With that, the entire room fell silent.
Amos and Heather were stunned. The two of them looked at Ian at the same time. "Ian, what do you mean?"
Joel looked at Ian in confusion.
Ian lowered his eyes and said slowly, "Back then, when I handed the position of the family head to Joel, I hesitated to formally adopt Joel under my own name. Now that I think about it, it would have been better to adopt him. This way, at the very least, it would've shut your stupid mouths. Not just anyone can mock my successor!"
His domineering attitude stunned Amos and Heather.
In the past, when Ian raised Joel by his side, the two of them were worried that Ian would not accept Joel. They had asked for adoption before, but Ian said that he was just a nephew.
They were all members of The Smith family. Whether they went through with the adoption or not was only a formality.
However, the two of them did not expect Ian to change his tune now.
