Hearing Quennel''s words, Mrs. Mary Rosenberg still felt uneasy.


    She couldn''t help but press him again, her voice earnest, “Tell me the truth. Did you do this or not?"


    "You''ve been in the Rosenberg family for so many years, you know the elders''


    methods better than anyone. Even if you cover your tracks perfectly, you can''t hide it from them. They have their ways."


    The more Mrs. Mary Rosenberg spoke, the more terrified she became. She gripped his hand tightly. “Just tell me. If you really did it, I''ll take the fall for you. I''ve been married into this family for so long and raised a fine son like you. The elders won''t be too hard on me. At most, they''ll just give me a verbal reprimand.”


    For some reason, based on Lionel''s arrogant attitude earlier, she had a growing feeling that her son might actually be involved.


    But if her son had done it, it felt incredibly strange. How could he not know about the elders'' methods? Why would he do something so foolish just to frame Lionel?


    Yet, thinking about it now, it seemed entirely possible that her son was behind it.


    At this moment, Mrs. Mary Rosenberg was torn,pletely unsure whether to believe her son''s words.


    "Mom, just rx. This really has nothing to do with me. I didn''t do it. I haven''t lied to you before, have I? Besides, what would be my motive for doing this? So don''t overthink it."


    Quennel patted his mother''s hand. Seeing how worried she was, he managed a smallugh, but his eyes held a flicker of suppressed anger.


    He originally thought that after he had his people leak the news to Cherry, she would tell Hannah.


    Hannah would thene and wreak havoc, forcing the elders to finally oust Lionel.


    From their decision to hold a special meeting that day, he had already deduced that the elders were reluctant to get rid of Lionel.


    After all, the man was a rare talent. Although he had made many enemies what if those people secretly recruited Lionel for their ownpanies after he left the Rosenberg family?


    It wasn''t out of the question. Given Lionel''s arrogance, he probably wouldn''t stoop to that, but when a man has no other options, he can endure any humiliation.


    What he hadn''t expected was that after telling Cherry, she would act as if she knew nothing and instead post the whole thing online.


    Not only did it embarrass the elders, but it escted the situation to this point. the elders investigated and found out he was behind the


    Odn''t let his mother take the fall.


    Thinking about it gave him a headache. Both thest incident and this one,


    Hannah''s actions had beenpletely beyond his expectations.


    Was Hannah genuinely unaware of these things, or was she doing this on purpose?


    Logically, things shouldn''t have developed this way.


    Suddenly, a terrifying and bold idea entered his mind.


    Quennel could hardly believe it and quickly pushed the thought away.


    The idea that had just popped into his head was that Hannah might already know he was pulling the strings behind both incidents and was deliberately working against him.


    But he believed he had covered his tracks so well. Logically, it should have been impossible for her to find out.


    Still, he couldn''t exactly go and ask Hannah if she had figured him out, or ask her about anything else for that matter.


    After all, just like Lionel, he was now under surveince.