My request to stay was only a rebuke from Alanna.

After the rebuke, she rolled her eyes at me impatiently, but she had no intention of staying.

“I have an urgent matter. Take good care of Godfrey.”

The urgent matter she mentioned was just to accompany Humphrey and his son.

Seeing her walk to the door to change shoes, without even opening the door to look at Godfrey, I couldn’t help but clench my fists.

“Alanna, do you like being a cheap mother to others so much?”

Alanna turned her head and looked at me, narrowing her eyes dangerously.

“Jordan, stop being mean. Willard is such a well-behaved and simple child, worthy of my love!”

So, Godfrey and I were not worthy?

Watching her slam the door without hesitation, I sneered in my heart.

In this case, Alanna, you were not worthy of my mercy!

That night, I did not go back to the master bedroom but squeezed in a little bed with my son.

He listened to my stories and told me secrets and for the first time, he did not mention Alanna.

I knew that he, like me many years ago, had completely given up on Alanna.

In fact, as early as when Humphrey returned to Agoburg and Alanna left me with a fever to meet him at the airport, I didn’t want her as a person.

But Godfrey didn’t want us to divorce. He didn’t want to be a child from a single-parent family, nor did he want to lose his mother.

I refused to divorce Alanna because I didn’t want Godfrey’s growth to be affected.

But I didn’t expect that Alanna’s preference for Humphrey and his son would be to the point of hurting her own son.

I touched Godfrey’s little face with pity and felt that I owed him a lot.

The next day, it rained heavily in the whole city.

The rare silence at the table made Alanna a little uncomfortable.

Alanna coughed uncomfortably, touched Godfrey’s head and said, “Godfrey, can mom take you to school today?”

Hearing this, my fingers that were contacting the taxi stopped.

Godfrey was not as happy as Alanna imagined, but just looked at the heavy rain outside the window in silence and nodded calmly.

This attitude made Alanna frown, stood up with a bang and dragged me to the kitchen.

“Jordan, did you say bad things about me to your son?”

“No.”

I shook her hand away impatiently.

Alanna snorted and laughed. “If you didn’t, how could Godfrey treat me like this? He used to like talking to me the most.”

I chuckled.

Yes, Godfrey used to like talking to her the most.

Every time at breakfast, he would chatter with her about what he saw and heard.

But how did Alanna react to it?

Her patience with Godfrey never exceeded ten minutes and she would frown and teach Godfrey a lesson.

“Godfrey, don’t talk while eating or sleeping. Follow the rules at the table.”

Every time Godfrey heard this, he always fell silent with a disappointed look on his face.

Alanna never thought that behind Godfrey’s chattering was a son’s heart that longed to be close to his mother.

Godfrey was never a child who didn’t follow the rules, but Alanna was too busy.

She went out early and came back late, either for social events or for overtime at the company.

The only time Godfrey could be with her was to have breakfast together every morning.

Alanna never realized that in this family, she was always the missing corner.

My laughter irritated Alanna.

She pulled me hard and rebuked me unhappily, “Why are you laughing when I ask you a question? You are so sarcastic every day and you have led the child astray.”

I turned my head away and met Godfrey’s gaze and the fire in my heart instantly subsided.

“Nothing, I’m just happy for you. Godfrey listened to you and remembered the rules at the table.”

“Is that so?”

Alanna was not very happy after hearing this.

I ignored her doubts, walked back to the table and whispered to Godfrey, “Do you really want Mom to send you?”

Godfrey nodded his little head. “Yes, every time it rains, Dad has to wet his clothes and shoes to protect me, I am also distressed.”

I smiled and touched his little head, still a little worried that Alanna could not take good care of the child. “But the injury on your head…”

Before we finished arguing, Alanna’s phone rang.

She answered it within two minutes, walked over quickly and said, “Godfrey, let Dad send you today, Mom has something to deal with.”

Before we could talk, she rushed out the door.

I looked at Godfrey worriedly, he was not sad or disappointed at all, just pouted and shrugged at me.

“It seems that my old father still has to work hard!”

I was amused by him and hugged him. “Your old father is very happy because you are my favorite.”

After sending Godfrey to school, I just got in the taxi and Alanna’s car stopped next to me.

She got out of the driver’s seat, holding an umbrella and walked around to the back seat to open the door and carried Willard out.

Humphrey followed them out to hold an umbrella for them and naturally hugged Alanna’s shoulders.

I frowned slightly.

When did Willard transfer to this school?

Alanna carried Willard all the way to the school gate before putting him down.

Willard pulled Alanna’s clothes and she squatted down obediently and then Willard kissed her on the side of her face.

Alanna’s smile was magnified and she also hugged Willard and kissed him.

It was really... a happy family of three!

My own son had never enjoyed such treatment for a day.

I smiled sarcastically and urged the driver to start the car.

However, Alanna and Humphrey’s good mood did not last long and the champion’s shady dealings broke out on the Internet.

In less than an hour, hot searches came onto the screen.

#The champion of the triennial classical instrument competition is suspected to be predetermined#

#Big competition, big production, or big shady dealings?#

#The first little prince voted for online but was defeated by the judges on the show#

#PASS four times in a row, the judges’ favorite turned out to be him#

I randomly clicked on a hot search, which was full of abuses against the program team and the judges.

[Are you blind? The young contestant with six consecutive tone wheel fingers is obviously very skilled and his proficiency in the instrument has reached the point of being handy. For such a performance, the judges gave 3 points? Can you not dig out your eyeballs and donate them?]

[Shady dealings, this program team is definitely shady dealings. Although Willard’s violin is not bad, it is too conventional. Even the song he chose is not difficult. It is not as interesting as the third place. How can he surpass the second place Godfrey?]

[Woo woo woo, he is only 8 years old. At an age when others can’t even practice strumming, he can actually do six-tone wheel fingering. You dog director, give him an explanation, or I’ll kill you.]

[Stop arguing, someone has already found out that the mother of the child, Willard, is the secretary of the big boss of the program group. The champion is just a pillow talk!]

[Godfrey’s online voting was several blocks ahead of other contestants in the third selection. Didn’t the program group say it was fair and just? Why didn’t the finals open online voting?]

I was about to scroll down when Alanna called.

“Jordan, are you the one who did all this online stuff?”

“Why are you so vicious now? You rely on the fact that you have been playing with the Internet for a few years and you don’t even let a child go. I warn you, settle these things online right now, otherwise, you will bear the consequences!”

She roared and hung up the phone without giving me a chance to explain.

I looked at the screen of my phone and couldn’t help laughing. Although public opinion fermented so quickly and there was no lack of Godfrey’s fans fueling the flames, we didn’t have the ability to attract the attention of the whole network.

In the final analysis, this mess was created by Alanna herself.

She wanted to be the insider champion, but in the previous few episodes, she promoted fairness and justice and made the votes public.

Later, Godfrey’s votes were too high and even the program team couldn’t catch up, so they had to not make the online votes public and the host just read a string of numbers at random.

They didn’t even know how to set up the game and there were many loopholes. Nowadays, netizens were all cunning. They couldn’t be fooled easily.

Anyway, I didn’t have the ability to calm this public opinion. Even if I did, why would I help the mistress’s child? I was not the reincarnation of the Virgin Mary.

It was just that I didn’t expect that Alanna could be so crazy to help Willard.

She asked the program team to release a statement on the official blog.

[The program team should indeed say sorry to everyone. In the past, out of consideration for the protection of children, the program team concealed some inside information.

Considering the impact of online public opinion on Willard, the program team decided to make the truth public after many communications!

In fact, Godfrey cheated on the day of the competition. He played the full accompaniment for the program team and the guitar in his hand was also a lightweight prop guitar, so he could easily do the six-tone wheel fingering and the movements were smooth and the tone was full.

After the program team discovered this, Godfrey’s father, Mr. Woolridge, pleaded with the program team. Considering that the child is still young and has no mother. It is not easy to ruin the child’s future, so this arrangement was made.

It was the program team that was not thoughtful. Here, I bow to all netizens and apologize. We stand at attention and take the beating. I only ask netizens to be kind to the children!]

As soon as this statement was issued, it was followed by a barrage of curses and ridicule.

They said no wonder such a young child could do the six-tone wheel fingering, it turned out to be a prop plus fake playing.

They said that they had long suspected that even the national guitar players might not be able to complete such a difficult action. How could an eight-year-old kid be possible?

They said he cheated without a mother. This father was just trying to gain sympathy. Such a child should be taught a lesson.

***

My fingers tightly grasped the screen of the phone and I was so angry that my whole body was shaking.

Seeing the time of those comments, I almost dared to conclude that they were all bought by Alanna and the purpose was to guide public opinion.

But did she know what this meant to Godfrey?

She was going to ruin Godfrey’s future!

With red eyes, I quickly called Alanna.

The moment I picked up the phone, I heard her sneer.

“Jordan, are you scared now? But I tell you, it’s too late. It’s useless for you to beg me, you did this to Willard first.”

I couldn’t bear it anymore and yelled at the phone, “Alanna, Godfrey is your son, your biological son. Are you going to ruin him?”

Alanna sneered, “Don’t make the problem so serious, it’s just an interest class. Even if Godfrey does nothing in the future, can I still shortchange him? But Willard is different, he is pitiful enough without a mother.”