Chapter 713 Xia Mei's Dessert
Hanyu Kusunoki felt the soft touch of his hand and looked at Xiaolan for permission. Xiaolan blushed and hesitated for a while, and finally nodded gently: "... Just this once."
Having obtained permission, Hanyu Kusunoki was no longer polite.
His technique was obviously much more skilled than Sonoko's, and soon the liquid in the bottle increased rapidly. Sonoko tilted her head back, whimpering intermittently, her fingers tightly clenching the sofa cover.
“Hmm…”
Twenty minutes later, Yuanzi finally completed the "punishment". She collapsed on the chair as if all her strength had been drained away. Her cheeks were flushed, her chest was heaving violently, and the strands of hair on her forehead were wet with sweat and stuck to her skin.
Xiaolan shook the bottle filled with milky white liquid with satisfaction: "The first day's portion is complete~"
She handed the bottle to Hanyu Nan: "Nan, try it?"
Hanyu Kusunoki took the bottle and took a sip under Sonoko's embarrassed and angry gaze. It didn't taste like real milk, but a unique sweetness with a hint of strawberry fragrance and a light hint of vanilla in the aftertaste.
"Is it delicious?" Xiaolan asked curiously.
Hanyu Kusunoki nodded honestly: "It's delicious."
When Sonoko heard this, her lips curled up unconsciously, obviously happy with the comment, despite her current miserable appearance.
Hanyu Kusunoki considerately helped her pull up her shirt, but heard her whisper: "...Do you want to continue tomorrow..."
"Of course! If we agreed on a week, it's a week!"
Xiaolan took the bottle righteously and covered it with the lid.
Yuanzi buried her face in the pillow and said in a muffled voice: "...Then I will need Nan's help tomorrow..."
Xiaolan was about to object, but Hanyu Kusunoki interrupted with a smile: "Okay, but..."
He leaned close to Sonoko's ear and said something in a low voice, causing Sonoko to scream and grab the pillow to throw at him.
"What are you talking about?" Xiaolan looked at the two of them suspiciously.
Hanyu Kusunoki smiled mysteriously: "Secret~"
Just then, the sound of wind chimes as the flower ladder started to move came from upstairs.
After finishing the rice field in the attic, Mingmei pulled Xiaoai, who was curled up in the experiment, down with her. The two came out of the flower ladder and were stunned when they saw the scene in the living room: "What are you...doing?"
Ai's eyes swept over the disheveled Sonoko, the blushing Xiaolan, and the Hanyu Kusunoki who was smiling like a thieving cat, and she coldly spat out two words: "Pervert."
A pervert who doesn't even let himself go!
Is that kind of snack suitable for me to eat at my age?
Hanyu Kusunoki spread his hands innocently: "I am just executing the punishment of justice~"
Mingmei looked at the bottle filled with white liquid on the table, and seemed to understand something. She smiled warmly: "Master Hanyu, is it delicious?"
“Excellent!”
Hanyu Kusunoki gave a thumbs up.
"Heh." Xiao Ai sneered, "You can tell from your expression that you are full of aftertaste."
She turned to Sonoko, "How does it taste?"
Yuanzi had not yet fully recovered from the afterglow, and answered dazedly: "Sweet... a bit like sunny strawberries..."
As soon as she said this, she realized what she had said and immediately turned into a cooked shrimp, curling up into a ball, wishing she could find a crack in the ground to crawl into.
Xiao Ai shook her head, ignoring the Sonoko who had gone into the crack of the sofa and refused to come out, and turned to the kitchen: "A bunch of hopeless adults... I'll go heat up the milk."
After a pause, he added, "Normal milk."
............
During dinner, a subtle atmosphere permeated the restaurant.
Yuanzi was very attentive and was busy picking food for Xiaolan throughout the dinner, from braised pork to steamed fish, and the bowls in front of Xiaolan almost piled up like a small mountain.
"Xiaolan, try this shrimp. I picked the biggest one for you!" Yuanzi smiled flatteringly, picked up a crystal clear shrimp with chopsticks, and carefully placed it on the top of Xiaolan's bowl.
Xiaolan glanced at the "food tower" that might collapse at any time, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch slightly. She said with a smile: "Yuanzi, are you trying to bury me with food?"
"How could that be!" Yuanzi blinked her big eyes, revealing an innocent look in her eyes, as if everything she did was out of the purest kindness, "I just want to express my apology~"
Xiaolan snorted softly, picked up the shrimp and put it into her mouth.
After Sonoko's attentive service throughout the night, her anger did subside a little, but the punishment still had to continue - if she didn't give this mischievous young lady a profound lesson, she was afraid that Sonoko would not learn her lesson.
After all, this time I dared to secretly put exploding cookies for my mother.
Next time, will you dare to get mom drunk and throw her on Nan’s bed?
Just thinking about it, I feel that this is too much, so the punishment must continue. She must be given a profound lesson so that she will remember it long ago.
After dinner, in the kitchen, Hanyu Kusunoki carefully took out the semi-finished dessert molds carefully made by Kosaka Natsumi one by one and arranged them neatly on the cooking table.
The outline of the meringue pie has emerged. The delicate filling can be vaguely seen under the light golden crust, exuding a faint lemon fragrance.
"Ms. Xia Mei's craftsmanship is truly amazing."
Mingmei put on an apron and walked over, her fingertips lightly brushing the edge of the mold, "Even the semi-finished product is so delicate."
She also personally experienced the Egg of Memories incident, so she had a deep impression of Natsumi Kosaka, the princess of a fallen country.
A few days ago, after Xiaolan and Sonoko came back, they enthusiastically told her about what happened in the cake shop, which made her understand Kosaka Natsumi a little better.
"After all, they are professionals." Hanyu Kusunoki walked to the gourmet cell baking oven with a smile and reached out to adjust the control panel.
Mingmei curiously leaned in to observe, her hair falling on Hanyu Kusunoki's shoulders: "The previous snacks were already magical enough, what will it be this time?"
"You, the young master, don't know either." Hanyu Kusunoki shrugged and put the molds into the baking rack one by one. "The characteristic of the gourmet cell furnace is that the higher the level of the maker, the better the random attributes will be."
He suddenly chuckled, "That's why I specifically asked Xia Mei, the pastry master, to make the semi-finished products."
The little maid nodded obediently.
She knew her own limitations. Although her dim sum-making skills were pretty good, they still pale in comparison to those masters.
Putting the last mold into the oven, Hanyu Kusunoki pressed the start button. The oven made a soft humming sound, and the text on the display changed to [Baking... Estimated completion time: 23 minutes].
Through the observation window, you can see that the pastry is undergoing visible changes - the lemon filling is gradually taking on a pearly luster, and fine golden lines are emerging on the surface of the puff pastry.
Mingmei leaned against the cooking table and asked casually, "Master Hanyu seems to have a good relationship with Miss Xiamei?"
"Hmm?" Hanyu Kusunoki was adjusting the temperature settings and looked up when he heard this. "Why are you asking that suddenly?"
"Nothing." Mingmei smiled slightly, twirling her fingers around the string of her apron. "I just think that since Master Hanyuu allowed her to... use the props at home, it proves that Miss Xiamei must be a very special woman."
Hanyu Nan closed the furnace door and turned to face the maid in surprise, who had a rare look of jealousy on her face: "Are you jealous?"
Mingmei shook her head, "I'm not jealous... just curious."
She paused, "Does Ms. Xia Mei know about us?"