Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 391 - Straight to the Vodka

"Here, Mister Lin!" Jianwen pulled out some of the beer bottles from the crates and placed them on the table. "Summer's right around the corner, it's hot! Shall we quench our thirst with some beer first?"

"Beer right from the get-go… Isn't that a bit dull?" Lin Yi said uninterestedly. "Drinking is supposed to done with other people- this isn't water, what's with the talk about quenching our thirst?"

"Then let's drink together!" Jianwen thought that it was an easy thing to do- there were a ton of people here who'd drink with him! With that, he raised his glass. "Cheers! I'm giving a toast, you can cheer back if you want!"

With that, Jianwen straightened his neck and gulped a bottle down. It was concentrated beer, but it really wasn't something that would concern a veteran like Jianwen!

His tolerance to alcohol was strong- drinking a couple of Maotai beers in succession wasn't a problem at all! He was a Songshan Young Master, and all its members were drinking veterans! What gave Jianwen relief was the fact that he had a killer drinker with him today, Su Taiwei!

"Alright." Lin Yi nodded and did the same thing Jianwen did, straightening his neck and slamming the emptied beer bottle on the table.

"Quite a drinker, lil bro Lin!" JIanwen praised as he silently removed Lin Yi's empty bottle from the table and replaced it with a newly opened one.

Jianwen wanted to check if Lin Yi had actually drank the thing- he calmed down after seeing it empty, also reminding himself that he was thinking too much. 'Tactical Nuclear Penguins' were really rare, and he'd asked his overseas friend to have these shipped specifically. That bumpkin Lin Yi must be thinking that it was regular foreign beer, drinking it so fluidly because those were known to have lower concentrations.

But that was fine- let the bumpkin drink as much as he wanted! Everyone would take their turns giving him a toast before throwing in the vodka. It wouldn't be long before they ended Lin Yi and sent him to the hospital.

"This brand is pretty good? I've never seen this before?" Lin Yi put on a curious look as if he were trying to read the foreign letters on the beer bottle.

"Haha, yeah, from overseas! It's quite costly!" Taizao interrupted Lin Yi's reading with a 'haha', in case he read about the concentration levels on the description. "Here, another toast…"

"Alright!" Lin Yi nodded boldly.

Taizao was having a good time drinking bottle by bottle with Lin Yi as well, gulping them down as Jianwen nodded softly at the scene. He felt like he'd seen through Lin Yi already- the guy was just a bumpkin! He had some smarts about him, but was evidently a greedy guy! It was why he kept coming out to dinner every time they called.

Jianwen understood after seeing how Lin Yi gulped those beer bottles down- the guy probably didn't have much of a chance to taste foreign alcohol, and was latching onto that chance now that it was presented to him! He'd even been troubling himself about how to get Lin Yi to drink more by letting everyone take turns giving him a toast, but all that wasn't necessary anymore!

And that was just the beginning of Jianwen's joy!

Lin Yi was trying to edge out the last droplets after emptying out a bottle with Taizao, as if he weren't satisfied yet! 

The way he put that bottle down, too- he evidently still hadn't had enough from the bottle!

Lin Yi's behavior was obscured- he wasn't saying anything either, but all that entered through Jianwen's eyes and resulted in his happiness…

"The taste isn't actually that great… It's pretty normal." Lin Yi said faintly.

Jianwen wanted to burst out laughing!! 'Normal'? Was that how someone drank their beer if it was just 'normal' beer? The guy obviously didn't want to owe him any favors for drinking his foreign beer! 

But Jianwen kept those thoughts to himself- to him, it was irrelevant. What mattered was that he sent Lin Yi into the hospital.

"Lil bro Lin, another toast!" Ganglou stood up that moment and handed Lin Yi another bottle. "I really have to thank you for what you did for An Bro the other day!"

"Haha, it's nothing, it's nothing…" Lin Yi couldn't keep in his joy as he took over the beer bottle, gulping it down without pause. Cartwheel strategy, huh? So creative. Lin Yi thought with disdain.

If it weren't for his hope of remaining in Songshan, he wouldn't have minded swooping them out the window right here and now, showing the trash what it felt like to be superman.

But now, or at least on the surface, Lin Yi wouldn't cause trouble for himself. As such, he treated the whole plot Jianwen and his group were carrying out as entertainment, as if he were watching a performance.

After Ganglou was Taiwei, who, different from the others, was holding four beer bottles- he placed two in front of Lin Yi and opened the other two up. "Brother! You saved An Bro's life, and that makes you this Wei Bro's savior as well! One bottle is no longer enough to express my gratitude- I'll need to use two! But brother Lin, do as you will!"

Lin Yi could tell what the guy was planning right away- the guy probably understood that it'd be free drinking after the toasts, they couldn't just take turns doing that to Lin Yi the whole night. Now that he was the last one, he wanted to make the most of his turn.

"If you're toasting two, Wei Bro, then so am I!" Lin Yi wondered what was wrong with this person, calling himself Wei Bro? Shameless much? And so Lin Yi decided to change the tone when saying 'toast' to mess with him a bit…

(Can't think of an alternative for English, but in Chinese, 'giving a toast' in a different pronunciation makes it 'fucking', as in the sex thing. Reminds me of when me and a friend needed to interview someone and I said let's 'do' her, it's a little similar to that.)

Naturally, Taiwei didn't miss that little circus act. He could only smile and pretend as if he didn't hear anything if he wanted to continue drinking with Lin Yi. "Alright, cheers! I'll go first!"

Taiwei drank the two bottles as if it were water- his heart wasn't thumping and his face wasn't red… It hadn't affected him at all.

Yet it was the same with Lin Yi, as well.

Jianwen and Taizao locked eyes with each other, faint surprise in their eyes- it seemed like this Lin Yi kid was quite a drinker! Fortunately for them, they'd brought Taiwei with along; who knew if they'd really be able to handle Lin Yi otherwise!

It seemed like Lin Yi would still be unaffected if this went on, so Jianwen made an eye gesture to Ganglou to have him proceed into the next stage of the plan, skipping the beer part.

The concentration in the beer may be high, but it was still a long way from the concentration vodka had. They might as well switch to vodka than fill their bellies with beer.

It'd be bad if Lin Yi got full from the beer and missed out on the vodka, after all.

"You're really good, lil bro Lin! I respect you!" Ganglou smiled. "Looks like lil bro Lin's quite the drinker, too- why don't we switch to vodka? I'm sure beer isn't enough at this point."

"You should've said so earlier!" Lin Yi tossed his empty beer bottle away. "I wouldn't have bothered with beer if you said that earlier- I'm the type of person who isn't interested in low concentrations! An Bro was buying me drinks, so I didn't want to point out my discomfort and request anything, since we're not close and everything… But we're close now, so now that that's changed, let's get straight to the vodka!"

Chapter 392 - Drinking Right From the Bottle

"Ugh…" Ganglou wasn't expecting that from Lin Yi- he looked to Jianwen, unsure of what he should do.

Jianwen wasn't concerned- he still had Taiwei as a trump card, and there was simply nothing for him to be afraid of! What he should be afraid of was that Lin Yi wasn't drinking, but now that that wasn't the case he had all he needed to get Lin Yi in the hospital!

"So that's why lil bro Lin didn't drink much last time- the red wine just wasn't concentrated enough!" Jianwen was enlightened- so that was why Lin Yi was unhappy, the guy was pissed at Jianwen for not letting him drink to his heart's content!

Jianwen had been trying to figure out time after time again- why did Lin Yi set him up? He had no qualms with him, so why would he do that in the first place? He was Mengyao's bodyguard, not her boyfriend… Pengzhan hired him to make sure Mengyao was safe from harm, so why should he care if Jianwen was chasing her or not?

A preconceived grudge? That was even less likely- if that were the case Lin Yi wouldn't even have saved him in the theme park! 

Jianwen, as a result, couldn't understand why Lin Yi would want to set him up at all! This was the only plausible explanation.

After all, Lin Yi had accepted the invitation as a savior- it was only natural he'd grow a grudge if Jianwen limited his drinking pleasure, that was why he'd tried relieving some of that frustration!

There were a lot of coincidental factors last time, too. Firstly, Lin Yi wouldn't have known about Cihua's presence in the building, nor was he aware of their plans of getting him some sex workers beforehand… Everything had happened suddenly, with no planning or design whatsoever- it was especially so that Lin Yi never plotted the setup, that it was all something that came to mind that very night!

Naturally, Jianwen was very heavily underestimating Lin Yi- the guy didn't need to plan anything when killing, let alone setting someone up for a beatdown.

"Hah…" Lin Yi laughed faintly, his face telling Jianwen that he'd finally figured it out.

Jianwen was then convinced that he'd come to the correct conclusion after seeing that face- Lin Yi hadn't experienced the proper drinking he'd come for last time!

"Ganglou, the vodka!" Jianwen ordered.

"Alright, An Bro!" Ganglou sped out the room and gave some orders to the waiter- he didn't have to say much since everything had been planned out already.

Right after Ganglou returned, a waiter followed with three bottles of Maotai alcohol, along with some dishes… Everything was evidently prepared beforehand.

Lin Yi felt that this Jianwen had malicious intents because of that- there hadn't been a single dish when the beer was served, and while he'd called it 'quenching their thirst', drinking beer on an empty stomach was the most damaging to the body and also the easiest way to get drunk!

Lin Yi guessed that he was the only one here who hadn't had anything to eat beforehand.

He smiled coldly at that. It seemed like these bastards wanted more than just getting him drunk- they wanted him to drink himself to death! Lin Yi decided to respond by getting them to drink themselves to death first.

"Three Maotais? That's not enough to split, is it?" Lin Yi said as he eyed the alcohol in the waiter's hands.

"Oh?" Jianwen blinked- he'd been worried that too many would frighten Lin Yi, since vodka was different from beer… After all, people drank beer by crates, but who the hell would do that with vodka? However, now that Lin Yi had spoken, Jianwen naturally wanted to go with his will. "Another crate!"

The waiter quickly nodded and went for more vodka.

Ganglou was just about to get glasses for the vodka that had just come on when Lin Yi stopped him with a wave of his hand. "Pouring it out is a lot of trouble- let's just drink right from the bottles!"

"From the bottles..?" Jianwen and the group didn't know what to say- they'd never heard of drinking vodka right from the bottle, despite being veterans in this field! They'd been in their share of beer battles before, but a battle that intense was admittedly a little scary.

Yet just because Jianwen, Taizao, and Ganglou haven't heard it didn't mean Taiwei hadn't as well- his family ran an alcohol business, and he'd met and interacted with fellow businessmen of the same industry who were as veteran as they got. It wasn't uncommon for people like that to show off drinking directly from the beer container at food stalls.

Taiwei had to go out with these businessmen and join them in events, including food stalls at one of them.

"Looks like you're a master yourself, lil bro Lin!" Taiwei wasn't too surprised at the statement- while it did make him treat Lin Yi more seriously, it still wasn't something that'd concern him.

All those businessmen were well versed in alcohol- all of them were masters and veterans of drinking! There'd been so many contracts signed on the drinking table with Taiwei, and it was because of that that he treated Lin Yi with just a tad bit more respect.

"Alright, looks like Wei Bro's a fellow fighter! Cheers to you!" Lin Yi took the initiative this time, opening the lid of the Maotai vodka and gulping it down right away!

"Wha-?!!!" Not only Jianwen- even Taiwei himself was taken aback!! Making a toast and chugging down an entire vodka bottle? Wasn't that going a little overboard?

Taiwei had done the same thing with those businessmen and clients before, drinking right from the bottle, but… They didn't gulp down the whole thing! They only chugged it after the many drinks that had emptied most of the bottle! Chugging a vodka bottle from the get-go was something Taiwei had never experienced before.

Yet, even so, a unyielding fire flared up within Taiwei- in the circle of Songshan's young masters he was publicly recognized as the god of alcohol- this challenge from this nameless and unknown person wasn't something he could just let pass, especially when he'd been ordered by Jianwen to get him hospitalized! He'd be letting the guy step on him if he didn't do something about this.

He chuckled coldly- a bottle of vodka wasn't much to him at all; his limit was around five bottles, and while chugging one down right away was a bit rushed, it was something Taiwei could very well take.

Taiwei boldly opened the lid of the vodka bottle and chugged it down the way Lin Yi did- as rushed as it had been, it didn't affect him much, his face returning to normal right after a brief moment of reddening.

But that was all on the surface- he was feeling pretty uncomfortable in his stomach. After all, anyone, veteran or not, would suffer from instantly taking an entire vodka bottle down. They were still human guts taking the brunt of the alcohol.

"Quality vodka. Let's go another round." Lin Yi tossed the empty bottle aside and held up a new one.

"Ugh…" Taiwei wasn't expecting Lin Yi to resume the battle right after chugging a bottle down without so much as resting! He couldn't help himself from looking a little pale.

"I'll do it!" Jianwen frowned, not expecting Lin Yi to be a total alcohol tank. It seemed like today's plan wasn't that feasible anymore- just as the saying went, one would know an expert once the expertise was revealed!

Lin Yi remaining completely unfazed after chugging one vodka bottle down was proof enough- Jianwen now understood that Lin Yi was a true drinker!

Jianwen had the capacity for around two vodka bottles, but it was still a first to be chugging right from the bottle… He toughened himself up as he put the opened bottle to his mouth...

Chapter 393 - Wait A Minute

"Pfft-!!" Jianwen sprayed the vodka out just when it looked like he would finish chugging the bottle- he couldn't hold it in anymore and started coughing. "Gack… Gack……"

Jianwen's tears were shooting out from the intensity of the vodka already- he'd never chugged anything down so quickly before, and even with his tolerance his throat and stomach couldn't handle all that immediate volume.

Jianwen's face was pale as he continued coughing, with Taizao and Ganglou patting his back continuously… It wasn't a while later until Jianwen's face looked healthy again.

But it was clear now he could no longer continue, considering the situation he was in! A hint of toxic rage flashed past Jianwen's eyes as he looked at Lin Yi- this dude was hunting tigers in pigskin!! Hiding his drinking capability like that… Jianwen wouldn't have employed this move if he'd known sooner!

"You alright there, An Bro? Shall we continue?" Jianwen almost started coughing again from Lin Yi's words!

Continue?! He didn't want to die!! 

Jianwen wasn't looking very happy that moment- he wanted to go up and strangle the life out of Lin Yi! What was wrong with him, asking to continue now that he was like this? Did he want him to drink himself to death??

At that moment, An Jianwen forgot that he'd planned on making Lin Yi drink to death.

Jianwen was in a difficult position here- he'd invited Lin Yi today to teach him a lesson, only to be faced with Lin Yi himself as an obstacle to that lesson! If he gave up now, it'd be an utter disgrace for him, especially considering how Lin Yi had his phone out just now! Jianwen knew for sure that the guy had recorded the scene of him choking!

Humiliation, dissatisfaction, anger, hatred… All those emotions went through his mind in an instant. He couldn't lose to Lin Yi here, he couldn't! Mengyao would laugh herself silly if he just left this as it was!

He'd planned on punishing Lin Yi, but he was the one getting punished! How was he supposed to live as one of the four Songshan Young Masters if word got out? It was especially so when this second time was supposed to be revenge for getting set up the first time!

How was he supposed to walk this second time off??

"Let me do it!" Taiwei could obviously tell from Jianwen's changing expressions that the guy couldn't handle anymore- the best drinker here was Su Taiwei, and there wasn't anyone who could battle Lin Yi other than him at this point.

Hopefully Lin Yi would only be a fast drinker, but one with a lower drinking capacity than him. Taizao started thinking things through- he could take around five bottles- Surely Lin Yi wouldn't be able to do the same without anything happening to him!

"Alright." Lin Yi answered crisply. "Can you keep going?"

"Of course!" Taiwei smiled coldly- the guy was getting too cocky. Did he think he'd continue standing after five vodka bottles? Did he think he was one of those tumbler dolls???

(The pun on Weitai's Wei Bro name came up again, and this time it didn't make sense and considering how last time it wasn't really funny I did some research- So apparently there's brand of a sex drug with the name Wei Bro Does It.)

"Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot you're Wei Bro. Of course you can keep going, you're Wei Bro, after all." Lin Yi opened the vodka bottle in front of him and waved it up and down in front of Taiwei.

FUCK! Taiwei cursed but took his own bottle, chugging it down with Lin Yi.

"Fuu……" Taiwei breathed out slowly after finishing the second bottle- he felt his body heating up as if it were on fire. He was about to grab some vegetables from the dishes to contain it a little, but couldn't bring himself to do it!

This was because Lin Yi was still there, composed as ever, a faint smile on his lips as he recorded him with his phone!!

Taiwei held himself back- he'd lose face if he went for the vegetables now.

"Taiwei, why don't you have something to eat first? Weren't you complaining about how hungry you were earlier- now that the dishes are here, eat them while they're hot." Taizao had long since realized that his cousin wasn't in very good condition- he had to help him out here.

Taiwei quickly turned to Taizai. "That's right, I came here on an empty stomach! Well, I'll help myself then."

With that, Taiwei started stuffing food into his mouth…

Lin Yi looked at the Su cousins' little teamwork with disdain, but kept it to himself as he spoke faintly. "Since Wei Bro's gone soft- I mean hungry, would you like to take his place, brother Taizao?"

"Alright, I'll drink with you!" Taizao nodded. "But I'm not a very good drinker, haha… Here, why don't you take the bottle in one go, and I'll do it in two?"

Taizao had seen how things ended with Jianwen- he wasn't as strong a drinker as Taiwei was, and was around the same level as Jianwen. Rather than embarrass himself by overflowing his mouth with alcohol, he might as well generously admit his lack of drinking capability, and down the bottle in two attempts.

"Alright, no problem! It would've been fine if you just drank half of it!" Lin Yi found these two cousins to be quite shameless indeed, but still decided to speak generously.

Taizao was bursting with regret at that statement- it was fine if he drank half?? Couldn't he had said so earlier, he wouldn't have to drink the whole bottle in two instances then! But as shameless as Taizao was, he was still reasonably shameless. There was no turning back at this point.

Lin Yi kept a straight face as he chugged down the vodka while Taizao took it in in two portions. He wasn't spraying the vodka out like Jianwen had, but he wasn't any better off.

With that, he stayed in his chair, unmoving, evidently choked by the vodka from how red his face was looking- his eyes were wet as well as he held the coughing in, sitting there quietly like a sculpture.

In actuality, Taizao wasn't moving because he feared the alcohol would come bursting out of his mouth if he did.

"Wei Bro, your cousin doesn't look too good- you're still a lot more powerful than he is, Wei bro! How about it, shall we continue?" Lin Yi looked at the Taiwei who was frantically taking the window of opportunity to eat.

"Alright, let's continue!" Taiwei nodded as he wiped his mouth- he was slightly more recovered now that he'd eaten so much. He should be able to chug one more down, but one thing he understood now was that Lin Yi's drinking capability was above his… For the man had chugged down four bottles already!

Lin Yi drank his fifth bottle without a hitch, and Ganglou stepped up to the challenge with some shameless words as Taiwei rested himself. "I'll drink half- I'm not much of a drinker! Cheers!"

With that, Ganglou quickly raised his bottle and took half in, as if he were afraid that Lin Yi might not allow it…

"Wait a minute…" Lin Yi hadn't finished when Ganglou placed the bottle down, having finished his half already.

"Oh? What's wrong, lil bro Lin?" Ganglou felt like he'd dodged a bullet there- if he'd been half a step slower Lin Yi would've went back on that offer! After all, what he said to Taizao earlier was just to piss him off, he wouldn't just let Taizao go like that!

And so, Ganglou was quite excited at his intelligence- that was what he was, after all, he was a military advisor, someone with brains! Now that he was finished there simply was nothing LIn Yi could do anymore, nothing he could say! Well? Well?!!

"Man, I guess there's no point if you've finished drinking." Lin Yi sighed.

Chapter 394 - How Do You Want It?

"Is that so… It's alright, lil bro Lin, just say it- I'll keep that in mind next time!" Ganglou was quite pleased with himself- so even Lin Yi knew it was pointless? Certainly, it was too late!!

"I was gonna say that you should drink less if it's too much- you didn't have to drink half, just a third was enough…" Lin Yi said.

"Wha?!" Ganglou was so pissed the alcohol started rushing along with the blood up into his head, almost making him faint- one third? One third?! Why couldn't he have said so earlier, why couldn't he have told him from the start… why…

Jianwen, Taizao, and Taiwei, on the other hand, were feeling both compassionate and irritated. Lin Yi definitely had the time to say that, he could've very well have said it as Ganglou was in the middle of drinking, too, instead of waiting for him to finish. He was being slow on purpose!

What was for sure was that Lin Yi was messing with Ganglou! It didn't matter how much Ganglou drank, he'd still say something to get to him and piss him off!

As the saying went, the observers had a clearer view compared to the participants! It was something that even Jianwen could see, and Ganglou, despite being a military strategist, couldn't! He kept thinking that he was a military advisor, someone with more brains than the commoners, born to be setting traps and messing with people… But here came a day where he failed to be one step above Lin Yi- the experience definitely hit him hard.

He'd drank a whole half bottle when he didn't need to, like a total idiot- and he dared call himself a strategist?! Ganglou's eyes started fading as the rage and alcohol hit his head, making  him fall right onto the table, unconscious.

Jianwen only frowned at that- wasn't this guy's mental fortitude way too weak..? How was he supposed to be a military advisor with that level of mental strength?

Yet, even with everyone taking turns drinking with Lin Yi, the guy was still absolutely unfazed after even six bottles of vodka! Was he raised in a pool of alcohol?? 

But Jianwen wasn't planning on giving up that fast- now that they'd gotten into it, there was no way he'd stop here, it'd be like admitting defeat to Lin Yi!

Fuck! If no one would learn of this defeat, he really might as well just take it and deny it should it be brought up in the future, but that Lin Yi was waving his phone around, most likely recording everything that was taking place! His image would collapse completely by the time Mengyao saw the footage!

"Let's continue!" Taiwei gritted his teeth- the Su's weren't as strong as the Ans, and he had a lot of things he needed to rely on An Jianwen for in terms of business… His own cousin was one of the Four Young Masters of Songhan, but his influence was still far from the An family's, who had reach even in the entire province! The Su family's influence was only limited in Songshan alone!

And so, one look at that hesitant and troubled look in Jianwen's eyes, and Taiwei decided to grit his teeth and toughen up.

"Haha, I was hoping there'd still be a contender!" Lin Yi looked at Taiwei, thinking that the guy sure was putting himself on the line.

Taiwei opened a new Maotai bottle, but hesitated for a while. "One third……"

His limit was five bottles, but that only applied to slower drinking speeds, the way normal people drank! He wouldn't last long chugging vodka down like that, especially when his stomach was hurting- he had to show his weakness at this point, and decided to ask if it was alright if he drank by the one third method Lin Yi had mentioned earlier…

But Lin Yi didn't give him that chance to speak. "You're good, Wei Bro, unlike that weakling- who faints after half a bottle?! You're different, Wei Bro, you're a real fighter, chugging from the lid! Of course you're Wei Bro, you'd be Weak Bro if you couldn't do that much, am I right?"

"I……" Taiwei's face went green- could the fucking shit wait until he finished talking?! Could! He! Fucking! Wait?!!! Taiwei wanted to curse, but Lin Yi's stimulating words had gotten to his head already- there was no way he'd talk about the one third thing now, that'd make him Weak Bro! Without much of a choice left, he took on a challenge. "Alright, but I might not be able to drink it as fast- I hope you'll understand!"

"Haha, it's fine!" Lin Yi laughed and gulped his vodka bottle down.

With a sigh, Taiwei followed suit, raising the vodka bottle to his lips and drinking it mouth by mouth, even taking a couple of breathers in between until he finally finished the whole thing… He was almost at his limit already.

He looked at Lin Yi to see him still completely unaffected, not a hint of red or fatigue in his face, much to Taiwei's dismay. Why'd he pick a fight with this pervert, the guy was sick!! Beer battle? He'd rather battle eating shit at this point if he'd know what the hell he was up against!

"Are we still continuing..?" Taiwei couldn't really take it anymore- he'd drunk four bottles already, and while five was his limit, hitting that limit resulted in him vomiting. He couldn't go there yet- he still had to hold it in.

"Nope, we're not." Lin Yi shook his head, much to Taiwei's relief. Jianwen and Taizao let out a breath of relief as well, but found it curious- why was Lin Yi stopping here? Could he also be at his limit? Was that even possible? But they couldn't care about that anymore, as long as they got to stop! Who gave a shit if he'd reached his limit or if he'd learned to be kind all of a sudden!

"That's a good idea, beer battles like this is pretty meaningless- chugging bottle by bottle, how boring is that?" Taiwei chimed in.

"That's true, it's boring- that's why I decided to stop." Lin Yi smiled. "Why don't we play something more interesting?"

"What… What would that be?" Taiwei felt something off upon seeing that sunny smile on Lin Yi's face- had he fallen into a trap? What did Lin Yi want?

"Waiter, get us some red wine!" Lin Yi shouted to outside the room.

"Oh? Red wine?" Taiwei blinked, surprised but overjoyed- Red wine had a much lower concentration than vodka! He'd be able to hold out a while longer if they battled red wine.

Taiwei was thinking that Lin Yi was almost at his limit, as well- he'd drunk four, but Lin Yi had gulped down seven! That was a lethal number, the guy was fortunate to still be standing!

Perhaps Lin Yi was better at hiding it, making people think he was fine when he actually wasn't? Why would he ask for a sudden change for red wine if that weren't the case? Worried Lin Yi might change his mind, he quickly called out to the waiter. "Waiter! Hurry up with that red wine!"

"Yes, coming!" The waiter came into the room with a crate of red wine right from the get-go, since he'd been asked for crates with the vodka and beer as well.

Jianwen and Taizao breathed out in relief as well- they'd been pretty worried that Taiwei couldn't go on and even faint, but all that was fine now that they were battling red wine. Taiwei would definitely still be able to hold on for a while.

Jianwen placed two bottles of red wine on the table, one for Lin Yi, and the other in front of Taiwei.

"So tell us, how do you want to drink it!" Taiwei was being pretty bold this time around- red wine was nothing concerning to him at all, he could still take two of those, let alone one! He was feeling pretty confident about this second round.

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