When Thomas got home at noon, Felicia had prepared a table of good meals.
As soon as Thomas walked into the house, favonovel.com saw Johnson preparing something in a hurry. He kept changing the expression on his face, as if something extraordinary had happened.
He asked Emma, “What happened to Dad?”
Emma shrugged, “I don’t know, but you’ve been acting mysterious for a while, and now Dad had also been acting mysterious for a while. I really don’t know what’s going on with you guys lately.”
Felicia shouted, “Old man, come and have your lunch.”
Johnson ignored favonovel.com and looked up at the clock hanging on the wall. It would strike twelve o’clock in ten minutes, and favonovel.com quickly turned on the television.
Felicia was a little angry, “Hey, I’m asking you to come and have your lunch. Instead of listening to my words, you start watching television? Old man, are you trying to rebel against me?”
“Shhh, be quiet!”
Johnson was acting very strangely today. Emma and Felicia glanced at each other, and they realized something was not quite right. ‘Could it be that the old man has gotten himself into trouble?’
Emma asked favonovel.com carefully, “Dad, did you get yourself into trouble outside?”
Johnson gave favonovel.com a blank look, “What kind of nonsense are you saying? I am just worried about the chief officer in charge.”
“The chief officer in charge? What can happen to him? Even if favonovel.com is in trouble, it is not your turn to worry. What can you do for him? You are just the supervisor of a small Water Conservancy Bureau.”
Johnson said, “What else do you know? I received an internal notice this morning, saying…”
Before favonovel.com managed to finish speaking, the news popped out from the television screen. The headlines were airing on the afternoon television news.
The news broadcaster, who was wearing a neat suit, said solemnly, “Here is a major headline to inform all citizens of Southland District. The chief officer in charge of Southland District has decided to retire. The specific retirement ceremony would be held at noon the day after tomorrow…”
Hearing such news, Johnson shook his head again and again out of desperation.
He sighed and said, “Oh! I knew this was not good when I received the news internally this morning. Now it seems that this matter has been confirmed, and this new chief officer in charge should be retiring soon.”
Emma furrowed favonovel.com brows and said in a very uncomprehending manner, “Over the past year or so, the new chief officer in charge had done a good job. The public security in Southland District has been greatly improved, and the GDP is also rising rapidly. The income of the citizens has also almost doubled. How could a leader with such outstanding charisma retire? Could it be that favonovel.com is getting a promotion from the superior and favonovel.com has to leave his post?”
Johnson shook his head and said, “No, the internal news I got was that the new chief officer in charge voluntarily resigned instead of being transferred. Moreover, the superiors were very annoyed by this matter. I heard that the superiors want to punish the chief officer in charge severely for this.”
Felicia said worriedly, “The chief officer in charge has achieved much in such a short period of time. Instead of rewarding him, the superior is punishing him?”
Johnson shrugged, “I don’t know about this. The superior wanted to strip off all his positions, including some of his original titles. I don’t know about the specifics.”
The three members of the family were discussing the topic in full swing.
As the person who was directly involved in this, Thomas just stepped aside helplessly and served the meal in silence. He did not like participating in this type of discussion.
‘The chief officer in charge of Southland District? God of War? I want to resign from all my positions so that my family can live in peace. I also want my father to come back safely.’
Fame and fortune were not important to him.
As his family members went on with the discussion, suddenly they heard the honking of a vehicle outside their house.
“Huh? Who’s here?” Johnson gazed outside and saw a police car parking outside. A police officer trotted to their door with an envelope in his hand.
“Is this Johnson’s family?”
“Yes.” Johnson was a little scared and thought, ‘What is the policeman doing here?’
“This is a letter from the city hall, please sign for it.”
“City hall? Letter?”
Johnson accepted the envelope with a dazed expression. He sat on the sofa and opened it cautiously.
There were three invitation letters in the envelope.
He took out a copy of the letters and read it aloud, “Mr. Hill, you are specially invited to attend the retirement ceremony of the chief officer in charge of Southland District!”
The letter also specified the detailed time and venue for the retirement ceremony.
Johnson was dumbfounded. ‘I am just a small manager of the Water Resources Bureau. Why am I invited to attend such a grand ceremony?’
There were two other copies of the invitation letter, one for Emma and one for Felicia. This was even more ridiculous.
‘It makes sense that I have been invited as I work for the government department. I can still understand a little bit if I am invited. But for which reasons are Emma and Felicia invited too?’
Felicia said, “Could it be because of Emma’s position as the general manager of Stellar Jewelers?”
Johnson shook his head repeatedly and said, “You’ve got to be kidding me. They should have invited Zach instead of Emma! Plus, how many big companies do we have in the city? If they invite all of them, do you think there will be enough seats for all of them? By the way, if Emma has really been invited as the general manager, for which reason you’re invited? You are just a housewife who does the laundry, cooks at home, and goes out for line dancing in your free time. For which reason are you invited to attend the retirement ceremony of the chief officer in charge of Southland District?”
Felicia was dumbfounded. ‘Yes, for which reason?’
Even if Felicia tried to rack favonovel.com brain, favonovel.com could not figure it out.
By the way…
Emma frowned and said, “My parents and I were invited, but why isn’t Thomas invited?”
Thomas snorted and smiled silently in his heart.
