice, he imdiately latched onto his most prideful subject and began to animatedly narrate his amorous exploits and experiential tips with won, occasionally citing vivid examples, including so female stars he had been with...
Li’s deanor beca increasingly confident as he spoke, completely unaware that Zhao Yuhua’s expression was growing more disdainful and her gaze more disgusted by the mont, and the other female guests’ faces reddened with embarrassnt...
"Young Master Li, you’re drunk. Maybe we should call it a night..."
Watching Li Zhengyi make a fool of himself and feeling the gaze of increasingly more guests shifting their attention towards them, Xiao Yi’s lips curled into a faint smile. Touching his nose, he lightly suggested this to Li Zhengyi with seeming goodwill.
"Who says I’m drunk? Who says I’ve had too much? I’m not intoxicated. How could I be? This is nothing. I tell you, even if it were two more jin, I wouldn’t be drunk! Don’t believe ? Let’s drink a few more! You think I’m like that hick Xiao, don’t you? After a few drinks, he’s done for. Oh right, do you know who that hick Xiao is?"
Unfortunately, Li Zhengyi did not appreciate Xiao Yi’s kind intentions. Upon hearing Xiao Yi’s suggestion, his expression abruptly turned passionate. Pushing Xiao Yi away angrily, he said, and then recalling sothing particularly gratifying, the anger on his face vanished, replaced by a mysterious look, "Let tell you, that Xiao guy, that hick Xiao Yi, he’s nothing but a bumpkin..."
As soon as he began, he ranted uninterruptedly like a floodgate had been opened, listing various identities and offenses of Xiao Yi, occasionally clenching his teeth with a look full of resentnt, scorn, or disdain. He vowed to deal with Xiao Yi properly.
Everyone present was stunned by Li Zhengyi’s words and his impassioned deanor.
The Xiao, the bumpkin spoken of by Li Zhengyi, wasn’t that the very person whose shoulder he was patting?
Young Master Li, known as a formidable drinker, had gotten himself this drunk...
He was berating Xiao Yi right to his face, while patting his shoulder, speaking words filled with resentnt and thoughts of revenge...
This...
The people here were certainly no bumpkins; they were worldly, having witnessed all manner of oddities and they were normally unflappable. But at this mont, they couldn’t help but feel a combination of embarrassnt and bewildernt, finding the scene before them extraordinarily awkward...
To treat your sworn enemy as a friend, a buddy, and then, with heart thrown wide open, to pour out your grievances and grand plans for vicious revenge...
This was a scenario they had never witnessed before...
So could no longer bear to watch, intending to persuade and halt Xiao Yi, but seeing him smilingly seated there, he seed all too interested in listening to Li Zhengyi’s tirade. For so reason, everyone suddenly felt a chill, realizing that this purported bumpkin was not soone to be trifled with; nobody dared approach as Li Zhengyi continued his animated criticism of Xiao Yi’s heinous sins, his speech filled with relentless hatred and endless contempt...
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