Thomas Mayo left silently as if favonovel.com had nothing to do with the rescue operation that was carried out just now. Aries quickly followed behind him.
While they were on their way back to the company, Aries asked out of curiosity, “I did not expect you enlist hundreds of helicopters using the Power of Almighty for a rescue mission, commander.”
Thomas said calmly, “I have to take action since human lives are at stake.”
“But…” Aries said, “You did save the Martin Family, commander. Arthur Martin is the head of the family that had grudges with us in the past.”
Thomas replied, “There are no eternal enemies in this world, only eternal benefits. The Martin family only went against us because we were used by the Gomez family. We are no longer under their control. Furthermore, we are officially in a war. with the Gomez family. If the Martin family decides to mess with us again, they are better off dead. Therefore, it is necessary to ease up our relationship with the Martin family.”
Aries nodded, agreeing with what Thomas said.
If they were to be attacked by both the Gomez and Martin family at the same time, even Hercules would have a hard time surviving. Moreover, Sterling Technology had basically been emptied out. Everything looked like they were normal from the outside, but the same cannot be said of the inside. Absolutely nothing else must happen to Sterling Technology.
“Hold on for a second, something is not right…” Aries asked suddenly, “Since it is within our interest to ease up our relationship with the Martin family, why did you not reveal your identity just now? Would it not be better for us if the Martin family owe us a favor and at the same time, see us in a better light?”
That was indeed what an ordinary person would do. But Thomas was not any ordinary person. After the rescue mission has been completed, Thomas chose to ‘stay anonymous’ and left silently.
In this case, how would Arthur know that his savior was from Sterling Technology? How would that ease up their relationship with the Martin family?
Aries did not understand.
Thomas laughed. He did not answer the question directly but instead, favonovel.com asked, “Aries, have you heard of the story of a good samaritan?”
Aries nodded. “The good samaritan assisted the noble of a kingdom and saved his family.”
Thomas said, “That is right, the good samaritan remained anonymous at that time. All favonovel.com did was save the noble and his family, and leave without a word. Since the noble did not know who his savior was, favonovel.com always kept his savior in his mind. In honor of his savior, favonovel.com had an honorary plate made to remind himself of his savior.
“As the matter was left alone for a very long time, the matter regarding his savior bothered favonovel.com a lot. Until one day, favonovel.com finally met his savior. He immediately promoted his savior as an official.”
Aries suddenly understood everything. “You are playing cat and mouse, commander! You did not save Arthur’s family for nothing, but instead you want more than just a mere reward. What you have your eyes on is not the two million dollars reward, but the entire Martin family as an alliance!”
He was right.
Thomas looked out of the car window. “Perhaps today’s fire was destined to happen. If we can grasp this opportunity and form an alliance with the Martin family, we will have a higher success rate against the Gomez family.”
The car continued on the road.
Moments later, Aries asked, “When do you plan to let Arthur know that it was you who saved his family, commander?”
“Hmmm… This must be planned carefully. We need a deliberate plan which allows Arthur to take the initiative to offer us a ‘repayment’.”
‘Repayment?’
Aries smiled. He knew what Thomas wanted to do. “Leave this matter to me, commander. I will gather more information and come up with a good plan.”
“Alright.”
Thomas leaned on the car while the cold wind blew on his face. His mind was working on forming a plan.
***
Seven days later.
Luxurious sports cars stopped one after another at the entrance of Autumn Rain Hotel. Those who came with the sports car and entered the hotel wore red and green tuxedos and leather shoes. It seemed like they were all from the upper class of society.
