The taste of the strong liquor stimulated the taste buds like burning charcoal, as it always did. A burning sensation spread all over the doctor's body after he swallowed the drink.
Dr. W could not help but be reminded of the feeling of drunkenness and joy when he was still young and frivolous. He also knew that, although the sensation of the spirit washing over his taste buds may make him high and happy, the feeling when they leaked into his internal organs through his porous esophagus and stomach bag would be an unbearable torture.
But the pain he expected did not arrive!
Instead, he felt like he was being baked in a warm fire, a rather comfortable feeling akin to drinking hot chicken soup when one was sick. The pleasurable warmth even seeped into his limbs and bones.