Ke Xue Bartender

Chapter 17: Spring comes out of dead trees
Aragaki Kaho pushed the door open and entered the store, and was surprised to see a child sitting at the bar.

Where did this child come from?
"Uncle, is this your illegitimate child? Why is he here now?"

Lin Ye, who was wiping the wine glass, suddenly had a trembling hand and the glass almost fell to the ground.

"Xia Fan, how can a child this old be mine? I'm only 24 years old." Lin Ye reminded Xin Yuan of his age so that she would stop calling him uncle.

"Isn't it?" Aragaki Kaho looked at Conan, then at Lin Ye, as if comparing their appearances.

Well, not really.

"Hello sister, my name is Edogawa Conan. I'm temporarily living in the Mori family upstairs. I'm here to study." Conan introduced himself politely.

[Haha, this woman has such a rich imagination]

"So it's the Mori family's child," Aragaki Kaho smiled and stepped forward to pat Conan's big head, "So cute, just like a big-headed doll."

[Is this woman praising me or insulting me? ]

"Little Conan, you just said studying? What are you going to learn in the bar?" Aragaki asked curiously.

"Detective practice."

"Detective practice?" Aragaki looked confused.

Conan repeated his theory again and added a patch to it, saying that he heard it from Uncle Maori.

Aragaki covered his mouth and laughed: "So that's how it is. Then you have to work hard, little detective."

"Well, thank you, sister." Conan called cutely.

After changing clothes, there were still more than ten minutes before the business started. Aragaki Xiafan sat down at the bar, put her chin on her hands, and stared at Lin Ye's face curiously.

"What's wrong? Is there something on my face?" Lin Ye asked curiously.

"Uncle, why do you look so much better today? You looked like you were about to die before." Xinyuan praised Lin Ye, and then immediately insulted him again.

Lin Ye began to miss Xinyuan who tried to seduce him yesterday.

"Haha, maybe it's because I went out for a run today. Didn't you see it?"

After running in the morning, Lin Ye went home and took a hot bath. He really felt refreshed. Even he himself felt strange. It was just a run, but the effect was too good.

But he didn't think much about it and attributed it to psychological factors.

"Ah, so that person is you. I thought he was just an unfortunate guy who looked like you." Aragaki Kaho pretended to be stupid.

Looks a lot like me, what a misfortune? Lin Ye shook his head, not taking Aragaki's ridicule to heart.

"By the way, uncle, I have a question for you."

"what?"

"The drink you mixed yesterday was the one with tomato juice and beer. I went back and tried it. Why did the taste of mine be completely different from yours?"

Aragaki Kaho couldn't understand why the taste of the cup made by her with just two simple ingredients was so different from the one made by Lin Ye. No matter how many times she tried, she couldn't replicate the taste of Lin Ye's cup.

Lin Ye smiled and said, "This drink is indeed simple to make, but the simpler the cocktail, the more careful you should be and pay attention to every detail, otherwise you will end up with a failed cocktail. When you made it, was there a lot of foam in the glass?"

"Hey, how did you know?" Aragaki opened his eyes wide.

"Because of your personality." Lin Ye looked as if he had known it would be like this.

"Personality?" Aragaki frowned. Wasn't he talking about cocktail making? How did it have to do with personality?

"You have a lively and active personality. I guess when you added the beer, you must have poured it directly into the cup and did not stir it delicately enough, so there was excess foam. The beer and tomato juice did not blend into one, and the taste of the two was separated. Am I right?"

Seeing the smile on Lin Ye’s face, Xinyuan looked as if he had seen a ghost.

[He was right. This guy is always secretly observing me, right?]

"So what should we do?"

Ignoring Aragaki's thoughts, Lin Ye said:

“When pouring, be careful to pour it along the wall of the glass to avoid generating excess foam. When stirring, not only stir horizontally, but also add the lifting technique, so that the beer on the upper layer and the tomatoes on the lower layer can be fully integrated to form a unified taste.”

"Oh, there are so many details to this." Aragaki Kaho looked as if her eyes had been opened.

"If you're interested, I can teach you how to hold the spoon and the stirring technique." [Teach me... the technique? The kind that teaches me step by step? Is he trying to take the opportunity to touch my hand?]

Thinking of the scene of Lin Ye personally teaching her how to hold the bar spoon and stir the wine glass, Aragaki Kaho's face suddenly turned red.

Seeing the expression on her face, Lin Ye smiled helplessly. This guy really has a very rich imagination.

At this time, Conan on the side suddenly said:

"Uncle Lin Ye, you looked like a detective just now."

"Detective?" Lin Ye was stunned.

"Yes, that's when you were guessing how this sister made wine." Conan said.

Lin Ye smiled and said, "Because bartenders also have to observe the guests carefully, and infer their identities and moods from their clothing, expressions, and behaviors, so that they can entertain them in the most appropriate way. Well, now that I put it that way, it does seem like a detective."

Conan also laughed: "The difference is that the detective entertains the criminal."

"Haha, that's true." Lin Ye thought to himself, in fact, I also entertained criminals, and they were very scary ones.

[Bartender is an interesting profession] - Conan
"Conan, where have you been? Come back for dinner." Xiaolan's voice suddenly came from outside the door.

Conan was startled and just jumped off the chair when Xiaolan pushed the door and entered the store.

"Sure enough, it's here, Conan, this is not a place for children." Xiaolan stood at the door with her hands on her hips and spoke in a tone of teaching a child.

"Sister Xiaolan, I'm just curious, so I came down to take a look." Conan also looked like a child who had done something wrong.

"You're not allowed to be curious. Bars are not places for children. Fortunately, Mr. Lin Ye is a trustworthy person. Don't be so naughty in the future. What if you meet bad guys?" The way Xiaolan educates Conan is like an older sister.

"But Sister Xiaolan, I have to practice detective skills here." Conan said aggrievedly.

[You are so long-winded, Xiaolan]

"Detective training?"

Conan repeated what he had just said. Xiaolan frowned after hearing it. How come this kid is also a detective fanatic?

"Conan, please don't cause trouble for Mr. Lin Ye."

"Uncle Lin Ye has promised me to practice here."

accepted?
Xiaolan turned around and bowed slightly to Lin Ye at the bar:

"I'm sorry, Mr. Lin Ye, did this child cause you any trouble?"

"Of course not. This kid is very smart and has the potential to be a detective. It is better to let Uncle Maori train him well. He will definitely become an excellent detective in the future." Lin Ye said with a smile.

Conan's mouth twitched.

[That stupid old man is here to train me? Forget it.]

"Okay, Conan, come home with me for dinner and don't disturb Mr. Lin Ye from his work."

Xiaolan took Conan's hand and pulled him out of the bar.

After Lin Ye and Aragaki Kaho were the only ones left in the store, the atmosphere became quiet.

Lin Ye suddenly asked: "Do you want me to teach you how to hold the bar key?"

The scene flashed through Aragaki Xiafan's mind again: Lin Ye hugged her from behind, his big hands covering her small hands, teaching her how to hold the bar spoon and gently stirring the wine in the glass.

Her face instantly turned red and she shouted:
"do not want!"

Then he ran out the door and prepared to turn on the business sign.

Lin Ye also "saw" the scene just now.

He touched his face and his expression became subtle.

Xia Fan, I haven't thought about anything so exciting. I just simply want to teach you how to make cocktails.

But why, at that moment just now, did I feel a throbbing feeling in my heart?
Could it be that after having a young body, my mentality also becomes younger and I want to experience a sweet love?

Oh, that's impossible?

(End of this chapter)