Coffee with Sugar, No More Than Three Spoons

"Pfft~"

Her elegance lasted less than three seconds.

The instant that first mouthful of thick coffee met the tip of her tongue—

Before it even had a chance to slide down her throat, Jiang Nannan spat it out almost by reflex.

"Oh dear..."

Seeing this, Bai Ran helplessly took out a towel, wiped the dirtied counter, and handed Jiang Nannan several tissues.

That was a little exaggerated.

"No."

Jiang Nannan, who had just been healed by the Luckin Raw Coconut Latte that afternoon, clearly refused to believe this was what Iced Americano tasted like.

They were both coffee, and they were the same price, so why was there such a huge gap in flavor?

It had to be because she had drunk it too quickly.

If she savored it slowly, perhaps it would have a charm of its own.

After seeing Jiang Nannan puke from the Iced Americano once and then actually choose to try again, Bai Ran, who had just been about to put the towel away, hurriedly took it back out.

There were stubborn fools every year, but this year there seemed to be especially many.

"Ugh..."

With the first attempt as experience, Jiang Nannan chose to sip the Iced Americano in tiny mouthfuls the second time.

Because the amount was small, it was completely within an acceptable range.

But trying to swallow that mouthful of coffee was still extremely difficult.

In the end, Jiang Nannan still spat that mouthful of coffee into her hand.

"Ew, Nannan, you look so disgusting like that."

Tang Ya could hardly bear to look.

The once aloof campus belle showing such a sorry state made for a truly intense contrast.

"That shouldn't be right."

Jiang Nannan really couldn't understand.

Why was the flavor difference between the Raw Coconut Latte and the Iced Americano like heaven and earth?

They were clearly both coffee.

It was like a piece of shit—if you added chocolate to it, it was still shit, and no matter what, it could never turn into chocolate.

But the difference between the Raw Coconut Latte and the Iced Americano was equivalent to the massive gap between chocolate and shit.

"Xiaoya, quick, let me have a sip of your Raw Coconut Latte."

With her mindset slightly crumbling, Jiang Nannan began to suspect that maybe she had been hypoglycemic that afternoon, which was why she had thought that sweet thing tasted so good.

"Here, here."

With Tang Ya's food-guarding personality, never mind Jiang Nannan being her best friend—even her own mother wouldn't get any. (You dare hit me too?)

However, Jiang Nannan still had a clump of saliva mixed with coffee liquid in her hand, and to avoid having it smeared on her, Tang Ya completely dared not refuse.

Tang Ya: I just changed into these clothes before going out!

"Ha~ That's the flavor."

The silky mouthfeel carried a touch of richness. The bitterness of the coffee was completely imperceptible, and instead there was a unique nutty aroma blended in.

If this era had a social media app called Xiaohongshu, Jiang Nannan would absolutely have posed beautifully with Luckin Coffee for a few photos and captioned them: Girls, I'm obsessed. This Luckin Raw Coconut Latte Coffee is so delicious I could stomp my little feet...

"Little brother Bai Ran, make me another Raw Coconut Latte."

The portion of a Raw Coconut Latte was never much to begin with, and in the blink of an eye Jiang Nannan had drunk most of it. Tang Ya helplessly took out 9 Gold Soul Coins plus 9 Silver Soul Coins and chose to buy another cup.

"Coming right up."

Just as Bai Ran turned to go to the back kitchen and handcraft the coffee—

Jiang Nannan's voice suddenly rang by his ear. "Little brother, why can't you add some sugar to coffee this bitter?"

Because she had drunk both the Iced Americano and the Raw Coconut Latte, Jiang Nannan had already formed a preliminary judgment: coffee as a beverage actually did not taste bad, but its inherent bitter astringency covered up most of its merits, making it difficult to swallow for first-time drinkers.

Bai Ran did not find it bitter simply because, in his previous life as a corporate beast of burden, he had drunk too much of it, so he had developed a "tolerance."

Besides, this was the martial soul he had awakened. If even he himself did not drink it, would anyone else dare to?

But if he developed some strange and bizarre coffee, such as Spicy Latte Coffee, Bai Ran's attitude would probably change to: I only sell this stuff. I don't touch it.

"No can do. The effect of an Iced Americano is to refresh the mind, and bitterness is the best wake-up agent. If sugar were added, it would greatly reduce the coffee's effect instead."

For a corporate beast of burden who drank several cups of coffee every day in his previous life, how could adding sugar to coffee possibly not have occurred to him?

But as the saying went, the more bitter the coffee, the better the effect—especially when it came to a classic Americano.

With every spoonful of sugar added, the refreshing, mind-clearing effect would drop by 50%.

So no more than three spoonfuls of sugar could be added. Otherwise, something utterly terrifying would be triggered, especially on the Douluo Continent.

"What effects does coffee have?"

Eating and drinking were just to keep the body functioning normally. Besides, something sold for 9.9 Gold Soul Coins a cup was cheaper than a piece of meat from a hundred-year soul beast, so what kind of effect could it possibly have?

"It refreshes the mind and clears the head, so don't drink too much coffee at night, big sisters, or you won't be able to sleep."

At Shrek Academy, the classic iced Americano did not have a wide audience. The only repeat customer was practically Huo Yuhao. After all, traditional soul masters cared more about raising their soul power rank and paid little attention to spiritual power.

But once it reached Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, Luckin Iced Americano was god.

With Luckin Iced Americano, they would no longer fear being unable to hold on through an all-nighter while researching soul tools. Tired? Sleepy? Then have a Luckin Iced Americano. If one cup was not enough, have another.

"Unable to sleep? How is that possible? My Nannan comes back to the dorm every day and falls asleep the moment her head hits the pillow."

Even if they really could not sleep, soul masters above rank thirty could use meditation to replace sleep.

"Exactly, exactly. My Xiaoya is pretty much the same. She snores so loudly every night."

Seeing this, Bai Ran helplessly shook his head, then went to the back kitchen to make a Raw Coconut Latte.

"Xiaoya, you still haven't told me that little brother's real identity."

After Bai Ran was gone, Jiang Nannan reached out again and grabbed Tang Ya's arm, determined to get to the bottom of it.

"Nannan, when little brother Bai Ran was here just now, why didn't you ask him yourself?"

"I'm not familiar with him, so I was embarrassed."

"Oh? I didn't expect my Nannan to actually get shy."

"Ugh, Xiaoya, you're awful."

As the two girls tugged back and forth—

Bai Ran very tactlessly came out carrying a cup of Luckin Raw Coconut Latte.

Looking at how intimate Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan seemed, almost like they were a married couple, Bai Ran suddenly felt that his timing was a little wrong.

Bai Ran: Wasn't this supposed to be Romance Continent? I can even run into yuri here?

"Mm..."

"Uh..."

Jiang Nannan hurriedly let go of Tang Ya.

This behavior between her and Tang Ya really was a little ambiguous. They must not lead the little brother astray.