Revenge After Death

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.

"Anyway, the fortune teller told Eason that his old name was too easy for ghosts to latch onto, so in the end, Eason became his

have been a funny story. However, I couldn't bring

Steven was trying hard to cheer me up. I

just want to make you happy, but I always end up messing things up," Steven said in a hoarse voice as he slowly

for the

we were back home, I locked myself

linked clues on the wall and

who Steven was protecting by being

to matter most to him were

of

a daze as I stared up

It felt as if I had fallen headfirst into a conspiracy that was spinning out of

wasn't as simple as recovering

greater mysteries, and there was more to

saw me and let out a sigh as he said, "Sir is

taken aback to hear that Steven

shouldn't be drinking with the

Steven right away, but I suddenly recalled the event

the charity banquet was

you? Well, I suppose he drank