Chapter 1158


    The area outside Michel Town had been rebuilt. The fertilend was covered with farnd and gardens.


    It looked very vibrant—as if nothing had ever happened here before.


    Suddenly, someone came up to Russell. Turning around, he saw a man standing behind him.


    The man had a slender figure and his eyes were cold and sharp. He had a pair of mysterious blue eyes.


    Although he looked about the same age as Russell, his eyes were so deep and mysterious that they


    looked like an imprable mountain.


    “Are you Mr. Simmons? I’m Fass.”


    Fass!


    Russell did not expect the person in front of him to be the legendary Fass Michel, the head of the Michel


    Family, though he looked exactly like what he imagined him to look like.


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    Without waiting for Russell to answer, Cooper continued, “Pleasee with me, Mr. Simmons. There’s


    someone you might want to meet.”


    Not knowing the meaning behind Fass’ sudden appearance and who the person he was going to meet


    was, Russell followed suit.


    Leading Russell down the twisting road in Michel Town, both of them came to the corner of the


    company’s garden. There was a girl inside trimming the branches of the nts. Her hands were rough


    and there were centipede-like scars snaking around her exposed arm.


    Russell didn’t know why Cooper brought him here, but he heard Cooper call the girl, “Emily.”


    Emily turned around upon hearing Cooper’s voice. Her disfigured face unfolded before them. Half of her


    face was covered with scars. Her appearance was deformed to the point that no one would be able to


    recognize her, although one would still be able to see that she was Asian judging from her ck hair,


    ck eyes, and yellow skin.


    The girl froze at the sight of Russell. Her eyes hidden under the scars widened, and tears streamed


    down her cheeks. However, within seconds, she turned around and darted away, fleeing into the depths


    of the garden and vanishing.


    The moment Russell saw the girl, he was also dumbstruck. His muscles stopped moving for a second


    and he could not say anything. All he did was watch the girl escape before his eyes.


    After a long time, he finally came back to his senses.


    “Chloe! That’s my daughter, Chloe!”


    Tugging Cooper’s sleeve frantically, Russell asked in disbelief, “Is that… my daughter? Am I right? My


    daughter; my daughter isn’t dead… She’s not dead…”


    He was so excited that he could not speak coherently.


    Yet, Cooper’s expression remained indifferent as he said, “When I decided to disclose the form of the


    cure to Virs-18, I took in the infected people around the town who had not been attended to the hospital


    for treatment. ording to the file, when the child was found, she was amongst a group of seven people.


    But, only her life was saved. They came to explore Africa with her as their leader. She felt responsible for


    the death of the other six who ended up being buried in a foreignnd. She was ashamed of facing her


    family and friends, so she refused to disclose any of her personal information and refused to be


    deported. Because we couldn’t find her passport and any information about her, we could only let her


    stay in the town. All these years, she has been working in thendscaping department to support herself.


    Since she’s your daughter, you should bring her away with you.”


    After listening to what Cooper said, Russell was dumbfounded.


    That was his daughter; his Chloe…


    “Thank you. Thank you. Thank you so much!”


    Russell thanked Cooper repeatedly. Patting his shoulder, Cooperforted him, “There’s no enmity


    between father and daughter. Go ahead and talk to her.”


    Wiping away his tears, Russell went after his daughter.


    Chloe, Dad finally found you.


    As Cooper looked at the disappearing figure in the distance, a trace of a smile appeared on his cold face.


    It was as if he had seen himself in Russell. Back then, when he saw Sophia regaining her


    consciousness, he acted exactly like Russell. He thought he was having a beautiful dream that he never


    wanted to wake up from.


    “Dad, you’re so kind!”


    Sophia suddenly popped out and jumped onto Cooper’s back, wrapping her arms around his shoulders.


    Cooper was also equally content. Picking up his daughter on his back, he spun around happily. Carmen,


    who was standing beside them, stretched her arms and yelled, “Me too! Me too!”


    Putting Sophia down, Cooper took Carmen in his arms and made a few more turns.


    He always felt that Sophia was all grown up and it was weird for him to spin her around while holding her.


    However, it was different when it came to Carmen. So, he decided to give her a few more spins.


    While he was holding onto Carmen, Sophia jumped up from behind and wrapped her arms around his


    neck.


    “Dad, you’re the best father in the world!”


    When Nicole brought her to Michel Town looking for a cure, she was delirious throughout the whole


    journey. Every time she opened her eyes, all she saw were dead people. She felt like she hade to


    the end of the world, no longer able to differentiate whether she was on earth or hell. She was unsure if


    she was dead or alive.


    When she was infected and went into aa, she was fighting to stay alive. Cooper, who was


    desperate, published the form of the cure to the public and even took in the people around the town.


    The hospital in the town was only enough to serve the daily illnesses of their staff. When it was crowded


    by so many people all of a sudden, the town was in chaos.


    Linus told her that the castle was upied by the infected people. Every day, batches of bodies were


    carried out, and batches more were taken in for treatment. Although many people still died, many more


    survived due to Cooper’s actions.


    However, what Cooper did resulted in a huge loss for the Michel Medical Group. Not to mention that


    there were no profits in regards to the billions of investment made, Cooper also had to subsidize a lot of


    money personally for the production of the cure that he sent out for free. He took in homeless people like


    Chloe for treatment and sent them away once they were cured.


    At that time, the family and thepany were hugely affected. It was only now that Cooper and Linus


    had finally managed to make up for the loss.


    For Cooper, nothing was more important than his little princess waking up from thea even if it meant


    it would take everything he had!


    And now, he had two little princesses!


    Back then, Cooper spent a lot of money to do good deeds in order to umte blessings for his


    daughter. He did not expect himself to be rewarded so soon. The Simmons Family was reunited—Mrs.


    Simmons would be able to see her daughter right after she opened her eyes. Two happy events came to


    the family at the same time. And, at Sophia’s suggestion, Russell decided to bring Chloe to the cosmetic


    hospital in Bayside City to treat her face.


    At the same time, he had decided to shift his work focus to Cethos.


    Russell had absolute influence and appeal in the overseas Cethosian fashionmunity. The moment


    he made a move, he was like a signal attracting all overseas Cethosian fashionistas to start expanding


    their career in Cethos. And the Bayside Fashion Week was the best opportunity for them to do so.


    Sophia was not afraid that these Cethosian fashion brands would affect her business once they entered


    the Cethosian market. As long as she could expand the influence of Cethos’ luxury products, she could


    lead her products to the world too.


    After staying in Africa for a while to take care of Russell’s affairs, she had sessfully signed a lot of


    contracts and was prepared to return to Cethos.


    At this moment, Hale came over and brought her shocking news.


    Her pair of alpacas had been stolen.