"If Lionel hadn''t confessed, we would have never discovered his partnership with Cherry," Elder Yong was the first to speak.


    This was something they truly hadn''t anticipated.


    Although they had confiscated Lionel''s phone, they hadn''t investigated its contents.


    After all, the initial goal was simply to prevent Lionel from contacting the outside world and stirring up trouble.


    But now that Lionel had brought it up, they had to investigate the phone''s contents!


    "Notify the person in charge of the phone. Have them investigate his past chat history with Cherry and print everything out."


    Elder Hong immediately gave the order, understanding its critical importance.


    Given Lionel and Cherry''s previous coboration, it was possible this entire incident had been nned in advance.


    "After what Lionel said today, I''m suddenly starting to think this whole affair might have nothing to do with him after all."


    Mr. Michael Rosenberg finally said after a long, thoughtful silence.


    Previously, he had been deeply suspicious of Lionel, convinced he was behind it.


    After all, he was the cause of so many incidents recently, one after another.


    He had even been responsible for some incredibly foolish acts.


    So it wasn''t a stretch to suspect he was behind this too, aiming to stir up public opinion and make everyone think the Rosenberg family was heartless for trying to kick him out.


    He was likely trying to use public pressure to secure his ce in the family.


    But now, Lionel had openly and frankly admitted his prior coboration with Cherry.


    It suggested that this particr incident really had nothing to do with him.


    Unless he was so skilled at deception that he was certain they couldn''t uncover the truth, which gave him the audacity to confess so brazenly.


    From what they knew of Lionel, while he was a formidable businessman, he wasn''t particrly adept at this kind of intrigue.


    So, after his confession today, the suspicion on Lionel had genuinely lessened.


    Before long, the chat logs between Lionel and Cherry were retrieved.


    The three elders gathered around to examine the contents.


    Just as Lionel had imed, his coboration with Cherry was solely to find out more about Hannah. Nothing else was discussed.


    No other matters were involved.


    "Could it be that Lionel really wasn''t behind this? Have we


    misunderstood him?" Mr. Edward Rosenberg put down the papers and sighed deeply. "Could we have been wrong about him?"


    Mr. Michael Rosenberg replied, “I''m thinking the same thing. Lionel has done so many foolish things in the past that when this happened it was hard not to suspect him.


    immediately."


    So many incidents had been linked to Lionel that whenever something new


    urred, everyone''s first instinct was to suspect him.


    They couldn''t be med for it; it just spoke to Lionel''s poor reputation.


    "Then could it be Quennel and his mother? What could their motive possibly be?”


    Elder Hong tossed the papers onto the table.


    "This has nothing to do with


    Quennel, so why would he get involved? He grew up in the Rosenberg family, he can''t be ignorant of the consequences of such an act!"


    Mr. Edward Rosenberg thought it over carefully, but he couldn''te up with any benefit for Quennel to do something like this.


    As for his mother, her involvement was even less likely. Any action she took would only cast suspicion back onto Quennel.