Hearing Diluc's question, Ryan turned around and reported his name.
"My surname is Ryan, and my given name is Yi!"
Diluc smiled: "Ryan Yi, the quite famous Transmigration chef in Mondstadt City?"
"That would be me!" Ryan stopped his horse.
"Are you participating in the Strongest Deliveryman competition?" Diluc had also heard of this event.
"Yes!" Ryan nodded, pointing at Ernest without ceremony, "If it weren't for him, I would have succeeded already!"
"Master Diluc, honestly, neither the customer nor the seller should act superior! Put yourselves in our shoes, if your wine received malicious negative reviews, you would probably feel uncomfortable too!"
He simply and objectively explained what had happened.
Ryan raised his riding crop, "I failed this time! I'll come again next time! Master, farewell!"
After listening, Diluc glanced at Ernest, who was so scared that his fat trembled, and his legs went soft.
"Ryan Yi, wait! How about I give you a good review?"
The second attempt to retain him made Ryan happy internally, and he stopped his carriage with a reserved demeanor.
Diluc took the note handed to him by the maid and casually signed it with a good review.
In a conversational tone, he said to him: "As a traveler from another world who has come to Teyvat, what are your thoughts on Mondstadt's wine?"
"I'd like to invite you to sit down! I want to hear your answer!"
"Hailey, I can arrange a room for you at the Dawn Winery!"
"Tomorrow, I'm returning to Mondstadt; we can travel together."
Ernest and Wilder, seeing Diluc's attitude towards Ryan, bitterly gave up their thoughts of Reward.
The other party had caught Master Diluc's eye; if they tried any more tricks, their last job would also be gone!
No reason not to stay if it's free! Ryan gladly accepted the invitation.
After getting out of the carriage, someone naturally took the horse, helped care for it, and fed it Advanced feed.
Ryan followed Diluc into the Dawn Winery's living room.
Along the way, they casually chatted about the effects of wine on people.
Ryan stated that wine is a double-edged sword; besides healing wounds and bringing joy, most of the time, it brings harm.
Diluc agreed and beckoned to Connor, telling him to go to the wine cellar!
Continuing, the next question.
"I wonder, what kind of wines do you have in your world? And what Materials and methods are used to brew them?" Sitting on the sofa, Diluc casually instructed the maid to serve Ryan a cup of tea.
Ryan sat opposite, curiously looking at the red tea, and took a sip.
Having lived in Teyvat for over a month, he had already encountered many in-game characters.
Especially his interactions with Amber and his social embarrassment with Fischl had raised his threshold and thickened his skin.
At this moment, facing Diluc, he felt completely unconstrained.
He drank half a cup of tea to moisten his throat.
Picking what he knew, he said: "Wine is nothing more than fermentation and distillation… fruit wine, rice wine, snake-infused wine…"
Before his Transmigration, he was just an ordinary person; apart from a few common wines, he had no understanding of what those high-class, premium wines were like.
Many names he only learned through a certain detective animation.
So he just talked randomly.
The brewing methods of the two worlds should be largely similar, with the main difference being the Materials.
For example, wines before his Transmigration would never contain element plants like ice mist flower.
"Knowledge from another world is invaluable; thank you for sharing." Diluc watched Connor, who had returned, taking notes, and nodded.
"Bring out all the new wines we've developed over the past two years!"
Cups of wine of different colors, each with a shallow layer in glass cups of the same material, were placed on the table.
"Do you drink wine?" Diluc asked, "Can you taste them and give an evaluation?"
Would a person from another world have a different tongue and taste?
Ryan smelled the mixed aromas of the wines.
"I do drink wine!"
"But I can't give a professional evaluation!"
He gave Diluc a heads-up in advance, so the other party wouldn't be disappointed.
"However…"
Ryan glanced at all the wines, building suspense.
He decided to show off his uniqueness to impress the controller of Mondstadt Wine Industry, making it easier to establish connections and foster friendship in the future.
Otherwise, ordinary people, after spending a day together, would forget him in a blink of an eye!
"I can tell which cup of wine is most beneficial to the human body…" Ryan said confidently.
"Oh?" Diluc and the winemaker Connor became interested.
"This cup of wine may not be the best tasting, but I believe it is definitely the best blended! The person who drinks it will feel the most comfortable!"
Ryan picked out the third cup of wine from the left and placed it separately to the side.
Although the blessing of the Spring does not allow him to freely concoct fine wines like Diona, he has a clear sense of the differences between various wines.
The more harmonious, the more natural, and the stronger the water life Qi in the wine, the better it naturally is.
Diluc looked at that cup of wine, his eyebrow twitching, "Are you that sure?"
Beside him, the winemaker Connor did not refute him.
This made Diluc a little surprised; the other party didn't seem to be speaking nonsense.
Crossing his arms, he decided to re-evaluate Ryan.
Connor had been brewing wine here since his father, Crepus, was still in charge of the Dawn Winery business.
He was experienced, highly skilled, and quite creative, one of the best winemakers at the Dawn Winery.
Could this person from another world judge the quality of wine merely by looking and smelling, without even tasting it?
"Why do you say that?" Diluc asked.
True businessmen can master the language habits of various countries to build rapport.
Ryan's first impression on Diluc was that he was a Liyue-flavored person from another world.
"Intuition!" Ryan smiled.
"It seems there's a secret you can't tell!" Diluc didn't mind.
Ryan didn't answer, but rearranged the cups of wine, lining them up according to the feeling of their life Qi!
"Next best is this cup! Then this cup!"
"From left to right, from best to worst!"
"Master Diluc, would you like to taste them together!"
Diluc did not reach out.
Connor bowed: "Although the Master manages the Dawn Winery, he doesn't touch a drop of alcohol; I will do the tasting on his behalf!"
Diluc nodded: "My apologies! I'm not intentionally slacking off!"
Alcohol causes dizziness, affecting his daily work, so he never drinks wine.
"Alright!" Ryan was a little surprised!
An owner who controls half of Mondstadt's wine industry actually doesn't drink wine.
He and Connor each took out a new set of cups, poured the wine, and tasted them in order.
"Your discernment is excellent!" Connor said, "I brewed this wine, but even I would find it difficult to distinguish the quality so precisely, without any error!"
Diluc saw the subtle signal Connor gave him and said earnestly.
"Ryan Yi, would you mind taking on an additional job?"
"I hope you can be a 'Wine Connoisseur' for the Dawn Winery. You don't need to come often, just once when there's new wine, and the Reward will be three million Mora!"
"What?" Ryan's hand trembled; after hearing clearly, his heart raced considerably.
Master, too generous!
I feel like I don't deserve it!
Calm down! Calm down!
"This time's Mora can be paid in advance!" Diluc, seeing Ryan's need for Mora from the information and their conversation, delivered a fatal blow.
He couldn't stay calm anymore!
Ryan almost nodded like garlic.
Resisting the temptation, he played hard to get, "I'll consider it for two minutes!"