Chapter 233: Chapter 232: Don’t Sleep, Get Up and Party! (1) Chapter 233: Chapter 232: Don’t Sleep, Get Up and Party! (1) Group Captain Pang Tong of the 209th Regint, responsible for zones 6, 7, and 8, had been tornted by petty reports from the neighboring areas these past few days and found himself endlessly drinking herbal tea to cool down.
Political Commissar Sun Fujun had just finished munching on a roasted potato when he saw Pang Tong clutching his cheek, his face twitching incessantly.
“Toothache again?”
“Sigh… It’s the heat,” complained Pang Tong, clutching his cheek, feeling parched and tongue-tied.
“Cool it down, cool it down. The higher-ups haven’t arrived yet, so there’s no use getting heated.”
Pang Tong ca over, “Do you think that Old Tang could speak up for us? That kid is fundantally different from us. When he speaks to the higher-ups, it certainly carries more weight than a whole basket of our words. I just don’t know if he’s willing.”
Sun Fujun, nonchalantly peeling the potato skin, would occasionally blow on it to cool it down.
“Hehe, I wouldn’t bet on anything else, but for this matter, I’m sure Old Tang will co sniffing around as soon as he catches the scent.”
Pang Tong pulled out a stool and sat down, “Really?”
“Truer than pearls.”
“But, I’ve had this twitch in my eyelid these past two days, and I keep feeling that even if he does co, it might not be a good thing. Don’t let his smiling face fool you; his hands are darker than anyone’s.”
Sun Fujun finished prepping the potato and took a bite. Mmm, nice, roasted just right.
“Old Tang might have a heavy hand, but it’s still better than having everything confiscated by the higher-ups.”
“True, if we can’t get at, we should at least get so soup. Otherwise, it would an all our scrambling around the mountains these last few days was for nothing.”
“Hmm… That makes sense.”
As the two were chatting, Pang Tong’s orderly Tian Yuan ca in with a ssage.
“Report to the Group Captain and Political Commissar, Group Captain Tang from the 208th Regint has arrived!”
Sun Fujun laughed, “See, what did I tell you? Speak of the devil, and he shall appear!”
“Let’s go!” Pang Tong stood up.
Outside the door, Tang Zelin’s hearty laughter could be heard, “No need to co out; I’m coming in.”
Following the laughter, Tang Zelin strode into the headquarters of the 209th Regint. Seeing the two n inside, he paused for a mont and then chuckled.
“What’s this? Did soone beat you up?”
“Did you co here just to mock ?” rebuked Pang Tong, none too pleased.
Tang Zelin gave his orderly a look, and Guozi, along with Tian Yuan, stepped out, leaving him to grab a chair next to Political Commissar Sun Fujun. He unceremoniously reached into the rice pot and grabbed a steaming hot roasted potato, starting to peel it himself.
Sun Fujun looked up at Pang Tong and said, “What did I tell you? This kid doesn’t know the first thing about politeness.”
With a face-covered hand, Pang Tong sat back down, “Did your Old Qu say anything to you?”
Tang Zelin cast him a sidelong glance, continuing to indulge in his potato-peeling, “Old Sun, these potatoes are roasted quite nicely!”
“Of course! It’s a ti-honored technique. Impressive, isn’t it?”
“Hmm.” Tang Zelin nodded his head.
The two of them appeared nonchalant, but Pang Tong, who was beside himself with anxiety, tugging at Tang Zelin’s wrist with desperation.
“We can eat potatoes any ti, but I’m asking you a question. Did your Old Qu ntion anything to you?”
Tang Zelin had just finished peeling and took a bite, “Mmm… Delicious!”
“I give up, Grandpa Tang, I surrender!”
“There, there, my good grandchild, don’t fret. Grandpa will teach you in a bit.”
“Damn it! Taking advantage of !”
Tang Zelin leisurely finished his potato, wiped his hands, and finally got down to business with Pang Tong and Sun Fujun. Sun Fujun, knowing full well Tang Zelin’s habits, wasn’t in a hurry at all, waiting coolly for him to finish his potato before getting to the matter at hand. But Pang Tong, with his impatient and fiery temperant, couldn’t bear the wait, and the heating up only made his toothache worse.
The three discussed matters privately in the room, the details of which were unknown.
Outside, Guozi, the orderly from the 208th Regint, had also not seen Tian Yuan of the 209th Regint for a long ti.
Taking the opportunity, the two started chatting outside.
“Heard you guys went up into the mountains?”
“Word’s spread that far already?” Tian Yuan was surprised.
“No, I only found out when I ca over with the Group Captain.”
“Oh, did Group Captain Tang say anything?”
“He said he ca to drink soup on behalf of the brothers.”
Tian Yuan: “…”
Guozi: “…”
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