Chapter 1796: Chapter 418: Chen Jie: Goodness, I’m Sworn Brothers with 3 Masters! (Part 2)
Thinking like this, Peng Yingyu looked at the secret passage below and said, "Brother Jiu Si, is there anything else?"
"Just one last thing, Brother Peng, only you and I know the answer. How many degrees is my baijiu?"
Degrees?
Everyone around Peng Yingyu looked baffled. First, they didn’t understand what this unit of measurement meant, and second, they didn’t understand why baijiu had degrees.
The onlookers felt like they were overhearing a conversation between aliens.
Chen Jie didn’t answer, but instead waited for Peng Yingyu to respond, because he had talked about the degrees of alcohol with Peng Yingyu before.
At this time, Peng Yingyu chuckled and said, "Fifty-four degrees, sauce aroma type!"
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie was certain that the person outside was indeed the real Peng Yingyu, as no one else besides Peng Yingyu had discussed the baijiu topic with him.
With the correct answer, Chen Jie didn’t hesitate any longer, activated the Qiankun Great Method, and directly opened the secret passage.
The first thing he saw was Peng Yingyu’s bald head shining with golden light, followed by Liu Futong, with a middle-aged man standing beside them, looking serious, upright, and quite majestic.
Beside him stood familiar faces: Fang Zheng, Fang Susu siblings, and Lei Ming, who looked very humble, like a loyal servant.
Chen Jie vaguely guessed the identity of the man in front of him.
At this point, Chen Jie hurriedly bowed and said, "Brother Peng, Brother Liu."
As Chen Jie saluted, Peng Yingyu and Liu Futong smiled and said, "No need for that. You’ve done well, Jiu Si."
Both of them praised Chen Jie first. Liu Futong went on to ask, "Is everyone inside?"
Chen Jie replied, "They are."
"Is Little Ming King alright?"
Chen Jie clasped his fist and said, "Fortunately, I fulfilled my duty. Little Ming King is well."
Upon hearing this, Liu Futong nodded gently and said, "Thank you, Brother Jiu Si."
Then Liu Futong said, "I’ll go down and take a look."
Monk Peng said, "Feel free."
Saying this, Chen Jie said, "Let me introduce someone to you."
With this, Monk Peng directly took Chen Jie to the stern-looking man and said, "Guozhen, this is Mianshui Chen Jiusi, whom I’ve often talked about with Old Liu."
"Jiu Si, this is Divine Dragon Sect Leader, Sea Dragon King, Fang Guozhen."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie immediately bowed with clasped fists and said, "Greetings, Dragon King."
Fang Guozhen then smiled broadly and said, "Haha, Brother Jiu Si, no need to be formal. Since you’re Brother Peng and Brother Liu’s brother, you’re also my brother. Besides, you saved my pair of children, it’s me who should thank you!"
Chen Jie responded, "Oh, no need, no need."
Fang Guozhen said, "What do you mean, no need? I like straightforward people. Don’t be so reserved with me, it’s annoying."
Upon hearing this, Chen Jie immediately said, "Alright, since Dragon King said so, I’ll boldly call you Brother Dragon King."
Fang Guozhen laughed and said, "Of course, of course. Haha, come, come, little brother, let me introduce you again. This is my pair of children, call him Uncle."
At this moment, Fang Guozhen led Chen Jie to Fang Zheng and Fang Susu and referred to them as "my pair of children," making the siblings quite embarrassed. But with their father calling them this way, they had no way to refute it.
Even more unacceptable to them was that Fang Guozhen actually wanted them to call Chen Jiusi Uncle.
After all, who would willingly add a few new uncles overhead?
But Fang Guozhen didn’t care about these things, waved his big hand, deciding the matter. Seeing this, Chen Jie said, "Brother Fang, Brother Fang, Fang Zheng and Susu are both my good friends, suddenly making me their uncle, I cannot accept this. Let’s just go our separate ways, I’ll call you Brother Fang, and when you’re present, they call me Uncle just for the show. When you’re not, we continue as friends, how about that?"
Fang Guozhen pondered for a moment after hearing this, then looked at Chen Jie and said, "Hmm, Jiu Si makes a fair point. Did you two hear that? Privately, you can interact as peers, but call him Uncle in front of me, say it for me to hear!"
With remarkable changes in their expressions, Fang Zheng and Fang Susu couldn’t oppose their father’s authority.
Reluctantly, they called out, "Uncle Chen."
Seeing this, Chen Jie hurriedly said, "No need, no need. We’re friends, why go through all this?"
Fang Guozhen said, "There’s a need, it has to be done, how can we disregard etiquette, right, Brother Jiu Si?"
Chen Jie looked at Fang Guozhen and said, "Right, I guess?"
Fang Guozhen said, "Since you’ve agreed to this formality, let me say that in our hometown, when the younger generation meets elders for the first time, the elders have to present a gift, otherwise it breaks the etiquette, don’t you think, brother?"
Hmm?
Chen Jie felt like there was a trap in here.
Unexpectedly, the dignified ninth on the Heaven List, the top Dharma King, Sea Dragon King, was setting him up.
Who would have thought, who would have thought, and Fang Zheng and Fang Susu looked utterly despondent, knowing their father loved taking them to visit households during New Year, requesting gifts, it was fine when dealing with elders back then.
But this time, he was targeting Chen Jiusi, even though Fang Zheng was three years older than Chen Jie, and Fang Susu just a few months younger.
It truly was quite shameful.
But Fang Guozhen cheerfully looked at Chen Jie and said, "Jiu Si, what do you think, shouldn’t you offer something to avoid breaking tradition?"
Chen Jie was also helpless, looking at Fang Guozhen and said, "Brother Fang, tell me directly what’s valuable about me, and I’ll offer it to you."
