What if all of this had been Kately's scheme?
The moment that thought surfaced in Qin Ran's mind, more thoughts came flooding in uncontrollably.
Qin Ran recalled the conversations they had had since meeting.
Kately had been respectful, polite, and always appeared sincere.
Such sincerity naturally made people feel favorably toward him at first glance.
But was that really his true face?
Qin Ran thought of the previous Count Wayne.
Would that earl's heir truly be a sincere person?
What a joke.
It had to be one of Kately's masks.
Then what would be beneath that mask?
Or rather, what was Kately's objective?
Qin Ran's gaze instinctively shifted toward the old nun, who was coaxing Lisa into playing.
Provocation!
What Kately wanted was to drive a wedge between him and the old nun!
As the Wayne Family's heir, Kately naturally would not be unfamiliar with the old nun or Gonglansen. He also knew the old nun's personality inside and out.
Kately knew very well that, in order to quickly end the current dispute, the old nun would definitely use that feared ability.
And given the ability the old nun had displayed, anyone would become wary, much less someone as suspicious as him. Once he discovered her ability, he would inevitably begin making guesses in secret.
Kately's plan had begun the moment he sent Lisa to the old nun.
No, that wasn't right!
It had begun even earlier!
It had begun... when Lidd died!
While he and the old nun were still at the police station, Kately had sent someone to infiltrate Saint Paul School in hopes of finding the treasure.
But Kately had found nothing.
Instead, the dutiful Lidd had discovered the intruder's traces.
Then, Lidd had been killed.
After that, Kately had used Lidd's life force to arrange that