My Dreamy Old Husband
Chapter 369

Sophia took out the notebook and saw the list made by Woody which consisted of the names of thepeople who knew about what had happened to her mother, Annabel.

Knowing that the Mitchell Family would learn that the money had already been taken away sooneror later, she had to get the latest updates on the people in the list because they might have startedinvestigating Annabel after watching Cooper's video.

It was only a matter of time before they linked the matter to her and hence, she had to know theirnext move so that she could do some preparation in advance.

Back at The Imperial, Sophia went to the basement with her notebook and started running somesearches in the database created by Abel. She keyed in the names of the people included inWoody's list into the database in order to get more information about their identities.

There were eight people in total on Woody's list and all of them were Elders at the time everythinghappened. As it had been twenty years since then, the youngest of them was already sixty years oldand most of them had passed away.

Two of them who had retired were suffering from dementia just like Woody. After completing hersearch, she noticed that Abel was still trying to track down Cooper. He had listed around a hundredsuspects in the database and he was now trying to inspect them one by one. Anyone who had somesimilarities with Cooper would make that list.

Suddenly, she walked to the back and said to Abel, “You should stop searching for Cooper becauseour priority now is to look for the Phantom Wolf's leader.”

Abel was puzzled. “Don't you want to look for him since he’s your father?”

“There are only two possiblities which can explain why he didn't reappear up until now: firstly, hereally died in that accident and secondly, he is still alive but he really doesn't want to appear inpublic again. No matter which one of the two is the truth, I don’t see the point in carrying on thesearch,” Sophia said.

Right now, Sophia had already deemed Cooper as a dead man. However, Abel didn't share the samesentiment.

Cooper was someone very important to him and he had to track him down because he knew therewas no way he could have died. Also, Cooper was one of the very few people who had seenPhantom Wolf's leader in person before and he had even met him in two different phases.Therefore, Abel was of the opinion that as long as they managed to locate Cooper, they would beable to locate Phantom Wolf's leader too! That was the reason why he couldn't give up searchingfor Cooper!

“I'm merely carrying out Boss's instruction and he wanted me to get to him regardless of whetherhe is alive or dead. Also, he's a very crucial clue that can lead us to Phantom Wolf's leader.”

Abel then continued his investigation on the list of suspects. Meanwhile, his men were carrying outfield investigations everywhere in the world and they had been constantly uploading all theinformation they managed to glean to the database. So, Abel's task was to analyze the plethora ofinformation to see whether there was anything useful

Standing behind Abel, Sophia watched him as he analyzed the identity of a pianist named Williamaccording to the information provided in the database. He was a pianist from a very influentialbackground who was an enthusiast of calligraphy and was well-versed in Cethosian culture. Clueslike these were important in deciding whether he was likely to be Cooper.

A video of William performing at a piano concert was transferred to the database. Judging from thetimestamp, the video was taken yesterday and it was clear enough for them to look at his most up-to-date condition.

Abel scrutinized the video, careful not to miss out any detail so that he could spot the similaritiesWilliam might share with Cooper. William's latest handwritings, contour and thumbprint laterappeared in the database so that a comparison could be then done between his information andCooper's.

At that juncture came Sophia's uninterested voice, “This man isn't Cooper.”

Abel turned round and queried, “How can you be sure of that?”

Staring at William in the video, Sophia commented, “I observed how Cooper played piano in videosvery carefully before but the man in this video doesn't have the same vibe. So, he can't be Cooper.”Abel decided to eliminate William from the list of suspects since Sophia had said so. For the nextfew guys he analyzed, Sophia was able to give him the answer.

“This man can't be him because his eyes are very different from Cooper's and he doesn't exude hisaura.”

“This is not him too because Cooper couldn't be a man like this.”

In fact, Sophia was taken aback by how good her judgment was too. Back when she first learntabout Cooper, she had instinctively made him his role model and she had gathered his informationand his performance videos in order to learn from him.

She had never expected she would be so intrigued by him and never in her wildest dreams did shethink that he could be her father.

At the moment, she was forming her judgement purely based on her memory of how Cooperlooked in those videos as well as on Woody's facial features.

Despite his old age and his mental condition, he was still Cooper's father after all, so the two mustshare some similarities. It took her only half an hour to eliminate around thirty men from the listbecause she was able to dismiss some of them by just one glance.

Suddenly, a photo caught her attention. In the very blurry photo was a young man who seemed tobe in his thirties. He looked suave but the photo only revealed the side of his body in a suit but nothis facial features. While all other men in the list had their latest videos taken, the only informationabout the man was that photo.

According to the information provided in the database, his name was Fass Michel and he was theperson who was managing the Michel Group behind the scenes and the family head of the MichelFamily in Eastern Europe. Staring at the name for a long time, Sophia asked, “Who's this guy? Whyare you investigating him?”

“This man is the family head of a very ancient family in Eastern Europe. Although he doesn't fit interms of his age and race, he’s just too similar with Cooper in terms of his talent in doing business,”Abel answered.

"He was born in Eastern Europe and he has always been very mysterious. He started his business inNorth America and the information indicates that he's doing some mining business in Africa at themoment. Also, Michel Group is now one of the top ten electronic technology companies in theworld.

As this man has never attended any public event, no one has ever captured his photo. It took one ofour men quite some effort to snap this one but he was nearly caught by his bodyguards for doingthat.”

Sophia kept on staring at the man’s name with a frown on her head for a long time, which puzzledAbel. After some time, Sophia explained, “Focus your effort on studying this guy because I have afeeling that he is Cooper!”

"His first name, “Fass’ means barrel in German, which is very similar to “Cooper’ which has themeaning of barrel maker. Besides, his surname “Michel’ is the French spelling for Mitchell.”

It was to everyone's utter surprise that the man’s name actually carried a secret meaning. However,the man looked so young and he might only be in his late twenties. How could he be Cooper, whowas a man in his forties? On top of that, he was the family head of the Michel Family in EasternEurope, and he was born there. There was no way he could be Cooper!

Perhaps, the man’s name was just a mere coincidence. Also, the investigation on him would not beany less challenging than the one on Phantom Wolf's leader. However, Abel decided to trustSophia's judgment by making Fass Michel the target of their thorough investigation next round.

In fact, they only needed to inform the man of the news that the money in Kuwait had been takenout to know whether he was Cooper. If he was Cooper, he would certainly make a move.

After leaving the basement, Sophia first took a deep breath before returning to her room to read abook. At the moment, there was nothing she could do except trying her best to develop, enrich andstrengthen herself.

Later at night when Michael just came back home from the set, the doorbell rang. As soon as Mariaopened the door, a little boy made a dash in and wrapped his arms around Michael's thigh.

“Uncle Michael, you can't sabotage me in this way! You didn't pick up any of my calls and I couldn'teven replace you on set! Do you still remember that the final round of the Esports World Championshipwill be held the day after tomorrow?

Now that Sirius is nowhere to be found, I can't handle it on my own without you! Uncle Michael, youhave to log on tonight and you have to be there the day after tomorrow or I'll kill myself in front ofyou! Sob, sob...”