Chapter 366 Indirect kiss!
The two's plan was eventually finalized with Sawayama Haruno taking a tougher stance.
He also asked Morikawa Riho and the other party's deputy assistant, but compared to himself and Mine Shiori, the other two did not agree.
On the one hand, it was because they didn’t get enough rest on the plane, and on the other hand, they probably wanted to create some private space for themselves.
It must be said that Morikawa Riho really makes people feel helpless in this regard. Before she sent Sawayama Haruno and Mine Shiori out, she kept winking at them. Sawayama Haruno knew without any confirmation that she meant to take safety measures.
This guy probably thinks he won't be bringing Mine Shiori back tonight.
Sawayama Haruno touched his chin, feeling somewhat helpless.
He actually didn't expect to advance his progress with Mine Shiori to this point so quickly.
Although her favorability score was full from the beginning, after sitting on the flight for such a long time today, Mine Shiori's body probably couldn't stand the torment. Moreover, she was in a hurry to do such a thing just after arriving abroad. Wouldn't it make her mind full of yellow trash like Maki? ?
In fact, Sawayama Haruno had already planned the next task, and judging from Mine Shiori's attitude towards him, he estimated that the two of them should have similar ideas. If that was the case, he didn't need to rush.
You can also see what Mine Shiori, who is usually gloomy and introverted, is like when she takes the initiative.
Thinking of this, Sawayama Haruno couldn't help but smile. After getting in the car, he did not forget to apologize to the driver.
After all, the other party had just waited at the airport for an entire afternoon and half a night, and now after finally sending him to the villa, he had to follow him and Mine Shiori to the city center.
However, the driver seemed indifferent to what Sawayama Haruno said.
"The job assigned to me by the company is to take care of Mr. Zeshan's schedule. Just let me know if you need anything." He said politely.
"Really? Do you know downtown Toronto?" asked Sawayama Haruno curiously.
"I have some understanding of it. I lived in Toronto before I came to work in this island country."
The driver smiled and said somewhat implicitly, "I am of Canadian and Japanese descent, but my wife is from Japan, so I moved there to settle down. I just didn't expect that the company would arrange for me to go on a business trip to Canada this time."
"Did the driver settle down in the island country for his wife?"
Mine Shiori, who was standing by, couldn't help but be a little surprised when she heard this.
In her opinion, men who can go to another country to settle down for a woman are extremely rare and almost impossible to happen in an island country, as this is the same practice of marrying into the woman's family.
"It's part of it. After all, my wife was pregnant at the time, but it would be difficult for her to apply for Canadian citizenship, so I took the initiative to go over there." The driver said with a smile.
When talking about this, a happy smile would unconsciously appear on his face, making Mine Shiori, who was sitting behind him, even more envious.
The petite girl secretly glanced at Sawayama Haruno who was sitting next to her, but found that the other party had just shifted his gaze over here. The moment their eyes met, Mine Shiori subconsciously clutched the collar of her down jacket.
Fortunately, Sawayama Haruno didn't say anything to her, but turned around and asked the driver for help.
"Then please trouble the driver to take us to the city center and try to find a quiet bar with a good atmosphere, okay?"
"That's no problem."
The driver agreed immediately.
The years he lived in Toronto were not wasted. Although that was four or five years ago, he thought the city center would not change much.
Although Toronto is also one of the larger cities in Canada, the country's development speed in the new century is quite slow. Unlike island countries whose development is restricted by economic conditions, people here are simply leisurely.
It was extremely easy to find a suitable bar in such an environment. The driver took the two of them to a bar street in the city center with ease. Then he exchanged mobile phone numbers with Sawayama Haruno, agreed on the approximate time to return, and the few of them soon separated.
After getting off the bus, Mine Shiori looked at the bar street not far away with flashing lights of various colors. She couldn't help but shrink her neck, not knowing what to do.
She used to be a thorough good student. Not only did she not drink, she had never even been to a place like Bar Street.
If we have to find something related to drinking in her life, it's probably that she goes to places like izakaya to eat from time to time - izakayas also serve drinks, and many middle-aged people like to eat, drink, and chat here after get off work.
Compared to the reserved opponent, Sawayama Haruno seemed much more natural.
He looked around and soon set his sights on a quiet bar with warm external lights and a nice atmosphere.
In such cold weather, without warm lights, it is easy to catch a cold just sitting outside, not to mention that they have to drink. After being blown by the wind all night, they will definitely have a splitting headache when they wake up the next day. Therefore, if you want to choose a suitable scene, you have to start with whether there are warm lights.
"How about that one?"
Sawayama Haruno pointed to the bar in the distance, turned around and asked Mine Shiori, "Or do you want to go somewhere else?"
"no need."
Mine Shiori shook her head and said honestly, "Just do as Haruno says. I'm fine with it."
"Really? By the way, Shiori seems a little strange today." Sawayama Haruno paused and couldn't help but chuckled, "She seems more restrained than usual."
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Mine Shiori's heart tightened.
She thought that her thoughts were seen through by the other party and was about to explain, but unexpectedly, Sawayama Haruno changed the subject the next moment.
He smiled and said, "Is it because this is your first time going abroad? And there are some minor problems with language communication?"
"Ah, yeah."
Mine Shiori had no choice but to swallow back the words she had not finished saying.
She didn’t know if it was her illusion, but she always felt like Sawayama Haruno was deliberately “bullying” her.
However, she did not hate this feeling. On the contrary, she had an urge to act coquettishly with the other party, but her sense of shame was still showing, and there were many people in the bar street, so she was embarrassed to show her true intentions.
Naturally, all the changes in Mine Shiori's expression fell into Sawayama Haruno's eyes. He smiled but didn't say much. Instead, he took her into the bar they had just chosen.
After ordering a snack and two cocktails at the front desk, Sawayama Haruno took a small light and went outside with Mine Shiori to sit down. There were not many guests who chose to sit outside in this bar. Most of them were like Sawayama Haruno, with a girl, but they sat at the bar inside, seemingly to see the bartender's performance from a closer distance.
Sawayama Haruno wasn't too interested. He also knew how to mix cocktails, and with the help of his "skill improvement", his techniques and the taste of his cocktails were much better than those of ordinary bartenders. It would be too boring for him to sit at the bar and watch others perform.
As for Mine Shiori standing aside, she was even less interested. She was focusing all her attention on secretly looking at Sawayama Haruno and had no time to pay attention to the bartender's fancy cocktail-mixing moves.
Soon, the items they had ordered were served.
Looking at the amber wine in her glass, Mine Shiori hesitated for a moment before picking up the round straw beside her and taking a careful sip.
It's not as spicy as I imagined, but rather sweet, like soda.
“Don’t drink too much at one time.”
Seeing this, Zeshan Haruno took the initiative to advise: "If it is your first time drinking, just take small sips and drink slowly. If you drink too fast at once, you will get drunk easily."
No matter what kind of wine it is, after entering the stomach, it will begin to slowly dissipate and evaporate under the digestive function of the stomach. Some people sober up quickly because they digest quickly. After going to the toilet and coming back, they are likely to become sober again.
But if the person is a novice drinker, it is a different story, because they have not exposed their bodies to too many alcoholic beverages before. It is easy for them to lose control of themselves when drinking for the first time and make a wrong judgment about their alcohol tolerance.
In addition, Mine Shiori ordered a small sweet wine. Sweet drinks are the easiest to make people misjudge their alcohol tolerance. Many men will deliberately order sweet or stimulating drinks with bubbles when ordering drinks for girls in the bar.
The purpose of doing this is naturally to make those girls get drunk without them realizing it, to the point where they feel a little dizzy but not completely drunk, so that they can take the girls away later and facilitate a brief romance with them with their half-hearted consent.
Don't ask how Sawayama Haruno knew this, he has never done this before. It was just that one of his college roommates in his previous life liked to do this very much.
"Oh"
Mine Shiori responded sullenly, her eyes unconsciously drifting to Sawayama Haruno's glass of wine, and finally unable to suppress her curiosity, she asked, "What did Haruno order?"
"Mine is just pure cherry sparkling water with a little bit of his homemade liquor in it."
Seeing that Mine Shiori was very curious, Sawayama Haruno kindly pushed his wine glass a little towards her.
"Do you want to try it? I haven't drunk it yet. The alcohol content of this cup should be lower than yours." He said with a smile.
It's easy to get drunk when drinking mixed drinks, but that depends on the situation. What they both drank were basically cocktails made with a small amount of foreign liquor, and the alcohol content of his drink was lower, so there was no need to worry about whether Mine Shiori would get drunk after drinking two different drinks.
The reason why Miyazawa Maki got drunk was because the two drinks he mixed were both high in alcohol content and both contained desserts.
Miyazawa Maki drank two glasses in a row without any preparation. Plus, it was her first time drinking, so it was normal for her to get drunk. This was completely different from her current situation.
"May I"
After hearing what Sawayama Haruno said, Mine Shiori was immediately moved.
I drank Haruno's wine, and then he drank it too. Isn't that an indirect kiss?
The word "indirect kiss" seemed to be a huge temptation to Mine Shiori. Looking at the drink in front of her, her hand stretched out uncontrollably, and she moved it in front of herself tremblingly.
Very good, time to drink!
Mine Shiori secretly encouraged herself in her heart, then lowered her head and took a sip. However, out of the corner of her eye she caught a glimpse of Sawayama Haruno staring at her with his hands on his face. The girl, feeling ashamed, blushed instantly and choked several times on the sparkling wine.
"cough cough"
"Are you okay?"
Sawayama Haruno offered tissues immediately.
He was a little puzzled. Even though the drink was mixed with carbonated drinks, it shouldn't be enough to cause choking. Mine Shiori was being too careless.
"No, it's okay." Mine Shiori calmed her breathing a little and said embarrassedly, "Sorry, I was distracted just now. I'll drink this cup."
"That's not necessary. You didn't vomit in it anyway."
Sawayama Haruno reached out and took the drink, looked at it casually for a few seconds, and then took a sip in front of Mine Shiori. The other person's face suddenly turned red, and people who didn't know would think that Mine Shiori had drunk the wine.
"Is it really okay?"
Mine Shiori swallowed her saliva, feeling an inexplicable throbbing in her heart.
She didn't expect Zeshan Haruno to drink the wine so straightforwardly. The indirect kiss was realized in this way. It was a bit too dreamy. Could her progress be so smooth?
"It's no big deal, it's pretty good."
Sawayama Haruno licked his lips and smiled, "I don't know what kind of carbonated drink they used, but it feels like it has a fresh sour taste like juice."
“It’s probably a local beverage in Canada.”
Seeing that Sawayama Haruno really didn't care about this matter, Mine Shiori slowly breathed a sigh of relief.
However, the feeling of both happiness and a little loss kept swirling in her heart, driving her to pick up her glass of wine again and drink it, trying to hide the inexplicable embarrassment on her face.
At this moment, Sawayama Haruno seized the opportunity, raised the wine glass and handed it to Mine Shiori.
Looking at the somewhat bewildered little girl, he reminded her, "Cheers!"
"cheers."
Mine Shiori carefully raised the cup to the other person, and then the two of them kept looking at each other until the wine was brought to their lips. The sweet drink kept sliding down their throats until it seeped into the depths of their throbbing hearts.
"That's great," Mine Shiori thought.
Before setting out, she had never expected such a scene to happen. Although it was Sawayama Haruno who took the initiative to propose it, she was still extremely glad that she had made up her mind to take the initiative a long time ago.
Otherwise, if I were my old self, I would probably start to hesitate when it comes to going to the bar, and end up missing out on the opportunity.
So it's great that I can take the first step, but I'm still a little greedy and hope to go one step further with Sawayama Haruno.
(End of this chapter)
