Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Riley watched as Yulissa was shot in the shoulder. When the bullet dug into her flesh, blood spilled out of her wound instantly.

However, she wasn’t the only one injured. Xavier also failed to dodge her attack and was shot in the abdomen.

He didn’t bleed because the projectile she shot out wasn’t a bullet. Instead, it was a tiny needle filled with an unknown drug.

The moment he returned to his senses, he immediately pulled out the needle from his abdomen and threw it to the ground.

Having been drugged by her once before, he had grown to be wary of such things.

“What did you inject into me?” Contempt was plastered on Xavier’s face as he stared at Yulissa. “Why are the tactics you employ always so dirty?”

“My tactics? Dirty?” Pressing on her still-bleeding gunshot wound, she revealed a half-smile. “You should be grateful that I didn’t use a real bullet. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be living to see the sunrise tomorrow.”

His abdomen felt as though it was on fire. Gritting his teeth, he pointed his gun at her again. “If I don’t get to live till tomorrow, neither will you. How about I send you to meet with Hades right now?”

He truly was prepared to kill because what she did had crossed far beyond his bottom line.

However, the instant he raised his gun into the air, Riley abruptly lunged toward him.

The old man staggered and hugged Xavier’s arm before pleading nervously, “No, Xavier! You can’t do this! You didn’t experience the things Yulissa endured, so you can’t empathize with her. However, both of you were in a romantic relationship before, so you two must’ve loved and admired each other once. You should know better than anyone that Yulissa is fundamentally not a bad person!”

Using his body to block the barrel of Xavier’s gun, Riley continued, “I know she changed a lot after she came here, but she had no other choice! None of us would’ve wanted to end up like this if we had a choice! What she did today was done in the name of reuniting with me! She’s not a bad person, so please, put your gun away. I promise you that I’ll convince her to return to the country with us.”

Xavier peered at him with furrowed eyebrows. Sweat was forming on his forehead as he struggled to speak.

When the old man saw that, he panicked. “What’s going on with you, Xavier? Are you feeling unwell?”

Xavier’s heart was throbbing violently. His hand flew up to grasp his chest as he began having difficulty breathing. At that moment, he couldn’t speak at all.

When Riley realized what was going on, he turned to face Yulissa. “What did you inject him with? Are you trying to kill him?”

“I’m not!” Yulissa reflexively argued, “I never wanted to kill him! He’s the one trying to kill me! Look at me, Grandpa! I’m the one bleeding right now! I still am!”

“Yulissa…” As he gazed at his granddaughter, an indescribable feeling swelled in his heart. It’s like she has become a totally different person. Still, she’s my precious granddaughter.

Riley started comforting Yulissa, “My dear, apply force on your shoulder first to stop the bleeding. Let’s not talk about this for now, but you must tell me what you injected into Xavier. He’s having trouble breathing. It’s possible he may suffocate at any moment.”

In response to his words, she subconsciously glanced at the red-faced Xavier while looking as though she was in a bit of a daze. “It’s probably because I modified it by increasing the dosage. Back in Chanaea, I injected him with test sample No. 53. However, they seemed to have found a drug that could suppress No. 53, so I increased the dosage.”

“What?” Riley thought his ears were playing tricks on him. “Did you say No. 53? Yulissa White! How could you inject No. 53 into a person’s body?”

No. 53 was the number he assigned to one of his test samples. It was a failed drug he created during an experiment. It could stimulate a person’s nerves and inflict a nerve disorder on them. The effect was uncontrollable and would last for a very long time.

run, the drug would deal immense damage to the human body. He hadn’t conducted in-depth

and report, No. 53 might still very likely have plenty of other side effects, including numbing the human nerves and slowing down a person’s reaction,

destructive. Hence, after the experiment failed back then, Riley sealed it away. He never thought his own granddaughter

tried to escape yet, and he hadn’t created a drug that would satisfy Harold. Thus, he could only meet with Yulissa once a month

steal the deadly poison he had locked

you any different from Harold and the others?” Riley stared at his granddaughter with teary eyes.

of disbelief. “Grandpa, who do you think I’m doing this for? I did it all for you. How could you say that to me? How could you

disappointment and sorrow, he repeated, “Yulissa,

is no antidote! I may be the granddaughter of the famous Professor White, but I’m not a genius chemist! While I can fumble my way through making No. 53, I lack the

this isn’t the first time you’ve used

she exclaimed, “What are you saying, Grandpa? We’ve always been the victims! Why should we atone? What did I do wrong?

reason we need to atone! Quickly, help me find out if there’s any water around!

head, she refused, “No! I won’t help him do

Riley’s heart ached terribly. “Will you not listen to what

“What about me? Who’ll listen

surrounding, Riley realized that, after the firefight,

of them, only Jacinta and Christopher were

but Christopher still could, even though his condition wasn’t

for help. “Can you check if there’s any water in the tank over there? Xavier needs a large amount of water to

the water tank and kicked the protective

a valve

A few seconds later, water rapidly flowed out

water seemed fresh, and it didn’t have any impurities or odd

no problems

forced to

that the old man

stability was only a sign of temporary relief from the poison’s symptoms. While Xavier’s breathing had mostly returned to normal, his mood was still

instance of his condition acting up, he grew

and warned, “Stay far away from me. I don’t want to hurt any of you by accident when my

picked the gun up. He had always hated cold, merciless weapons that could end a person’s life in the blink

threw it directly into the two-meter-tall water

still lying in a small

and suppressed the violent tendencies rampaging through his mind. “The choppers will be here soon, Captain Bennett. There are two in total. When the first one arrives,

frowned. Anyone could tell Xavier was in a horrible state at that moment. “What about you? Shouldn’t you return as soon as possible to receive

haven’t arrived yet. I need to wait for them

intensified. “I can wait

You don’t need to care about me.

his sentence, they could hear the sound of a helicopter in the distance.

before nodding at Xavier. “Fine.

sky. Turning to Yulissa, he spoke to her again. “Return with me, Yulissa. I alone will bear all the consequences. This way, you can