Silly Bride

Chapter 140
He had always been the victim!Winnie frowned. “Then why did he not tell me these things? Did he not plan to tell me at
all?”“Yes.” Josiah sighed. “Although he’s almost in his thirties, he doesn’t have much experience in dating. He knows you dislike
him for being controlling toward you, but he cannot help himself. And now he is suffering from such a strange disease. In a broad
sense, it can be said that he has a mental illness. He worries that if you find out that he is mentally ill, you will leave him. He is
thinking of curing his illness first before he cleans up the mess of the Fairchild family. Only then can he completely focus on what
he wants to do.”Josiah spoke while casting a sideways glance at Winnie.Then, he asked, “I see that your eyes are a little red and
swollen. Would you like to put some ice on them?”“It’s okay.” Winnie shook her head.Josiah pursed his lips. “Did you cry just
now? I believe you still have Xavier in your heart, right? Otherwise, why would your eyes be swollen from crying for him?”Winnie
frowned. “To be honest, Yulissa wanted to pierce me with those last dozen needles. Xavier was on the verge of breaking down at
that time, but he still turned around and protected me.”“You always see true love in the moment of adversity. You are the only
one who can get this kind of treatment from him. If it were someone else, he would never have sacrificed himself.” Josiah looked
at Winnie seriously. “Dumbo, some love is strong, obsessive, and passionate, just like how Xavier feels toward you. Perhaps you
should reconsider your decision on your relationship with Xavier.”“I know. I kept thinking about him when I was sitting here a
moment ago,” Winnie uttered as she put her hand into the pocket of the windbreaker.She quickly felt a mobile phone with a
cracked screen and took it out. It was Xavier’s phone.Winnie subconsciously pressed the button on the phone, and
unexpectedly, the screen of the broken phone suddenly lit up.The wallpaper of the phone was revealed.Although the screen was
cracked quite severely, the wallpaper was still discernable.It was the only photo of her and Xavier.The photo was taken on Sirona
Island when they were barbecuing on the beach. It was the last time she played dumb in front of him.The photo was taken after
he strongly requested it.She already sensed something was off with him when taking the photo.At that time, he said to her,
“Dumbo, don’t you ever lie to me, for I will take everything you say seriously.”Back then, she speculated that he had started to
doubt her identity, so after dealing with the islanders who tried to blackmail them, she had a showdown with him.She looked at
the photo again and felt that her smile was really silly back then. Yet, she recalled the pure happiness she was having at that
time.She caressed the broken phone screen and put the phone back into the windbreaker’s pocket.Then, she clasped her hands
together and leaned her head against them. She said, “I just want him to get better soon. Tell me—what’s the conclusion after
you went in to listen for so long?”Josiah heard Winnie’s question, but he didn’t know how to answer her. He merely kept
mum.The silence persisted for a long time before Winnie took a deep breath and broke it. “Come on. Old Mr. Fairchild will come
over later. You still have to tell him the truth.”Josiah sighed. “The dose was too high. Based on previous reactions, it’s very likely
that this drug will cause damage to the human brain.”“What do you mean?” Winnie sat up abruptly. “Will he become a
retard?”“I’m not sure either!” Josiah was frustrated. His voice got lower as he spoke. “We cannot rule out this possibility. It might
even cause more detrimental effects, such as sending him into a vegetative state or even leading to brain death. Those are

possible as well.” Hearing such words, Winnie’s eyes became red. “I was supposed to be the one who suffered all this.”“Don’t
blame yourself, Winnie. I can tell you with certainty that Xavier has never regretted everything he did for you. The only thing he
regrets is that he didn’t recognize the fact that he fell in love with a dumb girl in time and even let Yulissa cause you a lot of
trouble.”“Really? Did he really think so?”“Yes!” Josiah nodded. “He once told me that if he could time travel, he would want to go
back to the time before Yulissa showed up. He wouldn’t have minded even if you were dumb.”There was a lump in Winnie’s
throat. Her heart suddenly softened. “He’s the real dumb one.”Josiah chuckled lightly. “Actually, out of curiosity, I have another
question to ask you.”“What is it?”“If... I mean hypothetically—what would you do if he woke up as a retard?”A tear suddenly fell
from Winnie’s eyes. She lowered her head and said with a smile, “Then I’ll stay with him forever.”In fact, she wasn’t that
determined at first, but after saying these words, she seemed to have made up her mind and was ready to commit herself to
it.Right after Winnie finished her sentence, a sigh was heard.It was not from Winnie or Josiah.The two looked up and saw that
Rufus was standing at the corner of the corridor.The two quickly stood up. Rufus raised his cane, gesturing to them that they
didn’t need to come over.He walked over and took a seat opposite them.Josiah asked, “Old Mr. Fairchild, when did you get
here?”Rufus’ eyes were slightly red. “I’ve been here since the moment you said he might wake up a retard, or stuck in a
vegetative state, or become brain dead.”“Grandpa Rufus!” Winnie opened her mouth. “Perhaps, there would be a better
outcome.”Rufus glanced at Winnie, then looked away, staring blankly at a small black spot on the floor tile.His voice seemed to
have aged a lot all of a sudden. “We can only wait for him to get through it. It’s all up to fate now.”“No!” Josiah stood up. “I can’t
just leave it to fate. I’ll go to the laboratory to check the analysis result of the venom.”“I will get some samples too and try to think
of a way.”Two police came to Winnie when she got up.“Hi, are you Ms. Garland? I believe you were the one who made the report
just now. Please come with us for the investigation.”Winnie rubbed between her brows. “Okay, I’ll go with you.”Then, she turned
to Josiah and said, “Leave me some samples of the venom. Don’t finish them all.”Josiah nodded in response.It was already past
five in the morning when Winnie came out of the police station.Someone was calling her from behind when she was walking
down the stairs.“Winnie!”She turned around. “Captain Bennett?”Christopher walked over quickly. He put the cigarette in his hand
back into the cigarette case. “Are you here to give a statement?”“Yes. How about you? Did you just get off work?”Christopher
nodded. “Zyon has escaped, and Yulissa is dead now. We’re at a dead end in our investigation. By the way, did Yulissa do
anything to you?”Winnie shook her head. “I’m fine. It’s just that... Wait a minute; I’ve got a call.”Winnie saw that it was from
Josiah and quickly answered the call. “How is it? Is Xavier awake?”“Yes,” Josiah said with a disheartened tone. “Are you done
over there? Come to the hospital when you’re done.”“I’ll come over right now. What happened to him? Why do you sound like
that?”“He...” Josiah sounded even more dispirited than before. “You have to be mentally prepared.”