Band Girl Drink Mixing Action

At Xiangzi's own suggestion, he officially started his work in the afternoon, just after finishing his interview in the morning. And the facts also proved that Xiangzi's excellent performance in the Qingchuanyu test in the morning was not accidental.

Although there is still a need to ask Qing Chuanyu about some matters, this is only because Xiangzi has just arrived and he really doesn't know how to handle some tasks in the best way.

Qing Chuanyu now likes Xiangzi more and more. He is handsome, smart and capable, and has a very good relationship with his younger sister.

"It's so late, Xiangzi, be careful on your way home. Don't take the side roads." Qing Chuanyu watched Xiangzi change out of his apron and uniform and walk to the door of the bookstore. Qing Chuanyu didn't close the shop until 9 o'clock for the day, so he asked Xiangzi to leave early because he was afraid that it would be too late to walk at night.

"Please don't worry, Miss Yu, my house is quite close to the bookstore. I can probably get home in ten minutes on foot." Xiangzi turned around to face Qingchuan Yu, bowed slightly and said goodbye.

After walking out of the bookstore, Xiangzi turned his head to look at VA-11 HALL-A which was also open. After thinking for a while, he finally walked in to say hello.

"Welcome...Oh, it's Miss Xiangzi."

There was no customer in the coffee shop at that moment. Izumo was standing leisurely behind the bar... wiping the glasses. Is this what the bartender really does most of the time?

Qingchuan Xiang was producing cups for Miss Yun to clean. She was holding a cup of mocha coffee, sipping it slowly. Two empty cups sat on the table in front of her, liquid still lingering in them, indicating they had been consumed only recently.

"How much did you drink? Drinking too much water is not good for your health."

"Well, one last drink."

I didn't even dare to answer directly, and I became more and more curious about how much I had drunk.

Miss Izumo spoke up for Kiyokawa Xiang: "Don't worry, Miss Xiangzi, the shop owner knows what's going on. After drinking too much water, she'll take only small sips every minute to limit her water intake. And I'll help keep an eye on her."

"That is to say, even though you know that drinking too much water is bad for you, you still refuse to stop drinking water no matter what, right?" Xiangzi said.

"This is also the characteristic of the shop owner." Miss Izumo chuckled, her smile was very elegant and dignified. Does every "competent" bartender have such an admirable smile?

"How about Miss Xiangzi sit here for a while, and I'll make you a drink this time?" He used this seductive smile so skillfully to sell things, and now we can truly say that Izumo is a competent bartender.

"Thank you for your kindness, Miss Izumo. Actually, I just came to say hello to you two. I'm getting ready to go home now." Xiangzi declined Izumo's invitation. "Miss Izumo, will you stay until 9 o'clock like Miss Yu?"

"Sister Yu will take me back, so it's quite safe. Thank you, Miss Xiangzi, for your concern."

Qingchuan Xiang, who had been quietly sipping his coffee, finally finished it, put down his cup, and interjected, "I wasn't kidding when I said my sister was a delinquent. Who knows, she might have already defeated all the thugs in this area since she opened the bookstore here."

Oh, really...really?

Xiangzi couldn't imagine Qingchuanyu, with a face that looked about 70% similar to Qingchuanxiang, fighting with others. Even though he didn't know Qingchuanxiang very well, Xiangzi felt that Qingchuanxiang was not the type to fight with others. As a result, he always thought that Qingchuanyu's being a delinquent was just a joke played by Qingchuanxiang on his sister.

"Huff, surprised, right?" There was that puffy, subtly irritating laugh again.

Xiangzi probably now realized that this kind of laughter would appear when Qingchuan Xiang was complacent or gloating and found it funny, and this kind of smile would only appear in front of people they were familiar with.

"Then I'll be leaving now. Since I've started working part-time at the bookstore, I'm sure I'll be bothering you more often in the future. Goodbye, Miss Izumo."

Xiangzi bowed to Izumo, saluted, and said goodbye as usual, then turned to look at Xiang. There was a strange silence at first, as if he was brewing something, but in the end he said goodbye in a normal way:

"Xiang, I will carry out the contract. Until then, thank you for your care."

Xiangzi smiled, the most sincere and heartfelt smile he had ever had since leaving Toyokawa's house.

Qingchuan Xiang was inexplicably reminded of the bright white moonlight.

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"Okay, it's finally time, time to call it a day!"

After confirming that the power was turned off, Qingchuan Yu and Izumo closed the doors of Qingchuan Bookstore and VA-11 HALL-A respectively, and prepared to go home.

Qingchuan Yu first had to send Izumo home safely. Qingchuan Xiang didn't mind walking a little further, as he was familiar with Sister Izumo. To a certain extent, she was his apprentice.

Although she always felt that Izumo was unclear about her sister, it was none of her business.

After safely sending Chuyun home, only the two sisters Xiangyu were left walking home alone at night. Qingchuanyu finally couldn't help it and asked Qingchuanxiang:

"Little sister, tell me the truth, do you have any special feelings for that Xiangzi?"

Qingchuan Xiang rolled his eyes, expressing his disdain for his sister's gossipy nature: "What are you saying? You know I can't tell the difference between emotions."

"I'm just a little surprised that you seem to care so much about Xiao Xiangzi. After all, you're pretty cold towards your junior high school classmates."

Qingchuan Xiang tilted his head and thought for a moment: "It seems to be true. But in fact, I also care about some other people."

"Who, who?"

"The people in the band I was in before. Because their relationships are much more complicated than those of my classmates, I want to find out more..."

Qingchuanyu looked at Qingchuanxiang suspiciously, which made his younger sister roll her eyes again.

"Is that really all? I heard from Izumo that you and Xiao Xiangzi seemed to have signed some kind of contract. This word isn't very common." Qing Chuanyu put his arm around Xiang's shoulders and grinned mischievously, "In today's society, the most common word is 'engagement contract,' right? Tell me the truth, what exactly is your relationship with Xiangzi?"

"It's a mutual contractual relationship."

"What's the relationship?" Qing Chuanyu asked doubtfully, wanting to know what the two had agreed upon.

"It's a relationship that's easier to understand than the word friends." Qingchuan Xiang remained unmoved, and his words were flawless.

Qing Chuanyu raised his hands in surrender. "Alright, alright, I shouldn't have asked you this question. But you have to answer my other question, right?"

"What's the problem?" Qingchuan Xiang glanced at his elder sister, ready to roll his eyes at any time.

"What did you drink today? You keep sticking out your tongue. The last time I saw you like this was when I let you secretly lick a sip of beer."

"... Xiangzi's saliva."

"?"

In a flash, Qingchuanyu suddenly blocked Xiang's way and grabbed Qingchuanxiang's shoulders: "I was just joking, but you took it seriously?"

"We just used the same straw." Qingchuan Xiang patted his sister's arm, telling her not to make such a fuss. "It was just a little bit. The amount is so small that I can't even feel the specific fragments of emotion."

But instead, a kind of faint sound always lingered around Qingchuan Xiang, but whenever he tried to grasp that feeling, it dissipated without a trace.

It makes people more and more irritated and they don’t know how to react.

Putting aside his elder sister who kept calling him "amazing" and the feeling of irritability, Qingchuan Xiang decided to go back and take a shower and go to bed.

Chapter 20 Idol

It was another ordinary day during the long summer vacation. Qingchuan Xiang was still lying on his side in bed, browsing his mobile phone.

Xiangzi has been working at the bookstore for three days now. His elder sister praises Xiangzi highly and even says that she will give her a raise in due time.

The salary he pays to his sister has been stuck at 1400 and has never changed. He is such a biased guy.

I haven't been to the bookstore these few days, and my relationship with Xiangzi should be completely stable now. After detonating the bomb that was buried so early due to the ill-considered wording that I thought of on the spur of the moment on that rainy day, there won't be any other problems for the time being.

I really don't want to deal with and respond to other people's emotions in a high-intensity manner in the short term.

I'd better stay at home and play with my phone.

Unlike most people in modern society who aimlessly scroll through their phones, Qingchuan Xiang always has a clear purpose when he picks up his phone: watching videos of natural rivers and oceans, listening to strange ASMR videos about draining a full bathtub, or learning how to make drinks he's never seen before...

It feels like they are all serving the same purpose.

"Tick." It was the Line message notification sound set by Qingchuan Xiang. Qingchuan Xiang thought it was Su Shi sending another message, but when he opened it, he saw that it was a message from a person with a lotus avatar, named anon_London.

It was her. Qingchuan Xiang had a deep impression of this person.

Just two days ago, I wanted to search for London's special drinks, but all I could find in the encyclopedia were some popular science articles. Xiang wanted to know what people who had actually tasted them felt, so I finally chose to look for them on Instagram.

Then I saw the updates posted by this anon. Judging from the historical updates, it seems that he is an international student from Japan who went to the UK. He should have gone to the UK in advance during the summer vacation to adapt to life there.

Since anon posted his first update, "I'm in London!", he started checking in at various popular coffee shops in London quite frequently. The multi-angle pictures and the large number of descriptions full of dramatic intent really helped Qingchuan Xiang learn a lot about local drinks.

However, Anon is probably not a beverage lover. Most of the drinks that appear in the updates are "hot products of the season", which makes Qingchuan Xiang feel that he is the kind of person who follows the trend, which is very common on social media.

The opportunity to start chatting with her was when she posted a photo of herself trying to make a cup of tea after buying tea leaves and tools. The finished product was so rough that Qingchuan Xiang couldn't help but talk at length about the techniques of making tea in the comment section.

Originally, Qingchuan Xiang herself didn't take it seriously, but that night the other party actually sent her a private message, introducing her name as Chihaya Aine in a very familiar manner, and then thanked her for the skills she provided, which helped her a lot.

Then, during Aine's series of "attacks", I inexplicably exchanged Line numbers with her and became friends.

[anon_London: Xiaoxiang, please give me some advice - which of these coffee beans is better?]

[Mrs. Xiang: Aine hasn't even brewed the tea properly yet.]

Madam Xiang: [Expression_Resentful]

[anon_London: Hey, I won't miss out on Black Tea practice.]

Qingchuan Xiang didn't mind the other party's indecision that much. After all, not everyone was as passionate about mixing drinks as he was.

Even if it's just to help the other party learn more about drink mixing, Qingchuan Xiang is happy to help.

After selecting a few coffee beans for Ain that he thought tasted good and were relatively suitable for beginners, Ain was very grateful.

anon_London: Thank you, Xiaoxiang! Hehe, with these, I'll have something to talk about when school starts and build relationships with everyone!

[Mrs. Xiang: It must be quite difficult to be alone abroad, right?]

anon_London: There are indeed many problems, but I believe I will integrate well into the social circle here!

It's so lively. Even just looking at the words, Qingchuan Xiang felt like he saw a big pink-haired dog jumping up and down.

Integrate into interpersonal relationships... Qingchuan Xiang looked at those words and felt a little emotional.

[Mrs. Xiang: I wish you good luck then. Feel free to ask me anything else about drinks.]

anon_London: Great! Love you, Xiaoxiang!

Well, unlike me, Aine is a typical outgoing and cheerful girl judging by her various performances on SNS. It shouldn't be difficult for her to integrate into the group, and she might even be very popular, right?

After replying to Aine's message, Qingchuan Xiang had just put down his phone when another "tick-tock" sound was heard.

Did Aine have something else to say? He opened the message and saw that it was someone else who had sent the message.

[Ms. Shu: Xiaoxiang, are you interested in idols?]

Idol? Qingchuan Xiang blinked.

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"Thank you so much, Ms. Kiyokawa Shu, for accepting our invitation. With your help, I'm sure Sumimi will enter a period of promising career growth."

In an idol agency, the female agent happily served a cup of hot tea to the guest in front of her. This guest was Ms. Kiyokawa Shu, who was recognized as a talented woman in the entertainment industry. Even though there was no cooperation relationship this time, the agent was very excited to meet Ms. Shu.

"Hatsuka, Mana, come say hello."

The agent waved and called over Hatsuka Sanka and Mana Junta who were standing nearby - two members of Sumimi, a new idol project that was highly valued by the entertainment agency.

"Hello, Ms. Qingchuan." Chu Hua, who has beautiful golden hair and a pair of purple eyes, is graceful and natural when facing a famous senior in the industry.

"Hello." The other one who looked a little plain but more youthful and lovely was Mana. She was a little nervous, grabbing the hem of her clothes with both hands, and stuttered a little when she greeted.

"Ah, you two are truly lovable, lovely people." Kiyokawa Shu chuckled softly, "I felt your talent and hard work when I watched you practice before. I was just giving you a better opportunity. Even without me, you would definitely succeed."

She's a very gentle person. Chuhua could sense that after Ms. Kiyokawa Shu's encouragement, Mana, who had been wanting to hide behind her, gradually gained courage and secretly moved her feet to stand out.

Although he is a well-known figure, he is not arrogant. Even if it is a young group that has debuted for less than a year, he will patiently teach and cooperate with them.

With the help of such people, Sumi will soon become well-known, and then Xiangzi will be able to see him more easily...

And there is another thing that concerns Chuhua about Ms. Kiyokawa Shu: Kiyokawa Shu looks very similar to a guitarist in the band CRYCHIC, which was formed by Xiangzi and whom he had seen on SNS.

Could that be Ms. Kiyokawa Shu's daughter?

"By the way, Ms. Shu seemed to have said today that she wanted to bring your daughter to the office for a visit, right?"

"Yes, that child is about the same age as Hatsuka and Mana now. I thought I'd let her experience different fields. I'd like to trouble you to agree to my request today."

"No trouble, no trouble." The agent waved his hand quickly. Bringing family members to the agency wasn't a big deal. Besides, Ms. Shu's little daughter was quite talented. If this visit could inspire her to become an idol...

I dare not even think about it. The agent can guarantee that if such a good thing really happens, the agency will definitely mobilize all its resources to help the other party.

Chu Hua listened to their conversation, and her heart was suddenly filled with anxiety. She recalled the photo of the CRYCHIC band members. Could she meet the members of that band today and learn something about Xiangzi's current situation from them?

Knock, knock. Suddenly, there was a knock on the door of the reception room. Then a little head slowly poked in from the crack of the door and looked at the people in the room.

"Ah. Good morning, good afternoon and good night, everyone." Qingchuan Xiang blinked and pushed the door open and walked in.

The first time Chuhua saw Qingchuan Xiang, he confirmed that he was the guitarist in the band.

Chapter 21: Hatsuka and Mana

"Is that Qingchuan Xiang? Come in, come in." The agent waved enthusiastically to greet Qingchuan Xiang. When Qingchuan Xiang walked in, she was shocked. "Wow, what's going on? It's completely wet."

Qingchuan Xiang looked at himself. He was just sweating as usual, but the excessive amount of water made him look as if someone had poured a large basin of water on him. Qingchuan Xiang waved his hand nonchalantly: "It's just a bit of sweat, it will dry up soon."

"Xiao Xiang, I must have told you many times that you must keep yourself dry, otherwise you will have a fever again." Qingchuan Shu was obviously already accustomed to his daughter's strange characteristics and had put a lot of thought into it.

"I'm so sorry, could you please take this kid and wipe the sweat off his body?"