Chapter 821
Michael was touched.
My little girl is all grown up and sensible now. She already understands how hard her father works.
However, Sophia was a little upset. She pursed her lips and purposelyined, “Then what about
me? Aren’t you going to take care of me?”
Carmen nced at Cooper, who still had a dark look on his face, and said, “I’ll take care of daddy, and
daddy and grandpa will take care of you!”
Sophia was amused by Carmen’s words and the family of three walked together happily. At that
moment, Cooper looked like an outsider.
They only needed a few shots in the film studio and they had finished filming in one day. There was
another scene in the museum, and per the director’s order, they were going to film it at the Bayside City
museum.
The shooting time there had been scheduled and they had two days of free time, so there was enough
time for them to stay at the film studio for one night and travel around to see pandas.
After dinner, the lights in the studio were turned on, illuminating the night sky. When they were eating
dinner just now, Carmen buried her face in the bowl halfway through the meal and she was so
exhausted, she fell asleep. Sophia ced her in the hotel room and asked the nanny to watch over her
before she got ready to head out.
Michael was a frequent visitor to the film studio so he said, “You’ve been to this film studio before, but let
me show you around!”
Sophia naturally epted his invitation. Michael knew that at this time, his father-inw would definitely
follow them so he could ruin Michael’s ns. However, Cooper was quiet. He was so quiet, Sophia
thought that it was strange so she asked, “Dad, aren’t you going to join us?”
Cooper shook his head and replied, “You two go ahead and have fun. Remember toe back early.”
After he finished speaking, he put down his knife and fork and went out alone, his figure forlorn.
Watching Cooper leave alone, Sophia was still confused. “… What’s wrong with him?” Looking at
Cooper’s figure, Michael suddenly felt a little sorry for his father-inw.
This ce was filled with Cooper’s memories. Back then, the film studio was not a film studio, but an old
town. He and Annabel had eloped and came here but unexpectedly, as soon as they settled down, Sam
had told the Mitchell family, and he was forced to go back.
Michael knew all about Cooper’s experiences, so he always cherished the people he loved— Cooper lost
Annabel and he could never make up for it.
Michael also lost Sophia once, but God gave him a chance to make it up to her so he swore to never
lose her a second time!
Cooper silently went to the ce he and Annabel once lived. After they eloped and came here back
then, he found a job at a bookstore and Annabel set up a stall nearby to sell some food she made.
They thought that they could live their lives like that forever.
Unfortunately…
He walked past the bookstore where he used to work, which had already been demolished and reced
with a souvenir shop. The small building they used to live in waspletely demolished too and
reced with an antique small building for the crew to film.
The only thing that I can find is probably the masonry bridge where we once took a photo…
Late at night, Cooper stood on the masonry bridge like a stone statue. He looked in one direction, at a
ce he wouldn’t be able to go.
My beloved Annabel is right there…
Meanwhile, Michael took Sophia to the night market. Although Cooper wasn’t with them, he had ordered
two bodyguards to follow Sophia. The night market was really lively and there were all kinds of delicious
food on disy.
“I want to eat barbecue!”
“I want to eat noodles!”
“I want to eat lobsters!”
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“I want to eat fries!”
Sophia took off her mask and kept walking ahead, her mouth chewing non-stop. The visibility at night
was not as good as the day, so her scars were not visible. Her face was smooth and her former
appearance seemed to have been restored.
Michael wore his mask and didn’t eat much. Everything he bought was for Sophia to eat. After walking
around for a short while, his hands were already filled with bags of food.
“Eat slowly. Come, drink some water. There is more delicious food over there!”
Michael took Sophia to search for more good food. As Sophia ate, she saw something floating in the sky
in the distance. At that moment, the sky was brightly lit and the night was like a veil that shrouded the
mes.
She was really surprised so she hurriedly asked Michael,“What’s that?”
Michael nced at the sky and replied, “Those are skynterns.”
Sophia immediately saw a small stall on the street selling skynterns and she asked, “Can I get one?”
Michael replied, “No, this is an ancient city so there are many wooden buildings. You have to go out of
the city to set it to the sky!”
Hearing this, Sophia hurriedly urged, “Then let’s go outside the city!”
With that, they drove out of the city and went to the riverside. There were many people selling sky
lanterns by the riverside, so Michael asked Hale to buy some.
Soon, Hale brought over two skynterns, set them up, and quickly left.
There were a lot of people ying with skynterns that night, so Michael chose a ce with fewer
people to release their skynterns.
Hale sensibly persuaded the two foreign bodyguards that Cooper sent to give them some space, and
they guarded them nearby, not allowing anyone to get close. After all, Michael just came back from the
dead and was in the limelight. It would be chaotic if his fans saw him and swarmed over.
The two of them were about tounch their skynterns by the riverside when Sophia saw someone
write something on theirnterns. Curious, she asked, “What are they writing on theirnterns?”
As Michael assembled thenterns, he pulled out a marker pen from his pocket.
“Just write anything you want.”
Tonight, the riverbank was bright and the streetmps were dim. When the soft lights shone on Sophia, it
was like a thin veil wrapping around her body, making it seem like she had a halo. She looked like a fairy
falling from the sky in the moonlight, and she was so beautiful that Michael thought that he was
dreaming.
There were two skynterns but only one pen, so Michael quickly wrote on his skyntern first. Sophia
leaned close to take a look and as expected, she saw her name.
Sophia, Carmen.
These two people were the only ones that mattered to Michael, and his life would be iplete without
any one of them. They were his flesh and bones—without bones, he would have no strength to live;
without flesh, his life would be short of something fulfilling. Michael’s life would only beplete with the
two of them in it.
After he finished writing, he handed the pen to Sophia.
Looking at his handwriting, Sophia said, “Your handwriting is beautiful!”
Michael smiled and lowered his eyes to look at her face closely, which was as smooth as a peeled hard-
boiled egg under the soft light. It didn’t have any blemishes or a single visible scar. However, she had
had surgery, so it was still different from what she looked like. But, objectively and subjectively, she
looked more beautiful, more mature, and more intellectual.
When he came back to his senses, Sophia had written a string of words.
Naturally, she had written Carmen’s name, but his name was on there too.
Before Michael had the time to cheer, he saw her extend the list of names.
There was him, Carmen, Cooper, Linus, Nathan… and Judge, Snowball, Bubbles, Corrado,
Chrysanthemum, Garfield, Sunset, and the other cats and dogs. She had filled every corner of the sky
lantern until there was nowhere else to write.
Michael was rendered speechless.