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Chapter 365 - 171: Starting From Tomorrow, Be a Purely Good Person

Chapter 365: Chapter 171: Starting From Tomorrow, Be a Purely Good Person

The dark red decor of NOBU Beijing had style, but it didn’t look like a Japanese restaurant no matter how one looked at it.

After Chen Nuanhan settled down in the private room, she quickly forgot about Su Huai’s showing off and began to express her awe.

"This place is really interesting, are these two small round tables one for each of us?"

Actually, it was also Su Huai’s first time here, and he found everything fresh and new.

"I don’t know, I feel like the atmosphere is such that someone could come out and start a striptease at any moment..."

"Ugh, you’re nuts!"

Chen Nuanhan cursed while giggling nonstop; in truth, she also felt the decor was very nightclub-like but was too shy to say it.

The server, with a vein popping in frustration, had no choice but to put on a smile and remind them that it was time to order.

"You order, I’m good with anything."

Chen Nuanhan didn’t mind, as long as someone else was picking up the tab, she never touched the menu.

So Su Huai began to randomly select items from the menu.

"Signature dish is Saikyo Yaki Cod? Let’s have that. Sliced Yellowtail with South American Jalapeños, NOBU Sashimi Tacos with Mexican Salsa, New Style Salmon, Japanese Wagyu Beef, Tuna Sashimi Platter... that’s it for starters. Nuannuan, what would you like to drink?"

The things said before were all a prelude, the last question was the key.

Outsiders didn’t know, but Su Huai was well aware, Chen Nuanhan loved to drink, not to excess, but she was eager to taste anything alcoholic.

"How about some sake?"

Chen Nuanhan looked at the extensive list of alcohol on the menu, eventually choosing the moderately priced Dassai.

Su Huai looked up at the server and said, "Then, a Dassai ’23’."

Chen Nuanhan immediately became curious, "What’s ’23’?"

Given the chance to show off, Gou Huai would never miss out, so he lowered his voice and began to explain indulgently: "Japanese sake is brewed from white rice, and before brewing, they polish off a large portion of the rice grain."

"The outer layer of the rice grain contains proteins and fats which can cause off-flavors during brewing, so it’s polished away to retain only the starchy heart of the grain, which is the best rice for making sake."

"The heart of the rice grain is mainly starch that reacts with koji to create sugars, the less it’s affected by impurities like amino acids and fats, the purer the taste."

"How much of the rice core is left after polishing the outer layer is what they call the ’rice polishing ratio.’"

Su Huai saw the admiration in her eyes and took the bottle of sake from the server, pointing to a line of Japanese characters for her to see.

"Look, ’rice polishing ratio’, 23%, it means they’ve selected only 23% of the rice core and have polished away 77% of the husk; in their terms, it’s called ’ni-wari san-bu’."

"If it were ’yon-wari go-bu’, that would be a 45% rice polishing ratio."

"So, ’23’ represents the highest grade of sake in terms of ingredient selection, and among the same brand, it also commands the highest price..."

"Wow! You really know a lot!"

Gou Huai’s show-off was highly effective, and Chen Nuanhan was genuinely astonished, it wasn’t just for show.

She had been classmates with Su Huai for three years in high school, living in the same small city; she truly hadn’t expected Gou Dongxi to have such hidden depth.

Daqing had no proper Japanese cuisine, and given his family’s financial situation, he didn’t have the opportunity to acquire such knowledge, so what was the deal?

"Where did you learn all that? Your range of knowledge is really wide..."

Su Huai smiled and shook his head modestly, "Online, of course! Me, I like to ponder over anything new. Even if I know it’s not much use, I can’t help but memorize it, it’s nothing special."

"Impressive!"

Chen Nuanhan gave a thumbs up, sincerely expressing her admiration, "How can it be worthless? What you’ve learned is all about expanding your horizons and knowledge!"

Indeed, a wealth of knowledge can greatly boost one’s favorability.

Women may not necessarily be fond of scholars, but with the core advantage of being handsome and wealthy, all minor positives become additional points.

So, for rich second generations, flirting is always easy mode; by showing a girl a bit of the world, discussing topics with breadth or depth, the girls may not truly be interested, but it’s easy for them to develop admiration and awe, and what follows is just playing into his hands, right?

However, with the explosion of Douyin, girls have become harder to fool, and it’s become tougher for rich second generations to show off.

2016 to 2022, it seems like only six years apart, but in reality, they are two completely different eras, with many aspects undergoing drastic changes.

Luckily Su Huai was reborn early enough. If he had come back around the time of his college graduation, Chen Nuanhan herself would be close to becoming a wealthy woman...

"Come on, let’s try their take on refined Japanese cuisine."

Su Huai didn’t urge her to drink, but the upbeat Chen Nuanhan started on her own initiative.

"Little Huai, let’s drink up!"

Dassai was clear and sweet upon entry, smooth unlike hard liquor, and relying on her somewhat decent alcohol tolerance, Chen Nuanhan wanted to challenge Su Huai.

Gou Huai pretended to be concerned about her: "How much can you drink? Take it slow if you can’t handle it."

Are you daring to imply I can’t handle it?!

Chen Nuanhan’s temper flared up instantly, gulping down a shot and showing the empty glass bottom: "I can drink you under the table two or three times over, need me to remind you of someone’s drunken antics at the graduation banquet?"

"One should always look at a person with new eyes after three days of separation."

Su Huai appeared to be putting on a brave front, epitomizing the bluffing of someone who feels inwardly weak.

Chen Nuanhan chuckled mischievously, urging him to keep up.

But in reality... Gou Huai was indeed a changed man now.

His alcohol tolerance hadn’t been bad during high school and he only lacked experience from not drinking often, but over time, he’d built up his tolerance. Since his rebirth and adding a few points in the gym, his overall physical condition had improved vastly, so there was even less need to mention it now.

Su Huai’s current alcohol tolerance was something he wasn’t clear about himself, but it was surely beyond what Chen Nuanhan could challenge.

"Alright, alright, you look down on me, huh? Today we’ll see who’s the weakling!"

Putting on a show for her once again, Gou Huai adopted a devil-may-care attitude and threw back his drink.