Chapter 1008
Cooper had secretly been to the Johnson Family Vige a few times, but he never met with the members
of the Johnson Family. When they learned of his arrival this time, they called Cooper over.
Sophia’s great-grandfather was already over a hundred years old and could hardly speak clearly
anymore. He was Annabel’s grandfather, and he had been living in Annabel’s uncle’s house.
As the person with the most authority in the Johnson Family, Annabel’s uncle spoke politely with Cooper
and discussed the matter of moving Annabel’s grave.
Since Annabel was an unmarried woman when they buried her, it was very inauspicious ording to the
vige’s rules; it meant that she couldn’t be reincarnated after her death, bringing disgrace to the family.
Since Cooper hade back as Annabel’s husband and was recognized by the family, he was allowed
to move her grave.
Cooper agreed to it and discussed the matter of moving Annabel’s grave with her family, showing
respect and being polite to his wife’s elders.
While they talked about moving her grave, Annabel’s grandfather engaged in small talk with Cooper. As
he looked at Cooper’s eyes with a face full of curiosity, he said in amazement, “Your eyes—are they
naturally born that way?”
Cooper nodded. His pupils used to be ck, but they gradually turned into a shade of blue when he
entered adulthood; it was most likely due to the Michel Family’s strong genes!
The old man cracked a smile. This was probably his first time seeing such a strange pair of eyes—they
looked much more beautiful than the foreigners’ eyes he had seen on television.
Someone spoke up and said, “Back then, Finian’s aunt and her husband weren’t able to conceive, so
they adopted a child with blue eyes from abroad. That baby boy was very beautiful!”
Annabel’s grandfather and Cooper continued their conversation. Meanwhile, the younger generations
started to talk among themselves.
It seemed like the family rarely got together; they could only meet each other during big asions like
this and talk, but it seemed that Finian’s aunt had quite the history. Once the topic was brought up,
everyone joined in eagerly.
“The son that Finian’s aunt had adopted was really smart! Oh, I heard that he even made it onto
television because he could recite sos at the tender age of three!”
“I have no idea where they adopted the boy from. Hey, Finian—weren’t you a driver at your aunt’s unit?
Tell us about it.”
Finian, who was a guy probably in his forties, retorted angrily, “How would I know?! She’s not even my
real aunt. We never got along well, and she was reluctant to talk to me. I was just a school bus driver
around their unit, and we’d only greet each other when we met. Besides, they were both university
professors—they couldn’t be bothered about their poor rtive who drove a school bus! I don’t even
remember much; my aunt has migrated for over 27 or 28 years now! They would send a few letters every
once in a while during the first few years, but they haven’t beenmunicating with us for the past 20
years now. Heck, I’m not even sure whether they’re still alive or not… Back then, my aunt said that she
had taken some time off to go back home, but she came back with a child instead. Tsk, a blue-eyed boy!
The school teachers asked if they had adopted the child from abroad or if some international student had
given the boy to my aunt because they didn’t dare to raise it! Those international students have messy
social lives; they can only look for their father based on their skin color…”
Someone immediately rebuked his statement, “Hey! You’re lying! After your aunt left the vige to go to
college, shepletely forgot about her poor rtives and hasn’t been back for the past 40 years!”
Finian argued loudly, “Nonsense! My aunt and her husband definitely came back 20 years ago! They
both took leave from the university and hurried back to the vige before going back to school. I was
picking up my sry when they were at the finance department to im their ticket money! I remember
clearly that she hade back; they bought the ticket back to the vige at 1.00PM and took thest
bus back to the city at 8.00PM!”
The peopleughed and continued to discuss Finian’s aunt; the woman had left the vige to go to
university before bing a professor. However, no one realized that their conversation had sparked
Cooper’s interest.
After Finian’s aunt visited the vige and came back to school, she brought a child with her—a boy with
blue eyes.
A boy with blue eyes!
Cooper’s blood from all over his body immediately rushed toward his brain as his fingers twitched
uncontrobly in excitement.
A child with blue eyes!
He never thought of the possibility that his child would also have blue eyes. Even though there was only
a quarter of the Michel Family’s bloodline in him, it was possible that the child…
It turned out that he had been looking at this matter the wrong way!
Cooper continued to patiently discuss the matter of moving Annabel’s grave with the elders of the
Johnson Family before finally leaving the ancestral hall. After that, he went directly to the home of the
man called Finian. Without any further dy, he asked him to recall the time his aunt brought the child
back.
Finian was very respectful to this new master who suddenly appeared and said, “Give me a moment—I’ll
go and look for my payslip. The time is printed on it, and I’ve kept it all these years. That was my first
payslip, so it was a very monumental moment for me!”
He rummaged through his closet as he added, “Huh, it’s such a coincidence. Back then, I was only 19
years old when I went to the city and begged my aunt to help me out. She found me a job driving school
buses. The school had withheld my sry for three months! I only received a sry of more than a
hundred in the third month, but that was my first ever paycheck! Hence, I saved it!”
Then, he took out an iron box and found a yellowed payslip on the bottom. Cooper carefully took the
payslip; the machine-printed payslip was very short, and it was dated a day after Sophia was born!
The day Finian received his sry was the day his aunt came back from her hometown; she was getting
an reimbursement from the finance office for her bus ticket.
In other words, his aunt went back to the vige at 1.00PM and returned to the city at 8.00PM that same
day.
Sophia and her brother were born that afternoon!
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Cooper stared at the payslip and asked Finian nervously, “What’s the rtionship between your aunt and
Angelica, a nurse from the town’s medical center?”
Finian replied, “Angelica is her cousin. They are both from the same generation, so they keep in touch
with each other asionally.”
Cooper’s heart was pounding in his chest. He was almost certain that the child Finian’s aunt had taken
away was his!
He asked carefully again, “That boy… Have you seen him?”
Finian answered straightforwardly, “I’ve seen him once. My aunt resigned two months in advance and
migrated a few dayster after they got the child. I borrowed the school’s car to send them to the airport
—I even saw my aunt holding the child! He had round blue eyes with blond hair, and he looked very
beautiful! They said an international student secretly gave birth to him; it just so happened that my aunt
and her husband couldn’t have children, so they adopted him instead.”
…
After listening to Cooper’s story, Cooper patted his shoulder and walked out of the house. He stood at
the entrance of that small farmhouse and lifted his head as he looked at the sky with tears pouring out of
his eyes. I’m about to find my son! Do you see this, Anna? Our son ising back soon!