105: Drunk and Scissors-Paper-Scissors

"Hey, Fang Yun, when you have time, you must come find me. We'll have a good chat then!"

Erica Buckle's hearty voice came from behind.

Hearing Erica's voice, Fang Yun smiled helplessly, turned his head, and waved to her:

"Alright, alright. I won't forget the agreement between us."

"When I have time in the future, I'll definitely come over and continue discussing management knowledge with you."

"You guys keep drinking, I won't disturb you."

Hearing this, Erica picked up a glass of wine and drank it in one gulp.

"Ha~. *Burp*."

"Okay, it's settled then!"

"Come on, come on, let's keep drinking."

Seeing Erica resume drinking heavily with several other hearty female heroes, Fang Yun gently shook his head.

"Sigh. I didn't expect the next Clan Leader of the Buckle Family to be a female drunkard, I really don't know what to say."

"But honestly, Erica's management skills are very high. I have to use the Fourth Order management knowledge that comes with 'Human Intelligence Ascension' to discuss with her so I don't fall behind."

"It seems the Buckle Family will have a family leader as excellent as Karl in the future."

"Does this count as positive feedback after breaking fate?"

Erica, 25 years old, biological female, single, Karl's daughter, with a hearty personality, not bothered by trifles in her dealings, the candidate for the next Clan Leader of the Buckle Family, and the captain of the Buckle Family's first transportation fleet.

Erica was the last important member of the Buckle Family that Fang Yun interacted with.

Valentine, who had finished introducing Fang Yun to everyone, happened to receive a message from Toke, so he prepared to take Fang Yun back for a couple of drinks.

"Fang Yun, finished greeting everyone? Come with me when you're done. Let's go back and have a couple of drinks with Toke and Oliver."

Valentine's words interrupted Fang Yun's thoughts as he stood there muttering softly.

Fang Yun gathered his thoughts and turned to look at Valentine.

"Coming, coming. Let's go, let's go back and have a couple of drinks."

...

The scene changed, and Fang Yun followed Valentine back to the table where Toke and Oliver were drinking.

Fang Yun, Valentine, Toke, and Oliver, the four of them, each held a glass of wine in one hand and played a game similar to rock-paper-scissors with the other.

With his intelligence of up to 20 points plus "Human Intelligence Ascension", Fang Yun naturally won more than he lost.

What? You're saying why would Fang Yun still lose with two cheats?

That's naturally because Fang Yun wanted to drink.

When he wanted to have a couple of sips, he would deliberately lose a round. When he didn't want to drink, he would keep winning. This was the strength of a cheater.

Although Valentine only took a sip of wine whenever he lost at rock-paper-scissors, Fang Yun and the other two knew it was because he had to abide by the agreement of drinking in moderation, so they didn't make things difficult for him.

However, apart from Valentine, Toke, Oliver, and Fang Yun, who could drink forever, the three of them basically finished a glass in one gulp every time.

After more than ten rounds of rock-paper-scissors, Toke was the first to give in.

"No, no. I, this old fellow, really can't drink as much as you guys. I surrender."

Toke pulled out a napkin and hung it on his wine glass, indicating that he couldn't drink anymore.

Seeing the half-glass of wine left in Toke's glass, Fang Yun immediately said:

"Old Tok, Old Tok, are you raising fish here?"

"There's only a little bit left in the glass, aren't you going to finish it?"

"Too weak, just practice more."

Oliver, who enjoyed watching the fun, also joined in the heckling.

"Exactly, exactly, at least finish this last sip."

Hearing their words, Toke raised his head, looked around, and smiled bitterly.

Then, Toke straightened his head and loudly said something as if cheering himself on:

"Alright! Then I'll finish this last bit of wine."

After speaking, Toke picked up his glass and downed it in one gulp.

Then Toke put the glass down on the table with a "bang", lay back, and slumped down against the chair.

Fang Yun slapped his thigh and said with a smile:

"Ah~, that's right, this is the demeanor of a true man."

Oliver also laughed heartily.

Seeing this situation, Valentine shook his head, turned sideways, and took out a hangover pill from the pocket of the clothes draped over the back of the chair.

"Here, a hangover pill."

As Valentine spoke, he got up and put the hangover pill into Toke's mouth.

Toke closed his mouth, raised his neck, and with a gulping sound, the hangover pill went down.

Toke opened his mouth and let out a long breath.

"Hoo—"

"Thanks, Valentine. I trouble you every time I drink too much."

Hearing this, Valentine waved his hand.

"Ah, do we need to say such things between us? You're getting older and older, remember to drink less in the future, otherwise, who knows, one day I might have to take you to get a cybernetic stomach."

Toke laughed twice after hearing Valentine's words:

"Hahaha. Don't worry, this old man's body is healthy. Even when you can't drink anymore, I'll still be fine."

"Besides, aren't we happy today? It doesn't matter if we drink a bit more."

Hearing Toke teasing him, Valentine shook his head with a smile.

"Hmph, you old man, your mouth is quite stubborn."

As a friend of many years, Oliver knew Toke's drinking capacity.

Normally, Toke wouldn't get drunk as quickly as he did today.

But with Fang Yun joining today, Toke was quickly drunk.

According to the usual process, after Toke was drunk, it would be the Second Order rock-paper-scissors time where Oliver continued to drink heavily and Valentine sipped his wine.

However, Fang Yun joined today.

So, seeing Valentine and Toke chatting back and forth, Fang Yun and Oliver saw the situation and let them continue talking there, turning to start their own two-person rock-paper-scissors game.

With the power of two cheats, victory was only natural.

Fang Yun won the last round of rock-paper-scissors.

Oliver sincerely raised his glass, paid his respects to Fang Yun, then tilted his head back and drank the wine in the glass in one gulp.

"Tsk, ha~."

After uttering the necessary interjection after drinking, Oliver put down the glass.

Fang Yun picked up his glass, swirled the thin layer of wine remaining in it, and also finished it in one gulp.

Valentine, who had been drinking along, had already finished his wine and was now chatting with Toke about everything under the sun.

At this point, the drinking session ended.

It was time to find some fun.

Toke, who had sobered up somewhat, turned his head and asked Fang Yun:

"Fang Yun, want to go to the shooting range together?"

Fang Yun put down his glass and waved his hand:

"Let's not. You three go, I won't go."

"I plan to go back and keep Vavinia company."

"When I left with Valentine, I gave her some firearm blueprints. I don't know if there's anything she doesn't understand."

"I need to go back and answer her questions and clear up any confusion."

Fang Yun refused Toke's invitation with a smile.

Toke raised an eyebrow and said somewhat teasingly:

"Good kid, you care about Vavinia so much. I really didn't misjudge you."

Valentine also looked Fang Yun up and down, then nodded with satisfaction.

Oliver, on the other hand, laughed heartily.

"Wahahaha, it seems Fang Yun's character is trustworthy."

"Then let's not delay Fang Yun's time anymore. Let him go back quickly. It's just right for us to head to the shooting range as well."

Hearing Oliver's words, Toke and Valentine both raised their hands to show agreement.

So, the four of them, Fang Yun included, stood up one after another.

After waving goodbye to Valentine and the others, Fang Yun eagerly rushed in Vavinia's direction.