Arvin knew Daniel wouldn't agree in the first place, and he also knew when enough was enough. He smiled in a friendly way, "No problem. Herring, would you like a glass of liquor?"
Herring shook his head almost immediately. He took a bottle of wine from the tray held by a waitress, filled his glass and finished it off with one big gulp.
Daniel also upended a glass of wine and gulped it down gracefully.
Then, Daniel looked at Arvin and said indifferently, "Arvin, I will always remember what you just did to me!" Although it was a warning, everyone could tell he was just joking from his tone.
It was time for the couple to propose a toast. Arvin stood up from his chair and smiled to Daniel, "Come on back, I'm right here."
"We are not done yet!" Daniel had no intention of letting Arvin go.
The children's cheerful chatting and laughing came from not too far away. Arvin shook the glass of wine in his hand and said with a complacent smile, "Daniel, are you threatening me? Your twin daughters are so adorable. I will ask my twin sons to marry your daughters in the future. What do you think of that?"
The crowd burst into a hearty laughter. Daniel was a little nervous now.
The twins were Daniel's precious daughters. Even though he knew Arvin was just kidding and his daughters were several years older than Arvin's sons, he furrowed his brow and demanded, "Go and propose the toast! You are such a bad host for making the guests wait for you. Angela, please discipline your husband. Otherwise, he will become too unruly to control!"
He hated anyone who dared to have designs on his daughters, not even joking.
Angela took Arvin's arm and said, "Stop joking around. Mom is waving at us. Let's go to propose the toast!"
Before leaving, Arvin told the groomsmen with a devious smile, "Let's go drink together after the dinner."
Angela had just gone through the first three months of pregnancy. Arvin planned to wait for an extra two weeks before having sex with her again.
Since he was unable to do it now, he planned to get all the groomsmen drunk so that they also wouldn't be able to have sex with their wives that night.
Arvin and Angela left to propose the toast.
It was more than an hour later that they had drunk a toast to all their guests.
Then, Angela went back to get some rest in the bedroom, while Arvin and the members of the Gu family saw the guests out.
In the evening
Dozens of wine bottles scattered around the big dining hall. The bridesmaids and groomsmen had moved to the living room.
The ladies were singing, while the men were drinking.
It was a rare opportunity for them to gather together. Except for Angela, the rest of the ladies ignored their boyfriends or husbands and joined in on the drinking.
Aron and Martha didn't leave the island after the wedding.
There were fourteen couples in total.
Before they went back to their rooms, they had agreed to get up at 5 a.m. the next day to watch the sunrise together.
Actually 5 a.m. was just within 3 hours as it was already 2 a.m. now.
The ladies helped their boyfriends or husbands back to their rooms. But when they arrived at the stairs, things were different.
Fourteen men stood in two rows with seven on each row. They stepped on the stairs with their arms on the shoulders of the others next to them.
The ladies stood there, dumbfounded as they watched the men going up the stairs in rows.
In the end, all fourteen men entered one room...
The ladies also got in the room and did something. After more than ten minutes, they got out of the room and went back to Arvin and Angela's room, barely holding their laughter.
They found several mattresses and spread them on the floor around the wedding bed. Except for Angela who was pregnant and Shelly who had just given birth to her child, the other ladies slept on the floor.
After several minutes, Angela and Shelly got off the bed stealthily and slept on the floor with the other ladies.
The ladies were all easily amused. They chatted with each other and spent the night laughing.
At 3:30 a.m.
Someone counted, "1, 2, 3..."
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