103: The bigwigs of the Buckle family

Fang Yun, having received the approval of his future brother-in-law, grinned foolishly like a monkey.

Seeing the smile on Fang Yun's face, Valentine also smiled.

In a sense, the happier Fang Yun was, the more it showed he cared about Vavinia.

Valentine gave Fang Yun a word of advice, then left him to his own devices, letting him revel in his happiness alone:

"Ahem. You can be happy for as long as you want right now. But, when you meet people later and need to speak, you still have to be serious. Understand?"

Fang Yun made an "OK" gesture with a smile on his face.

"No problem."

Valentine nodded, then turned around and continued leading the way.

Since the matters that needed to be discussed were finished, Valentine didn't lead the way at a leisurely pace anymore.

So Fang Yun and Valentine quickly headed towards Toke, Karl, and the others.

...

The important members of the Buckle Family, as well as the backbone of the revenge operation against the Black Hand settlement, were all gathered in the northwest corner of the second mess hall.

Valentine brought Fang Yun here and began introducing him to these important figures of the Buckle Family.

First to appear was Toke!

Toke, 41 years old, male, widowed, no children, one of the five "Gun Masters" of the Buckle Family, is undoubtedly a core force within the family.

Fang Yun and Toke already knew each other, so there was naturally no need for much introduction.

Toke patted Fang Yun on the shoulder and handed him a freshly prepared glass of tequila.

"I have high hopes for you, young Fang Yun."

Fang Yun took the drink and raised the glass.

"Of course, I won't disappoint you."

After speaking, Fang Yun brought the glass to his lips and took a sip.

Toke smiled slightly, picked up his own glass, drained the tequila in one gulp, then put down the glass and let out a breath.

"Whew~. Very good, very spirited. I look forward to your future performance."

Fang Yun nodded at the words, then turned his gaze to Oliver, who was at the same table as Toke.

Seeing this, Oliver laughed heartily.

"Haha, Fang Yun, you really have a few tricks up your sleeve. Not only are you good on the battlefield, but you're also like this in the romance department."

Oliver gave Fang Yun a thumbs-up while winking at the same time.

After hearing Oliver's words, two black lines appeared on Valentine's forehead.

Feeling slightly speechless, Valentine introduced Fang Yun while also complaining about Oliver.

"Fang Yun, this is Oliver, the family's top Hacker and best network security consultant."

"Oliver, I've already approved of Fang Yun, you don't need to 'instigate' between us anymore."

Oliver was slightly taken aback when he heard Valentine's words, then looked at Fang Yun with admiration and said:

"Fang Yun, now I truly think you're amazing."

"Getting Valentine's approval as his brother-in-law in such a short time is no easy feat."

Fang Yun chuckled, rubbed his head with his left hand, and said somewhat sheepishly:

"Hehe. It's mainly because my feelings for Vavinia are absolutely sincere, which is why Valentine could approve of me so quickly."

Oliver raised an eyebrow.

"Ho ho. Getting Valentine's approval indeed shows the sincerity of your feelings for Vavinia."

"Huh? Oh, right."

Oliver slapped his head, as if suddenly remembering something.

"Fang Yun, you're a Hacker, right?"

Seeing the gleam in Oliver's eyes, Fang Yun answered with some hesitation.

"Uh, how should I put it. If you really want to be precise, I'm not strictly speaking a Hacker in the true sense."

"But I'm not bragging, my Hacker skills are indeed quite good."

Oliver was somewhat startled after hearing Fang Yun's answer, his eyes showing confusion, and then he said in a tone of disbelief:

"...Your Hacker skills are so strong, yet you don't consider yourself a strict Hacker?!"

"Then what am I, a Hacker whose skills are far inferior to yours? An amateur Hacker?"

Seeing Oliver's look of being deeply struck, Fang Yun could only quickly add:

"Uh, what I mean is, besides being a powerful Hacker, I'm also a swordsman and marksman with strong close combat and gun skills."

"So, I'm not a 'full-time' Hacker."

After hearing Fang Yun's explanation, Oliver finally recovered from his self-doubt and inferiority.

However, after thinking for two seconds, Oliver fell into even more severe self-doubt.

Oliver looked at Fang Yun with a subtle gaze.

"Fang Yun, why do I feel like you're showing off your strength? ...You're sure you're comforting me, right?"

Facing Oliver's subtle gaze, Fang Yun was momentarily speechless.

"I originally wanted to say that my Hacker skills were all thanks to Human Intelligence Ascension."

"But having such powerful Hacker skills with just an augmented body seems a bit shocking."

"To avoid scaring him, I didn't say that."

"As a result, I still hurt him, didn't I?"

"Sorry, Oliver, this is the power of modules."

Seeing Oliver's gaze becoming more and more helpless, Fang Yun could only quickly change the subject.

"Ahem. Of course, I'm comforting you."

"By the way, why did you ask if I was a Hacker?"

Oliver, who had become completely gloomy, didn't answer Fang Yun's question immediately, but sat in his seat muttering with his head down.

Listening carefully, you could hear things like, "I thought I was a pretty good Hacker, but I didn't expect that in the eyes of a Hacker god like Fang Yun, anyone whose skills aren't god-level is just an amateur Hacker."

Seeing this, Valentine cleared his throat awkwardly and answered Fang Yun's question for Oliver.

"Ahem. It's like this."

"In the previous operation, Fang Yun, your demonstrated Hacker skills were very powerful, so Oliver wanted to ask for some guidance."

"But it seems now, that guidance will have to wait until Oliver recovers."

Fang Yun looked at Valentine, then at Oliver, and showed a polite smile.

"I see."

"...Then let's wait until Oliver recovers."

Valentine nodded heavily, then gave Toke a look.

"Quick, comfort Oliver."

Toke, who was watching the show from the side, was taken aback and pointed at himself with his finger.

"Huh? Me?"

Seeing Toke pretending to be confused, Valentine coughed and tilted his head towards Oliver again.

"If not you, then who?"

Toke saw that Valentine had seen through his antics and shrugged.

"Alright, alright."

Then, Toke moved his chair and sat next to Oliver.

Valentine saw Toke slap Oliver's shoulder and then give Oliver a thumbs-up with his other hand, and the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

Fortunately, Toke's method of comforting was quite effective, and Oliver quickly recovered.

Ignoring Oliver, who was now clowning around with Toke after recovering, Valentine turned to Fang Yun and said:

"We can go meet the others."