Chapter 2

“Did I not make myself clear enough?” Ms. Zeller rolled her eyes. “Your granddaughter bullied Harvey Harris. She even wrinkled his clothes!

“Now his family is demanding compensation for medical expenses and emotional distress. The total is ten thousand dollars.”

I had spent decades fighting my way through the business world, but even then, hearing something this absurd still left me stunned.

“Ten thousand? Where is he hurt?”

“Right here, obviously.” Ms. Zeller pointed at the back of Harvey’s hand.

If she hadn’t pointed it out, I wouldn’t even have noticed the faint pink scratch on his chubby hand. It was almost invisible to the naked eye.

As for the injuries on Nina, I counted at least seven.

“Then what about the injuries on Nina?”

“What about them?” Ms. Zeller said. “She bullied Harvey first. Harvey was only defending himself.”

“A five-year-old defending himself did all this?”

I stared hard into Ms. Zeller’s eyes.

Her expression darkened. Embarrassed and angry, she pointed at me and snapped, “What kind of unreasonable guardian are you? We already checked the security footage. Nina started it!”

I was already tired of listening to her nonsense.

I led Nina aside.

“Nina, tell Grandpa what really happened.”

Nina instinctively glanced at Ms. Zeller.

I gently patted her head and brought her attention back to me.

“Don’t be afraid, Nina. Tell me the truth. I promise no one will bully you again.”

Nina sniffled. Her voice was small and hoarse.

“He took the picture I drew for you. I told him to give it back, but he hit me. He hit me a lot of times. Then I accidentally pushed him, and he fell down.”

The more Nina spoke, the more hurt she sounded.

My heart ached.

Just then, Harvey jumped up from the sofa.

“You’re lying! I never even touched you!”

He spat at Nina, then raised his middle finger at me.

“You old geezer. Your whole outfit isn’t even worth as much as one pair of my sneakers. Take your broke little granddaughter and get out!”

His face was filled with a kind of malice that didn’t belong on a five-year-old child.

I couldn’t understand how a child that young could say something like that.

What baffled me even more was that Ms. Zeller actually let out a soft laugh from the side.

“All right, all right. Kids say silly things. Besides, Harvey isn’t exactly wrong.

“And his grandfather is the richest man in our city. This is a high-end kindergarten. To put it bluntly, ordinary families like yours are only embarrassing yourselves by staying here.”

Ms. Zeller clicked her tongue. Her tone sounded almost like she was giving me kind advice.

“You should transfer Nina to another school as soon as possible. It’ll be better for everyone.”

I frowned.

Other than me, was there another richest man in this city?

“Who is this richest man you’re talking about?”

“Who else could it be? Mr. Harris, of course. Mr. John Harris!”

Ms. Zeller rolled her eyes at me again.

This time, I truly laughed.

She had actually amused me.

John Harris had once been so desperate that he went through three different connections just to get in front of me and beg for a job as my driver.

And now, according to Ms. Zeller, he was somehow the richest man in the city?

Not only that, but his grandson had beaten my granddaughter.

No wonder Harvey was so arrogant.

If John dared to go around pretending to be me, was it any surprise that his grandson would act like this?

Just then, there was movement at the door.

The kindergarten principal, Ms. Carter, walked in.

The moment she entered, she hurried over to Harvey with a fawning smile and greeted him first. Only after that did she throw me an impatient look.

“You’re Nina Spencer’s grandfather, right?”

As she spoke, she tossed a document onto the table in front of me.

“The kindergarten has already made its decision, and we won’t be changing it.”