Chapter 1216


    Shortly after, they arrived at Vi No. 8 of The Imperial.


    “Wow, only big families would have so much cured meat!”


    Whenever Stanley came to visit during this time each year, he’dment about the amount of cured meat


    in Sophia’s house—they could practically eat it as rice.


    Anna had also arrived; it was her second visit, but she hadn’t expected Sophia to make so much cured


    meat at home.


    She felt an unusual sense of familiarity in this ce as she looked up at the bright red meat that hung


    above her. Then, she closed her eyes and smelled the air as her mind was filled with this unknown


    familiarity.


    What a strange feeling…


    She opened her eyes. With aposed demeanor, she smiled and asked, “Why does your family make


    so much cured meat?”


    Cooper replied, “When my wife was alive, cured meat was her favorite.”


    After that, he looked up at the hung cured meat and smiled, looking as if he had seen the person who


    lived in his memory through the cured meat in front of him.


    Anna turned to look at Cooper. There was a soft glow that outlined the side of his face, making him look


    like a gentle soul.


    She knew that Cooper had been widowed for many years and was still nostalgic about histe wife.


    There is rarely such an infatuation in this world….


    As the group walked in the door, Michael felt a throbbing headache.


    They’re all here for the free food!


    Thest time Anna came to Cooper’s house, she hadn’t had the time to look around. This time, she


    decided to take a good look.


    “Have you always lived here?” she asked Cooper.


    Copper replied, “Yes, I’ve been living with my daughter and son-inw.”


    Cooper took Anna around the house and even brought her to visit her favorite Vi No. 1. Meanwhile, in


    order to stall the Yard brothers from disturbing them, Carmen was making small talk with them.


    “This is my own royal cup. It has my name on it.” She took out her own cups, tes and bottles and


    shared them with Callum and Cade.


    Callum also took out his own ‘royal’ cup enthusiastically. “This is my royal cup. Look, it has my name on it


    too.”


    “Your cup is so ugly!” Carmen pouted and said discontentedly.


    Suddenly, she caught sight of something and rushed over like a little beast.


    “Daddy, don’t hug Al! Al is a naughty boy!”


    It turned out that Michael was carrying Albert. Even though he was Alex’s son, he was nothing simr to


    his father. As soon as they reached home, Albert ran after Michael and asked Daddy Taylor for a hug.


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    Michael had just carried him before he was discovered by Carmen.


    Michael frowned. Why weren’t you this protective earlier on when it was 50 bucks for a hug? Where has


    the gusto to betray me for 50 bucks gone?


    “Al is our guest, so let him stay for a little longer,” answered Michael.


    Meanwhile, Albert cowered fearfully in Michael’s arms as his big round eyes stared at Carmen; it


    reminded him of the fear he felt when he was beaten to the ground by Carmen.


    He used to be a three-year-old child that did some inappropriate things, but he had changed for the


    better. I’m a good boy now, and Daddy Taylor likes to hug good boys.


    Carmen burst into tears all of a sudden, so Michael hastily put Albert down to coax her.


    But when he put Albert down, thetter also burst into tears.


    Hearing the cries of both children, Harry’s daughter—Poppy—also started crying. This triggered Maisie


    and Audrey as they cried; even Celine’s daughter, who had just fallen asleep, woke up crying.


    The children were crying, the dogs and cats were howling, and even the big rooster was roaring outside


    the door.


    The living room felt like it was going to explode.


    Quinton rolled his eyes. Damn, it’s noisy!


    The kids cried so loud that they almost blew the roof off. Seeing this, the parents rushed over to console


    their kids.


    While Sophiaforted Carmen, she realized that Carmen wouldn’t let Albert hug Michael even if the


    latter wanted to pay for it. Albert tried to ask for a hug again and the two kids started to cry—it seemed


    as though they wanted topare who could cry louder.


    “Alright,e to me.” Linus reached out to hug Albert. Although Linus’ reputation was not as famous as


    Michael’s, the show hade to the house and showed a few scenes with his face. The Inte loved


    him so much that the third season of ‘Where Are We Going, Dad?’ had been asking him toe on the


    show with Carmen, but he refused. He didn’t mind hugging Albert.


    Unexpectedly, Carmen rushed over again as she wailed loudly and said, “Albert is not allowed to hug


    you, uncle!”


    Linus quickly withdrew his hands. Soon, Cooper and Anna came back from their walk to find that the


    house was in chaos. Cooper quickly rushed over and carried the crying Albert.


    When she noticed that Carmen was about to cry again, Sophia took out her phone and pretended to take


    a picture of Carmen. “If you cry again, I’ll post a picture of your face without makeup on Twitter!”


    Carmen immediately stopped crying and looked over at Sophia’s phone. “Where is it?”


    Sophia threatened her and said, “You can’t bully Al! If you bully him again, I won’t delete the picture!”


    Carmen was forced to agree as she pouted with tears flowing from her eyes.


    As Sophia carried her away, the rest of the crying children were alsoforted by their own parents.


    Soon, the world was finally quiet; the adults were rubbing their ears to soothe their eardrums.


    Raising a child is like raising a group of ducklings—any time they get upset, they will start quacking


    together…


    After the chaos finally died down, Sophia separated Albert and Carmen from each other. Albert was left


    alone, but he was satisfied that he had Cooper carrying him.


    Cooper seemed to enjoy carrying Albert. He actually liked all of the children in the Mitchell Family; no


    matter how they were born or who their parents were, they were still a part of the Mitchell Family and


    represented the hope of the family’s future. The nature of a human being had always been good in the


    beginning, and Albert was still such a young boy.


    Albert sat in Cooper’s arms and didn’t want to leave. His small hands clung tightly on Cooper’s shoulder


    as he nced at him with his wide eyes. Albert giggled happily when Cooper held his little hands to


    touch the husky, and the man watched the young boy with a tender smile.


    Anna shook her head. “I’ve never met someone like you.”


    Someone who is able to treat his enemy’s son with such kindness.


    Cooper rubbed Albert’s head and said, “They are all children from the Mitchell Family, they’re all the


    same…”


    To Cooper, children of the Mitchell Family like Sophia and Linus ranked first; the ones who had unknown


    origins always came in second.


    Derek kept checking his phone and even called the kindergarten several times, but there was no news of


    the Mitchell Family picking Albert up.


    What’s going on?


    Even though the Mitchell Family had fallen from its former glory, Alex was still a billionaire and the


    president of Mitchell’s Technology. Albert is his only son, so why is no one picking him up?


    Derek felt uneasy and just wanted to quickly send Albert back to Alex after dinner.