Chapter 92: Friendship That Transcends Age

  Zhang Jun hesitated for less than half a minute, then raised Pongpang's hand and waved it at the dozen or so black-clad men: "We can't afford to provoke them, let's get out of here!"

  At the sound of the order, in a short while, the black-clad men who came with great momentum all disappeared without a trace, as if they had never been there at all.

  "Thank you, Uncle Duan." Pang Guang thanked him hastily, still shaken. If it weren't for his timely rescue, he would probably have fallen into trouble tonight. He was really curious about who Uncle Duan was and why a single phone call could make Zhang Jun and his gang retreat without saying another word.

  Duan Yuguang was already here. When Pang Guang and Lin Junyun hadn't arrived yet, Duan Yuguang happened to be peeling crayfish and drinking by himself.

  Pang Guang and Lin Junyun came in with great fanfare, as if they had never eaten crayfish before. Duan Yuguang took a few more glances, suddenly feeling that the little boy looked very familiar. After thinking for a while, he remembered a family photo of three people stuck in Pang Datou's wallet, and this little boy was over 90% similar to Pang Datou's son in the photo. He quickly determined that he was indeed Pang Guang.

  He came here to have fun, seeing two young people drinking and chatting, not wanting to join in and ruin their atmosphere, so he pretended not to know them. As a result, something went wrong on Pang Guang's side, and he had no choice but to step in and rescue him.

  "Duan Shu, this phone of yours is really amazing! Just let someone listen to it and all their problems will be solved immediately. When can I borrow it to play with, so I can also be impressive?" Pang Guang stared at the miraculous phone in Duan Yuguang's hand with an extremely envious expression.

  "Ah?" Duan Yugang looked at the phone in his hand, stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing: "Your sense of humor is indeed like that of Pang Datou." After finishing speaking, he looked at Lin Junyun again: "Little girl, if I'm not mistaken, you're Lin Junyun, Peng Guang's fiancée? Pang Datou's taste is really good, you look so lovely. Unfortunately, I was out of town when you got engaged and couldn't attend. Don't worry, Uncle Duan promises that even if he's busy, he'll definitely be there for your wedding."

  Lin Junyun's cheeks were flushed, and she looked down at her toes: "Uncle Duan, who said I was going to marry him?" She was outgoing and dared to say and do anything, but at this moment, for some reason, in front of Duan Yuguang, she seemed like a shy little girl. She didn't know why, she just felt that this person was very kind, and looking at him gave her an inexplicable sense of closeness.

  "Ah, little girl is shy!" Duan Yugang was in a great mood, and since Zhang Jun and his gang left, he hadn't stopped laughing. As soon as he finished speaking, he burst out laughing again: "Uncle Duan likes girls with your personality, sit down, let's have a few more drinks together, Pang Guang, you too."

  "Hmm." Lin Junyun and Pang Guang responded in unison, then sat down. In front of their elders, they couldn't help but feel a bit constrained, hoping that Duan Yugang would really "have a few more drinks".

  Duan Yuguang seemed to be in high spirits, finishing several cups and immediately drinking a few more. He felt that Pang Guang's personality was very similar to Pang Dahu, giving him a sense of "it's great to finally meet you". However, Pang Guang found it difficult to find common topics to chat with him about since they were from different eras, so they just looked at each other and accompanied each other in drinking a few more cups.

  Duan Yugang felt uncomfortable as he drank: "You don't have to be so restrained, don't treat Uncle Duan as an elder, Uncle Duan is old in years but young at heart, others all call me the old naughty boy."

  "Duan Shu, I'm not being restrained, I'm just thinking about things." Pang Guang hastily said, but in his heart he was thinking: You and my old man are wearing the same pants, who dares to talk more with you? If one is not careful and says something wrong, revealing the small secrets in your heart, then you'll report back to my old man, won't I be slapping myself in the face, humiliating myself?

  "Still thinking about what happened earlier?" Duan Yugang poured himself a cup of wine, this time not encouraging the two to drink, but instead downing it in one gulp. After putting down the cup, he said: "Now that they're all gone, you don't have to worry anymore. With his abilities, I can crush him with just a flick of my little finger."

  "Thank you, Uncle Duan." Pang Guang said thank you and refilled Duan Yuguang's cup with beer, but still couldn't muster up the enthusiasm to chat.

  Duan Yuguang felt very uninteresting, "Don't think that Uncle Duan is an old antique, Uncle Duan's ability to accept new things is very strong. Okay, let Uncle Duan tell you a joke to warm up the scene."

  When Duan Yuguang was about to tell a joke, Lin Junyun excitedly cheered loudly, and Pang Guang also became slightly interested, so he raised his head and looked at Duan Yuguang to continue.

  Duan Yuguang thought for a moment: "Since we're drinking, let's talk about getting drunk. There was an alcoholic who went to the street to buy wine and saw a hotel with a notice that said if you could complete three difficult questions, you could drink for free for a year. The alcoholic thought it was a great opportunity and asked what the three questions were. The staff said the first one was to drink a full glass of whiskey in one breath, the second was to pull out a tooth from a hippopotamus that had been suffering from toothache for a long time in the backyard, and the third was to satisfy a hungry woman in the opposite apartment building..."

  Pang Guang said, "After drinking the Dragon's Tongue Orchid, the bartender rushed to the backyard and ran out amidst the hippopotamus' cries. He asked the staff where the woman with a toothache was. Duan Shu, this joke has been spread all over the internet. The one in the hotel wasn't a staff member, but a bartender."

  Duan Yuguang's old face was slightly red: "Now there are still wine keepers, and changing it is also to adapt to the development of the times. This has been heard before, don't worry, Uncle Duan will tell you another one, guaranteed that you haven't heard it before."

  Pang Guang responded with an "oh" and waited for Duan Yuguang to continue.

  Duan Yugang's mind was filled with funny jokes, and this time he thought for a bit longer. Suddenly, his eyes lit up: "I've got it! You definitely haven't heard this one before."

  After taking a big mouthful of iced beer, Duan Yugang slowly began to speak: "The four monks sat on an airplane to go sightseeing, but the plane crashed mid-air and there were only three parachutes." He finished his first sentence and intentionally looked at Pang Guang's expression, seeing that he was listening intently with his ear cocked to one side. Confirming that Pang had never heard this before, Duan continued: "The plane crashed mid-air and there were only three parachutes, so the monk proposed a Q&A session - whoever couldn't answer would jump out. The monk asked Wukong how many suns were in the sky, and Wukong replied 'one', so he got a parachute. Then the monk asked Sha Monk how many moons were in the sky, and Sha Monk also replied 'one' and received a parachute. Meanwhile, Zhu Bajie saw that the questions were so simple and was overjoyed, shaking Tang Monk's arm to ask him to hurry up with the next question. The monk asked him how many stars were in the sky, but Zhu Bajie was tongue-tied and jumped out." Duan Yugang finished speaking, picked up his glass of beer from the table, took a big gulp, and smiled at Pang Guang.

  Pang Guang had never heard this joke before, and was listening with rapt attention, but ended up being greatly disappointed, pouting his mouth and asking: "Is that it? Not funny at all."

  "Don't be in a hurry, let Uncle Duan finish speaking." Lin Junyun asked Duan Yuguang, "Then what?"

  Duan Yuguang smiled and glanced at Lin Junyun, then continued with a pleased expression: "Not long after, they took another plane to travel, but the plane had an accident again. There were only three parachutes, and they still needed to answer questions to compete for the right to use them. Tang Seng asked Wukong when China was founded, and Wukong replied 1949. He asked Sha Seng how many people died in the Liberation War, and Sha Seng replied 25 million. After Wukong and Sha Seng opened their parachutes and jumped out, Tang Seng asked Zhu Bajie what the name of the 20.5 million people who died in the Liberation War was. Zhu Bajie very consciously jumped out of the plane again." Duan Yuguang finished speaking, picked up a small lobster, and slowly began to peel it.

  Pang Guang couldn't help but press on: "There must be a third time, and then what?"

  "Then..." Duan Yuguang was about to continue, when Lin Junyun spoke up: "Then they took a plane for the third time and something happened again. Zhu Bajie told Tang Monk not to ask, and after saying that, he jumped down."

  "Haha... then Tang Seng said that this time there are four parachutes." Duan Yuguang stuffed the small lobster he had just peeled into his mouth and laughed loudly: "Jun Yun, so you've heard it before?"

  "I've heard it before, a recent popular joke." Lin Junyun had a smile on his face: "It's really funny, although I've heard it before, but hearing you tell it again still makes me laugh uncontrollably."

  Duanyu Gang and Lin Junyun were talking, Pang Guang's expression was very serious, holding a small lobster, after a while, put down the lobster, picked up the cup on the table, took a sip without drinking, put it down again, then picked it up again, drank a big mouthful, before he could swallow, suddenly turned his head to one side, spitting out the beer in his mouth, burst into laughter, "Too funny, too funny."

  Pang Guang's action made Lin Junyun and Duan Yuguang simultaneously stunned: Your action is much funnier than the joke, a joke that can be understood at once, do you need to digest it for so long?

  After a long time, Pang Guang finally finished laughing, wiped his nose with his sleeve and turned his head towards the dinner table: "Such a funny joke, how come I've never seen it before."

  "It's recently been circulating." Lin Junyun smiled like a flower: "Pang Guang, during this time, you and the computer in my room seem to have a grudge against each other. You haven't even entered my room, think about it, how long has it been since you last touched that computer? It's not strange at all."

  "Is that so?" Pang Guang rubbed his head and thought for a long time: "No, Dad bought me a new one before the holiday, it's impossible to not see it."

  Lin Junyun said: "You spend all day playing games, when do you have time to watch videos?"

  "That's right." Pang Guang agreed with Lin Junyun, it had been a long time since he last touched the computer. The computer his dad rewarded him with was just installed, and he was busy leveling up, eager to make up for the lost time. Apart from this, he really hadn't done anything else.

  "Haha, interesting, interesting." Duan Yugang saw the two little ones finally opened their mouths and smiled, raised his cup and said: "Don't bother talking, drink, drink."

  "Alright, who's afraid of whom." Lin Junyun responded first, picked up his cup and clinked it with Duan Yuguang, downing the drink in one gulp. Pang Guang didn't want to be outdone, also clinking cups and finishing his drink in one go. Unconsciously, he thought of Zhang Xiaoting again, his drunken eyes blurry as he thought: "Damn, today's events are more than a year's worth, might as well die drunk, still a good man after 18 years."