Old Mr. Rowland had never lost a game of chess in his long life. Well, that was only mostly true because he had recently lost to his granddaughter-in-law just recently, and now, he had even lost the game to his seven-year-old great-grandson.

“But… Apollo is only seven years old.” Mrs. Rowland muttered disbelievingly. She knew that Old Mr. Rowland was an exceptional chess player, who would never take it easy when it came to chess, so the only reasonable explanation was that Apollo was a genius.

“Well, this child is exceptionally clever. I believe his intelligence level is above average,” he said as his eyes flickered at that thought.

“So, you mean that he has a high IQ? Has our family finally produced a high-IQ child?” Her eyes lit up with excitement, just like Old Mr. Rowland’s. Both of them were ecstatic at the fact that Apollo was exceptionally intelligent. “I heard that we can now measure intelligence with a series of tests. Why don’t we take Apollo for such a test?”

Apollo never intended to showcase his intelligence level, but he never imagined that he would be deemed a rare object in the eyes of the Rowlands just by playing a game of chess. He glanced up at Mrs. Rowland, who looked as though she was about to jump out of her seat to make the necessary arrangements to get him tested. Thus, he knew he had to speak up to dispel her idea, “There’s no need to test. I’ve already been tested.”

“Tested? How did it go? What’s your score?” Her eyes shone brighter upon hearing that. Even Old Mr. Rowland was very attentive to what Apollo was going to say next.

“Well, I’d say… just slightly higher than average,” Apollo responded humbly. He didn’t want to overshadow anyone.

“Are you sure it’s just slightly above average?” Old Mr. Rowland seemed to have picked up on Apollo’s intention to stay modest and repeated his words with rhetorical emphasis.

“Oh my, is Apollo really a high-IQ child?!” Mrs. Rowland exclaimed. “Oh, my goodness, our family has finally produced a clever child. Thank you, Jesus!”

Apollo. Now that she had an excellent grandson, her son became quite incompetent in her eyes. “You know, none of our family members have such a high IQ. I mean, Keith isn’t

“Definitely not from our family then. I think it had to be from the Wolands. After all, Alice is his mother. I don’t believe that Alice is the helpless woman that others perceive her to be. In fact, I think she’s quite clever and knows how to use her intelligence to her advantage. I can imagine that those who try to take advantage of her

but she is also brilliant. Even her child is outstanding. What have we done to deserve

disappeared. She was clearly dissatisfied with Keith for not taking enough initiative. “You

as if his mind wandered elsewhere. “Holland used to brag to me how smart Ethan was every day. Now it’s

very outstanding.” Mrs. Rowland could

Jesus has been kind to me since He has gifted me an outstanding and intelligent great-grandson, who is even better than Ethan. I should call Holland

reminded him of Ethan. Could it be possible that Ethan was the biological father of the boy? And, if that were the case, would Alice choose Ethan over

needed to uncover what happened seven years ago as soon as possible and would never keep the outcome from her, regardless of the outcome of the investigation. He would let her make her

and videos of Apollo after obtaining his great-grandson’s consent to do

he had prepared everything, he dialed his

Mr. Rowland the moment he picked up the phone. “Are you awake? Have you finally woken up from your dream? Or shall I

believe him, but fortunately, he came prepared. “I just took a few photos

and videos he had just taken of Apollo to Old Mr. Knight since them being on the phone would not interfere with Old Mr. Knight from viewing those files. Obviously, Old Mr. Knight, who was eager to know whether the great-grandson was a fake, immediately viewed the files and eventually fell

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