Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

Bai Li had just finished speaking.

Li Jiaxin pushed back her chair, stood up, bent down, and dragged out two boxes of deadly Wusu beer from under the dining table.

Then, she reached back and grabbed an unopened bottle of red wine, placing it on the table.

Then, she picked up the screwdriver and pressed her wrist down.

With a pop, the beer cap flew off.

She opened five bottles of beer and placed them in front of Bai Li, Chen Tingting, Zhang Qian, Lin Xiaoshuang, and herself.

Then, Li Jiaxin picked up the bottle of red wine and pushed it in front of Li Mengmeng.

"Give the red wine to Mengmeng."

"We roughnecks are fine with beer."

Jiang Ruyue was looking down, kneading dough balls in a bowl with both hands.

She stopped what she was doing when she heard the wine being poured.

"I want to drink too!" Jiang Ruyue shouted.

Bai Li raised his hand and gently brushed Jiang Ruyue's nose:

"You little rascal, you can only drink a little red wine."

Seeing how lively everyone was, An Yaoyao also mustered up her courage:

"I've finished my exams!" she announced loudly, straightening her back.

"I'm an adult now! I want one too!"

Upon hearing this, Li Jiaxin picked up another wine glass.

He poured about half a cup and pushed it in front of An Yaoyao.

Bai Li casually picked up a bottle of Wusu beer and placed it next to the wine glass:

"Okay, see which one suits your taste."

An Yaoyao's gaze shifted back and forth between the green beer bottle and the red wine glass.

The red wine exudes a sweet, fruity aroma.

She reached for the wine glass, grasping its slender stem in her hand.

"I've never had a drink before..." An Yaoyao muttered softly.

Then, she picked up the cup, tilted her head back, and opened her mouth.

Glug. Glug.

Li Mengmeng had half a shrimp in her mouth, her eyes wide open:

"Wait!" she cried out, "That's not how you drink it!"

An Yaoyao smacked her lips and licked them with the tip of her tongue.

She turned her head and looked at Li Mengmeng, drawing out the sound of "spicy strip".

"It's sweet..."

Li Mengmeng swallowed the shrimp meat in her mouth and reminded him:

"Damn, this stuff has a strong aftereffect, I have to drink it slowly."

An Yaoyao looked down at the empty cup.

My cheeks were starting to feel hot, and a surge of heat was rising in my stomach.

"What should we do then?"

At that moment, she recalled Bai Li's words: "Don't dwell on the past."

"Never mind, what's done is done, let's eat first."

She picked up a piece of stir-fried pork intestines, stuffed it into her mouth, and began to chew it heartily.

Less than ten minutes.

The alcohol begins to take effect.

An Yaoyao's neck was completely red, and her gray highlighted wig was a little crooked.

My head was spinning, and the edge of the dining table in my field of vision started to sway.

My courage grew along with the effects of the alcohol.

She stood up and placed one foot on the crossbeam under the chair.

The chopsticks crossed the table, pointing at Bai Li, who was seated at the head of the table.

"I'll eat, eat, eat!" An Yaoyao raised her voice, leaning forward, "I'll eat you out of house and home!"

Li Mengmeng, sitting next to her, voiced her complaint:

"What a pathetic way to retaliate."

Li Jiaxin leaned back in her chair, holding a half-empty bottle of beer, and laughed out loud:

"Hahaha, you think you can eat my brother out of house and home?"

An Yaoyao was very unconvinced.

She raised her chin to meet Li Jiaxin's gaze.

"I think it's okay." An Yaoyao said seriously, "I have a big appetite; I can eat two bowls of rice in one meal!"

"To be honest," Chen Tingting spat out a shrimp shell, "our older brother gives us money almost every day."

She held up two fingers covered in red oil and waved them in front of An Yaoyao.

"A few thousand less, tens of thousands more."

"You probably can't even eat us out of house and home."

An Yaoyao's hand, which was holding chopsticks, froze in mid-air.

"what?"

She opened her mouth and uttered a short question.

Several thousand or tens of thousands every day?

For a poor guy like me who ate nothing but rice soaked in water for several days in a row just to save a few dozen yuan on a bus ticket.

That's incredible...

"Then we really are different..." An Yaoyao's voice was low, her chopsticks poking at the rice in her bowl listlessly.

"My parents are just ordinary workers. They work themselves to the bone every day, and their combined monthly salary is less than 10,000 yuan."

"Our parents don't care about anything!" Lin Xiaoshuang said indistinctly.

"It's always been our older brother who has helped us!"

After hearing this, An Yaoyao's gaze swept over Lin Xiaoshuang and Chen Tingting:

"Then aren't you just like kept canaries?"

Bai Li turned her head and looked at An Yaoyao:

"It seems you still have a subconscious prejudice against them."

His expression was very serious:

"They are not just pretty faces."

Bai Li looked at the group of energetic young women, his eyes gentle:

"They kept the villa spotless and washed and ironed the clothes every day."

"When they're working, they memorize their lines, practice their blocking, and do it again and again."

"Not a single person complained of hardship or fatigue."

"Even in the face of emergencies, they are always the first to stand up and protect me unconditionally."

"When you pulled out the stun gun this morning, didn't they all block my way?"

Bai Li knew very well that he possessed the top-tier talent for directing web series provided by the system, which he could use to lead his team to success.

But if you don't work hard, don't study, don't take it seriously, and don't put in the effort.

If all you ever think about is lying around and asking for money, even the best player will lose.

This is a two-way journey.

"So, they worked very hard." Bai Li looked at An Yaoyao and said earnestly:

"They earned everything they had on their own."

An Yaoyao looked at Bai Li, and then at the composed young women.

There was no embarrassment, only a confident and justified stance.

"I understand..." An Yaoyao apologized softly, "I'm sorry, it was just my stereotype..."

"Alright, now that we've talked about 'us,' shouldn't we talk about 'you'?"

Zhang Qian looked at An Yaoyao and asked a question.

An Yaoyao's mind went blank, and the aftereffects of the red wine surged up in waves.

"What did you say about me?"

Lin Xiaoshuang looked on with curiosity:

"Our elder brother only told us the general outline of your situation."

"But it didn't say how it saw you naked."

Upon hearing this, An Yaoyao slammed her hand on the dining table.

"Cheers!"

She grabbed the empty wine glass and held it in the air.

Chen Tingting and the others cooperated very well.

They raised their beer bottles, crossed the table, and clinked them against her empty glass.

"You all heard it too." An Yaoyao cleared her throat, her spicy-sounding voice echoing in the restaurant:

"My voice sounds like a primary school student's, making it difficult to tell if it's a boy or a girl."

She pointed to the gray wig on her head:

"Moreover, my wig fell off and I was also wearing a bra."

She got more and more excited as she spoke, her finger crossing the table and pointing directly at Bai Li, who was sitting in the main seat.

"Your eldest brother!"

"They just assume I'm a boy!"

"He not only took off my pants!"

"After seeing everything, he still wants to turn around and accuse us!"

An Yaoyao imitated Bai Li's tone at the time, trying her best to shout in a rough voice:

"Bro! Your guillotine's been blown to bits, and you're saying you're not hurt?!"

The words spread throughout the restaurant, silencing everyone for two seconds.

"puff--"

Li Jiaxin sprayed a mouthful of beer onto the carpet and then burst into laughter, clutching her stomach.

"Hahaha!" Chen Tingting shouted loudly, pointing at Bai Li:

"Why doesn't your brother say: 'Bestie, who cut that seam on your chest? I'll cut it back for you, hahaha!'"

In the main seat.

Bai Li raised his hand and pressed it against his brow.

Another company died...

In order to salvage his authority in the family, he had to stop the topic from escalating further.

Bai Li clenched his fist and tapped the table twice.

"cough."

No one paid him any attention; the girls were still laughing wildly, and An Yaoyao laughed along with them.

Bai Li raised the volume:

"Alright," he abruptly changed the subject, "Let's talk about something else."

"Let's talk about Wang Wei." Bai Li looked at Chen Tingting: "This fat guy said this afternoon that if he doesn't become a deer, it's the same as declaring himself a deer!"

Li Mengmeng rolled her eyes and threw the soup spoon in her hand into the bowl.

"Nausea."

Zhang Qian curled her lip: "That fatso really deserves a pay cut."

Just as everyone was criticizing Wang Wei.

Jiang Ruyue placed the empty wine glass upside down on her fluffy head, her face flushed.

"What are you guys talking about... Experienced driver, can you give me some pointers...?"

Everyone at the table immediately turned their attention to her.

"No way... just 50 milliliters of red wine, and... that knocked her out?" Chen Tingting stared wide-eyed at the wine glass on her head.

Jiang Ruyue continued speaking, her voice slurred and muffled, as if she were dizzy:

"Hehe...actually...I also like being a stud."

"That way I can lie on the ground and cosplay as a snail, hehe..."