【Niji】Afternoon

Scones are one of the most important snacks in the orthodox three-tiered afternoon tea tray. Now let’s talk about how to make scones.

First, you need to prepare low-gluten flour, unsalted butter, baking powder, granulated sugar, salt, eggs and milk. If you like raisins or cranberries, you can also prepare some.

Freeze all the ingredients for [-] minutes, then sift the flour, baking powder and salt.In the second step, please heat the unsalted butter with water. After the heating is complete, mix the sugar, butter and sifted flour evenly until it is completely mixed and even fine sand.Finally, add egg liquid and milk to knead the dough.Raisins or cranberries can be added or not, but be careful not to knead the dough too much, otherwise the resulting scones will not be soft enough.Remember to refrigerate the finished dough for thirty minutes.

After taking out the dough, preheat the oven to [-] degrees, make the dough stick about [-] cm thick, press out the prototype with a mold, and finally coat the top layer with a thin layer of egg wash, bake in the oven for [-] minutes.

"It turns out the method is so simple!" Luota exclaimed.

"Easier than many cakes or biscuits, right? The scones that will be baked later will be cut into two halves, spread with cream and enjoy. You can also spread chocolate or strawberry jam if you want. But lemon custard sauce and The scones are very suitable, so I made some and brought them here." Nino took out a small glass jar from the small paper bag he brought and handed it to Lota, "The lemon custard is best chilled."

"I'll put it in the refrigerator now! I'm looking forward to it!" Lota held the small glass jar and turned it around before sending it into the refrigerator.

"While the scones are in the oven, how about we fry the white sauce? My own recipe!"

"Really? That's great! Tell me, Nino."

Jean silently observed Nino.

Nino and Lota chatted very happily. The start of this hands-on cooking party was that Nino and Lota mentioned some cooking tricks while chatting on the phone. Later, Nino simply made an appointment and brought materials to the door Show craftsmanship.

Having been friends for many years, Gene never expected that Nino would have such an amazing culinary talent.

Thinking about it carefully, he and Nino mostly made an appointment to meet at an outside restaurant.When Nino came to his house as a guest at the beginning, Gene still remembered that his mother cooked the kitchen specially. Then the accident happened, and when Nino came to his house again, the kitchen was already dominated by Lota.

Nino asked Lotta, "Do you have a bay leaf?"

"Yes, there is a little leftover from cooking the stew before, I remember putting it here..." Luota opened the cabinet, touched it on tiptoe for a while, "I found it!"

Nino noticed that Gene was looking at him, smiled at him, waved the spatula in his hand and asked, "Gene, do you want to help?"

"No, keep busy." Gene silently took out the lighter.

"Ah, pump up and get outside!" Lota said.

Nino turned around, and while frying the white sauce neatly, he explained, "Actually, you can put bay leaves or not, depending on whether you like the taste of bay... The ingredients of white sauce include fresh milk, fresh cream, unsalted butter, Flour, if there is no fresh cream, the milk taste will be weaker. Stir fry the unsalted butter and flour, then add milk and water slowly after frying, and put the bay leaves before the milk.”

Gene put the lighter back in his pocket and continued to stare at Nino.

This time Gene quickly discovered that Nino had been looking at him all the time, his eyes were undisguised, full of aggression, and his greedy eyes were tightly stuck to himself as if he was about to swallow him into his stomach .

why?

No, the moment Gene asked why in his heart, he knew the answer.Genn wasn't really so dull that he couldn't feel being stared at, and Nino liked him.

But why do you like it?

The time we met was not just three months, it was a friendship that lasted from high school to the present...

Ah, right.

That guy Nino, watching me must have been longer than I imagined. That guy insisted on going to high school with me again at the age of 25. It's a good thing he could do such a thing.

"Brother! Let's cook corn soup tonight, what do you think?" Luota held a glass crisper, and the hot white sauce inside was still smelling good.

"Okay," Gene said.

Lota offered the invitation: "Nino stay for dinner too."

Before Nino could answer, Gene said, "We're going somewhere else tonight."

Now that you've found it, let's make it clear.Although it is also possible to act nonchalantly, Gene doesn't want to do that, and it doesn't make any sense to perfunctory Nino.

Luota was taken aback, "Huh? Where are you going? Brother, you didn't say anything before, really."

"Let's go to the bar for a drink." Nino answered the words with a natural attitude, as if they really had this agreement before.

That's amazing, as expected of an experienced and outstanding member of the Internal Affairs Investigation Section, Jean couldn't help but praise Nino in his heart.

The scones were baked, and the thick buttery aroma filled the living room. After cooling down a little, Lota also made tea and coffee, and she also took out homemade whipped cream and fruit sandwiches from the refrigerator.

Lota put the sandwiches into a big disc, put them on the table, and introduced: "The strawberry is from my brother, and the chocolate-banana flavor is from Nino. After I went to eat with Leyle and Maggie last time, I really want to try it once. I tried it, and the taste is very similar to that sold in the store!"

"Then I won't be polite." Nino took his own banana chocolate flavor, took a bite, and chewed slowly, savoring the sweetness of whipped cream banana and chocolate sauce, "It's delicious."

"It's really delicious! I just want to let you eat fresh cream and fruit sandwiches." Lota was very happy.

The strawberry whipped cream sandwich is delicious.

Excellent whipped cream is sweet but not greasy. It becomes soft and smooth after being whipped, like fluffy and sweet snowflakes covering sweet and sour strawberries. When you chew toast slowly, you can taste the natural sweetness produced by starch at different levels, creating fresh fruit The cream sandwich guys are amazing.

"If you like, I have done a lot." Luota felt that Nino was like family, and the time spent with her brother and Nino was very precious, so she was very happy and talked more, "Look at this The teapot is cute, right? Last time I saw a very beautiful afternoon tea tray, but we don’t usually have afternoon tea at home, so it’s a bit of a waste to buy it.” Luota pointed to the teapot and said.

The teapot is very beautiful, the whole body and the lid are super pink, tender pink, the teapot lid is pointed like a hat, the top is made of ceramic round strawberries, and the plump body of the pot is also painted with strawberries.

"If you like the afternoon tea tray, just buy it," Gene said.

"Buy it, next time I'll prepare pound cakes, muffin cakes, and salty sandwiches to gather all the snacks, and then I can fill the afternoon tea tray." Nino encouraged.

The three-tiered afternoon tea tray is usually eaten from bottom to top, from salty to sweet, with sandwiches of various flavors on the bottom layer, scones on the middle layer, and small cakes and desserts on the top layer.

Lotta was visibly moved.

"Is it really possible to buy it? Then I'll have a look at that store next time."

After the topic of the afternoon tea three-tier shelf was over, they almost finished eating the fruit and cream sandwiches, and the scones, which were scalding hot, became lukewarm and just right for their mouths.

Lotta cut open the scones and spread the lemon custard sauce that Nino had brought.She took a small bite, the outer layer was as hard and crisp as a biscuit, and the inner layer was soft. It was smeared with refreshing lemon custard sauce, sweet and sour, and served with scones full of thick milk.

Lota closed her eyes to feel the delicious taste, and happily held her face and said, "It's so soft and fluffy, it's delicious!"

"Is it delicious? If you like it, eat more." Nino responded with a smile.

Nino also cut a piece of scone for Gene, spread strawberry jam on it and handed it to him, but Gene was absent-minded, and even the taste of strawberry jam couldn't bring him back from his wandering thoughts.

This is obviously a waste of delicious scones.

Nino and Lota chatted enthusiastically, but Nino diverted his attention and Gene always talked less, until the two of them left, Lota didn't notice his brother's unusual silence.

They walked into the caretaker elevator, and Nino asked before selecting the floor button: "My motorcycle is parked in the underground parking lot, do you want to wait for me upstairs, or go down together?"

"Come down with you," Genn said.

The elevator descended quietly, the elevator doors slid open silently, and they stepped into the empty and quiet parking lot, the sound of their heels hitting the ground echoed.

Nino handed the hard hat to Gene, "Hard hat."

"Don't you bring it yourself?"

"No way, I only took one out today. Don't worry, I will remember to avoid the surveillance cameras on the street and the patrol cars of the ACCA branch in Barton later."

This guy was very good at hiding himself, and Gene believed that Nino could do it, so he simply acquiesced to his decision.Anyway, wear casual clothes when you go out today, just be careful not to be seen by the deputy head of the inspection department blatantly breaking the law.

When the sun goes down, the wind generated by high-speed motorcycles seems to be able to blow away the scorching heat of summer.

Nino didn't take him to the bar he often went to. He went around to the store to buy a hand of beer and a few snacks, and took Gene to his destination.

They stopped by the river embankment. There were not many people here, and the temperature by the water was very cool. Since high school, they would occasionally come here to chat with each other.

Cold drops of water condensed on the outside of the beer aluminum can. Nino opened the plastic bag, and unpacked the snack package of sea salt potato chips, shredded squid and dried almond fish. Pairs well with a little bitterness and desserts.

Gene doesn't drink often, and his alcohol capacity is not very good, but he downed a whole can of beer in one breath, Gene wanted to use alcohol to reduce his tension.

"No matter where you go, you ride that motorcycle."

"Yeah, it's a hassle to have to check a motorcycle on a plane every time I go out, but I'm going to have a hard time without it."

"But this motorcycle seems to be different from what I saw before, although it is still black..."

Gene remembered the black motorcycle that Nino was riding before. There were several differences between the style and the current one, but if he wanted to explain the differences in detail, he wouldn't be able to tell for a while.

"It was discovered by you, haha. The new bike is a new model released at the beginning of the year. I watched it for half a year and decided to buy it. I always ride it recently. The cylinder capacity of this motorcycle exceeds 400cc, and the horsepower and torque of the engine are higher than the previous one. Stronger, a bit wild and difficult to control, but I like it very much.”

"You really like motorcycles."

"yes."

The conversation was interrupted.

Gene grabbed a handful of dried almond fish. The combination of white strips of almonds and the salty, sweet and crispy honey sauce fish is very harmonious, making people unable to stop taking one bite after another.The smoked shredded squid tastes very fresh and chewy, and a shredded squid and a sip of beer have different flavors.Not only that, beer and fried food have always been a perfect match. The giant potatoes produced in the forest area are sliced ​​thinly and pressed into corrugated potato chips.

While these three dim sum items were no match for the pub's bacon sausage platter or spicy grilled chicken wings, they were still very drinkable, and Gene couldn't help opening another can of beer.

The ring of the aluminum can was pulled open, and the sound of fizzing beer bubbles came from the mouth of the can.

"Why do you like me?" Gene asked bluntly, "I've noticed your gaze, you've been looking at me, it's really hard to ignore."

Nino smiled wryly, scratched his hair in embarrassment, and then admitted generously: "You feel it, what are you going to do?"

Gene thought that Nino would panic, or take this opportunity to confess, but he never thought that Nino would push the words back and ask him to express his position.

"do not know."

"Will you hate it?" Nino asked.

"No, I just don't understand why you like me. Since when did you like me? Ah, you don't have to answer me, I still remember that you never looked at me like this before."

"Strange?"

"Yeah, it's usually weird."

"It's not surprising because I've wanted to kiss you for a long time."

"Kiss?" Gene startled, setting the beer can back on the grass.

Nino smiled and asked, "Would you like to try it? Kiss."

Although he was smiling, he could feel that he was serious and not joking.

"...Okay." Perhaps because of the atmosphere infection, or being attracted by Nino's eyes, Gene couldn't help but agree to try.

When Nino really got close to Jin, Jin couldn't help but back away.

No, it shouldn't be agreed.Now my mouth is full of stale taste, not suitable for kissing.Gene couldn't help leaning back to avoid Nino, his fingertips on the ground trembled slightly, as if he was afraid, and he couldn't help scolding himself in his heart for making such a fuss, such a reaction was too embarrassing.

So Gene braced his neck and stood there stiffly, waiting for Nino to gently hold Gene's neck with his warm palm.Nino's soft lips were cold, with the aroma of beer and wheat and the salty taste of pastries.Gene could still taste the beer, dried almond fish, shredded squid and potato chips in Nino's mouth, and he thought that Nino must also be able to taste the slightly bitter silt in his mouth.Nino waited for Jean to get used to it, and the originally gentle kiss became more and more intense, almost making Jean unable to breathe.Nino wants to swallow Jinn, he is unwilling to let go of her prince, it is best to imprison Jinn in his arms forever...

When Gene was almost suffocating, Nino reluctantly let him go.

"How?" Nino panted slightly.

is it acceptable?Will you find it annoying?Will you like it?

Genn stroked his swollen lips and whispered, "It's not annoying."

Nino finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Do you want to date? Let's talk about a relationship suitable for our age and adults."

"What is adult love?"

"I didn't know until I tried."

"It doesn't sound reliable at all." Gene laughed out loud. He always felt that Nino was very versatile, but he didn't expect that he would also be unconfident. "But I promised, so I will do it."

The book says that adult love should treat lovers as best friends, but Nino is already Jean's best friend, and Gene feels that the love guide book is not helpful at all.

What exactly is adult love?This is a huge problem.

It's a little embarrassing to say that Gene used to like beauties with both talents and looks, but he never really fell in love once. Although Nino was very popular, he had no time for love at all before.

Two adults who have never been in love before are going to have an adult love...

The living room was filled with tinkling electronic sound effects. Nino and Gene sat on the small two-person sofa, holding a game controller in each hand, staring at the screen intently.

The characters on the screen are trying to jump over the knife mountain pit, gobble up the gold coins, and compete who can reach the finish line first.

Gene is even more nervous than Nino, he rarely plays video games, unlike Nino who can still eat snacks with his hands free.

Despite his efforts, Gene still lost, and the character fell to the ground with a large skull pattern emerging from his body.

"You have to press the jump button continuously to make the character jump on the floating bricks, otherwise you will die if you fall into the pit." Nino said.

"The next level is so difficult." Gene put down the gamepad, frustrated.

"It took me a lot of time to clear the level before."

There is no difference in the way of getting along between the two after the relationship, but the probability of them going out together is getting higher and higher.In the end, he couldn't think of where to go, so Nino invited Gene to come and play at home.I never went to Nino’s house to play video games when I was in high school, and now I make up for what I haven’t done in the past, but playing video games doesn’t feel like an adult love.

"Let's eat snacks first. These are chocolate potato chips jointly launched by the Korolai District and the Farming District."

"Salty and sweet, is it really delicious?"

"It's very delicious, I didn't lie to you, you can eat it first."

Thick-cut wavy potato chips are coated with a thin layer of chocolate on one side. The frying of the potato chips and the cocoa butter of the chocolate create a duo of oils with different feelings. The salty taste of the potato chips and the sweetness of the chocolate are unimaginable. Right taste.

"Chocolate and potato chips go well together. I have eaten biscuit sticks dipped in chocolate sauce before, and I thought they tasted similar..."

"It's totally different, isn't it? Although the biscuit stick dipped in chocolate is more classic, chocolate is also delicious with potato chips."

As expected of Nino, he was able to collect information on unique chocolate snacks.

Crumbs of potato chips and chocolate stuck to the corner of Gene's mouth, and Nino reached out to wipe it off, "It's stuck."

Nino naturally put his index finger dipped in chocolate and potato chips into his mouth, and licked it clean.

Gene stared dumbfounded, the bright red tongue rolled away the black chocolate and light yellow potato chips on the snow-white index finger, this picture was so erotic that he turned his face away unconsciously.

"Are you looking at the vase in the corner?" Nino didn't notice that Gene was uncomfortable, and followed Gene's line of sight to see something in the corner, "That's the annual gift I received as a reporter. It is a headache to send something back to the editor-in-chief of the newspaper."

"I just thought you weren't the type to buy flowers and decorate them at home."

"It should be said that I seldom stay at home. Even if I buy flowers and come back to display them, maybe I won't see them again until the flowers wither."

"Internal Investigations is busy," Gene said.

He often needs to travel in the inspection class, but compared to himself, Nino is more elusive than him.

"I used to be busy, but now I'm much freer. Now all my time is yours."

"...Hmm." Genn replied vaguely.

He didn't know how to respond to Nino's straightforward words. Although he didn't hate it, he couldn't deal with Nino calmly.At this time, they suddenly realize that Nino is really the older one, much more stable than him.

It wasn't until chatting with Nino recently that Gene realized that they were nearly ten years apart, and that the peers they thought were actually not peers, but the previous cognition was difficult to change.Gene was so disturbed that he talked about this with Nino, and Nino smiled and patted his head and said that there was no need to change, and the matter was exposed.

Speaking of which, compared to discovering the age difference, whether to change the way of getting along, because of the change of status from friends to lovers, how to get along makes Jin more at a loss.

Like Nino's sudden kisses and hugs.

"What did you kiss me all of a sudden?"

Nino put his arms around Jean's waist, leaned his chin on Jean's shoulder, and asked with a muffled smile, "Can't I kiss you?"

The second, third, or tenth kiss was no different from the first, and Gene's heart was beating fast.

"Of course you can kiss me."

——Because we are lovers, kissing and hugging are normal for lovers.

Not only kissing and hugging, but also more things, Gene has seriously considered, although he didn't think about it, and he is not yet mentally prepared.If it's an adult relationship, then Jean should accept Nino more generously, not just kisses, but also others.

like libido.

Gene knew that Nino liked him, that Nino would want to touch him, and he knew his restraint from how hard he hugged him.

Kissing, hugging, caressing each other and making love, Gene couldn't imagine what the last step would be like, he didn't hate that Nino wanted him, but he would feel irrepressibly shy.Gene has seen Nino's body. The last time when Nino was shot, he saw Nino with his upper body naked and bandaged, carefully touching Nino to check his wounds, but the touch at that time Touch without any desire.

Want to touch Nino?

Gene's heart beats faster because of Nino, which can already be called liking.

Gene didn't dislike Nino who was also a man kissing him, and he didn't reject Nino's desire to touch him, only Nino could do this, and it was Nino.Gene is finally sure that he likes Nino, although Gene hasn't figured out why he likes him, just like Gene doesn't understand why Nino likes him.

But the reason no longer matters.

Nino let go of Gene, raised the gamepad and shook it, "Do you want another game?"

"No." Gene approached Nino this time and kissed him lightly, "I like you."

Because Nino didn't expect his prince to be so active at all, and he was stunned for a while.

Gene smiled at him.

Nino is not someone Jean likes the first time, but they love each other without a doubt.

"You guys are really..." Nino paused and smiled happily, "I love you."

——Worthy of being my beloved prince, but at least in terms of confession, he can't lose to Gene.

TBC