The two companions had just said they wouldn't drink the tea, calling it very ordinary, but the host and the server didn't take issue with them.
Zhong Xingwang was nowhere near as friendly to his two classmates, not coddling them:
"Didn't you just say this tea was very ordinary? It's better you don't drink tea here, just drink plain boiled water, or else brew the tea leaves you brought with you!"
The two men appeared a bit annoyed on the surface at Zhong Xingwang's words; when he had offered it to them earlier, they didn't want to drink it, but now that he was telling them not to, it triggered their rebellious spirit.
"Zhong Xingwang, we've been classmates for years. You come here to have fun and don't bother inviting us, that's fine, but to be so protective of these two girls, they're so young, how could you lay a hand on them!"
