"I finally felt like having a drink tonight, and the Governor just happened to be away. Looks like even Heaven has given you the night off, Brother Shang. Come on, come on, come with me."
Shang Qingyun frowned. "I have my duties here. How could I just go out? Whether the Governor is here or not is no excuse to stop working."
"Hahaha..."
Jiang Changbin roared with laughter. "Teacher Shang, Brother Shang, those duties of yours, tsk, tsk... let's not even get into that. Anyway, you have to have a drink with me today, or I won't let you off."
"I really can't!"
Not a muscle moved on Shang Qingyun's face. "I have to guard the Governor's Residence. I can't leave. Director Jiang, please find someone else."
Jiang Changbin sighed. "Let me apologize, Brother Shang. I was wrong, it was my fault. I rubbed you the wrong way. I shouldn't have asked about the Governor the moment I arrived. That was all my fault. I should have simply said I was inviting you out for a drink... You're a generous man, Brother Shang. Please don't be angry with me."
Shang Qingyun choked with exasperation. "That really wasn't what I meant."
"If that wasn't what you meant, then you're saying yes?!"
Jiang Changbin pulled Shang Qingyun toward the exit. "I was afraid I'd offended you just now, so much that you wouldn't even come drinking... You used to agree readily enough."
Shang Qingyun was speechless. "I never agreed readily before, either, did I?"
"Ah, who cares whether you agreed readily before? Anyway, you have to do me this favor today, Brother Shang. I finally felt like having a drink, only to find there wasn't a soul to drink with me. Tell me, isn't that infuriating? I've even prepared three-hundred-year-old Plum Blossom