Chapter 20
"Last month when I went back to my hometown to pay homage to my ancestors, I went down the
mountain to buy water for everyone. Later, I happened to meet Samuel who had heatstroke. I was
lucky to save him back, and he was very grateful to me and said he owed me a favor. Since today is
grandfather''s birthday, I called him over to the Scott Family to add some glory for us. Who knows you...
"Tom stopped without finishing the sentence. The meaning of the expression was self-evident.
He clearly saw that all the people in Scott Family were embarrassed.
"Smack!"
A loud p sound reached to all people''s ears. Zack pped himself hard and scolded, "Damn it! If I
had known that, I would have been the one to buy water that day, and the person who saved Samuel
should have been me as well!"
The others also showed a look of remorse. Last month, when they went back to their hometown to pay
respect to their ancestors, they had run out of water. No one of them was willing to go buy water, so
they asked Tom to do it. However, they never thought that Tom would have a lucky break! If they had
known that they would bump into Samuel if they went to buy water personally, they would not have
missed this opportunity to have a meteoric rise!
Tom was very happy to see how regretful they were. In the past few years, he had been discriminated
against and bullied in the Scott Family. Last month, when he returned to his hometown to worship his
ancestors, everyone left him to do the dirty work alone. Now it seemed like that they were really
regretful.
Elizabeth changed her bad attitude towards Tom and said obsequiously, "Tom, since Samuel owes you
a favor, he won''t refuse your request, will he? Could you call Samuel one day and ask him to introduce
a girl from the Howard Family to Logan? Your brother should consider getting married."
James also said, "Yes, as his brother-inw, you should consider more for him. Your brother always
respects you a lot."
When Tom heard this, he was unhappy. "When did Logan respect me?" He thought.
"Hey, Logan is still young. He is in college now, so he doesn''t need Tom to introduce girls for him!" One
of the elders of the Scott Family gave James and Elizabeth a bad look, then smilingly said to Tom,
"Tom, in fact, I always regard you as a promising man. I often told your parents-inw that you are an
excellent man who will definitely have a bright future, but your parents-inw still do not believe me. As
expected, it turned out that a piece of gold would shine when it''s exposed to the light! Samuel is the
richest person in our H City, and it''s difficult for many people to just see him; however, you can let him
personallye here with a phone call, and he also brings so many gifts over. Tom, you really win
honor for our Scott Family!"
This elder named Victor was Zack''s father and Phoebe''s uncle. His ttery words were pleasing to
ears. People who didn''t know him well would think he really liked Tom.
Then he changed the topic immediately and his smile became even bigger. "Tom, ourpany is in
trouble now. Could you show our plight to the Patriarch of the Howard Family and let him take care of
our Scott Family''s business in the future? We will all appreciate your contributions!"
Tom sneered. In the past, Victor had humiliated him a lot. He called Tom "country bumpkin" and
disdained him from the bottom of his heart. Now that Victor saw that he had a rtionship with Samuel,
he changed to tter him. Tom looked down on this kind of person from the bottom of his heart.
The others did not want to fall behind and they all surrounded Tom to say what they wanted and hoped
that Tom could satisfy them.
Looking at their greedy faces, Tom felt a wave of nausea.
He said awkwardly, "I can''t meet all your needs."
"What? Tom, what do you mean?"
"What?! We indeed took a bad attitude towards you just now, but you shouldn''t be that stingy. We are
your elders at least."
"You saved Samuel''s life and he owes you a great favor, so it would be easy for you to satisfy our
requests. As our son-inw in the Scott Family, you won''t even help us with this little favor?"
They all began to me Tom.
Tom sneered in his heart and continued to pretend to be embarrassed, "Elders, it''s not that I don''t want
to help you, but that I can''t help you. I saved Samuel. He owes me a good favor, but this favor has
been paid off."
Hearing this, they were all stunned.
Tom went on to say, "s. I invited Samuel toe over to celebrate the birthday of grandpa and he
didn''t regard this as repaying me. But you guys drove me away just now, so Samuel became angry. He
once said he would destroy the Scott Family. Just now I called to calm him down, but the favor was
paid off. He is the head of the Howard Family and of mighty power. Thus, he wouldn''te and leave
at my will!"
Their expressions were stiff and they felt as if they had eaten shit. If they had known this result, they
wouldn''t have driven Tom out at all.
Zack thought of something and hurriedly asked, "We don''t want Samuel to pay off the favor, but could
he give back the birthday gifts for grandpa? Since he gave them to grandpa, they would be the
properties of our Scott Family!"
The others also came to their senses. Yes, Samuel sent two century-old ginsengs, Song Dynasty Blue
and White Porcin, an expensive calligraphy collection, and most importantly, ten million dors in
cash! This would be worth twenty or thirty million!
"Did they take back all the birthday gifts?" Tom asked curiously.
"Yes, yes. They''re all taken back. It''s worth twenty or thirty million dors. Tom, make a phone call
quickly and ask Samuel to send the birthday gifts over. How can he take back the gifts?" Victor said
unhappily. His words were echoed by others. Now the Scott Family was very poor. Not to mention
twenty or thirty million dors, two or three million dors would be arge sum.
However, Tom sighed and said, "Elders, how can you let Samuel take back the birthday gifts so easily?
Do you think these gone things coulde back? Anyway, I have nothing to do with Samuel now. He
was impatient with me on the phone just now. I can''t get back the birthday gifts."
"No way..."
"Oh my god, what have we done!"
"Twenty or thirty million dors just disappeared..."
Many of the Scott Family membersined regretfully as if they had lost their parents.
Richard''s face turned red, and he finally couldn''t hold back and pped several Scott Family members
and said, "It''s all your fault! You brats! You embarrassed Tom and even drove him out, then offended
Samuel! Originally, the Scott Family could cling to the Howard Family to gain great benefits, but now
we have nothing. Even my birthday gift was lost, you bastards! I''ll kill you, I''ll kill you all!"
Richard was gutted. He hit Zack and the others in the face like a madman. It was really a great scene.N?vel(D)ra/ma.Org exclusive ? material.
Knowing that Samuel would never talk to Tom again, they thought Tom was useless, so the Scott
Family resumed their bad attitude towards him, and even began toin that Tom did not tell them
about knowing Samuel in advance, wasting a chance to make a fortune!
On the way home, his mother-inw, Elizabeth kept nagging, getting angrier and angrier, and she
poked Tom''s forehead a few times.
Until Phoebe couldn''t stand it any longer, she red at Elizabeth and scolded, "Mom! Can you stop?
From the beginning to the end, Tom didn''t do anything wrong! If Tom hadn''t called Samuel to plead him,
our Scott Family would have been destroyed."
"Hey! Phoebe, who are you supporting? I''m your mother, and you''re still contradicting me?" Elizabeth
scolded with her crossed arms, "Besides, did I say anything wrong? If he had said earlier that he had
saved Samuel''s life, would this happen today? He does not care about this family at all! What''s more,
when you have to sleep with Mr. Cook for us to borrow 20 million dors from him to turnover, Tom was
apathetic. If he has some conscience and was a real man, he shouldn''t be like this! Twenty million
dors for Samuel is just pocket money, isn''t it?!"
Hearing this, Phoebe was also frustrated.