Chapter 54: Green Jade Grass Dyeing Disguise (Part 1)

  "Whatever." Jiang Zuo suddenly lost interest. Su Yisou had long since mastered the technique of countering their occasional cold ridicule and hot mockery, this time no matter how much she said, he wouldn't fall for it, not interesting at all.

  Three people chatted and laughed, gesturing as they walked to find food. Su Yisu had sharp eyes and noticed the difference on Jiang Zuo's fingers at a glance, and couldn't help but grab them for a closer look.

  "Wow! This guy has nail polish on! Don't think that just because it's a transparent pink I won't notice!"

  Jiang Zuo couldn't help but laugh and stretch out his hands in front of the two, shaking them back and forth with a pleased expression, "How's that?"

  Su Yi slightly pursed her lips and didn't say a word.

  Lin Wan kindly said: "Be careful, your head teacher will ask you to drink tea."

  "Cut it out," Jiang Zhan said with disdain all over his face. "You're so obedient, saying not to wear accessories and then wearing them anyway. What's the harm in me wearing a watch or a necklace? Does it affect my studies or someone else's? And what about those who paint their nails? Come on, you're not first-year high school girls anymore, you're adults already. Back then, your class teacher said no to long hair, but I don't see any of you cutting yours."

  Lin Wan immediately pointed at Su Yisu, "This guy was cut off back then."

  "Huh?" Ignoring the conversation between those two, Su Yisou looked at Jiang Zhe's neck and saw that it was empty, she couldn't help but pout and say: "You're not wearing a necklace."

  Jiang Zuo's face was covered in black lines as he grabbed wildly and shouted: "I'm just giving an example, do you understand what it means to give an example?"

  "I don't understand." Su Yisu chuckled and shook her head. She just liked to see Jiang Zuo's frantic expression, haha.

  Lin Xiao helplessly shook her head and said in a low voice: "You're done, okay? Stop quarreling, you're not little girls anymore, can't you be more stable?"

  Su Yisuo said with a smile, "I'm talking about you."

  "Hmm." Jiang Zuo let out a cold hum.

  Su Yisu chuckled and said with a mischievous look, "They say nail polish is poisonous, very toxic. It's best to use natural dyes."

  "What natural dye?" Jiang Xiao and Lin Wan asked curiously.

  Su Yisuo tilted her head and thought for a moment before saying, "It's probably the hibiscus... wasn't that what Cleopatra used?"

  "Really?" Lin Wan looked at her suspiciously, "I seem to recall that in ancient Egypt, women used a dye extracted from henna grass to stain their fingernails and toenails red."

  "Wow!" Su Yisu suddenly made a face of admiration, "Lin Wan, you know this too?"

  "Hmm, I also know that the flower language of Green Chrysanthemum is disguise."

  "Wow! Lin Luo! When did you become more professional than me?"

  Lin Xiaoer gave a cold glance and quickly walked away with Jiang Zhe's hand, leaving Su Yisu with a gloomy face.

  Night falls, neon lights come on. The red and green life of Yincheng has officially opened its curtain.

  The lights in the Flowing Scenery Bar flicker, music plays, and tired city dwellers gather with friends, coming here in groups of three or five to seek spiritual relaxation under the stimulation of alcohol and music.

  Jiang Fengchen was standing behind the counter, seriously watching the bartender mix drinks. An Yijun stood beside him, holding a cocktail shaker and fiddling with it, shaking it randomly before carefully pouring out a glass of wine.

  Jiang Fengchen noticed his movements and smiled: "At first, you boasted that you would teach me, but it turns out that you are also a novice apprentice..."

  An Yijun felt a little embarrassed, and he forced himself to calm down, saying: "I'll ask my master to teach you the same way, right, Master?" The two words "Master" were spoken loudly, as if to prove that he wasn't bragging. The young bartender, Min Nan, who was demonstrating to Jiang Fengchen, couldn't help but tremble when he heard this, and turned around to say: "In the past, you wouldn't even call me Master no matter how hard I asked, why are you being so obedient today? However," Min Nan's face suddenly darkened, "An Yijun, if you can just waste a little less of our ingredients, I'll be eternally grateful."

  An Yi Jin looked at the cocktail in front of him with a mixture of embarrassment and frustration, his face growing increasingly flustered before he finally turned red and walked away, pretending to be busy with something else.

  Jiang Fengchen couldn't help but burst out laughing as he watched his back disappear into the distance.

  "Alright," Min Nan said with a serious face, "don't learn from that kid, he's never studied seriously. The other day I asked you to memorize the names of cocktails, their formulas, and how to mix them, how much do you remember?"

  "Hmm..." Upon hearing this, Jiang Fengchen's smile froze on his face before he could even retract it.

  Min Nan took one look and knew he hadn't remembered, his face getting darker by the second. He lamented: "I just wanted to take in an apprentice! I just wanted to take in an apprentice! Why do I always end up with people like this?!"

  "Brother Min Nan~" Jiang Fengchen called out in a flattering tone, "I just need a little more time..."

  "Hmm," Min Nan hummed, picking up the cocktail shaker, "As a beginner, you should be putting in many times more effort than others..."

  "Yes, yes, yes..." Jiang Fengchen nodded repeatedly.

  "Alright, let's continue with the simple shaking method. This looks easy, but it's not that simple to bring out the flavor of a cocktail, you have to be careful... Strange, why doesn't anyone want to come and drink tonight? Are they all avoiding me?" Min Nan muttered to himself as he demonstrated, occasionally glancing at the hall with furrowed brows, deep in thought.

  Suddenly, Min Nan felt a sharp pain in his stomach and hurriedly put down the wine jug. He said to Jiang Fengchen: "You take a look here, I'll be right back." Then he rushed to the toilet.

  "Ah! Min Nan!" Jiang Fengchen anxiously shouted, but Min Nan had already disappeared from his line of sight. He nervously glanced at the entrance of the bar and silently prayed: Please don't let anyone come to ask me to mix a drink at this time!

  But as the saying goes, "fear what comes next", just as Jiang Fengchen finished his prayer, three burly men in their thirties with unfriendly faces walked into the store and sat down at the counter, shouting: "Give me a cup of 'Golden Strength'."

  Jiang Fengchen was startled by the green dragon tattoo on his body, and then saw his fierce attitude, suddenly shrinking his neck, nervously saying: "The bartender has something to leave, he will be back soon, can you wait a bit?"

  "What?!?" Upon hearing this, the robust man with a green dragon tattoo on his body suddenly stood up with a loud "slap" and glared at Jiang Fengchen with an intimidating gaze, "I came over to drink with you as a favor, but not only did you not pour me a drink, you also made me wait? Hmm?"

  "No... it's not like that..." Jiang Fengchen had never encountered such a situation before, and was immediately intimidated by the powerful aura of the Green Dragon man, stuttering and unable to explain himself clearly.

  The Azure Dragon man wouldn't listen to his explanation, and immediately called out to the two companions behind him, saying: "Brothers, help me take care of this! I don't believe it, who dares to be slow in front of me!"