Chapter Thirty-Four: Super Bartender

  "Sit down and eat!" Zhang Huban pulled over a chair and pointed at it, saying to Liu Xizhen.

  "Ah!", Yu Xizhen hastily covered her cherry lips with both hands, her face flushed bright red. In her heart, she couldn't stop regretting: "How could I be so greedy? This time I'm done for, I've lost all face! And it seems like I even licked my fingers just now, heavens! How can I possibly face him?"

  Fortunately, the knowledge that Ho Chi Minh and his gang had imparted to Zhang Huban during this period took effect. When a woman is shy, one must not show any mocking expression, otherwise the consequences of her becoming angry are extremely terrifying. For a master in the Yuan Ying period, changing one's image is nothing, let alone just controlling one's facial expressions! So at this time, Zhang Huban can be said to have a normal complexion, without revealing even a hint of abnormality, but how he laughed secretly in his heart was unknown to others!

  Liu Xi Zhen lowered her head, awkwardly making her way to the dinner table. She secretly glanced at Zhang Hu Pan with her beautiful eyes, and found that he didn't have any mocking or unusual expressions. She couldn't help but feel relieved, silently rejoicing that Zhang Hu Pan hadn't discovered her momentary loss of composure earlier. Alas, women are so easily self-deceived!

  Thinking that Zhang Huban hadn't noticed her loss of composure, Liu Xijun gradually returned to normal. Looking at the table full of delicious and fragrant dishes in front of her, her appetite was greatly stimulated. Her beautiful eyes occasionally drifted towards Zhang Huban sitting across from her, and she couldn't help but think that it was hard to imagine how this ordinary and unpretentious freshman could cook such exquisite dishes with perfect color, fragrance, taste, and shape. Liu Xijun was certain that even in the prince's palace, she hadn't seen such beautiful dishes. Although she hadn't tasted the other dishes yet, just the braised pork ribs she had eaten earlier were already enough to make her think they were heavenly. Thinking about this, Liu Xijun couldn't help but feel curious, and of course, she couldn't resist the temptation of the delicious food in front of her. Just as she was about to pick up her chopsticks, a voice saying "Wait a minute!" made Liu Xijun feel a bit embarrassed and withdraw her hand. After all, no woman wanted to be thought of as a glutton. However, Zhang Huban's next words made Liu Xijun realize that she had been overthinking things.

  "Miss Hei Zhen, would you do me the great honor of allowing me to personally mix a cocktail for you?" Zhang Hu Pan asked with a gentlemanly demeanor, holding up his cocktail shaker.

  Women are born with a curious heart, so almost all gossip messages come from women and spread among women at an amazing speed. As a woman, Yoo Hee-jin is no exception, although she doesn't like to spread gossip messages, but her strong curiosity still exists. Since the moment Jang Hoo-bin took the cocktail bottle and wine at the bar, Yoo Hee-jin's heart has been filled with curiosity. Now that it's said that Jang Hoo-bin really wants to make cocktails, women's innate curiosity is fully mobilized.

  "Hulian, you really can mix drinks! That's so fast! I'm so looking forward to it!" Liu Xizhen was like a little girl, constantly urging him on, her beautiful eyes curiously fixed on the wine bottle in Zhang Hulian's hand, as if afraid of missing a wonderful performance.

  Jang Hu-bin smiled and nodded at Ryu Hee-jin, arranging the wine bottles in order on the dinner table.

  Suddenly, bottles of liquor were flying in the sky like mischievous spirits, flying elegantly and smoothly around Zhang Hu Pan. Zhang Hu Pan's hands seemed to be filled with magic, all the bottles no matter how they flew, could never escape the bondage of Zhang Hu Pan's hands.

  Sunlight shines through the window, refracting off the flying wine bottles in mid-air, reflecting a kaleidoscope of colors. The wine bottles fly faster and faster until all Yoo Hye-jung can see is a sky full of twinkling lights like stars, looking so mysteriously beautiful!

  If Shangguan Yun's fancy cocktail was changeable and colorful, then Zhang Huban's performance at this time had already exceeded the range that language could express. Or it can only be described as magical and divine skills at this moment.

  Liu Xizhen was completely shocked by Zhang Huban's performance, and her heart kept calling out: "Is this the bartending I know and understand? No, it seems to be an incredibly gorgeous magic trick, no, this should be a performance that can only appear in the immortal world!"

  Liu Xi Zhen looked at the performance, her eyes filled with a daze as she gazed at Zhang Hu Pan. The surprises this young man had brought to her were simply too many. A freshman from the countryside, yet he spoke fluent New York English, and was intimately close to his daughter who never talked to strangers, excelled in sports, possessed incredible culinary skills, and now was even expertly mixing cocktails! Was this still the simple and unassuming young man she knew? She wondered what other surprises he would bring to her.

  A colorful seven-colored rainbow appeared on Liu Xi Zhen's table. Looking at the "seven-colored rainbow" in front of her, which was as beautiful as a rainbow in the sky, Liu Xi Zhen was deeply shocked again. Although Shang Guan Yun could also make "seven-colored rainbows", but the pure color and layering of colors were completely incomparable to this cup of "seven-colored rainbow". Shang Guan Yun had only stiffly mixed seven colors and called it a "seven-colored rainbow", while Zhang Hu Pan's "seven-colored rainbow" was truly like a rainbow in the sky!

  Liu Xi Zhen held her breath, as if afraid that the air she breathed out would destroy the perfect and colorful rainbow in front of her. Qian Qian's jade-like hands dared not touch the wine glass.

  Watching Yu Hui-jin gaze at the "Seven Color Rainbow" she made as if it were a treasure, Jang Hu-bin felt both delighted and amused. With this level of skill, he could easily make over 10 million kinds of cocktails.

  "Don't just look! Drink and see how it tastes?" Zhang Huban smiled and said to Liu Xizhen.

  "No, no! How can you bear to drink something so beautiful?" Yu Hee-jin protected the "Seven Color Rainbow" on the table with her jade arm as if it were a treasure.

  Zhang Huban saw Liu Xizhen's tense appearance, feeling both annoyed and amused. He casually made three or four more cups of "Seven Color Rainbow" and said: "Look, there are still so many here, enough for you to see! Now can you drink away the cup in front of your table?"

  Liu Xi Zhen's face turned slightly red, she carefully picked up the "Seven Color Rainbow" on the table, and gently took a sip. A refreshing, sweet, and fragrant clear liquid slid down her throat, instantly filling her entire body with an indescribable feeling of comfort, and a blush rose to her pretty face.

  "It's so delicious!" Liu Xi Zhen couldn't help but exclaim, and then she couldn't resist taking a big gulp. The refreshing feeling flowed through her entire body again, and all the pores on her skin seemed to open up. Liu Xi Zhen could no longer resist the temptation of this delicious cocktail and started her first "drunken" experience in her life. Fortunately, Zhang Hu Pan had taken into account that this cocktail was made for beauties, so the alcohol content was very low; otherwise, with Liu Xi Zhen's capacity for liquor, she would have been drunk long ago.

  The wine was disappearing cup by cup, and the dishes on the table were being swept away by Liu Xi Zhen with a speed like autumn wind blowing away fallen leaves. Even Zhang Hu Pan's skilled hands could only manage to grab some leftover cold dishes, fortunately Zhang Hu Pan was an immortal who didn't eat mortal food, otherwise after climbing mountains, shopping, cooking, and brewing wine, these high-intensity exercises would have tortured his stomach so much that it would be a wonder if he didn't vomit blood!

  "Wow, I'm so full!" Yoo Hee-jin leaned back in her chair, gently stroking her slightly rounded belly with her jade-like hands.

  "Ah!" Yu Xiuzhen jumped up in shock, then blushed like a little girl and asked Zhang Huban shyly: "Have you eaten yet?"

  Jang Ho-bin couldn't help but find it a bit amusing to see Yoo Hee-jin's flustered expression, and teased her saying: "Haha, gluttonous girl! I snuck into the kitchen earlier and ate some food, or else my stomach would have been in trouble!"

  When Zhang Huban said he was greedy, Liu Xi Zhen's already flushed face turned even redder. She hastily said: "You rest first, I'll clean up the bowls and chopsticks!" After speaking, she lowered her head and quickly grabbed the bowls and chopsticks on the table, running to the kitchen. When she put down the bowls and chopsticks in the kitchen, Liu Xi Zhen covered her burning cheeks, stomping her feet nonstop, her cherry lips muttering: "How could I be so uncomposed in front of him? How could I drink and eat like this without regard for my image?! I'm dying of shame! Now how can I face him when he goes out?!