Chapter 536
After sitting for exams four days in a row, Sophia still did quite well. It might have been due to her illness
that she was not able to get first ce, but she had no problem in making it into the top ten.
Once exams were over, it was the start of winter break so she headed home to enjoy her holidays. That
day, Michael had prepared a feast for her at home. Stanley also brought Sean along to join in.
When Michael came out of the study, he found the three of them—Sophia, Stanley, and Sean—ying a
game in the living room.
He watched them for a bit and took a look at their group in the game. They were a group of four with one
unknown yer called ‘Baby Hero’.
Even though the name sounded unfamiliar, he was a skilled yer. He easily beat Stanley and the rest.
Even when the three of them teamed up, they were still unable to beat him. Useless.
Michael could not contain his curiosity. “Where does this Baby Heroe from? Why haven’t we seen
him before?”
Before Sophia could answer, a child chirped from the corner, “Dad, it’s me, Nichs! I can y games
now too!”
Michael walked up to take a closer look and noticed that his robotic arm was connected to the USB port
of theputer. In the game, Baby Hero was having a three-on-one match with them.
While Sophia was ying, she said, “Linus upgraded Nichs. He can y games now. You can add
him on Messenger too and message him about anything; he will reply to you.”
That is just unheard of!
When Michael took out his phone and logged in to Messenger, he noticed that there were two more
people in their seven-member gaming group. One was Daniel, and the other was the neer Baby
Hero. He even left his own message: ‘I love Mommy, Daddy, and Nate!’
His disy picture was a group photo of him and Nathan.
Baby Hero automatically added Michael as a friend.
Baby Hero: ‘Dad!’
Michael was baffled. He is a real robot. He can chat in the gaming group while still battling Sophia in the
game.
Baby Hero: ‘Uncle Harry, Mr. Eighty Thousand. Come and y a game of mahjong!’
Harry: ‘You have my respect! I’m scared of you. I’m not going. I’m going to lose my underwear as well at
this point.’
Daniel: ‘Can you stop bringing up that eighty thousand? Are you all hoping to use this against me for the
rest of my life? Call me Daniel or Uncle Daniel.’
Baby Hero: ‘Okay, Mr. Eighty Thousand. No problem, Mr. Eighty Thousand.’
Daniel: ‘Linus, teach your robot properly, will you?’
Linus: ‘Haha. Sorry, Mr. Eighty Thousand. I may have written the program, but some of the data was
keyed in by Sophia. Not my problem.’
With the phone in his hand, Michael switched between sneaking nces at the robot and at Sophia who
was gaming.
This technology irks me!
His Messenger notification went off. It was a message from Baby Hero, ‘Daddy, what are you stealing
nces at me for?’
Oh my god!
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When the blissful winter break started, the family of three made their way to Riverdale to spend the
holidays. Their car stopped at the entrance of what once was Harper’s Mansion but now was the
Edwards Residence. Stepping out of the car with the dog behind him, Nichs cried, “Wow! Such a big
house! I’m going to live in a big house now! I’m so happy!”
Michael could not shake off the feeling that the robot was a spy and felt slightly apprehensive around it.
Hence, he subconsciously tried to keep some distance between them.
Wrapped up in her fur coat, Sophia entered the Edwards Residence and was greeted by a patch of red
as all the plum blossoms had bloomed. The big blossoms had fallen and piled up on the ground,
contrasting with the white snow. It was a picturesque sight.
Ever since they took over this ce, Michael did not make any big changes to it. Once in a while, he sent
someone over to clean. It was normally left empty or rented out, to film crews that he was familiar with, to
use.
Some of the shots in the documentary film were taken here.
Since the plum blossoms were in bloom now, they were able to admire the snow and flowers.
Taking Sophia’s hand, Michael entered the plum blossom forest with her. The flowers were falling
endlessly. Nichs had run off into the distance with the dog, leaving behind a string of paw prints and
wheel imprints in the ground.
Standing under the falling flowers, Sophia caught one and took a sniff of it. The fragrance rushed up to
her nose and she looked up to take in the intoxicating scent.
From behind her, Michael watched the plum blossoms fall onto her face and lips. It seemed like she was
exuding a divine radiance around her and her soul was drenched in the fragrance of falling plum
blossoms.
The family of three had nned to stay there for a few days. There were many helpers both inside and
outside of the residence.
Today, someone had hesitated and lingered around at the entrance of the Edwards Residence. His
messy footprints were left all over the snow.
Richard Harper hade alone. But looking at the piece of property that was once his, he no longer had
the courage to move forward.
That property once belonged to the Harper Family. That piece of property had witnessed a hundred
glorious years under the Harper Family. The house was still the same as before, and even the bus stop
nearby was still named after Harper’s Mansion. However, the owners of the ce had changed a long
time ago. It felt as though the Harper Family’s era was now over.
Gazing at the house, Richard thought he could see the past glorious days of the Harper Family, but it
was now gone forever.
A whileter, he mustered up the courage to walk up and knock on the big, red door. He wanted to visit
the new owners of the ce. If they had the chance to get close, he would make that ce his again.
After just a couple of knocks, a response came from inside.
“Who is it?”
The person who opened the door was dressed in ck and was wearing ck sunsses—he looked
very unusual.
Richard presented a friendly smile and said, “I’m Richard Harper, the son of the previous owner of this
ce. I wanted to visit the new owners here.”
The man in ck eyed him a few times, then let him in. “Please,e in.”
As Richard followed the man in ck inside, he walked past the familiarndscape and still felt the same
atmosphere the ce used to have. It still had the same magnificence, but it did not have the same
owners anymore. Feelings of destion grew within him.
When they made it to the previous Harper’s Mansion and entered the previous Harper Family’s living
room, Richard sat in there as a guest.
“One moment, please, Mr. Harper. Madam will be here shortly.”
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The housekeeper left after bringing him a cup of hot tea. Sitting on the soft cushion, he realized that the
interior and furniture did not change one bit. It still had the ssic and quaint style to it. The red wooden
furniture with gold lining still looked the same as before
He got up and started walking around. Looking outside the window, he could see the plum blossom
garden and the smallke not too far away. There was also a stone bridge over theke. The white snow
along with the red flowers gave the ce a picturesque view. He used to roam in that plum blossom
forest, but today, that was all history.
While he was deep in thought, he spotted something moving in the snow. It was a Samoyed ying in
the snow.
The robot had an umbre in one hand and a leash in the other as he walked the dog in the snow.
Richard thought his eyes were ying tricks on him. Focusing once more, however, he still saw a robot
walking a dog.
The weather was freezing, but the dog wanted to go out for a walk. If the owner did not want to budge,
then it was up to the robot to walk the dog.
At that moment, Richard broke into a cold sweat and re-evaluated his perception of the fortune and
power this new owner had.
A robot walking the dog. This isn’t something just any wealthy family can do.