The Cocktail Party

Cangxuan spoke expressionlessly, words that perfectly matched his persona.

"... When have I ever shortchanged you on your wages?" Mobius muttered, but he didn't suspect anything, after all, Cangxuan's miserly nature was no secret. "By the way, do we still have any wine in our office? Prepare some for the banquet tonight, or have Hua and the others bring some back."

"I think you'd better not drink, Mobius."

"I'll drink!" Mobius completely ignored Liu Bai's advice. "How can we not have a drink on such a celebratory day? Besides, I'm not the same person I used to be!"

Chapter 383 The Cocktail Party

"Hug me, hug me!"

"Wait, wait, wait! Dr. Mobius, you've grabbed the wrong person!"

Danzhu, pinned down by Mobius, struggled desperately under the oppressive feeling of suffocation.

Just now, after drinking three cups of wine, Mobius, in a daze, lunged towards Liu Bai. Coincidentally, the Danzhu Cangxuan sisters were right in Liu Bai's direction.

Cangxuan moved quickly and retreated in an instant, but Danzhu didn't react in time and was hugged by Mobius, who mistook her for Liu Bai.

... On another note, the lively and outgoing younger sister is actually not as physically fit as her quiet and unassuming older sister. These sisters are truly full of flaws from the inside out.

"How could you possibly have hugged the wrong person! You're clearly trying to run away! You're not allowed to run! If you try to run, I'll strangle you and then kill myself!"

Watching the drunken Mobius act out, the others silently looked at Liu Bai floating in the air... Ha, a man burdened with sins.

If Liu Bai weren't a ghost, his cold sweat would probably have formed puddles by now.

"So Mobius has been thinking about such dangerous things all along..."

"Well... Dr. Mobius is getting on in years," Hua said cautiously, trying to excuse Mobius.

"I'm not that old! I'm only eighteen this year!" Even though he was drunk and out of his mind, Mobius still reacted very strongly to the words "a bit old".

"Hmm~~ Dr. Mobius is actually quite adorable right now."

Elysia smiled and swirled the half-glass of red wine in her hand, looking completely at ease.

"It's a pity that she has such a great figure; acting cute is something that should be done by young girls or little girls."

Elysia made a declaration that sounded somewhat criminal, but with a touch of regret.

On another note, this guy might be the biggest drinker among everyone present. Liu Bai had a feeling that if the drinking at this banquet continued indefinitely, this enchanting lady might just drink everyone under the table.

"Looking at it this way, Eden's drinking manners are truly excellent." Pardo with lingering fear; if Mobius had lunged from a different direction, he would have been the one to suffer.

Only after looking at it this way did she realize just how kind her sister Eden really was.

Eden isn't a big drinker, but Eden's a good drinker. When he's drunk, he'll just ramble on about gems and such, and then give you the gems on the spot.

That's completely different from Mobius's kind of tormenting someone.

"Eden?" Kevin and Sue were taken aback for a moment, then clinked glasses in tacit agreement.

Following celebrities is no longer suitable for them. Although it hasn't been long since they skipped class to go to the concert, it still feels like a distant memory.

Sigh... there's no going back.

(However, I could ask Eden's wife for her autograph as a memento of my youth.)

Sue and Kevin exchanged a knowing smile.

On one side is his idol from his childhood, and on the other side is Mobius... Who are these two? You probably don't know them at all.

Of course I'll support my idol!

"Eden can't hold his liquor either?" Mei, slightly tipsy, showed a brief look of thought, but then exhaled.

Under the influence of alcohol, even her brain was somewhat sluggish—though certainly better than that shameful guy Mobius.

Moreover, this was her first time trying alcoholic beverages.

"... Fine, Eden it is Eden." Mei sighed, her logic somewhat muddled, then pointed to Mobius, who was torturing Danzhu. "But has this guy always been this weak?"

"... I just found out too." Cangxuan said expressionlessly, distancing himself from his sister as if afraid of being implicated.

"Blanca told me about these things, but this is the first time I've ever seen the Doctor drink."

Klein felt somewhat embarrassed watching her doctor making a fool of himself.

"... Actually, it should be considered a worsening of the condition."

Liu Bai scratched his head, "No, it should be said that the condition has definitely worsened. This definitely didn't happen back then."

"It's because he's been suppressing it for too long; jealousy and pressure have all come out at once." Hua still sided with Mobius, giving an explanation that everyone could accept.

Everyone nodded in agreement.

"Hey! Stop making comments or doing research! Hurry up and save me!"

Danzhu is still trying to call for help, but no one is willing to help at the moment—after all, no one wants Mobius to shift his focus to them.

After everyone stared at each other for a while, Elysia picked up a plate of beef. "Add more meat, add more meat! There are still four or five plates left. Let's all work together to finish them."

"Elysia! You heartless bastard! Sister! Say something!"

"... Wait a moment, let me check if insurance can cover this situation."

Cangxuan turned his head to the side and began to eat the meat.

... What the hell are you researching?!

Danzhu's gaze, filled with grief and indignation, shifted to Kevin and Sue.

"I'm sorry, I can't help you."

"..."

Okay, we really can't count on these two. Besides, look how straightforward they are. You bunch of bastards might as well just refuse me outright instead of making excuses!

"Hua..." Danzhu looked at her best friend with teary eyes.

"I... I'll try." Being an honest man, Hua couldn't refuse Danzhu, so he cautiously extended his hand towards Mobius. "Dr. Mobius? Möbius... um!"

Mobius reached out and pulled Hua into his arms.

"Two Liu Bai... How could I have such a dream..."

"..." Mobius's drunken ramblings left everyone present speechless.

Yes, how could you have such a dream? — Can you reflect on yourself first!

Everyone present wanted to complain like that, but realistically, it was pointless to talk about such things with an alcoholic.

"Hua, just give the Doctor a good whack on the head with your fist..." Danzhu felt like she was about to suffocate.

Hua herself fell into a state of inexplicable inferiority.

(Even though I knew the gap was so big... but...)

The actual experience was even more frustrating!

"It's embarrassing, I have to do it," Mei rummaged in her pocket for a while and pulled out a Stun Gun.

Upon seeing this, Su nudged Kevin with her elbow and said, "Look, look! I knew our senior sister must have something on her to bully us."

"Mobius, you need to shut up."

Holding a can of beer in one hand and Stun Gun in the other, Mei stabbed him directly.

"Look, clean and efficient." Seeing the already paralyzed Mobius, Mei casually tossed away the Stun Gun.

"I feel a bit numb too."

Danzhu's lips twitched.

Hua completely missed the sarcastic tone in Danzhu's voice and honestly replied, "It's normal, after all, she was hugging too tightly."

"If it weren't for these heartless bastards..." Danzhu gritted her teeth, glaring at the group of people eating and drinking. "Hey! Sis! Leave me a couple of bites!"

"Phew! I feel so refreshed! So refreshed!" Elysia stretched as she looked at the group of people who had collapsed.

"It was truly tragic..." Klein Cangxuan Danzhu, the three of them, all had twitching lips.

Besides Elysia, the "winner," the only others still standing were their assistants who had only scratched the surface, and Su, who seemed drunk but acted quite normally.

"I never imagined that Elysia would be the one who ended up drinking everyone under the table."

Danzhu's tone was complicated. Because of the lively atmosphere, almost everyone present drank. The reason why the three assistants only took a sip was simply because they were not familiar with each other.

Unable to join the conversation, she naturally had no desire to drink. In addition, with their finances tight this month, she and Cangxuan mainly focused on eating, while Klein was even more reserved, eating only until she was normally full.

"I told you Mobius's suggestion to drink was a bad idea—well, at least everyone seems to be having a good time," Liu Bai sighed.

Danzhu said he wasn't very happy... Well, actually, eating to your heart's content is a kind of happiness, and he also saw another side of Mobius.

To be honest, Danzhu and Cangxuan had already considered whether to transfer. Although Mobius had been kind to the two sisters, they seemed to be somewhat incompatible.

From the sisters' perspective before, Mobius was too cold and lacked human touch, but after this party... well, in a way, it's a good thing that Mobius is heartless.

Well, that was just a joke, but Mobius's performance today did put the sisters at ease.

Judging from Mobius's performance today, Danzhu Cangxuan felt that they could probably still keep up with Mobius.

"Yes, the best outcome is when everyone is happy."

Elysia was in high spirits and didn't look like she had been drinking at all.

"But the cleanup afterwards..."

"Leave it to me and Danzhu," Cangxuan volunteered. "Also, it seems there's a little something left to bake. If you don't mind, we can pack it up."

"It can't be that bad..." Elysia tilted her head. "But there's still something left?"

"Some offal, um, animal organs, like heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, and the like." Liu Bai had quite a memory of these things.

"Whoa! I remember now, these things do exist. Why did you guys even think of buying these things? Can you even bake them?"

"Of course!" Liu Bai and Danzhu Cangxuan said in unison.

"Although Hua bought them with his spare change, you can't deny that these things are affordable and delicious," Danzhu said confidently.

"After all, Elysia isn't from our area, so there are some differences in our cooking."

Cangxuan nodded calmly.

"So, in other words, nobody really wants these, then I'll shamelessly pack them up and take them."

"Um... packing it up is fine."

Elysia nodded with some self-doubt, "But will a lot of people actually eat this?"

"I don't know about other places, but at least at our banquet, it's like this. At least Mei, Hua, Mobius, Kevin, Su, Pardo, Danzhu Cangxuan and the others... well, if you count them all, you're the only one who doesn't eat."

Some of them are of East Asian descent, some are biologists, some are huskies that will put anything in their mouths, and some are kittens that grew up in poverty.

"But there's no need to doubt yourself. I'll make you some of these dishes when I have time."

Upon hearing this, Elysia's face lit up with anticipation. "Really? Then I can't wait to see Liu Bai's delicious dishes!"

"It's better not to have too high expectations; my cooking skills are not as good as Hua's."

"It's okay, what matters is the love in the food~~"

Liu Bai: "..."

Your words seem to put more pressure on me!

(Ah... is this what they call "dog food after dinner"?) Danzhu, the otaku girl, raised her eyebrows at the sight of this perfect couple.

Cangxuan, on the other hand, eagerly went to pack it up.

Although Liu Bai uses animal offal as a general term, there are one or two plates of each kind, which can last for more than half a month.

"Um... so that means it's over?"

Sue covered her forehead and simultaneously helped Kevin up beside her.

"I'll take Kevin back first."

"Let me lead the way." Liu Bai looked at his student, who seemed half-drunk, and thought, "I'm worried about you going out like this."

"... Yes, thank you for your help, teacher."

"I sincerely hope that the next gathering can be held at a restaurant."