NABC Chapter 073 As the Guest, Follow the Host
Chapter 073 As the Guest, Follow the Host
"Uh..." Everyone was dumbfounded, and Li Xiaoya's statement was indeed bold.
"What? Did I say something wrong?" Li Xiaoya asked with a smile.
"What does this guy do?" Liu Hao asked curiously.
"Him?" Li Xiaoya looked at Xiao Han.
Xiao Han understood Li Xiaoya's implication and said with a slight smile, "I am just a very ordinary person."
All were stunned.
"Ordinary?" Liu Hao was taken aback and laughed, "How ordinary are you, tell us. Since you are ordinary, how could you catch Li Xiaoya's eye?"
"I think, everyone here is an ordinary person," Xiao Han looked at everyone and then continued, "From the moment we are born into this world, we arrive with nothing, not even a piece of cloth to cover our bodies, and leave the world in the same way. Thus, everyone is ordinary. Of course, those present here might be the prodigies of the business world, or even geniuses who possess vast fortunes.
But what about after a hundred years? Who can roam freely in this world, dominating? Who can still be undefeated in Jianghu? After all, they are just a handful of dust."
Upon hearing this, everyone fell silent, and it seemed to make sense. After a hundred years, who could gallop in this world? Who could remain undefeated in Jianghu.
At that moment, Liu Hao sneered, "Xiaoya, I didn't expect you to find a philosopher as a boyfriend. Not bad, he speaks so eloquently about these things, I almost believed it!"
"Haha..." Everyone burst into laughter.
The laughter sounded particularly harsh. Li Xiaoya's face changed abruptly.
Yet Xiao Han stood there as if nothing had happened, still wearing a smile, as if at ease. He wasn't angry at all. Li Xiaoya turned her head to look at Xiao Han and she was somewhat astonished. This young man possessed such a broad-mindedness. Facing everyone's mockery, he seemed to show no reaction, just a calm smile.
Seeing Xiao Han's smile, Li Xiaoya was also deeply touched. The anger in her heart dissipated instantly, and a strange smile curled up on her lips. Then she said, "Is it that funny? I actually think Xiao Han makes a lot of sense. Living a life, isn't it all about having some meaning? If one lives a lifetime without doing anything meaningful, then that life is lived in vain."
"But each of us has a significant life," Liu Hao laughed. "President Chen makes thirty million a year, achieving his dreams and ambitions. Boss Li's company supports over a thousand people, which also counts as a contribution to society, right? And..."
Liu Hao praised everyone in the room in one breath.
"Indeed," Xiao Han nodded and then said, "President Chen earns thirty million a year, but look at him, obese, suffering from high blood pressure and diabetes. If he continues to eat and drink like this, he will surely become sick within ten years and might even be at risk of losing his life. How useful then is more money? Can it extend your life? Can it bring you back to now? Impossible!
And Boss Li, his company indeed supports over a thousand people, but aren't these thousand people also exploited and oppressed by him? Aren't they also helping him make money?"
Xiao Han pointed out and rebutted one by one.
Liu Hao's face turned dark, and President Chen's face turned pale. He hadn't expected Xiao Han to know he had high blood pressure and diabetes. Could Xiao Han be some kind of expert?
"Alright, alright," Li Xiaoya quickly stepped in to smooth things over, "Look at you guys, all behaving like what. We're here to eat, not to perform a dramatic dialogue."
"Hehe..." President Chen's mouth slightly raised.
"Okay, let's sit down and eat," Liu Hao smiled.
"However..." Liu Hao suddenly changed his tone, "We need to clarify how to drink."
"You tell me," Xiao Han smiled, "You are the host, I am the guest, the guest follows the host's lead."
"Let's do this," Liu Hao smiled, "I won't bully you. Since you've got Xiaoya's favor and taken our goddess from us, start with three drinks. After these three, we'll discuss how to continue our drinking."
"That's not fair," Xiaoya immediately objected.
"The world is never absolutely fair," Liu Hao sneered, "Xiaoya is not someone you can just take as you please. You have to get past us first."
"Alright!" Xiao Han simply went for broke.
It's just drinking, isn't it? It's not like he's never drunk before.
Drinking three cups using glasses that held two ounces each, he managed to drink a group of people under the table.
After three cups, Xiao Han felt his blood start to heat up, his body gradually becoming hot. He took a deep breath and then said, "How about it? All done, right?"
"Not bad, you have good tolerance," Liu Hao's mouth curled upward.
After six ounces of liquor, Xiao Han had lost his initial advantage. Liu Hao thought himself to have a decent tolerance, and perceived Xiao Han as merely a fresh-faced newcomer, probably still not seasoned at drinking, now purely acting like a fearless calf facing a tiger. If he really let him drink much more, he'd probably be done for soon.
Everything was under control.
Liu Hao's mouth slightly curled up, and he started to laugh.
"Come on, I'll toast to you first," Liu Hao smiled, "Let this drink be to forge a friendship, and may we watch out for each other in the business world."
Liu Hao, after all, had been through many battles in the business world, so he was rather familiar with these matters. Drinking had its own table culture. However, Liu Hao didn't mention it today. Today, since Xiaoya dared to bring Xiao Han along, he'll first get Xiao Han drunk, then Xiaoya. With this, no one would be able to stop him now.
"Alright!" Xiao Han, being straightforward, gulped it down at once.
But Liu Hao laughed and said, "Brother Xiao, you really are straightforward. I didn't say I'd drink this one. It was just a toast."
"You!" Xiaoya naturally defended Xiao Han, she hurriedly said, "Where do you get off being so dishonest?"
"No problem!" Xiao Han wiped his mouth and then waved his hand, "It's just a glass of liquor. What should be drunk must be drunk, what shouldn't, won't be forced."
Xiao Han's words were like a slap on Liu Hao's face.
Liu Hao's face changed immediately, his complexion darkened. He sneered, "It's just a glass of liquor, I thought it was something big."
After that, Liu Hao tilted his head back and drank it down.
Gulping sounds...
The surrounding crowd burst into applause.