It smelled wonderful.
She really had drunk too much, but she was not drunk on alcohol.
She had simply eaten a lot at dinner until she was stuffed, then drank a great deal of sweet milk tea. Her stomach was nearly full and needed more blood to digest everything, leaving insufficient blood for her brain.
That made her sleepy, and her whole body felt a little sluggish.
Medically, this was called a food coma, or being drunk on food.
Lu Qin reached out with one finger, poked Shen Muyan's smooth, jade-like forehead, then slowly pushed her away.
"Go wash your face, then take the little one home."
Shen Muyan stared at Lu Qin for several seconds, then pursed her lips and said, "Okay."
Fang Ya had not gotten her sixth cup of milk tea and was extremely dissatisfied. "I'm not drunk! I can keep drinking!"
Lu Qin glanced at her. "Sure, you're not drunk. You're beyond saving. If you went to the hospital and had a tube of blood drawn right now, they could probably separate half a cup of milk tea from it."
Lu Qin had no idea why she would put herself through drinking five cups of milk tea.
Shen Muyan giggled. "Then we'll be going."
Lu Qin said, "If you sneak milk tea again next time, both adults and children get forehead flicks."
In a rare display of playfulness, Shen Muyan stuck out her tongue. "I'll still dare next time."
Lu Qin packed up some Ice Crystal Cake, Crystal Shrimp Dumplings, Imperial Consort Chicken Wings, and Mung Bean Paste for Shen Muyan to take to her parents.
The little one clung to Lu Qin for a long time. "Dad, I don't want to be apart from you. I want to go set up the stall with you