The Food-Loving Oppa

"The King is back! The King is back!"

First, one little monkey shouted, spreading the news far and wide, and soon almost all the little monkeys knew that Sun Wukong had returned.

"How is Your Majesty doing in the Heavenly Court? Are you content? If not, please return."

As soon as Sun Wukong met the old clan chief, he heard the old clan chief's concerned greetings.

"Don't worry, old clan chief. I'm much better off this time than last time. I had a very comfortable time there. This time, my official rank and grade are high, and I don't need to do anything all day long. So, the main theme of my daily life is basically seeking pleasure."

Sun Wukong reassured the old clan leader.

"That's good, that's good."

The old patriarch said with relief.

"Your Majesty, is this your friend from Heavenly Court?"

Just then, a little monkey pointed at Nezha behind Sun Wukong and asked with a puzzled look.

"Don't you remember me? I came here as a guest a while ago, and you were the one who poured me the wine."

Nezha front of the little monkey, Nezha changed his appearance to resemble the one Sun Wukong had used when he invited him to the Water Curtain Cave, and asked the little monkey questions.

"You're Oppa."

This little monkey is the same one that poured wine for Nezha last time. After seeing its own appearance in Zhejiang, it excitedly shouted after transforming back to its previous form.

After hearing the little monkey shout, many other little monkeys gathered around. These were the same little monkeys who had played happily with Nezha last time. They looked at Nezha with disbelief as he changed his appearance from what he had just seen to what he looked like when he visited last time.

"Are you really, Ou Ba?"

A little monkey asked, looking on incredulously.

"Yes, that's right, I really am Oppa."

Nezha changed his appearance again right in front of him.

Only then did the little monkeys who had gathered around realize that he was the Oppa they had played with so happily last time.

Finally, one by one, they rushed towards Nezha and piled him up among the monkey troop.

"Great Sage, please save me!"

Although Nezha had friends, he didn't have many, and he had never seen such enthusiastic friends before. When he saw this scene, he was completely terrified. He wanted to run away but couldn't move his legs. Using his Law Power would hurt these little monkeys, so he could only seek help from Sun Wukong.

"Alright, alright, everyone, quiet down. They're here as guests. And I have something else to tell you. Ou Ba really loves your Bai Xiang wine. I was chatting with him earlier, and he said that after drinking half a case of wine here, he really doesn't want to drink any of the wine from Heavenly Court anymore."

"Since they like our passion fruit wine so much and have even come all the way here as guests, how can we not treat them well?"

"And another thing, you guys are too enthusiastic. Look, I've already taken him down. Let's treat Ou Ba to the same amount as last time."

Seeing Nezha in this state, Sun Wukong repeatedly spoke up to help him out. Sun Wukong's words were indeed quite effective. It was fortunate that he was the king of these little monkeys, otherwise Nezha would probably have been dealt with by them today.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Upon hearing Sun Wukong's instructions, the young men immediately dispersed from Nezha and began to perform their respective tasks, just as they had done the last time they had entertained Nezha.

Before long, Nezha's table was filled with the passion fruit wine he most wanted to drink, and a table full of sumptuous food.

Do you all remember what I said before I left last time?

Nezha said these words to them.

What was that saying again?

"What did Ou Ba say before he left last time?"

"Before Ou Ba left last time, he seemed to say that he would give us something when he came back next time."

After hearing Nezha's question, the little monkeys started discussing it. It seemed that everyone had forgotten what Nezha had said before he left, because when they parted, they had only asked Nezha to stay and play a little longer.

"It seems nobody remembers."

"But I remember that before I left last time, I said I would bring you some good things from Heavenly Court next time I came. I kept my promise, and today I will bring them to you."

After answering the question he had just left, Nezha took out bottle after bottle of celestial wine from a magical bag and gave one to each of the little monkeys.

"Ou Ba, what are these things you gave us?"

After Nezha had distributed all the fresh wine, a little monkey asked him a question.

"What you are holding now is wine, the wine that immortals drink. Because I don't like drinking this kind of wine, I have been slowly accumulating the wine that was given to me. On the contrary, I like drinking the passion wine that you brew. It is just right for my taste."

Nezha first introduced the little monkeys to what was in the bottles they held, and then intentionally or unintentionally revealed to them that he really liked this baijiu (Chinese liquor).

"Since Ou Ba likes our Hundred Passion Wine and has given us so much of the wine that immortals drink, then we should give back. Alright, we still have more than 120 jars of Hundred Passion Wine left that we can't distribute. If you like it, feel free to take it back and keep it to drink slowly."

To express their gratitude to Ou Ba, the little monkeys discussed it for a while and then gave him all the extra passion fruit wine.

"Really? Thank you so much!"

Nezha was overjoyed to hear their praise, for it was the wine he had been longing for ever since he returned home. He had even hoped that he could take one or two jars, or even three or four jars, back from his trip to the Water Curtain Cave of Flower-Fruit Mountain.

However, he did not expect that his unintentional act of fulfilling the promise he made before leaving would bring him such a great reward from these little monkeys. After discussing it, they gave him all of the remaining 120-plus jars of passion wine.

"Alright, now that we both have gifts, let's enjoy them."

At that moment, Sun Wukong was standing nearby, said this.

Without hesitation, the little monkey uncorked the bottles of freshly brewed wine and prepared to gulp it down. Some monkeys were already drunk after drinking the wine, struggling to put the corks back on before falling into a deep sleep. Others, however, got drunk after just one sip and only dared to sleep after putting the corks back on.

Some of the little monkeys fared even worse; they only opened the bottle and took a sniff before realizing they were drunk. They quickly stuffed the bottle back in, collapsed on the ground, and fell asleep.