The pale yellow light casts a reassuring and relaxing atmosphere inside the entire manor. Wine bottles are neatly arranged on the wine cabinets next to the manor. The old waxed wooden floors and murals recording the history of Mondstadt are lined up in rows.
Mahogany bookshelves, Ying has never observed the interior layout of the manor so carefully.
The reason why I have so much idle time is because Diluc, who was withdrawing money, was nagging the old butler of Chenxi Winery.
In the past few months, Diluc has held several banquets at the Angel's Gift Tavern. Each banquet was held according to the highest standards of the tavern, and the targets were almost all the residents of Mondstadt.
No matter how wealthy the winery is, it can’t stand such a frequent treat.
Chenxi Winery paid taxes this year. In order to cover up the fact that the winery owner spent huge sums of money to treat guests and purchase some unnecessary luxuries, when doing the accounting, the housekeeper recorded all the money raised by Diluc as money for buying grape seeds from the vines.<
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When the grapes are ripe in a few months, you can tell them that the grapes are sour due to poor cultivation and you can’t keep them anymore. Then you can report it to Captain Qin of the Knights of the West Wind, and you can eliminate the bad debt directly.<
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Perhaps with his friendship with Diluc, Captain Qin would help cover up this large bill for the treat, but the residents of Mondstadt and the West Wind Church are not fools. They certainly have the ability to investigate and find out that Chenxi Winery did not buy grape seeds at all.
How can you plant all the grapes to rot?
And now, the old butler, who had served the Legenfend family for most of his life, sat face to face with Diluc by the burning fireplace, warning him with a serious expression to pay attention to the family's tradition of frugality.
But in Ying's view, Diluc, who was staring blankly at the flames burning in the fireplace, did not refute the old butler's remarks, but he did not listen either, and just stared at the flames in the fireplace in a daze.
Diluc also felt very uncomfortable. After all, he was the steward who had been managing the manor since his father's generation. He even watched himself and Kaia grow up. Even if he was teaching himself a lesson, he couldn't refute it, right?
At this time, the maid of the manor brought two cups of black tea. The old housekeeper finally took a breath, pursed his lips, and let the tea moisten his old and dry lips. After saying with emotion that young people should pay attention to moderation, he finally got down to business.
Including asking Diluc to check the business report of Chenxi Winery and asking if more wine needs to be moved out.
However, Diluc remembered that when he was a child, he would always be excited about the large income of Chenxi Winery, and he would drag the little Kaia who was introverted and taciturn at that time to explain to him how to verify statements and taxes, and his eyes would shine with joy.
, but still have to work hard to show the calm air of an older brother.
Unfortunately, those days are gone forever.
Ying yawned loudly. The owner of Cat Tail Tavern knew Paimon, and in Mondstadt, his good partner should not be in any danger. Smelling the unique faint aroma of wine from Chenxi Winery, he heard that he didn't know
Where did the melodious voice of praise come from? Ying lay on another table, her eyelids gradually closing.
"In short, the transaction with Feiyun Chamber of Commerce must be put on the agenda, and..."
Diluc turned around and noticed Ying, who had fallen asleep on the table, and then realized that after so long delay, it was already the fixed nap time for Mondstadt residents.
"Okay, let's go get the money first."
Without disturbing the sleeping Ying, Diluc took off his red and black coat and gently draped it on Ying's back, covering her snow-white back exposed due to her cat-eared maid outfit, and gestured to the housekeeper sitting beside her.
Made a gesture to go upstairs.
The old butler sighed deeply. Young Master Diluc, who was called the noble son, had grown up and had a young lover who was an honorary knight in the Knights of the West Wind. Looking at his clothes, the old butler had already figured out what had happened.
What? He went upstairs without saying a word, preparing to open the manor's treasury and get some mola.
The corridor on the second floor is filled with portraits of the successive heads of the Legenfend family. Starting from the New Mondstadt era, Legenfend, from a small family, finally became a standing Mondstadt through its own efforts and the gift of the gods.
One of the three major families that collapsed.
Recently, news has spread that the Lawrence family is trying to unite the Fools to overthrow the rule of the Knights of the West Wind. Mondstadt's former royal family will lose another one.
The butler stared at the portraits on the wall. Whether they were words or pictures, they were the carriers and sustenance of emotions, depicting the owner's inner words and thoughts in different ways. Through them, people can contact, experience and feel the world of others.
, like a fire that continues to burn in the darkness, whether it is weak or passionate, although it is difficult, it will never go out.
The two walked to the door of the vault. The old butler inserted his key into the only iron door of the winery and motioned to Diluc to take out his key as well.
The big iron door slowly opens, and the vault symbolizing the wealth of Chenxi Winery slowly opens. This is also where Diluc is most proud.
Although the Fengshen who likes to drink secretly can enter the underground wine cellar of the winery at will, what he doesn't know is that the vault on the second floor still contains the most precious bottles of fine wine, all of which are brewed with the best grapes of the year.
came out.
Golden light emerged from the crack in the door, mixed with brilliant colors. It was the light of wealth mixed with stacked molas and gems.
Just as Diluc and the old butler entered the vault with the bag and were about to decorate the mora, a fiery red figure came into view, and stepping on the shoulder of this red figure was a man who was trying to reach out to the vault.
The light green shadow of the wine bottle above, and the indigo braid swaying.
Both of them had their backs to the door, and the red-and-white-haired boy standing below was still urging the person standing on his shoulder: "Wendy, are you okay? I told you to bring it down directly with divine power. You have to take it with your hands."
..."
"Come on, come on, real wine must be moistened with the temperature of your palms. How can you show respect for this wine with your divine power?"
She pressed her whole body against the wine cabinet, biting her tongue cunningly with her teeth, and struggled to reach the wine on the top of the wine cabinet with her arms that were not long enough. Wendy tried to stand on tiptoes, and finally grabbed the bottle of wine.
However, his foot slipped and he fell backward.
Without using her divine power, Wendy closed her eyes.
And Famas, right?
The next second, the imagined pain did not come.
Wendy only heard a muffled sound, and then a warm elastic touch came from her back.
Then he saw Famas lying under him, catching him with his arms and half of his chest.
Famas hissed and was rubbing his head with his other hand.
He only felt a light touch on his shoulder, turned his head, and saw Wendy falling backwards. He only had a moment to react.
And Wendy doesn't want him to use his divine power, so no matter how well-trained Famas is, it will be difficult to use it in a small treasury.
The only thing he had time to do was to kick his feet, causing him to fall backwards. He fell to the ground early and caught Wendy.
Because he used too much force under his feet, he hit his head and made his head buzz.
Since becoming a god, he has not experienced such pain for a long time, and he feels a little nostalgic...
Seeing Famas's appearance, Wendy was a little nervous and quickly sat up: "Famas, Famas, are you okay?"
Famas smiled: "It's okay... I'm just a little dizzy."
Wendy and Famas, who were in love, finally found the noble man in red who was slowly pulling out the sword from his back with an indifferent expression.
"Eh? It seems that I was discovered?"
Wendy sat on Famas's chest, holding the intact wine bottle, and looked awkwardly at Diluc, who was rushing towards the two of them.