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"Oh, Director Jiang, you should have a few drinks too! By the way, is this your girlfriend?" Principal Hua pointed at Lin Yin.
"Hello, Principal Hua!" Lin Yin quickly greeted, neither confirming nor denying. Jiang Chen did not respond either; he simply pulled Lin Yin to sit beside him.
Principal Hua assumed Lin Yin was Jiang Chen's girlfriend and thought to himself: She's really beautiful!
The others at the table were presumably relatives of the bride and groom whom Jiang Chen did not know, so he ignored them and sat down. Seeing such a young man like Jiang Chen sitting at their table seemed to irritate them a bit. When they noticed how beautiful Lin Yin was, a few of the men felt a pang of jealousy.
Soon, all the guests arrived, and at the appointed time, the wedding ceremony officially began. The process was mostly standard: the host's introduction, speeches from the officiant, reading of the marriage certificate by the witness, exchange of rings by the bride and groom, three bows, speeches from representatives of both sets of parents, speeches from guest representatives, popping champagne, cutting the cake, and drinking from a shared cup.
The wedding ceremony concluded by seven o'clock, and the banquet officially started. Each table began to feast heartily.
Before long, the bride and groom started to toast each table. Since they were seated at the first table, they began to toast from the second table onward.
Toasting had its own etiquette; at some tables, the bride and groom could toast together, while at others they could not. It was clear that at the second table they needed to toast one by one. Moreover, who they toasted first indicated who held more importance at that table rather than following seating order.
Jiang Chen was the youngest at this table and theoretically should toast last. However, for some reason Teacher Gong suggested to Wang Huanhuan that they toast Jiang Chen first, which immediately made some people unhappy.
"Huan Huan, I'm your uncle; you and Gong Shengli should toast me first!" said a middle-aged man. Jiang Chen understood that he was Wang Huanhuan's uncle.
"Teacher Gong, since he is Huan Huan's uncle, you should toast him first! I'm your student; you can toast last!" Jiang Chen didn't want to put Teacher Gong in a difficult position nor did he want to take precedence.
With Jiang Chen saying this, Teacher Gong and Wang Huanhuan had an easy way out and went to toast that uncle instead. They raised their glasses and said, "Uncle, thank you for coming to our wedding; we hope you'll take care of us in the future!"
Since Teacher Gong and Wang Huanhuan were standing while toasting him, logically the person being toasted should stand up as well. However, that uncle remained seated with a sullen face and said coldly, "Hmph! I don't need you to toast me. Gong Shengli, you should toast your student first!"
It turned out that other relatives initially didn't know who Jiang Chen was. After hearing him say he was Teacher Gong's student, some relatives—including the uncle—felt quite uncomfortable. They thought it was inappropriate for Gong Shengli and Wang Huanhuan to toast a student first. Thus, the uncle was angry and wanted to assert his authority over Gong Shengli.
Gong Shengli felt truly embarrassed but being Wang Huanhuan's uncle meant he couldn't refuse to toast. He forced a smile and said, "Uncle, I was confused earlier; I thought we should follow seating order for toasting. I apologize!"
"Apology? Fine! Drink three cups first!" The uncle still looked displeased.
Three cups? They had just started toasting; how could they drink three cups right away? It seemed impossible to finish all the drinks afterward; Teacher Gong and his best man would likely end up drunk.
Jiang Chen knew Teacher Gong couldn't handle those three cups; even if he could drink them, he shouldn't! Because aside from Principal Hua, Jiang Chen, and Lin Yin at this table, everyone else were distant relatives like aunts and uncles. If they had to drink three cups for the uncle's punishment, what about other uncles?
"Uncle, since today is your niece's big day, please be generous and don't make things difficult for her husband. As for drinking punishment, let me drink on behalf of Teacher Gong; how does that sound?" Jiang Chen quickly stepped in because he didn't want to see Teacher Gong suffer.
"You? Why should you drink for him? You're not even his best man. However, since you're Gong Shengli's student, it's fine for you to drink on his behalf—but it has to be doubled! No wait—drink three times!" The uncle seemed to have long been displeased with Jiang Chen; now that he spoke up, he decided to make things hard for him. Three times meant nine cups—let's see how he handles that!
Others who were already annoyed with Jiang Chen felt pleased at this moment; they believed he would surely refuse this challenge—thus proving their earlier assumptions wrong.
"Alright then! I'll drink nine cups if you finish one cup; then we'll consider it as completed for the groom's toast?" To everyone's surprise, Jiang Chen agreed.
"Jiang Chen! Don't do that, you'll get drunk!" Teacher Gong clearly felt that Jiang Chen was sacrificing too much for himself.
"Don't worry, Teacher Gong, I know what I'm doing!" Jiang Chen replied calmly.
"Alright!" The uncle quickly agreed. One drink for me, nine for you; even if you don't get drunk, you'll be overwhelmed!
What? This kid actually agreed! Not just the other relatives, even Principal Hua and Lin Yin were surprised!
The uncle picked up his glass, finished the drink, turned the glass upside down to show everyone, and said, "Look, I've finished mine. Now it's his turn!" After saying that, he looked at Jiang Chen smugly, waiting for him to make a fool of himself.
Jiang Chen showed no fear and filled his glass with liquor before drinking it down. One glass, two glasses... nine glasses!
Ah, he really drank nine glasses! Without stopping! Even if it were water, he couldn't drink that much. Not only was the uncle's group stunned, but even Lin Yin was shocked! Everyone was amazed! Witnessing this scene were not only those at the second table but also people from other tables who came to watch the excitement.
The key point was that Jiang Chen looked completely fine. After finishing nine glasses of alcohol, he casually said to the bride and groom, "Teacher Gong, Sister Huan Huan, I've already toasted on behalf of my uncle; you can move on to the next one!"
Teacher Gong and Wang Huanhuan thanked him repeatedly and prepared to continue with the next toast.
However, those uncles and aunts were not willing to fall behind. Moreover, they were not convinced by Jiang Chen; how could a young kid sit at the same table as them with such beautiful ladies accompanying him? They had to seize this opportunity! They were determined to make this kid embarrassed once!
So they also demanded that the groom drink three more glasses! Let's see if Jiang Chen can handle drinking nine more glasses!
But Jiang Chen didn't hesitate at all and drank on behalf of the groom again. Each person had nine glasses! That totaled forty-five glasses!
Forty-five glasses of alcohol! Far beyond what anyone could imagine. The key was that Jiang Chen still looked perfectly normal!
Jiang Chen not only shocked those at his table but also stunned everyone present! No one could understand how he managed to drink so much.
Those relatives who wanted to cause trouble lost their temper! These people were relatives of Wang Huanhuan; they thought Gong Shengli was just a teacher without any background and unworthy of Wang Huanhuan, so they wanted to make things difficult for the groom. They never expected Gong Shengli would have such an impressive student!
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