Band Girl Drink Mixing Action

"Don't worry, Xiao Deng. Although Li Xi may seem a little partial to others at ordinary times, he is definitely the one who treats everyone equally in the band."

After all, Lixi is definitely the most serious one when it comes to the band. Even in CRYCHIC, Xiangzi can't compare to Lixi in this regard.

If someone makes a mistake, Li Xi will always be the first to point it out, and he will use the most direct words without mercy.

But at the same time, Li Xi is the one who is the strictest on herself. She never comes to school late and practices seriously, so no one can find fault with her.

The only pity is that his emotional intelligence is indeed too low, which is mainly reflected in the fact that his words can easily make people feel rebellious.

But among the people in the band right now, the one we should pay attention to is Aine. I hope she can survive Li Xi's test.

Chapter 165 Taste

In the end, Li Xi finally prepared Xiao Deng's latte, which was ordered later, and then brought out Qingchuan Xiang's mocha coffee.

Okay, at least Li Xi brought the mocha to Qingchuan Xiang first and then went to make latte for Xiao Deng.

Since there was something to drink, Miss Xiang was generous enough not to mind Li Xi's lack of professional ethics as a waiter.

"I'm starting to eat!" Just like before a meal, Qingchuan Xiang clapped his hands, making a loud "pop" sound.

Xiao Deng looked at Qingchuan Xiang, who was putting his hands together in front of the cup of mocha coffee with a rather serious look on his face. He then looked at his own cup of latte, with his hands raised in the air, feeling a little embarrassed, not knowing whether he should imitate him and do the same.

"Xiang, is this how you drink coffee...?" Xiao Deng finally closed his hands hesitantly.

"Xiao Deng, don't worry about Xiang. She's come here to drink so many times, and there's no pattern to whether she does this or not. It all depends on her mood."

Although Lixi also wanted to take a closer look at the cute little lamp that looked like a penguin waving its flippers, he finally gave a reminder.

"Eh?"

Qingchuan Xiang had already put down his hand and picked up the cup: "Huhu, Li Xi is right, I just want to do this occasionally."

Xiao Deng also automatically picked up the cup and took a sip before asking belatedly:

　"Has Xiaoxiang been to RiNG many times?"

"Yeah." Li Xi leaned his hands on the bar. He had been working in RiNG's coffee shop for such a long time since the summer vacation. He had already memorized how to stand behind the bar to make his body most relaxed and where to stand to start working most conveniently.

And most of the credit goes to Qingchuan Xiang.

"This guy came here almost every day throughout the summer vacation, occasionally coming back a day or two later, and on those days he would suddenly appear at a completely random time."

The number of times Li Xi saw Qingchuan Xiang during the previous summer vacation was definitely more than the number of times he saw her during the CRYCHIC period.

And thanks to Qingchuan Xiang who always ordered different drinks, Lixi quickly mastered the making methods of all the drinks on the coffee shop's menu, and his proficiency was quite good.

After all, a young, experienced, and skilled drinker, practically a master in the art of drinkmaking, would always ask me to make her a drink, and after tasting it, she would offer a thorough and insightful critique that left no room for argument. Under such circumstances, it was impossible not to improve rapidly.

"What does Xiaoxiang do every time she comes here?" Deng continued to ask.

This time, it was Qingchuan Xiang who answered himself: "I just came here to have a drink. Basically, I just stopped by because I was on my way."

In that case, it's perfectly fine not to drink at RiNG, right? It's definitely not difficult to find another drink shop nearby, so why does Xiaoxiang always choose to go to RiNG, which is essentially a live house?

After expressing the doubts in his heart completely, even Li Xi looked at Qingchuan Xiang curiously with Deng, waiting for her answer.

Qingchuan Xiang did not answer in a hurry, but took a sip of the mocha coffee in his hand first.

The characteristic of mocha coffee is that in addition to espresso, other ingredients mixed in include steamed milk, some chocolate sauce, and sometimes some cream.

This also makes mocha coffee very suitable for people who like chocolate or desserts. It has a high sweetness, rich taste and a very strong chocolate flavor. Depending on the more detailed selection of ingredients, the taste will also have more layered and distinct flavors.

Of course, this also makes the disadvantages of mocha coffee very obvious: the calories are much higher than other coffees. It can be said that it is poison for girls who value their figure.

Qingchuan Xiang took a sip and savored it carefully. As the sweet taste surged onto her tongue, not surprisingly, she also tasted a hint of Lixi's flavor.

Well, this time, maybe because Xiao Deng was there, Lixi tasted a lot sweeter, and even the slight bitter feeling that was always hard to get rid of in the past was reduced to almost nothing.

After a summer vacation, Qingchuan Xiang already had a very clear understanding of the taste of the drinks made by Li Xi in a "normal state of mind". At least she was able to distinguish the emotions represented by Li Xi's reactions in most cases.

But it is indeed very difficult to fully understand something so simple, Qingchuan Xiang thought to himself. For example, now, just by adding the external variable of the small lamp, the "water" made by Lixi shows some different feelings.

After thoroughly savoring the first sip of mocha coffee, Qingchuan Xiang slowly answered the question raised by Xiao Deng:

"Because Li Xi is here, I'd be more willing to go to a shop with people I know."

"...I wish you didn't come so often." Li Xi didn't appreciate it. Most of the time, whenever Qingchuan Xiang came, he would always have to concentrate on dealing with her. It's not that he was not serious when making drinks for other guests, but when facing Xiang, he always had the illusion of being tested, and this would arouse Li Xi's competitive spirit, so every time he would almost try his best to provide Qingchuan Xiang with a drink.

"You're even looking down on the steady sales—" Qingchuan Xiang pulled out a hand and pointed at Li Xi, "If it weren't for me, Li Xi wouldn't have been recognized by Miss Rinlinzi so quickly."

"Hmm..." Li Xi did not deny this, but he just couldn't express his gratitude directly. In the end, he just clasped his hands together and hummed softly as an affirmation.

Qingchuan Xiang took another sip and smacked his lips. He was now somewhat accustomed to the taste of the drinks that Lixi made for him. Sure enough, this kind of drink made without any emotional fluctuation would not have much effect even if he drank it himself.

The most "amazing" time was when RiNG first tasted the cup of "Inferiority Feeling" for him. Although it made him lose face in front of Li Xi and Hai Ling, the overly stimulating and fresh feeling really left a deep impression on Qingchuan Xiang.

Thinking of this, Qingchuan Xiang couldn't help but licking his lips. To be honest, the taste of that cup in his memory was quite bad. No matter how good the ingredients were, after being mixed with such emotions, they would immediately be covered by a feeling of "inferior product", as if the golden coffee beans were replaced with soaked and sprouted mung beans, which was outrageous.

But for Qingchuan Xiang, whether the drink tastes good or not is sometimes not the first thing he considers. Instead, he always can't help but want to try more wonderful tastes that he has never experienced before.

Chapter 166 The Joy of Dependence

"Xiao Deng, remember to drink it while it's hot. It won't taste good if it gets cold."

"OK…!"

Xiao Deng hurriedly put the straw into her mouth, but hesitated for a moment before drinking.

Although she likes drinking milk, she is not really fond of coffee. When she first met at CRYCHIC, everyone ordered a drink like this. She ordered a mocha just to follow the atmosphere, but in the end she could only drink it slowly.

Latte, the taste should be not much different from mocha, so I probably won't like it if that's the case...

But this time, the coffee was ordered on Xiaoxiang's recommendation, and it was made by Lixi himself... Xiaodeng just hoped that he would not subconsciously make an expression of bitterness and frown on his face, as that would make everyone sad.

Holding the straw with messy teeth marks on it, Xiao Mie took a small sip with a tense expression.

...!

"It tastes good." Xiao Deng opened her cherry lips again with some surprise, spit out the straw, and held the cup in front of her eyes to look at it.

The taste of this latte is obviously dominated by the sweet taste of milk, which wraps up the only slight bitter taste of coffee layer by layer. When it slowly melts in the mouth and the bitterness comes into contact with the taste buds, it has already been soaked by the milk flavor and weakened again a lot.

This also makes Xiao Deng, who is not used to the bitter taste and prefers milk, feel very comfortable drinking it.

"If Xiao Deng likes it, that would be great." Li Xi's face immediately showed joy, and it was worth it that she specially increased the proportion of milk.

Qingchuan Xiang sat on the side, his eyes rolling around, and I don’t know what bad things he was thinking about.

Although Li Xi's drink-mixing skills are certainly not as good as mine now, they can definitely be considered proficient after nearly two months of hard work. What's more, it is actually difficult to make much difference in the quality of these simple drinks.

If Qingchuan Xiang were to come, making a latte would definitely be easy, but what makes Xiang curious is what kind of emotions are contained in the drink that Lixi makes for Xiaodeng.

"Hey, Xiao Deng, can you let me try your cup and see how it tastes?" Qingchuan Xiang asked.

"what?!"

Before Xiaodeng could speak, Lixi reacted first, as expected, and made a sound that Qingchuan Xiang had expected.

"You have a drink on hand. If it's not enough, just order another one yourself. Why do you want to drink Xiao Deng's?"

The self-proclaimed knight opened her purple eyes wide, her black hair flowing freely without wind, exuding a majestic aura. However, while maintaining the small lamp, she also thought of some other possibilities and frowned and asked seriously:

"Is there something wrong with the mocha I gave you? If so, tell me and I'll get you another one at my own expense."

Li Xi thought about it carefully. It was not like Qingchuan Xiang had not drunk the latte she made before. If she just wanted to drink more, she had money. In the past, when Qingchuan Xiang came to RiNG alone, she had ordered several cups in a row.

In that case, is there really something wrong with what I did?

It's not that Li Xi is not confident, but he has long been accustomed to being guided by Qingchuan Xiang in drink mixing. Sometimes, Xiang can always find some problems with the details of the drinks that he is confident there is no problem with.

Moreover, Li Xi had already secretly acknowledged in his heart that Qingchuan Xiang was like a mentor to him in this matter, and Miss Rinrinko did not teach him as much as Xiang.

Of course, Li Xi would never tell this to Qingchuan Xiang in person.

"No, that's not the case. Li Xi made this cup very well. I can't find any fault with it." Qingchuan Xiang waved his hands repeatedly, "I just wanted to try what Xiao Deng's cup tasted like."

"Then order another cup for yourself and I'll make it for you." Na Lixi doesn't indulge Qingchuan Xiang.

Hmm, how can I explain to Lixi that what I want to drink is actually the feeling that Lixi will put into Xiaodeng’s drink, which is probably different from the feeling he has for me.

Qingchuan Xiang was still thinking about it, but on the other hand, Li Xi did not indulge Qingchuan Xiang, but it was different for others.

"If Xiaoxiang wants to drink it, here you go..." After Xiaodeng heard that Qingchuanxiang wanted to drink his latte, he directly handed it to Qingchuanxiang and kindly moved the position of the straw to Xiang's side.

"Xiao Deng?!" Li Xi was a little confused when he saw Xiao Deng who took the initiative to deliver the drink he made.

I was about to fight to the death, why did Your Majesty surrender first?

This is probably what Li Xi is thinking now.

But since Xiao Deng was willing to give it to Qingchuan Xiang to drink, what else could I say?

So Li Xi could only watch as Xiao Deng lowered her head slightly, her cheeks flushed as if with embarrassment (actually it was just a normal, healthy blush on her face), and handed the latte to Qingchuan Xiang, who simply said thank you and took it.

Fortunately, Qingchuan Xiang did not use the straw used by Xiao Deng directly. Instead, he unscrewed the lid naturally, asked for a new straw, and took a sip.

Gu, but even so...

It hurts, it hurts so much. Even Buddha would shed tears of blood at such a horrific sight.

Qingchuan Xiang only took a sip and returned the cup. He flexibly rolled up his tongue and stirred the mixture of milk and coffee in his mouth, allowing every taste bud to feel it.

Hmm... Li Xi added a lot of milk. The moment the tip of his tongue touched it, Qingchuan Xiang discovered the little thought that Li Xi put into making this latte.

Even for a latte, which is already full of milk, the milk flavor is too strong. Can it really be considered coffee? That's probably why Xiao Deng likes it so much.

As expected, Li Xi cares very much about Xiao Deng, which makes Qingchuan Xiang even more excited to see what other flavors he will taste from it.

It didn't take long before Qingchuan Xiang slowly captured the emotions contained in the water.

First of all, the general direction is undoubtedly positive, and then there is liking and... dependence?

Why do we feel dependent?

In Qingchuan Xiang's opinion, Li Xi is undoubtedly a person who pursues self-independence. This can be seen from the fact that he started working part-time right after graduating from high school and constantly pursues self-improvement in music.

But it is such a person who would feel dependent on the lamp, who has always been accustomed to relying on others?

Then think about it carefully, could it be that Li Xi's feelings for Xiao Deng also developed on the basis of this "dependence"?

Another new and different "like" was placed in front of Qingchuan Xiang, bringing more doubts.

What's going on? Didn't I do all this to understand my emotions? Why do I seem to be getting more and more confused now?

Chapter 167 Recruitment

In any case, after taking a sip of the drink that Lixi gave to Xiaodeng, Qingchuan Xiang did have some different experiences, but it was a little too rare. The "flavors" only stayed for a while and then disappeared, and he didn't get enough of them.

Qingchuan Xiang couldn't help but lick his lips.

"Xiao Xiang, do you want more?" Xiao Deng raised her latte again. She hadn't even taken the second sip.

"No need. If I drink any more, Lixi will kill me." Qingchuan Xiang laughed.

On the other side, Li Xi's eyes had become tangible, piercing Qingchuan Xiang's lips sharply. Although he was always being stared at yesterday, Li Xi's thoughts were probably not so gentle.

Fortunately, before Li Xi started to put his idea into practice, the two people, Aine and Su Shi, who formed an unbreakable alliance on the other side, finally completed the preliminary information exchange. Both of them felt that they had made a lot of money and achieved their respective goals, and walked to the bar with satisfaction.

"Ah! Lixi, I want a cup of Earl Grey tea!" Although Aiyin is still not used to Lixi's fierce attitude, after all, they will be members of the same band in the future, so they still have to get along well with each other.

"Me too." Su Shi agreed. Now that Qingchuan Xiang is in the band, she has started to pay more attention to the band, and even her smile has become more sincere.

With the new order, Li Xi turned around and walked back to the workshop without saying a word and with a blank expression.

"Lixi's work attitude is not good. Is this really suitable for a receptionist job?" Aine pouted.

"Because Lixi actually doesn't do reception work. Most of the time she just makes drinks in the workshop." Qingchuan Xiang explained.

"Xiao Xiang seems to know Li Xi's work very well? It seems like she comes here often?" Su Shi quickly discovered the blind spot and asked Qingchuan Xiang, as naturally as if she was an elder sister who wanted to control the quality of her sister's friendships.

"Yeah, I come here often during the summer vacation."

Summer vacation...isn't that earlier than when I met/opened my heart to each other!

Why did Xiaoxiang come here when there were so many beverage shops?

This is a question that Xiao Deng can think of, and it is impossible for Aiyin and Su Shi not to have thought of it.

When it was Aine and the other person's turn to ask this question, Qingchuan Xiang's answer was still the same as before. It was simply because there were acquaintances here, so he was more willing to come here to drink and chat.

But Aiyin Sushi won't be put off by a simple and casual answer like Xiaodeng!

Such a simple reason can make Qingchuan Xiang ignore so many other high-end luxury or cheap and large-volume beverage stores and choose RiNG. Does he have to go to the coffee shop on the second floor?

Or was it really like Xiaoxiang said, that she came here just for Lixi?!

Could it be that, unknown to me, the person who has the best relationship with Qingchuan Xiang is actually Li Xi?