BXBX NOVEL Chapter 496 - Boss Not Running the Tour Bus?
Chapter 496: Boss Not Running the Tour Bus?
Translator: Noodletown Translations Editor: Noodletown Translations
[Unlocking Final Fantasy 7: Advent Children; unlocking the right to sell iced red tea.]
There had been only one beverage, Coke, in the fridge beside the cabinets. After the right to sell iced red tea was unlocked, crystal-like, translucent glass bottles with floral engravings appeared in the fridge. They looked grander and more up-scale compared to Coke.
The size of the bottle was twice of a Coke bottle.
Fang Qi glanced at the System Interface. [Iced red tea can be taken outside the shop to be shared with friends; 30 crystals per one bottle]
“Ugh?” Mr. Fang was surprised since the customers hadn’t been allowed to take food out of the shop before. However, this iced tea could not only be shared with friends but be taken out of the shop as well.
At 30 crystals per bottle, its price was the most expensive among all the food and beverages! However, its volume was only twice that of a bottle of Coke.
Fang Qi studied the glass bottle that contained the iced red tea and found that it had a strengthened insulation array which could keep the liquid at a fixed temperature, which was probably why it could be taken out and was so expensive.
After all, regardless of how tasty Coke was, if one took it out and exposed it to the air for a while, it would lose its flavor and the stimulation to the taste buds after the bubbles disappeared. It would be reduced to an ordinary beverage. While bubbles and carbonation were easy to be lost and hard to keep after the seal was opened, iced red tea didn’t have this problem.
...
As a mild-tempered old man, Gu Tingyun was old enough to be Nalan Hongwu’s grandfather and had put the days of battle behind him long ago. Each day, he would discuss Dao with some old friends while tasting and appreciating tea. Nowadays, the Dao that they talked about contained many new things, but his life remained leisurely and simple.
He wasn’t a fan of wine but loved drinking tea; he had tasted 1,000-year-old rain dragon tea, spiritual flower tea, and even a tiny bit of celestial tea that was saved in an ancient celestial relic.
Today, when he entered the shop, he saw a new item ‘iced red tea’ on the small blackboard.
“Ugh? Sir, what’s this iced red tea?”
Mr. Fang pointed at the engraved glass bottles, which were much large than Coke bottle, in the fridge. “It’s in the big bottles.”
Everyone knew that this fridge was for; it was used to keep things cold.
Making tea was a slow process of boiling tea with a small fire; none of them had seen tea in a fridge before.
“Master, should we buy one bottle and try it?” Wang Xie asked tentatively.
“Okay!” Gu Tingyun nodded. “I’ll take a bottle of iced red tea!”
He wanted to have a taste of the iced tea!
After paying, he immediately took one bottle from the fridge. After screwing off the cap, he took out three small teacups of red sandalwood color.
The black-robed Daoist Zhou Mo exclaimed behind them, “These are Purple Sand Cloud Dragon Cups that Master has treasured for many years. Junior Brother, you’re in luck!”
Hearing his words, Gu Tingyu got a bit proud. “I wonder if the iced red tea deserves being contained in my teacups.”
“Gulp! Gulp!” At this moment, a strange sound came from nearby.
They turned around and saw that a big white deer was gulping down the iced red tea while holding the bottle with its hooves.
“Princess Your Highness, this iced red tea is so delicious! It can even recover my spiritual essence! Awesome!”
“Little Bell, you know nothing but eating. You’ll be so fat!” Then, Jiang Xiaoyue gulped down some tea as well.
“They don’t know how to appreciate good tea!”
“They remind me of cattle chewing on peonies!”
“No! That deer is wasting red tea!”
The three people looked at this uncouth way of drinking tea in contempt. How could one savor the true taste of tea this way?!
Wang Xie placed the small teacups in a row and poured tea into them with adept and professional movement.
“Wow. The tea has the color of embers; its fragrance is faint but lingering.” Gu Tingyu picked up a teacup and sniffed. “Good tea! I’m surprised that this shop can produce such good tea!”
“It must be a tea made by spiritual buds that are at least 1,000 years old. I wonder how great the tea maker is. Even though it is cooled, it refreshed my mind and relieved my fatigue when I smelled it. Excellent! Indeed excellent!”
“Maybe... just as that deer said, it can recover the spiritual essence in our bodies?” Wang Xie said in surprise.
“If that’s true, we can sip some of it when we’re fatigued from cultivating, and then...” the black-robed Daoist Zhou Mo said in joy.
“Well, this tea might be good for your cultivation.” Gu Tingyun nodded and sipped the tea as if he were savoring it carefully and trying to feel it.
“Master, what do you think of it?” The two asked immediately.
“Gulp! Gulp!” Gu Tingyu drank the rest tea in his cup.
The two exchanged a look. “...”
– One minute later –
“Two more bottles of iced red tea!”
“Gulp... Gulp...”
...
“Boss, a new movie was released today?!” The sharp-eyed Jiang Xiaoyue saw another new item.
While the players couldn’t switch from one game to another in a short time, the movies were different and only took them two to three hours to finish. If they found some movies to their likings, they would happily stop playing games for a couple of hours.
Some would even want to study the stuff shown in the movie, but it wasn’t Jiang Xiaoyue’s concern.
“Final Fantasy?” She blinked her big eyes, staring at the blackboard behind Mr. Fang. “How come the names all sound so strange...”
[Sir, are you doing the group tour today?] Su Tianji sent Fang Qi a message on QQ; she was always eager for such activities.
[Oh... I’m not running a tour bus for this movie. You guys can watch it by yourselves.]
Su Tianji asked, [Ugh? Why not? Is it because it’s not good? ]
[Come on! Give some clues to Big Sister! (Husky’s dumb face)]
Mr. Fang stretched, obviously just getting up from bed. “It’s a special movie that I got with great efforts. I want to watch it alone.”
“Boss wants to watch it by himself?!” As a smart girl, Jiang Xiaoyue immediately activated it, finding that it cost 100 crystals, much more expensive than other movies and games.
“So expensive?!”
The big white deer had tears on its face. “So expensive... should I buy it?”
It glanced at the small crystal bag in its arms.
“Well. I’ll watch it first, and you can watch it if I think it is good, okay? Little Bell?”
“What if it’s not good...”
“Then, I’ll give the despicable Boss a good lesson!” With her hands on her waist, Jiang Xiaoyue looked fierce. However, she found that Mr. Fang had begun watching the movie and didn’t spare her a glance.
“Humph! I’ll watch it too!” Then, she quickly went to watch the movie.
– In the Jiuhua City Shop –
“What’s happening with the shop owner?” A few people watched from behind Su Tianji.
He’s acting all mysterious. I wonder what this kid is up to. Su Tianji was sulky.
After thinking for a while, she got even more impatient with curiosity. Forget it! I’ll just watch it!