CHAPTER 742: CHAPTER 447 CHEERS!_2

"Oh, I see, I thought Uesugi you were already married and well past 20." Towa Rina shook her head slightly disappointed, placing the bottle in front of her, then sat down and stared at it saying, "What a pity, alcohol is a good thing, essential for forgetting troubles. If there’s anything that can make the Japanese a bit happier in today’s society, it’s drinking, that’s for sure!"

After saying this, Towa Rina began to open the bottle and pour the drink, while asking Todaka Keichiro sitting opposite her:

"What about you? Want some?"

"I’m underage too." Todaka Keichiro glanced at the bottle in her hand and smiled while shaking his head to refuse.

"What about Rikai-chan?" Towa Rina sounded disappointed again as she picked another person to ask.

"I’m... also underage."

"Huh?"

Towa Rina’s gaze finally landed on the Tashiro twins sitting beside and diagonally across from her.

Both Tashiro Yuuri and Tashiro Yuno shook their heads: "Underage."

"What!?"

Towa Rina let out a frustrated cry of despair, looking at the crowd in front of her and then down at the sake bottle in her hand, "Seriously, seriously, all underage!? In the end, it’s only me drinking?"

Todaka Keichiro laughed and said, "Why not skip the drink, join us for some juice or cola, it’s nice too."

"No way." Towa Rina hugged the bottle directly, "Got to drink, came to eat barbecue just for the drinks."

"Cola is pretty good too."

"Huh~ No way, that’s for kids, I’m not a kid, I came of age last year. Had I known you were all underage, I’d have invited the owner, she can hold her liquor, drinks five bottles and her face doesn’t even blush."

"Alright, alright, let’s eat, everyone!"

Towa Rina had a very cheerful personality, and under her lead, the atmosphere of the barbecue gathering soon became lively.

After finishing a bottle of sake, she ordered a super large mug of beer.

Taking a bite of beef, she grabbed the large beer mug with one hand, aimed it at her mouth, tilted her head back and gulped it down her throat. The beer slipped a clear stream down the corner of her lips, then with rosy cheeks, she placed the mug down heavily on the table with a "clunk", taking a long satisfied breath:

"Hah~~ that’s refreshing."

"Ama...zing."

Todaka Keichiro was taken aback by this bold drinking style, such scenes are only seen in manga.

Towa Rina picked up another large mug of beer, holding the base of the mug with her right hand, she suspended it above the middle of the table.

"Come on everyone, let’s cheers!"

"Alright, cheers!" Todaka Keichiro was quite happy today and responded first.

"Cheers!"

"Cheers."

"Cheers!"

The heat from the charcoal grill warmed up the small space, coupled with the warm lights in the store, everything became more lively.

"Drink!"

After clinking their glasses together, Towa Rina once again tilts back her head, downing the entire mug of beer into her stomach, gulping continuously, another mug of beer larger than a person’s head went down.

"Ha~" Towa Rina’s face turned even redder.

Seeing this, Kobashi Rikai couldn’t help but say, "Rina-sis... you don’t have to drink so much... everyone is having cola or orange juice or the like."

"Huh~ You guys don’t get it, I’m happy,"

Tashiro Yuuri added, "Even if you’re happy, you can’t drink like this."

Breathless, Towa Rina turned her head, realized the drink was gone again, she turned and shouted outside the curtain, "One more, please!"

The waiter was very efficient, upon hearing a request from the private room, he immediately poured a bottle of beer, walked out of the counter, brought the large mug toward the small private room, lifted the wave-patterned curtain and walked in.

At her sister’s indication, Tashiro Yuno stood up, blocking the waiter and asked him to replace the beer with a platter of beef and bring it over.

"No way!"

Seeing that the drink was about to be taken, Towa Rina shouted as she turned around, laying one hand on the back of the chair, looking at the beer mug in the waiter’s hand, she shouted somewhat dazedly, "Another one, please."

"Customer." The waitress seemed in a dilemma, not sure whose request to follow.

Kobashi Rikai: "Rina-sis!"

Towa Rina turned her head back, half-lowering from the chair, extended a finger, and smiled at her saying, "One more, just one more."

"No."

"One, just one!"

Kobashi Rikai helplessly sought the help of Uesugi Sakura and Hanamaru Hanabi: "Uesugi-kun and Hanami-chan, please help talk to Rina-sis."

Uesugi Sakura glanced, realizing Towa Rina’s face was indeed very red.

That extra-large mug was super big, probably about a liter in capacity.

She’s already downed two mugs, not to mention the earlier bottle of sake, how much has she drunk by now?

Uesugi Sakura advised, "Rina-sis, maybe you should stop drinking now."

"U... Uesugi... Uesugi-san? Hmm... Even Uesugi-san said so, then..." Towa Rina looked at the empty mug, then looked at Uesugi Sakura, squinting with a smile, "Half a mug, can I just have half a mug, hehe?"

Since she said it like that, what else could Uesugi Sakura do?

"Alright, but only half a mug."

"Okay! Half a mug it is!"

The waitress went out and returned with a small mug of beer, setting it in front of Towa Rina.

The beer here is all freshly tapped in the store, charged at 500 yen per liter mug.

Only half a mug of beer left, this time Towa Rina drank slowly, taking a small sip after each bite of barbecue.

After tasting the aromatic beef, she couldn’t help but breathe out again, "Ah~ that’s nice..."

Todaka Keichiro observed her reddened face from drinking. He realized today, for the first time, that she had such a bold side. Previously in the shop, she’d always left him with the impression of an energetic girl a little older than him.

"Rina-sis, is your alcohol tolerance really that good?"

"Hmm... it’s not that I’m good at drinking," Towa Rina placed the mug back on the table, "It’s because I’m in a good mood. The owner’s business officially set off to a good start today."

Uesugi Sakura, sharp in mind, sensed there was more to the words than met the ear:

"Did the owner face some difficulties before?"

"Difficulties... Well, it’s not really difficulties..." Towa Rina stared at the roasted steak in front, her eyes squinting drowsily, "The owner is actually my aunt..."

"Aunt?" Everyone was surprised to hear the relationship.

"Yeah... not very distant in family rank, but ever since both of the owner’s parents passed away, our families rarely contacted each other, and then due to a certain—" Towa Rina paused here, then suddenly laughed, "Never mind... I won’t say more! A young girl met a woman who lost her husband and went solo, to Tokyo to start a business! For the dream of the person she loved! Anyway... Just know it’s a pretty inspiring story!

"I... I’m done talking, done talking... Let’s all just be happy, everything is moving towards a better tomorrow!"

"But you know," Towa Rina lifted her mug with both hands, gesturing towards Uesugi Sakura, "Here, I owe a lot of thanks to Uesugi-san, I used to get so tired handing out flyers on the street, and now... haha, I get to nap inside the store every day."

Uesugi Sakura suddenly got kicked under the table by Hanamaru Hanabi, and lifted his glass in response.

Towa Rina clinked her beer mug against Uesugi Sakura’s juice cup.

"Thank you."

Uesugi Sakura didn’t quite know what to say at that moment, so he simply replied, "It’s nothing."

"Haha," Towa Rina finished off the remaining beer in one gulp, sat back, and laughed, seeming truly drunk now, swaying her head while leaning against the back of the chair, "Uesugi-san is really a nice person, but if it comes to dealing with family emotions more—ah!? Yuuri, what are you doing?"

Tashiro Yuuri suddenly stood up from the side, reached out and took her arm, and started apologizing to everyone:

"Sorry, Rina-sis probably needs to go to the restroom now, she never knows if she should go when she’s drunk."

"I do not!!" Towa Rina vehemently objected.

"Drunk words can’t be trusted, alright, let’s head to the restroom."

Towa Rina still wanted to resist, but Tashiro Yuuri seemed to have exceptional strength, pulling her by the arm and dragging her out the curtain. Soon, the two of them disappeared from the small room.

"Ah~ ah~ no way, I don’t want to pee~"

"Alright, alright, shush, I’ll help you undo your pants in a bit."

"Really?"

"Really."

"Phew, that’s nice then, you need to hold me, lift me up, like mommy did when I was little to let me pee, then swish I let go ~ hehe, and there’s a little stream."

"Okay."

Strange dialogue echoed from outside the room.

"..."

The people inside the room all felt a wave of concern.

Drunk, truly terrifying.