Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

When he saw Winnie leaning against a pillar with her eyes reddened, his eyes turned bloodshot.

He clenched his teeth as waves of exasperation surged within him. “Find him! Get him even if you have

to turn over every stone in the world, dead or alive!”

“Xavier!” Winnie couldn’t see Xavier’s expression, since she had her eyes closed, but the last three

words he had uttered through gritted teeth alarmed her.

His illness had never been cured, and under the influence of drugs, his emotions were easily

magnified.

Once his anger was amplified, things would become riskier, and she didn’t want that to happen.

Holding onto the railing in the corridor, she stood up and determined Xavier’s position by listening to his

voice before heading toward him.

Xavier was almost taken over by his anger entirely, his blood rushing to his head and his ears buzzing.

Therefore, he didn’t hear Winnie calling his name just now.

Now that he saw Winnie staggering toward him, the boiling blood in his body calmed down slightly, and

his mind went blank for a short moment.

Without hesitation, he rushed forward to carry her up.

Before she knew it, she felt herself getting lifted up in midair.

She wrapped her hands around his neck and frowned. “Don’t get riled up. It’s not worth it.”

Xavier glanced at her with his head lowered. “Do your eyes still sting? Let me rinse them first. Don’t be

scared. I’ll be quick.”

When she heard his words, her furrowed brow relaxed. Even she herself didn’t notice that she was

smiling.

“I’m not scared. I have you with me, don’t I? I lacerated Zyon’s arm just now. You should ask them to

follow the traces of blood to find him, but it’s dark now, so they need to take a little more effort during

the search.”

“I know. You don’t have to worry about these things.” Xavier scrunched up his brows, guilt brimming in

his eyes. “I should have insisted on letting the security guards follow you just now!”

With her eyes closed, Winnie stroked the back of his head gently. “Xavier, don’t be like this. It’s not your

fault. I was the one who insisted on not bringing the security guards. Besides, it’s actually a good thing.

If I was under the protection of the security guards, Zyon wouldn’t have had the guts to show himself

when he saw he was outnumbered. If that were the case, we wouldn’t even get to catch a glimpse of

him. But because I’d gone alone, he couldn’t wait to come out of hiding, and I got to injure him. I

believe that as long as we follow the bloodstains, we can find some clues.”

What Winnie had explained made sense, and Xavier understood it well.

Despite that, he still couldn’t help but stop in his tracks.

Perplexed, Winnie asked, “What’s wrong? Have we arrived?”

“No!” Xavier’s tone was unusually solemn. He looked at the woman in his arms and continued, “I want

to tell you I don’t like to trade your safety for Zyon’s whereabouts. I will find him unless he’s died

somewhere. I hope you won’t have such thoughts in the future.”

She frowned slightly. “You’re so fierce. I’m not a weak, gentle bird gilded in a golden cage. I know what

I’m doing, and I also know if what I’m doing is meaningful. But…”

But I will no longer be upset with Xavier’s tone because I know he genuinely cares about me.

“But?”

“But in front of you, I’m willing to be a fragile, little woman occasionally. After all, even a strong woman

longs to be pampered.”

Xavier couldn’t help but hug her closer and press his forehead against hers. “Dumbo, with me by your

side, you can be fragile all your life.”

Zyon ran forward desperately, covering the wound on his arm and not knowing where he was going.

Suddenly, he bumped into someone.

That person was covered from head to toe, so he couldn’t see that person’s face. Nevertheless, Zyon

could smell that person reeked of alcohol.

“Who are you? Stop blocking me! Get out of my way!”

The person Zyon bumped into didn’t move. Instead, that person pointed in a direction.

“If you go this way, you’ll survive!”

Without further ado, Zyon dashed in that direction.

“I can’t believe it’s milk powder!” Winnie looked in the mirror and wiped her face, feeling amused. “I was

actually defeated by Zyon with a handful of milk powder. I thought it was a drug!”

“That might be his food. The life of a wanted criminal must be difficult,” Xavier remarked casually as he

raised his hand to tuck her damp hair behind her ear.

“He’s gone lucky this time then.” Winnie cocked her brow. “Soon enough, he’ll have free meals in the

prison. Let’s go and see if he’s captured.”

The two of them left the bathroom and saw several security guards pacing in front of a room.

Winnie recognized the room with just one glance. Frowning, she looked at Xavier, who was beside her.

“Isn’t that Granny’s room? What are they doing here?”

“Let’s have a look.”

When a security guard saw both of them had come, he immediately walked toward the duo.

“Mr. Xavier, Mrs. Fairchild, we followed the bloodstains and reached here, but the traces of blood

vanish here as well. We’ve searched all other places other than Mdm. Sumner’s room.”

“Knock and go inside then. Where is my granny? Is she not in there?” As Winnie questioned the

security guard, she strode toward the room.

Trailing behind them, the security guard explained, “We’ve knocked on the door, but Mdm. Sumner is

very vigilant. She doesn’t want to open the door for us, and it’s not right for us to break in.”

Winnie quickened her pace. “That’s normal. I spoke to her when I came over just now. I told her to be

more careful. Since you’ve searched here and found no one, it seems that he was only passing by just

now. He must have stopped the bleeding and gone to another place after that. Check the surveillance

footage and look at it carefully.”

The security guard explained, “Okay. The surveillance cameras are connected to the internet. We’ve

asked people in the security room to send the footage over, but this building is rarely used. The

surveillance cameras here are old and don’t have infrared light for imaging, so the images captured are

pitch black. We can’t see anything. On the contrary, the cameras outside are equipped with infrared

light, and the images captured are relatively clear. We saw that there was indeed a black figure running

toward here, but we don’t know the situation inside.”

Hearing what the security guard said, Xavier couldn’t help but furrow his brows. “Check the surveillance

footage of all the infrared cameras. Don’t miss any of it.”

“Got it!”

Winnie knocked on the door to Jacinta’s room.

“Granny, it’s me, Winnie. I’m back. It’s safe outside now. You can open the door.”

“Winnie, is that really you? There were many people outside just now. They came knocking on the

door, saying that they were here to find someone. I didn’t open the door for them!”

Jacinta’s fearful voice came from the dark room, and the lights in the room were turned on later.

That was a signal that meant that Jacinta was safe. Seeing that Jacinta was fine, Winnie heaved a sigh

of relief.

“Granny, you did well. Don’t open the door for strangers, but the people just now don’t mean harm.

They’re security guards here, and they’re all gone now.”

“That’s great. It was quite frightening!” While Jacinta spoke, she opened the door from inside.

She wore a smile on her face when she saw Winnie, but the moment she saw Xavier, her face turned

grim.

Xavier furrowed his brows, but he didn’t take Jacinta’s displeasure for him to heart. Instead, he took the

initiative to greet her. “I’m glad that you’re fine.”

“Hmph!” Jacinta snorted coldly. “I might be fine today, but no one can guarantee that I’ll be fine

tomorrow. Aren’t your family all-powerful and capable? Why can’t you guys catch Zyon? As long as

he’s not captured, Winnie will never be safe. Do you understand?”

Xavier replied in a solemn tone, “I know, but I promise you that I’ll definitely catch Zyon and won’t let

him harm Winnie.”

“Catch him? It’s been such a long time!”

Winnie didn’t like Jacinta making things difficult for Xavier, so she took the initiative to interrupt her

grandmother. “Granny, Zyon isn’t the type who will go down easily. We can’t deny the fact that it’s hard

to catch him.”

Winnie continued, “By the way, Granny, did you hear anything before the security guards came?”

“Huh? Do you mean the fire? I heard it. The fire trucks came, and I saw the flames as well. The fire

must be very big.”

“Yeah, it was big, but the firefighters got it under control. Anyway, I wasn’t asking about that. I was

asking if you saw Zyon. While I was on my way here just now, I ran into him and fought with him. I cut

his arm with a knife, and he was bleeding. Then, the security guards followed the trail of bloodstains

and got here, but the traces of blood disappear. Therefore, we surmise that he may have entered this

yard. Did you hear anything at that time?”

“Hmm.” Jacinta thought for a moment before replying, “No, I didn’t. He was a trespasser. He wouldn’t

make a loud noise, would he?”

Winnie nodded. “Maybe he’d already gone somewhere else. It’s getting late. Why don’t I accompany

you to rest?”

After Winnie said that, she turned to Xavier and said, “You should get going too. Call me if there’s

anything.”

It was true that Xavier still had a lot of things to attend to, so he nodded in agreement.

Before he went out of the room, he heard the conversation between Winnie and Jacinta.

“Granny, why is there bloodstain on your clothes?”

“What?” Jacinta was stunned. “Where is it?”

“Here!” Winnie pointed at Jacinta’s sleeve, then took a few sniffs. “And there is an alcohol smell in the

room. I think it comes from you. I smelled it before. At that time, the alcohol smell was relatively weak. I

thought my sense of smell played a trick on me. Why is it so strong now? Granny, did you drink?”

“No!” Jacinta chuckled. “Why would I drink on my own?”

Xavier, who had walked to the door, turned back.

He did detect the alcohol smell in the room as well, and it was obviously from Jacinta.

Jacinta slapped her thigh. “Oh, I remember it now! Didn’t I turn on the lights just now? I was afraid to

turn on the lights when those people were knocking on the door, and I accidentally bumped into a rack

in the room. That’s the rack. Who knew there was a wine bottle on top? The room was dark, so I

couldn’t see. Even though the bottle is not entirely shattered, the top of the bottle is broken. I must have

cut my hand when I was groping around, and that explains the blood on my sleeve and the alcohol

smell on me.”

Winnie looked in the direction where Jacinta was pointing and saw that there was indeed a wine bottle

with a broken top and a circular liquid stain on the carpet.

“Where is your wound? Let me clean it for you.”

“It’s alright!” Jacinta hurriedly covered her sleeve. “It’s just a small wound. It’s not bleeding now. There

is no need to clean it.”

Meanwhile, Xavier received a message on his phone that said that the accelerant for the fire was

found.

Initially, he thought that the accelerant would be something like gasoline, but the photo he received was

a photo of a few empty wine bottles.

The wine bottles… Xavier narrowed his eyes and turned toward the wine bottle on the rack.

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