Chapter 497


    At that moment, Michael, Daniel and Harry were watching the surveince camera, waiting for any useful


    information they could get from Linus. However, these kids were so drunk that they had forgotten their


    objective.


    “Old man,” Harry finally put down his ss as he asked Michael, “Why are we drinking wolfberry tea?”


    Michael stayed silent. They couldn’t do anything else while they sat here. They couldn’t drink, yet they


    couldn’t sit there without consuming anything as well, so they had to order something to drink. Without


    knowing why, Michael had ordered wolfberry tea without a second thought. He really was getting old…


    The atmosphere in the room next door was pleasant. After they were done singing, Stanley dragged


    Linus to experience their traditional Cethosian culture. Sophia enthusiastically followed them, thinking


    that Stanley would take them to watch a performance of some sort yet when they arrived, there was a


    mahjong table set in the center.


    “This is our national performance!” Stanley announced proudly as he pointed at the mahjong table.


    After dinner and drinks, everyone did not want to go home yet so they all sat around the mahjong table


    and yed three rounds. They all used Venmo and made the transactions on the spot. As they were still


    in Audistin, Michael wasn’t worried at all. He got a deck of cards and yed poker while watching the


    youngsters ying mahjong. However, as the five youngsters sat at the table, it urred to them that


    they had a very serious problem—only three of them knew how to y mahjong!


    Upon walking into the mahjong room, no one was leaving without getting tainted and the other two were


    destined to be dragged into this. Linus was curious about Cethosian culture, so he volunteered to learn.


    Sophia, on the other hand, was forced to learn. They took turns all night and finally had a rough


    understanding of how the game worked.


    As Sophia’s Venmo was linked to Michael’s credit card, Michael’s phone kept on ringing all night from


    notifications from the bank.


    ‘600 was charged to your card ending XXXX.’


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    ‘1000 was charged to your card ending XXXX.’


    As they yed happily, Sophia was growing more and more enthusiastic. Her cheeks were flushed even


    though she had lost tens of thousands in a single night.


    On the other hand, Linus had lost even more. His losses were reaching six figures, but he got happier


    the more he yed.


    Outside of the mahjong room, Gemma dozed off while standing. Meanwhile, the two bodyguards Linus


    brought with him dozed off one after another. In the next room, Daniel and Harry had already fallen


    asleep. However, Michael was leaning against the sofa as he watched Sophia through the surveince.


    How… adorable she was! Just look at that round face and pink, tender lips. She looked good from any


    angle!


    There was a vast difference between the younger generation and the older generation. As the old men


    started to doze off, the youngsters were getting more and more lively. Stanley, who won money from the


    game, had ordered a barbeque set meal before they moved back into the karaoke room, so they ended


    up singing and eating.


    After drinking, Stanley began to talk without any restraints. He drank as he ate, all the while babbling at


    Sophia, “Do you know what had happened to Sunset after you brought her over to your house?”


    “She’s pregnant! Sunset is pregnant!”


    “What have you f*cking done to my cat, Sophia?”


    As Sophia ate the food that Sean brought over, she defended herself, “That’s none of my business and


    it’s certainly not my fault! I don’t have the body part to make your cat pregnant!”


    As they bantered, Sean acted as the hardworking elder brother and barbequed the food. This grill was


    good and it was smoke-free, not to mention the room was well-ventted. Smiling, Linus’ face was


    flushed from drinking as he countered, “Stan, what are you worried about? The truth wille to light


    when the kittens are born.”


    Furiously, Stanley swore, “Hmph, just you wait. If the kittens Sunset gives birth to are orange, I will


    castrate your litter of orange cats!”


    Sophia mumbled a response, as she had no confidence to refute. After all, she had happily filmed her


    orange cats taking turns on Stanley’s Ragdoll. Meanwhile, a drunk Sarah was hoarsely singing at the


    side.


    Suddenly, Sean brought up a new topic. “Hey, aren’t we all born in the same year? I turned twenty one


    and my birthday was in July. Stanley’s is a month earlier. Sarah started schoolte, so she’s twenty one


    too and her birthday is in December.”


    “I was born in September,” Sophia stated. Her actual birthday was in September, but the Edwards Family


    had changed it to October to ckmail Joe Edwards. However, Michael celebrated her actual birthday


    now.


    Suddenly, Linus responded, “I’m twenty one this year too and my birthday is in September as well.”


    Excitedly, Sophia asked him, “Oh, you’re a September baby too? Which date?”


    “Eighteenth.”


    Upon hearing that, Stanley spat out his drink. “Linus and Sophia, you were both born in the same year


    and on the same day!”


    In the other room, Michael had almost fallen asleep. However, upon hearing this, his eyes shot wide


    open and something shed in his eyes. They were born on the same day, the same year!


    In the room, everyone was thrilled. Sophia did not expect to share the same birthdate with Linus and she


    questioned, “Were you born in the morning or in the evening? I heard from my grandmother that I was


    born in the evening.”


    “I was born in the morning, in Europe. With the time difference, it seems like we were born around the


    same time.”


    Upon hearing this, Stanleyughed. “This is fate, so just be sworn siblings already! This will stop my


    uncle from being suspicious all the time!”


    Confused, Linus asked, “What are sworn siblings?”


    Without waiting for a response, Sarah and Stanley started to chant, “Sworn siblings, sworn siblings!”


    It seemed that they were all wasted. After the chanting stopped, they dragged Linus and Sophia to swear


    an oath. Stanley then took out two cigarettes and treated it as incense, holding the two of them as they


    bowed.


    “Repeat after me. I, Sophia Edwards, swear to be siblings with Linus Michel. Though not born on the


    same day, we choose to die on the same day…”


    Upon hearing this, Sean reminded, “Stan, they do share the same birthday.”


    “I don’t care; you have to be sworn siblings!”


    Linus thought it was fun and enthusiastically repeated Stanley’s words. Meanwhile, Sophia was drunk


    and in a daze, so she followed suit.


    After reciting the oath, Sean brought over a ss of wine. “ording to tradition, this should be chicken


    blood. But since it’s not avable here, some red wine will do!”


    After drinking a mixture of red and white wine, Sophia became even more drunk. Lying on the couch, she


    saw Stanley tugging at Sean to do the same. Meanwhile, Linus grabbed a fish from the barbeque tray,


    squeezed the blood out and served it to them in a bowl.


    At dawn, Michael hade into the room and saw the five youngsters passed out in the room. Sophia


    was sleeping soundly with a nket on the corner of the couch. Walking into the room, he gently carried


    her away.


    At noon, Sophia finally woke up in a guest room of Audistin. She was in a daze before the memories


    from the night before came flooding back. She had be sworn siblings with Linus! How


    embarrassing! As she thought about that, Sophia ran out of the room!