Chapter 680


    Sam called his assistant over and handed the name card he just received to her. “You have one hour. I


    want all the information on this person, including her parents, her family, her birthce, her biographical


    information, and so on.”


    The assistant epted the name card and immediately began her investigation. However, she still said,


    “9th Old Master, if you want to investigate this person, you can find a lot of information on the inte.


    You can simply check on the inte in the meantime.”


    A casual search on the inte would bring up a lot of information on Taylor Murray’s wife.


    After that, the assistant left the room. Then, Sam sat at his desk, turned on hisputer, and typed the


    words ‘Sophia Edwards’ into the search bar. To be honest, he didn’t need to ask his assistant to


    investigate her. Her information was all over the inte—she even had an exclusive entry on Wikipedia.


    Clicking into her Wikipedia page, he read through her biography: Sophia Edwards—23 years old. Her


    father is Joe Edwards, her sister is Faye Edwards, and her husband is Taylor Murray. She published a


    book and gave a speech at Bayside University before. Currently, she is the executive director of Plum


    Technology as well as a student at Bayside University.


    However, he couldn’t find any information about her mother. Some articles merely mentioned that her


    mother had died prematurely.


    He scanned through the information quickly and discovered that she had been molested by her own


    uncle when she was younger. Reading the news, he was unable to ept it nor imagine it. I can’t


    believe the face that is identical to that person hid such a painful past behind that cool demeanor!


    After that, he searched for her picture on the inte. She would asionally post a picture of her daily


    life on Twitter, but there were very few selfies of her—she mostly posted pictures of her pets. Even so,


    every photo he found of her was uncannily simr to that person.


    One hour passed by quickly. The assistant promptly came back with arge amount of information on


    Sophia. She handed the information, that had been printed out into arge stack of documents, over to


    Sam. The Edwards Family possessed a powerful intelligencework; they investigated everything


    about Sophia and her background to the minute details. The information on her included her origins, her


    family, her birth, and even the prizes she received in school—all of it was written out clearly.


    Sam turned to the first page of the document. It contained aprehensive and detailed version of her


    household registration information. The moment he read that page, his entire body stiffened in surprise.


    The information in the document was far moreprehensive than the information he had found on the


    Inte—Sophia’s entire background had been investigated. Aside from her father and her husband,


    even her mother’s name had been retrieved.


    ‘Mother: Annabel Johnson.’ Not much information was written on her mother, Annabel Johnson. Only


    several lines were written there. ‘Annabel Johnson died of a postpartum amniotic fluid embolism at the


    age of 19 in 199x.’


    Upon reading those words, his hands began to shake, and his internal emotions crashed about in huge


    waves inside his heart. His eyes were filled with those words: ‘Died of a postpartum amniotic fluid


    embolism at the age of 19.’


    Died of a postpartum amniotic fluid embolism at the age of 19… Then, he turned to his assistant and


    said with an emotional expression he had never shown before, “I want information on Annabel Johnson!


    All of it! Quickly!”


    He practically roared out those words.


    His assistant had never seen Sam in such an unbridled and emotional state before. Thus, she hurriedly


    left the room to gather information on ‘Annabel Johnson’.


    Afterward, Sam continued reading the information on Sophia and understanding her past. The more he


    read, the more shocked he felt. At the same time, his grief, indignation, and anger grew. By the end of it


    all, he could almost confirm something.


    In the meantime, his assistant had obtained Annabel’s personal information as fast as she could and


    handed it over to Sam.


    Compared to the stack of information on her daughter, the information on Annabel was remarkably much


    less. It consisted of only one simple page—one piece of paper was enough to summarize her 19 years of


    life. She was born in Johnson Family Vige, which was located in the suburbs of Riverdale. She


    graduated from primary school and dropped out of school to work at the age of 13. At 18 years old, she


    worked as a confinement nanny under Joe Edwards. She was chased out of the household when she


    later became pregnant. Afterward, she returned to her vige and gave birth to her daughter, Sophia


    Edwards. The father of the child was unknown. She died of an amniotic fluid embolism.


    When Sam finished reading that single piece of paper, he seemed stunned and couldn’t say a word for a


    long time.


    His assistant stood by the side, not daring to say anything either. That was because Annabel Johnson


    looked identical to the girl in the photo Sam cherished and loved the most!


    At that moment, Sam stared at the paper in his hands that he had almost crushed in a daze. All of a


    sudden, he stood up, shredded the document to pieces, and smashed around him like a madman. It


    looked like he had gone crazy—he was crying andughing at the same time while muttering endlessly,


    “Hahahahaha… Fate conspires against you! What a rotten hand! Why?! Why?!”


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    Sam had gonepletely mad—it seemed like he was a different person altogether. He destroyed


    everything he saw. Everything in the room was smashed to pieces, including the photo that he loved and


    cherished the most. That photo was the photo he took with Annabel. Laughing and crying, he finally


    ended up wailing in despair.


    His assistant was shocked, but she remained standing at the door and did not dare to leave. The


    doghouse by the corner had been broken too, and Sam’s pet dog ran out of the room in fright as a result.


    Standing by the door, the assistant cracked open the door and observed Sam, who was destroying


    everything like a wild beast with scarlet eyes. The hair on her body stood up at the sight.


    Lucy rushed over after hearing themotion and asked, “What happened to Sam?”


    The assistant replied in a whisper, “I don’t know either…”


    Lucy could hear Sam destroying stuff inside the room. He was crying andughing while simultaneously


    yelling, “Why?! Why?!”


    …


    Edwards Ind was brightly lit today. After the simple wee banquet, everybody was tired from their


    travels. Therefore, there were no other activities, and they all headed back to their respective rooms to


    rest.


    Inside the room, Sophia was unpacking her luggage. Initially, she felt that it was enough to only bring


    some toiletries since they were only here for three days. However, they were famous now. They had to


    be extravagant when making an appearance. Even if she wanted to pack light, she needed to bring more


    luggage with her.


    Why did I have to be the wife of the Best Actor Award winner?! With her husband’s fame surrounding


    her, she was constantly being watched wherever she went. I knew this would happen. That’s why I


    preferred a hidden marriage!


    On the other hand, Michael was on the phone on the balcony of the room. It was a call from Sean. Sean


    quickly cut to the chase, saying, “Uncle Michael, I made a major discovery! Back then, Cooper and


    Annabel went to the south to elope. In the end, they settled down in an ancient town. It’s the predecessor


    of the film studio where you always go for movie shootings. Originally, the Mitchell Family couldn’t locate


    them. But, somebody snitched on them! That person was Cooper’s best friend and one of the few people


    who knew about Cooper and Annabel. If you can find that person, you might be able to find out more


    about Cooper. I’ve investigated Cooper’s photo. At the time, he was frequently in contact with a person


    named ‘Andrea Edwards’. There were many photos of them together. Moreover, I suspect that Andrea


    was the snitch! I believe he is a member of the Edwards Family. Try to find out more about this person


    during the two days you have with the Edwards Family.”


    After ending the call, Michael returned to the room. He saw that Sophia was trying on the swimsuit she


    nned to wear tomorrow as she walked about butt naked. Then, he saw that a copy of the Edwards


    Family’s genealogy record book was avable on the bookshelf in the hotel room.


    Picking up the book, he flipped through it while looking for the name ‘Andrea Edwards’. Unfortunately, his


    search came up empty—there was no such person in the Edwards Family.


    The Edwards Family generally did a very good job at controlling the information on its family members. If


    there was something they didn’t want outsiders to know about, it would be impossible to find out. Or


    perhaps, Andrea Edwards was not part of the Edwards Family. No matter who he was, Michael was very


    interested in this person. After all, his wife was named Sophia while this person was named Andrea.