Less than half a minute later, Sister Hong's bottle of wine was finished. Manager Mo closed his eyes painfully and poured them into the water. The whole man leaned back and fell to the ground. Several people rushed up to help him up. He was drunk and unconscious.

Manager Mo's two subordinates, who had followed him for many years, picked him up and said goodbye to us.

After they all left, she and I felt relieved. She looked at me, raised her glass and smiled and said, "Thank you."

I watched her finish her drink in one breath, startled and stunned and said, "That's pure water just now. I poured...