Chapter 1078: Something Feels a Bit Off with the Development
After getting the Ice Cubes, Chi Feichei took another bottle of Rye Whiskey and placed it on the Countertop.
Although suggesting the boss make a 'Sazerac' was a test, and suggesting he make it himself was also a test, as well as an opportunity to observe the Wine Cabinet up close, he was serious about making the drink.
And while he was at it, he might as well teach this boss, who ran a terrible bar and wasn't much of a criminal either, how to make a drink...
Wanting to open a bar to attract famous detectives, yet not even being professional enough, was truly unbearable to watch.
"First, add Ice Cubes to an Old Fashioned Glass, pour in 10 milliliters of Absinthe..."
Chi Feichei opened the wine bottle and used a Measuring Cup to pour the liquor.
Then, place a Sugar Cube in a Mixing Glass, add 3-6 drops of Bitters, muddle the Sugar Cube with a Muddler, add French Cognac, then add more than half a cup of Ice Cubes, and stir quickly with a Bar Spoon for about 10 seconds.
Pick up the Old Fashioned Glass, rinse the cup with Absinthe in a circle, then use a Strainer to pour out the Absinthe, leaving only the Ice Cubes, and finally pour all the drinks from the Mixing Glass into the Old Fashioned Glass.
Cut a piece of Lemon Peel and place it in the cup...
Chi Feichei placed the wine glass in front of Mori Kogoro. "Teacher."
"Huh?" Mori Kogoro pointed to himself in surprise. "For me?"
"Have a taste," Chi Feichei picked up another Old Fashioned Glass. "There's another recipe for Sazerac. Due to the pest plague at the end of the century, French Cognac production decreased, and the source of goods in America was tight, so Rye Whiskey was used instead of French Cognac... The mixing method is the same, just replace the French Cognac with Rye Whiskey."
Mori Kogoro looked at the Countertop. No wonder his disciple took a bottle of Rye Whiskey but didn't use it just now. He leaned closer to the cup and sniffed. "Hmm? A very special aroma. Is it celery... Wrong, it's a bit like anise, and also like a fresh vegetation aroma."
"The appearance of Sazerac allowed for another possibility in cocktail development. It's not just about focusing on the enjoyment of the taste level; the rich scent transformation brings out the liquor's level. The source of the rich and complex scent is the Bitters and the Absinthe used to rinse the cup. Although it's just rinsing the cup, the anise aura in the Absinthe and the aroma of flowers, fruits, seeds, etc., in the Bitters undergo fusion, forming a harmonious scent and becoming a fresh and complex herbal aroma," Chi Feichei's voice was light and calm. After saying that, the glass of wine in his hand was also ready. He lowered his head and gently sniffed. "I'm not professional, the scent fusion isn't very good."
The bar boss finally snapped out of his stunned state and applauded with an exclamation. "That's already very intense!"
"Do you want to try it?" Chi Feichei handed the cup towards the bar boss.
He didn't even sense that his details were exposed a little and was still applauding. He should pay more attention.
"Ah, I'll do it myself," the bar boss immediately said he wanted to try it himself. "I've written it down, I want to try it myself."
Chi Feichei didn't insist. He carried the cup out of the bar counter and saw that Mori Kogoro was already engrossed in tasting it. He returned to his seat and reminded him, "Drink it slow. As the Ice Cubes melt and the liquor's own temperature rises, the Lemon Peel's aura and flavor will spread in the liquor, and each sip will have a different taste."
Mori Kogoro took a sip and smilingly savored it for a moment. "That's really special!"
Chi Feichei tasted a piece of Spicy Cheese. He always felt that the Spicy Cheese's impact on the taste would detract from the enjoyment of the cocktail. However, looking at Mori Kogoro, he guessed whether it caused destruction or not wouldn't make much difference.
His teacher couldn't even clearly distinguish the quality of liquor.
The bar boss made a Sazerac for himself and also brought a plate of cheese. He walked around the bar counter and sat down. "Mr. Chi, I forgot my self-introduction. My surname is Inoue, please give me your guidance."
"Hello." After Chi Feichei greeted him, he focused on tasting the liquor in his cup.
"No need to mind him," Mori Kogoro smilingly smoothed things over. "When he's in high spirits, he'll chatter on for ages, and when he's not, he can go half a day without saying a word. He's simply willful!"
Chi Feichei: "..."
Okay, he was willful, he wouldn't refute that.
"Is that so," Inoue smilingly said, completely unaware. "Then how was your gain today, Mr. Mouri? Did you find Mr. Kimura?"
"Not yet," Mori Kogoro took a sip of liquor. "Has he been here?"
"Not yesterday or today. If he comes tonight, I'll call Mr. Mouri."
"Then I'll trouble you."
"No need to be polite, but Mr. Mouri's outfit today is really cool!"
"Is that so, hahaha..."
Feichi took advantage of the other two people being unaware, quickly poked its head out, and secretly drank a bit of the liquor in Chi Feichei's cup.
Chi Feichei lowered his gaze, stare.
"I just wanted to taste it," Feichi guiltily shrank back. "A bit."
Chi Feichei withdrew his line of sight and lowered his head to eat the cheese.
Feichi really didn't know there was a liquor called 'Baijiu soaked Feichi Liquor'... No, he had a suspicion that even if you soaked Feichi in liquor, Feichi would dare to drink himself to death in the wine tub.
Mori Kogoro ate the Spicy Cheese and soon started sweating profusely from the spiciness. He got up and took off his Trench Coat, hanging it on the Hook on the wall behind him. "By the way, Hassashi, you just now said the bar name Lemon, what relationship does it have with a song?"
Chi Feichei lowered his gaze, staring at the wine glass, and softly sang, "If it were just a dream, how good would that be? You still appear in my dream, just like retrieving forgotten things, brushing away the dust on old memory. Some happiness can never be repeated..."
Mori Kogoro was stunned. He turned his head to look at Chi Feichei. He didn't know if it was because his disciple's outfit today made him look like a gentle and harmless teenager, or if the melody and lyrics were too pleasant to the ear, or if the sound of him humming the song was too faint, but he actually felt a bit sad and heartache.
Chi Feichei suddenly paused, then skipped to the end, "The bitter lemon aroma won't return until the heavy rain stops. We are just like fruits divided in two. To this day, you are still my light."
Mori Kogoro had already returned to his seat and sat down. The melody had stopped and clearly couldn't be continued. Seeing that Chi Feichei had stopped, his voice also softened considerably. "Haven't finished writing it yet?"
"Nothing else," Chi Feichei said. "Waiting for 'Hachi'."
Lemon just means lemon. This is Yonezu Kenshi's song.
In his previous life and this life, he didn't follow celebrities, but speaking of songs, he found Yonezu Kenshi's songs quite comfortable to listen to, and he also paid attention to the person.
When he was in kindergarten, Yonezu Kenshi's lips were injured, and he was treated as an 'outlier' and 'monster' by his classmates. His unique name was also mocked. Besides being excluded at school, his home life was also not harmonious, and then he was given a diagnosis of 'high-functioning autism'.
He didn't understand that feeling in his previous life. He just felt that this person was talented, composing his own music, writing his own lyrics, singing his own songs, and even painting and playing instruments, making an album by himself.
Because in the early days on a Japanese video bullet comments website, Yonezu Kenshi's account name was 'ハチ', hachi, which is a homophone for the Japanese word for 'eight'. Later, his submitted work also used this name, so he was called 'Hachi' by his fans.
Anyway, there were many songs he liked. He suddenly wanted to wait and check if he could capture a singer with the account name 'Hachi' in the future.
Mori Kogoro was just about to ask Chi Feichei what nonsensical words he was saying again when he suddenly heard a sobbing sound next to him. He turned his head to look. "Mr. Inoue?"
"I'm fine," Inoue cried, tears streaming down his face. "Wuwuwu... I just remembered matters from previously, wuwuwu..."
Chi Feichei: "..."
What are you crying for? Can't you look a little like a criminal?
Disgusted.
"Don't cry," Mori Kogoro looked at a grown man crying like this, feeling a bit helpless. He looked around, found tissues, and gave Inoue two sheets. "Oh dear, what matters can't you get over? People always look forward..."
Five minutes later...
Chi Feichei finished the last piece of Spicy Cheese on the plate in front of him, and also finished his glass of Sazerac.
Mori Kogoro finally managed to comfort Inoue until he stopped crying. Sweating profusely, he let out a long sigh of relief, sat back in his seat, and quickly finished the cheese on his plate. "Mr. Inoue, did you just get dumped?"
"Sort of," Inoue wiped his tears with a tissue and said vaguely. "I've made Mr. Mouri laugh."
"We should be the ones to say sorry," Mori Kogoro got up and patted Inoue's shoulder. "Really sorry, we brought up your sad memories."
Chi Feichei watched from the side as Inoue wiped his tears like a little wife, and then looked at his teacher's appearance of earnestly giving comfort. He always had a feeling that the development was a bit wrong...
Inoue wouldn't give up committing the crime just because his teacher gave him a round of comfort, would he? Then wouldn't he lose the opportunity to explore his teacher's ability and true nature?
"It's alright, Mr. Mouri," Inoue continued to wipe his tears. "Sorry, I want to rest a bit..."
"Then we'll take our leave," Mori Kogoro went to get his coat. "If you really can't manage, just close the door and rest for a night."
Outside, the streetlights were already lit. After the two people went out, Inoue really closed the door and rested.
Mori Kogoro turned his head and gave a glance. He sighed, looked towards Chi Feichei, hesitated, and sighed again.
This disciple of his was too troublesome. Coming to the bar to eat some things and drink some liquor could make the bar owner cry. And after making him cry, he wouldn't comfort him, just sat there eating things like an autistic child. In the end, he had to step in and comfort him for half a day. Being his teacher was truly not easy.
Chi Feichei thought about Inoue's reaction. He suddenly remembered a sentence in "Lemon" that fit very well. He spoke out in a calm voice, like a movie narration, "Whenever I encounter matters I cannot accept, tears flow uncontrollably."
Mori Kogoro: "..."
Again? His disciple must be crazy today.
He wasn't usually this active, and he wasn't this active during the daytime today either...
Chi Feichei didn't continue reading.
He was just recalling what that feeling was like.
Both he and the original consciousness were people who shed few tears. In both sets of memory, after the age of ten, there were almost no times when they cried uncontrollably. In the following years, their eyes didn't even turn red.
Even now, he still didn't think he could understand how people cried uncontrollably, just like...
"Wuwu..." From inside the door at the rear, a repressed crying sound came. "Wuwuwu..."
Chi Feichei: "..."
Right, just like this Mr. Inoue.
"Mr. Inoue is still at the entrance," Mori Kogoro hesitated a bit, but still didn't go over to disturb him. Looking again at Chi Feichei's appearance of lowering his gaze and being distracted, he couldn't bear to complain. Speechless, he walked towards the street corner. "Sigh, stop singing. If you want to sing, sing from a bit further away. I say, Hassashi, you didn't have a broken heart, did you?"
Chi Feichei followed Mori Kogoro. "No."
Mori Kogoro choked, giving Chi Feichei a Half-Moon Eyes glance. "If you didn't have a broken heart, why are you singing this kind of song and making Mr. Inoue cry like this?"
Chi Feichei thought this logic was a bit flawed.
Just like some war songs, can't people who haven't experienced war sing them now? Just like some romance songs, can't single dogs sing them?
It was just that he couldn't empathize with some of the feelings within them.
Never mind, no arguing. Let's talk serious business.
"Teacher, Mr. Inoue has a problem."
(End of Chapter)