Even the whole world is trying to match us up

Chapter 135 Cookies
The brown wooden floor reflected soft light, the smell of baking floated in the air, and there were bursts of laughter.

That's right, it's another week of home economics class.

It's no problem for Natsume Kiyoha, who has always achieved A's.

It's common for me to slip out of the cooking room and get out of school early when my routine is running smoothly.

Secretly sharing a secret that makes him so efficient.

It's very simple, just put all your attention on cooking and don't chat with the classmates around you.

For example:

'Who fell in love with whom again? '

'What embarrassing thing has that person done recently? '

'How's your luck in drawing cards these days? '

Just like Dongguo High School’s evening self-study, you must take the test papers seriously and don’t be attracted by the gossip around you.

Otherwise, you won't be able to clear a few questions at the end of the night.

Although he has always hated people who interfered with his serious work, it did not stop him from going out of his way to chat with others and slow down their progress.

"It's really rare. I didn't expect you to come to the home economics class." Natsume Qingyu stirred the sticky egg liquid in his hand and talked to the girl on the side.

The beautiful girl in an apron completely ignored him and ignored him.

The young man continued speaking disapprovingly.

"Is it because today's topic happens to be cookies, so you want to..." Natsume Qingyu's eyes widened slightly, he stopped what he was doing, and his face was filled with shock and endless reverie.

"Natsume-san, even if you don't speak, I won't treat you as a mute." Hatsugano Suzune raised her head and looked over proudly, with the attitude of wanting to eat the other person.

Sensing the girl's aura, Natsume Qingyu was really afraid that she would pounce on her, so he didn't dare to answer immediately and could only mutter in his heart.

If it's just a gift in return, there's nothing wrong with it, right?

A simple pastry like cookies wouldn't take much energy for a qualified two-legged beast, right?
"Why cookies again, why cookies again! Haven't you already gone to school this semester?" Suddenly, another acquaintance's plaintive voice came from the side.

Well, it varies from person to person.

Natsume Qingyu lost the ability to control his expression and retracted his previous remarks.

Turning to the other side, he kindly consoled us: "It's not because everyone has not understood the essence of baking, which has resulted in generally low grades in the baking class. The teacher had to ask us to do it again, treating it as a make-up exam for being late last semester."

"Natsume, please teach me the essence of baking. I follow the teacher's instructions step by step. Why is the final product always unsatisfactory? What I want to create is a star, but what comes out is a star. A pile of shapeless and unpalatable rice cakes!" Chang Gufeng was distraught and his soul collapsed.

It was as if Meng Jiangnu had spent several hours solving an advanced math problem.

When the process is consistent with the reference answer, I can't figure out why the results are different.

Most importantly, he doesn't want to do it again!
For a moment, the surrounding baking students all moved a little closer with Natsume Kiyoha as the center.

It was obvious that Hase Kaede asked a question that many people in the class wanted to ask.

"Since you asked sincerely, I will tell you with great mercy." Seeing this, Natsume Qingyu coughed lightly, opened one eye, closed one eye, and said plausibly, "It's because-"

Suddenly, a fishing line was stretched to a long length, and a group of fish with clear eyes held their breath and concentrated.

"like!"

In this situation, a pretentious word came out of the young man's mouth.

how? Doesn't liking cookies count as 'love'?

"Tsk." Before the confused people came to their senses, the beautiful girl on the side moved her lips slightly.

"That's really rude, Hatsukano-san." Natsume Kiyoha's eyebrows twitched slightly.

"I just can't stand how some people are being so mysterious." Hatsukano Suzune didn't even look at him, and continued to concentrate on stirring the flour, with the same usual direct tone.

Everyone turned their attention to the girl who spoke, because this was the first time they had seen someone conflict with Natsume-san.

The light from the stage came over like the afternoon when a boy and a girl first met, and there was a moment of silence.

The lights started bouncing back and forth.

"Then may I ask, what do you have in mind?" Natsume Qingyu raised his eyebrows and teased.

It was simply an unconditioned reflex, and Hatsukano Suzune immediately wanted to reply with her lips raised.

The movements in his hands paused for a moment.

She seemed to understand something.

He turned his head and looked at the smiling boy and said, "The butter needs to be whipped, but it cannot be whipped too much according to the instructions. It can be used smoothly. Otherwise, adding too much air will only cause the cookie to be severely deformed or even cracked. Don’t you know this?”

"Of course I know." The young man spread his hands.

"Powdered sugar has a setting effect, and fine sugar is used to crisp up. So in cookie making, both of them are indispensable. Don't you know this too?"

"Of course I know that." The boy shrugged.

"But the most common mistake for novices is to not be able to control the sweetness, but also like to use pastry molds to create cute shapes, and the results are disastrous. The trick is to handle the taste first, and then think about modifications and patterns. Good step-by-step work." Hatsukano Suzune's eyes wandered around everyone and told the problem.

"It's the same as being a human being. Even if it's just a plain and simple appearance, as long as the inside is good, it will still attract the favor of others. Appearance is always just a bonus. Even if the other person looks scary, he might be a kind monster. ." Natsume Qingyu suddenly added with a smile.

'Talk too much. 'Hatsukano Suzune glanced at the boy.

'What to say. The young man just smiled and looked back.

【They seem to have a good relationship. 】

【They match so well. 】

"As I said just now, everyone should go back to the operation. If you still have any questions, you can ask me and Hatsukano-san." Natsume Qingha coughed lightly and said.

When Suzune Hatsukano heard this, she wanted to say something, but when she saw the bright eyes of everyone, she could only sigh inaudibly.

…………

In front of the cooking table, Hatsukano Suzune completed another demonstration and even started to teach everyone how to embellish some patterns and shapes without using molds.

"I feel like Hatsuro Ye-san is so talented." A girl looked at the unformed cookie in front of her, sighed, and turned around to praise.

The classmates next to her echoed: "Yes, just looking at it will give people a sense of reliability."

"Sorry, I don't like your words." An extremely cold storm swept over.

"?"

Everyone raised a question mark, as if the previous joy was gone.

What was even more anxious was a young man who was instructing others, his bright smile disappeared.

This is the first day that my aunt really gets along with her classmates. Please don't mess around!
It's not easy for me to conquer the country.

But the battleship in the girl's heart had already rushed from the river into the vast ocean.

"Talent? Are you saying that I will be proficient in baking skills as soon as I am born? Just using a label can easily erase my efforts and my will. It is really infuriating. Before envying someone's talent, Please ask yourself first if you have tried your best. Don't use the pretext of 'praising others' to numb yourself so that you won't be so embarrassed."

Hatsukano Suzune's tone became heavier every sentence, as if she was hitting everyone in the class.

"With all due respect, this is not advisable."

"..." Everyone was overwhelmed by the aura of a young girl.

Although everyone was standing on the same flat ground, this woman seemed to be looking down on them.

Hatsukano Suzune continued speaking in a strict teacher's tone.

"Occasionally running into a wall is not something to be ashamed of. Only by pushing down your weakness, fear, and laziness one by one can you imagine the old man's ambition to fight against the sea. Relaxation in thinking is just a delicious poison. After all, if you use failure If you block the door, success will not come in."

"So I have always regarded hard work, persistence and self-discipline as a real talent." Hatsukano Suzune looked around for the last time and added.

Natsume Qingyu did not watch the tense teaching scene, but stared at those extremely blue eyes.

He thought that it might not be a clear lake, but an unshakable deep ocean.

If I remember correctly, he once said something similar to this.

Just when Natsume Kiyoha was considering whether to save the situation, he heard a voice from his heart.

[Hatsukano-kun, you are so handsome!]

【So confident! Can I become like her? 】

[As expected of a girl from the Northern Kingdom, she is completely different from the weak and pretentious girls from the War Kingdom. 】

As the plot unfolds, it doesn’t seem that bad.

You found it too late! Natsume Qingyu felt very proud.

…………

After Hatsukano Suzune cookies were freshly baked, the depressed girl from before came over.

"Can I have a taste?"

"...Of course." Hatsukano Suzune obviously hesitated for a second.

Suddenly, many people gathered around.

Both men and women.

Natsume Qingyu did not disturb them, but sat aside and quietly looked at the rare scenery.

"Really delicious."

"Crispy and crunchy."

"Although Hatsukano-san's raisin cookies are really delicious, they still don't have the aroma of a bakery."

"Do you smell it every time you pass by a bakery?" Natsume Qingyu suddenly intervened.

"Well..." Several girls were obviously frightened because they were so absorbed in eating.

Natsume Qingyu continued energetically: "Then, I went in and flapped my nose like a dog in front of the bakery. After smelling it for a long time, I couldn't tell which kind of bread the smell was that seduced me away. I was helpless until the end, thinking that as long as I could bake so many breads and stack them together like a bakery, I would definitely be able to find the answer.”

"It turns out I'm not the only one encountering this situation." Hase Kaede threw a cookie into his mouth and became interested.

"Unfortunately, that's just a fragrance." Natsume Qingyu stretched out an index finger and shook it.

"Fragrance?" More people came over in confusion.

Hatsukano Suzune just glanced at him lightly, then looked at the empty plate in her hand.

"It is a fragrance, a kind of perfume." The young man told the truth sadly, "The top note is fragrant and fragrant, with the smell of burnt wheat and sawdust; the middle note is sweet and attractive, with the looming presence of cream and alcohol. ; The base note is warm and soft, it is the strong passion of walking into the bakery at six in the morning, the passion and sweetness of love, it is the child staring at the window and telling his own options. The freshly baked bread is very fragrant, but it is As the temperature drops, the aroma disappears quickly, so bakeries often use aroma to create an atmosphere.”

There were bursts of silence in the cooking room.

Many students' eyes were full of doubts and astonishment, and their breathing became uneasy.

They couldn't believe their ears and were not prepared to accept the sudden news.

"I understand how you feel. After all, I rushed into the bakery like a dog and searched for it for more than ten years. In the end, I was just like a fish that didn't know the dangers of humans, and was taken away from its nest." Natsume Kiyoha Wiping away a handful of unnecessary tears, he raised his fists to the sky and continued viciously, "The damn liars dare to deceive us foodies. It's really unforgivable."

What I was thinking was, let me see how many people in this class have been dogs.

The poor baking students next to them completely became the atmosphere group, headed by Kaede Hase, who nodded.

"Natsume-kun, you seem to know a lot about baking."

"I can only say that I understand it a little bit. I occasionally read cooking books and learn new baking techniques. And growing up under the education of a mother who loves cooking, it is inevitable that I will start to improve." Natsume Qingyu said modestly.

"Will you open a store in the future?"

"That's exactly what my mother meant."

"Then I will come over to support you." A girl said with a smile.

"Me too." Another girl said.

"Then I will give you a severe discount then." Natsume Qingyu smiled.

The crowd dispersed.

My neighbor at the table seemed vaguely unhappy.

Regardless of whether the table was dirty or not, Natsume Qingyu reached out to the next table, carefully picked up the cookie crumbs scattered on it, put it into his mouth, puffed out his cheeks like a hamster, and started chewing.

Hatsukano Suzune gave this rude and rude person an evil look.

The young man raised his head again, sipped the remaining taste on his fingertips, looked at the beautiful girl beside him with slightly bright eyes, and said with emotion: "Hmm~ It tastes pretty good, it's almost half as powerful as me."

The girl snorted softly and ignored the words.

Natsume Qingyu reached out again, trying to pick up the debris.

"Forget what's on the table. If you want to eat, I'll make some next time." Hatsukano Suzune saw it and advised.

"The minister is not allowed to deceive simple members." Natsume Qingha smiled as if his evil plan had succeeded, and still threw the cookie crumbs into his mouth.

It's not clean, you won't get sick after eating it.

Hatsukano Suzune also understood that she had fallen into the villain's trick, so she turned her head in disgust and stopped looking at him.

Wet the rag and start wiping the cooking table.

"If my pastry shop can become bigger and stronger, I will definitely hire you as a baker with a high salary." The young man leaned lazily on the cooking table, looked out the window, and raised the corners of his mouth, as if he was reciting a sweet dream.

"Get off."

"Hi~"

The boy moved his butt away from his cooking table.

The girl's rag wiped it over easily.

The brand new cooking table seems to reflect the whole world.

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　　Note: This chapter is inspired by the passage in "Unquiet Everyday Life"

　　
　
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