Chapter 161

"Matthew." After a while, Sabrina broke the silence. "Back then, during the fire... who exactly came looking for my grandfather?" The mention brought a flash of anger to Matthew's face. "No idea who they really were, but one thing's for sure-they were up to no good. They came during the day, said they were your grandpa's colleagues from the institute, said they needed his research notes. But then someone noticed... they were carrying guns. Seriously, which normal researcher shows up packing heat? And besides, your grandfather quit ages ago and handed in all his work." Sabrina's brows knitted tight. Guns? Just hearing that word made her uneasy. Matthew went on, "The village chief actually got suspicious and made up some excuse to shoo them off. I was just a kid back then, totally looked up to your grandfather. So when I heard someone was after his research, I sneaked into his old study and grabbed a few files I thought looked cool. That's when I found this journal... But honestly, the p