Chapter 1644

Xiao Qingqing walked alongside Samuel, her curious gaze fixed on him as she asked, "Uncle Jing, why did you let Su Jiaojiao drink that wine? Did you tamper with it, or was it someone else who rigged it and tipped you off?" A faint smile played at the corners of Samuel's lips. "Qingqing, you're quite sharp to guess the wine was spiked. But no one tipped me off—I figured it out myself just by observing." Observing? Xiao Qingqing frowned in confusion. She had been in the room the whole time too—how had she missed it? Noticing her puzzled expression, Samuel chuckled and patiently explained. "There were three bottles of red wine on the table. With so many people around, they only drank from two of them—no one touched the third. And as luck would have it, when Su Jiaojiao offered me a toast, she poured from that very bottle." He shrugged lightly. "The wine was all the same, yet that one bottle was left untouched. Given that Su Jiaojiao sought me out with an agenda, it wasn’t hard to put two