Gentleman's Night Canteen

But the plan belongs to the plan, he still observed Lan Meng's expression unconsciously, and he was really relieved when he saw that Lan Meng didn't seem to be angry, but at this moment, Lan Meng suddenly made an order unexpected things.

"Mr. Shiro, can I ask you something?"

Chapter 29 Healing people all day long, and being drugged by people all day long (2/?)

It was Emiya Shirou who asked Emiya Shirou before, and now it was the turn of Emiya Shirou to ask Emiya Shirou. This strange scene made everyone present a little strange, and even Emiya Shirou, who was asked by Lanmeng, showed a surprised expression.

"Please tell me, Mr. Store Manager, if I can do it."

Although losing to Lanmeng did make Emiya Shirou a little helpless, he didn't have any complaints about it, not to mention that although he couldn't know the "secret" he cared about, at least his wish had come true, and he was in a good mood.

As for using violence to force Lan Meng to answer his own question?

Not to mention whether the answer obtained by doing so is accurate, if his guess is correct, then Lan Meng is not something he can provoke at all, and he doesn't want to die yet.

Compared with using strength, he felt that it was more cost-effective to increase Lanmeng's favorability.

That's right, maybe this is the tacit understanding between father and son, Emiya Kiritsugu and Emiya Shirou almost unanimously decided to increase the favorability of a man.

For this reason, if Lan Meng's questions are not too tricky, he will naturally satisfy Lan Meng.

Lan Meng, who didn't know what Emiya Shirou was thinking at all, was relieved after receiving the affirmative answer from the other party, and then said something that surprised everyone.

"Mr. Shirou, can you make me some tempura too?"

"?"

This time, not only Shirou Emiya, but even Arturia who were watching were a little surprised.

Looking at Lan Meng's serious expression, it doesn't look like he wants to flog the corpse, so why did he make such a request?Could it be that you just care about the cooking itself?

Everyone didn't know the answer, but Emiya Shirou nodded after the initial bewilderment.

"It's just a small matter, if you want it, Mr. Store Manager."

After he finished speaking, he walked towards the kitchen without any nonsense, and Lan Meng followed closely behind.

Arturia, who was temporarily used by Lan Meng as a tool, looked at each other and saw curiosity in their eyes, while Merlin was more direct. He stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

"teacher!!"

Looking at the disciple who was about to hold him back, Merlin raised his finger to signal the other party to whisper and then didn't say much but asked Artoria a question.

"Aren't you curious, Al?"

What are you curious about?

It's very simple, naturally why Lan Meng made this request.

Seeing his disciple's struggling expression, Merlin couldn't help but smile brighter.

"We are customers now~ So what if we are shopping in the store? And since the store manager asked this question in front of us, it means that this is not something too secretive. In this case, we It shouldn't be a problem if you take a look, right?"

As Arturia's expression became more shaken, Merlin made up the final cut.

"And maybe Mr. Store Manager and the others will start the second round of competition~ Al, aren't you interested?"

Are you interested?

of course!

Although Al said that she prefers Blue Dream's cuisine, she also thinks it's good for Emiya Shirou. If the two start the second round of competition, then she doesn't want to miss it!

Seeing Merlin and Artoria who was fooled by Merlin, Emiya Kiritsugu also stood up slowly.

Should he be curious?

The answer is self-evident, he hopes to collect any information about this mysterious man Lan Meng.

It's just that there were other people present who didn't do anything before, but now that Merlin took the initiative to speak up, he didn't talk nonsense anymore, but it was still a few steps behind the two of them. If Lan Meng really didn't want to, he could throw the blame at that time That man who is handsome but has a 'rippling' smile!

As for why throw the pot to the other party?

Who told the other party not to look like a serious person?

Blue Dream and Emiya Shiro were obviously not interested in what happened in the store, they just came to the pot that Emiya Shiro used before.

After reheating the oil pan, Emiya Shiro quickly prepared the batter and wrapped the ingredients before throwing it into the oil pan in front of him.

Just watching the other party lightly flick the long chopsticks in his hand in front of the oil pan, it only takes a moment for a "tempura" to be completed.

Until then Emiya Shirou couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Although cooking for Lanmeng was not as important as cooking for his adoptive father, since he was going to gain Lanmeng's favorability, Emiya Shiro naturally devoted himself to making it.

What he didn't expect was that almost at the same time he handed the tempura to Lan Meng, Lan Meng also filled a portion of the rice dumplings he made and handed it to Lan Meng.

Lan Meng's actions undoubtedly surprised Emiya Shirou, but he still nodded and accepted.

When Emiya Shiro untied the rope and was about to start, Lan Meng on the other side had already bitten off the tempura in front of him.

When the "results" of the three judges came out, it was self-evident how much Lan Meng looked forward to, but to his surprise, the system task was not completed. He tried hard to think about the reason, and soon thought of a possibility sex.

The key lies in 'comparison' rather than 'winner', so Lan Meng intends to try to see if there will be any changes after the two sides taste each other's dishes.

Unlike the three of Artoria who couldn't comment on anything other than 'delicious', Lan Meng could distinguish many details with just one bite.

For example, the texture of the batter is crispy, the taste is salty, and the frying oil is not ordinary cooking oil but should be sesame oil, so the greasy feeling will be less than ordinary cooking oil...

But compared to these details, Lan Meng cares more about the emotion contained in the food.

Because of Solal, Lan Meng has some understanding of his ability to "emotional resonance". There is also a day of being drugged.

As Lan Meng chewed, he seemed to see another picture through the cooking.

A red-haired boy walked from a small yard into a slightly empty Japanese-style kitchen with a bunch of pumpkin flowers in his hand.

Obviously these pumpkin flowers should be planted by the other party.

In addition, there were actually a few river prawns swimming in the kitchen pool. The red-haired boy came to the pool with a small stool in his arms, put on the obviously ill-fitting apron, and then began to clean it. Ingredients.

Compared with Lan Meng's proficient technique, the other party's technique is very jerky, but it can be seen that the other party is serious, and even one leaf has to be cleaned before replacing it.

If washing vegetables can only be said to be jerky, then when the other party peels the shrimp shells, it can be said to be clumsy.

After carefully cutting the shrimp shell and picking off the shrimp thread, Lan Meng couldn't help being anxious for the other party, and finally even Lan Meng couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief when the other party finished handling the shrimp.

But maybe it was because the other party's movements were too clumsy, Lan Meng was more curious about what the other party was going to do next...

Chapter 30 The winner of this game is you X2 (3/?)

Under Lan Meng's watchful eye, the other party did not continue cooking after finishing all the ingredients. Instead, he ran back to his room, took out a notebook and spread it on the kitchen table before continuing his cooking.

He made the batter carefully, and even because he was not very skilled, some of the batter even dripped on his face and apron.

But the other party turned a blind eye to this. Instead, he stared at the oil pan in front of him seriously, and carefully dipped the ingredients into the batter before putting them into the oil pan.

“Zizzi~~”

Looking at the tumbling oil pan in front of him, the other party looked nervous, but fortunately, tempura is actually not complicated. It only takes a few minutes to fry a plate of vegetables and fresh shrimp.

When seeing the other party turn off the fire, not only the other party, but even Lan Meng felt that his heartbeat slowed down a lot. After all, a child touching a frying pan really makes people feel nervous.

Then Lan Meng saw the other party take off the apron, pick up the dinner plate and walk out of the kitchen.

"Deng~Deng~"

Accompanied by the sound of slightly brisk footsteps, the other party crossed the courtyard and came to the living room. At this time, a man in a bathrobe was facing away from him, looking outside and making noise, but Lan Meng, with sharp eyes, noticed that it was almost there. When the boy stopped walking, the other party's originally upright body bent a little bit.

When the other party stood in front of the door and took a breath, he walked into the room with a smile on his face.

"Kiritsugu, my teacher taught us tempura at school today!! You should try it too!!"

Accompanied by the boy's call, the man who had been turning his back on the boy and Lan Meng finally turned around, but when he saw the other party's face, Lan Meng was taken aback because he found that the other party's face looked familiar .

It's not that the other party looks so popular, but Lan Meng really feels that he has met the other party.

'etc? !Isn't this the face of the guest just now? ! '

It's a pity that what Lan Meng saw at this time was just a memory, neither the boy nor the man called Kiritsugu could see Lan Meng, the other party just patted his side with a smile on his face.

And the red-haired boy sat beside him with a smile.

Sitting in the corridor, the other party's feet were dangling constantly, but his eyes were full of expectations looking at the man beside him.

The other party didn't waste the kindness of the red-haired boy, and after whispering "I'm starting", he picked up a piece of tempura with chopsticks and put it in his mouth.

"Kiritsugu! How's it going? How's it going?"

Although Lan Meng can't read minds, Lan Meng can still confirm that this tempura may be very ordinary through the subtle expression changes of the other party, but it's a pity that the young boy didn't notice it at all, he was just looking forward to it looked at each other until the other party spoke again.

"There are still some flaws, but it's not bad for me, because I like to eat salty things...but how do you know, Shirou?"

Faced with Emiya Kiritsugu's question, Emiya Shirou rubbed his nose in embarrassment.

"Because I found out that Kiritsugu likes to dip more soy sauce instead of wasabi when eating sashimi, and you also like to add more salt when eating fish..."

Emiya Shirou's words undoubtedly surprised Emiya Kiritsugu, because he never expected that Emiya Shirou would notice these small details.

But maybe it was because the other party was really not good at saying provocative words as a man, so he just put down the chopsticks in his hand and touched the other party's head.

"Thank you, Shirou."

"You're welcome~ Kiritsugu, you just need to eat obediently and recover from your illness early, so that you can stay with me all the time, and then witness with your own eyes that I become a 'hero'!"

Emiya Kiritsugu's eyes dimmed a little unconsciously when Emiya Shirou mentioned "healing his illness". It was obvious that he knew that his physical condition was not as simple as "being ill". Eyes full of anticipation, in the end he still didn't say anything, but just comforted the other party as always.

"Yes, I will try my best to wait until that day, until the day I witness Shirou become a hero with my own eyes!"

"En! It's done! Kiritsugu!"

While talking to the other party, he stretched out his little finger, and Emiya Kiritsugu also stretched out his little finger after a brief moment of blankness.

Two fingers, one big and one small, hooked each other in the air.

The middle-aged man's smile became softer, while the boy's smile became brighter...

The memories came to an abrupt end, and Lan Meng was awakened accordingly.

Looking at the almost 'perfect' tempura in his hand, and comparing it with the slightly 'ragged' tempura in his memory, Lan Meng couldn't imagine that they were made by the same person.

"Shirou..."

Lan Meng originally wanted to say something, but the words got stuck in his throat before he could speak, because he saw Emiya Shirou standing in front of him with tears streaming down his face.

Although Shirou Emiya is only in his thirties now, his skin has become dark and cracked due to years of fighting in the wind and sand in the Middle East, and even his original red hair seems to have become a mixture of black and white due to excessive pressure .

At least looking at the face of the other party, I am afraid that most people will suspect that the other party is over four years old, or even fifty?

But it was such a person in the kitchen who burst into tears silently, and the shock produced was far beyond ordinary people.

Fortunately, the effect of the cooking disappeared quickly, and Emiya Shirou was finally awakened from the illusion. He looked at the cooking in front of him with a complex expression, and he took a deep breath with his lips pursed before speaking again.

"This time... I am convinced."

Although Shirou Emiya cannot refute the reasons given by Artoria and Merlin before, but as the two said, they are only making judgments based on their own subjective thoughts, so even if he approves the result, he still does not feel that he has lost to blue dream.

But at this time, he was deeply shocked after tasting Lan Meng's cuisine.

Compared with the deliciousness of the food itself, the emotions hidden in the cooking are more attractive to him.

The just right sweet taste made him unconsciously recall the short but never-to-be-forgotten memories in his life.

What the other party didn't expect was that Lan Meng shook his head.

"No, in my opinion, Shirou, your cooking is better than mine. You should see something through my cooking, right? That's actually my innate ability. If you remove the ability, your cooking is even better."

Although Lan Meng was a little helpless when he confessed that he was not as good as the other party, he was relieved instead, as if he had let go of some heavy burden.

For Lan Meng, winning or losing itself is meaningless, but it doesn't mean that he has no pursuit of winning or losing. It's just that he has a stronger personality and hopes that his victory can be undisputed.

But what Lan Meng didn't expect was that at this moment, the other party spoke again.

"Is that so... But I still insist on my point of view. Whether it is talent or ability, it belongs to you, Mr. Store Manager, so the winner of this competition is undoubtedly you. Of course, I will not lose next time... Maybe it's because I haven't been in the kitchen for many years, my craftsmanship has deteriorated a lot..."

The last soliloquy was only heard by Emiya Shirou himself, but he looked at Lan Meng with extremely firm eyes.

There is no doubt that the other party is also a proud person. In his opinion, he does not need Lan Meng's comfort, but only focuses on the next round.

After the two equally proud men looked at each other, they stretched out their right hands and held each other together.

This is the friendship of cooks...

Chapter 31 I think you are trustworthy (4/?)

The fate between people is very wonderful, it may be because of looking at each other more in the crowd, or it may be because of a sentence of "what are you looking at".

The friendship between Blue Dream and Emiya Shiro is simpler and purer, just because they feel each other's sincere emotions from their respective cooking.