If Zhu Xiuyuan hadn't heard their chat outside the door, he would have definitely thought that Dong Shuzhen was really asleep and not just pretending.

"Lady?"

Zhu Xiuyuan called softly and sat on the edge of the bed, stroking her little face with his hands.

But Dong Shuzhen remained unmoved and continued to pretend to sleep.

Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly became playful, and his hand suddenly crossed her chin, placed it on Dong Shuzhen's neck, and scratched it gently.

Dong Shuzhen is ticklish. She is afraid of someone tickling her, whether it is the creaking pit or the position of her neck.

Zhu Xiuyuan knew that she was pretending to sleep, so he wanted to see if she would "break her power" if he scratched her neck, and jumped up with a smile.

In fact, when Zhu Xiuyuan's hand crossed her chin and went into her neck, her whole body stiffened. Although it was not obvious, she could not escape Zhu Xiuyuan, who had been paying close attention to her.

The two maids, Qiu Wen and Xia Wu, exchanged glances with each other, feeling worried for the young lady...

The corners of Zhu Xiuyuan's mouth raised, and the hand on her neck moved, scratching her gently.

Dong Shuzhen closed her eyes gently, her eyebrows trembled slightly, and her cheeks also moved, obviously clenching her teeth.

The curvature of the corners of Zhu Xiuyuan's mouth widened, and the hand on her neck continued to scratch. He wanted to see how long Dong Shuzhen could endure it.

"Well……"

Suddenly, Dong Shuzhen turned over seemingly unintentionally, and pushed away the hand entangled in her neck, as if swatting a mosquito in a dream, a subconscious move.

Then he changed from lying on his back to lying on his side, with his back to Zhu Xiuyuan.

"Uncle...Miss...hasn't woken up yet..."

Behind him, Xia Wu hesitated and only spoke half of his words.

But Zhu Xiuyuan understood what she meant, which was to save Dong Shuzhen.

Zhu Xiuyuan grinned and stopped teasing Dong Shuzhen, who was pretending to sleep.

He stood up from the edge of the bed, stared at Xia Wu meaningfully, and then ordered: "You two take turns to eat, and leave the wife's food, so that she can have hot dishes and rice as soon as she wakes up.

"

"Yes, uncle!"

Qiu Wen and Xia Wu bowed and saluted, but they both breathed a sigh of relief.

Just now, their hearts were in their throats.

As soon as Zhu Xiuyuan left the room, he met Dong Shuyu.

She looked slightly anxious and was coming quickly.

"How is Zhen'er? I heard from the servants in the mansion that Zhen'er was drunk? She even vomited?"

"Uh...it's okay now. It's rare for you to come back, Shuyu. She's resting inside."

Zhu Xiuyuan faced Dong Shuyu alone, feeling a little embarrassed, but on the surface he still pretended to be the same as before.

Since Dong Shuyu came and went into the house to visit, Zhu Xiuyuan also entered the house again and accompanied her to see Dong Shuzhen, who was pretending to sleep.

"Hey, why did you drink so much wine?" Dong Shuyu sat on the edge of the bed and tucked in the quilt for his sister, "Dad has strictly ordered you not to drink alcohol before... eh..."

Dong Shuyu was worried and wanted to talk to her properly, but his sister was still in her dream, so it would be in vain. Dong Shuyu could only sigh again and again.

Zhu Xiuyuan stood beside him, twitching the corner of his mouth.

Dong Shuzhen was still lying on her side facing inward, motionless, and seemed to be sleeping deeply.

But he knew that Dong Shuzhen was pretending to sleep. She actually knew that they were coming and heard what they said.

Zhu Xiuyuan frowned and took a closer look at Dong Shuyu's expression. Sure enough, she didn't notice it at all...

Zhu Xiuyuan didn't feel it was funny. This Dong Shuzhen pretended to be asleep to coax him, and now she came to coax her sister.

"That's all, since Zhen'er hasn't woken up yet, I won't say anything more. Just rest!"

Dong Shuyu stood up as he spoke, looked at Zhu Xiuyuan, and asked in a low voice: "I heard people say that Xiuyuan has brewed a kind of fine wine? It's very fragrant and very sweet? Can I go and have a look?"

"Of course, please!"

Zhu Xiuyuan vaguely understood Dong Shuzhen's purpose of pretending to be asleep. By pretending to be asleep, she could avoid Dong Shuyu or Dong Cheng's preaching to her!

This little clever guy!

I guess this is her "experience".

Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuyu went out of the room again. Since neither of them had eaten lunch, they first went to the flower hall of the main house to have lunch before going to the brewing workshop.

There were only two of them in the flower hall.

My father-in-law, Dong Cheng, usually doesn't go home at noon, and has lunch in the government office.

And Dong Shuzhen pretended to be asleep in the room again.

So in this huge flower hall, there were only two people, Zhu Xiuyuan and Dong Shuyu.

During the meal, Dong Shuyu was silent and just focused on eating the food. Naturally, she noticed the unusual atmosphere in the flower hall and did not want to say more to avoid embarrassment.

Especially after that incident, Dong Shuyu rarely took the initiative to find topics to talk to Zhu Xiuyuan, and that was when they were alone.

But Zhu Xiuyuan completely let go.

He thought that anyway, he had said everything that needed to be said. He and Dong Shuyu had a physical relationship. In his opinion, she could not escape and would always fulfill his wishes. It was only a matter of time.

That's all.

Therefore, Zhu Xiuyuan found a topic to talk about.

However, the topics he looked for were almost always business-related, such as teahouse business, restaurant business, winemaking workshops, etc.

Zhu Xiuyuan kept talking, and Dong Shuyu kept saying "Hmm", "Hmm", "Oh", "Oh" as a response.

After dinner, they went to the brewery.

Dong Shuyu focused all her thoughts on the business in the mansion. The restaurant was still in the preparation stage, occupying 80% of her attention.

Fine wine is the bulk of the restaurant's revenue, so naturally she pays extra attention to this matter.

She carefully understood the operation process of distilled wine, what are the characteristics of the distilled original wine, and how to blend it in the future, etc...

Zhu Xiuyuan explained in great detail.

After learning about wine making, Dong Shuyu returned to the restaurant in Wuyi Lane and continued to be busy.

Zhu Xiuyuan stayed in the brewing workshop and began to prepare the original wine... He did not go to see Dong Shuzhen, lest she continue to pretend to be asleep and miss the meal time.

Distillation is very simple, so Zhu Xiuyuan used dozens of stills to speed up the production of raw wine.

The hard thing is to reconcile!

The so-called blending is to add something to the original wine, such as old wine, other base wines, etc. It is used to reduce the alcohol content, add a certain flavor, and fix the properties of the wine.

But it is definitely not to add boiled water. If you simply add boiled water, it will only make it harder to drink.

In the wine cellar of Jiangcheng Bofu, there are dozens of bottles of fine wine, but there is actually not only one variety.

They come from different wineries, and they are all wines with relatively stable properties, such as yellow rice wine, Nuerhong, Huadiao, Zhuyeqing, Zhuangyuanhong, etc.

What Zhu Xiuyuan has to do now is to experiment with various combinations and ratios, taking the trouble to find one or several wines with distinctive characteristics...

Unknowingly, the time came to Shen time, about four o'clock in the afternoon.

The servant suddenly came to report that his father-in-law had returned home early, and went straight to Dong Shuzhen's room.

When Zhu Xiuyuan heard this, he immediately knew that his father-in-law must have heard about Dong Shuzhen's drunkenness, so he left his duty and returned home early. Yamen matters were important, but Dong Cheng was also worried about his daughter.

"I wonder if my wife is still pretending to sleep?"

Zhu Xiuyuan was curious, so he told the guys in the brewery to get out and rush to Dong Shuzhen's boudoir in the main house, ready to join in the fun.

Unfortunately, Zhu Xiuyuan left a step too late. He had just reached the door of the room and happened to meet his father-in-law coming out of the room.

"Father-in-law!" Zhu Xiuyuan bowed his hand.

"What a good son-in-law!" Dong Cheng looked a little unnatural, "Zhen'er's mother left early, and I am also busy on weekdays, but I neglected to teach Zhen'er, which made her lose her temper..."

"Father-in-law, please don't say that. My son-in-law does not blame my wife. Besides, she is still young. I believe that if Shuyu teaches her for two more years, my wife will grow up!"

"Well, my dear son-in-law, you are right. I will ask Yu'er to teach Zhen'er well."

Dong Cheng's expression changed, and he immediately felt that this was a good idea.

"Thank you very much, father-in-law!"

Zhu Xiuyuan felt happy, hey, if his father-in-law spoke, he wouldn't be afraid of Shuyu running away.

After seeing off Dong Cheng, Zhu Xiuyuan, who was in a good mood, entered Dong Shuzhen's boudoir again and went straight to her bed.

The two maids, Qiu Wen and Xia Wu, stood behind him as if standing guard.

Zhu Xiuyuan looked at the bed and saw that Dong Shuzhen was still pretending to sleep, but now she was lying on her back, lying there motionless...

"Madam, please get up, my father-in-law has gone far!"

Zhu Xiuyuan sat on the edge of her bed with a playful smile on his face.
To be continued...