The Vengeful Son-in-law
Chapter 55

Tom opened his mouth and tried to persuade Phoebe to stay, but he couldn't shout out. He slappedhimself hard and scolded himself for being a fool. He was so careless that he didn't know that heshall deal with the smell before he came back. "Tom, where's your brain?" He thought.

Tom was very upset, but there was nothing he could do. Now that Phoebe was obviously angry, itwas useless for him to go in and explain. Instead, if he did that, it would be counterproductive. Itseemed that only when Phoebe’s anger subsided tomorrow could he explain to Phoebe properly.But on the other hand, it's not a bad thing. At least it meant that Phoebe still cared about him,right?

After taking a shower, Tom continued to live in the living room. He finally got the chance to go backto the room to sleep two days ago, but in less than a day, he was kicked out again. What a failure.Tonight, Tom lost sleep again. He didn't fall asleep until after three o'clock in the night. The next day,he was sleeping soundly. He was slapped and suddenly woke up. Then he heard his mother-in-law'svoice. "Tom. Damn it. It's already three o'clock in the day. You're still sleeping here. Pigs aren't aslazy as you. Get up!"

Tom shuddered when he heard this voice. He quickly sat up and rubbed his eyes. He saw two otherpeople in the room besides his mother-in-law, looking at him with disdain and ridicule.

He recognized them immediately. These were relatives of his mother-in-law Elizabeth's familymembers. Why did they come here today?

He looked at the time. It was only eight o'clock now.

"Elizabeth, why is your son-in-law sleeping in the living room? Shouldn't he sleep with Phoebe?" Amiddle-aged woman asked.

Elizabeth said, "What a damn son-in-law? He's just trash who lives in his wife's parents’ home. Hehas no status in our family. How can Phoebe sleep with him?"

One of the middle-aged men smiled and said, "That's it. You got a son-in-law who lives in his wife'sparents’ home. And he comes here as a servant. He specializes in helping you with the housework,right? You have a good idea.”

Elizabeth was not ashamed but felt proud. She nodded and said, "Of course, he usually does all thehousework in our house. He's better than a nanny. Three meals a day is enough for him."

In the past, Elizabeth would not ridicule Tom like this in front of her family members, not to mentionthat Tom helped them cheer up at the family dinner the night before and take back their deprivedshares. However, it was later that she realized that Malcolm had only respected Tom for the sake ofthe Howard Family. Now that this favor had been used, Malcolm would never talk to Tom again. Inother words, Tom was still the useless son-in-law and nothing had changed.

And when she got up this morning, she saw Phoebe had dark circles under the eyes and didn't sleepwell. After asking, she found out that Tom, trash, had actually gone out drinking and playing lastnight, and even brought a bad smell to the house! At that moment, she was angry. In her opinion, itwas a gift to Tom as they gave Tom a bite to eat. Tom should be loyal to the Scott Family as a royaldog.

It was unforgivable for him to run out and go on the racket.

If it weren't for the presence of outsiders, she would have wanted to beat Tom up to vent her anger.When the guests heard Elizabeth's words, they all burst into laughter. The house was filled with joy."Elizabeth, I think Phoebe is still young, beautiful, and in good condition. She can't live with thattrash for the rest of her life, can she? I happen to know a few young men in my unit who are single,good-looking, and have a good family background. I can introduce them to Phoebe." Elizabeth'sbrother, Wilson, said with a smile.

"Yes, Elizabeth. Phoebe is such a good girl. It's a waste to be with a useless husband.” Wilson's wifeadded.

Elizabeth showed some embarrassment and sighed, "How could I not know this? But the ScottFamily refused. This girl, Phoebe, has been good at business since she was a child. Before shegraduated from college, she went to work at the company of the Scott Family, creating a lot ofvalue. The reason why Phoebe got the son-in-law who lives in his wife's parents’ house was that theScott Family raised her as a son and didn't allow her to marry out."

Indeed, it was mainly because of this that Phoebe had recruited Tom as her husband. She was atalented person in business. At that time, there was no one in the Scott Family who could shoulderthe responsibility. Zack was a typical playboy who could not bear to be of great use and it seemedthat the Scott Family was going to have no successors. In a fit of anger, Richard let Phoebe recruither husband and raised her husband as a grandson.

Otherwise, with Phoebe's beauty, she would never have married Tom.

However, after Phoebe got Tom, she originally thought that she could really inherit the Scott Family.Later, she found out that this was just a way for Richard to provoke Zack to work hard. At that time,Phoebe was heartbroken for a long time.

In fact, there were plenty of examples like this in society. Many daughters of big corporations gotmarried by recruiting a husband. Otherwise, if their daughters get married, their daughters wouldnot belong to their family anymore. And it would be too bad if they could not separate their familyproperty.

Elizabeth saw Tom eavesdropping and immediately glared at him and scolded, "Why are you stillstanding there? Don't you hurry up and come back to pour tea and water!"

"Oh." Tom nodded quickly, went to wash up, and came back to pour tea and water for the guests.When Sammy saw Elizabeth giving orders to Tom like giving order to a servant, she said enviously,"Elizabeth. He does whatever you want him to do. He is so obedient.”

"Of course. He depends on me to live." Elizabeth said proudly.

At this moment, Phoebe's door was opened and Phoebe came out. She was already awake. She wasputting on makeup in the room. When she heard that Elizabeth was speaking too much and goingtoo far, she couldn't bear to listen. She walked out and said to Elizabeth unhappily, "Mom, can youstop say? Tom is a person, not a dog."

Elizabeth said, "Am 1 wrong? I am the one who feeds him, or else could he stay alive?"

Then she said to Tom, who was washing up in the bathroom, "Hurry up. I'm waiting for you to maketea!”

Tom had no choice but to speed up and come out quickly to make tea for everyone.

After a few words, the doorbell rang. Sammy's eyes lit up immediately and she said in surprise, "Itmust be Duncan. Tom, open the door for Duncan.”

Tom nodded and went to open the door. He saw a fat man with neatly combed hair and a suit. Helooked like a real estate agent standing at the door. When he saw Tom, he walked in without sayinghello and he pushed Tom away without any manners.

When Elizabeth saw this man, she said, "Duncan, you're here. I just heard from your parents thatyou've been rich recently.”

Duncan didn't realize that he was the guest. He walked in casually and sat down in the main seat.He picked up the teacup on the table and drank it. He said proudly, "I didn't earn much either. It'sjust a few hundred thousand dollars.”

Elizabeth immediately became envious and gave Duncan a thumbs-up. "Awesome! I heard you're inthe Entertainment Industry now?"

Duncan chuckled and couldn't hide the pride on her face. He said, "Sort of. I went to the ZQ Media awhile ago. This is our biggest film and television company in H City. A lot of popular stars arepropagandized by it."