Sent to the countryside, I turned the health center into a top-tier hospital.

"No, no..." the three of them waved their hands repeatedly.

"Wang Tao, open the wine..." Zhao Guosheng gave the order.

bang...

Wang Tao opened the first bottle of wine. When the cap was pried open, it made a crisp popping sound, and white foam gushed out of the bottle. He quickly took a sip.

"I'll drink this bottle, it's on me..." Wang Tao put the bottle aside and then opened a new one.

He then grabbed several empty cups, lined them up, and filled them one by one.

The golden color of the beer was bubbling in the glass, and a thin layer of water droplets condensed on the glass.

He first placed the first cup in front of Chen Ping, then poured a cup for Zhao Guosheng, then for Liu Wei, Wang Jianguo, and Li Fang, and finally poured a cup for himself.

Zhou Jie, Sun Xiaoyan, and Cui Ying all had plain water in their cups.

Zhao Guosheng stood up, holding his glass, and cleared his throat. "This first toast is to Dr. Chen. If it weren't for Dr. Chen, our clinic might have closed down long ago."

"I've worked here for over 20 years, and I never imagined that one day I would be able to connect with the Provincial People's Hospital, let alone that they would spend 5 million to help us. Dr. Chen's trip to the provincial capital has paved the way for our health center."

After saying that, Zhao Guosheng tilted his head back and gulped down the entire glass of beer. He drank it a little too fast, choked a bit when he put the glass down, coughed twice, and wiped his mouth with his sleeve.

Chen Ping also downed his drink in one gulp, put down his cup and said, "Director, this is not my achievement alone. Without you holding the health center up for so many years, and without everyone working brick by brick, no one would believe me even if I told them the whole time."

"The five million is for our health center, not for me, Chen Ping."

Wang Tao wiped the foam from the corner of his mouth and said, "Master, you don't know, in the days you were gone, the patients who came to see me asked every day when Dr. Chen would be back."

"Some people, when they hear you're not here, don't even bother registering anymore. They just stand at the door and ask when you're coming back, then leave."

"Your standing in the hearts of the people is even higher than that of the hospital director."

He spoke too quickly, and only after he finished did he realize that it was inappropriate to say it in front of Zhao Guosheng, so he quickly added, "The dean is great, the dean is great. What I mean is that everyone feels at ease with Master's return."

"Alright, alright, you're making things worse by trying to explain yourself. Do you think Dean Zhao would bother with this?" Liu Wei said.

Zhao Guosheng smiled and said, "I'm not that petty. Dr. Chen is the face of our health center. I'm just waiting to retire. Everyone knows that."

"Come on, everyone, drink up! Don't hold back just because I'm here!"

Zhao Guosheng poured himself a glass and drank it all in one gulp.

It's clear that Zhao Guosheng is genuinely happy. He never imagined that his Siping Township Health Center would become so popular as he gets older and is about to retire.

"Drink..." Everyone raised their glasses together.

After a few drinks, the atmosphere at the table completely relaxed.

Liu Wei became more talkative than usual, clinking glasses with Wang Jianguo several times, saying that after working at the health center for so many years, this was the first time he felt hopeful.

Wang Jianguo didn't drink much, only taking a small sip each time, but he always had a smile on his face.

Li Fang got into a good mood after drinking and started teasing Wang Tao, asking him when he was going to confess his feelings to Zhou Jie. Wang Tao was so startled that his hand holding the wine glass trembled and half of the wine spilled out.

Zhou Jie lowered her head and took a sip of water, pretending not to hear, but the base of her ears turned red.

Sun Xiaoyan was also beside her, sipping a glass of water slowly with a faint smile on her face.

Ever since she yelled at Xu Feng and drove him away that day, her complexion has improved day by day. Although she didn't drink today, she exuded a relaxed vibe from the inside out.

Cui Ying sat next to Chen Ping, neither drinking alcohol nor water, but holding a cup of tea. She turned her head to watch Chen Ping being toasted one cup after another, with a faint smile always on her lips.

She prepared this tea to help Chen Ping sober up after drinking too much.

After downing a few drinks, Wang Tao grew bolder. Holding his glass, he ran up to Chen Ping and said, "Master, let me toast you. You are like my second parents. When you get old, I will take care of you and burn paper money for your grave..."

"Wang Tao, how many years apart are you and Dr. Chen? Who knows who will die first, and you're still going to his grave to burn paper money..." Li Fang said with a smile.

Chen Ping just smiled. He knew Wang Tao had drunk too much, so he clinked glasses with Wang Tao and drank it all in one gulp.

"Drink slower, can your body handle drinking like this?"

Cui Ying sat to the side and quietly tugged at Chen Ping's sleeve, whispering a reminder.

"It's nothing, I'm happy today!" Chen Ping shook his head.

At this moment, Wang Jianguo walked over with a glass of wine in his hand. Judging from the way he walked, he must have drunk quite a bit, as his face was also flushed.

"Dr. Wang, you've never drunk so much alcohol before..." Li Fang stood up and helped Wang Jianguo up.

"Aren't you happy today?" Wang Jianguo smiled, then looked at Chen Ping and said, "Dr. Chen, I want to ask you something..."

"Dr. Wang, please ask me anything you want to know. If I know the answer, I will answer it to the best of my ability!" Chen Ping said.

"I'd like to ask, in the master-disciple relationship, is there ever a disciple who is older than the master?" Wang Jianguo asked.

Chen Ping was taken aback, never expecting Wang Jianguo to ask this question.

"Dr. Wang, what are you planning to do? You don't want to become Dr. Chen's apprentice, do you?" Li Fang teased.

"That's right, I also want to become Dr. Chen's apprentice. Although I'm getting old, I still want to improve!"

As Wang Jianguo spoke, he downed the wine in his hand in one gulp and was about to kneel down before Chen Ping.

This terrified Chen Ping, who quickly stopped Wang Jianguo.

However, Chen Ping had also drunk quite a bit, and his body was swaying as he desperately tried to pull Wang Jianguo along.

"Dr. Wang, are you serious? Then I'll become your apprentice too..."

Liu Wei put down his wine glass, staggered over, and was about to kneel down and become Chen Ping's apprentice!

Chen Ping, holding Wang Jianguo with his left hand and Liu Wei with his right, was completely dumbfounded!

"Dr. Wang, Dr. Liu, please stop making a scene, please stop..."

Chen Ping was starting to feel the strain and looked at Zhao Guosheng: "Dean Zhao, please say something!"

Zhao Guosheng chuckled: "What are you talking about? If I weren't about to retire, I'd be willing to kowtow to you and become your disciple."

"Hahaha……"

Everyone else burst into laughter upon hearing this!

"Wang Tao, hurry up and help me..." Chen Ping had no choice but to ask Wang Tao to pull the two of them away.

"Master, just let them become disciples, then I'll be the eldest brother."

Wang Tao patted his chest with a happy expression and said, "Then, those two will be under my command."

"Alright, stop joking around and hurry up..."

Chen Ping glared at Wang Tao, who then went over and helped Chen Ping pull Wang Jianguo and Liu Wei up.

The drinking session lasted until 10:30 p.m., and not a single bottle of beer was left out of the three cases.

Chen Ping was also drunk, and with Cui Ying's help, he staggered towards the dormitory!