Chapter 236: One Sip and Already Half-Drunk

The next second……

"Pfft! Holy crap, what the hell is this?"

The strong alcohol dissolved in his mouth, a pungent smell shot straight to his head, Xiao Feng choked until tears and snot streamed out—it was horrible to behold.

"Uh, Lao Xiao, what's wrong? Drinking a beer and ending up like this?" Li Li and Zhang Fan stared, completely bewildered.

"Try drinking one!" Xiao Feng unhappily handed the bottle to Zhang Fan, coughing as he spoke.

"Fine, I'll try!" Zhang Fan didn't back down, took it and took a big gulp.

Then……

"Cough cough…… Holy shit…… cough…… Is this even beer? Is it poisonous?"

Zhang Fan's reaction was almost identical to Xiao Feng's, with tears and snot streaming.

"Holy crap, what's going on?"

Li Li, clueless, quickly grabbed the bottle to take a look.

After seeing the number written on the label, he widened his eyes and said with a strange expression: "This beer's alcohol content is 67.5 degrees……"

"Damn……"

"Damn, good thing I was on guard, otherwise my stomach would've been burned out!" Zhang Fan looked speechless.

Xiao Feng was utterly speechless as well.

He felt his stomach burning, a strong rush of alcohol hitting his brain; less than a minute after drinking, he already felt a bit dizzy.

Li Li picked up his phone to check the data and said: "This isn't how you drink this alcohol; it should be mixed with other beverages to make a cocktail or other drink. Uh, it's not cheap—over five hundred per bottle!"

"Ah, forget it, I'm going back to my room to lie down, so I don't have to trouble you guys to carry me later." Xiao Feng felt a bit light-headed, rubbed his forehead, stopped drinking, and went straight upstairs.

The Reading Wave Pavilion's house is huge; besides the living room, kitchen, and gym on the first floor, there are also rooms for the servants.

However, as the owner, Xiao Feng surely slept in the master bedroom on the second floor.

He went up the stairs, pushed open the door, and entered the largest bedroom.

Inside, the bed, sofa, TV, air conditioning, bathroom, and other facilities were all complete, and the place was spotless—ready to move in right away.

Lao Zhang really screwed me over……

Xiao Feng lay on the soft big bed, speechless.

This was the first time in his life that a single sip of beer made him dizzy; although his alcohol tolerance wasn't great, he was at least a normal person who could down two or three cans.

Just one sip now left him slightly tipsy, which was somewhat unpleasant.

Lying in bed, Xiao Feng thought about logging back into the game to continue training his willpower.

But looking at the luxurious furnishings around him, he suddenly remembered what his bedroom back home looked like.

His room back home was nowhere near that big, let alone that luxurious.

Then he thought of his parents.

"It's been a long time since I last called Mom and Dad……"

Xiao Feng thought to himself.

He took out his phone and dialed his mother's number.

The call went through.

"Xiao Feng, why are you calling now? Mom's at work." Said Xiao Feng's mother, Su Yuxia, on the other end.

"Mom…… nothing much, just haven't called in a while, I miss you a bit." Xiao Feng, feeling a little fuzzy-headed, replied instinctively.

"You little rascal, you've been drinking, haven't you? Your speech is slurred—how much did you drink?" Xiao Feng's mother immediately sensed something was off.

Xiao Feng chuckled, "Ah, I only had one sip, my roommate tricked me with high-proof alcohol."

"How could your roommate do that? You should sip hard liquor slowly, chase it with hot soup, or you'll ruin your stomach before you even have a chance to regret it!" Xiao Feng's mother raised her voice, dissatisfied.

"I know, I know, it's not an accident." Xiao Feng quickly changed the subject, saying: "Hey Mom, I've been playing a game lately and made some money—you and Dad don't need to work anymore; I'll support you!"

Buoyed by the alcohol, he blurted out what was really on his mind.

Upon hearing this, Su Yuxia felt he must have drunk too much and was not in his right mind, casually replying: "Sure, I've been waiting for you to say that."

"Hey, I'm telling the truth—I've made a lot of money lately and just bought a villa. If you don't believe me, come to Hai Prefecture and I'll give you the master bedroom to live in with Dad!" Xiao Feng sensed his mother was just placating him and hurried to explain further.

"You little brat, buying a villa? When you're drunk you spout nonsense and need to draft it out. Never mind, Mom's busy; I'll call you again tomorrow, Sunday, when I'm off. Bye."

"Uh, Mom, I haven't drunk that much—I'm telling the truth!" Xiao Feng laughed helplessly, wanting to explain but couldn't make himself clear.

How could the older generation possibly believe that making money by playing games is real?

And we're talking hundreds of millions, enough to afford a luxurious villa worth tens of millions!

"Ah, you silly kid, go to sleep—today's Saturday, no class, rest well and don't wear yourself out. Mom's really hanging up now." Said the other end, then the call disconnected.

"Ah, really……"

Xiao Feng felt a wave of helplessness.

Better yet, I'll just send some money to my parents—that'll prove I'm not bragging.

No need for a lot—too much might scare them; sending over ten or twenty thousand will make the situation clear.

Thinking of that, he picked up his phone, opened WeChat, and prepared to transfer money.

But as soon as he clicked his mother's avatar, a transfer notification popped up first.

His mother Su Yuxia transferred him 3000 yuan……

Soon after, she attached a voice message.

"Remember to give your roommate money for the drink—don't just mooch off others. This is all I have for this month; if it's not enough, ask your dad."

Xiao Feng fell silent for a moment.

He had really just called because he missed his parents.

But to his mother, it seemed like he had run out of living expenses and needed money, hence the call.

So after hanging up the phone, he immediately transferred the money to him.

……This is a kind of conditioned reflex.

"Mom, I really have money now; you don't have to work so hard from now on."

Xiao Feng typed a reply to the message and accepted the transfer of 3000 yuan.

Then he transferred another 50,000 over.

Because a single transfer can be at most 50,000.

But this amount of money was not received.

The other side quickly sent a voice message; opening it revealed a stern tone: "Where did you get all that money, kid? What have you been up to? You haven't done anything wicked, have you?"

Xiao Feng's family background isn't bad, but it's not great either.

Coming up with tens of thousands of yuan at once is something the family could manage, but he's just a student with no income, so he shouldn't have that much savings in his own account.

Xiao Feng replied, "I really did earn this money—no stealing, no robbery, I earned it through my own abilities!"

The other side didn't reply for a long time.

After a long time, when Xiao Feng was feeling the effects of alcohol and about to fall asleep, he finally replied with a voice message: "Then that's fine—keep the money for yourself; your parents don't need it urgently right now."

In the end, the money was still not accepted.

"Sigh……"

Xiao Feng felt somewhat troubled.

These things are really hard to explain.

His parents are just ordinary folks; if he suddenly sent them screenshots showing hundreds of millions or tens of millions in his balance, they might not believe it—but if they did, they'd likely be unable to cope psychologically and could faint from fright!

But he really wants his parents to know that he now has the ability to support the family!

Although this ability isn't from a proper job—it's just earning money by selling items in a game—

Xiao Feng sighed and muttered to himself, "Forget it; I'll slow down and explain things to them bit by bit."

Learning about such a huge matter all at once would easily frighten parents of ordinary working-class backgrounds. Instead, by starting from tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands and gradually letting them know the truth, they would probably accept it more easily.

"For today, let's leave it at that—I'll go back to the game and check things out……"

Xiao Feng thought to himself, connected his consciousness to the All Heavens server, and logged back in.