Friend, Don't Push Your Luck

All thirty bottles of Roosevelt No. 10 were opened.

At this point, none of them cared about the liquor anymore. No one was going to take their time savoring it anyway.

Chen Hao looked at Meng Wenzhou and asked, "Are you all right?"

"I'm fine. I just need to take a breather. You guys drink first."

"All right. Get some rest, then."

As he spoke, he looked at the others. "There are only five of us left now. How about we split into teams?"

"Sure," Su Yang said with a smile.

"How about this? Brother Su, you hold your liquor well too. You, Ziming, and Liu Bo can be one team. Pan Ning and I will be the other. How does that sound?"

Before Su Yang could say anything, Pan Ning spoke up. "You three can be one team. Su Yang and I will be the other."

"Uh... That works too." A hint of disappointment flashed through Chen Hao's eyes.

He had been planning to team up with Pan Ning and use that as an excuse to sit beside her.

However, Pan Ning had rejected him without even looking at him. That made him feel a little embarrassed, but the feeling passed in an instant, and he did not dwell on it.

After the five of them divided into teams, they began playing drinking games again.

After more than ten rounds, Zhang Ziming finally surrendered. He went to the bathroom and threw up violently again. Although he did not collapse immediately after returning, Shen Yixue absolutely refused to let him drink any more.

There were only four people left now, and fifteen bottles of liquor remained.

Chen Hao turned to look at Meng Wenzhou. Seeing that he had already fallen asleep, he did not call out to him.

Liu Bo could not drink any more either. He swayed unsteadily as he forced himself to keep going, his eyes unfocused.

"You should stop drinking too." Su Yang called out to Liu Bo.

"Fine, fine, fine. I'm going to the bathroom." Liu Bo staggered to his feet, but the moment he stood up, he felt like throwing up. He hurriedly covered his mouth and ran toward the bathroom.

"Slow down!" Su Yang called helplessly.

At this point, Chen Hao saw that Pan Ning and Su Yang still did not look drunk in the slightest, so he called Little Li over and ordered another twenty bottles of liquor.

This was probably the most Pan Ning had drunk in the past few years. Only now did she finally begin to feel a slight dizziness.

But it was merely a faint lightheadedness, and it did not stop her from continuing to drink.

Chen Hao, on the other hand, was a little drunk. His capacity for liquor had been trained bit by bit over the years of running a bar.

This was also the most he had drunk in the past year.

Now that another twenty bottles had arrived, there were thirty-five bottles on the table in total. Looking at them, he smiled and said, "We should probably quit while we're ahead. Once we finish these, whether we can still drink or not, we'll stop. If we keep going, our bodies won't be able to take it."

"Whatever." Pan Ning spoke indifferently.

Su Yang added, "Sure. We really have drunk quite a lot today. No matter how good your capacity is, you can't drink like this."

He meant it sincerely. He was mainly worried about Pan Ning. Although he knew she could hold her liquor, alcohol was not good for the body. Even if it did not get her drunk, it could still harm her.

He himself did not care. With the God of Wine in him, all the liquor he drank would turn into gas and be expelled through the pores all over his body.

Su Yang had clearly felt this while drinking earlier.

So this was how the God of Wine avoided drunkenness. All the liquor that entered his stomach would be expelled from his body. No matter how much Su Yang drank, he would not get drunk, and it would not harm his body either.

Moreover, after drinking for several hours, everyone else had gone to the bathroom countless times. Su Yang alone had not felt even the slightest urge to urinate. To avoid arousing suspicion, he still pretended to go to the bathroom a few times.

Since the three of them could not divide into teams, they began fighting individually.

An hour later, Chen Hao's face was flushed as he waved his hand. "That's enough, that's enough. I admit defeat today. I really can't outdrink the two of you."

Su Yang smiled. "Brother Chen, being able to drink until now already makes you one of the best. Besides, your face is only a little red. You're still damn impressive."

"Hey, Brother Su, stop flattering me. Do I look like I've been drinking at all? I'm starting to suspect that you secretly poured your liquor out the window."

"Hahaha, there's a table of beautiful women sitting outside the window. Even if I wanted to pour it out, I wouldn't pour it onto their heads."

"Haha, you're quite funny, Brother Su."

Pan Ning was feeling increasingly dizzy. She looked at the two of them and asked, "Are we still drinking? If not, let's leave."

"No more, no more."

Just as they were preparing to stand up, two bare-chested men walked over from a table diagonally across from Su Yang.

One of them was bald, and both his arms were covered in tattoos of tigers, dragons, and the like.

The other had dyed his hair yellow and had a large tattoo on his chest. Neither of them looked particularly old, probably around thirty-five or thirty-six.

However, both men were fat and jowly, with thick lips, small eyes, flat noses, and greasy faces. They made people uncomfortable at first glance.

Su Yang noticed them approaching beforehand. He stood up and sat down on the outermost side of the chairs.

The two men walked over to Su Yang with oily smiles. The fatter bald man held a bottle of beer and gave them a chuckle.

"Handsome guys and beautiful ladies, your drinking capacity is truly astonishing. My brother and I really admire you. We wanted to come over, get to know you, and have a few drinks together. We're wondering if you'd welcome us?"

Chen Hao's expression changed slightly, but he remained polite. "We've already finished drinking and are getting ready to leave. Maybe next time, if we get the chance, we can drink together."

"Oh? You're finished? Then I suppose we came at the wrong time?" the bald man said with a mocking smile.

"How about this? I'll have a drink with the two of you. I'm the owner of this place. Surely you can have one drink with me?"

"You're the owner?" The bald man turned to look at Chen Hao.

"That's right. I've been running this bar for three or four years. You must be tourists. Otherwise, you'd probably know me."

"Hahaha, that's true. We're not locals, but I don't want to drink with you! I want to drink with these two little beauties."

The bald man looked at Pan Ning and Shen Yixue, grinning lecherously.

Chen Hao's tone turned more serious. "Brothers, these two women can't hold their liquor. I'll drink with you."

As he spoke, he picked up the half-bottle of liquor remaining on the table and stood up to face the two men.

The bald man chuckled with his eyes closed. "Brother, are you trying to fool a ghost? Do you think I'm blind? This little beauty has been drinking from beginning to end, and you're telling me she can't drink?"

Chen Hao's expression changed. "Friend, don't push your luck. The fact that I said I'd drink with you is already me showing you respect. Normally, someone like you wouldn't even get the chance to drink with me."

"Hahahaha, what did you say? I didn't hear you clearly. Could you say it again?" The bald man laughed contemptuously.

The Blondie behind him also joined in with mocking laughter.

Their laughter immediately drew the attention of the customers at the other tables. Many people turned to look over.

Even Tang Ziyun and the others outside the window noticed. She stood up and looked inside.

Liu Bo and Meng Wenzhou were also awakened by the commotion. After returning from the bathroom, Liu Bo had immediately sprawled across the table and fallen asleep. Now he woke up with a frown.

"What's going on?" he asked, narrowing his eyes.

"Nothing. It's just a minor issue." Chen Hao spoke indifferently.

At that moment, Little Li and several other male servers nearby saw that the situation seemed off and walked over.

The bald man still wore an utterly unconcerned expression.

He looked at Chen Hao again and said, "Say what you just said one more time?"