Chapter - 159

Daniel placed his hand on Zeke’s forehead, “Your temperature is fine. It doesn’t seem like you have caught a cold either. What sort of nonsense are you talking about?”

“Zeke, it seems like you can’t hold your cup well, huh? You’ve actually gotten drunk after just one glass of wine?”

Zeke turned speechless and thought to himself. You can insult my character, but I will never allow you to insult my alcohol tolerance level!

That’s indirectly insulting my willpower. Willpower is the most important trait for a militant!

“Dad, here’s another glass for you. Thank you for whatever you did for us throughout the years.” Zeke smiled and raised his glass of drink again.

Daniel was delighted because Zeke’s words managed to hit him in a soft spot. “Zeke, it seems like you know me better than I think you do. Cheers!”

He thought to himself. You damned brat! How dare you fuddle me with alcohol? I shall get my vengeance today!

They soon began to counter offer each other drinks repeatedly.

Half an hour later, Daniel could barely pull himself together and begin to sway.

Meanwhile, Zeke was wide awake and showed no signs of being drunk at all.

Daniel raised his glass of drink with his trembling hand. “Zeke… L-Let’s… o-one more…”

Zeke immediately stopped Daniel. “Dad, please let me off the hook. I can’t drink anymore.”

“Let’s drink again another day. We shall see who’s the better drinker next time.”

Everyone else knew Zeke was trying to play along with Daniel because he didn’t want to hurt his dignity.

Daniel nodded. “Fine… I’ll let you off the hook for once… I told you… You’re definitely no match for me…”

He got up slowly, about to return to his room.

However, he fell to the couch and passed out the moment he tried to get up.

Lacey pinched Zeke because she was irritated. “Look at what you’ve done yet again! Stop making him drunk! What do you want?”

“You should give in to dad and tell him to stop drinking.”

Zeke smiled when he saw how irritated Lacey was because he deemed her the prettiest whenever she was angry.

Hannah was anxious and tried to wake Daniel up. “I’m sure you know to what extent you can hold your drink, right? Do you really think you can outmatch Zeke when it comes to drinking?”

“Shame of you! Do you seriously consider yourself his father-in-law? Then please behave like one!”

Dawn felt upset when she saw the two lovely pair in front of her.

When will I find the right one in my life?

Dawn was a gorgeous woman with a great personality. There were a lot of men who were trying to court her.

However, she couldn’t possibly fall in love with other ordinary men anymore after she ran into such an exceptional man like Zeke.

Finally, it was Lacey’s twenty-third birthday.

According to their village’s customs, twenty-three years old was one’s coming of age ceremony. It was an important occasion, one worthy of a grand celebration.

Everyone from the family woke up early in the morning and got themselves occupied with all sorts of preparations.

Those who had to doll themselves up would proceed to apply on their makeup, while those in charge of getting in touch with relatives and friends would carry out their tasks.

Daniel called his father, Adam Hinton.

Although the two families had been involved in a serious conflict previously, they were still father and son.

They couldn’t possibly sever ties with one another, even though they had almost turned their back against one another back then.

Apart from that, a grandfather had played an important role during the coming of age ceremony. Adam had to show up as he was the representative of seniors from the Hinton family.

The call got through before long. Daniel told Adam, “Dad, we have decided on Lacey’s coming of age ceremony. It will be held at the Grand Millenium Hotel.”

“Do you want me to pick you and Jeremy up, or are you guys going to drop by on your own?”

Adam replied in an indifferent manner, “I don’t think I’ll be able to make it. I’ve got things to do.”

Daniel felt apprehensive all of a sudden. “What? Dad, you’re Lacey’s grandfather and the representative of the seniors of the Hinton family! You have to be here!”

“What can possibly be more important than Lacey’s coming of age ceremony?”

Adam told Daniel, “Madeleine is holding a banquet for those from Reinz Pharmaceutical and has specified our participation.”

“Reinz Pharmaceutical and Madeleine are related to the militants. We can’t afford to offend them. Hence, we have to attend the banquet.”

Daniel was dumbfounded. “How did Madeleine establish a connection with Reinz Pharmaceutical?”