Chapter 66 – I’m a super drinker

Hot pot is also available in Japan, but there is a big difference between the way it is eaten here in China.

Japanese hot pot is not like the shabu-shabu style we have here, where the ingredients are usually prepared beforehand, put together in a pot and eaten together after stewing.

The best time to eat hotpot is in winter, when a group of people are sitting around in a lively atmosphere, feeling warm before they even start eating.

Asaba Rika is particularly fond of food, and it was a novelty to try a Chinese hot pot for the first time while shabu-shabu.

The five of them sat down around the table and the waiter handed up the menu.

Shen Yu took the menu and asked, “Do you all eat spicy food?”

“To.”

“Don’t.”

“……”

Shen Yu closed the menu and said to the waiter, “Then serve a mandarin duck pot base.”

Then he handed the menu to some of the girls, “Order what you want to eat.”

There are a variety of hotpot dishes, from lighter ones such as bean skin, lotus root, yam and bean curd, to heavier ones such as brains, loin, fatty intestines and chicken gizzards, in addition to a variety of meat and seafood.

“I’m telling you, you need spicy hotpot, and with some heavy ingredients, you’re guaranteed to taste the difference.”

Zhao Yage ordered the sliced loin and fatty sausage, and she wanted to order the brains, but was stopped by a unanimous objection.

Asaba Rika and Jiang Ningle were a bit uncomfortable with ingredients like brains, so they ordered the usual seafood and beef dishes, as well as a number of vegetarian dishes.

After they had ordered, Shen Yu took Ke Liangji’s order and Chicken Girl said, “I’ll have whatever you’re having.”

Zhao Yage said, ” Shen Yu dares to eat shit, do you?”

Ke Liangji said, “If he dares to eat, I dare to eat.”

Zhao Yage said, “He dares to touch me, do you dare?”

Jiang Ningle : “?”

Asaba Rika : “?”

Shen Yu : “?”

Zhao Yage felt that the mood was not right and that he had overdone it with Chicken Girl and quickly responded, “I was just giving an example!”

Shen Yu glared at her, and the dishes were basically enough, so she ordered one of the signature fried rice and dim sum here, and handed it to the waiter to place the order.

“Come on, let’s go mix the dip.”

Asaba Rika was sitting nicely at the table waiting for her food, when everyone got up and left, she was unsure and followed Shen Yu to make the dip.

In the spice section, Shen Yu helped her get a small bowl and said, “Make your own flavor if you want.”

“So that’s it!”

This was no easy task for the little cook, as Asaba Rika took the bowl and wandered around the dressing section before starting to make her own dip.

Add a little sesame oil, a little sesame oil, a little minced garlic, a little spring onion, some soy sauce, and a mere piece of chilli ring – yes, not even one.

And look at Shen Yu’s seasoning, a big spoonful of salsa, soy sauce, peanut oil, minced garlic, sesame paste …… basically anything he can eat, he adds a little bit of everything.

Back at the table, the two men looked at each other’s dipping bowls and both froze.

“What can you smell here?”

Asaba Rika picked up his bowl of dip and sniffed it, saying, “It smells good, if you don’t believe me, smell it.”

“I’m not going to smell it, it’s definitely not good.”

” Shen Yu What’s that smell you got there?”

“I made this specially, honed through my years of experience, and the average person can’t get this taste from me.”

“Can I taste it?”

Seeing Asaba Rika’s curious look, Shen Yu suddenly felt a little proud of himself. Although he couldn’t cook, he had been eating hot pot for years and was still good at making dipping sauces.

“An eye-opener for you.”

Shen Yu pushes the dipping bowl in the direction of Asaba Rika.

Asaba Rika dabbed a little with his chopsticks and then took a sip in his mouth, which was surprisingly good.

She wanted to try some more, but Shen Yu wouldn’t give her a dip: “Your chopsticks have saliva on them and I don’t like it.”

Asaba Rika : “……”

What’s the big deal, no more of your dip!

Soon the soup was boiling at the bottom of the pot and the crowd began to eat with fervour.

“What is this dish called? It smells so good to eat.”

“It’s roti, a soy product.”

“We have this over there too, I’ve had it once before and it was so expensive!”

Most of the time, Shen Yu is a hard worker, helping the crowd with a big spoon to shabu-shabu the meat, which is quite delicate, according to Chao Shan’s way of eating, the meat is the most tender and tasty when it is served three times.

“Come on, all clip away.”

Shen Yu lifted the hot meat and the crowd’s chopsticks came whooping and hollering.

Asaba Rika sits next to Shen Yu, dips the meat in his bowl of dip while he goes to get the ingredients, and then eats it as if nothing is wrong.

It’s strange how Shen Yu’s dip is so good when he obviously doesn’t know how to cook.

Is it because there is his saliva.

Asaba Rika was so shocked by his own thoughts that his little face flushed and he didn’t know if it was hot or not and never dared to steal his dip again.

“We’re having such a good time today, why don’t we have a drink?” Zhao Yage suggested.

“Can you drink it?” Shen Yu doubted.

Looking at the men again, none of them looked like they could drink.

“Yes, yes, yes! I’m twenty years old! Just in time for a drink!” Asaba Rika leapt to his feet.

Asaba Rika’s father would always go to a pub with his friends for a few drinks after work.

Several people here hadn’t had much to drink and the two girls were interested so they tried it together.

Shen Yu ordered a bottle of sake, which was only eighteen proof and had a bright, clear colour.

The waiter brought up some small glasses and Shen Yu poured some for everyone.

“This project is complete thanks to everyone working together, today my AI core program has finished the learning phase, next our studio is going to develop the first, our own virtual girlfriend game, I think we can do it.”

After hearing Shen Yu’s description of Xiaomeng I, the group felt energised.

Although their studio is poor, they have a lot of ambition, and to really make this AI game together, even if it’s just very crude text with pictures, is definitely something that the university students would be proud of.

“Cheers!”

Shen Yu downed the glass in one gulp, and even though the alcohol was not too strong, he felt a hot rush of spice going straight down his throat, which he managed to keep from coughing up.

Ke Liangji coughed, Jiang Ningle coughed, and Zhao Yage coughed the most, when it was clear that she was the one who was screaming the loudest.

But coughing is coughing, it’s still a hundred thousand miles away from being drunk.

Asaba Rika looked at the crowd, also a little alarmed, and her little nose sniffed the wine in the glass, feeling it tasted a little sweet.

“Is it very, very spicy?”

“General, if you can’t drink it, don’t drink it.”

“I’m a good drinker!”

“You’ve been drinking?”

Asaba Rika shook his head and said, “My dad is a good drinker, he said it’s hereditary, so it’s only right that I’m a good drinker too.”

So Asaba Rika took a small sip of the wine and finished by smashing his mouth and saying, “It’s quite sweet ……”

The crowd was about to compliment her on her ability to drink when they saw the redness of her face start to rise as if it were dye, and her cheeks were as red as ripe cherries, making her look particularly feminine and attractive.

” Rika , you are so cute!!!”

Jiang Ningle took a picture of her and showed it to her.

When she saw herself in the photo, Asaba Rika was shocked and rushed to touch her face with both hands, only to feel so hot.

“I, I can’t drink it!”