Chapter 823: Stealing Wine to Drink?
Yu Hongjin quietly pulled a small bottle of wine from her Fragrant Pouch.
Song Bao stared in astonishment. "Where—where did you get that wine? Didn't you drink it all?"
Yu Hongjin blinked. "I hid it in my pocket."
Song Bao stared blankly. "If you already had wine, why did you ask for more at the inn?"
"It hasn't aged long enough yet," Yu Hongjin replied.
She had been keeping track of the time herself. With ordinary matters, she might remember something one moment only to forget it the next, but when it came to anything involving wine, her memory was sharper than anyone else's.
"What do you mean, aged?" Song Bao asked, puzzled.
"Wine has a vintage," Yu Hongjin explained. "When it's aged for just the right amount of time, it tastes the absolute best. Not a moment too long, and not a moment too short. It has to be perfect."
Song Bao paused. "How do you know all that?"