Prohibition of losing contact

Pei You didn't even realize that he had just avoided a "war of the century", he bowed his head and kissed the screen under Zhou Qingbai's soft and firm paw, and then chatted with Zhou Qingbai about the unnutritious daily life, and then hung up reluctantly Telephone.

After the location selection for the store in Shanghai was completed, Zhou Qingbai also became busy.

The design team introduced by Brother Qiang used to be a home improvement company for BlackBar, with a distinctive and unique style.

The old houses in the old city are logically not suitable for bars, whether it is the flow of people or eye-catching, the conditions in the alley areas are not as good as those in the downtown area and the bar street.Fortunately, Zhou Qingbai did not invest much in the early stage, and there was no operating pressure to pay back the cost, so the designer thought about it, and finally positioned the decoration on "high-end", "casual" and "niche".

Zhou Qingbai met with their chief designer twice, and made an appointment to go to the store together to inspect the situation of the store, and soon finalized the design plan, and began to renovate the old house.

Pei You's application for promotion has been approved. According to the progress of the personnel transfer at the Shanghai office, Pei You's transfer date is also set for the resumption day after the Spring Festival holiday.

This year's Spring Festival is early, and there are still more than two months before the new year. Zhou Qingbai counts the days and calculates. He feels that if the decoration process is more compact, when he and Pei You go to Shanghai next year, the hard decoration in the bar should be just completed.

It is the first time that Zhou Qingbai has his own "career" when he grows up. He is very fresh about all emergencies, and his enthusiasm for work has also increased a lot. Pei You came home from get off work several times, and he could always see Zhou Qingbai sitting at home. The living room unpacks the courier.Wooden frames for transporting alcohol were scattered around him, and in just a few days, he even saved up enough "minimum consumption" to sell scraps once.

They will go to Shanghai to settle down next year, and recently they have been dealing with the soft furnishings in the rental house one after another, so as to prepare for the future move.As a result, after Zhou Qingbai bought it, he almost immediately filled up the vacancy in the house that had just been cleaned up.

Pei You didn't understand what he meant at first, thinking that he was looking fresh, and couldn't help but start buying wine for the operation of the bar now, but after asking once, he found out that Zhou Qingbai was preparing to study a new special wine list.

"I don't want to operate the bar as an assembly line model, which is too messy and tiring." Zhou Qingbai sat cross-legged on the ground, holding a bottle of gin in his hand, and explained: "But if you want to make a high-end If it is a small circle, it must have obvious business advantages.”

"The special wine list is different from the existing wine list. It cannot be made step by step according to the 'recipe'. It needs constant adjustments to find the most suitable taste." Zhou Qingbai said: "So I want to finalize the wine list now and wait until When I go to Shanghai, I can pack up and go straight to business.”

There are many kinds of raw materials for cocktails. Even if you adjust them one by one according to the matching rules of wines, there are thousands of different matching methods.

The essence of specially mixed wine is no different from artistic creation, so Zhou Qingbai sometimes puts down his work and goes out for a walk to find some inspiration.

Pei You didn't know much about wine. To him, Zhou Qingbai's bartending utensils and all kinds of wine were more indistinguishable than Pei Yu's gaudy lipsticks.

But maybe people will always have filters in areas they don't understand. When Pei You occasionally watched Zhou Qingbai researching new products, he always felt that he looked more attractive than usual.

Zhou Qingbai, who focuses on wine, is quite serious most of the time. He has no distractions and has great enthusiasm for "innovation".Different from the usual "almost enough" attitude, Zhou Qingbai is also quite strict with himself when bartending, and he can't bear even a little taste and taste violation.

But he is harsh, but not rigid-- Zhou Qingbai's familiarity with bartending makes Zhou Qingbai seem to be able to handle it all the time. This kind of instinct that is close to showing off skills makes him look quite attractive. Sometimes Pei You can even see a kind of extreme in him. Aggressive pressure.

To be honest, it is very difficult for Pei You to refuse Zhou Qingbai like this.Perhaps from the first time he saw Zhou Qingbai under the spotlight at BlackBar, it was destined that he would always be amazed by Zhou Qingbai's shining points that are different from ordinary people.

This kind of amazement has not been gradually desensitized as the relationship progresses, and even has a tendency to become more and more intense.

Zhou Qingbai's decision was right, Pei You sat across from the small bar at home, looking at Zhou Qingbai who was looking down at the lime sea salt and thinking: He should have left Qingshan long ago.

After breaking away from the environment that restrained him, the dullness and depression that had settled in Zhou Qingbai's personality completely disappeared. His whole person seemed to be reborn and began to become dazzling, just like He Shibi finally broke free from the stubborn stone and became a A piece of precious jade.

"What are you thinking about?" Zhou Qingbai snapped his fingers in front of Pei You, and said with a chuckle, "I've been in a daze for a long time."

"No." Pei You hurriedly came back to his senses, smiled at Zhou Qingbai, and said, "I think you are very handsome."

Having been with Zhou Qingbai for a long time, and being teased by him more times, Pei You now opens his mouth for such compliments.Zhou Qingbai was obviously very useful, he lay down on the bar counter with a smile, and asked if it was right.

For the convenience of movement, Zhou Qingbai wore a very loose T-shirt today. The colorful ukiyo-e patterns were spread on the white fabric, which made him look a little more colorful than usual.

"Yes." Pei You said, "You are more serious than usual...you look very attractive."

Maybe even Pei You didn't realize that while he loved Zhou Qingbai's intimacy and coquettishness, he was also constantly attracted by his strength and sharpness.

"Oh—I see." Zhou Qingbai supported the bar with one hand, and lazily raised his body a little.His eyes narrowed slightly, and he deliberately lengthened the ending, and his tone was filled with resentment, sounding dissatisfied or complaining, and he said meaningfully: "I understand, you just like Brother Zhou, and you don't like Mr. Zhou. "

Pei You: "..."

Pei You was praising him, suddenly a scapegoat fell from the sky, it was a strange injustice through the ages, snow in June.

Pei You subconsciously wanted to refute his innocence, but Zhou Qingbai leaned over and kissed him lightly on the lips, stopping what he was going to say next.

"I'm sad, I have to punish you." Zhou Qingbai bent his eyes, reached out and tapped Pei You's lips, and said, "Let me think about it...how can I punish you?"

When Mr. Zhou wants to "punish people", he generally does not give people the chance to redress their grievances.Pei You was already used to his "unjust, false and wrongly decided cases", and realized that he just wanted to make use of it, so he pursed his lips and smiled helplessly, acquiescing "to seek perfection".

"Understood." Zhou Qingbai pretended to think hard for a while, and said, "I'll punish you for giving me a wine test."

As he spoke, he bent down slightly, took out a clean glass from the cupboard under the small bar, and stuffed a stick of ice into it.

Zhou Qingbai was born in fancy bartending, even if he didn't deliberately show off his skills, his movements were smooth and beautiful. During the process of icing the glass, he took out a bottle of base wine that Pei You didn't know from the wooden shelf next to him, and put it in the palm of his hand smoothly Turned around and measured out a few ounces.

Pei You watched for a while, and suddenly found that he had seen the ingredients and process of this glass of wine before.A few days ago, Zhou Qingbai tossed and adjusted the ingredients for a long time, drank a lot of wine, was in high spirits that night, refused to sleep until midnight, dragged Pei You greasy and said many times, " I love you, do you love me or not."

The impact of this glass of wine is still vivid in his mind, Pei You only felt the heat in his ears, couldn't help but look away from the wine glass, and landed on Zhou Qingbai's hand.

This glass of wine is not complicated. It only took 5 minutes to finish the production without Zhou Qingbai deliberately prolonging the performance time.

Before the final product was finished, Zhou Qingbai dipped half a circle of special sea salt on the rim of the iced cup, then took out a small green olive from the refrigerator and put it on the rim of the cup, and pushed it towards Pei You by the cup holder. Made a please gesture.

"Please use it." Zhou Qingbai said with a smile.

The cocktail in front of me is quite beautiful. The dark red wine is clear and beautiful, and a tiny mint leaf floats on the smooth surface of the wine. The red and green colors collide, making it quite eye-catching.

Pei You doesn't know much about wine tasting, but after being with Zhou Qingbai for a long time, he also knows how to drink some cocktails by ear.He pinched the rim of the glass and turned it half a circle, took a sip of the wine with a little sea salt in his mouth.

Bitter - this is Pei You's first thought.

This kind of bitterness is not brought by pure spirits, but rather a deliberate special flavor. The strong bitter aroma is mixed with a little sourness. The taste is complex and impactful, which makes Pei You, who is not used to drinking The man subconsciously frowned.

He swallowed the wine, just as he was about to tell Zhou Qingbai about this not-so-good experience, when he realized that the first sip of sea salt had played a role belatedly.

The saltiness of the sea salt effectively neutralized the sour and bitter taste, and after that strong impact, Pei You felt that the back of his tongue belatedly had a little brewing aroma.

It wasn't sweet, but it tasted quite mellow.The previous strong sour and bitter taste still exists, but the sense of presence is not as strong as it was at the beginning. The bitter taste gradually diffuses, spreading out a unique aroma, which is long aftertaste.

"How is it?" Zhou Qingbai propped his chin and said with a smile, "Is it good?"

"It's delicious." Pei You said honestly, "Although I'm not used to drinking it, it still has a good aftertaste."

Pei You looked down at the glass of wine as he spoke, and asked casually, "Did you name it? What's the name of this glass of wine?"

"Encounter." Zhou Qingbai said.

"Encounter?" Pei You asked in bewilderment, "Why is it called this?"

Encounter sounds like the beginning of romance, but Zhou Qingbai made this glass of wine bitter and astringent, even the aroma is calm and restrained, and it tastes not lively at all.

Although Pei You didn't understand the twists and turns, he also felt that it was a bit "not worthy of the name".

"Because this is not a public wine list." Zhou Qingbai straightened up with a smile, pulled a wine list from the wooden shelf next to him, pressed it on the bar and pushed it to Pei You.

"This is for family members." Zhou Qingbai said: "Although it is on the shelves, it is not for sale."

There are a few lines of swashbuckling English written on the hard cardboard with dark patterns, which looks like the name of the wine. Pei You looked down from the first line and accidentally found Zhou Qingbai's bar in Weinan City. the song he sang to him.

"This is a gift for you." Zhou Qingbai said.

God created the world in seven days, and Zhou Qingbai also made the time he and Pei You have known each other into seven glasses of wine.From "Encounter" to "Eternal", almost every glass contains the journey he and Pei You have traveled.

The first meeting is not pleasant, so it is bitter and alienated, and it is just right to use Campari as the base wine; but when we meet each other, this bitterness gradually fades away, and the small green orange replaces the bitter essence, turning the bitterness into a refreshing embellishment, ups and downs In the sparkling water, it becomes the cool air-conditioning in early summer.

The wine in the ambiguous period is soft and mild, with a silky but hot taste, full of tacit mutual temptations everywhere; the day when the heart is broken is chaotic, so the degree of the base wine also rises sharply, and the spiciness of the spirits reaches its peak , the open fire was beating crazily in the wine glass, not only like Zhou Qingbai's beating heart, but also like the unquenchable flame of "Western Sun" in Pei You's heart.

The dilemma when hesitating and the firmness of suddenly being enlightened are fused in a glass of wine. The pine wine has a pure fragrance and is paired with a deep red pickled cherry, which tastes just right.And the glass of wine that symbolizes "confession" was made by Zhou Qingbai to make a clear color. The extremely light blue light shone like a diamond in the dim light, like the continuous rain in southern province, and also like that day Bright moonlight at night.

The last glass of wine fell on a winter day, the only hot drink on the wine list.When all the dust settles, life is on the right track, and even the bitter or sweet aroma of the wine gradually fades away, leaving only a little sweetness left.

Just like the heavy snow outside the window, the four seasons in the house are like spring, the fire is burning in the fireplace, and the dry firewood makes the sound of popping.The warm taste slid through the esophagus, dispelling all the ups and downs like a ray of warm wind, leaving only a room of peace.

"Eternal" may not be the most stunning wine in this wine list, but it is most appropriate to put it at the end.

Pei You doesn't know how to mix wine, but he tasted these works one by one, but it seems that he and Zhou Qingbai walked the same way again.

"There is one last glass." Zhou Qingbai pushed Pei You for the last glass of wine: "But this glass is not special, so it is not included in the official wine list, it is an appendix."

In the end, this glass of wine had a beautiful yellow color and exuded a very sweet orange juice aroma. Pei You recognized its name just by looking at it.

"Cinderella." Zhou Qingbai said.

This is the first glass of wine he has mixed for Pei You, and now he regards it as a gift and filled it in the appendix named "Yesterday.Once.More".

Pei You is a rational person, he is introverted and restrained, and he almost never loses his composure.But only today, facing the exquisite and beautiful cocktails in front of him, he didn't say anything for a while.

He wanted to say something, but his throat was choked when he opened his mouth.There was a hot temperature in his throat, and even the eye circles were a little red, and finally he couldn't help but lower his head and covered his eyes with one hand.

The only mark of an adult is emotional restraint, whether it is happy or moved, once the limit is exceeded, it will appear a little childish.Pei You also felt a little ashamed, but the more he wanted to restore calm as soon as possible, the harder it was for him to restrain his emotions.

He even wanted to admit that he really liked "Brother Zhou" better than "President Zhou".

"What's the matter?" Zhou Qingbai came out from behind the bar. He knelt in front of Pei You on one knee, held his face with his head up, lightly touched Pei You's hand covering his eyes with his thumb, and asked, "Like it?" ."

He didn't speak in that teasing tone this time, his voice was smiling, but quite gentle, and even the tone was softened, as if he was coaxing people.

Pei You took a deep breath, barely suppressed tears, obediently followed Zhou Qingbai's movements and took away his hand, and looked at him.

"I like it." Pei You paused and said, "...I love you."

I have nothing to give him in return, Pei You thought, so I will give him everything.

Love, loyalty, trust, honesty, romance, fun -- as long as Zhou Qingbai wants, he can give all of himself unconditionally anytime, anywhere.

Zhou Qingbai seemed to read something from his eyes, he suddenly smiled, stood up, held Pei You's face and kissed it.

Pei You closed his eyes and accepted him obediently. He put his hands around Zhou Qingbai's waist and pulled him towards him forcefully.

Zhou Qingbai laughed sullenly twice, pried open Pei You's teeth with the tip of his tongue, and hooked the tip of his tongue.

The kiss was long and lingering, with a sweet aroma of wine. After an unknown amount of time, Zhou Qingbai panted slightly and let go of Pei You.

"I'm a person without ambition." Zhou Qingbai put his forehead against Pei You's forehead and said softly, "There is no sense of urgency, and no self-motivation. For me, the best future I can think of is to put your Fill in my career, life - fill in every corner, face each other day and night, stay together for a moment."

The author says:

It's finally here! 【Flying of the Wild Bees.jpg】, I was excited about this wine list once when I was writing the outline, but I kept holding back without spoilers 2333, now I finally write it here, super happy!When I said it, I suddenly felt very emotional, and I felt that Xiao Zhou and Xiao Pei were actually a busi match.Xiao Zhou's way of expressing love is super public, he will take the initiative to create surprises, and often hold back a big one; while Xiao Pei is a slow-flowing, considerate and virtuous type, who will spoil Xiao Zhou in every aspect of daily life.The two of them just make up for each other's weak areas, so the two of them will become quite compatible when they are together [My mother's emotion. , thank you very much~