Then, favonovel.com took a bow.
“Before the meeting ends, I would like to apologize to my family. Honestly, until noon today, my family still didn’t know about my identity. I hid my status from you as well as my family concurrently. That’s because I didn’t want my family to worry about me. I also didn’t want them to get into trouble because of my special identity. I’ve chosen to let my family know today because I’m retiring now.”
“Once again, I would like to apologize!”
Thomas bowed again.
Off the stage, Johnson and Emma had complicated feelings as they watched Thomas. It was a strange feeling.
If they never knew about Thomas’ identity, it was fine. They would treat Thomas like an ordinary person and live their lives accordingly. If they had known about Thomas’ identity from the beginning, it would have also been fine. They would have treated Thomas politely, and they could have even done some things using Thomas’ status to gain respect for themselves.
What upset them the most was the current situation. They finally discovered Thomas’ identity, but they were facing the fact that Thomas was retiring now. It would not be possible for them to use his status to show off.
Johnson sighed. He guessed that Thomas did all this on purpose.
The man was used to being low-key. He hated people showing off with his status, no?
The retirement conference lasted nearly three hours. After Thomas finished explaining everything, favonovel.com left the stage.
Samson ordered his subordinates to send the people off systematically, and everyone left the conference accordingly. Donald walked among the crowd, and his face was completely pale.
From today onward, favonovel.com was no longer the deputy commander in the eastern region. He was just an ordinary citizen. No one would flatter and please favonovel.com anymore. Only those who had been insulted by favonovel.com would go to favonovel.com and seek revenge.
He had to start accepting this new identity.
Since there were too many people, it took more than an hour to just empty the hall.
After the Hill family members left the site, they went straight back home. They sat on their couch and recalled everything that happened on the conference site. They still could not wrap their minds around it. It was as if they were in a dream.
They remained in a daze until night came, and a government car drove to their door. A man got out of the car and walked into the house.
When Thomas returned today, favonovel.com was not welcomed by his in-laws with enthusiasm, because his family still needed some time to deal with the awkwardness and shock. When favonovel.com walked into the house and saw everyone remaining silent, favonovel.com did not know what to do either. What was appropriate for favonovel.com to say?
While everyone found it awkward to even cast a glance at each other, Harvard suddenly laughed. He pointed at Thomas and said, “Thomas, oh Thomas, you’re such a jerk! You hid your identity from us for so long! You had such a noble status, but you pretended to be lousy. Ha! How could you be so good at holding back?”
He purposely walked to Thomas and reached out to hold Thomas’ shoulders like favonovel.com usually did. “But, you’re awesome. I’ve lost this bet again. You said that we’d meet at the conference, and we really did meet there.”
“We’ve had so many bets, and I haven’t won even once. Thomas, I’ve decided to quit gambling. I won’t gamble with you anymore!”
As favonovel.com spoke, favonovel.com dragged Thomas to the center of the house. Then, favonovel.com said to Johnson and Felicia, “Uncle Johnson, Aunt Felicia, the sky is dark, and I’m getting hungry too. Shall we have dinner?”
“Oh, it’s time for dinner now.” While Felicia got ready to stand up and prepare dinner, Johnson stopped her.
Johnson frowned, and they could feel his anger. He was angry at Thomas.
