It's okay for me to bully my wife for the sake of the young master's dignity, right?

Chapter 438 [087] Night Visit to Zhao's Mansion

Qin Jiandan pried the almost naked Wangyou off his left arm, turned on the bedside lamp, jumped onto the carpet barefoot and carefully observed the movements in the room.

The sound... came from the hidden closet, but Wangyou's clothes were left on the carpet. I only took off my shoes before going to bed, and there was only one piece of clothing in the closet, which was the vest I hung there when I called!
A thought flashed through Qin Jiandan's mind - someone is here to steal the special medicine for phlogistic disease!

When I opened the wardrobe, I saw that the vest was still there, but the slight shaking amplitude showed that it had just been touched.

Qin Jiandan quickly searched his chest pocket, and surprisingly, the special medicine syringe with a green logo on the surface was not lost. Qin Jiandan was stunned, and then he touched the other side of the chest pocket and found that the stolen thing was the liquid oxygen syringe.

The criminal is undoubtedly the housekeeper Lao Zhao! It's really funny. I only took out the syringe in front of him. I accidentally mixed it up at that time. As a result, Lao Zhao also mixed it up when he stole!

There seemed to be a breeze blowing from the depths of the dark closet. Qin Jiandan didn't even need to lick his fingers to measure the wind direction. The moisture left by Wangyou on the back of his hand was enough.

...There seems to be a secret door here! Lao Zhao must have stolen the syringe through this secret door!
Qin Jiandan was going to smash the secret door with one punch and catch up with Lao Zhao to find out why he stole the special medicine. But out of the corner of his eye, he saw Wangyou turning over in bed and heard the maid making lazy humming sounds.

"No, we can't leave Wangyou like this. We have to make some arrangements."

After Qin Jiandan put on his vest, he began to put on his shoes. He ordered Wangyou in a commanding tone: "Get up and put on your clothes! If you don't get up, I'll stuff you with a beer bottle!"

"..."

Wangyou staggered out of the bed, walked off the carpet like a puppet, picked up the dress on the ground without any concealment, and slowly put it on.

It seems that Wangyou's free will has not been restored yet.

"Do you have a weapon?" Qin Jiandan regretted not carrying a gun with him. Although he didn't need it, he would be passive in this situation.

Unexpectedly, Wangyou bent down and groped, and actually took out a large...semi-automatic pistol from the inside of the maid's skirt.

"This is what Miss Linlin gave me for self-defense." Wangyou said, "Young Master, you can go and do your work without worry. I can protect myself."

Affected by the electronic dream beer, Wangyou's eyes still flashed with deep blue swirls, making her look like a robot maid with glowing eyes.

"Very good, you can go back to bed and rest, but you are not allowed to sleep. If anyone other than me enters the room, shoot him immediately!"

After making arrangements for Wangyou, Qin Jiandan was just about to break the secret door in the closet when he heard staggering footsteps coming from the corridor.

"Hic... Nv'erhong... Maotai liquor..."

What the hell are you doing to make trouble, father-in-law! Just because I didn't let Lao Zhao serve you the good old wine at dinner, you have to steal it in the middle of the night? First Lao Zhao stole the medicine and then father-in-law stole the wine. Are you a thief alliance?

Qin Jiandan changed his mind and decided to stop his father-in-law first. He finally confirmed that Wangyou was following his orders, and then left the room through the main door.

However, Han Tiancheng's walking speed was faster than Qin Jiandan had imagined. After he ran two steps to catch up, he found that there were also deep blue flashes spinning in his father-in-law's eyes.

I've heard that electronic dream beer may cause the drinker to sleepwalk, which is why Qin Jiandan himself doesn't dare to drink it. The father-in-law in front of him has a dull expression, obviously in a sleepwalking state, and his saliva is flowing out!

"I want to drink... I want to drink... Why do you hide the wine from me..."

Han Tiancheng seemed to dream of the scene where Mu Yue restricted him from drinking. After thinking about it, Qin Jiandan decided not to wake up his father-in-law (to prevent the sleepwalker from suffering health damage), but to follow and protect him all the way, waiting for him to wake up naturally or return to bed.

As for the matter of chasing after Lao Zhao… the priority can be put on the back burner, since the initiative has been lost now. Moreover, what Lao Zhao stole was not the real medicine, and the Zhao family could escape, but the temple could not.

In fact, it is very puzzling that Lao Zhao stole the medicine. If he felt that exchanging half of his family property for the special medicine was a big loss, he could have bargained at the dinner party. Why did he do such a petty theft?
Could it be that he misjudged Zhao Dechang's trust in him, and was scolded by Zhao Dechang as a spendthrift after the dinner, so he came here in a dejected state to steal the medicine?
The villa was silent at 2 a.m., with no servants on duty, and only the slight electronic noise of the tracking camera high up.

Qin Jiandan accompanied Han Tiancheng for a while and found that Han Tiancheng was not walking towards the banquet hall. He was walking around in circles, as if he was finding his way with his nose rather than his eyes.

Damn, father-in-law, how come you have such special abilities when you sleepwalk? What are you smelling in the air? Are you smelling alcohol? I can't smell it at all! Is this a special ability of an alcoholic?

Han Tiancheng led Qin Jiandan out of the corridor and came to an elegant garden with an artificial lake.

Qin Jiandan did some research before coming here. There was a large garden outside Zhao Dechang's villa. The villa was in the shape of a "U" character and there was a small garden inside.

It is called a "small garden" only because it is small compared to the outside. In fact, it covers an area at least as large as four football fields.

Qin Jiandan noticed something strange as soon as he entered the garden. In the artificial lake in the center of the garden, genetically modified luminous fish swam among the aquatic plants. There were three pavilions by the lake for people to rest and watch. The overall lighting design of the garden made the panoramic view of the garden dreamlike, creating a mysterious and romantic atmosphere.

"Tsk, such a nice place, I wish I was with Mu Yue. But instead I'm with Mu Yue's dad!"

This garden is very strange. The temperature drops quickly in autumn nights. Even though we have already arrived outside the coverage of the ducted air-conditioning, my father-in-law is still wearing pajamas and slippers, but it does not feel cold here at all, but warm instead!
Due to the influence of the air flow outdoors, Han Tiancheng temporarily lost the trace of the smell of alcohol. He raised his head with his nostrils pointed to the sky, sniffing for a long time like a bloodhound, and then he determined his route forward.

Can you follow a scent outdoors? Your sense of smell is as good as that of the Fury people, and it's on par with that of Valei! Could it be that you and Valei are real father and daughter?

Qin Jiandan followed Han Tiancheng to one of the three pavilions. Han Tiancheng walked around and refused to move, looking up at the sky and then at the ground.

Indeed, the smell of alcohol was the strongest here, and Qin Jiandan could even notice it.

Qin Jiandan carefully searched the embedded LED light strips on the pillars of the pavilion and indeed found a hidden button. As he pressed the button, the open space in the center of the pavilion rumbled and soon collapsed to form a downward staircase.

"careful!"

Han Tiancheng couldn't wait to walk down the stairs. Qin Jiandan hurriedly held one of his arms. The two of them went deeper underground step by step, and the surroundings became dim.

After passing through two metal doors that slid open silently, the view in front of me suddenly opened up.

This is a world without night. The LED growth lights hanging from the ceiling are like stars from another world, providing photosynthesis for life in this underground world. The vertical planting units are like green castles, where vegetables, medicinal herbs and rare plants thrive in high-tech hotbeds.

“This is… this is technology similar to the Central Tower Vertical Farm!”

Han Tiancheng woke up at some point and was so surprised by what he saw that he no longer cared about how he got here.

After the two passed through the lobby, the LED growth lights above their heads changed from full spectrum to blue light. Blue light is beneficial to the chlorophyll synthesis and leaf growth of plants, and can promote the growth of stems and leaves of plants.

Going further, the LED growth light turns into red light, which helps the plants to bloom and bear fruit and prolong the flowering period.

Qin Jiandan suddenly realized: "Because there is a factory underground, a lot of heat is generated. This is why the garden and lake above are also warm."

The smell of alcohol around him became stronger and stronger. Han Tiancheng smiled with satisfaction and let his nose lead him through this vibrant green ocean.

Further ahead is the brewing workshop, where huge fermentation tanks and distillation towers are like sleeping giants, quietly guarding the secrets of the Zhao Mansion. Automatic robotic arms shuttle between them, performing precise operations. On the monitoring screen, data and parameters are jumping to ensure that each round of brewing strictly meets the requirements.

Han Tiancheng looked around for a bottle of wine that was convenient for drinking, but found nothing. Qin Jiandan stopped him and said, "There is not a single servant on duty. Father-in-law, don't you find it strange? Let's see what's here first."

In a corner of the workshop, machines are converting the byproducts of winemaking into alcohol fuel, providing a steady supply of power for the Zhao family. The roar of the machines and the faint aroma of wine interweave together, giving people the illusion of being in a noisy tavern.

"This smell is a bit like whiskey..." Han Tiancheng said, flaring his nose. "Maybe it's an alcohol fuel made from corn as the main ingredient?"

Qin Jiandan nodded and said, "Using all the fuel coal as energy is too expensive. The Zhao family is quite good at recycling."

Han Tiancheng was dragged by Qin Jiandan and reluctantly left the brewing area. Then they came to the last meat production area.

Stepping onto the metal conveyor belt in the middle, you can see rows of huge glass containers on both sides. The containers are filled with nutrient solution, and the animal tissues suspended inside are growing slowly and rhythmically.

There were no bones, no nerves, only pieces of living, pink flesh trembling slightly in the clear liquid.

Qin Jiandan had heard about the meat production workshop in the vertical farm, and it probably used similar nutrient solution to soak the meat. The nutrient solution and the universal cell fluid in the regeneration chamber came from the same source. Thinking carefully about the dishes at tonight's banquet, they were quite disgusting.

If you want to eat traditionally raised and slaughtered meat, you have to pay a higher price. Even in the Central Tower, there is only a very limited traditionally raised area, which is specially provided for the top restaurants and diners.

As for the most common "cell animal mud" in the outer city, it is actually the scraps from the meat production workshop. Qin Jiandan doesn't think that thing is cheap. Anyway, most of the fried chicken nuggets in fast food restaurants on Earth are made of scraps.

There was a faint biochemical smell in the air. Qin Jiandan turned around and said to his father-in-law, whose face was numb from being shocked so many times:
"It seems that this is the secret of the Zhao family's wealth. They don't have any purchasing channels in the inner city, but secretly produce crops, meat and alcohol fuel. Old Zhao said that he would use half of his property to exchange for medicine. That's the half I saw tonight. It will be of great use to me!"

"It's just that everything seems suspicious. If Lao Zhao didn't want us to find the underground factory, he should have been more cautious. If he deliberately let us see the factory, what was his intention?"

(End of this chapter)