Chapter 925
That tortoise was brought back by Cooper during a camping trip with the other Fletchers when he was
young, and he had since secretly kept it in the Fletcher Residence. Later on when he left, he didn’t bring
that tortoise with him and left it and his cat with Mark, of which Mark took care of them for years on his
behalf. The cat then bore a litter of kittens, whereas that tortoise was still that tortoise. After that, Sophia
inherited that tortoise and took care of it for a few years. When she was captured by Phantom Wolf,
Michael took over the responsibility and pampered it for another few years.
Now that Cooper had returned, he had taken back the tortoise.
It was a tortoise that had experienced all vicissitudes of life and was even older than Sophia!
Since the tortoise lived in the house, it never hibernated but now that it was out in the snow, it must have
decided to hibernate and there was no trace of it. To make things more difficult, the water in the pond
wasn’t stagnant and it was so cold that it could cut through the bone. In addition, it had almost frozen to
ice.
This was bad. Once Cooper found that his precious darling was gone when he came home, he would
surely make Judge into a stew.
Judge had lost his mind and tried tomit suicide by jumping into the pond, creating huge sshes of
water. Everyone worked together to scoop him out of the water but as soon as he was out, he dashed
into Sophia’s room like a bullet.
He even jumped up onto the bed, rolled under the nket and shook out his fur in the room!
Words couldn’t describe how frustrated Sophia was.
After half a day of work, they managed to finally scoop out the tortoise and bathe the dog. They even
cleaned the room and bed, as well as reignited the incense. After giving Judge a bath, he was locked in
his dog house, whining and crying because Sophia couldn’t hold it in and smacked his butt. Judge was
so upset that no one could cheer him up, not even his beloved kitten.
Worn out both physically and mentally, Sophia called Michael.
“Michael, where are you now?”
She thought that he must have reached the set by now but to her surprise, Michael muttered, “I was
stuck in a massive traffic jam on the way to the airport once I left the city. When I finally reached the
airport, I found out that flights are restricted today due to the snow, so our ne is not allowed to take off.
Therefore, I’m now stuck in the traffic again, on my way back to the city. There are a few idents along
the way so the road is congested.”
Sophia gasped in astonishment and asked, “What will you do? Won’t it dy the shooting?”
Michael sighed. “The route that the ne applied for is banned so it’s impossible to take off today. Even
the flights in the airport are restricted so most of them can’t depart. I’ve applied for leave from the film
crew and they understand the situation. Besides, Celie is doing greattely, so everything’s fine.”
“If that’s the case, you shoulde back,” Sophia advised. “Judge made a ruckus at home because you
forgot about him.”
Michael paused for a while before he murmured, “If Ie back, will you allow me to have some fun? I
promise I won’t take things too far!”
Instantly, Sophia’s face flushed bright red.
Damn it! He was flirting with her over a call.
Talking with Michael on the phone was like listening to the handsome male lead in a drama, his voice so
maic it was rousing her desire.
“I hate you!”
Sophia hung up the phone immediately.
On the other end of the line, Michael ended the call with his face glowing radiantly. Looking at his
phone’s wallpaper, he couldn’t help but smile.
Meanwhile, Daniel, who was sitting opposite him, was speechless.
In reality, Michael didn’t go to the airport. Instead, he went to Reverie Mountain.
The mountain was covered in a vast expanse of white snow and opposite him sat Daniel, whom Michael
hadn’t met for a long time.
One third of a year, Daniel would be in Bayside City while another one third of a year, he would be
travelling around the world. As for the remaining four months, he would stay on Reverie Mountain. When
he heard that Cooper came backst year, he packed all his things and fled overnight.
Recently, there was a rumor that Cooper liked to chop up humans into minced meat to make eggnt
with minced meat. That further forced Daniel to hide in fear. Lately, he felt that the incident was blown
over so he finally had the guts to secretly appear. Even so, he only dared to hide himself in Reverie
Mountain.
His master passed awayst year, so he hade back to take over Reverie Mountain’s business and
recently, the business was reopened secretly.
Yet, he didn’t dare to open it publicly and had his heart in his mouth the whole time, afraid that Cooper
would rush up the mountain and chop him up into a thousand strips of meat.
Today, Michael purposely traveled up the mountain to meet him and exined his objective.
“My friend, it’s not that I don’t want to help you but this is not an easy task!”
It turned out that Michael, that jerk, asked him to go down the mountain and fool Cooper into marrying
her daughter to him!
He was already hated by Cooper for his whole life by selling his daughter for 80 thousand. Therefore,
showing up in front of him would be equivalent to digging his own grave!
Taking a sip of the fragrant tea, Michael said, “I noticed that Cooper ced a statue of God of Wealth at
home recently and he even burns incense every day. I think that he still believes in god and spirits.
You’re great at this and you have the highest prestige in this matter. Besides, there’s history between the
Levine Family and Cooper so if you take this matter into your hands, you’ll get twice the result for half the
effort.”
Back when Cooper was born, he actually had a twin but that baby died prematurely. Afraid that the other
baby wouldn’t survive, Woody went up the mountain overnight to find Daniel’s grandfather and requested
for a safety amulet. He followed Old Master Levine’s instructions and found Cooper a godfather that
could protect his life, which turned out to be Mark.
The ancestors of the Levine Family were distinguished people. During the former feudal era, they were
the teachers of the states and imperial astronomers. Even after the former dynasty ended, they were still
extraordinary people; even the founding ceremony date was set by Old Master Levine.
The Levine Family also peacefully weathered through the few superstition abolishing activities in Cethos.
If Daniel took charge of the matter, it was impossible for him to be a dish of eggnt and minced
meat. After all, Cooper wore the amulet from the Levine Family in the past and he attached great
importance to these superstitious matters now. Therefore, he wouldn’t harm Daniel.
However, Daniel rejected his request without even giving it a thought. “No way. I’m scared!”
Hence, Michael had to resort to both coercion and bribery. “I’ll renovate your temple. Plus, I’ll shoot my
next movie here and advertise this ce for free. I’ll also build another two cable cars up the mountain
for you.”
Unfortunately, money wasn’t tempting to Daniel because he had countless sponsors for his temple. In
fact, all the wealthy tycoons in Bayside City would kneel and beg him to ept their money.
In the end, Michael took out his phone and opened Judge’s Twitter. Then, he showed Daniel the video
where Judge was ripping apart the house that was posted by Sophia.
Good gracious! That dog bit everything that was in its way and even chewed through the steel cage. He
was so strong when he went berserk that even a few muscr men couldn’t control him. Everything in
Sophia’s house was broken and torn to pieces. As expected from a husky, it was like a demolishing
machine.
While Sophia was recording it, Judge destroyed another steel cage.
Michael threatened, “If you don’t agree, this dog will appear in your temple tomorrow.”
Daniel was speechless as he looked at his wooden temple, which would definitely not withstand Judge’s
destruction, and agreed reluctantly.
After receiving Daniel’s answer, Michael left the mountain and headed toward the city center.
From the very beginning, he hade up with a bunch of excuses to go back and spend the night.
Apparently, luck was on his side so he had a solid reason to go and spend the night, because he needed
to get the dog.
After going down the mountain, he went back to Riverdale and spent some time at thepany. As soon
as he was done checking his endorsement progress, he went to fetch Carmen from the kindergarten and
by the time he got home, it was just in time for dinner.
When he reached home, Judge howled and rushed up to him. As soon as Judge pounced on him, he
whined as if he suffered from great indignation. Seeing that Michael was here again, Cooper knitted his
eyebrows and asked, “Mr. Fletcher, why are you here again?”
Hugging Judge, Michael smiled politely and replied, “Sophia asked me to get the dog. Besides, my flight
is restricted today so I can’t take off, hence my presence.”
Cooper threw an icy look at that stupid whining dog. He knew that Michael did that on purpose just to
have an excuse toe back again!
Michael could leave his dog behind today and tomorrow, he would forget his ID card, wallet or even
himself! Regardless of anything, he wouldn’t leave.
When it was dinner, Michael rolled his eyes and asked calmly, “Mr. Mitchell, how is the progress of
finding your son?”
Before Cooper could answer, Carmen, who was in Linus’ arms, corrected him sternly, “Why are you
calling him Mr. Mitchell? You should call him Daddy!”
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