CHAPTER 49: Smell of gunpowder

Nene narrowed her eyes and looked at Inui, who was holding chopsticks after retrieving the sunflower seeds. This senpai, at such an old age, is still pretending to be affectionate, what does she want to do?

Inui breathed a sigh of relief after looking at the soba noodles in front of him.

He picked it up with chopsticks and slowly put them in his mouth.

The next moment, Inui abruptly froze with a look of disbelief.

Looking at the food in front of him, he said in a deep voice, "Hemp... sesame oil?!"

Nene pushed up her glasses and didn't say anything, Damian just looked at him with a smile, as if he already knew the result.

"There has been some progress..."

Upon hearing this sentence, Inui and Nene were stunned. Nene looked at Damian in surprise. How did he know?!

After tasting it again, Inui said softly, "The shrimp fried in sesame oil makes the already delicious shrimp taste even better."

"This is... it's black pepper and pink salt."

"The combination of salt, the excellent aroma of pink salt and the thickness of black pepper made the shrimp undergo a qualitative change!"

"The sauce required for the cold noodles has a simple taste but has a high-quality texture. The garlic flavor brought by a lot of minced garlic is not particularly thick, but neutralized. You added lemon, right?"

"Um..."

"Well... garlic, a little lemon fragrance, the salty and fresh soy sauce, and the cold and dull flavor brought by a little sesame oil, the entire flavor texture was sublimated."

"A bit of the typical soba stickiness..."

"That wheat fragrance... huh? Basil leaves?!"

"It's like afternoon tea in a wheat field..."

"Free and easy, complex and with a magical flavor, the perfect flavor of the shrimp after being lightly fried, it's really delicious..."

"The white sesame is also very fragrant, but why do you feel that way? Does the sauce taste strange? The garlic and soy sauce are not particularly strong, but they have a refreshing taste, and the noodles also have a refreshing feeling, what is added?"

"Honey, grapefruit, mint..."

Damian leaned back in the next chair with his eyes closed and looked very calm. Inui looked at Nene, whose eyes were wide open, and said in surprise, "Kouhai! How did you know that?!"

"Smell."

"Can you smell it?!" x2

"There's a faint smell of mint in the air."

"If this feeling of freshness is correct, it is the mint used by Nene."

"It has a mild flavor."

"If I remember correctly, only she took honey, and the sweetness of honey has a very special flavor, and cold dishes have no smell to be better identified, much less grapefruit."

"The most important thing... Nene's hand still has a faint smell of mint and grapefruit. This is the mint juice and grapefruit juice stained from crushing and peeling grapefruit, right?"

Nene was stunned for two seconds before looking at Damian with a gentle smile with shock and admiration in her eyes. He was truly incredible.

Inui said suspiciously, "So where was it added? I didn't see mint."

"When kneading this soba, mint juice is added to the dough, which gives it a refreshing and unique sensation."

"That's the change in flavor, and the thickness of the sauce neutralized by the grapefruit juice and honey is a little greater."

"Smooth and fragrant while overpowering the fresh, rich flavor of mint."

"Eh? Kouhai, you're amazing, how did you guess that?"

"Because of the cold noodles, of course, you wanted to find a way to make them fresher, right, Nene."

Nene blushed but nodded, that's what she thought. Damian stretched, stood up and said, "Well, you've made a lot of progress, it seems like your mentality has improved a lot, it's not a bad talent."

Nene pursed her lips and didn't speak. Damian always encouraged and enlightened her, always leaving her happy and relaxed. Nene also felt warmth in her heart, and her luck was very good.

"Eh? Kouhai, you two have a good relationship!"

Nene blushed, but Damian smiled and said, "It's really cute."

"Good!"

Nene was about to evaporate, and Inui squinted his eyes for no apparent reason.

Humph! Bad Kouhai! It sure didn't take long for the flowers to get messed up! Hmm? Why use sticky flowers to shake weeds?

Nene looked at Damian and didn't know what to say, so she froze in place, Damian shook his head and went straight to the stove next door. At this moment, everyone watched him approach.

Damian, the guy who was calm for so long, and even ate more than a packet of sunflower seeds, is finally going to act, which makes everyone look forward to it.

"This is... tea?! What is Damian-kun going to do..."

"Eggs?! What kind of food is he going to cook..."

Damian didn't say a word, still with a confident and gentle smile, while cleaning the kitchen utensils and looking at the kettle boiling on the stove, suddenly Damian did something that no one expected, he immediately turned on the kettle and then nodded, and picked it up directly, under everyone's astonished eyes...

He made a cup of tea...

"What?!" xn

Nene also said with a nervous twitch, "Damian-kun really... I don't want to have a cup of tea..."

Inui also nodded and said, "According to Kouhai's character, he is indeed possible... but... you seem to have a good relationship with junior?"

Nene's face turned red, then she nodded and said softly, "Well... Damian is very strong, a very good person, he has helped me a lot... and he has encouraged and guided me..."

Inui said with a smile, "Ah, this is actually a manga-style plot. According to the manga's plot, you should be in love now?"

"Eh?! Passionate!? No!"

Looking at Nene, who was blushing and didn't know where to put her hands, Inui said with a smile, "Ah, it's really cute, pfft..."

Seeing the playfulness in Inui's eyes, Nene also squinted her eyes, pushed up her glasses and said softly, "Maybe it's because I'm still relatively young..."

The corners of Inui's eyes jumped, this damn girl! Inui also said calmly, "Girl, being too Tsundere will lead to being single, did you know that?"

"Hmm... Senpai, is this your experience? Besides, senpai, you seem to have a good relationship with Damian-kun..."

"Tsundere's Poison Tongue Schoolgirl!"

"Pretend to be a kind idiot, senpai!"

"Ahhhhhh... Kouhai still prefers more innocent and cute girls..."

"Well, but if it's really simple..."

(End of chapter)