Yukinoshita's Correction Method

"Mother......"

"I've watched you grow up, but I never felt like you grew up." Reaching out to help her daughter re-tie her messy hair, Yukinoshita's mother said with a wistful voice, "The changes from day to day are so small, so small that I didn't notice. It wasn't until we hadn't seen each other for a long time that I realized how big Yukino had become. I can't treat you like a child anymore. This is something I've only just realized recently."

Yukinoshita Yukino pursed her lips. This was also one of the reasons why she moved out.

By living independently, you can prove that you have the ability to live independently and gain more autonomy.

Just like what East Spruce did.

That's why she discovered Dong Yunshan's intention so quickly.

But she never imagined that her mother would let go like Dong Yunshan's mother.

"I heard you made new friends at school?" Yukinoshita's mother said softly, "Would you like to tell me about it?"

"We're just in a club." Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her eyes slightly, "So we'll be doing service activities together."

"You didn't deny that we're friends." Yukinoshita's mother looked at her daughter. "Are you still unsure?"

Yukinoshita Yukino shook her head slightly: "...No."

"That's good. After all, everything should have boundaries," Yukinoshita's mother whispered. "Friends have their own way of getting along. If we're vague, unpleasant things can easily happen."

The warm hot springs seemed to be covered with a layer of ice and snow.

Yukinoshita Yukino felt her body freezing and being imprisoned bit by bit.

"This is a great place to sit quietly," Yukinoshita's mother said, stirring the water. "It's a great place to calm down and think about how to get along with your friends."

"I..." Yukinoshita Yukino raised her head and met her mother's narrowed eyes, "...I will."

"Try the maple sap here." Yukinoshita's mother brought a cup. "It tastes very good."

"......No."

"Try it." Yukinoshita's mother handed the cup to Yukinoshita Yukino, "You have to try it anyway, just the right amount."

Yukinoshita Yukino got permission to act, raised her hand to take the cup, and took a sip.

Yukinoshita's mother smiled: "How do you feel?"

Volume 5 May Holiday: Chapter 179 Two Livelihoods

"It tastes terrible." Dong Yunshan frowned and pushed the cup aside. He took the mineral water handed to him by Jiguantou and rinsed his mouth. "Do you want to take a second sip?"

"I've been tired of it for a long time. Although I didn't like it before...but it's like this now. All the shops have the same taste." The burly man with the tattoo of Tohsaka Rin on his chest scratched his head. "I'm selling, not buying. As long as I can sell it, it's fine."

"Industrial tea powder, non-dairy creamer, and syrup..." Dong Yunshan sighed, "Your store is in Hokkaido, and you're still selling this kind of stuff?"

"I thought about using fresh milk," Xiaoyuan said with a look of grievance, "but it turned out not to be tasty, and the cost went up."

Dong Yunshan: “…”

This is really not nonsense.

The main ingredients of creamer are hydrogenated vegetable oil, sugar and emulsifiers. After industrial blending, it can provide a stronger milky flavor and smoother feeling, especially it can maintain a stable taste after high temperature or iced.

The natural milky aroma of fresh milk is relatively light and can be easily masked by the taste of tea, especially when added with ice, which further dilutes it.

Creamer has its own sweetness and oiliness, which can directly balance the bitterness of tea and create the classic flavor of milk tea.

Fresh milk needs to be sweetened with extra sugar or condensed milk to adjust its sweetness. Improper mixing can easily make it bland or unbalancedly sweet.

In addition, fresh milk is easily affected by temperature and fat content, which will cause the taste of milk tea to fluctuate.

Creamer is a standardized industrial product that ensures consistent taste in every cup.

As soon as the customers took a sip, they found the taste was not right and stopped buying.

The most important thing is the difficulty.

Fresh milk tea has higher requirements on tea quality, milk-tea ratio, and sugar control. If the tea is not fragrant enough or the ratio is unbalanced, the wateriness of the fresh milk will be easily exposed.

If you really use fresh milk, you have to use good tea and know how to mix it, but it may not be successful.

Thankless.

"Okay..." Dong Yunshan took two more sips of mineral water, "How did that thing go?"

"I just showed up, and those two old guys immediately quieted down." Xiao Yuan was beaming with joy. "When did this easy job ever become available? My wife is going to release another new model."

The guy with the cockscomb haircut almost couldn't hold back when he saw the tattoo of a beautiful girl on the burly man's chest.

On the way here, he also told Dong Yunshan some things about Xiaoyuan.

In order to keep the tattoo from deforming, Xiaoyuan has been working hard to maintain his body shape.

This is love.

Dong Yunshan smiled and said, "You can contact him. He is always generous."

"This... isn't a good idea, is it?" Xiaoyuan had done this kind of thing before, bypassing the middleman.

Then...

"We don't have those rules here. We can help each other." Dong Yunshan waved his hand. "Take care of the woman who came with me this time. If she can't find a job, let her work in the milk tea shop for a while."

"It's a small matter." Xiaoyuan patted his chest, "I'll take care of it."

"There's another thing I need your help with..." Dong Yunshan waved, "Xiao Wen, come here."

The relatively thin young man came over immediately: "Brother Shan."

"Pick two obedient ones and have them study hard here for a while. Then we can run the whole store in Chiba."

"Okay!" Xiao Wen took a look and said, "You two stay."

After making the arrangements, Dong Yunshan got in the car again.

"A night escape house and a milk tea shop." The cockscomb-haired man said excitedly, "I have two businesses so quickly!"

Big brother is right, there is a future in hanging out with Brother Shan.

"That's too simple." Dong Yunshan sighed, "It's not that easy."

"Huh?" The cockscomb-haired man was puzzled. "I think it's quite easy."

"...Xiao Wen." Dong Yunshan glanced at the rearview mirror, "Go ahead."

"Escape rooms are great, but business isn't always easy. The reason it was so easy this time was thanks to Brother Shan's reputation in Chiba." Xiao Wen pushed his nonexistent glasses. "If it were us, we wouldn't be able to close this deal. We'd scare people away the moment we approached them. Even if we advertised online, people would think we were scammers. The best way is to build a good reputation and spread the word. But our clients are people we've already cut off contact with, so they won't be able to help us promote it anytime soon."

"Then...what about the milk tea shop?" the cockscomb-haired man asked awkwardly, "That's a little easier, right? There are already successful ones, more than one."

There's another guy on the next street with a Saber tattoo on his chest, and his business is pretty good too.

"They got into the business early and have been doing it for a long time. Plus, the boss is a big topic, like the guy with the tattoo Saber, often competing with each other to lower prices. They have a loyal following," Xiao Wen said. "Plus, milk tea is mostly sold in cafes, restaurants, and dessert shops these days. If you open a milk tea shop on your own and don't have any unique features, customers will just buy it at other places, and there are discounts on set meals."

"Nothing works..." The cockscomb of the cockscomb was a little wilted, "Brother Shan..."

"You still need to read more." Dong Yunshan nodded. "Xiao Wen, tell me what you think."

"I think escape houses deserve to be preserved. It'd be best to hire a few less intimidating helpers, refine the contracts and procedures, and slowly increase promotion—in short, they should be profitable, but there's no rush." ​​Xiao Wen thought hard, scratching his hair. "As for milk tea shops, they should either go low-priced or feature something unique. They need to give people a reason to buy, and they need professionals to research flavors and recipes. They can still make money, but if they're small, the profit won't be much, and if they're big, the risk is greater."

"Hmm..." The cockscomb-haired man nodded repeatedly, "Brother Shan, are we going to make a living or do something big?"

"It's about doing things steadily," Dong Yunshan corrected. "You need to find something that suits you and that you are familiar with."

The man with the cockscomb haircut thought for a moment and said, "Watching the scene?"

Dong Yunshan raised an eyebrow: "I can watch the fixed venue, but can I watch the mobile one?"

"A moving field..." Xiao Wen muttered, looking down, "Car?"

"Thanks to Hokkaido's unique natural environment and advanced dairy technology, Hokkaido fresh milk is renowned for its high quality and rich taste." Dong Yunshan tapped the map. "Comparatively, the transportation industry is also very developed. If you can understand even one of these routes, you'll have enough to eat."

"Transportation?" Cockscomb-haired man was puzzled. "Is this job suitable for us? Are we familiar with it?"

Dong Yunshan: "You don't understand transportation, but you should know about escorting, right?"

The cockscomb-headed man suddenly realized: "Transporting goods!"

"Let's find a ranch and explore how they do it. Once we understand the process, we can combine it with the escape room." Dong Yunshan's fingertips stopped at the Tokachi area. "Let's start here first."

Volume 5 May Holiday: Chapter 180 The Road We Traveled

"I..." Yukinoshita Yukino's ice-blue eyes trembled slightly, and she finally looked at her mother in restraint, "I don't want to go to Tokachi."

Yukinoshita Haruno, who was flipping through a document, raised her head, looked at her mother, then at her sister, shook her head slightly, and turned a page of the document in her hand.

"I see." Yukinoshita's mother put down the teacup in her hand and pretended to listen carefully. "Can you tell me the reason?"

"Because..." Yukinoshita Yukino's eyes shifted and looked at her sister, "You guys are going there to inspect the ecological buildings, right? Since it has nothing to do with me, I can go somewhere else."

"Where are the other places?" Yukinoshita's mother pressed further, demanding more details. "How long will it take? Do we need to meet up after we finish our discussion here?"

"I want to go... to Hakodate." Yukinoshita Yukino had already prepared an excuse. "There's a monastery ranch over there. I want to experience the different atmosphere of meditation and calm down to think carefully. Waiting for you..."

"It's indeed a good place." Yukinoshita's mother nodded gently. "It's a good idea, but it's Golden Week now, and there will be a lot of people going there. I'm afraid you won't be able to experience the quiet and peaceful atmosphere you want."

"I won't let anyone distract me from my thoughts..."

Yukinoshita's mother smiled gently. "You mean to say that your thoughts are your own business and have nothing to do with the surrounding environment, right?"

Then there is no need to go to a monastery specifically.

"I......"

"When traveling, things like this happen. You might suddenly decide to go somewhere you're more interested in than planned." Yukinoshita's mother picked up her teacup again. "But if your goal is to go somewhere unplanned, the end result may not meet your expectations."

"Just because she didn't mention plans doesn't mean she doesn't have any plans." Yukinoshita Haruno interrupted with a smile, "Maybe Yukino has already made an appointment with someone."

"Is that so?" Yukinoshita's mother was still smiling, but there was a hint of coldness in her eyes. "If you have an appointment in advance, it's not impossible for Mom to change the itinerary. We have some partners in Hakodate. If we make some arrangements, we can have a good experience even in crowded places."

"I didn't." Yukinoshita Yukino lowered her head and said weakly, "I just... wanted to go and take a look."

"You won't be able to experience the serene atmosphere of retreat just by looking. After all, one of the etiquettes of visiting a monastery is not to disturb the nuns' normal practice. Some monasteries allow outsiders to retreat for short periods of time, but they need to apply in advance. When experiencing the simple life of prayer and labor, they must also abide by strict regulations, such as no talking and no electronic devices." Yukinoshita's mother's eyes were gentle. "Like I just said, unplanned spur-of-the-moment visits often end in disappointment. If you really want to go, plan carefully and find a suitable time to come back. How about that?"

"...Yeah." Yukinoshita Yukino responded softly, "I understand."

"Tomorrow we're heading to the Millennium Forest. The off-the-record route past the volcanic lake and birch forest is also quite peaceful." Yukinoshita's mother stood up. "Don't you all like horseback riding? Get ready for tomorrow's ride."

Yukinoshita Yukino: "...Okay."

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The fully armed Yukinoshita Yukino leaned back slightly, and the white horse changed from a quick walk to a slow walk with a clear rhythm, entering the birch forest where new leaves were just beginning to sprout.

Move your hands slightly forward, maintain light contact with the reins, and let the white horse roam freely.

Breathing in the fresh air of the forest, Yukinoshita Yukino's slightly frown slowly relaxed.

She really likes riding horses.

At first, she tried it just because her sister liked it, and gradually discovered the fun in it.

Riding a horse is not simply about conquering the horse, but about finding a balance between control and compliance. This subtle power dynamic cannot be replaced by other means of transportation.

Cars are lifeless machines.

When it comes to orders, they only obey and don't think.

They just rigidly carried out one instruction after another, completed one task after another, and followed the established route.

like...

"Are you still being upset?" Yukinoshita Haruno approached from the side and looked at Yukinoshita Yukino with her head tilted. "If you really want to go that much, let's go there on horseback now."

"I'm not being upset." She patted the horse's neck to distract it, then glanced at her sister. "I don't intend to go that far."

"You don't really want to go, but you bring it up..." Yukinoshita Haruno chuckled, "Isn't that just being awkward?"

Yukinoshita Yukino looked away: "That's what you thought."

"A relaxing trip, my favorite horseback riding, these were all things worth enjoying, but now it's turned out like this..." Yukinoshita Haruno murmured, "Why is it like this?"

Yukinoshita Yukino Sakura's pink lips were pursed into a thin line.

Why is it like this?

Why has it always been like this?

Why can it only be like this?

There must be other looks.