GoodReadChapter 306 “You're overthinking this, Stephanie never had feelings for you from the start. She has someone she loves. and his nis Steven. She only thought you saved her, but the person who saved her wasn’t you,” | coldly interrupted Michael's fantasy.
Michael lowered his gaze and fell silent.
When the car stopped at Huma Hospital's parking lot, he finally said, “Stephie, the person you love isn’t Steven.
Trust me, just this once. Please... You don’t love him. You fear and dread him. You once beggedto help you hide from him.....” 1 frowned. “Do you think | believe a single word you say?” Between Steven and Michael, Steven's credibility was evidently higher.
“Stephie...” Michael grew anxious, finally able to experience the feeling of not being trusted. “Why can’t you believe me? Steven is really dangerous. You tried so hard to hide from him. How could you love him? He's deceiving you, taking advantage of your memory loss to keep lying to you.
Follow current on NovelEnglish.net“Dr. Jones said Steven isn’t a regular psychiatric patient. He lacks empathy and can’t love anyone. His mind is filled with obsession, leaving no room for others.” | ignored Michael, who kept badmouthing Steven.
“Stephany?” As soon as we entered the hospital, Zion noticed me. “What happened? Are you hurt?” | shook my head and pointed at Michael. “He is.” A nurse approached to examine Michael's injury and took him to the treatment room.
“It was Martin's men,” | whispered.
Zion nodded. “You'd better stay at home.” “What are you doing here?” | asked.
“There's been another murder,” Zion said, looking around cautiously. “I cto check the situation. The victim isn’t dead yet and is being rescued. It's obvious the killer is not a professional.
“The killer panicked while trying to kill the victim and didn’t confirm the victim was dead before sprinkling those spices and escaping.” | nodded. “So, if the victim survives, he can reveal the killer's identity?” “The killer has already been caught on camera. The police are making an arrest. | suspect someone is orchestrating everything. With the victim still alive, we can expose the mastermind behind this,” Zion said in a low voice.
“Look, here.” He handedhis findings. “This person is also a parent searching for his missing son, who is 18 years old and has been missing for three years.” 2/2 | paused for a moment, looking at Zion. “In both murder cases, the common thread is that the killers are desperate parents who lost their children.” The killers were also victims.
“Were the children all lost around the stime?” | wondered if their disappearances were also linked to the mastermind.
“They weren't lost at the stime, but there's one common factor. All the missing children had the sissue,” Zion said, pointing to his head.
“Mental disability, or...” | was taken aback.
“Asperger's syndrome.” Zion scanned the surroundings. “Srefer to it as a ‘genius illness’. Children with this condition are considered God's favorites-either a genius or mentally disabled.” Two extremes.
| took a deep breath and looked at Zion. “Asperger's syndrome...” Suddenly, my head was pounding, feeling like it was about to explode.
Follow current on NovelEnglish.netThe missing children were all diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome. According to my parents’ journal, | was also diagnosed as a “problematic” child with Asperger's syndrome.
But that didn’t seem right. Aside from being a bit socially isolated, | was neither a genius nor mentally disabled. | felt like | was just an ordinary person, as ordinary as they came.
“Steven and Simeon also have this so-called genius illness,” Zion said helplessly, sitting nearby. “These
geniuses are different from us.
They're quite lonely, and nobody gan understand thea, yet they Extribit re talents in certain areas like art, mathematics, finance, chemistry, physics, and so on.”
My hands and feet were ice—cold, and a terrifying thought crossed.my mind. Could sopmadrebe &piditing thede Tes children? And behind all this... was there an even greater conspiracy at play? “What kind of business was the victim involved in?” | whispered.
“He was based overseas, supposedly in the health products LE hen replied Wit, cerd Rud “He was pFatiably a leader in a pyramid scheme.”
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