Money Loving CEO's Detective Lover

Chapter 362: Casper's Tale (3)

"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 me would not let me. So I sent you abroad so that you could study and become a better person. I wasn't planning to make you my heir because I wanted you to stay away from this life. But it seemed that someone"

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 became 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 time 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 men who called me immediately. The informer summoned me to a construction site because he had something to tell me about Youngdo. But the latter found out and killed the informer. He also decided that it was time to get rid of me."

"So I went to the construction site and found Youngdo waiting for me. There was something off about him but I ignored it. He told me that the Jang's were about to attack and it was all a trap. I notified our men that Jang's were going to strike. After I pressed the send button on my phone, he attacked me from behind. Taking the chance, he disarmed me and picked up a heavy rock to bash me with it. Before he killed me, he admitted to murdering your parents as well. But before I could react, he smashed my head, killing me."

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 memories and wandered around in dismay. I was stuck between the two worlds, not knowing who I was and what happened to me. All I knew was that I was dead and there were many unknown regrets in my heart."

"That was when I met this strange little girl who came up to me," he mused. "And reached out to me. The other ghosts were scared of me but this girl...she held my hand and asked me what happened. For the first time, I was touched by this small gesture. She took me in, allowed me to be her friend. I felt a protective instinct towards her, the same 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 me," Casper communicated. "You wanted to surpass the fear you felt towards me by becoming even more dangerous than me. You wished to shed off the last shred of humanity in yourself to show me 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 me 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 came 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!"