When people were busy with work, they always felt time passed quickly.
Lu PingAn had not expected to squat in the New Kingdom's capital for so long. It was only when he received an unexpected gift here that he realized just how much time had passed.
"Me? Birthday? Twenty years old?"
Lu Mouren had reincarnated in '98, and now it was already early '02.
Someone who had once been able to pretend to be younger had finally entered his twenties.
"Congratulations."
Amid a burst of party poppers, a grand banquet began at the Rebirth Merchant Guild's headquarters.
As the guest of honor, Lu PingAn was probably the last to know. He truly could not remember how old he was, and he had long since lost any desire to celebrate birthdays.
"Time really flies. In the blink of an eye, you went from a high school student to an adult... Though it sounds strange when I say it, when I first met you, I honestly thought you were some family's brat wearing an adult's clothes."
The Panda Man set down his barrel, patted his belly, and was clearly in high spirits.
"True enough. But same to you. If you hadn't been the cheapest one in the shop back then, I wouldn't have chosen to buy you."
After draining their barrels, the two men burst into hearty laughter as they drank deeply.
Lu PingAn himself truly did not care much about birthdays. After all, he was already several decades old across two lifetimes, and birthdays had long since become numbing. Still, since it was his friends' kindness, he was naturally somewhat happy.
This was not a large banquet. Originally, it had only been his friends discussing how to give their "boss friend" a surprise. However, news inevitably leaked during the preparations, and