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In such places, the more you shrink back, the more others think you’re easy to bully.

If you want to stand at the top, then you must be prepared to trample all those who come to cause trouble underfoot!

As Gu Xiaoxi’s words fell, some people’s faces changed.

Games that even a three-year-old child can play— if you keep making excuses saying you can’t, isn’t that admitting you’re worse than a three-year-old?

Huo Jin snorted coldly, "Team Leader Gu. This is our sincerity. If you want to refuse, so be it! We are your seniors and naturally wouldn’t make things difficult for newcomers. However, your impoliteness will make it hard for you to get along with everyone here."

At the same time, he was also telling Gu Xiaoxi that by refusing your seniors...you’re offending all the seniors!

Gu Xiaoxi eyed him, her attitude resolute.

Now that she had become a part of the International Alliance, and not only that, she had secured her first major deal!

She had already become an enemy to Huo Jin and the others.

An eyesore to the elders.

Therefore, she didn’t care about one more enemy.

She would make everyone submit to her abilities.

As for someone as heartless and ungrateful as Huo Jin, she would make them pay a price.

Today, her attitude was determined.

As long as Huo Jin agreed to rock-paper-scissors, she would drink the alcohol.

If he didn’t agree, then she might as well publicly declare him an enemy.

Anyway, she had no intention of reconciling with him.

The previously lively atmosphere in the banquet hall of several hundred people suddenly quieted down, becoming somewhat eerie.

Everyone was assessing Gu Xiaoxi, while she remained cold-faced and unmoved.

"I’ll play!" Suddenly, someone in the crowd raised their hand.

It was a young-looking man, thin but with a pair of sharp, perceptive eyes.

Gu Xiaoxi naturally wouldn’t refuse; as long as there was someone willing to play, Huo Jin wouldn’t be able to escape today.

Beginning the game of rock-paper-scissors, Gu Xiaoxi intentionally lost over a dozen rounds.

The atmosphere turned strange again.

Gu Xiaoxi drank ten shots of liquor which not only got her drunk but severely so. As a result, she continued to lose several more rounds.

Seeing this, Huo Jin immediately joined the finger-guessing drinking game with his team members.

Their goal was to get Gu Xiaoxi drunk, have her collapse at the venue today, and then teach her a harsh lesson.

However, once Huo Jin and the others joined, the situation completely changed.

Gu Xiaoxi wouldn’t let Yun Xiao and the others intervene. Although she was completely plastered, she remained unbeaten in the drinking game against everyone.

She may have looked unstable, but every time, she won with certainty.

This infuriated Huo Jin and his people.

In the end, not only was the table full of alcohol not enough, Gu Xiaoxi also ordered a hundred more shots of liquor!

Not until Huo Jin and his people were all utterly intoxicated did Gu Xiaoxi smilingly say to everyone, "Sorry, I’m drunk. I need to use the restroom!"

The smart ones had already realized that Huo Jin had been played by Gu Xiaoxi.

That move, luring him into the urn, had indeed trapped Huo Jin completely.

In the end, Huo Jin publicly provoked Gu Xiaoxi in the banquet hall, accusing her of being too arrogant as a newcomer, and of talking nonsense in her drunkenness.

In the end, he was kicked out by the staff.

The banquet continued, and clearly, it wasn’t going to be easy for Gu Xiaoxi to leave.

She went to the restroom and vomited out the alcohol she had drunk.

Liquor is very harmful to the stomach, especially since she hadn’t eaten anything; after drinking a lot of red wine and then downing over a dozen shots of liquor, her stomach felt as though it were on fire.

Hiding in the restroom, she vomited out the alcohol, then quietly forced out whatever was left in her system.

Finally, her dizzy head felt a bit more comfortable.

When she returned to the venue, many people were hassling Jing Haoran and others to drink.

Clearly, the methods to deal with Gu Xiaoxi’s teammates were much simpler.

Various flattery forced Yun Xiao and Jing Haoran to drink!

Soon, all her teammates were down drunk.

Yun Xiao couldn’t even get up from the couch.

Left with no choice, Gu Xiaoxi had to pick up the glass and block all the drinks for everyone.

The third round of the drinking contest began.

Even though Gu Xiaoxi felt her stomach churning, she had to tough it out.

Today, no matter what, she couldn’t lose face in front of these people.

The banquet went on late into the night, and Gu Xiaoxi didn’t see Jing Rui at all.

She was curious why Jing Rui had disappeared since she had entered the door.

She was now entangled with many people and couldn’t get away; unless she got everyone completely drunk, they would not let her leave.

In the end, Gu Xiaoxi embarked on a fourth round of drinking with everyone.

The number of people in the venue gradually decreased, but there was still a group that stayed and didn’t plan to leave.

By the end, Gu Xiaoxi, even though she kept forcing the alcohol out of her system, still felt a bit drunk.

Eventually, it was late at night.

She didn’t know how much she had drunk, Yun Xiao and others were sent home first.

She walked alone on the way back, her steps wobbly.

On the way back, she made a phone call to Yun Xiao.

The phone kept ringing, but no one answered.

The first thing Gu Xiaoxi did upon returning was to knock on Yun Xiao’s door. In a place notorious for bad men, she was worried about Yun Xiao being sent home by a service staff.

She wanted to check if he had come back.

However, she knocked for a good while, but there was no response from inside.

Thinking that Yun Xiao might have drunk to the point of passing out, she walked to her own doorway. Suddenly, she felt a strange sensation sweep over her, instinctively making her shiver.

As someone who had been married, she naturally knew where that strange feeling came from.

She just hadn’t expected someone to have drugged her drink.

Instinctively, she had a bad hunch.

It wouldn’t affect her—this kind of drug wouldn’t harm her.

But her other teammates were different.