That night, the wedding banquet ended, and the drunken guests left one after another. Tang Guangquan generously arranged carriages to send them home one by one. Tang Tianlei was already completely drunk and lay motionless on the main table, letting the maids and servants carry him to the bridal chamber.

Shi Jinpeng also staggered to his feet, preparing to leave. Tang Guangquan also forced himself to come and see him off, but was blocked by Shi Jinpeng, who muttered, "Brother Tang... if Yao'er suffers even the slightest... slightest grievance after entering the Tang family, I will definitely not forgive you!"

"Brother Shi... this, this is natural..." Tang Guangquan also slurred his words, speaking unclearly.

Shi Jinpeng waved his hand, and soon the guards beside him came forward to help him leave slowly. After leaving the Tang Mansion, he looked back at the gate with its bright red lanterns hanging high. For a moment, his vision blurred, and he seemed to see his deceased wife smiling at him. He didn't know whether it was because of his wife or his child that he shed tears.

That night, Su Yang, as the matchmaker, also drank quite a bit, mostly from toasts offered by others. It must be said that although the alcohol in this other world is not very strong, people drink from large bowls, and drinking bowl after bowl like that, even someone with a high alcohol tolerance can't keep up.

The next day, when the sun was high in the sky, Su Yang finally opened his eyes, only to be met with a sharp headache. A pungent smell of alcohol hit his head, almost making him vomit, and he couldn't help but cough twice.

"Hmm...you're awake?"

The noise and sounds coming from beside him made his sleepy eyes widen instantly. He turned his head and saw Lin Anlan looking at him sleepily, not forgetting to pat his chest to catch his breath.

"You, you, you..." Su Yang was speechless, stammering for a long time without being able to utter a complete sentence.

"What's wrong with me?" Lin Anlan was much more awake at this moment. She sat up from the bed, strands of hair falling over her shoulders.

"Whose room is this?"

“My room was fixed yesterday. You were so drunk yesterday, I could barely support you. My room is nearby, so come and sleep here for the night.”

Seeing Su Yang's panicked and bewildered expression, Lin Anlan understood why he was acting this way. A mischievous urge struck her, and she immediately adopted a pitiful look: "How could you not remember..."

"What?" Su Yang was still in shock, completely bewildered.

"You really don't remember what happened last night?" Lin Anlan feigned surprise, anger, and grievance, displaying a mix of emotions in her expression.

"Last...last night...what happened?" Su Yang asked tentatively. He was really frightened by Lin Anlan's appearance. The two of them slept in the same bed and shared the same blanket. With Lin Anlan's appearance, it was hard for him not to think in that direction, but he still wanted to confirm.

The so-called "drunken promiscuity" is just an excuse. How can one be promiscuous when one is devoid of feelings and emotions? How can one be promiscuous when one is completely unconscious? When truly drunk, a person has no awareness or ability to act. Perhaps this is just an ancient excuse. But Su Yang couldn't hold his liquor. How much experience could a college student who hadn't even entered society have? He simply believed that drinking inevitably led to some outrageous and uncontrollable actions.

Seeing that her goal had not yet been achieved, Lin Anlan continued her performance: "Su Lang, you! I really didn't expect you to be such a heartless and ungrateful person!"

After saying that, she turned her head to the side, wanting to make some noise, but the corners of her mouth that were unconsciously turned up wouldn't allow her to make a sound, so she could only suppress her laughter and keep shaking her shoulders.

Perhaps it was too much acting involved, because Su Yang noticed something amiss and thought, "This is like acting! Could they be lying to me? But that shouldn't be the case; what girl would joke about her innocence like that..."

Unsure, Su Yang tentatively asked, "Uh, last night, did we... um, did we... you know?"

Lin Anlan tried to calm herself down before answering, but she quickly couldn't hold it in any longer and burst out laughing: "What? What...what? Hahahaha!"

Seeing her laugh, Su Yang was furious and said, "Lin Anlan! How could you joke about your own innocence!" After saying that, a feeling of weakness came over him, and he leaned wearily against the bed, covering his forehead with one hand and rubbing it repeatedly.

Seeing that Su Yang's tone was a bit stern, Lin Anlan realized that her joke had gone a bit too far. She quickly moved closer to Su Yang and rubbed his head, saying, "Oh, I was just being silly. Don't be angry anymore. You have no idea how difficult it was for me last night. You would throw up as soon as you lay down and needed to drink water in the middle of the night. I was climbing up and down and didn't get any rest all night. But you were sleeping soundly."

Hearing her say that, Su Yang's anger subsided considerably, and he apologized, "I'm sorry, I drank too much last night. I'm sorry to have troubled you to take care of me."

"Let's not talk about that. Are you hungry? You threw up everything you ate last night. Should I go get you something to eat?"

Su Yang shook his head, indicating that he had no appetite and just wanted to rest for a while. Lin Anlan didn't say anything more, but just leaned quietly to the side, lost in thought.

During his break, Su Yang went to the Spirit Tree world to check his status. He saw a sign at the base of the tree that read:

Name: Su Yang

Age: 24

Elemental Powers: Cloud, Air, Light, Earth; Development Progress: 92.85%

Special element: Fog; Development progress: 100%

Permanent Skills: Detection Radar, Cloud Barrier, Hazy Aura, Perception Impairment

Spirit Beast: Sky-Splitting Tiger (Status: Healthy)

Companion Spirit Skill: Light of Harmony

"Huh? How did it become 92.85%? Could it be that the Earth element's rank has increased by one level?" Su Yang muttered to himself in surprise. He couldn't figure out the reason for it at first. He hadn't practiced during this period, so he could only attribute the upgrade to studying in the lecture hall for a while.

He then looked up and saw that three different colored fruits were still hanging on the branch. Looking around, everything seemed the same as before, so Su Yang exited the Spirit Tree World. When he opened his eyes again, he saw Lin Anlan staring at him.

"what's wrong?"

"Su Yang, I've been thinking about something."

"what is the problem?"

"Why did Jiuli leave at that time? Did you, or rather, we, do something wrong?"

When Jiuli was mentioned, Su Yang was also quite puzzled, not understanding why she chose to leave. However, Su Yang had not thought about it in detail. He just felt that it was Jiuli's freedom to leave, and he had no reason to interfere.

"I don't know, I've never really thought about that," Su Yang answered truthfully.

"Why don't you think about it? Don't you feel it's a pity? It's an X-level bracelet, and you just let it go like that."

"I think that's her freedom. Maybe she thinks I don't have any great ambitions and wants to find another job," Su Yang shrugged.

“I don’t think so,” Lin Anlan said, offering her perspective. “We’ve always lived a semi-secluded life, so why didn’t she leave back then?”

"This... seems to make sense."

Before I share my opinion, I need to ask you one more question.

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