Chapter 100: You’re Still Too Green to Take Me On

Li Lekang smiled and went to shake hands with the others. When it came to the tall one, sparks seemed to fly in both their eyes. Driven by a man’s instinctive sense of rivalry, their grips gradually tightened.

Kendall, standing nearby, was quietly watching as well. When she had invited Li Lekang earlier, she had not been entirely certain, because she knew the other man who was pursuing her would be coming too.

But perhaps on a whim, she had wondered: why not put the rivals side by side and see who came out ahead? As a woman blessed with favorable circumstances, she felt she had every right to do so.

And so this scene had come to pass tonight.

The great magician Li Lekang and NBA star Devin shook hands with bright smiles on their faces.

Though the grip between them grew steadily firmer, both still wore smiles. Li Lekang chatted cheerfully, saying, “Oh, so you play basketball! I’m better at football, you know, but I imagine basketball is easy enough too. Maybe I’ll learn a thing or two from you when I get the chance!”

Marlon, standing to the side, nearly laughed himself into a fit. In America, there was a saying: if you can’t make it in the NFL, you go to the NBA.

The NFL’s status in America was unshakable. The Super Bowl was its own national gala, a spectacle watched by the entire country. As for the NBA, to be honest, it was even more famous in China than in the United States.

Given that cultural background, Li Lekang was clearly being sarcastic.

Marlon understood immediately and chuckled to himself. Devin, however, may not have fully caught on yet. After all, having strong limbs did not necessarily mean the brain kept pace.

Still, he could feel the hostility, so he said, “We can play sometime!”

“Cool.”

Li Lekang laughed, patting his arm before letting go of the hand that was already starting to ache.

Marlon, observant as ever, noticed that the hand Devin withdrew was trembling uncontrollably.

Though the two-meter-tall brute looked a full size larger than Li Lekang, when it came to raw strength, Li Lekang could crush him in an instant.

From the moment they met, a contest of masculine pride had already begun to rub sparks.

How could women with keen instincts fail to notice? They whispered among themselves, but the atmosphere still remained light and jovial. Then Marlon called out, “Why don’t we play some games?”

Everyone turned to look. Marlon kept the mood lively. “I heard Devin’s pretty good at dice. Let’s play a dice game. Guess the total, and the loser drinks. Or the winner can order someone else to drink!”

They had all come out to have fun, so everyone readily agreed.

But no one realized that Marlon was digging another hole here.

He first invented, out of thin air, that Devin was good at dice, using a man’s vanity to set him up. With so many beautiful women watching, especially the woman he liked, he absolutely could not back down now.

But Marlon had once witnessed Li Lekang’s terrifying control. The dice he rolled could land on whatever number he wanted; he could even make the dice stand upright into a pyramid.

Against a magician, big guy, you were in for nothing but trouble.

No, there would be no coming back at all.

Li Lekang quickly understood the plan and smiled as well. “I’m just average at this. I hope you all won’t go too easy on me.”

“Bring it on! But no using your magic!” Kendall said, suddenly interested.

“I won’t. I’ll let Marlon roll for me!” Li Lekang said with complete confidence.

“Yeah!”

Devin felt even more certain that he held the advantage. He thought he would have to put Li Lekang down a few times, pour drink after drink into him, and get him under the table if possible. That way, no one would be left to compete for the woman.

He had spent a great deal of time and effort pursuing her, even making the special trip from Phoenix to New York just to surprise her. And now some Asian kid had cut in halfway through?

The meat on his plate was about to be snatched away by someone else? No man could swallow that!

And so this secretly crackling showdown began to blaze.

Amid pounding, explosive music and the screams and cheers of men and women alike, everyone enthusiastically rolled dice, guessed the numbers, and let the loser accept any punishment that came.

Li Lekang sat with one leg crossed over the other, looking utterly at ease, holding his glass and enjoying the pleasure of controlling the room. Devin lost again and again, and drank round after round.

The alcohol was clearly rushing to his head. Everything he looked at seemed doubled, yet his opponent still held his glass with effortless calm. Worse still, he was even kindly advising him, “If you can’t keep going, you can always take a break, man!”

Marlon added, “Yeah, man, we’ll take good care of the ladies!”

Once Devin heard that, how could he possibly agree? He insisted on forcing himself to continue. After another two drinks, Kendall saw how unsteady he had become and finally grew concerned. “Stop drinking already. I’m really worried something’s going to happen to you!”

“I’ll drink this one for you, man. No need to torture yourself!”

Li Lekang snatched the glass from the table and emptied it. “You look really unwell. Let’s take you to the restroom.”

As he spoke, he and Marlon supported him from both sides, helping him toward the restroom. Then they set him down on a sofa outside. With a gesture hidden from anyone’s view, Li Lekang cast a sleep spell on Devin.

The moment Devin’s backside touched the sofa, his body tilted and he collapsed.

Hearing his contented snoring, Marlon burst out laughing. “Damn, bro! You were incredible just now! Winning by the skin of your teeth every round! That brainless brute still wasn’t satisfied. How could someone be that stupid? No woman would ever like an idiot like that!”

Li Lekang grinned. “Enough. Let’s let it settle, then go back and flirt with the girls.”

“Cool!”

After taking care of business, the two returned, talking and laughing as if nothing had happened.

Kendall noticed that only the two of them had come back, and asked where Devin was.

Li Lekang answered with a smile, “He got a little tired and said he’d rest outside for a bit. I tipped the security guys to look after him, so don’t worry.”

Hearing that someone was taking care of him, Kendall had confidence in the security measures of a high-end nightclub, so she let the matter slide. Marlon, meanwhile, was already calling out for the next game.

“Why don’t we play the tissue-transfer game with our mouths?”

“Woo-hoo! Let’s do it!”

As a classic game for heating things up between men and women in a nightclub, Marlon could not have chosen a better moment to suggest it. He even took charge of the seating arrangement, placing Li Lekang right beside Kendall.

When a man and a woman passed a shrinking strip of tissue between their mouths, with the nightclub’s naturally flirtatious atmosphere and the heat of alcohol in their blood, it was not unheard of for things to escalate until they were simply kissing outright.

Li Lekang sat amid the beauties, suddenly feeling parched. Turning his head, he saw Kendall looking at him too. Her face carried a slight flush from the alcohol, and she was holding a small piece of tissue between her lips.

Around them, the crowd hooted and jeered. Outside, the DJ was in full frenzy, the music was deafening, the alcohol was surging, and Li Lekang simply slipped one arm around her back, drew that slender waist against him, and kissed her as if taking the tissue from her lips.

“Mmm!”

“Whoa!”

Under the dazzling lights, in that intoxicating atmosphere, the waves of sound perfectly stirred the restlessness inside them. At this moment, Li Lekang did not care who was watching. He only wanted to unleash his wildness to the fullest and enjoy every advantage he could.

Kendall’s response told him that she was quietly enjoying it too. Perhaps in another setting, it would have been difficult for such a relationship to heat up so quickly. But here, with the right timing and place, a single spark was enough to set everything ablaze.

Only poor Devin remained sprawled on the sofa outside the restroom, dreaming sweetly of a beauty in his arms. Saliva spilled from the corner of his mouth. With a foolish grin, he rolled over and attacked the backrest of the sofa with a flurry of passionate kisses.