Chapter 892: Sheldon Floods the Tax Bureau
Christmas Eve.
The final call went to the Coopers' home.
"Mrs. Cooper, Merry Christmas."
"Merry Christmas, Adam!"
On the other end, Sheldon's mother said happily, "I heard you came up with some new cancer treatment. You really are a child of God, blessed by God."
"Thank God."
Adam smiled along with her.
Though the one he truly had to thank was Hades, God and Hades stood in dualistic opposition—two sides of the same coin.
Thanking God was much the same.
"I'll get Shelly for you."
After Mrs. Cooper said a few more missionary phrases like "Believe in God and gain eternal life," she very considerately went to call Sheldon over for Adam.
"Shelly~!"
"Hello."
After quite a while, Sheldon's reluctant voice finally came through.
"Shelly, what's got you so unhappy? Tell us so we can all enjoy it."
Adam teased.
"Don't call me that!"
Sheldon immediately objected. "Shelly is what only my mother and Grandma call me. No one else is allowed to call me that. How could I possibly be happy when I get dragged home on a day like this?"
"Hehe, I forgot you've never liked Christmas."
Adam said that, but he looked quite pleased.
"There is no such thing as Christmas. Jesus was born in summer, and his birthday was later moved to coincide with some pagan traditional holiday..."
"Shelly!!!"
Just as Sheldon was about to repeat his views on Christmas, his enraged, devout mother cut him off with a shout.
"...Happy Newton Day."
Sheldon did not dare disobey his mother and said no more, but he still ended the conversation with a highly representative remark.
Adam smiled.
He knew what Sheldon meant.
The scientific giant Newton had been born on December 25.
Compared with Jesus, whose birthday had been