"What are we celebrating?" Pei Yanchuan asked with a smile, holding Xu Wang's hand.
"Of course we have to celebrate! As the saying goes, surviving a disaster means good fortune is sure to follow." Xu Wang acted at once, pulling out his phone to buy ingredients for that evening's dinner. He rattled off dish names like a tongue twister, never once pausing.
As though sensing his owner's happy mood, Glutinous Rice let out cheerful cries too.
At four in the afternoon, the cake Pei Yanchuan had ordered from Lucky Cake arrived. It was a custom lychee cake, its top covered in a generous layer of plump, round lychee flesh.
That evening, warm lights glowed in the dining room. Xu Wang filled the table with dishes and opened a bottle of wine. Since Pei Yanchuan's wound had not fully healed, Xu Wang was the only one drinking.
Glutinous Rice ate a little pet cake of his very own beside them.
"Cheers!" Xu Wang picked up the wineglass in front of him and smiled as he clinked it against Pei Yanchuan's glass across the table.
The two clear glasses touched lightly with a crisp clink, and the translucent wine shimmered under the light as it swayed gently in the glass.
Xu Wang took a large gulp.
Pei Yanchuan hurried to stop him. "Xu Wang, don't drink so much."
"It's fine. This little bit is nothing." Xu Wang waved a hand. Back in his village, he had been able to outdrink everyone.
Despite what Xu Wang thought, he had completely overestimated this body's alcohol tolerance. They had barely started eating, and he had not even finished two glasses when Pei Yanchuan seemed to have two heads, with every sign of developing more.
Watching Xu Wang's increasingly unfocused gaze, Pei Yanchuan knew he was