The man in black who had fallen to the ground quickly stood up, patted his backside, and then aimed a few punches at Brucille’s stomach.
“You’re quite brave for coming after me in the middle of the night, very fast too. Didn’t you want to see what’s in my bag? I’ll let you have a look now.” The man said.
He opened the black bag in his hands. In it was a jade figurine of the Guanyin.
With a smooth texture and glistening surface, the jade seemed to be good stuff.
The Guanyin figurine was large and of high quality. Even if it was not an antique, it was probably still worth more than a few hundred thousands of yuan.
Brucille, who was feeling sleepy at first, instantly felt as awake as ever when he saw the jade figurine. Feeling the force on his waist, he turned around in a flash and grabbed the hand holding the dagger.
Then, Brucille kicked him hard at his underarm, and he flew across the street. The thief who was holding the Jade Guanyin was scared to death. Brucille defeated him swiftly and successfully took away the Jade Guanyin.
All the commotion had alerted the community security. Very soon, they had the two thieves in custody.
Meanwhile, Brucille carried the Jade Guanyin back home.
When he entered the house, he saw that the lights in the living room were on. When he opened the door, he realized that the whole family had woken up.
He looked at everyone in surprise. “Father, Mother, Monique, why are all of you up in the middle of the night?”
Seeing that Brucille had returned, Tyrion asked in a small voice, “Brucille, did you just come back? I think there was a thief in our house just now.”
Brucille was a little worried, as he only found this jade Guanyin when fighting the thieves, nothing else.
“Father, did we lose anything?” He asked.
Sabrina, his mother-in-law, replied, “When I was getting water in the living room, I saw a man in black running near our window. I quickly woke your father up, and then woke Monique up, only to find that nothing in the house had been stolen.”
“Oh, when I came back, I did see a thief running out of our yard. I snatched this jade Guanyin from him.” Brucille announced.
Monique looked at Brucille in disbelief. “You snatched this from a thief? It’s midnight, aren’t you afraid that he’ll kill you?”
Brucille didn’t think of it at first, but now that Monique had mentioned it, he did not know how to respond.
He just said, “This jade Guanyin is a valuable thing. It seems old too, so it should be worth a lot. We should have it sent to the police station tomorrow with a taxi. If we leave this thing at home, I’m worried that the thieves will come for it.”
Tyrion was somewhat of an antique enthusiast. In his shorts and wife-beater, he held the jade Guanyin in his hands and studied it carefully.
He said in astonishment, “Oh, Brucille, you’re right. It really is old, it could even be an antique. We have to guard it carefully…”
Tuk, tuk, tuk…
Vigorous knocking sounded from the door. As the whole family was in their pajamas, Brucille had to go open the door as he was the only one decently dressed.
When he opened the door, he saw two policemen, as well as a short and plump looking middle-aged man who wore a pair of glasses.
“Can I help you?” Brucille asked.
The man in glasses said, “Young man, something was stolen from our house. The thief said he gave it to you.”
Brucille told them, “I did take a jade Guanyin from the thief. Is it yours?”
Hearing the words ‘jade Guanyin’, the man was thrilled and said excitedly, “That’s right, that’s right. It was the jade Guanyin that they stole. It’s very valuable, please give it back to me.”
“Okay, wait here. I’ll get it for you.” Brucille said.
He walked back to the living room and carried the jade Guanyin in his arms. However, something small fell out of the foot of the jade Guanyin. He didn’t pay any attention to it and just put it in his pocket, and handed the jade figurine to the man who wore glasses.
“Since we got two policemen here with us, please bear witness that I have returned this to him.” Brucille said to the policemen.
The middle-aged man was reasonable. After he had his hands on the jade Guanyin, he took Brucille’s hand with deep affection.
“Young man, no words can express my gratitude, I’ll remember this well. In a few days, I’ll personally visit you to thank you. I paid 15 million for this old item, and I didn’t expect these thieves to have their eye on her…” he explained.
With a bright smile on his face, Brucille walked them out and closed the door.
By the time he came back, he noticed that all three of his family members had already gone back to their rooms to sleep. He felt as if he had just woken up from a dream.
He gently pushed the door of his room open and took out the black metal ball. The ball was about the size of a fingernail, but he could tell that it was hollow and there was something inside.
He picked up the metal ball and studied it carefully in front of the desk lamp for a long while. All he found was a tiny hole on the ball, and he could see that there was something in the hole, but he couldn’t open it.
Brucille put the metal ball at the edge of his bed, and got up to wash up in the bathroom so that he could get some sleep. But when he opened the door, he found Monique standing outside his door, ready to come in.
His heart almost stopped beating from the shock of seeing her there.
“My dear wife, would you mind making a bit of noise when you stand outside the room door? You nearly scared me to death. Do you know what they’ll call this when news gets out? Spousal murder!” he said jokingly.
Monique replied nonchalantly, “It’s not very attractive to be scared to death by your wife, is it? Besides, shouldn’t I feel happy if you’re dead?”
Hearing this, Brucille said jealously, “Well then, I will make sure that I don’t die. Tell me, you’re not here at this hour to throw yourself at me, are you?”
“You’ve overestimated yourself. You got those strange medical skills, right? A difficult patient was admitted to our hospital. Can you come with me to the hospital and take a look tomorrow?” Monique said softly.
Brucille furrowed his brows as he looked at the woman in front of him. She had finally admitted that they were husband and wife. This was the first time he heard her call herself his ‘wife’. He realized that he would do anything just to hear her say that one word again.
“Alright, but can you use a more sophisticated term instead of ‘strange medical skills’ next time? Besides, did you really have to tell me this at four o’clock in the morning?” Brucille said.
“I couldn’t sleep, okay?” Monique answered him shyly.
Monique was about to turn around and leave when Brucille grabbed her hand and pressed her against the door. She struggled with all her might.
Brucille said with a deep voice, “Don’t move. Let me feel your pulse.”
The distance between the two was no more than a centimeter, and they could feel each other’s breath. Monique could only turn her face 45 degrees to the left to avoid Brucille’s nose.
“Well, young lady, it seems that you’re suffering from hormonal imbalance. Could it be because I wasn’t home these few days?” Brucille said playfully.
Monique knew that he wouldn’t say anything serious. She pushed him away hard and quickly returned to her room.
When she was pressed against the door, she could feel how muscular Brucille’s body was. How did she not realize that this man was so well built before? She could even smell a masculine scent coming from him.