I, a Mental Patient, Was Chosen to Participate in AnalogHorror-Chapter 543 - 509: Exposed

No matter what Shi Shi was thinking.

Anyway, the person involved, Jiang Xiao, didn’t show any strange expressions.

After all, he didn’t know that the two barrels of wine he had poured out were the "fine wine" treasured by the Earl.

It was still that woman in the black dress.

After receiving the Earl’s task, she went downstairs to move the wine.

"Hmm?"

As soon as she laid her hands on the barrel, the eyebrows of the maid in the black dress slightly furrowed.

Each time a different maid came to get the wine, but it had only been about two months since she last did, and the weight and feel of the barrel...

Why had it changed so much?

However, she didn’t think too much about it, assuming that the Earl hadn’t been able to find good nourishment recently, was in a bad mood, and therefore might have been drinking a bit more.

When the maid in the black dress came in carrying two wine barrels several times larger than herself.

Even Jiang Xiao, who was usually quite oblivious, couldn’t help but be slightly taken aback.

These wine barrels... why do they look so familiar?

"Hehe, little brother, don’t judge these barrels by their coarse exterior, but they have been handed down from my ancestors, and the red wine inside has been passed down for several centuries. If there are no guests, at most I’d be willing to sip just one cup, none more," said the Earl, his eyes fixed on the wine barrels in front of him like a child showing off his treasures to a friend.

But these red wines were indeed worthy of such treatment.

Centuries-old red wine, and at the time of their storage, they were the highest grade of wine.

It’s like storing the current Feitian Moutai and passing it down for a few hundred years.

As everyone knows, apart from beer, fermented liquors like liquor and red wine become more precious the longer they are stored.

Their value is simply inestimable, and for the Earl, this wine was practically equivalent to an antique.

Centuries ago...

According to the development history of Blue Star, it could almost be traced back to the Qing dynasty.

Just imagine.

If someone at the time had stored the finest Daughter Red wine and preserved it intact until now.

How valuable would it be?

The famously expensive ’82 Lafite is costly enough, right?

But that is just wine from 1982.

Thinking this way, the nearly doting look that the Earl gave the wine barrel became understandable.

"Tsk, little brother, you are indeed lucky today. The last time my husband offered these treasured wines to someone, that person helped him accomplish a significant task..."

The Countess was also introducing the preciousness of the red wine at the sidelines, subtly hoping that Jiang Xiao would "get the hint."

Unfortunately, at this moment, Jiang Xiao felt like ants were crawling over him.

He had recognized them; there was no mistake, these were the wine barrels he had just used to disguise the maid.

There was a ring on top of the barrel that he didn’t know how to open, and after violently yanking it off, he had put it back just like it was.

"Hahaha, my lady, no need for such talk. The little brother and I hit it off at first sight, and today we must drink our fill!"

Saying this, the Earl intended to pour the wine himself. Pouring the wine was always done by the Earl personally to make people understand its value.

Put yourself in his shoes for a moment, just what kind of wine must it be that the Earl himself pours it?

"Hmm? Sss..."

Just like the maid had earlier, as soon as the Earl tilted the barrel a bit, he immediately felt something was wrong.

But unlike the maid, the Earl almost always came to check on these barrels, to shake them now and then.

Now, as soon as he held it, the Earl knew.

The weight was not right?

Did someone fucking steal my wine to drink?!

Visibly, the originally handsome face of the Earl started to slowly turn red with anger!

However, there were outsiders present, and it was not appropriate for him to act out.

But he was determined to investigate thoroughly!

"Hmm? Still not right..."

The Earl suspiciously glanced at the pull ring in his hand.

What’s going on?

He hadn’t even applied much force yet—how did the clasp fall off on its own?

It must have been the work of that little glutton who stole the wine!

Never mind, hold back, don’t show a lack of composure in front of others.

Hold back!

At that moment, Jiang Xiao had already slowly moved next to Shi Shi.

He wasn’t dumb; he naturally knew he seemed to have created a big mess.

Shi Shi’s little hand reached out from under the dining table, tightly grabbing Jiang Xiao’s large hand while giving him a look.

Dad, if things go south, we’ll act together and take down the junior!

Jiang Xiao nodded in agreement.

But unless it was the last resort, he didn’t want to lay hands on others.

After all, in his heart, these people had been taking care of Shi Shi for so long.

"Father, is the wine ready?"

The young Earl couldn’t help but press, as he was eager to finish the meal and consummate life’s big event with Shi Shi.

In his mind, since Shi Shi was willing to dine with his father, it amounted to agreeing to be with him.

Agreeing to be with him meant that he could wholly possess her tonight.

"Not..."

The Earl, at this moment, looked at the wine barrel, which was tilting to a rather outrageous degree, and the look of confusion in his eyes deepened.

That’s not right?

The weight is here, it is tilting this much, why isn’t there any wine coming out?

Unable to bear it, the Earl started to look into the barrel’s spout unbecomingly, squinting with one eye.

It’s just too dark inside...

"Or, uh? Why not take off the top lid? That way, you can see clearly."

Jiang Xiao kindly reminded from behind.

The Earl nodded and began to figure out how to open the barrel’s lid, as he had never done it in all these years.

"You don’t open it like that, there’s a latch on the left, it’s not to be pried up and down, but flicked to the right..."

"Oh, really?"

"Then turn it clockwise a few times, and you’ll find it won’t open, but you’ll just have to use brute force and yank it upward."

"Ha! Young man, you’re really something! Indeed, it’s just like that!"

Shi Shi’s face had already turned pale; Dad really loves to show off as always.

The Earl, with his mind totally on the wine, failed to notice the impropriety in Jiang Xiao’s words.

But the Countess had already started to frown at Jiang Xiao.

This kid, there’s a big problem.

When the Earl finally managed to twist off the massive barrel lid, he was completely dumbfounded.

"This... this this this..."

What in the world is in this wine barrel?

Two servants passed out cold?

The Earl widened his eyes and very ungracefully touched the back of his head.

What the heck?

Are they the wine thieves?

Impossible...

Thirteen and Fourteen never liked drinking wine anyway, and judging by their current state, they were clearly knocked out.

And the person who knocked them out was most likely the thief who stole the wine!

"Dad, when you knocked them out, did they see your face?"

Faced with Shi Shi’s question, Jiang Xiao revealed a smile uglier than crying.

More than that, they had quite the back-and-forth chat for a while.