Chapter 104: Lovers' Noodle Restaurant

  Zhang Xiaoting thought for a moment and said, "I remember that noodle shop was quite interesting. It seemed to be specially designed for couples. Two people could only eat one bowl of noodles, and there were no chopsticks. They could only use their mouths to suck the noodles. Pang Guang, why did you ask this?"

  Pang Guang smiled: "How boring, shall we go eat noodles?"

  Zhang Xiaoting's face showed a difficult expression: "That noodle shop is for couples, is it suitable for us to go?"

  "Just don't go then." Pang Guang twitched his mouth: "I didn't mean anything else, I just miss the old days a bit."

  "Then go." Zhang Xiaoting thought for a moment and said.

  Zhao Hangquan repeatedly instructed Zhang Xiaoting to stall Pang Guang when she got off the car, and absolutely could not let him go before 5 pm. Now it's just past three o'clock, and he was so bored that he would go crazy if he continued to wander around like this. It would be better if he could find a place to sit down and kill time.

  Two people entered the noodle shop and found that Zhang's business was still booming as usual, all couples. Pang Guang and Zhang Xiaoting found a vacant seat and had just sat down when the rich and plump Zhang came over with two cups of boiled water, smiling and saying: "Not bad, not bad, very husband-and-wife-like."

  Zhang Xiaoting's face turned red, thinking that after two years, Zhang Dama's catchphrase remained unchanged. Her face was covered by a silk scarf and sunglasses for more than half of it, how did she see the husband-and-wife look? Thinking of this, she couldn't help but glance at Pang Guang, who happened to be looking at her too, with a very ambiguous gaze. Zhang Xiaoting silently cursed "damn" before smiling and saying to Zhang Dama: "Auntie, he and I are just ordinary friends."

  "Little sister, you're wrong," said Zhang's mother with a smile. "Now we are just ordinary friends, but after being together for some time, we won't be ordinary anymore. I've lived for many years and have seen that the most accurate way to judge people is by whether they have a husband-and-wife relationship or not. Now you two aren't yet, but in the future, you certainly will be."

  Pang Guang couldn't help but smile, thinking that Zhang Dama was still so good at doing business after two years. If she remembered that he and Zhang Xiaoting were regulars here two years ago, when they were still in a semi-dating relationship, now it's not the case anymore, wondering if her jaw would drop in surprise.

  Pang Guang couldn't see Zhang Xiaoting's expression, but he could feel that she was also smiling, just didn't know if it was the same as what he thought. Pang Guang took a sip of water and said, "Let's get a serving of pulled noodles." After finishing speaking, Pang Guang took out his wallet to pay, remembering that Zhang Dama's noodle shop had a rule different from other places - paying before eating, due to the good business, in order to prevent some unscrupulous customers from leaving without paying when it got busy.

  Mrs. Zhang hastily pressed down Pang Guang's hand: "We're having an activity this month, you don't need to pay."

  "Isn't it free?" Pang Guang and Zhang Xiaoting were slightly stunned, and Pang Guang asked, "How can that be? How can you do business without collecting money?"

  Mrs. Zhang's eyes flashed with a hint of sadness, and she said: "The small noodle shop is having an event recently, offering a free Red Thread Noodle for every couple who enters the store, but there are conditions to be met. The task is simple, one large bowl of Red Thread Noodle has only one strand of noodle, no chopsticks, and requires both people to finish eating the noodles completely without breaking them." After Mrs. Zhang finished speaking, a melancholic expression involuntarily appeared on her face, as if she was sorrowful about something.

  Pang Guang listened to Zhang's introduction and couldn't help but look at Zhang Xiaoting, seeking her opinion. However, Zhang Xiaoting had already been attracted by the unique gameplay of the noodle shop and smiled at Zhang: "Okay, bring us a serving."

  "Alright, I wish you success, wait a moment, I'll go get some noodles for you." Zhang's mother said and left the dinner table.

  Before long, Mrs. Zhang came over with a big bowl of noodles, the bowl was huge, like a basin.

  Mrs. Zhang put the noodles on the table, looked at Zhang Xiaoting and Pang Guang with a warm smile, and said: "The two points of red noodles are just the beginning, I wish you can be together forever after finishing this bowl of Red Thread Noodles."

  As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Xiaoting was eager to find the red-faced Dye. Pang Guang stared at Zhang Xiaoting with wide eyes, "Xiaoting, are you sure we want to do this task?"

  "This is so much fun, why not do it?" Zhang Xiaoting had already found one of the noodles and quickly lowered her head to suck it into her mouth. Hearing Pang Guang's question, she raised her head and said with sparkling eyes: "It's really fun, hurry up!" Zhang Xiaoting spoke carefully, afraid that a big movement would break the noodle.

  "Good." Pang Guang looked at the noodles in his bowl and also started searching for another red noodle head. The noodles only had one strand, if they didn't bite it off, their mouths would eventually touch, Zhang Xiaoting wasn't afraid, what's there for me to be afraid of?

  Pang Guang aimed at the noodles, stretched out his mouth and sucked in another red noodle head with one mouthful. He looked at Zhang Xiaoting, Zhang Xiaoting was also looking at him, their eyes entwined together, gradually becoming hazy, and then clear again.

  They ate very slowly, the same noodle, sucking it in a little at a time. About half an hour later, the noodles got shorter and shorter, and the remaining noodles in the bowl were only about one centimeter away from Pang Guang and Zhang Xiaoting's mouths. The two of them ate even more slowly, anyway, Zhang Dama didn't set a time limit. Unconsciously, both of them wanted to savor the flavor and emotions slowly. The cruel life can shape a person, but also change a person. Time flies, in two years, there have been too many changes. Zhang Xiaoting and Pang Guang had gone through a lot, developing in different directions, even the small noodle shop they used to be familiar with had undergone earth-shaking changes, previously it was pay first then serve, now it's free.

  Just as the two lips were about to touch, Pang Guang involuntarily closed his eyes, waiting for the wonderful moment to arrive, when he suddenly heard a loud explosion, the sound of shattering glass doors.

  Zhang Xiaoting's heart skipped a beat as she mechanically slurped her noodles while subconsciously wanting to turn her head to look.

  Just as the noodles were about to be torn apart, Pang Guang panicked and held Zhang Xiaoting's cheeks with both hands, sucking all the remaining noodles into his mouth. At the same time, his lips also kissed Zhang Xiaoting.

  Pausing for a moment, Pang Guang tried to pry open Zhang Xiaoting's lips with his tongue, and he felt that this feeling was so comfortable.

  Zhang Xiaoting's moving eyes were initially wide open, but soon she stretched out her arms to hook around Pang Guang's back, coordinating with Pang Guang's movements to actively open her mouth, and her tongue extended into Pang Guang's mouth, fully enjoying the warmth of this moment. As for the arrival of this moment, she wasn't unwilling, but rather didn't dare, first fearing hurting Pang Guang, second fearing Zhao Hanquan, various factors intertwined, making Zhang Xiaoting entangled to the extreme.

  "Get that son of a bitch out here!" The ones smashing the glass door were over a dozen young thugs, and at this moment, one of them was yelling at the entrance with his teeth bared.

  With this disturbance, many couples who were sincerely doing their tasks broke off their noodles and looked at these hooligans who were a bit younger than themselves. Those with slightly more courage immediately stood up and shouted: "What's going on? Tell me, don't scare my girlfriend!"

  "Mind your own business, get out of here and cool off." The leader pushed him aside: "Tell that son of a bitch to get out immediately, otherwise I'll smash this broken noodle shop right now."

  Mrs. Zhang saw the situation was unfavorable and immediately stood up, looking at these people with her hands and feet in disarray.

  One of the young punks suddenly pulled out a long knife from behind his back, pointing it at the middle-aged woman and yelling: "Hurry up, don't think you can just refuse to drink the toast and get away with it, or else I won't be polite anymore."

  The aunt hastily explained: "He's not working in the small shop, he left early. How much money do you want? I'll give it to you, is that okay?"

  "No way, I'm going to take down one of his arms today." The young man said with a fierce killing intent.

  Pang Guang let go of Zhang Xiaoting, his fists clenched tightly, his eyes blazing with anger as he stared at the young man. He was itching to throw a punch and beat this arrogant guy to the ground. Before Pang Guang could make a move, the young man had already started yelling at him: "Look at your mom's crotch! If you keep staring, I'll dig out your eyeballs!"

  Just then, a middle-aged male voice with a strong accent came from the kitchen: "It's none of your business, if you want to fight or kill, come at me." His voice immediately drew everyone's attention, and soon a burly middle-aged man holding a rolling pin walked out of the kitchen.

  "Ah Ma suddenly became anxious: 'Jian Guo, how did you get out?'"

  The middle-aged man known as "Jianguo" glared at the big mom: "I won't come out, am I supposed to watch them bully you with my eyes open?"

  The aunt stamped her foot: "I'm a woman, they wouldn't dare do anything to me. They can't find you, so naturally they'll leave..."

  Jianguo hummed: "I can't swallow this breath."

  "Jianguo, you're already so old, how come your temper is still as explosive as when you were young?"

  "It's not that I'm short-tempered, it's just these bastards are too much."

  "Do you think I'm invisible?" The young man holding the long knife, seeing that they were chatting and not paying attention to him, had already been furious, raised his knife and slapped the dinner table with a "slap": "Today, I will cut off your arm, you old thing."

  "The owner's eyes swept across the customers in the store: 'The small shop is closed for business today, please leave.'"

  "Don't even think about it!" The young man said coldly: "Not a single person here can leave, let them go out and report to the police, what's the fun in that?" After finishing speaking, he deliberately kept his gaze on Pang Guang: "Especially this kid, with a thief-like brain, he can't be let out before things are settled."

  "Damn it, you want to play, huh? I'll play with you!" Pang Guang slammed his hand on the table and stood up, picking up a chair as he turned to Zhang Xiaoting and said: "You hide behind me, I haven't had a fight in a long time, I don't know if my hands and feet are rusty or not."