Chapter 361 – The Scarlet Vengeance: Justice of a Framed Beauty Novel (Grace & Jason)

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On the other hand, Jason was staring dully at the phone in his hand. Terrence, who was beside him, reported, “Mr. Hart and Miss Cummins’s cousin, Stella

Lindsay, also went back to the Lu family today. Presumably, they’ve met Miss

Cummins.”

“Get the car ready. I’ll go over now,”

Jason said in a low voice.

“Sure!” replied Terrence. He took a glance at the expression on his boss’

face and felt as if there was some sort of oppressive taboo in it.

It was like there were things that could not be touched and prodded at the moment. Once that taboo was broken, then maybe it would change everything!

It was probably because of Grace.

Terrence thought to himself that Young

Master Reed cared far more about

Grace than anyone else could imagine. Perhaps even beyond Young Master

Reed’s own imagination.

However, Terrence was still a little unclear why Young Master Reed was paying so much attention to Brian.

‘It’s as if he’s afraid that something might happen between Grace and Brian.

‘What exactly is Young Master Reed afraid of?’

Then, Terrence suddenly laughed at himself. ‘Would Young Master Reed be afraid? I’m probably thinking too much!’

Grace sat on a small mound in front of her grandmother’s grave, talking about her life now, everything between her and

Jason, and her hopes for the future…

There were not as many people here as there were at the Lu family’s house because it was not tomb-sweeping day or winter solstice, so there were no other people around who came to visit the graves. As such, she could tell Grandma everything.

She wanted her grandmother to hear her from the next world and be happy for her.

Looking at the time, Jason would have been halfway here if he was coming, so Grace spilled wine in front of the grave and cleared away the offerings of food, incense sticks, and candles. She prepared to walk down the hill.

She was halfway down the road when she came upon a forked path and stopped.

As far as she could remember, the path led to the next hill, where she had often liked to play on. Then one day, when she came across the path, she was shocked to see graves all over the place!

After she got home, Grandma even made her some soothing tea and hugged her to sleep for two nights.

Now, seeing the path, Grace hesitated and checked the time on her phone. It was still early, and Jason would probably need more than an hour to get to the town.

Grace changed direction and moved toward the path.

She did not know why. Maybe it had been too long since she went to the hill where she used to play or she wanted to match the landscape in reality with the landscape in her dream.

Maybe she was giving up for real.

It was like a ritual-Going there and letting go of everything in the dream. Ignoring the so-called truth and memory, she and Brian were just strangers.

What really mattered to her was Jay.

Grace took a deep breath and followed the path to the nearby hill.

The more she walked, the more familiar she felt.

When she was a child, she used to think of the hill as a place for treasure hunts and adventure games. Now that she was here, the familiar feeling seemed to return. It was as if time had not gone by on this hill. It was still the same as back then.

She even found a big tree that she had liked to mark, and the marks were still on

This place seemed to have too many of her memories.

Suddenly, Grace froze and stopped in her tracks. Not far ahead was the cliff in her dream.

In the dream, the little boy misstepped and slipped on the edge of the cliff. The little girl instinctively pulled the boy and both of them ended up sliding down together.

However, the little girl held on to the little boy’s hand and did not let it go. Then, she pulled the little boy up with her.

Grace walked to the edge of the cliff and looked down warily.

This side of the cliff was relatively steep. It was pretty dangerous, even for adults.

If you accidentally fell, you would break a few bones even if your life was not in danger.

Thinking of this, Grace stepped back a few more steps, getting away from the edge of the cliff.

Brian had not mistaken her for someone else. He recognized her, but she no longer remembered him.

When she began to remember him, he mistook someone else for her.

It would be a secret-A secret buried in her heart.

Suddenly, there was a cracking sound like a foot stepping on the twig on the ground. Grace turned her head around, and to her surprise, she found Brian here.

He was wearing the same black suit and white shirt. The only thing different from when he got out of the Lu family’s house was that he had a long stick of candied haws in his hand.

However, the candied haws were still wrapped in a layer of plastic wrap which had not been opened.

Upon seeing her, a flash of surprise also came over his indifferent face. “Why are you here?”

‘I’m… Supposed to be the one asking you that!’

Grace looked behind Brian, and there was no sign of Stella Lindsay.

‘Sis didn’t come up the hill with Brian?’

“What are you doing here?” he asked with a slight frown and took a step nearer.

“I was offering incense to my grandmother’s grave on the nearby hill and followed the path here,” replied Grace.

His dark phoenix eyes stared at her.

Brian’s voice was cold. “What I asked was why are you ‘here’?”

‘Why is she here in a place that means so much to me?’

The questioning at the hospital’s exit pa**ageway that day was clear. She was not! He had mistaken everything. It was his mistake to think she was ‘her’

It was Stella Lindsay who saved his life.

However, when he finally calmed down and could ignore her, she suddenly appeared at this very spot. This threw a boulder into his calm heart, causing ripples in it.

Looking at Brian’s eyes, Grace suddenly shuddered and realized what he meant.

He… Was asking why she was so

‘coincidentally’ standing on the edge of the cliff where the accident happened.

However, she could not admit anything.

Things would only get messier if she did!

“Brian, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I just walked here by accident. Can’t I come here?” she asked while pretending not to understand.

Brian’s eyes darkened, and he could not help laughing at himself. ‘What kind of reply was I expecting?’

“It doesn’t mean anything to you, but it’s different for me.” He also walked to the edge of the cliff and was looking at the slightly steep cliff.

Even though it did not look as terrible as when he was a child, the scenes here were deeply imprinted in his mind. He was always recalling them over and over again.

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