When it came to revenge, Yue Yuan had actually never told Lin Hanzhi how the investigation was progressing, nor had he provided him with the autopsy reports on the Lin family's bodies and other such documents.
He could not forget Lin Yan's request, and the more he investigated, the more he felt that when Lin Yan had said, "Don't investigate," he really should have done as he said and stopped there.
But now that he was caught in this awkward position, Yue Yuan had no choice but to keep investigating. Yet he did not want Lin Hanzhi to know the secrets involved, always thinking he would figure things out himself before deciding whether to tell him.
On the day he learned of an important lead, Yue Yuan was already in his early fifties. But he practiced physical cultivation, and even at fifty, his strength had hardly declined; there was little difference from his prime.
Excited, he hurried to the location given by the person passing along the lead, then came face-to-face with the only Grade-B Vengeful Ghost in the Anomalous Affairs Bureau's history.
It was a grueling battle, and Yue Yuan nearly died, but he also obtained part of the truth he wanted. After that, his health deteriorated day by day, and he wasted away to skin and bones. He also grew increasingly secretive about the matter, no longer daring to reveal even the slightest detail to Lin Hanzhi.
Merely looking into a lead had brought out a Grade-B Vengeful Ghost to obstruct him. What that implied was something Yue Yuan neither dared nor wanted to let Lin Hanzhi touch again.
He had grown old, after all. His body had aged, and so had his heart. He no longer had the courage to stake everything as he had in his