"It was my biggest regret that I couldn't tell you about my feelings," Casper communicated via Jina. Haejong was shocked to hear the details of the night. This girl...no. This was not the little girl who was communicating with him.
It was his grandfather.
"Cheng" he finally said.
"I couldn't face you after that night," Casper went on. "I couldn't. The guilt and pain in would not let . So I sent you abroad so that you could study and beco a better person. I wasn't planning to make you my heir because I wanted you to stay away from this life. But it seed that soone"
He glared at Youngdo's unconscious body. "Had a different plan," Casper continued. "He...he is the snake I raised. I took him from the streets and made him my right hand man but he beca too greedy. He wanted to take over the Lin family and the head. That night...it was him. He killed your parents. My son knew that Youngdo had tracked them down and to eliminate all obstacles, Youngdo killed them. He would have killed you too if I hadn't arrived. The snake managed to escape before I could catch him, he escaped. I didn't know at that ti who the murderer was"
"I searched for the murderer for years. All clues pointed at the Jang's and I declared a war against them, sowing the seeds of our rivalry. This is what Youngdo wanted. To make us kill each other so that he could take over the underworld as the lone mafia leader. For years, his plan worked until one day, he made a mistake. He was found out by one of our n who called imdiately. The inforr summoned to a construction site because he had sothing to tell about Youngdo. But the latter found out and killed the inforr. He also decided that it was ti to get rid of ."
"So I went to the construction site and found Youngdo waiting for . There was sothing off about him but I ignored it. He told that the Jang's were about to attack and it was all a trap. I notified our n that Jang's were going to strike. After I pressed the send button on my phone, he attacked from behind. Taking the chance, he disard and picked up a heavy rock to bash with it. Before he killed , he admitted to murdering your parents as well. But before I could react, he smashed my head, killing ."
Haejong stood there, listening to his grandfather's spirit. Yumi was sobbing upon hearing Casper's tale while Mina's heart went out to the old man who suffered in silence all over a guilt which was not even his to bear. Jina was still possessed, allowing her friend to narrate his tale to his only family but in her mind, she was crying hard.
She never realized that a gentle person like Casper could hold so much pain in him. How could he think of himself as a monster?
"Casper" she called out to him in her mind.
"When I woke up as a ghost," Casper gestured. "I lost all my mories and wandered around in dismay. I was stuck between the two worlds, not knowing who I was and what happened to . All I knew was that I was dead and there were many unknown regrets in my heart."
"That was when I t this strange little girl who ca up to ," he mused. "And reached out to . The other ghosts were scared of but this girl...she held my hand and asked what happened. For the first ti, I was touched by this small gesture. She took in, allowed to be her friend. I felt a protective instinct towards her, the sa one I felt for you, my grandson."
"I know that you only took up the mantle of the head of the Lin family because you wanted to surpass ," Casper communicated. "You wanted to surpass the fear you felt towards by becoming even more dangerous than . You wished to shed off the last shred of humanity in yourself to show that you're not weak and that you could replace my legacy with your one. But the truth is...I want you to be a good human. Live a normal life and show that you're a much better person than I ever was. I know you can be a good man. You"
Casper raised Jina's finger to place her palm on his chest. "You have a heart," he smiled.
Haejong was unsure of what to say. He had many things he wanted to convey but the tears in his eyes told Casper everything he wanted to express.
Suddenly, Mina toppled forward and spat out blood. The poison in her body was spreading fast and Haejong rushed towards her.
"We need to take her to the hospital!" he yelled.
"You'll go nowhere."
All of them turned around to find that Youngdo had woken up. He had seen enough to deduce that the old bastard was back from the grave to expose him. The gun was in his hand and he pointed it ahead.
BANG!
Everyone was shocked. Casper had left Jina's body to stop Youngdo and tackled him against the wall, pinning him there. But it was too late.
Jina stood in shock as her dress began to get soaked with blood. She looked down to see that her white dress was splattered red but it was not her blood.
Haejong had shielded her with his body, taking the bullet for her. It hit him in the back, his blood splattering on Jina's clothes. He fell down on the ground, unconscious.
Within seconds, the police force ca running, holding guns but were shocked to see the scene. Youngdo was being held against the wall while Mina and Haejong were completely unconscious and the little girl was sitting in a pool of blood, shocked.
"What happened here?" Taejoon demanded but Jina could only cry.
"Save them!" she begged. "SAVE THEM!"
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