Meanwhile, the others had already finished each dish that Zhen had ordered for them as the bunnies cleared out the table and offered them a tray filled with cups, a teapot and a plate of moon cakes. Tigress poured each a cup of hot jasmine tea, only Po's cup was close to overflowing.
Even after having their bellies full of what Zhen provided for them, Po could not help it but to ask her how she could manage an entire buffet with so little money.
"Zhen, I was curious. How did you actually manage to pay for all of those meals? I mean, seeing the little money you had on you."
"I managed to make a deal with these cut-throats. With just the right words and the right ways of using 'em when you're speaking, you can get anything out of 'em." Zhen bragged, spitting out cake crumbs while speaking. "I figured I could make up for giving you guys a hard time by offering you an all-star buffet, which is on me."
Slowly nodding, they didn't question anything further as Mantis slurped his tea loudly. Po looked around the tavern to see everyone wearing one particular symbol on their belts and vests. He then turned to Zhen, his eyes on the brooch and then asked her.
"Hey, Zhen. Why's everyone wearing the same brooch as you?"
"What do you mean?" Zhen asked back.
"Um." Po pointed at the jadeite brooch Zhen wore on her belt, hinting what he was talking about, until Zhen answered.
"Oh, that? Everyone in Juniper City wears it. It's a symbol of good luck there." She explained.
"Seems like good luck is chasing you." Mantis said.
"I guess." Zhen shrugged her shoulders.
"Except you outrun it." Mantis added, to which Zhen scorned at him.
Tigress sighed in content as she poured herself another cup of tea and fixated her gaze on Zhen.
"I have to say, Zhen. For a supposed admirer, you seem to know very little about us. Depending on what sources you used to know about us."
"Well, I, uh... any information from the outside world is very limited and I've only read a couple of scrolls that were pretty sketchy and outdated. And none of them had illustrations either, so..." Zhen minimized, licking off the cake crumbs from her fingertips.
They blinked at her as Mantis's next words slipped out.
"So you don't know who we are? Is that what you're saying?"
Meanwhile, two different types of grunting, yelling and hissing could be heard from outside. Faint yet hearable enough for them to acknowledge it. But they were too busy with Zhen to intervene with either of them.
"Well, it'd makes sense when you live inside an invisible force field and never left the city if that's the case." Po commented. "But we can tell you about us if you'd like."
"You actually think it takes a couple of scrolls to fully know us? 'Cause I'm telling you, it takes way more than that!" Mantis cackled, Tigress nodded.
"Precisely. And given how Po used to be one of our biggest drooling fan girl back in the day, I don't see how you are any bigger."
"Hey, I paid for all of this, remember? Fair and square!" Zhen spat as Po sighed and agreed.
"You're right. And we're really, really thankful for that, Zhen. Because not only did it came from you being genuine, you did it without any sort of dishonesty."
Making Zhen slightly grin and rest her arms behind her neck and then reach for another moon cake, but not before Po gave her a firm pat on the back.
"I'm proud of you."
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Kung Fu Panda 4 (rewritten)
FanfictionThe Dragon Warrior and the Savage Six have grown up and have become much more and much better than they used to be, even close to reaching their goals of becoming official teachers themselves. Until many inexplicable things started to take place. A...
