Chapter 374 An unforgettable night with Shiori Mine!
By slightly moving the table and chairs in the room and putting them together, an imperfect dining table was formed.
Sawayama Haruno placed the food in the dining car one by one, and finally took out candles and lighters from under the dining car. After lighting them, he did not forget to turn off all the lights in the room.
For a moment, the room fell into a relatively dark environment. Mine Shiori sat opposite with a little trepidation, looking at Sawayama Haruno who was busying around, with a somewhat embarrassed expression.
"I'm sorry. It was clearly my request, but Haruno had to work so hard for it."
"It's okay. The hotel provides these candles for free anyway. It would be a waste if you don't use them."
Sawayama Haruno carefully placed the lit candles in front of the two of them and said with a smile, "It still feels like something is missing. It would be nice if there was someone playing the piano or something like that."
"It's too exaggerated."
Mine Shiori chuckled.
In general French restaurants or Western restaurants, there will be people playing music in order to create a relatively good environment for the guests. Even a candlelight dinner for two will seem more elegant and upscale with the accompaniment of music.
Ultimately, it is to satisfy the girl's innocent pursuit of romance.
Although the element of music was missing at the moment, Sawayama Haruno was sitting in front of Mine Shiori and was so actively cooperating with her that she was so moved that she didn't know what to say.
Everything that is happening now seems like a dream, and I can't be sure whether it is real.
Mine Shiori could only look at the face she had been thinking about day and night carefully and greedily in the dim candlelight.
His fixed gaze was soon noticed by Sawayama Haruno.
"please"
Sawayama Haruno smiled slightly and pushed the cutlery over.
The main dishes that Shiori Mine ordered for the two of them were small pieces of steak and a portion of baked rice. Although they were ordered by accident, they happened to suit Haruno Sawayama's taste.
If he ordered something like snails, he would find it difficult to eat it. Among all the dishes in front of him, the least eaten one is probably foie gras. But foie gras is actually similar to ice cream. Even people who have not had much experience with French food can get used to it.
Sawayama Haruno was no exception. After getting his hands on the knife and fork, he prepared to cut a piece of foie gras to try the taste.
Seeing his movements, Mine Shiori immediately began to imitate them.
The petite girl held the cold silver knife and fork and carefully cut the perfectly fried foie gras. After putting the small piece of foie gras still stained with its original juice into her mouth, her eyes suddenly brightened up.
As expected of a hotel located in such an expensive place, the chef they hired is obviously of some skill. This small piece of foie gras not only does not have the slightest fishy or burnt smell, but instead has a sweet, silky, yet melt-in-the-mouth texture.
Mine Shiori didn't even need to bite it with her teeth. With just a slight movement of her tongue, the small piece of foie gras melted in her mouth instantly, and the rich meaty aroma continued to overflow, making it really hard to resist.
"On the lips."
Seeing that Mine Shiori looked very excited, Sawayama Haruno, who was sitting opposite her, couldn't help laughing.
He pointed to the corner of his mouth, as if to remind the other person of the oil stains that he accidentally got on his mouth.
Mine Shiori quickly realized that she had made a fool of herself, but after so many things had happened, she didn't really care how she would appear in front of Sawayama Haruno.
She just playfully stuck out her tongue, quickly rolled it around the corner of her mouth, and quickly "eliminated" the oil stain. It was the first time that Sawayama Haruno saw her act so mischievous, and he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment.
"Don't look at me like that"
Mine Shiori's face soon began to heat up again.
Her action just now was a bit bold, but what made her rub her legs even more was the slightly surprised and amused look on Sawayama Haruno's face. Wow, this was too mean.
I was clearly following what I learned on the Internet, but why did it all have the opposite effect? It seemed like I was always the one at a disadvantage.
The more Mine Shiori thought about it, the more embarrassed she felt. In order to reverse this unnecessary embarrassment, she quickly raised the wine glass beside her and said with forced calmness, "You haven't toasted yet, let's do it now."
"Is that a toast?"
Sawayama Haruno propped his chin up with his hand and said with a smile, "I thought Shiori would say something like drinking wine together."
"I"
Mine Shiori was once again outwitted by Sawayama Haruno. The girl clamped her legs tightly together and her eyes were so hazy that it seemed as if water could drip out of them.
It was too unfair. Any word from Sawayama Haruno made her feel overwhelmed. It turned out that all the strategies on the Internet were lies. There was no strategy that could really work.
Mine Shiori didn't realize that it was because her immunity to Sawayama Haruno was too low, and it wasn't the strategy that was to blame.
But no matter what, since Sawayama Haruno said so, she didn't want to be looked down upon by the other party. Mine Shiori, who had never been angry with anyone before, felt the desire to "challenge" for the first time in her life.
She ran over with a wine glass in her hand, looking at Sawayama Haruno with a blushing face.
"Come on." She pursed her lips and pretended to be calm, "Since we're having a candlelight dinner, it's okay to be a little more intimate."
"Yeah, that's true."
Sawayama Haruno was a little surprised that the other party was serious.
He was just joking. After all, drinking wine from the wedding cup and having a candlelight dinner didn't seem to go well together. But since the other party had come over, he had no reason to refuse.
So he picked up his wine glass without thinking, then intertwined his arms with Mine Shiori and slowly brought the glass to his lips.
The dark red wine gave off an intoxicating aroma, but the two of them only cared about each other from beginning to end. It was not until the extremely smooth wine passed through their throats and into their stomachs that they realized belatedly that they seemed to have finished the entire glass in one breath.
What are you doing? Are you sworn brothers?
Sawayama Haruno was a little uneasy. This development was far from a romantic candlelight dinner!
No, I can’t tease Mine Shiori anymore.
If this continues, the brain of this petite girl, whose defense is already extremely low, will probably be overloaded, and it is hard to say what she will do in a while.
Something "welcome" was bound to happen tonight, but Sawayama Haruno didn't want to leave a bad memory for the other party, so he should control the degree and try not to tease too much. Just as he secretly made up his mind, Mine Shiori had already quickly turned back.
The petite girl's face was so red that it was impossible to tell whether it was because of the close drinking just now or because she drank too much at once.
However, the rosy cheeks looked extremely bright under the weak candlelight, making it difficult to look away.
"cough"
Zeshan Haruno came back to his senses a little. He cleared his throat and urged, "Eat first, or it will get cold."
"Um"
Mine Shiori lowered her head and responded softly.
Apart from the foie gras, they haven't touched anything else.
After all, the appetizers were of such a high standard, so the main course would certainly not disappoint them.
Australian Wagyu is considered to be of the highest quality among all beefs. Although the island country is also famous for its Wagyu, there are natural differences between the two.
If we must say it, Australian beef is actually fatter in texture, which is why chefs often choose to use it as an ingredient in their dishes because it is very malleable.
The beef of the island nation is famous for its cooking methods, such as sukiyaki and sashimi. They are very good at using limited ingredients to bring out a different flavor through the shortest and most sophisticated processes possible.
Each has its own advantages, and at least for Sawayama Haruno, it is difficult to find fault with each of them.
The Australian Wagyu beef in front of us has naturally been carefully processed by the hotel chef. It can be seen that it has been roasted at a low temperature for a long time with a blowtorch. The outer shell is slightly charred and the meat inside is tender. When you take a bite of it with the sauce, you can also smell the unique light aroma of butter.
This is also a common method used by many chefs in Europe and America. Of course, because it is so well-known, chefs all over the world basically know how to cook it. However, it takes several years of cooking skills to achieve such a level of perfection.
With Zeshan Haruno's current level, it would not be a big deal for him to replicate it after eating it once.
Seeing that Mine Shiori seemed to enjoy the flavor of the beef, he secretly took note of it, intending to use this trick to "deal with" the other party after returning to the island country.
The reward given by the system cannot be wasted. Anyway, it is not too difficult for him. The really difficult part is the sea urchin and black truffle baked rice at the end.
Many people may think that rice is easier to handle than beef.
In fact, in the eyes of many chefs, rice is the most difficult thing to cook.
Many ordinary chefs will make a simple dish, that is, putting together the three elements of sea urchin, black truffle and baked rice, but such an approach will be full of flaws in front of the world's top chefs.
Simply combining ingredients together does not allow their flavors to combine with each other. Although it may seem like there are sea urchin and black truffle, the idea is to imprint the flavors of these two ingredients in every grain of rice.
This involves a little secret that is not passed on. It was only after Sawayama Haruno improved his skills that he came to understand that the most critical step in making baked rice is the frying step before baking.
It needs to be fried first to lock the flavor of other ingredients firmly into each grain of rice, and then put into the oven for low-temperature baking. This will ensure that the rice grains contain overflowing aroma and the color will be much better than before.
Apparently, the sea urchin and black truffle baked rice in front of them did not disappoint them either. The plump rice grains with a light golden luster emitted wisps of hot steam under the candlelight, and the mouth-watering rice aroma continued to overflow.
Mine Shiori carefully scooped up a spoonful with a spoon, and when she put it into her mouth, she immediately smelled the pure aroma of cinnamon elk. Combined with the slightly sour but sweet wine on the side, it was hard not to be intoxicated by tonight's candlelight dinner.
Sawayama Haruno's eating speed was certainly not slower than the other person. To be honest, he had tried his best to control himself and eat slowly. After all, he didn't want to eat too fast and make Mine Shiori feel awkward. However, this amount of food was still too little for him.
Fortunately, this meal did not take too long. After the two of them slowly enjoyed it for almost an hour, they had almost finished the appetizers and main courses, and the only things left were cakes and desserts.
There's no rush to eat this.
I don't know when it started, but the two of them slowly moved their chairs and sat together. They faced the huge floor-to-ceiling glass windows, looking at the night view of Niagara Falls not far away, snuggling up to each other but not saying a word, just making playful clinking sounds with the glasses in their hands from time to time.
The ambiguous atmosphere continued to grow just as Mine Shiori had expected. She both wished that time would stop forever at this moment and that the next moment would come as soon as possible.
Finally, after they relied on each other in silence for more than half an hour, Sawayama Haruno spoke first.
"Shiori, although it seems a bit redundant to ask now, but are you happy?"
He turned his head, chuckled and asked, "Will you be happy with me?"
"Of course."
Mine Shiori shyly turned her head away. She pulled the ends of her bangs and said embarrassedly, "Very happy. I like Haruno very much. No, I like Haruno very much."
The words that had been buried for too long were finally spoken at this moment.
I should have kept my promise. I should have said it last year, or to be more precise, last year. I finally said it.
Although she was a little late, Mine Shiori felt that the loneliness she had endured had been well compensated. Now she just wanted to throw herself into Sawayama Haruno's arms and act coquettishly.
As for whether she would regret it, she had never thought about it, because she had suffered too much loss due to regret before, so she decided not to consider factors such as whether she would regret it in the future.
She believed that Sawayama Haruno would definitely take responsibility for her.
With a slightly uneasy mood, Mine Shiori put down her wine glass.
She pulled at Sawayama Haruno's sleeve like a cat, then slowly reached over his body. After locking her lips with Haruno's, she carefully kissed him.
Different from the sweetness she tasted before, this time it comforted the loneliness in her heart. The girl's heart, which had been wandering for a long time, finally found its home at this moment.
Sawayama Haruno picked up the petite girl very gently and slowly moved her to the big couple's bed beside them.
The nearly two-meter-long bed was more than enough to accommodate them, not to mention that Mine Shiori was so petite, like an exquisite doll, which even made Sawayama Haruno feel reluctant to hurt her.
Tonight is destined to be a very long but sweet night.
(End of this chapter)
