C2260 Caught in Action

"Eldest brother, allow me to toast you. If not for you taking care of me for the past few years, my business would not have been able to sustain itself now. Let me do it first as a form of respect …"

The owner seemed to have drank too much. He raised his glass and said a few casual words of courtesy before gulping it down.

However, although this sentence sounded like a word of thanks