Silly Bride

Chapter 180

a topic is unfamiliar to either of you, I’ll give you two some time to prepare. You’ll learn and compete on the spot. Any disagreements?”“No!” the women exclaimed in unison.Hearing that, Sebastian nodded, turned around, and called for the monkey.Monkeys were intelligent animals with developed brains. After the years of training the Xander family gave the monkey, it was able to understand human speech, more or less.Sebastian only needed to tell the monkey what to do a single time before it went into the house and grabbed something.Soon, it revealed the first item, which was two chess pieces.The pieces were respectively the white and black king pieces. Before the competition even started, the rivalry between the women was already quite intense.Sebastian took the pieces and turned to the women. “So, the first round will be chess. Do you two have any objections to that?”“Nope!” Yolanda spoke first as she gazed at Winnie. “If you’re afraid of embarrassing yourself, there’s still time for you to quit.”The old man frowned. In the end, it wasn’t a truly fair competition because anything the monkey took out of the house would be something he was interested in.And if he liked something, he would teach his descendants at least a little bit of it. He knew Yolanda’s chess skills were pretty good, but he wasn’t sure if Winnie knew how to play.There wasn’t a hint of fear in Winnie’s voice when she answered, “I’m fine with it, too! It’s rare for me to lose.”“Hah!” Yolanda couldn’t help but roll her eyes. “Your head is so far up your butt that it went all the back to its original position!”On the other hand, Winnie smiled silently.Without delay, Sebastian asked the monkey to grab a second item, which was a traditional painting.He announced, “For the second round, you two will compete in a traditional drawing contest. Are you two okay with that?”Winnie didn’t even blink when she responded, “Yes.”However, Yolanda paused for a second before asking, “What’s the theme?”“We’ll decide later on.” That question prompted Sebastian to think about it. “Maybe the competition will test your improv skills.”“Sure, I’m good with that. What will the third round be about?”Soon, the monkey decided on the topic for the third round of competition.It was holding a bow and even performed a shooting motion while aiming in Josiah’s direction.He glared at the monkey. “When are you going to return my briefcase, huh?”Ignoring the human, the monkey shot an arrow toward him.Thankfully, the arrow didn’t have an arrowhead. Otherwise, Josiah’s other leg would’ve been rendered useless.Sebastian didn’t expect the monkey to treat his guests that rudely. Thus, after he reprimanded it, he chased it away.Since Winnie didn’t want to waste too much time, she directly asked Yolanda, “When do you plan to start the competition?”After studying her, Yolanda uttered coldly, “I’ll give you three days at most.”“Three days?” Winnie frowned.“What, you think the time is too short? You need more to prepare?” Yolanda smiled.The edges of Winnie’s lips curved upward. “I think you’re underestimating your opponent, Ms. Xander. How about we just do it today? Although, you’ll have to wait until after my husband’s acupuncture session is over. I don’t want our competition to affect his treatment. I hope you’ll understand.”“Are you sure?” Yolanda’s eyebrows furrowed. It had been a long time since she drew a traditional painting, so she needed some time to practice.“I’m very sure. Is that a problem for you, Ms. Xander?”That came off as an insult to Yolanda, so she subconsciously tightened her fists and gritted her teeth. “Not at all.”After that, Sebastian started teaching Winnie how to prepare the medicine.To avoid humiliating herself, Yolanda sneaked back to her room to prepare.During that period, not only did the old man teach Winnie how to prepare medicine, but he also taught her many foundational lessons about the field.She was able to understand everything thoroughly. Not only that, she only needed him to tell her everything once. In addition, she inferred even more things as a result of her newfound knowledge.Sebastian didn’t hesitate to shower her with praise.Even Yolanda couldn’t help but admit Winnie was an excellent learner.As she stared at Winnie, a complicated feeling surfaced in her heart. Why couldn’t she show up earlier? If she did, she would’ve become Grandpa’s favorite student. My brother and I wouldn’t have ended up the way we are today.A few minutes passed, and Xavier’s acupuncture session finally came to an end.Winnie followed Sebastian inside and saw Xavier lying on the bed, unmoving.Initially, she thought something bad had happened to him.When she got closer and heard his snores, she realized he was just asleep. No wonder he didn’t say anything when I was talking about the competition with Yolanda earlier.Seeing how he was sleeping peacefully, Winnie let out a sigh of relief. “He didn’t sleep well for the past few days. Even with sedatives, he could only sleep for about an hour, and it was never peaceful. I didn’t expect the effects of acupuncture to be that effective. He looks tranquil. There really is a big difference between traditional medicine and western medicine. It seems like the side effects of traditional medicine are not as severe as western medicine. If traditional medicine can be widely used in clinical practice in the future, it’ll benefit all of the humankind greatly.” When she said that, she was speaking from the bottom of her heart.Sebastian could sense that she was being sincere.It further solidified his desire to take Winnie in as a disciple. Even if she loses to my granddaughter during the competition, I’ll still take her