His teasing made the surrounding people burst into laughter, waving their hands repeatedly to show they were overwhelmed with his humor.
Crack.
At a table not far away, a middle-aged man with an expressionless face suddenly crushed his wine cup into pieces, spilling the wine all over the table.
The nearby waiter was startled and hurried over to help clean up, asking if the man had injured his hand.
However, the man merely brushed off the broken porcelain from his hand, ignoring the waiter's inquiries, and strangely, there were no visible injuries on his fingers or palm.
The waiter, either experienced or simply careless, showed no reaction to this, quickly cleared the fragments from the table, and brought a new wine cup for the man.
The man's expression was grim, his eyes like knives as they swept towards the unrestrained scholars before turning away and downing his cup of wine in one gulp.
