Chapter 596: The Cunning Child

Afterward, Elliot was heard asking, "Are you talking to me? Why should I listen to you?"

"You unwanted child! How dare you glare at me?"

"Felix, do you dare to face me alone? Have you got the guts to step in here by yourself?"

"Why would I be afraid?"

A few recorded sentences sufficed to reveal the day's events. Felix, Miranda, and the others hadn't anticipated Elliot's recording.

"That's a fake recording! Fake!" Felix cried to Niel. "Great-grandpa, this unwanted child is deceiving you."

"Unwanted child"—the recording's damning phrase. Even if Niel favored Felix, this eliminated any justification.

"Mr. and Mrs. Leighton, you all heard it, didn't you? Felix started the trouble," Niel stated.

Miranda's parents, seeking justice for Felix, naturally rejected this conclusion.

Derek scoffed. "What can a few recorded sentences prove? The child might have manipulated Felix, recorded it, and played it back. He's clearly cunning!"

The Leightons were masters of deception. Cecilia regretted confronting them.

"Are you suggesting a four-year-old faked a recording? Absurd!" Cecilia said icily.

"Who knows? Maybe his mother taught him," Miranda retorted.

Elliot's slander extended to Cecilia. Cecilia started to argue, but Nathaniel stopped her.

A bodyguard approached with a flash drive. It revealed the events at the mansion entrance, the audio mirroring Elliot's recording.

The crux of the matter was Nathaniel playing the recorded phone call between Miranda and the driver. Miranda knew Felix was confronting Elliot and not only failed to intervene but encouraged the confrontation.

Silence followed the revelations. Nathaniel's quiet voice intimidated everyone. "Is there anything else you want to make a fuss about?"

Faced with irrefutable evidence, Derek and Velma were speechless.

Nathaniel continued, "Since you understand, perhaps someone should start kneeling."

Felix retreated, pleading with Niel. Niel intervened. "Let's drop it, Nathaniel. Felix just left the hospital."

Nathaniel found this amusing. "Felix doesn't need to apologize because he just left the hospital. How about Eli? Hasn't Eli also just left the hospital?" His intention wasn't an apology.

"Adrian and Miranda, I offer you a choice. One of you kneels, or Felix does," Nathaniel said.

Terrified, Felix trembled. "Uncle Nathaniel, please don't be angry. Mom told me to…"

"You're talking nonsense!" Miranda exclaimed. "Nathaniel, it's inappropriate for us to kneel to someone younger. I'll guide Felix better."

Miranda had no intention of kneeling. Who does Nathaniel think he is? she thought.

"Are you sure you won't kneel?" Nathaniel pressed.

Miranda refused to answer. Adrian was sterner. "Nathaniel, don't push your luck. We tolerate you only because you're blind."