Bruce Short’s small eyes widened in anger as he glared at Bruce Tall. “Bruce Tall, he insulted us!”
Bruce Tall was also furious and a bamboo pole appeared in his hand as if by magic.
“Wait,” Leo quickly intervened.
“What for?” Bruce Tall was getting impatient.
“How about this? I’ll give each of you three moves. After that, no matter what happens, don’t bother me again.” Leo thought for a moment and decided to use the same method he used against Chad on these two oddballs.
Bruce Short scratched his head and said, “Bruce Tall, am I hearing things or is this guy crazy?”
Bruce Tall laughed out loud. “Indeed very arrogant but arrogance must have its capital! Are you sure you won’t regret it?!”
Leo smiled and said firmly, “I will never regret it.”
“Very well!”
“Bruce Tall, what if we kill him?” Bruce Short was worried.
After some consideration, Bruce Tall replied, “That would be troublesome. Be gentle when attacking later on; aim to cripple him instead of killing him.”
Leo watched with amusement as the two interesting guys discussed among themselves.
“I’ll go first!” declared Bruce Short confidently after some argument with Bruce Tall over who should go first. He then rubbed the back of his head before suggesting, “Let’s play rock-paper-scissors to decide who goes first.”
“All right,” agreed Bruce Tall reluctantly. In the end, it was determined that Bruce Short had won and would go first while an unhappy-looking Bruce Tall sighed, “You go ahead.”
“Haha!” exclaimed a triumphant-looking Bruce Short as he magically produced a gong from nowhere along with its mallets in both hands while looking at Leo arrogantly. “I told you that there’s still time for you to regret now.”
Leo shrugged nonchalantly and replied, “A gentleman’s words, once spoken they are hard to retrieve!”
With narrowed eyes, Bruce Short retorted, “All right then! You asked for it!” He recited some incantations before striking the gong once with his mallets.
Suddenly feeling dizzy after hearing the loud sound of “clang”, Leo stumbled backwards before falling onto the ground below.
This was truly shocking; thunder rolling through heaven!
Shaking his head sadly while sighing heavily at what happened next, Bruce Tall remarked, “Bruce Short, you have killed him.”
Bruce Short looked at Leo lying on the ground, and couldn’t help but be surprised. He didn’t expect this guy to be so weak, considering he only used fifty percent of his strength.
“Bruce Tall, what do we do now?” Bruce Short was getting anxious.
“What else can we do? When in doubt, retreat.”
The two turned around and were about to run away when they heard a voice behind them.
“Stop!”
This voice startled both of them. They turned around and saw Leo standing there with a smile on his face.
To the two Taoists, that smile was anything but pleasant. Especially for Bruce Short who looked like he had just been punched in the face. Unfortunately for him, he didn’t have a beard to stroke while looking pensive like Bruce Tall did.
Leo said with a laugh, “Bruce Tall, it’s your turn.”
Bruce Tall looked at Leo then back at Bruce Short before saying, “I don’t think your broken gong is going to be much use here.”
“Pshh! Your bamboo stick isn’t any better!” replied Bruce Short dismissively.
Bruce Tall rolled up his sleeves and held out his bamboo stick again. He took a few steps forward and shouted, “Watch this! You little punk! Take this!”
He plunged the bamboo stick into the ground like it was some kind of snake slithering underground. Then he folded his arms across his chest as if waiting for something exciting to happen.
However, time passed by without any movement or sound whatsoever.
Bruce Short couldn’t wait any longer and yelled out, “Bruce Tall, where’s your bamboo stick?”
Bruce Tall was also greatly surprised. He quickly raised his right hand, bringing his pinky and ring finger together, extending his middle finger and index finger parallel to form a sword-like gesture in front of his chest, while muttering something under his breath.
As he continued muttering, sweat began to pour down from his forehead.
Leo, on the other side, burst into laughter. “Bruce Tall, are you looking for this?” Leo’s right hand revealed a bamboo pole, and if it didn’t belong to Bruce Tall, then whose could it be?
Bruce Tall’s sweat poured like rain as he desperately chanted an incantation, seemingly trying to retrieve the bamboo pole. However, the bamboo pole seemed to have taken root in Leo’s hand, remaining completely immovable.
Then, Leo gripped the bamboo pole with both hands and exerted force. With a “crack” sound, the bamboo pole snapped into two pieces in his hands.
Bruce Tall spat out a mouthful of blood and hurriedly grabbed Bruce Short, running away.
Due to Bruce Short’s short stature, he stumbled several times and ended up rolling instead of running, which made Leo want to laugh.
Leo yawned and was finally able to go back to sleep.
…
Location: the Bright family’s standalone villa.
Although it couldn’t compare with the Cloud Dream Mountain villa area, owning a villa with a large garden in the South District’s prime real estate location already meant being wealthy.
The yard was decorated with lights and streamers, creating a festive atmosphere.
The bride Bethany wore a pure white wedding dress that perfectly complemented her beautiful figure.
The groom Mateo Spencer also wore a handsome suit and had styled his hair with wax for this special occasion.
They stood together at the entrance welcoming their guests who came to attend their wedding banquet.
Lastly, let’s talk about the seating arrangement in the courtyard where the Bright family had divided seats into three categories based on status; distinguished guests sat in front rows while those without much background or status sat towards the back.
Lucia put on her most beautiful new clothes and busied herself welcoming arriving guests around the yard while her husband Luke Bright greeted them by offering cigarettes before leading them to their respective seats.
Five minutes before the start of banquet, Jessica appeared radiantly along with Martin, Leo, and Sophia following behind her.
Jessica’s appearance brightened Lucia’s eyes as she hurriedly went up to greet them saying, “Jessica! You finally made it.”
Jessica handed over an envelope congratulating, “You really found yourself a good son-in-law! Congratulations!”
“Thank you so much!” Lucia accepted the envelope then turned her gaze towards Leo and Sophia.
Sophia could only smile at Lucia saying, “Aunt Lucia, congratulations.”
Lucia smiled back saying, “Sophia, when you were little, I predicted that you would grow up into such a beauty like this now! It’s just… it’s such a pity that you married someone useless.”
After sighing for awhile, she turned back towards Jessica saying, “As mother-in-law, one must choose their son-in-law carefully or else they will only bring themselves trouble, right?”
Jessica was not pleased with her words and gave Leo a sharp look. She thought to herself, “Leo is such a useless person. He can’t be taken anywhere without embarrassing her!”