That evening, Chen Xuan pulled down the shop shutters early and held a hot pot feast in the third-floor banquet hall.
It was undoubtedly a day worth remembering. The atmosphere in the room felt like a holiday. Not only was the entire Honglian Team present, but Chen Xuan had also invited Liu Shuyue. Everyone gathered together to celebrate Lin Qing and Elorie's new lives.
"Look what I found!" Wang Baihu squeezed over with a case of beer under his left arm and two bottles of White Liang Liquor in his right hand.
"This is what we should drink to celebrate!"
"Wait—isn't that from the shop?" Xiao Jiu corrected him. "Don't go rummaging through Brother Xuan's stuff!"
Although the first floor had been "renovated" into a Fruit Store, the goods Chen Xuan had stocked earlier were still there and couldn't exactly be returned, so they had all been piled into the third-floor food storeroom. Wang Baihu had somehow found them all.
"It's not like I'm not paying!" he shouted. "I'll cover all the expenses today!"
"Give it a rest. It's not your turn to play host." Chen Xuan laughed and scolded him. "Still, he got one thing right. Take whatever you want to eat or use. Everything in the Ability Store is free today."
"Thanks, Brother Xuan!" Wang Baihu said with a grin.
"Can... can I drink too?" Liu Li asked uncertainly, staring at the bottles.
"Uh..."
Before Chen Xuan could decide, Elorie spoke up first. "Huh? Don't you love this stuff? I thought you were practically becoming an alcoholic—"
"How could that be? I've always kept myself under control." Liu Li raised an eyebrow.
"Ah, sorry!" Elorie froze before realizing what had happened. "I got it mixed up again. That was you in the dream."
Although Chen Xuan had switched