The day of the Winter Feast comes!

Chapter 5: Winter Feast

It was the day of the winter feast at the Jade Palace and everyone's getting prepped up for this occasion and Po will be the host of this ceremony...this time. Zhong walks across the Sacred Hall of Warriors and when he entered in, he sees the entire indoors decked out with a huge table and massive decorations.

Zhong was taken aback at the way it looked and he didn't know how to describe it other than how amazing it seemed and he sees Shifu coming in and he went to him and asked, "What did you do to the place?"

Shifu turns around and explains to Zhong, "This is what happens every year. Our formal winter festival is of the most elegant traditions we have here in the Jade Palace every year."

"Oh...that explains the giant ice sculpture of a dragon." Zhong added.

They looked at the sculpture and they had no idea what to make of it and Shifu looked at the dragon's head and sees that it's tilting a little and he said, "Whoever's responsible for making the dragon's head crooked, fix it right immediately!"

The wolf was astonished by Shifu's act of perfection when it comes to making events and he didn't know how to react to that and he asked, "It's not easy running this whole thing, isn't it?"

Shifu sighed heavily and looked at Zhong and replied, "Nothing is ever easy, Zhong. Also, you need to have an appropriate attire for this occasion that adds to the holiday festivities."

Zhong wasn't sure about what his attire might be for formal activities and he sid, "I'm...not really an elegant kind of guy. I just come and go as I am."

Shifu chuckled softly and he said, "We'll find something that matches your outfit with the holidays and we'll send over another outfit for your date tonight."

The thought of Shu came into his mind and he became really excited to bring her over to the feast as his very first date. He chuckled softly and he said, "So..it starts tonight?"

"Yes, we will."

Later that afternoon, Zhong sees a few inches of snow all across the Valley of Peace and as he was walking by, he sees everyone enjoying the holiday season and he even sees kids just having fun too. Suddenly, he felt a warm feeling in his heart that maybe the holidays might not be such a waste at all.

"Hey, Zhong!"

Zhong looks over and he saw Shu walking to him and he waved back at her and they came over and embraced each other quickly and kissed each other and she said, "What brings you by?"

"The winter feast starts tonight. You wanna...be my date for this occasion?" asked Zhong.

Shu felt overjoyed about this and she hugged him tightly and ends up with both of them falling down on the ground and she replied, "Yes I would come."

Zhong chuckled softly and he felt super amazed that she was going and she asked him, "Do I have wear something elegant?"

"Yeah. It's for a holiday occasion." Zhong added.

Shu smiled at him and kissed him on the lips and they wrapped their arms around each other and after that, two of them gazed into each other's eyes and he said, "I think I'm enjoying this holiday already."

They both stood up and dusted themselves off and Shu said, "This is gonna be a great date. Hopefully, I'll see you at 7:00?"

"Yeah. That's where it starts anyway."

"Wonderful. See you then!"

Shu walks off happily and it made Zhong really happy that he finally got a date and he walked back to the Jade palace with his heart skipping a beat and he said, "I love the holidays."

As the evening comes in, Zhong was wearing a red and silver shirt with grey shorts and he looked at himself in the mirror and felt as if he's never looked so elegant before in his life and he said, "Wow. For the first time in my life, that looks just like me."

Then, he tries to clean up his hair to make it look more perfect to impress the kung-fu masters and Shu as well. He looked pretty nervous about himself and his appearance for the festival and after that, Po walked to his room and he asked, "You ready for tonight?"

The wolf exhaled deeply and tried to keep a straight face on and he told him, "Sorta. Just really nervous."

"You? Nervous?"

Zhong growled at him a little and Po could see what he's talking about and he told him, "You wanna look your best for tonight, do ya?"

"Most definitely. It's the first time I have to look really good for anything and I don't know what to expect."

Po chuckled and he told him, "Just be yourself."

Zhong kept thinking about what Po said about being himself and it might help him overcome his nervousness and small insecurities he's having about first impressions in moments like this and he said, "Thanks, panda."

"We start in a few minutes. Plus, I saw your lady wolf coming in."

Zhong was surprised to hear that Shu was already here and he felt excited about this and after Po walks out of the room, the wolf took a deep breath and repeated 'be myself' a number of times to keep his nervousness down to a minimum and just keep cool. Then, Shu came in the room with the outfit that was delivered to her from the palace with a grey and silver dress with red polka dots on the side and Zhong looked up and saw her in this attire and he said, "Wow, you look beautiful."

Shu lets out a giggle and she said, "Thanks. You look good too."

"Thanks. I don't look too good, am I?" asked Zhong.

"You look just great."

Both of them kissed each other and she puts her arms around him and said to him, "This is gonna be a great date."

"I know. So, shall we?" Zhong asked.

"We shall."

Zhong and Shu walked out of the room with his elbow next to her as they made their way to the festival and for Zhong, he definitely felt like he found the girl of his dreams...again.

Does the Wolf Boss make an awesome escort or what? Here's part two of this amazing moment!