
Chapter 54
The first toast is to honor Jack's contribution in defending the country. The second is a blessing for Jack and Selena. This is the reason why Jack could not refuse the drink. Not to mention, that person was an old man. If Jack were to reject his offer, he would obviously seem unreasonable. Therefore, all Jack could do was smile and receive every loaf of bread given to him as they drank.
The only thing was, Jack did not expect that even after three consecutive toasts, the man in front of him would not leave because the other man came with more alcohol. Jack could not help but frown when he began to think the whole ordeal was strange. These people usually looked down on him and now they were all trying to drink with him? Therefore, it seemed strange and obvious that they were trying to get him drunk. However, as much as they tried to plot against him, he never took heart.
The five years he spent in such terrible and war-torn conditions made his body extremely fit. Adding to the fact that he had quite a strange encounter, it was impossible for these people to actually get him drunk.
After that, more people kept coming. Jack smiled at them politely, then made small talk with them before chugging all the alcohol in his glass. He looks very impressive. After drinking seven to eight glasses of red wine, Selena who was watching from the side started to panic slightly. After Jack sat down once more, he instinctively pulled on Jack's shirt gently.
"Do you not know how to refuse? It's okay to drink a little less. You drank so much so fast. What would you do if you were drunk?" Selena lowered her voice and reminded him in a gentle tone.
Jack's heart was warmed after hearing his statement. She never expected that Selena would really care about him. After all, such a wife would be very hard to find. In order to save her pride, she deliberately spoke in a softer tone so that no one else could hear her.
“Don't worry, my alcohol tolerance isn't too bad. In addition, you can see and see that basically everyone who comes is a parent. The reason they even made you unable to resist is not tying you up and asking you to drink with them!" Jack also lowered his voice and replied in a gentle tone, putting his hand over his mouth.
"It just so happens to be red wine. Although it tastes good, the rush can be overwhelming. It's easy to get drunk so be careful!"
Selena also realized the reason they had given Jack before was really hard to resist. If he had deliberately rejected one of them, the elders would have said that Jack looked down on them and it would have been a pretty complicated ordeal to manage afterwards. The only thing is, how could he not worry about the way Jack drank?
After Jack looked at him, he frowned and said, "Young Master Ivan, you don't want to drink with me either now, do you? It just so happened that I broke your arm!"
The tip of Ivan's mouth twitched violently upon hearing the statement.
However, he controlled his emotions and said with a smile, "That's all a misunderstanding. I actually played with Kylie back then. I don't expect you to misunderstand me!"
After she finished saying that, she added, "No matter what, Selena is still my cousin and you should call me cousin as well. Although I feel you are incapable of anything, but it is not easy to survive through the battlefield. With that, let me toast to you!"
After saying that, Ivan immediately downed his glass to dry. He then said, "Jack, you wouldn't deny that honor now, would you?"
"How good. Young Master Ivan toast me, without a doubt, will be my honor. It doesn't matter if I do!" Jack chuckled as he immediately downed the alcohol in his glass.
"Great Ah! Now we talk! I like to connect with people. How do you think we're drinking three glasses?"
One of Ivan's hands was still being digips, but he still picked up a bottle of red wine and poured it into two empty glasses.
"It's not a good idea right now, your injuries haven't fully recovered. Young Master Ivan, you better not drink that much!" Jack pretended to be drunk as he gently shook his head and advised her.