Jiang Ling shook her head and said to the village chief, "My 'Kelabo' restaurant needs a liquor section. I'm here today mainly to assess the character of these three owners and the quality of their liquor. Let's not reveal anything yet and see how the other owners react!"

The village chief suddenly realized what was going on, gave Jiang Ling a thumbs up, and the two of them walked toward the second house not far away.

Before she even reached the door, Jiang Ling heard a jarring argument.

"Boss, what do you mean? This wine doesn't taste like wine at all!" A man dressed in brocade robes frowned and said to the shopkeeper in front of him.

The owner of the second shop was thin and pale, with eyes that kept darting around in their sockets.

"My wine? Sir, as the saying goes, to catch a thief, you need to catch him red-handed; to catch an adulterer, you need to catch them in the act. How can you prove that you bought your wine from me without any evidence? Besides, there are other wine shops around here! What makes you think you can falsely accuse me of selling my wine!" The shopkeeper's thin voice almost pierced Jiang Ling's eardrums.

Jiang Ling shook her head and walked to the third tavern without even greeting the owner of the first one.

There was nothing unusual about the third tavern, but Jiang Ling knocked on the door for a long time without getting an answer. Jiang Ling shook her head helplessly, already having an answer in her mind about the best candidate for "Kelabo".

After returning to the village chief's house, Jiang Ling asked the village chief to call over all three tavern owners, and the village chief nodded.

Soon the owners of the first and second taverns appeared from the village chief's house, but the owner of the third tavern was nowhere to be seen.

The village chief, panting, ran back to his house and shook his head helplessly, saying, "I don't know where they went! I knocked on the door for ages but no one answered!"

Jiang Ling nodded and whispered, "Okay, I understand!"

The two tavern owners looked at Jiang Ling strangely. The skinny owner hesitated for a moment before asking, "Village Chief, what do you need us for?"