Chapter 481


    rence put his focus on Lyndon all these times.


    But details about what happened 20 years ago were slowly resurfacing and there were many doubtful


    points about that explosion.


    Ste’s mother managed to escape, and Lyndon was unconscious in the hospital for 3 months. She


    could’ve gone to Cameron or go to someone else she knew, but she didn’t. She brought her daughter


    with her and married a rascal.


    Maybe Jeffrey wasn’t a rascal back then, but Ste’s mother’s decision was bizarre.


    Unless she was afraid of getting discovered, or maybe, she couldn’t help it…


    No matter what happened, this wasn’t nned by Lyndon who was lying unconscious in the hospital.


    Not to mention that Lyndon thought they had died in the explosion.


    Ste tried to ask, “The same year?”


    rence hummed, “When Justin got into the car ident, the Conrad family’s driver and the driver


    who caused the ident died immediately on the scene. Justin was the only survivor, but his lower


    limbs were paralyzed, and he couldn’t stand again after that.”


    “How… did the ident happen?”


    “The other driver was driving under influence.”


    Ste frowned upon hearing it, “2 people died in that car ident, both of them were probably not


    driving slowly. The other driver was driving under influence, but what about the Conrad family’s driver?


    Justin was in the car, so why was he driving so fast?”


    rence smiled, “You’re smart.”


    Ste was speechless.


    She said, “Tell me properly.”


    rence was always ying around.


    rence continued saying, “Here’s the problem. They checked the scene for traces after the ident


    and didn’t find any brake marks on the road.”


    “So, the cars just collided without stopping.” She paused and continued saying, “If that’s the case, then


    it’s obvious that it’s not an ident. Your… Did Master Conradunch an investigation?”


    “He did, but couldn’t find anything. The driver worked with us for many years. He didn’t have a family


    and there was no motive. The other driver that caused the incident just got promoted as a department


    manager. He was going home after a celebration, so he didn’t have a motive either. Hence, the


    ident was considered as a coincidence.”


    Ste continued frowning, “It seems like they didn’t have a motive, but…”


    Something was off.


    rence then said, “I also investigated this incident a few years back and couldn’t understand what


    happened. But now, at least I know a bit more about it.”


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    “What do you know?”


    “The Conrad family and the Steward family got into trouble the same year, it definitely wasn’t a


    coincidence.” rence tapped his finger on the steering wheel, he said casually, “It only made sense


    that someone else was behind all of these. And the two drivers, there had to be something about them


    that we couldn’t think of right now.”


    Ste thought that this would be all over after Lyndon showed his true colors.


    But it was just the beginning.


    Suddenly, rence’s phone rang. He stopped his car on the roadside and picked it up, “Yes?”


    Ste couldn’t hear the conversation. rence frowned and he seemed tense.


    Ste got worried, after he hung up the call she quietly asked, “What happened?”


    rence said in a wintry tone of voice, “Jeffrey is dead.”


    Ste was taken aback, she couldn''t believe her ears.


    …


    She stood in front of Jeffrey’s body. His body was green and his limbs were tense.


    Ste finally realized that he was gone for good.


    The police said, “When we found him, he had already died for a while. The preliminary judgment was


    that hemitted suicide. We had to wait for an autopsy report to really know what happened.”


    Ste closed her eyes, she felt weak.


    She wanted to see if she could find out more from him, but now he couldn’t answer her questions


    anymore.


    rence hugged her from behind, he said, “A person like him, he’s better off dead.”


    They got out of the prison and Ste said, “I’m all done here. You can go back to your office now.”


    rence said, “You should always have a mirror with you.”


    Ste asked, “Why?”


    “rence answered, “If you can see the expression on your face right now, you wouldn’t be able to


    force yourself to say something like that.”


    Ste was speechless.


    rence always said one thing after another.


    He held her hand and said, “Come, I’ll bring you somewhere to rx.”


    “It’s raining, where are we going?”


    Ste would never have thought that rence would bring her to go rock climbing.


    She stood there and remembered some unhappy things, she turned towards rence and looked at


    him expressionlessly, “How am I supposed to rx with this?”


    He smiled, “You want to be more adventurous? If this is not enough, we can go bungee jumping next


    time.”


    Ste was speechless again.


    Such an idiot.


    Ste learnt her lesson fromst time. The worker brought the equipment over and Ste said, “You put


    it on too. We’ll go up together.”


    rence frowned, “Oh, don’t miss me too much.”


    Ste pushed him, “Hurry up.”


    Otherwise, he would take advantage of her again likest time.


    Soon, they were fully equipped.


    Ste pulled onto the string and climbed up slowly after rence started to climb up.


    Ste was as slow as a turtle. rence suddenly got in front of her and looked at her, he was climbing


    without breaking a sweat. He smiled as he asked, “Do you need help?”


    Ste gritted her teeth, “No need!”


    She looked down and thought that she improved quite a bitpared tost time.


    The rock wall here wasn’t as high asst time. It shouldn’t be a problem for her to climb all the way up.


    Ste took a deep breath and was determined to reach the top.


    But she overestimated herself. Her hands were jelly halfway to the top.


    Suddenly, she missed a part and lost her bnce. She was about to fall to the side when suddenly


    someone grabbed her waist and hugged her into their arms.


    Ste looked over in puzzle, “I thought you were up there, since when did youe down?”


    “Is that important?”


    rence grabbed her waist and looked down, “Do you want to head down?”


    Ste looked at him silently and decided to ignore him.


    She knew that he was waiting for her here on purpose.


    But she was prepared this time. He would stay here and as long as she kept holding on to him, he


    would get exhausted and couldn’t climb up anymore after that.


    rence smiled upon noticing that Ste was hugging him tightly, “Are you afraid?”


    “I’m not afraid, I’m just…”


    She gave up exining and didn’t bother to say anything.


    rence said, “I don’t mind you hugging me like that, but I’m not going to be responsible if this gets on


    the news tomorrow.”


    Only then, Ste looked back and noticed people taking photos of them.