Li Wuyu was carried into the door by Wang Youbao on a palanquin lifted by eight. After completing the wedding ceremonies, she was sent to the joyously decorated bridal chamber.
The wedding banquet also began immediately.
An Jing, Xiao Changyi, Jing Xingqingyun, and the four little ones, together with Meng Zhuqing, Meng Lanqing, Gong Juese, and Gong Juechen, ten people at one table. When Wang Youbao got to their table to toast with them, Gong Juechen alone nearly drank him under the table.
It was still An Jing who kindly intervened, "Gong Juechen, Youbao still has to visit the bridal chamber. If you keep pouring, what will he do if he’s down for the count?"
Gong Juechen’s smile instantly turned wicked as he lowered his voice and softly said to their table, "I have my own homemade Sobriety Pills. Give him one and he’ll be fine no matter how much he drinks. Do you want one too?"
An Jing: "..." No wonder you can drink so much; you’ve already taken a Sobriety Pill.
Seeing that no one else wanted one, Gong Juechen fished out a small porcelain bottle from his sleeve. Then, he took out a brown pill from the bottle and handed it to Wang Youbao: "Eat it quickly, it really works. No matter how much you drink, you won’t get drunk, and it’ll even sober you up from all the alcohol you’ve already consumed."
On hearing this, Wang Youbao hurriedly swallowed the pill. Soon enough, he was considerably more sober and retained very little of the drunken haze.
"Thank you," Wang Youbao said with a smile, thanking Gong Juechen.
Gong Juechen’s smile immediately turned mischievous again: "No need to be so polite, it’s just a small gift for you. When you enter the bridal chamber later, I will give you another big gift."
Wang Youbao didn’t know what big gift Gong Juechen would give him, but he felt it probably wasn’t going to be anything good.
After Wang Youbao had moved on to toast with other tables, Gong Juese asked eagerly and curiously, "Brother, what big gift are you planning to give Youbao later?"
An Jing felt it might be better for her not to be curious about gifts from Gong Juechen, so she continued eating the dishes on the table and taking care of the kids seated beside her.
As soon as Gong Juese asked, Gong Juechen immediately set down his wine cup, pulled out a book from his bosom, leaned over to Gong Juese, and sneakily flipped to a page for her to peek at.
As soon as Gong Juese saw the contents, her eyes lit up: "Brother, give me this treasure instead! They don’t need it, Youbao and Wuyu!"
"No way! This is the big gift I specially prepared for Youbao and Wuyu!" Gong Juechen, fearing Gong Juese would snatch it from him, quickly pocketed the book back into his robe.
After a moment of thought, Gong Juechen smirked, took the book back out, turned to the most scandalous page, and then quickly passed it to An Jing for her to see.
An Jing instinctively glanced at the thing held out to her, and then: "..."
She knew it, Gong Juechen couldn’t possibly gift anything decent!
An Jing was so angry she wanted to snatch the book and tear it up, but Gong Juechen quickly withdrew the book and tucked it back into his robe.
Gong Juechen shamelessly said, "This is such a good thing, you can’t tear it up, I spent a fortune to have someone draw this for a long time. Didn’t I tell you before, I want to cure Youbao and Wuyu’s shyness. Success or failure hinges on tonight’s endeavor."
An Jing didn’t even want to talk to Gong Juechen anymore.
Xiao Changyi, Meng Lanqing, and Meng Zhuqing might not have seen the contents of the book, but judging by the reactions of An Jing and Gong Juese, along with Gong Juechen’s words, they could pretty much guess what was in it.
Even knowing what it likely was, Xiao Changyi remained expressionless.