Chapter 340

Chapter 340

I suddenly felt a huge pang of sympathy for Steven. I instinctively reached out to hold his hand, but I recoiled in the end.

I didn't know what sort of person I really was, after all.

I wondered if Steven and I could even have a future together.

"Stephie, you're not a bad person," Steven said as he held my hand firmly.

Even at times when I doubted myself like this, Steven chose to believe in me.

"Do you know why Eason changed his name?" Steven asked. He seemed eager to cheer me up and was trying to change the subject.

"It was because he kept having nightmares after Simmy's death. He kept feeling like Simmy's ghost was following him around or something, as if he were by his side all the time. He even got electrocuted at home once and said he saw a ghost."

Steven chuckled and continued, "His parents tried bringing in all sorts of exorcists to exorcise the ghost. But a psychiatrist ultimately said that he was just hallucinating due to being electrocuted.

"But he was still worried, so he had a fortune teller change his name to get rid of Simmy's ghost. Simmy died in a fire..." Steven paused and tightened his grip on my hand.

told Eason that his old name was too easy for ghosts to latch onto, so in the end, Eason became his new name as it

me what should have been a funny story. However,

was trying hard to cheer me

end up messing things up," Steven said in a hoarse voice as he slowly

for the rest of the

were back home, I locked myself

stared at the linked clues on

Steven was protecting

to matter most to him were

both of them

I stared up at the wall

felt as if I had fallen headfirst into

unraveling this mystery wasn't as simple

lay even greater mysteries, and there was more to come where those came

and let

was taken aback to hear that

shouldn't be drinking with the injuries he was

but I suddenly recalled the event with the Crowdstar Group's president. "Mr.

wondered if the charity banquet was

"Oh, didn't Sir tell you? Well, I suppose he drank too

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