He wanted to snatch Shiao Yi away right then, lock the two of them inside somewhere and never let him go.
Then, from among the group of restless men murmuring nearby, a young man suddenly stood up.
Bona tugged at the hem of the man's clothes clearly trying to stop him, but the man ignored him completely.
His sharp eyes fixed first on Dominic, then on Shiao Yi, and he shouted in a loud, challenging voice, "I challenge that small husband candidate! The golden bride is mine! I'm a better man than that child — I'm the one worthy to be his husband!"
That declaration set off a chain reaction.
"I'll fight too!"
"Count me in!"
More men rose to their feet, shouting one after another and the whole area descended into noisy chaos.
Bona looked panicked, while the older villagers sat watching the scene unfold with amused grins, as if it were a festival performance.
