Xingtie: Starting from the Cloud Five period

When Jiang Yuan revealed his desire to win, he had proven this with his actions in the past.

I thought Jing Yuan would quickly press Jiang Yuan's hand on the table.

Unexpectedly, Jiang Yuan, whose head was still buried in the table, held his arms firmly in the air, and he was in a stalemate with Jing Yuan.

"Eh?"

Bai Heng, the host, was surprised.

She tilted her head to try to see Jiang Yuan's face as he lay sideways on the table, and found that his eyes were closed, his brows were slightly furrowed, and he seemed to be exerting force.

Jing Yuan himself was even more surprised.

"Jiang Yuan, are you pretending to be drunk?"

[Can Jiang Yuan still pretend to be drunk?]

[Hmm...did anyone notice how much he drank just now?]

[I didn't notice.]

[Luckily, I was recording the screen, so let me see... I just took a sip.]

[Then there's still a possibility that he's pretending to be drunk.]

[Isn't it quite possible that what he drank wasn't alcohol at all?]

[That's also possible.]

[Sister Bai Heng, can you remember what happened?]

[Oh, now that I think about it, he's done things like drinking plain water and pretending to be drunk, and even just drinking a little to pretend to be drunk.]

[Well, it's him indeed.]

[As expected of you, Jiang Yuan, pretending to be drunk? What you drank wasn't alcohol at all?]

No, I smell alcohol.

Dan Heng, who was now in Dan Feng's perspective, recalled for a moment and confirmed that "he" had just sat next to Jiang Yuan and had taken Jiang Yuan's wine glass. He was sure that there was indeed wine in the glass.

At the same time, Dan Feng went to the side and picked up the wine glass used by Jiang Yuan to confirm.

"It's wine," he said.

"Could it be that Jiang Yuan's alcohol tolerance has finally improved?" Teng Xiao guessed.

"Wow," Ying Xing said slowly, "That's really something to celebrate."

Jingliu chuckled, "It's better than nothing."

"Maybe he drank too little." Dan Heng suggested another possibility.

"Oh, that's possible." Bai Heng touched his chin and thought.

"You guys," Jing Yuan gritted his teeth, "just left him and me aside and started chatting?"

"We're discussing the principles of this situation!" Bai Heng grinned. "What else do you want us to do? Watch the battle?"

"Shouldn't you give me a cheer?"

"Oh," Bai Heng nodded, and took out two lollipops from Bai Lu's snacks to pretend they were glow sticks. "Come on, come on, come on, little Jingyuan!"

After cheering, she handed the lollipop to Jingliu next to her.

"Jingliu, come and cheer up your little apprentice too!"

Jingliu really agreed, but she didn't use the lollipop that Bailu was staring at. She returned it to Bailu and clapped twice with her empty hands.

"Come on, if you win, I'll personally supervise your sword practice tomorrow."

"…Forget it then."

Although Jing Yuan said this, he did not relax his hands at all and used force to hold on to Jiang Yuan's arm.

[Is Jiang Yuan really that strong?]

[He treated the "magic wand" Ying Xing gave him shortly after he arrived next door as a toy and waved it around, which was enough to prove his strength.]

[I chose a heavy enough material for that demon weapon. It's much heavier than Jing Yuan's Shi Huo Meng Shen.]

[What? It's said that Shi Huomeng weighs tens of thousands of pounds?]

[That’s right.]

[Wow, you can't tell from Jiang Yuan's usual appearance how strong he is.]

[Isn't that right? If someone who didn't know these two saw this, they'd probably think Jingyuan was teasing a kid.]

[He is clearly bullying me now.]

"I suspect Jiang Yuan has developed a drink that smells like alcohol to disguise it as wine." Jing Yuan managed to speak with some effort. "Dan Feng, do you want to taste the wine in his glass?"

But in his heart he was more in denial of this possibility.

Because when Jiang Yuan was fully awake, he had to give it his all and had no time to talk.

Dan Feng didn't bother to taste the alcohol that others had consumed. "If I taste it correctly, will you still say that he created a non-alcoholic drink that tastes like alcohol?"

Before Jing Yuan could deny it, someone on the other side burst out laughing.

The sound was not loud, but everyone present had sharp ears and eyes.

"Great, Jiang Yuan!" Bai Heng immediately looked at Jiang Yuan who slowly raised his head. "Whether your alcohol tolerance has changed is hard to say, but your acting skills have definitely improved!"

Jiang Yuan's eyes narrowed into slits, and the corners of his mouth turned up, as if he was drunk and laughing too happily.

"My acting skills are not good, how can I fool everyone?"

"So Jingyuan guessed right, you really didn't drink?"

"No." Jiang Yuan denied.

"He drank it." Dan Heng suddenly said, "I saw it."

"But," he added, "I only took a sip."

At the largest table in the room, Ying Xing sniffed the wine on his fingertips and made an identification.

"It's wine."

"I think so too." Teng Xiao said, holding the wine glass.

"So," Jing Yuan suddenly realized, "you drank very little and then pretended to be drunk."

Jiang Yuan did drink one cup or even one sip, but this sip was not so small that he would get drunk after just a few drops.

It was also because of this that Jiang Yuan was able to deceive the others present with his acting skills.

"So," Bai Lu asked Dan Heng quietly, "Should I withdraw from the competition?"

She took the initiative to join in because she wanted to defeat Jiang Yuan, not to be defeated easily by Jiang Yuan.

Dan Heng carefully observed Jiang Yuan's expression: "...Maybe not."

"why?"

"The alcohol will take effect."

Drinking less doesn’t mean he’s not drunk, it’s just that Jiang Yuan is temporarily sober.

not to mention……

Dan Heng thought.

He'll be drunk later.

[Danheng, did you really think so at the time?]

[Even if you're not drunk, you'll pretend to be drunk and let me have my way. I can see that!]

[Our little Bailu is so smart!]

[Little Dan Hengze is a good and careful child!]

[The latter sentence can be omitted.]

[What? Danheng, are you starting to dislike Sister Baiheng's compliments?]

No, I mean, I know.

[Yes, our Danheng has always known that he is a careful and perceptive child, right?]

[Oh, good boy Danheng!]

[Good boy Danheng!]

〔Our teacher Dan Heng has always been a good kid!〕

[You two, watch the live broadcast and stop talking.]

[Okay, Teacher Danheng, we are good kids too~]

[Good children, good children, we are all good children!]

[…]

In the end, the stalemate between Jiang Yuan and Jing Yuan ended with Jiang Yuan winning.

But when it was Bai Heng's turn, he was quickly defeated.

Just as Dan Heng had guessed before - the alcohol finally took effect.

Yes, even if it's just a little bit.

It’s because the wine I drank this time was strong enough.

[I remember that we were tasting a new spirit.]

[That's right, if it weren't for the big adventure that followed, no one present would have woken up.]

[Including General Teng Xiao?]

[No, he would drink less and leave to attend to official business.]

[This is the general.]

[This is me now. I have to make time to hang out with people.]

[And then say something nice to get others to help?]

[Leave the future to us.]

[You say it's hard work, Jingyuan, but you're clearly happily slacking off in Shen Ce Mansion and watching the live broadcast.]

[How can you call the general's work slacking off? It's a combination of work and rest~]