This was an extremely smart dog. Hearing its master Neville’s words, it barked twice at Jasper.
The sight had all the Hanks present chortling.
Everyone looked at Jasper with disdain as if they were looking at a beggar who had come asking for scraps.
Julian, who had been standing behind Jasper the entire time, took a step to stand beside Jasper with a cold gaze.
Everyone then watched as Julian took a deep breath, one that went straight to his core. The man’s eyes widened abruptly as he opened his mouth to shout.
It was a loud growl that was deep, powerful, and extremely thundering. It reminded Jasper of a lion’s roar in the savanna.
Everyone felt their chests stifle while their hearts seemed to skip a beat. Their breathing grew heavy and they felt uncomfortable.
Meanwhile, the fierce dog beside Neville let out a pitiful whimper. His tail shook between his legs as a puddle of liquid began to form between its hind legs.
It had peed itself in fear.
That scene shattered whatever dignity the Hanks family had.
“What do you think you’re doing, Jasper? So you’re bringing people over to my house to assert dominance now?” Neville’s face was flushed red as he looked up to Jasper to shout. He felt the urge to kick this shameful dog to death.
“A dog will always be a dog. Fierce as it is, it’s still just a dog, no?”
Jasper spoke with a subtle smile, and all the Hanks family present felt the color drain from their faces in anger.
While it seemed like he was talking about the German Shepherd, it was really an insult to the Hanks family.
Neville roared, “Who are you calling a dog here?”
“So you acknowledge it then?” Jasper commented calmly.
“You f*cking b*stard…”
“Enough!”
Sirius shouted to interrupt Neville, glaring at the young man who had an indignant expression on his face. He said, “Don’t you think that we’ve made a big enough fool of ourselves already? Either shut up, or bring your dog and get out!”
Neville clenched his jaw. Flames of fury were set ablaze in his eyes and he balled his fists, glaring at Jasper resentfully.
However, since Sirius had already spoken, Neville remained silent regardless of how pissed he felt.
“Is that what you came to do today, Jasper? To scare a dog?” Sirius looked at Jasper and spoke calmly.
With that, smiles reappeared on the Hanks family’s faces.
Sirius was much more experienced than Neville, after all. A mere sentence was all it took for him to slap Jasper in the face. It was a great relief to the other members of the family who were greatly infuriated by Jasper’s taunting a second ago.
Jasper did not waste time on Sirius and waved a hand at Julian.
Julian immediately pulled out some documents from the briefcase that he carried with him everywhere and handed them to Sirius.
Sirius looked at Jasper suspiciously before taking a look at the papers.
One look at the contents of the documents was enough to stun Sirius. His eyes widened as he stared at every single word on the papers, rereading it as if he had read it wrong the first time.
Following that, Sirius’ hand trembled as he held the papers. His breathing turned heavy.
The scene startled the members of the Hanks family. Reflexively, they were about to ask what the documents entailed and why it had caused Sirius to lose his composure.
Just then, Jasper spoke up instead.
“As you can see, Mr. Hanks, I’ve come today to collect your debts.”
Neville stared at Jasper and scoffed at his words. “Are you so broke that you’ve gone f*cking mad? Go on then, bark twice for me, and if it’s to my liking, I might just give you 100 or 200 bucks.”
