Chapter 322 - 330: Major Collision
Mahjong continued until four in the afternoon. James Brown and Emily Lopez lost terribly, while Mother Lopez won big, which brought her great joy, as Emily immediately pouted and said: "I’m not convinced, not convinced at all, let’s play again tonight."
Mother Lopez said with a laugh: "Playing again tonight? Aren’t you afraid you’ll lose all your money? I won’t go easy on you today."
"I’m not afraid. If I lose it all, I’ll just live off my brother-in-law and sister. Brother-in-law, you wouldn’t abandon me, your little auntie, right?" Emily Lopez looked at James Brown with puppy eyes.
James Brown’s heart fluttered again. With such a cute little auntie, how could he say no? He smiled and said, "No problem, I’ll make sure Auntie takes all your money."
"Brother-in-law is the best." Emily Lopez said enthusiastically as she hugged James Brown’s arm and swayed.
Jonathan Lopez and his wife didn’t take the flirtatious behavior between Emily Lopez and James Brown too seriously. Since everyone is family, a little joke between a brother-in-law and a little auntie is normal, especially since Emily played a key role in bringing James Brown and Gina Lopez together, they trusted that Emily had no intentions toward James.
However, they were unaware that the brother-in-law and little auntie were already engaging in some mischief under the mahjong table.
Usually when James Brown was here, everyone would eat at home, but today they were having so much fun they hadn’t even bought groceries. Therefore, everyone decided to eat out.
ASCS Town isn’t a very large city, just a prefecture-level city, not as big as YODC City, but still quite prosperous. The family of five took a car, found a good restaurant here, and booked a private room. Gina Lopez specially ordered some fine wines and dishes, and Jonathan Lopez and his wife weren’t ones to skimp like typical elderly folks, and they were completely on board with splurging a bit.
Everyone ate and drank in a harmonious atmosphere. James Brown drank quite a lot with Jonathan Lopez but all that drinking made him need the restroom. He excused himself and left the private room, asked a waiter for directions, and went to take care of his needs.
Just as he was heading out after relieving himself, James Brown bumped head-on into a man in his fifties.