Chapter 270: 269 Trash Badge

"Am I... being sent home?"

After rubbing his somewhat sleepy eyes, Li Ang looked at the familiar ceiling above his head and managed to determine his location... Of course, the main reason wasn't the ceiling, but the burly old man outside the window, holding a large pair of garden shears and staring at him with ill intent.

"..."

This is the sixth floor, you really are persistent...

Speechlessly glancing at the burly old man clinging outside the window, Li Ang shook his dizzy head, struggled to climb out of bed, and began trying to recall yesterday's events.

He remembered Lord Jin Niu bringing over the brewed wine, and then he opened all the bottles, drinking a small sip from each. But later, as he drank, his consciousness began to blur, and he couldn't hold back anymore; each drink became larger than the last, and many of the bottles lined up behind were even drunk completely dry...

No more drinking! Since the badge has already reached its limit, there's no need to drink anymore. From now on, unless necessary, it's best not to touch a drop!

Rubbing his throbbing temples, Li Ang tried hard to recall what happened afterward, but no matter how he tried, his memory regarding that part only went up to walking out of the warehouse drunk after obtaining the 【Wine Immortal】 badge. After that, he knew nothing.

Looking at the words "difficult to restrain one's own behavior and language" in the description of the 【Wine Immortal】 badge, Li Ang couldn't help but hiss with a guilty conscience. Then, while praying that he hadn't done anything too outrageous, he wobbled out of bed and shuffled out of the room in his slippers.

"You're finally awake!"

Seeing Li Ang, who was still bleary-eyed and swaying as he came out, looking normal except for a slightly pale complexion, Anna, who was cooking adzuki bean soup in the kitchen, breathed a sigh of relief. She turned off the stove, wiped her hands, took off her apron, and walked over with a bowl of hangover soup, complaining with a touch of annoyance:

"Brother! What did you do yesterday? Why did you drink so much? And you slept like a log; even when Mei Lan Ni tickled your soles, she couldn't wake you up!"

No wonder, I was wondering why I was only wearing one sock...

Looking down at his bare right foot inside his slipper, Li Ang laughed guiltily a couple of times, made up a few excuses to brush it off, and then, while drinking the soup Anna brought, he cautiously probed:

"That... yesterday..."

"You said a lot of drunken nonsense yesterday."

Without even needing to look at Li Ang's expression, Anna knew what he wanted to ask. After a huff, she brought out the boiled eggs and toast, and with a straight, expressionless face, she described:

"After Auntie Ai Ma sent you back, smelling of alcohol, you grabbed her hand and wouldn't let her go. Not only did you keep thanking her, but you also sighed and lamented that it would have been great if you had met her sooner.

At that time, I felt something was wrong and pinched you several times, but you acted as if you couldn't feel it at all, stubbornly holding onto Auntie Ai Ma and confessing your feelings, saying that compared to a mother monkey who drinks, her gentle personality was the type you liked most.

Then you said age difference wasn't an issue, and if Auntie Ai Ma weren't already married, you would definitely pursue her with all your might. Finally, you even pulled out all the celery and herbs I was growing on the windowsill, tied them into a bouquet, and insisted on giving them to her. No matter how I tried to stop you, I couldn't. Then you even knelt on one knee and insisted that she..."

"Don't... don't say anymore..."

Hearing the absurd things he did while in the "Drunken Dream" state, Li Ang's face turned as red as a monkey's butt. He hurriedly held the soup bowl and drank the perfectly tempered adzuki bean soup in one gulp, then explained with a flushed face:

"Yesterday... that was a special situation. I definitely won't get drunk in the future! Um... under normal circumstances, I shouldn't..."

"You better not!"

Thinking of the scene yesterday where her brother was acting crazy, grabbing people and spouting nonsense, the toes inside Anna's shoes began to uncontrollably scratch at her slippers, making her feel uncomfortable all over.

Glaring at Li Ang, who had made her lose face along with him, Anna, who usually had a very good temper, couldn't help but say irritably:

"Auntie Ai Ma said that after hearing your evaluation, your Director laughed very happily and told you to be careful during this time, not to fall into her hands. Then, since she didn't know when you would wake up, she helped you take two days off, telling you to go back after you sober up... Oh right..."

At this point, Anna couldn't help but pause slightly, then looked at Li Ang with a face full of suspicion:

"Brother, I heard from others that people who are drunk have lowered self-control and will do things they usually want to do but dare not. So... you don't really have any thoughts about Auntie Ai Ma, do you?"

"..."

Thoughts or whatever... if I'm not lying, then I definitely have thought about it.

After all, Auntie Ai Ma is gentle and beautiful, and she takes special care of me, and... cough cough, but that's just thinking about it. Who doesn't have some romantic, wild, or even naughty little thoughts in their heart?

But these thoughts are ultimately just thoughts. People aren't beasts that completely follow instinct and can't indulge themselves without restraint. So these little thoughts are just things one thinks about briefly before being suppressed by reason.

It's just that after entering the "Drunken Dream" state, both his reason and thinking speed were weakened by more than 90%, and the thoughts that were usually firmly restrained couldn't be suppressed anymore, so...

It's not my fault! It's all the 【Wine Immortal】 badge's fault!

After trying hard to justify himself for a long time and shifting most of the blame onto the 【Wine Immortal】 badge, Li Ang finally felt a bit better. He then said to Anna with a serious face:

"Don't talk nonsense. That drunken talk can't be taken seriously. Auntie Ai Ma has always taken good care of me, and I respect her very much."

"..."

Indeed, I remember yesterday when Auntie Ai Ma rejected your proposal and wanted to leave with a red face, you still held onto her reluctantly, unwilling to give up, pestering her several times, asking if you really didn't have a chance at all. You really do respect her so much.

Pursing her lips and holding back again and again, Anna ultimately couldn't bring herself to tell everything Li Ang did yesterday. After taking a deep breath, she took the initiative to change the subject:

"Then what about Miss Wang Nuwei? When do you and she plan to get married?"

"This... this is a bit complicated..."

Recalling that cunning and beautiful Princess whose conditions in every aspect made it hard to refuse, Li Ang couldn't help but feel hesitant.

To be honest, facing Princess Wang Nuwei's relentless pursuit, he really couldn't hold out, but... he didn't want to just give in to her like that. After all, although the Princess is good, what she truly wants is likely the resources of the Laien family, not him as a person.

Although it sounds a bit pretentious, he still wanted to find someone who "came for him" as a partner. And as he is now, he wasn't quite prepared for an early marriage. Um... he just felt something was missing.

"Let's just drag it out for now..."

After saying a signature scumbag remark, Li Ang, who had sparred with Princess Wang Nuwei several times but failed to break off the engagement, explained with a face full of helplessness:

"The relationship between the two of us involves many things. It's not as simple as it looks, and it's really impossible to sort it out for a while."

"Fine! Then you sort it out slowly!"

Glaring at Li Ang again, Anna took a deep breath, then continued to ask with a cold face:

"I'm asking you, Yi Sha, Ao Li Wei Ya, Ai Mi, Ni Ke... what's going on with them?"

"Ah? How did you...?"

"I heard you muttering these names last night when I was wiping your face with a hot towel."

Glaring at Li Ang again and again, Anna gritted her teeth and said:

"If you weren't drunk, I really wouldn't have known you were actually so... Hurry up and tell me! What's going on with these people? Which one do you actually like?"

"..."

Trash badge! You've ruined me!!! ===== CHAPTER 271 =====