Chapter 1005 Feigning Drunkness

Shu Yu frowned, but before she could get a closer look, she heard Deng exclaim, "Isn't this Manager Qiu?"

Manager Qiu?

Shu Yu looked closely and, sure enough, aside from the drooping hair and flushed face, it was indeed Manager Qiu from the cloth shop. What happened?

Upon hearing his name, Manager Qiu waved his hand vigorously, "What Manager Qiu? Who is Manager Qiu? I'm not him. I want to buy wine, hurry up and give it to me."

After saying that, he pulled a string of copper coins from his pocket and slammed them on the counter. "If you don't give them to me, I'll... I'll..."

He looked around, stumbled to the corner, picked up a chair, and was about to smash it against the wine vat next to him.

Mrs. Deng's eyes widened. "What are you doing? Put it down, put it down, I'll give you the wine."

The two men quickly grabbed a chair from him and carried him out, one holding him by the waist.

Deng quickly poured him some wine, and Manager Qiu nodded in satisfaction. He picked up the wine jug and walked out, drinking as he went, his body swaying unsteadily.

Mrs. Deng shook her head and sighed.

Shu Yu stared at the doorway for a moment, then turned back and asked, "What's wrong with Manager Qiu?"

Deng was unaware of this, but the quick-witted shop assistant Xiaoshu replied, "A few days ago, the owner of that cloth shop fired Manager Qiu, saying that he had embezzled a lot of money from the shop over the years. Considering that Manager Qiu had worked hard even if he hadn't made any great contributions, the owner didn't report him to the authorities or pursue his responsibility. He just kicked him and another shop assistant from another shop out."

Another employee said, "Starting a few days ago, Manager Qiu has been coming to the wine shop to buy wine from time to time. Sometimes he's drunk and still unconscious, and sometimes he's sober. At first, his family was with him, but now they don't care anymore."

"Fortunately, he never specified what kind of alcohol he wanted each time he came over, so the drinks we gave him were not strong."

Mrs. Deng frowned. “If he comes to buy wine when he’s sober in the future, don’t sell it to him. Otherwise, if something happens later, we’ll be the ones to blame.”

"yes."

Deng waved her hand, signaling the two shop assistants to get back to work, and walked up to Shu Yu. "Were you scared just now?"

Shu Yu smiled and said, "Nothing like that, it was just a bit of an accident."

A-Ning was already calling her from outside. Shu Yu had been delayed for a while, so she immediately said goodbye to Deng Shi.

"Mrs. Jiang, please continue with your work. I'll be going now."

"goodbye."

Shu Yu left the wine shop and got into the mule cart. After the cart started moving forward, she lifted the curtain and looked outside again.

Shopkeeper Qiu didn't go far; he even found a corner and sat down to continue drinking.

Shu Yu scoffed. What's the point of pretending to be drunk in front of her for no reason?

Manager Qiu did smell of alcohol, but not strongly.

From her few interactions with Manager Qiu, Shu Yu knew that he had a high alcohol tolerance, and the wines the shop assistants sold him were not strong enough to make him completely drunk.

Moreover, after he entered the shop, he looked at Mrs. Deng, the two shop assistants, and the other customers, but he didn't look at her.

She stood there so straight, closest to him, yet he managed to avoid her gaze precisely; there's no way he could be drunk.

What did he mean by pretending to be drunk and walking in front of her? Was he trying to tell her that he was fired from his job and became so poor and destitute because of her?

Do you want her to feel guilty, or do you want her to feel sympathy?

Shu Yu smiled and lowered the carriage curtain.

Not far away, Manager Qiu watched the mule cart gradually disappear into the distance, and finally couldn't hold back any longer, smashing the wine jug in his hand on the ground.

(End of this chapter)