The Understated Dragon Lord novel Chapter 194

William glanced dismissively at the highball glasses on the table. "How can a man drink from glasses? A real man drinks from a basin."

He waved his hand and shouted, "Waiter, bring some basins over here!"

Waitstaff promptly arrived with several stainless steel basins, each large enough for a whale to swim in.

"Fill them up!" William commanded, and his subordinates got to work, pouring bottle after bottle of vodka until two basins were full, each containing five bottles of vodka. Given William's usual capacity, if he used basins like these, he could potentially drink two full basins. Since he was in top form that evening and had taken some sobriety medicine in advance, he might manage to drink three or even four basins.

Seeing the basins full of vodka on the table, Daniel teased William, "William, it's just a casual gathering tonight, not business. Do we really have to drink like this? It’s a bit of a waste, and if someone drinks too much and has to go to the hospital to get their stomach pumped, that would be quite uncomfortable!"

"Scared, Daniel? You can always drink milk if you’re scared. You drink a basin of milk, and I'll drink a basin of vodka. After all, at these gatherings, it's a rule that men must drink, and women can have a soft drink if they prefer."

William picked up an empty basin and filled it with milk. "I have to toast to you, Daniel. It's your choice whether to act like a man and drink this basin of vodka or to be a woman and choose the basin of milk."

It was William's tried-and-true method, which always worked.