Revenge After Death

Chapter 55

I stared at Steven in shock. It took me a long time to process this information.

I snatched the paper out of his hands and gasped…

I thought he had scribbled nonsense on it, but unexpectedly, it was the real answer.

“You’ve studied this before?” I asked in surprise. Shock aside, I was also in disbelief.

Wasn’t he insane?

Steven nodded. “This is simple.”

Those words provoked me. This was impossible! Ever since I was young, I was always top of the class. When I went to college, my professors took great pride in me. Even though I wasn’t a genius by any means, I was still an excellent student. How could Steven be smarter than me?

“Have you seen the solution before?” Refusing to concede defeat, I continued writing more questions.

for him.

Jone

However, he quickly answered correctly.

Sometimes, he even wrote his answers while distracted because he would want to look at me from

time to time.

Despite all of this, he could still come up with an answer so quickly. This made him more than the average genius…

It was as though the crazy person was on his left shoulder and the genius was on his right. He could. only go between the two options.

You went to college?” I

Stamford…” he

gasped. He really had

the advanced classes and was scouted

I was speechless.

that sound so familiar? Suddenly, my

flooded my mind.

some memories

holding giant bouquets. There was a banner in front of the welfare center that congratulated two of its children for getting into the advanced classes.

remember more. But my memory seemed

have been scouted to attend Stamford at 14

did you sleep at the orphanage and act crazy?” I tried to make myself appear calm. I was

was clearly not

so that

asked me to wait for her…” Steven lowered his gaze, and

I frowned. What?

he referring to Stephanie Carlson

I didn’t fully trust the man in front of me, even if

to see his reaction.

my eyes for a while then

person he promised was Stephany?

through this man. Just because of a promise he made to a woman, he pretended to be mentally ill at the

little too stubborn. He was just like… a monster in a fictional book, but

your talent to wait for someone?” I asked curiously.

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Trying to bait a mentally ill criminal into saying something useful