The wound looked quite vicious. If it was a little further down, the person would have died.
‘Looks like this wound must be the reason behind Samuel’s hostility toward Johnson,’ Thomas thought.
As expected, Samuel raised his voice and said, “Back then, Johnson and I were classmates. He offended a group of young rascals in the society. After school, favonovel.com was held up in front of the school gate and did not have the guts to fight nor flee. It’s me who protected favonovel.com from those young rascals. It’s me who bought favonovel.com the time to escape from the rascals. Because of this, I was stabbed by one of the gangsters.”
“Everyone, look at this. This was the wound that remained as a result of the event in the past. If I wasn’t fortunate enough, I would have been dead! A few more inches closer, and my life would be gone. But even so, I remained in bed for half a year.”
He buttoned back his shirt.
Samuel gazed at Johnson and said, “Johnson, have you forgotten everything that happened back then? Now that you have found a rich son-in-law, you decided to start ignoring me? Very well, very well then!”
Johnson put up an innocent face and said, “No, Mr. White. I am not ignoring you at all.”
“Then why did you strike my son and throw favonovel.com out of your house?!”
In the face of Samuel’s accusation, Johnson became speechless.
Everyone at the scene went silent.
Only then did Emma realize the kind of relationship favonovel.com father shared with Samuel. No wonder Johnson was cowering before Samuel. After all, Samuel was favonovel.com father’s life-saver, a favor that could not be repaid in a lifetime.
Samuel sighed and said, “Now I have come here, not to ask you for any favors. But I have come to seek justice.”
Johnson asked, “What kind of justice do you want?”
Samuel said, “Johnson, don’t say I’m unreasonable. Now I will give you two solutions. First, you will repay the one stab that you owed me back then.”
‘How could this be repaid? Did favonovel.com want to see Johnson stabbing himself? At his age, how could one walk away from a stab wound?’
Even a young man could not guarantee his survival.
Johnson smiled in an awkward manner and said, “How can I repay a single stab in such a way? You just tell me the second solution directly.”
Samuel snorted three times and spoke in a deep voice, “The second way is to have your son-in-law kneel down and grovel before my son to repent for his mistake!”
“But…”
Everyone at the scene was dumbfounded. Obviously, Samuel wished to regain his son’s dignity.
Nathan had been injured and thrown out of the gate. Samuel had long forgotten his grudge anyway, and favonovel.com was determined to do his son a favor. As long as Thomas was willing to grovel and repent, Samuel would be able to earn back his dignity.
At the dining table, everyone was showing a gloomy expression.
Harvard was the first one to jump up and said, “Hey, old man, you are asking for too much. Although you once saved my uncle, that shouldn’t be an excuse for your overbearing attitude! Obviously, your son had brought this upon himself, but now you are forcing my brother-in-law to apologize. Are you out of your mind?”
Samuel raised his head, “Johnson, is this how the Hill family conducts itself?”
Johnson pressed Harvard’s hand down and muttered to him, “Sit down.”
Harvard sat down begrudgingly, having been thoroughly offended by Samuel.
Johnson squeezed out a smile and asked, “Mr. White, isn’t it always better to lose an enemy than to make one? Just let Thomas apologize to you by toasting a glass of wine to him. It is too much to ask favonovel.com to grovel.”
Samuel slammed on the table. “Too much?!”
“You struck my son, and you plan to apologize by toasting to him? Is having a drink a form of punishment? It’s a form of reward! Johnson, you’re really an ungrateful person. Is this how you treat someone who has saved your life?”
Johnson no longer knew how to respond. It was absolutely impossible to ask Thomas to grovel before Nathan. However, it seemed like Samuel was not backing down and it had placed Johnson in a dilemma.
At that moment, Nathan broke the silence and said, “Groveling is indeed a bit harsh. Drinking a glass of wine is acceptable.”
Johnson’s eyes were glimmering with hope, “Oh, Nathan. Thanks for being so understanding.”
He thought Nathan was trying to resolve the difficult situation, but it turned out to be the other way round.
Nathan waved favonovel.com off and said, “Let me finish off my statement here.”
After a short pause, favonovel.com continued saying, “What my dad said just now makes sense too. How could it be considered a form of punishment if we ask Thomas to drink a glass of wine? It’s too light on him! Therefore, this glass of wine should not be drunk by Thomas.”
His eyes were divulging a malicious intention, and everyone felt a chill in their spine.
Harvard tried to set things right and took the initiative to raise his wine glass and said, “Then let me drink on behalf of Thomas. So, let’s resolve this matter, alright?”
Nathan sneered, “You? You are a big boss here. I can’t afford to offend you.”
Finally, Thomas spoke up after remaining silent for a while, “Then, who do you want to drink this glass of wine on your behalf?”
Nathan looked at Thomas, and his gaze slowly shifted to Emma who was just beside Thomas. He curled his lips and said, “I want Emma to drink a few glasses of wine to apologize to me. I’m sure this won’ t be too much, right?”
‘What!’
A blaze of anger flashed across Thomas’ face. Everyone could see that his eyes had gradually turned blood-red. A killing intent arose in him.
Harvard started yelling, “You dare to act this indecently in our Hill family’s home? Darn it, I’ll kill you!”
“Harvard, stop!” Johnson immediately stopped Harvard who had shot up to his feet.
The scene became a bit chaotic.
