The Vengeful Son-in-law
Chapter 44

Tonight was the Scott Family's monthly dinner gathering. Zack had been absent-minded and pale-faced, often in a daze and cold sweat.

"Zack, are you sick? You look so pale." Victor asked with a frown.

Zack looked ahead in a daze and did not answer Victor, which made Victor worried. He pressed hishand against Zack's forehead and said in surprise, "Your forehead is so cold. But you are sweating?"When the others heard this, they all turned their heads.

"Ah?" Only then did Zack come to his senses and hurriedly shook his head, "I, I'm fine."

Victor said worriedly, "You said you were fine. But you're sweating. Did something happen?”

"Zack. You have to tell the family."

Zack squeezed out a smile and said, "How can I bump into the bad thing? I just stayed at thecompany last night to work overtime and accidentally stayed up all night. I'll be fine if I rest earlytonight. Don't worry."

When Victor heard this, he frowned slightly and was a little suspicious. After all, Zack was his sonand he knew his son's character very well since his childhood. Zack was lazy by nature. He oftenskipped classes at school and went to work once in a while after graduation. He didn't seem to bethe person who could stay in the company all night working overtime.

However, Zack did come home very late these days. He had not returned home all night last night.Victor once thought that Zack had hung out with his friends, but now it seemed that hemisunderstood Zack.

For a moment, he was filled with joy, thinking Zack had finally become mature. He patted Zack onthe shoulder and said, "Work is indeed important. But you have to pay attention to your health. Youcan't burn yourself out, okay?"

Others also added, "Yes, Zack, you are now the soul of our Scott Family, and we, the Scott Family,are still waiting for you to be carried forward."

Zack was cheered up by their praises. A smile appeared on his face again. He was not as decadentas before.

On Phoebe's side, she was not in a state of mind either. She had been absent-minded and frowned.Frankly speaking, she didn't want to come over for the family dinner tonight. Now that she sawRichard, Victor, and others’ ugly faces, she felt disgusted. But her father James kept urging her tocome. Though she was reluctant, she had to come.

She didn't tell Tom about this because she thought there was no need. What if she told Tom? CouldTom play any role?

Seeing that she was so unhappy, Tom gently cared for her and asked if she had encounteredsomething unhappy, but Phoebe ignored him. After he said a few more words, she becameimpatient with him. "Tom, you are annoying! I said I was okay. Besides, even if I'm really bullied, canyou help me?"

Two days ago in the family conference room, she was deprived of her shares in the company andkicked out of the board of directors. She was still in a bad mood. Being asked by Tom several times,she was even more agitated. Her voice became louder, which made many Scott Family membershear it and sneer.

"Look, isn't this James's useless son-in-law? Why was he scolded by Phoebe again? Haha..."

"Haha, isn't this their routine? Phoebe was kicked out of the board of directors two days ago, andnow she can't do anything but vent her anger on him and blame him. What a pair of weirdos.”

"It's a shame to see them. A useless husband who hasn't been able to replace a job for four years. Askittish woman who sleeps with men. Perfect match. Hahaha..."

"It is a perfect match.”

"Speaking of which, this is our Scott Family dinner gathering. Why is he here as a son-in-law?""Because he's shameless. I heard that he often eats leftovers at home. Now that he has the chanceto come to a big hotel to have a good meal, he is eager to come. Will he care his face?"

Many Scott Family members mocked Phoebe and Tom and thought it was fun to make fun of them.In this regard, Phoebe looked even more unhappy. She became even more disgusted and impatientwith Tom. She also felt that Tom was too shameless. As a member of the Scott Family, she didn'twant to come over for the family dinner tonight. But Tom who was just son-in-law was willing tocome over. He obviously knew that he would be laughed at but he came over anyway.

Now she missed the chairman of ZQ company more and more. If Chairman ZQ came to such aplace, he would definitely make all of them shut up, kneel down and lick his shoes respectfully,right?

Unfortunately, she didn't even get his contact information.

Thinking of this, she could not help but sigh a long sigh, feeling even more depressed.

Tom did not take the ridicule of the Scott Family too seriously. He came to the Scott Family dinnertoday purely to accompany Phoebe, or else he would not come here. As for the meal? That waseven funnier. The meal in Juyaxuan that Malcolm invited him to the day before yesterday was muchmore high-end than tonight's dinner.

But when he heard the useful information, he immediately frowned and said to Phoebe, "Phoebe,were you kicked out of the board of directors? Why? Isn't it mainly because of your contributionthat the Scott Family can come back from the dead this time?"

Tom felt grief for Phoebe.

He was very angry. The 20 million he lent to the Scott Family was all for Phoebe's sake. If it weren'tfor Phoebe, he would have taken care of the Scott Family.

Hearing this, Phoebe's eyes suddenly turned red and she felt even more aggrieved. "So what if itwas my credit? Now they have gotten rid of me as soon as I had done my job. Not only did theykick me out of the board of directors, but they also took back 10% shares that they had promisedus. Now, they also said that I was skittish and slept with the chairman of ZQ, which ruined thereputation of the Scott Family."

"What!" Hearing this, Tom immediately became angry. He suddenly stood up and said angrily, "Howcan they bite the hand that feeds one like this? No, I have to argue with them.”

"What are you doing? Come back here!" James grabbed him and glared at him. "Don't make thingsworse!"

Elizabeth also said, "Tom, you are just a son-in-law who lives in our home. You don't have yourability, do you? If you argue with them, my 5 % shares will be lost! When we don't have thedividends, you will be waiting to suffer hunger and poverty!"

Phoebe was a little touched at first, feeling that Tom was caring about her. Now that she heard herparents’ words, she was completely not touched. She felt that Tom was not smart at all and couldnot do anything right.

Tom said anxiously, "But we can't let them bully us for nothing. It's too unfair for Phoebe.”

Phoebe said coldly, "Then what else can we do? Do you want to argue with them? Then we willsuffer more humiliation, and they will even drive us out of the family? Tom, you're in your twenties.Can you be more mature and make less trouble for me?"

Tom felt very uncomfortable, but could not say anything.

From this Scott Family dinner, it could be known that the James family had been isolated. They wereplaced in a corner. No other Scott Family members wanted to come over to sit beside them. Theywere also served fewer dishes than the others.

In this case, James was a coward. He was dissatisfied but did not dare to complain.

As for the top table, all the Scott Family toasted Zack and did not hesitate to praise Zack.

But at this moment, Victor received a phone call, and suddenly his expression changed. He stood upabruptly and cried out involuntarily, "What did you say?! Is the news accurate? When did it happen?Explain it to me!”

The others were startled by his action. Zack trembled all over. His happy expression froze. And thenhe became panicked and almost fell to the ground.