The first toast was to respect Fane's contribution in defending the country. The second was a blessing to Fane and Selena. These reasons made Fane unable to refuse the drinks.
Not to mention, the person was an elderly. If Fane refused his offer, he would obviously seem unreasonable.
Hence, all Fane could do was smile and accept every toast given to him as they drank.
The only thing was, Fane had not expected that even after three consecutive toasts, the man in front of him would not leave as another man came over with more alcohol.
Fane could not help but frown as he was starting to find the entire ordeal weird.
These people usually looked down on him and now they were all trying to drink with him? Hence, it seemed peculiar and it was obvious that they were trying to get him drunk.
However, as much as they tried to scheme against him, he never took it to heart.
The five years he spent in harrowing, war-torn conditions made his body extremely fit. Adding on to that fact that he had a pretty peculiar encounter, it would be impossible for these people to actually get
him drunk.
After that, more people continuously came by. Fane smiled at them politely, then made small talk with them before chugging down all of the alcohol in his glass. He looked very impressive.
After drinking seven to eight glasses of red wine, Selena who was watching from the side started to panic slightly. After Fane got seated once again, she instinctively tugged Fane’s shirt gently.
"Don't you know how to refuse? It’s fine to drink a little less. You drank so much so fast. What will you do if you get drunk?"
Selena lowered her voice and reminded him in a soft tone.
Fane's heart felt warm after hearing her statement. He never expected that Selena would actually care for him so much.
Besides, such a wife would be very difficult to find. In order to save his pride, she intentionally spoke in a softer tone so no one else could hear.
"Don’t worry, my alcohol tolerance isn't that bad. Besides, you can take a look and see that basically everyone that came over are elders. Their excuses would make even you unable to refuse. It's actually quite kind of them to not string you along and ask you to drink with them!"
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