I just wanted to cultivate immortality, but I was forced to open a harem

"Thank you, Fourth Uncle. I'll give this bottle of wine to you. We'll meet again next time." He Maoyou walked him out the door.

……

On the other side of the city, Hayashi Kazuma and Yukino returned to their apartment in a rented luxury car.

As soon as he got in the car, Lin Hezhen quickly loosened the tie around his neck.

This thing is really uncomfortable to wear, and I'm not used to wearing this kind of clothes.

This kind of formal wear may indeed highlight masculinity, but in terms of comfort, casual wear is far better than it.

"Today is such a bad day. A boring dance, a terrible fiancé, and an empty stomach." Yukino said weakly, leaning back in her chair.

She hadn't eaten anything since lunch, and had only a small salad at the dance, so she was already starving.

"Really? I think today is okay. Met a girl with long straight black hair, at her best age, and gave me a rose."

Xue No rolled her eyes at him and said, "You don't know what the rose means, do you? Instead of expecting to receive roses from me, it's better to buy them from a flower shop. That's more realistic."

After hearing this, Lin Hezhen smiled but did not answer. He just recalled the soft touch of the bright red rose again.

The luxurious extended Lincoln sedan was driving on the wide avenue, with countless brilliant lights flashing outside the car windows.

"Are you still able to walk? I'll treat you to a midnight snack." He suddenly said.

"Why are you so kind all of a sudden?" Yukino was a little surprised. "It's a little late for you to show your affection to me now. I'm sorry that the bad impression you left in my mind cannot be reversed. It's now -300 points."

"Excuse me, is your highest score of favorability 0?"

Yukino smiled slyly: "How is that possible? Of course the highest score is 100 points."

"Then what time was it before today?"

"-350 points."

"What about a week ago?"

"-500 points."

"Oh, then this upward trend is quite encouraging."

Yukino's expression instantly turned cold: "Because of what you said, 50 points will be deducted."

"This is such a harsh and subjective judgement, it's almost like the review of a certain website. I wonder if I can save some points if I buy you a midnight snack."

"If you insist, I can reduce your score by 1 or 2 points."

"Then let's go quickly. I'm starving. The high-end food at the ball is too good to be described."

After directing the driver to pull over, the two men got out.

Hayashi Kazuma, dressed in a white suit, and Yukino, dressed in an evening gown, walked on a street full of ordinary houses, seeming out of place with their surroundings.

It's like a prince and princess who are on a secret visit and suddenly have the urge to experience the life of ordinary people.

Chapter 112 Can the -meter distance be shortened?

Yukino was wearing an evening gown with her arms, neck and shoulders exposed. She shivered in the chilly wind of the early summer night.

Suddenly, her shoulders felt heavy, and it turned out that Lin Hezhen put his suit jacket on her.

"Thank you." She straightened her suit jacket.

It had his warmth and his scent, like a warm current that instantly dispelled the chill of the night.

"You're welcome, it's just a small favor. By the way, how about we go eat some ramen? There's a small stall over there." Lin Hezhen pointed ahead.

Under a street lamp not far away, there is a mobile ramen stall converted from a cart, and you can see the busy owner inside.

When the cart backrest is lowered, it becomes the diners' table, with two stools underneath.

There was a red curtain hanging on the roof of the car, with three Chinese characters "Liujun Pavilion" written on it.

This type of mobile vendor, called a "yatai", is not allowed to operate during the day and only dares to do business late at night.

There were no guests and no pedestrians around.

On the quiet street at night, the only sounds you can hear are the chopping sound of the boss chopping vegetables and the gurgling sound of the broth boiling in the pot.

Although the shop is small, it looks clean.

Yukino's eyes lingered on the name of the store and she said, "The owner of this store is quite cultured. The name of the store was taken from Fujiwara Seika's "Chang Xiaozi Lingshan Pavilion Watching Flowers and Playing Fu"."

Lin Hezhen asked curiously, "Is it a Chinese poem?"

Before kana was invented, intellectuals in the island nation commonly used Chinese characters, which made Chinese poetry very popular.

The Japanese not only admire Chinese poetry, but also create a lot of it, and there are many excellent works of Chinese poetry.

For example, the poem "Mt. Fuji" that Lin Hezhen recited on the water tower on the roof of the school building on the first day of school is a Chinese poem written by the island poet Ishikawa Jozan.

Xue Nai nodded and recited: "You are the protector of flowers and flowers are the protectors of you. Flowers will keep you here for a long time. When you enter, ask if the flowers are well. Don't say that flowers come before you."

Lin Hezhen smiled: "Now that I have come here to protect the flower, how can I not enter the 'Liu Jun Pavilion'?"

He walked over and asked, "Boss, what delicious food do you have?"

The boss was an elderly man. He pointed to the wooden sign hanging on the window sill, on which were written the names and prices of several types of ramen.

"These are the only ones on the menu. If you want to eat something else, I can make it for you if I can." His voice was a little hoarse, as experienced as his age.

He was not surprised at all when he saw two young men in formal attire coming to eat at a roadside stall late at night.

Just silently doing the work in my hands, like yesterday, the day before yesterday, and every day in the past.

While browsing the menu, Lin Hezhen chatted with the boss: "Do you usually have a lot of customers?"

The boss smiled and said, "You asked if there were any customers. I think there are quite a lot of customers."

"I'm just a small stall selling ramen. It's not in a fixed location, and there's not much decoration. It's hidden in a corner of the city, but it's a place to live. I've been cooking noodles for forty years. Many people have been eating here since they were young. Some people chase after the taste, some chase after the habit, but most people chase after a part of the past."

"Very wise words." Yukino carefully lifted the hem of her skirt and sat on the stool, "You must be very good at cooking."

The boss patted his head and said, "Oh, you're too kind, but when people get older, they like to nag. What would you like to eat?"

"I'll have a bowl of char siu ramen."

"I'll have some soy sauce ramen."

Lin Hezhen looked at Yukino in surprise: "I'm treating you, why are you eating so simply? It's just ramen, no need to help me save money."

Yukino rolled her eyes at him and said, "You are so self-indulgent. Who helped you save money? I just suddenly wanted to try the simplest taste. Don't look down on soy sauce ramen. Even the simplest food has its own soul."

The boss agreed, "What the little girl said is right. There is no high or low food. If something is delicious, that's enough. But if you only eat ramen, it's still not nutritious. I'll give you a side dish."

"Boss, you're welcome."

"Nothing, I just feel like I'm compatible with you two."

"I dare not refuse the gift from the elder, so I will respectfully obey."

The boss was amused by her serious look and laughed, "What a cultured girl!"

"What culture? He has only read a few books, but he is always finding ways to make fun of people." Lin Hezhen said.

Xueno turned her head away: "Humph, that's your own fault for not being as skilled as others."

"When did communication between people become a battle of wits and courage? Why don't you try to be gentle with me? Obviously I will be very happy if you do that."

"Why should I act just to please you?"

"Just because you save all your meanness for me, you obviously don't even want to say a word to other boys."

"Ah, I thought you liked this."

"If you could give me all your tenderness, I would definitely like it more."

"You haven't even laid down on the bed yet, why are you already dreaming?"

"Because I miss you when I am asleep and when I am awake."

"Scoundrel!" Yukino kicked his shin bone with the tip of her shoe.

Lin Hezhen pretended to be grinning and shouted, "Some people are not as skilled as others, so they start to use their hands and feet."

"It's all because of your nonsense!" Yukino said unhappily.

Lin Hezhen smiled proudly.

He has now found a way to deal with Yukinoshita Yukino.

This girl is good at talking, but she is very shy and easily embarrassed.

You can't reason with her, or she will lead you astray.

The correct approach is: be ambiguous with it, make it shy, make it angry, and shut it up.

Whenever Lin Hezhen teased her, she would be overwhelmed and feel defeated.

Well, your weakness is within my shooting range, so just wait for death!

The enemy is ashamed of me to take off her clothes!

The boss laughed and said, "Hahaha, you two have a really good relationship."

Lin Hezhen replied: "Generally speaking, the distance between each other should not exceed ten meters."

"Young people are really humorous."

As he was talking, the boss had already cooked two bowls of ramen. He shook off the water, poured them into bowls filled with broth, and then added the side dishes.

The set of movements is as smooth as flowing water, showing the beauty that has been refined through thousands of trials and tribulations.

"Please enjoy your meal." He brought the ramen to the two of them.

"Thank you."

"I'm gonna start now."

Lin Hezhen took a sip of the soup first and found that the broth was white and refreshing, not as salty as that of other ramen restaurants. It had a rich aroma without being greasy, and had a long aftertaste.

"Delicious soup, the boss is really good at cooking!" he praised and took another sip.

The boss smiled and said, "I am old, and my taste is lighter, and the noodles I make are the same. I hope you don't mind."

"No, no, this is the best way to make it. The soups at other ramen restaurants are too oily and too salty."

Lin Hezhen took another bite of noodles.

The noodles are smooth, refreshing, chewy and springy, completely different from the noodles made by machines in other ramen restaurants. They are definitely handmade.

"Boss, these noodles are really exquisite, no wonder they have been in business for 40 years!" Lin Hezhen gave a thumbs up.

"This is all I have. Now that I have opened a noodle shop, I must do my best to do my best."

“It is rare to be able to do one thing well and consistently.”

Yukino didn't say anything and just ate her noodles in silence.

In fact, she had never eaten in a ramen restaurant, let alone a roadside stall like this.

The island nation has very rigid gender concepts. They consider places like ramen restaurants and beef bowl restaurants to be "men's territory, not suitable for women."

Young girls on the island also think that it is "shameful" to go to such places to eat alone, so they will never go without a male friend.

Yukino has no friends, and her status and family conditions also prevent her from having the opportunity to try anything, so this experience seems quite novel to her.

She took a mouthful of noodles with the side dish the boss sent her. As she was chewing, a pair of chopsticks suddenly reached out from the side and picked up a piece of barbecued pork and put it in her bowl.

"You're tired today, so eat some meat. You won't gain weight." Lin Hezhen advised.

Xueno said with a bit of disdain: "You've already eaten before you gave it to me."

"Don't spit blood on me. Which eye of yours saw me eat this piece of barbecued pork?"

"But you've eaten the noodles and drank the soup. This piece of barbecued pork has been soaked in the noodle soup, so it might be stained with your saliva."

Lin Hezhen was so angry that his teeth itched: "I gave it to you out of kindness, and you still despise it? Forget it, I don't even have enough to eat myself."

After he said that, he reached out his chopsticks to pick up the meat.

As a result, Yukino took the first step and ate it in one bite.

"Don't you dislike it?"

Xueno swallowed the barbecued pork and said, "I didn't want it originally, but now that you want to take it back, I'm not happy about it."