Chapter 1866: You Owe Me a Sober One
Chapter 1866: Chapter 1866: You Owe Me a Sober One
Some people, even without speaking, are very reliable, so now that someone is talking, Xue Shi believed him too and nodded, “That’s good. Alright then, hurry to my place, my family knows already.”
“Okay.”
By the fourth quarter of the Si period, Bai Xing finally arrived at Xue Ganggang’s home in Locust Village, where he met the other elders of the Xue family.
Following Xue Ganggang’s introduction, Bai Xing greeted everyone one by one.
Bai Xing was naturally the type of person who could put others at ease simply by standing there. Dafu and the rest, the more they looked at him, the more satisfied they became.
As for setting the engagement first, and choosing a wedding date only by early next year at the earliest, Dafu and his family had no objections.
At lunch, Bai Xing was naturally seated with Xue Ganggang. Bai Xing had never drunk alcohol before, and Xue Ganggang wanted to mention this, but Bai Xing subtly pulled her back, stopping her from saying it. He even took the initiative to toast Dafu and the others several times over. Knowing that his future father-in-law, Xue Erfu, could drink a thousand cups without getting drunk, even though Bai Xing didn’t think he could match that, he still tried his best to keep up and drank quite a few glasses with his future father-in-law.
Jiang Yue and Xue Yan were, of course, toasted to as well. Xue Shi and the others were toasted too. Those in the family who were younger than Xue Ganggang naturally didn’t need Bai Xing to toast them; they toasted to Bai Xing instead.
For those too young to drink alcohol, tea or soup was used as a substitute.
Xue Erfu was happy and kept Bai Xing’s cup full, insisting on drinking with his future son-in-law.
Bai Xing was actually a bit drunk. For a first-time drinker, to have consumed so many glasses was quite impressive. However, he didn’t show it on his face and wasn’t acting wildly drunk; he just had a slightly blank look in his eyes, sitting obediently. When his future father-in-law wanted to drink with him again, he subconsciously kept up with the drinking.
Although Yu Hongyan hadn’t noticed that Bai Xing was already a bit drunk, she couldn’t help but chide her husband, Xue Erfu, “The man is here for the first time, why make him drink so much? There will be plenty of opportunities in the future.”
“The future is the future, today is today, can they be the same?” Xue Erfu didn’t listen.
Bai Xing himself also said, “It’s okay,” and once again drank with his future father-in-law, Xue Erfu.
After drinking quite a few more glasses, he became even more dazed. Not to mention others, Xue Ganggang, who had been paying close attention to him and knew it was his first time drinking, certainly noticed. She supported him while laughing and crying at the same time: “Dad, he’s drunk, you owe me a sober one.”
Xue Erfu chuckled, “Can’t compensate for that, he’ll be fine when he sobers up. But Ganggang, your boyfriend is really something, his alcohol tolerance isn’t bad.”
“It just can’t compare to yours, right!” Yu Hongyan rolled her eyes at him with a mix of exasperation and amusement. Then, turning to her daughter, she said: “Ganggang, help him go and rest. He’s like this; just let him stay the night. The engagement’s settled anyway, and since he doesn’t have elders on his side, let’s pick a date for the betrothal for you two. As for when to get married, that’s already been agreed upon, you two can decide that later. Besides, we don’t want you to marry off too early anyway, this is perfect.”
“Yeah.” Xue Ganggang smiled as she helped Bai Xing away. Bai Xing, though drunk and muddled, behaved, but since he was indeed drunk, Xue Ganggang couldn’t support him by herself. It was Xue Shi and Xue Bai who finally helped to get him to the guest room, letting Bai Xing sleep a while to sober up.
When Xue Shi came back, he joked, “Not bad, he doesn’t go wild even when drunk, just like a well-behaved baby.”
Li Hehua laughed, “It’s quite a contrast.” Addressing Jiang Yue and Xue Yan, she said, “No wonder Yue Bao and Xue Yan helped keep it a secret, even drunk he leaves us quite satisfied.”