Ch. 1311..1320

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1311

The Mitchells’ ancestral house was once a previous king’s residence, so it was painted with red paint that only royalties could use. Not only was the roof made of beast-shaped tile, the beams, interlocking wooden brackets and ledges were all decorated with green paint. There were landscapes and pavilions inside the house. Throughout the generations of the Mitchell Family, they had always preserved and maintained the house with care since it was still valuable for research. That was why everyone was saddened to know that it was going to be demolished, but they had no other option.

Suddenly, a few cars stopped at the entrance.

As soon as the car doors opened, Sophia, Sean, Justin, Vincent, Derek and the others exited at the same time before walking toward the gates.

Everyone cheered. “Miss Sophia and the others are here!”

In some people’s eyes, Cooper and Alex’s fight for the family was like a battle between two Gods. Some minor characters felt that it was better to continue with their lives and not be involved in it while some hot-headed ones chose to side with Cooper, but there were still some who decided to stay at the old Mitchell residence. Even though the entire family was divided, they were still related by blood, so they had privately contacted each other.

Their last home was now being taken from them and they were powerless to do anything, so when they saw Sophia arrive, everyone instinctively cleared a path for her.

Before entering the house, she shouted, “Let us see who is the one daring enough to come after our ancestral house!”

Everyone quickly went up and pushed the door open.

The moment the door was opened, they saw many people from the Yard and Edwards Family standing inside.

In front, Henry and Ryan were still limping around with their legs. After being whacked by Sophia, they were kicked to the floor and stepped on during Anna and Jordan’s engagement ceremony, which showed their disastrous luck recently.

That night, when Lucy kneeled at the door of the Edwards residence, they were about to throw her out, but were unexpectedly knocked down by the members of the Edwards Family swarming out and someone even beat them up during the chaos. After the incident, they caught many people in the Edwards Family for questioning and even killed two members, but they still could not figure out who the mastermind was.

That was the reason why both of them still limped around at that point.

One of them had his left leg broken while the other had his right leg broken, but it did not seem to stop them from being arrogant at all.

No one dared to say a word when the two of them killed two people in the Edwards Family, so buying an ancestral house from Sandra was nothing to them.

Upon seeing Sophia and the others furiously charging toward them, Henry slowly walked down the steps with his cane. “Haha, it’s too late. The ancestral house no longer belongs to the Mitchell Family. It now belongs to us, the Yard Family.”

Now that Sandra had become the Yard brothers’ lapdog, she took advantage of their support and sneered, “We’ve already transferred the house last week. We received the property deed this afternoon.”

Then, Ryan arrogantly asked his secretary to throw a stack of copies of the property deed around. After picking them up, Sophia could see the two names written on the column indicating ownership in black and white—Henry Yard and Ryan Yard. They’ve really transferred it to their names…

When Henry saw her upset face, he could feel his arrogance rising through the roof, so he yelled, “Open your f*cking eyes to take a good look—I’m the owner now. From now on, I want the Mitchells out of here!”

He even rudely pointed his cane at members of the Mitchell Family who were present at the scene.

The Mitchells were filled with rage as they directed their hatred toward Henry and Ryan, but they hated Sandra more for selling the ancestral house for fortune, so they hoped that Sophia would be able to snatch the house from them.

However, Ryan mocked. “Looks like they still won’t give up! Someone come and hang our new sign!”

A sign was then carried over by someone with the immature words ‘Mitchells and dogs are forbidden from entering’ written clearly on it.

“Come and place this sign at the entrance. From now on, if you see any dogs or the Mitchells coming in, just kick them out!” Henry sounded so arrogant that his once dashing face now became distorted and perverted.

Every one of the Mitchells who were at the scene was filled with anger and humiliation. The two huskies also started to bark fiercely to vent their frustration.

However, Sophia calmly accepted the copy of the property deed that was given by Henry and Ryan before handing it to a member of the Mitchells standing next to her. “Take care of this evidence for me. Today, we’re going to report the Yard Family, Sandra and the property management office. We can’t let any one of them go scot free.”

Henry and Ryan were left dumbfounded as they did not know what she was talking about. Maybe she is scaring us. Besides, the property deed is already in our hands. Why should we be afraid of them?

Unexpectedly, Sophia added, “I bet you two aren’t registered as a Cethosian yet, right? Cethos isn’t a country for immigrants and we rarely accept foreigners as our citizens, so it’s difficult for anyone to gain Cethosian citizenship.”

Henry did not know what she meant, but someone from the Mitchell Family got the gist. “The two of you don’t have citizenship in Cethos, which means you are foreigners. According to the law, foreigners must fulfill a few conditions before buying a property in Bayside City. One of the conditions requires you to stay in the country for more than a year. Do you think you’ve been here for a year, my foreign friends?”

Actually, he knew all along that they did not have the legal right to buy properties in Bayside City because of that condition, but it did not matter. What can’t be done with money? The property deed is already on my hands, which means I’m now the legal owner of the Mitchells’ ancestral house!

“So what? The deed is now in our hands, so what can you do to us? Are you going to file a lawsuit? I’ll be waiting for you!” He stood on top of the steps while looking down at everyone below him with arrogance.

What an arrogant idiot. They actually think that they can get away with anything in Bayside City with the Edwards Family backing them. The city doesn’t belong to the Edwards Family! Sophia gave a cold smile before preparing to leave. They won’t be able to take this house away. Sandra doesn’t have the right to sell and the Yard Family doesn’t have the right to buy either.

“I’ll see you in court.” She waved her hand as her back faced the two brothers.

Yet, Henry was unfazed by her at all. I’ll bring the excavator here tomorrow and demolish all of this to build my office building!

However, just as she was about to leave, she saw a sports car arriving before it stopped at the entrance. It was a seductive silver sports car, giving the aura that the owner of the car was not someone ordinary.

At first, Sophia thought it was a member of the Mitchell Family who was late, but surprisingly, the person who alighted was a woman dressed in a black hip skirt and wearing a pair of big black-rimmed glasses. With her black hair tucked behind her head, she stoically walked over while three to five bodyguards followed her from behind. It’s Lucy! She has completely changed her style by coloring her hair black. Even her mannerism and looks seem to be drastically different than before.

Lucy walked straight toward Henry and the others, treating as if she did not see Sophia there.

He whistled frivolously while perversely staring at Lucy’s slim body. “Hey, aren’t you my affectionate sister?”

With an emotionless face, she received a document from her secretary and threw it indifferently in front of him. “On behalf of the Edwards Group’s board of directors, I hereby announce that the board has rejected your plans to develop the Mitchells’ ancestral house as a commercial area.”

After that, she turned and left like an emotionless machine, but there was a powerful strength hidden in her tiny body.

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Upon hearing their conversation, Sohpia immediately understood the situation.

The Mitchells’ ancestral house was situated at the center of Bayside City’s old city area. Back then, it was a palace for the prince due to its close distance to the royal palace, so that piece of land and the community behind it had a high value. Even if Henry and Ryan wanted to develop the land, they definitely did not have the financial affordability.

Therefore, they could only do it through a company by presenting a plan for real estate development to buy the house.

However, the Yard Group was a foreign-registered company, so it was troublesome for them to transfer the funds over. It would be faster to retrieve the funds from the Edwards Group since they had already replaced Lucy as the person in charge.

That also meant that after transferring ownership of the house to Henry, Sandra would not necessarily receive a penny for the payment. If their plan was rejected, they would not be able to collect the money.

The moment Henry realized that his plan was rejected, his smug face instantly turned furious to the point where Sophia felt that his facial muscles easily cramped.

“Lucy, stop! How dare you reject my plan! You and this b*tch, Sophia, must be working together!”

By then, Lucy had already entered her car, but when she heard Henry’s words, she coldly returned and continuously threw a few documents and newspapers at him.

Her voice was rather calm, but every word of hers sounded like a sharp blade that no one dared to refute. “The board and I rejected your plan because this land was once Bayside City’s old city area. There are a few palaces from the ancient empire nearby and due to the many cultural relics here, it poses a higher research value. This land and a few nearby streets has long been forbidden from being demolished and developed. The palace in front of you here is the private residence of the politically powerful Prince Alard. It is the most preserved palace in Bayside City at the moment, so it has long been included in the national culture protection list. Even though it is the private residence of the Mitchell Family, it is still an important relic that is protected under the official seal of the Bayside City Cultural Department. This is why your development plan isn’t profitable at all. You are only spending money to buy a first class national relic that can’t be commercially developed. If you don’t believe me, here are the relevant documents and news reports.”

Sophia was shocked by Lucy’s explanation. Looks like I need to quickly brush up on my knowledge of history. I only think that the house looks good, but I’m surprised that it has such a colorful background!

Members of the Mitchell Family continued to speak out and shared the history during that period with everyone

“She’s right. There are now only a dozen palaces in Bayside City—most of which are nationalized as the office for functional departments. However, our ancestral house was given special permission by the country back then to be owned privately.”

“Back when the Yard Family colluded with outsiders to invade Bayside City, you occupied all the palaces and even deliberately bombarded them using artillery. You took whatever you could and smashed the ones you couldn’t. This palace belonged to the Mitchell Family since then because our ancestors fought hard to defend our home from the rampaging outsiders. That’s why the house is the most perfectly preserved palace in the entire Bayside City!”

“We’ve been living here for a century. Back then, you couldn’t snatch it away from us, so don’t even try doing it now. If you dare to demolish our house, we’ll head to the cultural department and sue you!”

Upon hearing all the points, Sophia suddenly had a newfound respect. I can’t believe that this place has such a glorious past!

However, Henry, Sandra and the others looked more upset. I can’t believe this sh*tty house is a relic! No wonder it was so difficult for us to transfer it! We’ve used a lot of money to bribe our way so that it could work!

Of course, the money mostly came agonizingly from Sandra. Initially, she thought that after the development plan for the Mitchells’ ancestral house was accepted, the funds would come and she would soon receive the payment. I just never expected…

However, nobody cared where it was really a relic or not because in Henry and Ryan’s eyes, it was just a matter of time before they bought it!

Sure enough, the two of them were having none of it. If Lucy won’t let us buy it, we’ll still buy it!

“Do you really think you can stop me from buying the place? Lucy, who do you think you are?”

However, Lucy was not in the mood to quarrel with them as she had only swung by today to take a look.

She turned and returned to her car while ignoring what Henry said. Without coming out again, the car immediately left.

Upon hearing that the Yard Family were planning to buy the ancestral house to build an office building, many of the Mitchells gathered, causing the entrance to be flooded with people. However, the sign with the words ‘Mitchells and dogs are forbidden from entering’ was so hurtful to the eyes that someone went up and trampled it.

As soon as Lucy was gone, the Mitchells swarmed into the house. Inside the house, Henry and Ryan had only brought a few dozen men who resembled chickens because they were not a match against the Mitchells in terms of numbers.

As soon as Henry realized the numbers of the opposition, he finally threw in the towel and stepped backward while his whole body started to perspire.

Then, Sophia strode in and waved her hand. “Come and throw these things out!”

Everyone from the Mitchell Family roared and rushed forward. In a blink of an eye, they surrounded the others.

Although Sandra’s expression had drastically changed, she still managed to maintain her last dignity as she shouted, “What are you all doing? I’m still the head of the Mitchell Family and the president of Mitchell’s Technology, which makes me someone with a higher status. If you dare to touch me, I’ll call the police. There are now rules in society and what you are doing is illegal!”

However, Sophia sneered coldly. “Not only did you try to illegally sell a first class national relic, you even tried to poison your own younger brother. Where were your so-called rules then?”

The moment Sophia mentioned about a younger brother being poisoned, Sandra suddenly found an excuse to buy her way out and yelled, “You killed my little brother, Al. Now, we can’t even locate his body. I want to sue you and send you to prison!”

As soon as she finished her words, a childish voice was suddenly heard from the crowd. “You are lying. I’m not dead. I’m actually quite alive!”

Albert walked out and tried his best to be strict with a straight back. “Dad left this house for me. You don’t have the right to sell it!”

After that, the pump of air in his chest seemed to have disappeared as he turned and hid behind Derek.

Not only did Alex’s will state that the house was reserved for Albert and the Mitchell Family, but the ancestors even set a rule saying that the house could never be sold. Yet, it did not stop Sandra from being greedy, so she forged Albert’s death certificate, making her as Alex’s only heir. After she received the house, she secretly sold it to Henry. Of course, since Henry and Ryan were not capable of buying the house, all of the documents were also forged.

Even though the entire procedure was illegal, she was confident that no one would dare to question it as long as the house was in the hands of the Yard Family. What else can Cooper and Sophia do? Steal the house from the Yard Family?

However, the moment she saw Albert, she was so scared that she stepped back and almost fell onto the ground. I fed him the poison myself. It’s impossible for him to be alive! But now, he’s alive and well! I’ve seen a ghost!

“I-It’s impossible.” Sandra muttered. “He is not Albert!”

When Sophia gazed at Sandra’s pale face, she lost the desire to kick the latter.

She wanted to leave Sandra to someone who had a stronger desire to kill her.

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Everyone surrounded the members from the Yard Family as they tried to hurl the latter out. With bloodshot eyes, Henry was forced to retreat to a corner.

“What are you doing? Do you know who I am? My father is the head of the Edwards Family and my mother is the president of the Ronney Group. If you dare to take one more step, I’ll incinerate the whole Mitchell Family tomorrow!”

The defeated Sandra also seemed to gain some courage as she rushed in front of him courageously like a lapdog, and shouted, “What are you doing? These two are the Young Masters of the Yard Family and the Ronney Group is influential around the world. In their eyes, they can easily crush the tiny Mitchell Family like ants!”

Everyone looked at each other, but some actually backed off slowly. The Ronney Group isn’t someone whom we can mess with.

The Ronney Group was a huge corporation that expanded around the globe, so the ‘newly born’ Dragon Corporation by the Mitchells was not their match at all. Even if Cooper was back, they still needed time to defeat the Ronney Group. Furthermore, the union between the Ronney and Edwards Groups made it harder for the Mitchells to deal with them. If we actually throw them out, we may never get our ancestral house back. It’s better to lay low and not go overboard…

Among the crowd, Linus rushed forward as he was late, so he was unable to see what had happened beforehand. Now, he felt that he had something to say, so he walked out, but before he could even open his mouth, Sandra slammed him with harsh words. “What are you trying to say? Do you still think you are the Young Master of the Michel Family? You are nothing; you are merely an adopted son who likes to speak nonsense! You have betrayed the Mitchell Family by working for the Michel Group. Do you really think you have any value in that company? They are just treating you as a lapdog!” Linus wanted to say something, but she continued to shout at him. “Go away! You are a traitor in the eyes of the Mitchell Family. Go back and be the Michel Family’s personal dog. We don’t need you!”

After that, he furrowed his brows. I knew I shouldn’t come out. Everytime I make my presence known in the Mitchell Family, they will always mention my refusal to change my last name.

Sure enough, the moment she saw him, she brought up his matters again. “This is your young master—an infertile homosexual who is willing to be the Michel Family’s lapdog instead of returning to the Mitchell Family to be a man! Without any sons, there is no hope in following Cooper. Not only that; he doesn’t even have a competent heir to inherit the Dragon Corporation!”

Everyone stared at Linus. He has been working for Michel Group all this time. However, it is a bit strange for him to be working in other people’s company when he himself has a corporation of his own.

Many of the Mitchells were unaware of Cooper’s true identity, so in their eyes, Linus’ actions seemed a bit weird to them. Usually, no one dared to doubt him, but after Sandra mentioned it, everyone started to whisper among themselves.

“I’m also curious as to why he didn’t return to the Dragon Corporation since he is one of the Mitchell Family. Instead, he keeps on working for the Michel Group.”

“Even though he is an adopted son, he should side with his biological father instead of his adoptive father. Could it be that…”

Everyone had a rough guess in their minds, but no one dared to voice it out loud.

Upon hearing everyone’s discussion, Sandra’s smile turned even more menacing as she used harsh words to answer everyone’s doubts.

“Can’t you see? Haha, Michel Group is the world’s second largest military weapons dealer and a giant in the digital electronics industry, so their market value is many times the value of the Mitchell Family. For Linus Michel, being a lapdog in the Michel Group gives him more status than being a Mitchell. Do you want to know why Cooper didn’t let him officially become a Mitchell? Haha, although he is just an adopted son, his status will still increase if he sends his son to the Michel Group. No matter what, it is still better than being a poor Young Master in the Mitchell Group! Not only did Cooper fail to educate his son, but he even turned him into a disgusting homosexual and used him to gain more fortune! They are no different from each other!”

After that, Sandra laughed maniacally, as if she suddenly had the advantage of standing on a moral high ground.

All of the sudden, everyone remained silent as their eyes turned toward Linus and Sophia, waiting for them to provide an explanation. Does Linus want to be the Michel Family’s adopted son or return and become the Mitchell Family’s true heir?

Just as he was about to explain while rubbing his temple, she suddenly gave Sandra a slap on the face. “It’s none of your business whether my brother likes boys or girls!”

He immediately grabbed Sophia’s hand. After Sandra was slapped, her face had reddened as well as Sophia’s hand.

“Let’s not waste our time with her.” After that, he held Sophia’s palm in his hand and gently rubbed it.

Sandra lacked the courage to stand on the frontline after being slapped because she was afraid of landing herself in trouble if both parties fought, so she gloomily hid behind the Yards.

Henry also suddenly remembered the ‘unbearable’ situation that Linus was still working in the Michel Group even though the latter was merely an adopted son, so he strode forward. When he was about to push Sophia aside, her eyes widened as she glared at him. He followed suit and threatened, “My father is Jordan Edwards, who is the chief behind the Yard Group and Edwards Group. If you dare to hit me, I’ll go home and tell my father.”

She could feel a tingle under her foot and just as she was about to raise it, Linus had surprisingly raised his limb and kicked Henry on his stomach, which sent him to the floor.

“How dare you criticize my father…” Linus elegantly stretched his leg and said to Sophia, “Girls shouldn’t hit people all the time.” When it comes to hitting people, leave it to me.

After being kicked by Linus, Henry coughed as his face paled. “Y-You wait and see. My father is Jordan Edwards!”

Linus elegantly swept the dust away on his pants before replying, “My father is Fass Michel.”

However, he felt that it was meaningless to compare fathers with Henry.

Ryan laughed loudly. “I’m afraid you’ve gone insane! Are you even worthy to be Fass’ son? Are you worthy to have the last name of ‘Michel’?” He ridiculed Linus’ status as an adopted son. “Why would Fass have a son like you? He only has a daughter named Lucile and I’ve slept with her before! Sooner or later, Fass will become my father-in-law and by then, I’ll mercilessly kill you, the little adopted son, like an ant!”

In Ryan’s mind, all of the women he had outside were for fun because he had already intended to marry someone a long time ago—Fass’ daughter, Lucile. She was his only daughter, which meant that the whole Michel Group would belong to Ryan if he married her.

He felt that with his charm and background, winning Lucile’s heart would be a piece of cake. As a result, he was arrogant with his words—even though he had never met her and Fass before.

However, the moment he finished his words, Linus sent another fist in his direction and it was stronger this time. Blood immediately spilled as two teeth fell out with veins still attached to it.

A moment ago, Linus still looked indifferent toward their comments, but his face was now filled with rage and murderous intent as his blue eyes started to burn with fury. “If you have the guts, I dare you to say those words one more time!”

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Ryan grunted and rose from the floor, but he still refused to admit defeat. “ I’ve slept with the Young Lady of the Michel Family. Haha, what is it? Do you plan to sleep with her too? Are you even qualified? You are just an insignificant adopted son, who isn’t even better than a dog—”

Before Ryan could even finish his sentence, Linus immediately lifted his foot and stepped on his hand. After Linus gave a few hard stomp, Ryan yelled in pain as the two brothers were kicked aside.

Linus was weirdly violent at that moment and even Sophia, who stood beside him, felt goosebumps all over her body.

She called him softly, “Linus…”

His face was as dark as charcoal as he kicked Ryan’s tooth out of his mouth. “If you ever disrespect my little sister, I won’t let you walk out of Bayside City.”

However, Ryan spat a mouthful of blood and laughed. “Haha, your little sister? Lucile is Fass’ only daughter. What makes you think that she is your younger sister? Stop giving yourself so much credit! When I said that I want to have s*x with her, I will do so. You are just a powerless adopted son who does not have the authority!”

Unexpectedly, the deep voice of a man, like a large bell, exploded in the Mitchells’ ancestral house.

“Then, I’ll be the authority.”

The voice came from the crowd as everyone took the initiative to clear a path to the entrance. The moment the door was opened, a group was seen standing outside, but no one knew when they had arrived. Their presence would have been obvious because they had a different feature, as compared to the locals, and wore the same uniform that bore the Michel Family’s sigil on their sleeves.

Cooper stood in front of the group with a weary expression, but his eyes were filled with a profound energy.

“Dad! You’re back!” Sophia happily welcomed him.

His face was cold and strict, but he still reached out to caress her head before striding inside the house. As he walked toward the corner where the Yard brothers were forced to retreat to, he saw the two defeated men feigning strength even though they were hugging each other as their bodies shivered.

At first, Cooper thought that since they were Annabel’s offspring, he should not be harsh on them, but since they were not, there was nothing much to consider anymore.

Upon seeing Cooper walking toward them, the two brothers trembled. Even though they had assumed that he was merely a tiny family head in Bayside City who was not someone whom they should be worried of, they still felt a strange oppressive feeling every time he showed up in front of them.

Although they were under pressure under his oppressive aura, Henry still remained headstrong. “Cooper, my father is Jordan Edwards and my mother is the head of the Yard Family. Please reconsider your current status before trying to lay your hands on us!”

However, Cooper ignored Henry and turned to ask Ryan while his blue eyes stared at him, like an evil dragon’s death stare. “What did you say earlier? Can you repeat it for me?”

Upon seeing their numbers, Ryan started to panic because his backup had not arrived, so the confidence in his voice tapered as he stuttered, “M-My father is Jordan Edwards and my mother is Anna Yard! I-If you dare to kill me, I’ll tell my father about this.”

Cooper’s face remained emotionless as he reminded, “Not that sentence. I want to hear what you said before I came in.”

Ryan thought about it and remembered, so he said loudly, “My fiancee is Lucile and my father-in-law is Fass, the second largest military weapon dealer in the world. He only has one daughter, so his entire fortune will belong to me in the future. By then, I’ll become the second largest military weapon dealer in the world and I’ll shoot you to death!”

Sophia was speechless while Linus gave a resigned smile.

On the other hand, Cooper was enraged and suddenly strangled Ryan’s neck while gritting his teeth. “How dare you take advantage of me!”

Ryan’s eyes widened and no one was able to tell whether it was out of shock or fear. As Cooper strangled his throat, he croaked, “F-Fass?!”

His eyes rolled and saw the Michel Family’s sigil hanging on Cooper’s sleeves. The people behind Cooper also wore the same logo—and some were the Mitchels that the Yard brothers met before.

Cooper gave a cold smile, but did not seem to loosen his grip at any moment. “Are you trying to take advantage of me—Fass Michel? I’m now standing right in front of you. Do what you can!”

Henry also seemed to realize something. “Cooper, you are Fass?! You—”

His words instantly shocked the entire Mitchell Family. When did Cooper become Fass Michel…

Now, everyone started to remember Cooper’s vague explanation of his whereabouts over the years when he first returned—he explained that he was mining in Africa.

That was the reason why everyone thought that he had been abducted and sold to another country as a miner in coal mines… However, the Mitchells themselves were stunned by that revelation. A genius like Cooper, even if he was tricked into a coal mine, will definitely become a coal owner over the course of 20 years!

During those 20 years, he was not mining coal in a foreign country. Instead, he became the uncrowned king of Africa and started a large-scale mining of rare metals on the continent that were used for advanced technology, luxury goods and military weapons…

When Cooper and Fass were combined as one person, everyone was shocked yet felt that it made sense because Fass was what Cooper should have been!

Then, he loosened his hand around Ryan’s neck and condescendingly glared at the Yard brothers. “You’re right—I’m Fass. You can go ahead and tell your father that my children whacked you today. I’ll wait for him to settle the scores!”

At the moment, Henry and Ryan did not dare to utter a word, compare fathers, or even sleep with Lucile. They were only spitting nonsense to scare the ‘hillbillies’—the Mitchells—earlier, but after a while, even they started to believe their own lies. However, now that the real deal was here, their arrogance was immediately washed away by the cold harsh reality. Do we know what kind of a person Fass Michel is?

Not only was he the leading person in the global clean energy industry, but he was also the head of Michel Tech. As for Michel Munitions Industries… There were rumors circulating that Fass stored nuclear weapons, which was why the Yard Family and other nations sent agents to infiltrate the company to gather evidence that he was in possession of nuclear weapons. Yet, every batch that they sent in returned with empty hands.

Without waiting for their reaction, Cooper ordered, “Throw all of them out! Throw them far away from here!”

Everyone was waiting for that moment to hurl the Yard brothers, Sandra and the others out.

Many people had arrived here today; since it was the weekend, everyone had nothing to do and decided to come and join in the fun, causing more of them to arrive. At that moment, everyone was exposed to a shocking secret, which caused the place to be packed like sardines.

As he stood at the place where he grew up, the coming breath of the house still felt as familiar as usual.

He stood on the steps and saw the Mitchells carrying their luggages as they were about to be driven out of their home. “The Mitchells can continue to live here. This is our ancestral house and no one can take it away from us.”

After that, Cooper’s secretary entered with a bag of property deeds. He had personally gone to the real estate department to report about Sandra and the Yards’ illegal operation before quickly taking the deed to the ancestral house back. Now, everyone in the Mitchell Family was co-owner of the house.

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The Mitchells can continue to live here. This is our ancestral house and no one can take it away from us. Everyone cheered when they heard his words.

As Cooper gazed at the crowd, he continued, “As for my first born, Linus, I want to make it clear here that I am Cooper of the Mitchell Family as well as Fass of the Michel Family, which makes my son, Linus, a member of the Mitchell Family and the future heir to the Michel Group. Both companies are not in conflict with each other. I have the blood of both families in my veins, which belongs to my father and mother.

As for Linus’ future aspirations, he doesn’t intend to leave Michel Group and I fully respect his choice. He has his own plans and wants to live his own life, so I don’t want to interfere much. On the other hand, my daughter, Lucile, has the blood of two families, but they don’t come into conflict with each other. Concerning her last name, I also fully respect her choice. Before she was born, her mother—who is my wife, a Johnson—christened her as ‘Sophia Edwards’ and she chose to retain the name.”

Even though both his children did not have the last name of ‘Mitchell’, everyone felt that anything he said at that moment was correct because he was Cooper Mitchell.

After everyone had cheered, they moved their luggages back into the house while he entered to have a look.

The house had belonged to the Mitchells for a century and it needed people to preserve its structure. As it was under maintenance every year, it was really well-preserved.

After walking around the house, Cooper went to the neighborhood to check around and realized that it seemed to retain the same appearance that it had when he was a child. After all, it was a protected area designated by the government to preserve the historical buildings, so there were no office buildings nearby. The houses looked the same as before and the only thing that changed was the people living in it. Time…

As for the Edwards, Henry and Ryan had been crying for their parents in the hospital for days because they had been badly beaten up. Due to Ryan’s arrogance, he lost three teeth and there were a few of them being infected with pulpitis or fractured. Half of his teeth were also almost knocked out.

“Mom, Cooper hit me. He hit me… He caused me to be in this shape! Look at me now—I want you to send someone to kill him now!” Half of Ryan’s teeth were forcefully knocked out, so he was talking like a blowing pipe while crying like a 20-year-old manchild.

Anna’s face was filled with distress as she panicked. “But… Cooper has a large influence in the local areas. Your mother is just a woman and a foreigner. I can’t do anything about it. We can only wait for your father to return home.”

“Where did Dad go?”

Anna replied, “Your dad is having a meeting abroad!” What meeting? Cooper has just set fire on Jordan’s territory, so he is personally heading there to put it out himself.

However, Ryan and Henry were still moaning on their beds. “I want to kill them! I also want Lucy to die!”

She quickly comforted, “Alright. After your father returns, he’ll definitely kill all of them!”

After leaving the hospital, she dropped her pretense of cowardice and love as her eyes were filled with a deep sense of hatred and disdain. She glanced at her phone and saw a text that was sent by an anonymous number.

‘He’ll return to the country the day after tomorrow. We need to be quick.’

Although it was only a few words, it was still enough to give her strength. I’m not fighting alone.

She replied, ‘Lucy is back. Things have changed.’

Cooper responded, ‘Let her be.’

Alright… Anna also felt that Jordan’s daughter was not someone easy to deal with. Lucy isn’t on the same side as us, but she isn’t Jordan’s supporter either. The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

She wrote again, ‘I’ll meet you at the same place.’

She kept her phone away and tidied her hair before applying some lipstick.

Callum knew that she was about to meet Cooper.

Usually, she would apply a light-colored red on her lips, but whenever she was going to meet Cooper, she chose a pink lipstick instead. Although they were almost the same, it made a huge difference inside her.

Naturally, Callum would help his mother to keep an eye around whenever she went on a date.

For the past few years, she started from nothing and was slowly escaping from Jordan’s control, so the folks around her were people whom she could trust with her secrets.

However, Jordan was extremely suspicious of them. On the surface, he brought Anna and her two sons to the Edwards residence because he was prepared to marry her in Bayside City, but actually… he was separating them from the Ronney Group while removing their power at the same time. With the three of them gone, he could restructure the whole company and place his own people in crucial positions.

If she completely lost the Yard Group, she would forever become a flower in his palm. For the rest of her life, she would never escape his control.

Even so, she did not plan to wait and die!

She and Cooper had plans of their own too.

While Jordan was gone, she would secretly go on a date with Cooper once every few days. She told everyone that she was heading out for a drink and spa treatment, but only she knew what she was actually doing…

Her recent rosy cheeks… must have been a result of the spa.

However, Jordan was back a day earlier than what he originally planned.

Initially, he went abroad to seize the Ronney Group, but several problems occurred to his business, so he quickly returned to Bayside City as he seemed to realize something.

As soon as he returned, Ryan and Henry, who just returned from the hospital, came crying to him.

“Dad, this woman… She is a spy and working with Cooper!” Henry shouted while pointing at Lucy, who was standing next to Jordan.

She was wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses that covered her lifeless eyes while she pressed her cold lips.

She did not seem to be affected by their words while Jordan did not look like he believed his sons at all. In an attempt to be more convincing, Henry added, “She must be living in Cooper’s house during those two months.”

At that point, Jordan found Henry’s words unbelievable because for the past two months, it was clear that Sam and Lucy’s grandmother’s family were the ones who kept her behind closed doors.

Regarding that night’s event, the three families agreed to pretend that nothing had happened and Jordan agreed not to hold them accountable for that mass murder too, but those people insulted had insulted Lucy, so he did not plan to let them live for long.

She was living in Cooper’s house? That’s even more impossible. Why would Cooper allow his son-in-law’s ex-girlfriend to stay in his house? Jordan was confident that he knew the daughter whom he raised by himself. She has been working hard in the Edwards Group for years. If she leaves, it means that those years of hard work will be in vain, so she won’t bring herself to leave the family. This is why I knew that she would return.

He never treated Lucy as his daughter. Instead, he raised her like his son. I know my daughter well. In her heart, it is never just about family love, but the benefit of the entire Edwards Family. Judging by her temperament, she would never collaborate with Cooper.

Jordan was very clear and certain about that.

Not only that, but Henry and Ryan’s performances lately had massively disappointed him. Ever since they arranged positions for the Yards in the Edwards Group, it drew dissatisfaction from both families, but the moment Lucy came back, she was able to stabilize the situation, which was a stark difference from the one before her return.

Jordan was also questioning why a genius like him, who had talented children, would produce two useless bums like them. He interrupted them, “Alright. Stop it. You two need to rest!”

Henry instantly lost his cool and started to smash everything in his sight. “Dad, why won’t you believe us? The Mitchells’ ancestral house was already in our grasp, but she rejected our development plan and even watched while Cooper took the house back! She definitely has other intentions in mind. She wants to sabotage us! Dad, can you bear to see her treat us like that? We are your children too!”

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At that moment, Lucy, who was standing next to Jordan, spoke.

“I’ve never thought about sabotaging you two. All my thoughts and actions are based on the company’s benefit. If you want to buy that house, you can always use your own money. However, if you’re planning on using our company’s fund to buy a private residence that you can’t even develop for your vacation, I’m sorry, but I won’t let that happen! I’m directly responsible to the Edwards Group board of directors and the shareholders meeting. What I’m doing is absolutely correct and I’ve already explained it to Dad.”

Jordan nodded his head because he did not see anything wrong in her decision. Not only was the land forbidden for demolition and development, the value was also ridiculously expensive, which made it a terrible decision to purchase that property. Both the Edwards and the Yard Families had their own mansions for their people, so it was meaningless for them to buy such a house. If he was at the meeting, he would also reject it.

Henry knew that Lucy’s intention of returning home this time was not simple. Even if she did not have any other intentions, they needed to accuse her of something unfavorable because she was the biggest hurdle to face if they planned to stage a takeover of the Edwards Group. We must kick her out of the company!

“Dad, you need to wake up. She helped Cooper to beat us and kick us. Look what we’ve become! She is taking revenge on us and you too!”

Upon hearing that, Jordan was even more enraged. What a bunch of morons. The Yard Group has long been a sensitive subject that the government in Bayside City are concerned with. They are a foreign investment company with previous convictions, so it’s natural for the government to pay close attention to them. However, at such a critical moment, these two actually bribed government agencies to forge documents so that they could buy a first class national relic and turn it into an office building without authorization. Even though this seems to be nothing wrong during normal times because that’s one of the perks of being rich, the timing is still wrong and they didn’t find the right partner. They don’t know the rules in Cethos at all. From a young age, they have always looked down on the law and acted recklessly without having any abilities themselves, which will ultimately cost them. I’ve taught them multiple times that the rich shouldn’t be involved with politicians, but they still wouldn’t listen. Luckily, Lucy’s here to quickly settle everything. The house is returned to the Mitchell Family, calming them down, so they wouldn’t make a big deal out of this, but the consequences of this matter are severe. If it went drastically wrong, this might be the downfall of the Edwards Family.

As Lucy settled the situation in a fast and excellent manner by killing a huge trouble at its source, he was very pleased with her.

“Alright. Shut up!” Although they were his two favorite sons, he still could not help but speak harshly. “I want you two to stay at home and think about your mistakes! Stop wasting your time thinking about that house! If only you two are half as good as your brothers and sister, then I won’t have to worry about you so much!”

When he heard Jordan’s words, Henry was furious again as his eyes and nose were filled with rage. “What’s good about that b*tch? She has been concealing her evil intentions all along. Now that she is back, she will kill us all sooner or later. Dad, my brother and I won’t be able to live that long!”

Jordan was exasperated that he was rendered speechless, so he raised his hand and wanted to slap his son. However, Anna was there in the nick of time to separate the father and son. “Alright. Alright. Everyone, calm down. It’s just a house…”

Afterward, Jordan angrily left with Lucy following him. Before she left, she even heard Anna whispering to Henry while wiping his tears away. “My dear child, it’s fine. If your dad won’t buy it for you, then I’ll buy it. If the Edwards Family won’t provide the funds, the Yard Family has plenty of it…”

In Lucy’s ears, Anna’s words felt particularly strange. This isn’t some normal love. Anna’s practically raising troublemakers! Of course, she had no idea about Anna’s relationship with Cooper. She purely felt that if Anna continued to spoil them, the two brothers would cause trouble sooner or later. However, Lucy was looking forward to seeing something happen to them!

Sure enough, after Anna’s comforting, Henry and Ryan felt that they were unstoppable again.

What’s wrong with buying a house? We are the heirs to the Yard Group and Edwards Group, so we are worth billions. Not only will we be able to buy a palace in Bayside City, we can even turn the Forbidden City into our golf course. All of Bayside City, the Mitchell Family and Fass will be nothing to us! Who cares if Fass has nuclear weapons? We are now living in Bayside City, so let’s see if he dares to drop a nuclear bomb here. What does he think the Bayside City’s national defense does for a living?

From a young age, she had brainwashed Henry and Ryan to the point where they thought they were specially chosen by the heavens. In their minds, the Yard Group and Edwards Group would be theirs sooner or later. As for Callum and Cade, they would only be worthy to work for Henry and Ryan because of their inabilities, so the position as heirs must be left to the latter. Under those circumstances, it was not a surprise that they had such personalities.

A few days after Jordan returned, something happened in Europe again, which forced him to leave for a while. However, his confidant remained in Bayside City to monitor Anna and her sons’ whereabouts. Lately, he had been keeping a close eye on them.

Amidst the pressure, she and her sons hardly interfered with the matters of Yard Group and Edwards Group. Every day, they remained in the Edwards residence to greet guests and drink some tea—there was nothing odd about them.

Henry and Ryan stayed at home to treat their injuries while Lucy obeyed Jordan’s order to keep them at bay to prevent them from causing any more trouble. She was doing her job well, but in their eyes, her action was equivalent to house arrest. She won’t even let us interfere with the Edwards Group’s business. This is blatant oppression!

Since they were in house arrest and could not leave home, they became even more arrogant in the Edwards residence. Without their mother and Jordan there to control them, they were simply unbearable.

Both Henry and Ryan were maddened by the beating they received that night, so they went around the house to look for the culprit. They even preserved their clothes that night, which had a few shoe prints on it. With the logo and size of the shoe, they searched for the culprit based on the shoe prints. We must take our revenge!

A few days ago, they had caught two people and whacked them to death alive, but they were nobodies, so it did not cause a fuss. Today, they found another matching shoe print—the owner of the shoe was Ian Edwards. His shoe print was found on Henry’s crotch, which meant that he almost rendered the latter impotent for the rest of his life.

Ian worked in the Edwards Group and lived in the Edwards residence. Therefore, Henry and Ryan pushed the door to his room open and hid inside to ambush him. However, Ian was not at home and his newly-wed wife returned home alone. When she opened the door, she realized that the lock was broken, but she thought that it could have just been a coincidence. We are all living in the Edwards residence, so many members of the Edwards are here. Besides, it’s open daylight and Ian is the family’s direct line of descendant. Who would dare to pry open the door of our wedding room? Therefore, she opened the door and went in alone…

At the same time, at Pourl’s store, Callum and Cade took the alpaca that they stole from Sophia’s home to the store for a bath and makeover. Other than selling luxurious pet merchandise, the store also offered multiple pet services. While the alpaca was in the midst of undergoing the chosen services, Callum and Cade waited in the VIP lounge and listened to music while reading a magazine that was published by Pourl.

In the meantime, Anna had also brought her dog and cat for styling. A few people from the Edwards and Yard Family stared at them and did not let anything out of their sight. Anna carefully selected a few accessories for her pets such as nail polish, collars and vest. After that, she felt tired, so she went to have a full body massage next door and specifically reminded her bodyguard. “No matter what, do not interrupt me.”

Callum and Cade also grew tired of waiting for the alpaca’s services to be completed, so they lay down comfortably and enjoyed the music. With a fragrant scent in the air, they eventually took a nap while wearing an eye mask.

Just then, the bodyguard’s phone continued to ring.

“Where are Mrs. Yard and the other two Young Masters? Quickly inform them to come back. Something big has happened!”

After answering the call, the bodyguard glanced at the three of them who were sound asleep, as if they were having a beautiful dream. They even specifically told me not to disturb them earlier…

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The bodyguard gritted his teeth and replied to the voice at the end of the line, “Madam and the Young Master are still busy. Try to hang in there first.”

After that, a few of them returned to help while the rest continued to guard Anna and the two sons of the Yard Family. The three of them were sound asleep until night time, so they missed a lot of happenings.

At the Edwards residence, a tragic cry startled everyone in the house.

“Aaaah! Ian, helppp! Help meeee—”

Everyone was dumbfounded at the knowledge that Henry and Ryan actually broke into the room of Ian—the Young Master of the Edwards Family and its direct descendant. To make matters worse, the two brothers took turns to defile Ian’s newlywed wife under everyone’s nose and did it in the Edwards residence!

It was unprecedented and none of the Edwards could believe it!

When the Edwards arrived at the scene, they found Henry and Ryan’s men blocking the door by forming many lines of human wall. Ian, who had learned of the news and hurried over, was continuously battered by the same group of people until he was covered in blood. He collapsed on the floor after being beaten, but continued to get up. Upon hearing his newlywed wife’s tragic screams while looking at the wedding wreath that was hung on the door of his wedding room, his eyes became crimson.

As the legitimate Young Master of the Edwards Family, it was utterly unimaginable to him that his newlywed wife would be violated under his nose!

With red eyes, Ian was on his feet over and over again, but ended up being on the receiving end of repeated punches from them.

His wife’s scream that came from within the room sounded like sharp claws that were tearing his heart!

The door was finally opened. Henry limped out from the room while lifting his pants up. While looking at Ian, who had already been beaten to a pulp, Henry guffawed. “Haha, weren’t you strong when you were beating my brother and I back then…”

“You bunch of bstards! Bstards!”

The elders arrived and saw what happened, which caused two of them to have heart attacks in extreme fury on the spot.

As the Edwards were no pushovers, they dashed forward in an attempt to fight with Henry and his groups. However, the other party suddenly drew their guns before dozens of the weapons were aimed at the Edwards Family, scaring them to the point where they started to flee. They actually have guns!

Henry yanked Ian’s collar and lifted him. “Your wife is having a great time there. Listen to her moans—it sounds like your wife feels pleased since she makes such sexy moans! But, all you can do is watch!”

Ian glared at Henry and trembled in fury, but with the gun trained at his head, he would still be helpless—even if his hatred toward the latter made him shed tears of blood. If I have the chance, I will definitely make sure that these two sinful b*stards die by strangling them!

Henry intentionally called a few more people to enter the room, which resulted in the woman’s shriek becoming more tragic—even her voice became hoarse.

“Ian, save meeeee—” As he listened to her cries, Ian glared at Henry in indignation with both blood and tears in his eyes.

All they could do was to watch helplessly when the Yards violated the Young Mistress of the Edwards Family in their territory.

“Where is Mrs. Yard? Quickly call Mrs. Yard over to control them!” The people of the Edwards Family shuddered at the guns being aimed at them and lacked the courage to approach.

“Elder, Mrs. Yard and the two Young Masters are busy with their business negotiations elsewhere. They can’t make it here on time!”

“How about the Young Lady? Ask her to return to deal with this situation! The Edwards Family will be destroyed by these people from the Yard Family!” While the person spoke, another elder in his nineties suffered from a heart attack.

It was on that day when the entire Edwards Family had a taste of how extreme humiliation felt like.

Crack!

They suddenly heard the sound of glasses being shattered in the room followed by a large commotion in the room; the woman’s scream was mixed with a man’s roar before everything miraculously became quiet all of a sudden. Only the woman’s cry was heard.

At the same time, sounds of footsteps, which were in an orderly manner, were heard from all directions. The security guards of the Edwards Family appeared in black and dragged away all the old and weak individuals as well as those who died from heart attacks. They cleaned the scene and, in the blink of an eye, completely surrounded the area where the incident happened.

Henry and Ryan, who still had their feet on Ian’s face, had been asking him to listen to his wife’s moans when they were suddenly surrounded by the security guards.

Looking at the Edwards Family surrounding them, the Yard brothers were still fearless. “We have guns! If you guys dare to come closer, do so at your own risk!”

Lucy scoffed. “What a coincidence. We have guns too.”

Click!

It was the sound of bullets being loaded into the gun. Everyone from the Edwards Family held a gun in their hands—it was the Michel Industries’ most recent product with great impact, high accuracy and zero rate of misfire.

At the same time, countless red dots appeared and were trained on Henry and Ryan’s heads—snipers!

When more of Lucy’s men appeared, it was only then were Henry and Ryan afraid.

Her men broke into the wedding room by breaking the window and saving Ian’s newlywed wife. They even gained control of the room in an attempt to launch an attack from within, causing Henry to be surrounded from both directions.

Lucy saw that his subordinates had consisted of a number of people from the Edwards Family—they were Jordan’s direct subordinates which he assigned to Henry

“Members of the Edwards Family, please come here. I cannot guarantee your safety if we have a fight in a moment.” The few members of the Edwards Family opposite them exchanged glances with one another. However, as Jordan’s subordinates, they now had to listen to his son, so they did not dare to easily rebel against Henry.

Henry laughed with arrogance. “Haha, they won’t dare to go over because they listen to my orders!”

Lucy declared in a cold and merciless manner, “I’m counting from three to one and we will launch an attack after that.” Before they managed to give any response, she started to count. “Three.”

In fact, there were a few members of the Edwards Family who immediately ran over to Lucy, but the Yard brothers still did not budge. She cast a cold glance at Henry and Ryan as well as their people before turning to leave in a vigorous manner. She then made a turn and went downstairs while instructing, “Convey my orders—kill everyone besides Henry and Ryan.”

Kill everyone. Henry and Ryan were dumbfounded by her words. Does Lucy really have the courage to launch a massacre in her own territory?

Unexpectedly, the moment her figure disappeared around the corner, the snipers immediately pulled the triggers, shooting many people down in that instant. At the same time, members of the Edwards Family started to open fire. In the blink of an eye, the Edwards residence became their battlefield.

Meanwhile, other members of the Edwards Family hid far away from the scene outside the residence as they heard gunshots from the building and saw reinforcements constantly entering. On top of that, the injured people were being carried out with blood all over them.

Again, everyone was dumbfounded—they were actually having a gunfight in their own house! This is something that the Edwards have never experienced before in our lives.

However, they were especially excited since they shared a common goal—take down every member of the Yards!

Amidst the hail of bullets, Henry and Ryan were practically stupefied as they never expected Lucy to mean what she said. She really ordered a massacre where real guns are being used to kill all of us and turning the Edwards residence into a bloody battlefield.

Henry immediately gave Jordan a ring. “Dad, help us! Lucy is going to kill us! Save us, Dad! We are at home, but Lucy is going to kill us!”

“What? What’s going on! Don’t be afraid; I will send someone over now!” Jordan knew that something went wrong when he heard the sound of gunshots.

Nevertheless, he was now abroad, so by the time he returned, even their corpses would have been frozen.

They rushed into a room to temporarily keep themselves alive, but it would not be long before her men barged in. Ryan hastily gave Anna a call. “Quickly ask my mother to answer the phone now! Help! Lucy is going to kill us!”

In Pourl, the bodyguard glanced at Anna, who was sound asleep, and the Yard twins.

The few bodyguards were reluctant to wake them up.

In the end, they played rock-paper-scissors to select the one with the worst luck. The person then mustered the courage to wake Anna up. “Mrs. Yard—”

Anna, who was suddenly woken up, had an unpleasant mood. She opened her eyes and gave that man a slap. “Get lost!”

That man ran away as he was frightened by her bad temper.

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“Young Master, Mrs. Yard is attending a conference. She really can’t leave!”

The person’s reply infuriated Ryan. Upon seeing that Lucy’s men were about to barge into the room, he forced himself to call the cops.

As soon as the call was the connected, he yelled, “Fck you! I thought Cethos is a country that forbids the use of firearms! I have two gangs fighting with guns here! You fcking police, why aren’t you guys here to take care of this?”

The person on the other side of the phone immediately hung up on the call.

At the same time, the door was kicked down. Members of the Edwards Family burst in and caught Henry and Ryan while the rest of the Yard Family were killed.

That day, there was bloodshed in the Edward residence as both parties fought to their heart’s content behind closed doors. The injured members of the Edwards Family were sent to the hospital for treatment while those from the Yard Family were carried to the side and given another bullet in their heads.

Those timid ones had all escaped. Lucy calmly sat at one side while drinking coffee and occasionally cast a glance at the piles of bodies with eyes that were void of emotions and colors.

The entire garden was soaked in blood as its stench shrouded the place. Under the nourishment of the blood, all the plants in the Edwards residence would produce beguiling fragrance for the next several years.

“Young lady, the cops are here.” A subordinate came to report to Lucy.

She replied, “That’s not an issue. Someone will help me to stop them.”

The fight did not last for a long time. Henry and Ryan were covered in blood when they were taken out while dozens of their men, who emanated aggressive aura, all fell asleep at one side. If it was not for Lucy, who spared their lives, even the two brothers would have been killed too.

Everyone from the Edwards Family currently wished that they could kick the two of them. On the other hand, Lucy did not even look at the two pathetic guys and calmly instructed, “Remove the bodies and clean the floor. Send the Yard brothers to the Yard Residence.”

Henry and Ryan were roughly thrown into the car. Before they left, Henry intractably threatened, “You killed members of the Yard Family. Dad will not let you off the hook!”

She was still impassive and unaffected by his threats.

After they were sent off, the enraged Edwards Family broke into their rooms and threw all of their belongings. They then kicked everyone with the family name of ‘Yard’ out of the Edwards residence, regardless of age and gender.

All the things in the rooms belonging to Anna and her two sons were also thrown out. It was a fortunate thing that she had taken her pets with her; otherwise, they would have been skinned alive!

From now on, the Edwards and the Yards were sworn enemies!

Anna, who woke up in the pet store, was informed of the shocking news the moment she opened her eyes. “What? Lucy actually launched a massacre in the Edwards residence and killed more than twenty people from the Yard Family? How dare she—”

While she was beyond furious, Callum pretended to be frightened as he stood on the side. “That’s bad! She will definitely be coming to kill us! Mother, let’s leave Bayside City for now!”

She carried the dog in her arms and agreed. “Let’s go!”

The three of them took their cat, dog and alpacas and hurried to the airport to escape to the Ronney Group.

If the mother and her two sons continued to stay after the Edwards Family had killed many members of the Yard Family, they would probably be the next targets.

They hastily boarded their private plane and left overnight.

It was only when Anna’s most trusted people were around her that she dropped her frantic expression and looked at the gradually fading land of Cethos outside the window with a stern look. She suddenly grinned. “Looks like I have underestimated Jordan’s eldest daughter—she is surely courageous. I wonder how Jordan is going to handle this situation!”

It was indeed an impressive move by Lucy! By escalating the matter, it would cause the relationship between the Edwards and Yard Family to be completely broken and made it impossible for Anna and her two sons to be part of the Edwards. Lucy could establish her authority while severing all possibilities for the Yard Family to lay their hands on the Edwards Family. Her move has killed multiple birds with one stone!

Her marriage to Jordan would most likely be called off since the Yard Family was dissatisfied with the Edwards Family as well.

At the Imperial, Stanley said to Sophia the moment he entered, “Sophia, give me 100 and I’ll tell you an extremely huge gossip! It’s exciting! I promise to return you the money if it is not exciting!”

Michael would be returning from abroad today after finishing the scenes that he filmed abroad. The subsequent ones would be in Bayside City, enabling him to return home often.

They had made delicious food to welcome him home, so Stanley also popped by.

Sophia replied, “I will give you 5 at most!”

Stanley pleaded, “Come on! I think this news is worth at least 80!”

“10!”

“No, at least 50!”

“I’ll give at most 20!”

“Fine! Give me the money!”

She gave him 20. He then took the money and announced, “Something big has happened in the Edwards Family!”

He dramatically explained about the incident in the Edwards residence that day. Although the news had been sealed and Lucy had done an awesome job in handling the aftermath of the matter, he still learned about it.

It would be impossible for the government to overlook the matter since an open gunfight happened in a country that forbade the use of firearms. They turned a blind eye to that incident since it was a fight that happened between their own family members and she managed to keep the situation under control without drawing the public’s attention. However, the Fletcher Family were aware of the incident, but they ignored it since it was merely a fight within the Edwards Family, which posed no threat to the society.

As a matter of fact, Sophia had learned about the incident some time ago, but she still forced herself to listen to Stanley’s explanation since he knew more of the inside story.

“After the incident that befell the Edwards Family, Anna and the others fled the country—I bet that they were frantic and panicked! I heard that the Edwards Family chased after them until the airport, but failed to catch them! If they actually managed to catch Anna and her folks, they might have lost their lives in Bayside City!”

Sophia chuckled. It is impossible for Anna not to be aware of what her sons did. She intentionally allowed them to have their way.

As Jordan had confined Anna in Bayside City, she would not have had a reason to return to Ronney City if her sons did not do something outrageous. It was perfect timing—she was able to return to Ronney City with her two sons and even took Sophia’s alpacas with her.

Sophia initially worried that Lucy would not be able to handle Anna upon returning to the Edwards residence. Seems like I was overthinking the issue.

Theo lay on the couch after returning home today. After only being home for half a day, he felt bored.

He actually disliked the house—the vibes of capitalism and intellectualism made him feel suffocated.

It was impossible for him to live with Cooper because he found it unacceptable that an intellectual family under the influence of capitalism actually reared a pig in their house.

In fact, the pig that Carmen brought home last year was one that was bred for its meat and it had been neutered. As it was well-fed, it speedily grew. Now, the pig grew pudgy that it had long exceeded the optimum slaughter weight—it happened to weigh 300 pounds last week.

In the past when resources were scarce, the military troops could not eat meat even if they wanted to, so they had to rear the animals themselves. When Theo first joined the military, he was in charge of rearing pigs in the logistics unit.

At that time, he diligently learnt about ‘Postpartum Care of Sows’, ‘Scientific Feed Mix for Piglets’, and other subjects. After some hard work, he managed to rear four fat pigs with the average weight of 280 pounds, which earned him a Third-Class Meritorious Service Medal and a promotion.

Currently, the pig, which was nudging his trouser legs, was wearing a strange diaper, while she was chasing it from behind with excitement.

While looking at the pig’s fat body, he gulped and wondered how the animal, which was kept as a pet, would taste like…

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After the pig nudged his pants for a while, it lay on the floor and fell asleep—probably due to the animal exercising too much. In fact, all it did in an entire day was sleeping and eating while living its best life. When it was a piglet, they would bring it out for walks every day. But now that the hog weighed more than 300 pounds, it could no longer go on walks and all it did was sleep at home, causing it to expand like a balloon.

Theo patted the pig’s belly and pinched its ear while praising, “Look at this pig—the coat, skin color, body, meat…” Slaughtering this pig can definitely provide meat for the family for quite some time.

Before he could finish appraising the pig, a big rooster passed by him.

The rooster made Theo recall the days when resources were scarce and even government servants could only afford to eat steam cornbread. The military troops had to eat meat for combat, so they not only reared pigs, but many chickens.

Therefore, when he had to watch a live pork belly and chicken pot swaggering past him every day, he found it difficult to continue staying there and hoped to leave the house as soon as possible. I wonder if they will slaughter the pig during the New Year, but considering the fact that this pig is wearing a pink dress and living an enjoyable life, it seems like it won’t be slaughtered any time soon.

Cooper, who was standing at one side, had long noticed Theo’s hungry gaze. Although he also found the pig unbearable, he could not help but mutter when he saw Theo having the courage to blatantly stare at the pig, “It’s vulgar.”

Theo, who seemed to have ignored what Cooper said, continued to eagerly stare at the pig while contemplating the cooking methods for different parts of the animal.

He and Cooper, who had never been able to see eye to eye on matters, preferred not to speak or disturb each other.

The next day after Michael had returned, Stanley’s cybercafé officially opened.

In the era where cybercafé business was sluggish with the risk of being bankrupt at any time and meeting real estate agents for the procedures to transfer estates, Stanley’s action of investing loads of money to open a large cybercafé and even applying for Guinness World Records had started a trend, resulting in the non-gamers to join in the fun.

On the day that his cybercafé was opened, he managed to invite many famous celebrities of the esport industry and game production teams to his opening ceremony.

Michael naturally went and so did Sophia. Cooper, who was the founder of online games, also tagged along since he had to appear for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.

It was an incredibly lively and merry scene that day—the number of people who showed up on the opening day of the cybercafé was at an all-time high since there were gaming fans who intentionally flew in from abroad for the event.

The large cybercafé was not only equipped with computers, but also a gym, lounge, café, mall, and over a thousand employees as well as over 100 network administrators. There were even announcements that major esports events were scheduled to be held there.

Many members of the Fletcher Family also turned up at the venue—they stood together in a large group with shining eyes and scanned the place like searchlights. Suddenly, there was a commotion.

“She’s here!”

“Over there!”

“Calm down and restrain yourselves. Don’t let the girl notice us.”

Sophia looked in the direction of their gazes—it turned out that Christine had arrived.

After she became the spokesperson for JNS Group’s new line of products, her outstanding performance in the fashion week significantly increased her social status. She received a lot of gigs and accepted a few offers to be spokesperson for other companies. Thanks to that, she was finally able to throw out the replicas and appear in front of the public in a genuine Mori girl dress, looking like an eye-candy.

She happily greeted Stanley, “Mr. Snow Fox!”

“Chrissy, you are here. Have a seat anywhere you like. It’s full house today, so pardon me for the poor hospitality.” Stanley was on the go for the entire day, but he carved some time out to greet her.

“I understand. Just do what you need to do. I’ll get myself a seat.”

The two of them went their separate ways after greeting each other.

The Fletcher Family were excited—plenty of videos were taken from different angles and uploaded into their family group chat.

“Look at this—Stan is really in a relationship this time! Look at how sweet his smile was!”

“His girlfriend looks stunning! They look good together!”

“It seems like they might have kids next year!”

Christine saw Sophia, so she went over to greet, “Sophia!”

“Hello.” Sophia subconsciously looked in the direction where Sean was and found him in the midst of greeting guests while keeping the scene under control.

The guests who were invited today were all from the same industry—big shots from the esport and gaming industries; they even made special arrangements to host an esport performance game to make the event more interesting. Therefore, he was extremely busy.

He most likely had given up on relationships since his unrequited love has caused him pain.

Sophia took the initiative to invite her to a match. “Let’s have a match later!”

Christine was surprised. “Sure, I’ve always wanted to have a match with Sirius!”

Upon hearing that, Sophia felt extremely awkward. Ever since she learned about the dark history in her younger years, she wished the ground would bury her.

After the opening ceremony, the cybercafé officially began its operation.

The elated Stanley did not invite everyone to have fun in his cybercafé for the entire night, but rather for a meal instead. As he was usually stingy, he was generous enough to treat everyone to a feast that time. Those who were invited were his close friends, Sophia and her family, as well as Harry and his clan. Christine also came along.

That large group of people had reserved the entire restaurant.

After dinner, Stanley and his friends intended to head to the cybercafé with their arms on each other’s shoulders to play games throughout the night. “Sophia, Uncle Michael, let’s go! Let’s play all night!”

Sophia was tempted by his offer, but her father was beside her, so she did not dare to agree— although she really wanted to experience the feeling of playing games in the cybercafé throughout the night!

Cooper glared at Stanley, which caused the latter to suddenly lose his courage to invite her and watched as they drove away.

After Sophia left, Stanley stopped Christine, who was also about to leave. “Chrissy, let’s go. Let’s play all night!”

She seemed to be in a dilemma. “Stan, I need to head to the dance room in the afternoon tomorrow. I think I’ll have to pass.”

He replied, “Hey, what are you afraid of? Let’s go; don’t worry, I’ll bear the consequences if something really happens.”

In the end, she was unable to resist the temptation and went to the cybercafé to play games all night long.

As Sophia’s car had not driven far away, she saw the two of them entering the cybercafé together and thought, Stanley is rather smart to use the tactic of playing games as an excuse to bring himself closer to Christine.

A man and a woman, both in their prime of life, and the cybercafé had dedicated rooms for that…

However, when Sophia returned home with excitement, switched on the computer, and logged into the game, she realized that… They were really going to play games all night. They reserved a VIP room and Stanley had even defeated Christine in the game. This idiot fellow… Is he really dating Christine? Is this how he dates a lady? If he has even half of his uncle Michael’s dating skills, he would have a kid old enough to attend elementary school now!

Sophia lazily killed mobs and gained experience together with them in the game. As she expected, playing games at home was not as fun as playing in the cybercafé. Something just doesn’t feel right!

Sean also nonchalantly played video games while privately chatting with her.

She texted, ‘Hey, do you think that idiot actually knows how to date someone? What kind of dating method is this?’

He replied, ‘They are not in a relationship; they are occasionally playing video games together. That night during the fashion week when they did not return home, they spent the entire night playing video games. In his words, it was merely ‘business games’—he played games with Christine for the whole night to convince her to promote the cybercafé for him. He managed to save a hefty amount of advertising fees through this method.’

She was rendered speechless; in fact, she was dumbfounded! A young man and woman went out just to play games for the whole night? This might sound unbelievable if it involves other people, but if Stanley is involved, it would definitely be possible.

Sean added, ‘Sigh, with Stan’s idiocy, I wonder how long I will have to wait for him to be in a relationship with someone.’

No, Stanley has actually once taken the initiative to chase a woman—Sophia. However, it turned out to be a mess since it’s the reason why the punches that he has received from Michael is more than the amount of food he has ever eaten.

My Dreamy Old Husband Chapter 1320

After he failed to woo Sophia, it seemed like he lost the ability and instinct to fall in love with a woman.

As a result of the Fletcher Family’s influence, she was incredibly concerned about Stanley’s relationship matters. The idiot dog should get lost with another girl! If he is not going to date anyone for his entire life, Sean will stay by him for the rest of his life. Therefore, he should hurry up and date someone so that Sean can give up and take Maisie to a place far away. Christine seems like a good choice since there aren’t many women who can get along well with him—it’s now or never!

She replied, ‘Christine is quite a good choice for him. She is Maddie’s relative from her hometown. We know her background—she is quite hard working, which makes her a good match for that stupid dog.’

Sean fell silent for a moment, which made her think that she could have said something wrong as she thought, I knew that he… Sigh, relationships are not something easy to deal with.

He suddenly replied after a while, ‘In that case, why don’t you try to set them up? With his dense brain, I wonder when he will be able to have a partner.’

Meanwhile, in the game, Stanley threw Christine on the ground again and whacked her while arrogantly saying over the mic, “Hahaha, call me Daddy!”

Sophia hesitatingly replied, ‘Sure… I’ll give it a try.’

She thought that she should try to look for Maddie since after all, the latter was Christine’s cousin and his elder. Maddie would be the perfect candidate to bring them together as a couple. It was a coincidence that she wanted to interview Linus, so Sophia intended to discuss with her in person.

After playing for the entire night, Christine ate her breakfast in the bistro of the internet café before sleepily heading home.

As a celebrity attached to an agency, she was spared from living in basements like other people who came to Bayside City to make a living. She was currently living in a considerably decent property at the heart of the city center—the company had rented a unit with two rooms and a living room for her.

She used to live alone in the two-room unit, but her cousin from her hometown recently arrived in Bayside City. So, she placed a bed in the extra room, which was modified into her closet, and asked her cousin to stay in it. She even arranged a job for her cousin, which was to do odd jobs in her agency.

Christine slept until noon and took a few sips of coffee, wore her makeup, and dressed before heading to the talent agency for an afternoon dance training in the dance room.

When she opened her closet, she discovered that her clothes and shoes were left in a mess. The clothes and shoes, which the brand company had given to her when she became the spokesperson for JNS Group’s new line, were scattered on the bed. Even her two best outfits, which still had its price tags intact since she was saving for grandeur events due to her reluctance to wear them on normal days, were unexpectedly worn by her cousin, Tawny Bishop.

Christine felt that her heart ached. Tawny has her own clothes, so why did she wear mine? To make matters worse, they are my best clothes! I can’t afford to buy such expensive clothes, so I wouldn’t have owned them if the brand company didn’t give them to me!

Tawny’s job of doing odd tasks in the agency was the result of Christine’s continuous effort of begging her company. Even though she was now 18 to 19 years old, Tawny, who dropped out of junior high school and started to work since then, still had accomplished nothing. She even underwent an abortion when she was still a minor, ruining her reputation in her hometown and unable to marry anyone.

When Christine’s relatives from her hometown learned that she was quite successful in Bayside City, they hoped that she could take care of Tawny and make her a celebrity as well to enable her to marry into a rich family—since there were wealthy people in Bayside City—and follow in Christine’s footsteps, which was to earn millions to support her family and helped her brothers to buy properties and settle down.

Christine and Maddie were both from a small county in the southwest; they were considered famous people in their hometown who successfully made it big as a celebrity.

One person’s success could bring glory to the entire family.

Although Maddie’s husband was poor, he was a permanent resident of Bayside City and Maddie was able to become a resident after her marriage. Even though their family was poor and unable to afford anything expensive, being a permanent resident of Bayside City in itself was already something to be proud of. Therefore, a lot of her relatives from her hometown would ask her to help them to look for jobs whenever they visited Bayside City.

However, those relatives would criticize her husband that he was merely a paratrooper when they returned home. As Maddie and her husband lived in a windowless basement unit, they did not have any extra rooms to accommodate her visiting relatives, who had to stay in hotels each time they came.

Nevertheless, a poor man like him was still able to earn money. He managed to earn more than 100,000 annually, so she was able to send tens of thousands to her family and even financially supported her younger brother’s university studies.

Although she was not leading a successful life in Bayside City, she was an extremely filial daughter who would save all of her earnings and send it back to her family.

In comparison to Maddie, Christine was more successful. As a famous celebrity, she was able to make a few millions a year. As a result, her two elder brothers and younger brother could afford to purchase houses in Provincial City and ones that were the best high-rise properties in luxurious neighborhoods.

Therefore, her relatives from her hometown all swarmed into the city to earn money. When they arrived in the unfamiliar city, they would ask her to help them to look for jobs and even asked her to support their accommodation and food when they were unable to work.

Once Christine’s relatives caught wind of her success, they came to visit her more often and she would try her best to assist them with securing jobs. Fortunately, she had already established connections in Bayside City. When she was playing games with Stanley last night, she told him that her uncle was looking for a job.

She grumbled as she tidied her clothes. After that, she picked her outfit and applied her makeup, but found that it was in a messy state as well. A few of her favorite lipsticks and foundations had been stolen. Needless to say, this must be Tawny’s doing since she keeps using my foundation while wearing my clothes and shoes to work.

Christine knew what Tawny had in mind—there were celebrities, film producers, and famous directors walking in and out of the agency every day. Since Tawny did not want to do odd jobs for the rest of her life, she intended to look for an alternative—if she managed to catch a big shot’s attention, she would become as glamorous as Christine.

However, Tawny was unaware of where she currently stood—she physically lacked the condition to stand out and since the entertainment circle never lacked beauties of all shapes and sizes, it was rather impossible for things to work out as she wished.

Although she was merely doing odd jobs, her monthly salary was around six to seven thousand despite it being an easy job. It was way higher than the usual salary of two to three thousand per month that she would receive for jobs in her hometown. On top of that, based on her physical condition, it would be difficult for her to even get a job that paid two or three thousand per month.

A frustrated Christine, who had already done her makeup, made a call as she left home. “Hello? Uncle, I have a friend who has just opened an internet café. He is hiring someone to do some odd jobs. The pay is six thousand per month and is inclusive of food and accommodation… Sure, sure, I’ll go and pick you up at the hotel tomorrow.”

After making the call, she sighed. Her uncle had been staying in Bayside City for more than ten days. Not only was his hotel accommodation fees and food paid by her, she had to arrange for him to stay in luxurious hotels while ensuring that he was well-treated. If she did not treat him well, he would definitely complain about her when he returned to her hometown, humiliating her parents and brothers.

After all, she was the ‘hope of the family’, so she could not afford to disgrace her family.

Immediately after she left home, her father in her hometown gave her a ring. “Christine, your cousin’s flight is arriving tomorrow afternoon. Make arrangements for his accommodation and job.”

She felt so annoyed that she wanted to smash her phone, but she agreed in the end. “Alright, send me the flight details then. I will go and pick him up from the airport tomorrow.”

Mr. Bishop, who was on the other side of the phone, then added, “Your brother wishes to open a company in the city, but he lacks the capital. Transfer 1 million to him.”

1 million! Christine was shocked. When did I ever have 1 million?!

She had recently spent her entire savings for her brothers to purchase properties in Provincial City. Although the properties there were not as expensive as in Bayside City, it still exhausted the money that she had saved all those years. How on earth am I going to look for 1 million?

“Dad, I recently purchased a house for my brother, so I don’t have 1 million!”

Mr. Bishop’s tone instantly became stern. “You are a celebrity, so it’s easy for you to earn money. Even if you don’t have it now, you will have it in a couple of days’ time. Don’t worry; it’s not urgent. It’s merely a plan that your brother has, so just transfer to us when you have the 1 million. Christine, your brother is our family’s hope and image. If your brother wishes to start a business, our whole family has to try our best to help him!”

“But—” Christine felt anxious. My brother represents our family’s image, but what about me? On top of that, he wants 1 million? Where am I going to get 1 million from?

He was impatient. “Look at your cousin—Maddie from the Evans Family, who married a paratrooper. She only spent around 100,000 when her family purchased a house and it was not even enough to buy a toilet in Provincial City! As a result, she has become such a loser that she is embarrassed to return to her hometown. It serves her right!”