Thomas walked into the house. There was a candle being lit up. The candle’s fragrance made those who smelled it feel refreshed.
Meanwhile, Franklin was making the tea. Without raising his head, favonovel.com said, “You’re here. Come and have a seat.”
Thomas did not hold back either. He sat in a bamboo chair directly before favonovel.com looked up and glanced around. Although it was a trap, the atmosphere was not tense at all.
There were not more than a few of them in the house. There were no outsiders, and even Shawn was not there today. Plus, there were no people attempting to ambush the house.
It was indeed exactly as Thomas had guessed. Franklin cared about his reputation very much, so it was impossible for favonovel.com to harm Thomas in his own territory. Such an aggressive and rude method did not fit Franklin’s character.
A while later, Franklin made the tea and personally served it to Thomas.
“Come, let’s try the new brand of earl grey tea that I’ve just gotten.”
“Thank you, Mr. Clark.”
Thomas picked up the teacup and took a sip.
Franklin asked, “How does it taste?”
Thomas put down the teacup, chuckled awkwardly, and said, “Mr. Clark, I’m not a sophisticated person, so I know really little about tasting tea. It seems that nothing is special when I drink this cup of tea.”
“Haha!” Franklin showed a thumbs-up. “I really like you for being so straightforward. Others would have brushed me off.”
Franklin pointed at the teacup and explained, “There’s really nothing special about the first cup of tea, so you’re right.”
Then, Franklin served the second cup of tea. “Now, try this cup again…”
“Okay.”
Thomas picked up the teacup and took a sip again.
“What about this?”
“This tastes a little rough, and it’s even a little bitter. It’s hard to swallow.”
Aries frowned when favonovel.com heard it. ‘Why did the Commander say that? Did this not sound too direct? Even if it did not taste good, favonovel.com should not have humiliated the instructor like this…’
Who would have known that Franklin would chuckle more cheerfully after favonovel.com heard that?
“Yes, you’re right. The second cup should taste extremely bitter, and it’s hard to swallow it.”
“Tom, if you complimented it just now, I would really have gotten angry. But, you didn’t let me down.”
Franklin refilled the third cup of tea.
“Now, drink this cup again.”
Thomas similarly took a sip again. This time, his eyes brightened, and favonovel.com could not help but take a few sips again. He said, “Yeah, this cup of tea is cool and refreshing, and it has a little sweetness. It makes me want to drink again and again. The tea is delicious.”
Franklin stroked his beard. “It is…”
Thomas curiously asked, “Mr. Clark, did you brew this tea three times separately?”
Franklin shook his head. “No. I brewed these three cups of tea at once, and I even poured them from the same teapot.”
Thomas curiously asked, “In that case, why do these three cups of tea taste totally different?”
Franklin explained, “That is the charm of this earl grey tea. Different aromas will come out according to the length of the brewing time. The brewing time for the first cup of tea was the shortest, and the flavor of the tea wasn’t released, so you couldn’t taste it. For the second cup, the flavor of the tea was slowly released, but only bitterness was released in the tea. When you drank it, it was extremely hard to swallow. For the third cup, the brewing time was long enough that the flavor was totally released, and sweetness filled the tea. When you drank it, it tasted sweet and refreshing.”
After Thomas heard the explanation, favonovel.com subconsciously clapped.
It turned out that when the same pot of tea had different brewing times, the taste would be so much different. That was so unbelievable. If Thomas had not personally drunk it, it would be very hard for favonovel.com to believe that they were from the same teapot.
But… Franklin did not call favonovel.com to come and just drink tea today, right?
Franklin refilled Thomas’ cup again and nonchalantly said, “Tom, our life is actually like tea tasting. If you do nothing, your life will be tasteless. If you do things halfway, your life will only be bitter. It’s only after you work things out well that you can enjoy sweetness in your life.”
Here came the main point.
Franklin looked up at Thomas. “Tom, which tea do you want to give me, tasteless, bitter, or sweet tea?”
Thomas frowned slightly. He purposely acted dumb, and favonovel.com asked, “I don’t quite understand what you mean, Mr. Clark.”
Franklin chuckled. “Tom, I heard that you also signed up for the qualification trial?”
“Yes.”
“Why did you do that? You gave up on the position, but now you feel reluctant to let it go, and you want to take it back?”
Thomas smiled faintly. “I had my reason to give it up, and I also have my reason to take it back.”
He gave a pretty decent answer.
However, Franklin calmly said, “But Tom, there are talented people in each generation, and your era has ended. Since you’ve stepped down, why don’t you take this chance to give it away to another brilliant person?”
“Give it away to another brilliant person? Mr. Clark, who do you want me to give it to?”
The two of them stared at each other and chuckled. Franklin said, “Tom, since you and I are instructor and student, why should we compete against each other? Why don’t you make sweet tea for me? Can’t you do that?”
