Chapter 296

Arnold's father gazed at his astonished son, and continued to speak: "Hence, you've been targeting the wrong person all these years. Lambert has always been a scapegoat, a pawn used by the old man to temper you and Finley. He, Lambert, will never pose any threat to you in this lifetime. His lineage has destined that no matter his achievements, they will never cause any fluctuation in the old man's attitude towards him." Arnold seemed to understand, and he had digested it. Slowly, he squinted his eyes, and a trace of cold mockery and disdain, interspersed with sudden enlightenment, emerged from the corners of his mouth. He sneered, "I really didn’t expect it. Could it be that Lambert is actually a bastard?" Thinking of the apprehension and vigilance he had towards him over these years, he almost wanted to laugh at his past self. Had he known earlier that Lambert was not even a legitimate heir of the Stone family, why would he need to waste so much energy? He was just a bastard, after al