My Dreamy Old Husband novel Chapter 1096

After Cooper was done making the call, he then said to Sophia, “Vacate a basement level for my workroom.”

At this, Michael was a moment away from biting off his own tongue. This young-looking father-in-law of mine is acting far too familiar! He’d just spent a fortune to renovate his place in Riverdale, yet he’s now moving in here! Doesn’t he find it wasteful? As he ate, he dourly remarked, “We actually have quite a big family, so it seems that I should be taking some time to build two more floors. Otherwise, we won’t all fit in here.” At the same time, he threw Cooper a glare. He said ‘a married daughter is like spilled water,’ promising not to interfere in Sophia’s affairs henceforth, but it’s only been a few days now, and he’s moving in!

Unexpectedly, Sophia instantly countered, “It’s not that many of us. There are four floors here including the attic besides the few basement levels, so there’s space even if Linus were to move in, let alone Dad!”

Michael was so vexed by his beautiful yet dopey wife that he almost burst a blood vessel.

At the side, Celine, who was still in her confinement period, clapped her hands and exclaimed with a beaming smile, “Great, great! A family should be together!”

Justin merely smiled without saying anything, while Nathan had a profound look on his face, and Carmen’s eyes were darting around. Michael, however, was about to go ballistic.

After dinner, Sophia fed the cats. The guards from the ancient Imperial Palace deliberately timed their trip, only coming over leisurely to collect their cat when she’d probably fed it. This time, they also brought her harp back.

At the sight of her harp, Sophia grew so enraged that she was gripped by the urge to smash something. When they took it away, they treated it with great reverence, having six or seven people moving it into a sedan with gloves as though sending off a bride who was getting married, the only exception being the setting off of firecrackers. It’s only been two days, yet they’re now sending it back on a cat stroller without any sedan or even gloves!

“There’s this family known as the Yard Family. Are you familiar with the Yard Family? It’s the former royal family during the previous dynasty. This time, they donated quite a number of cultural artifacts to the ancient Imperial Palace, including three Phoenix Harps. So, we’re returning this harp of yours!” a guard from the ancient Imperial Palace drawled.

Humph! So, they already have three ‘mistresses’ over there, huh? No wonder they’re no longer interested in my harp. Sophia then put away the harp even as she thought, Judging from this action by the Yards, they seem to be angling for a full conciliation with Cethos. So, Ronney Group is probably going to enter Cethos on a large scale. Well, drastic changes are on the horizon for Cethos.

Meanwhile, in the basement, Michael showed Cooper around. He tried his best to put himself in Cooper’s shoes and consider things from his perspective. If Carmen gets married one day, I’ll definitely be even clingier than him! At this thought, he felt much better. “Feel free to look around, Dad. We can use any one of the basement levels you like for your workroom.”

These few basement levels in his house were constructed with reference to the secret tunnels during the previous dynasty. In those years, the price of land and real estate was still very low, so all real estate developers switched over to coal mining. Thus, he seized the opportunity to secure the development rights for this place. Basement level one housed the wine cellar and storeroom, thus frequented by many. However, access to further basement levels were restricted to the secret tunnels and hidden elevators. To that effect, some of his secret activities were conducted in the basement.

He was in the same boat with Cooper now, so Michael magnanimously took him down to the basement to check things out. There were lots of innovations by Justin in the basement, such as the corpse of an assassin under the Phantom Wolf. He’d been studying the miraculous stimulant used by Phantom Wolf, and his only sample was Kayla’s dead body that had been preserved all this while. Also, there were some bizarre collections he was reluctant to part with. For instance… Cooper’s coffin that was dug out furtively.