"No, I don't like sleeping in crowded places; it makes it hard to breathe." Claude coldly rejected Bart and ignored the suggestion to speak in the study, as if he hadn't heard it at all.
Bart heard this
People who had never seen such a scene couldn't help but secretly look up at this son's legitimate authority, while those already familiar with it added another layer of envy toward Claude.
Silently, they thought, here it goes again. No matter what Claude does or says, the father they usually have to be so cautious in pleasing would unconditionally stand by Claude. It's as if whatever Claude does is right, even if he spoils another child, they must take a step back before Claude; otherwise, if they foolishly try to confront him head-on, they end up like Norman—completely abandoned, with no right to enter this family's door again.
