Afraid to Step on Someone's Punchline? Then What the Hell Are You Doing Crosstalk For?

Zhao Minghe: "A crosstalk performer has a whole general store in his belly. It's not unreasonable for us to know a lot of things, right?"

Partner: "Not unreasonable at all."

Zhao Minghe: "Knowing the sixteen-character Yin-Yang feng shui secrets is pretty normal too, right?"

Partner: "Normal."

Zhao Minghe: "And knowing a little about atomic bomb technology isn't unreasonable, right?"

Partner: "As long as you don't build one, it's fine."

As it happened, a nuclear expert was sitting in the audience. He immediately challenged him: "Now you're exaggerating! If you can write down the nuclear fusion equation, I'll call you Dad right here on the spot!"

Zhao Minghe: "²₁H + ³₁H → ⁴₂He + ¹₀n"

And so, Zhao Minghe gained a sixty-five-year-old son right there on stage.

Everything else he'd said was true too. He really could do all those things, because not only was he a contemporary of Guo Degang in the crosstalk world, he also possessed the Instant Encyclopedia System. The more questions the audience asked, the more he knew.

So Zhao Minghe wasn't afraid of being interrupted onstage. He was only afraid the audience wouldn't join in, since every line was made up on the spot.

Zhao Minghe: "All my knowledge comes from the audience's challenges. Go ahead and heckle me and throw me a curveball. I'll be waiting for you in my crosstalk livestream!"

This novel and its characters are entirely fictional. Any resemblance is purely coincidental. Do not imitate.