On the stage, Darcy raised his head while he looked at Thomas with contempt. He relished the feeling of looking down on people from a superior position.However, Thomas’ expression remained unchanged.Darcy misunderstood that as Thomas not daring to speak out of fear, so he provoked Thomas. “Sorry, I’m a very straightforward person. If I’ve hurt your fragile dignity, I really apologize.“Actually, I know why you’re here today. You just want to extort money from me for your brother’s death, right?“I’ve seen a lot of people like you.”Darcy shrugged and added, “Nevertheless, I can still give you some money. As long as you’re willing to say ‘Scott Mayo deserves to die’ thrice in front of everyone, I’ll agree to give you… hmm… five thousand dollars. Deal?”It was a humiliation.It was a complete humiliation!The people offstage laughed. Everyone was laughing so hard that their bodies shook. Some of them even spat the alcohol out of their mouths because they had burst into laughter

After they entered the hotel lobby, they saw that fine dining banquet tables had been neatly arranged.The people who came and left were dressed in luxurious outfits with fancy jewelry. They were also holding glasses of wine while having happy conversations.Emma led Thomas to a table at the center of the hall and smiled as she spoke to an old man. “Grandpa!”The old man was the current head of the Hill family, Richard Hill.He narrowed his eyes. “Hello, Emma. Why have you only arrived now? I’ve been waiting for you in agony. Come on, have a seat.”When he turned around, he saw Thomas beside Emma. “Who is this?” he asked in confusion.Emma lowered her head and responded with a lack of confidence, “He’s my husband, Thomas Mayo.”“Oh?”Richard sized Thomas up before he said, “I heard that you joined the army. I didn’t expect you to be back today. Come, have a seat.”“Thank you, Grandpa.”As soon as Thomas sat down, Harvard Hill sarcastically questioned him from across the tab

At the family dinner, a lot of people kept flattering Donald, one after another, and they were very friendly.Meanwhile, nobody looked at Thomas properly from start to finish.Emma, who was sitting beside him, also felt humiliated. There were a few times that she wanted to get up and leave because she was really embarrassed about being in that place again.At that moment, Thomas’ phone rang.“Excuse me, I need to answer this call.”After Thomas walked out of the room, he answered the call, and Samson’s voice came from the other end of the line.“Boss, we’ve received the document. They want you to take over as chief officer and be in charge of three cities. You will have to attend the succession ceremony.”“You know how I am. I don’t like these types of formalities. I can take over as the chief officer in charge, but just cancel the succession ceremony,” Thomas answered indifferently. “Hmm… it’s been fixed by our superiors. Boss, it won’t be easy to cancel this.”“You can atte

A row of them walked toward the building’s main entrance in order.There were a few dozen guards at the main entrance, and the guards in the innermost row were armed. It was a sign that the people who went there today were of high status.Donald and the other two approached the building’s entrance, followed by Thomas and Emma.A few of them were stopped by the guards at the door at the same time.“Please present your identity card.”Harvard arrogantly passed his identity card to the guard before he turned around and gazed at Thomas. “Look carefully, this isn’t a place where people like you can visit.”The guard scanned his identity card with the machine, and a very obvious, big red “X” was instantly shown.The armed guards immediately came over and stopped Harvard.Harvard was so terrified that his complexion turned pale. “Hey, what’s happening?”The guard directly returned his identity card. “You’ve been blacklisted. You’re forbidden from entering the building. Please leave.”

Samson spoke passionately for a long time on stage. After he finally finished his speech, he left the stage.The host held the microphone and said to everyone in the hall, “The event today has ended. Please exit in an orderly fashion.”The host asked them to leave, but many people still remained in their seats.After a bunch of people left, a man went on stage with a gift. He chuckled while he said to the host, “I’m Rayden Haynes, the General Manager of Victory Heavy Industry. I’ve prepared a small gift to welcome the chief officer in charge. Please pass this to him.”He opened the box, and a ginseng root that had been aged for ten years was visible. It was very pricey!The host nodded. “Don’t worry, I’ll pass it to him.”“Thank you very much.”As soon as Raiden walked down the stage, a second man walked up the stage. People went up one after another to relay their “sincerity” to the host and request that the host hand their gifts to the chief officer.People gave him gold, pea