Silly Bride

Chapter 185
Sebastian gave a lecture until he felt thirsty. After taking a sip of water, he pondered and said, “I thought I heard the voice of the
daughter of the Zimmerman family just now. Since her dad is not by her side, she won’t throw a tantrum when she wakes up like
other children, right?”“I’ll go and take a look then. You should rest for a while. How about you go out and have a seat? It’s a little
stuffy in the study.”“All right then.”As the master and apprentice duo spoke, they walked out of the study one after
another.Yolanda was eating instant noodles in the living room when they came out.While she was eating, she was watching
videos on her phone. Upon seeing Sebastian and Winnie coming over, she turned off her phone.“What’s the matter, Grandpa?”
Yolanda asked Sebastian.“Nothing. I just came out for a stroll. Are the instant noodles tasty?”“It’s edible.” When Yolanda saw
Winnie heading toward the guest room, she could not help but glance at her a few more times. “It’s better than the lunch at that
restaurant anyway,” she added absent-mindedly.Noticing that his granddaughter’s gaze kept following Winnie, Sebastian
explained, “I thought I heard the voice of the daughter of the Zimmerman family just now and wasn’t sure if she’s awake or not,
so I asked Nini to go over and take a look.”Yolanda frowned upon hearing her grandfather’s words.“Really? What did you hear?
I’ve been in the living room all this time. Why didn’t I hear her?”“You didn’t hear anything? I thought I heard her calling out
‘Daddy,’ but maybe I misheard it.”Sebastian had no reason to lie, and since he did not hear anything else, Yolanda was able to
set her mind at ease.However, Winnie soon rushed out of the guest room.“Master, Rachel is missing! I searched the entire room
and couldn’t find her.”“What?” Sebastian widened his eyes in shock. “How could this happen? What about the windows? Are
they closed properly? It couldn’t be that she was mischievous and climbed out of it, right? That would be dangerous!”“No. The
windows are locked from the inside and haven’t been touched.”Yolanda put up a show of placing the plastic fork in her hand
down and questioned Winnie, “What about under the bed, behind the curtains, or behind the couch? Have you checked them
all? I’ve been preparing my instant noodles outside the entire time, and I didn’t see her coming out of the room.”“I’ve checked
them all. No one can climb under the bed.”“Then...” Yolanda directed the conversation to another possibility. “Do you remember
the instance we heard the sound of a door opening and closing in the study earlier on? Could it be that Rachel had opened the
door and ran out then?”“That’s impossible!” Winnie furrowed her brows. “Xavier and Josiah rang the doorbell immediately after
we heard the sound. If Rachel had opened the door herself and ran out at that time, they couldn’t have missed her.”“Then let’s
look elsewhere in this house,” Sebastian said. “Maybe she opened the door and went to another room. Let’s look
everywhere.”“Okay. I’ll have a look upstairs,” Winnie volunteered.Yolanda did not remain idle either. “Sit and rest for a while,
Grandpa. I’ll search this floor.”Winnie looked around upstairs, but naturally, she did not see a single person.Just as she was
about to go downstairs, Yolanda suddenly shouted, “I’ve found Rachel!”Winnie immediately went downstairs, and Sebastian also
walked toward Yolanda.“She’s asleep behind the couch in the office. She probably fell asleep there before Xavier went in, so we
didn’t notice her. Since she’s sleeping soundly on the floor right now, should I wake her up?”Sebastian replied, “Wake her up
then. How can she sleep on the floor like that?” Winnie walked over and heaved a sigh of relief upon confirming that Rachel was

indeed behind the couch in the office.She then glanced at her watch. Realizing that it was almost time for Xavier’s acupuncture
session, she casually reminded Sebastian about it.“All right. You shall try it this time. A small matter like removing the needles
shouldn’t be difficult for you.”Winnie nodded. After washing her hands, she was ready to come over to remove the needles from
Xavier’s body.At that moment, Rachel also woke up. However, she was a bit afraid of Yolanda, so she kept moving closer to
Winnie.There was nothing Winnie could do to stop her. Coupled with her worry that Rachel might accidentally touch her and
consequently hurt Xavier, she gave up on practicing removing the needles this time.In the end, Sebastian was the one who
removed the eighteen silver needles on Xavier’s head.Since the calming incense was still burning in the doctor’s office, and it
was not good to sleep in such an atmosphere for a long time, Sebastian pinched Xavier’s philtrum immediately after pulling out
the needles.Xavier did not wake up at his first try.Sebastian thought that he did not exert enough strength, so he deliberately
used more force when pinching for the second time.However, Xavier still did not wake up.“What’s going on?” Sebastian quickly
instructed Yolanda, “Cover the incense burner and open all the doors and windows.”Yolanda did as she was told, but Xavier still
did not wake up.Winnie frowned. “He woke up as soon as his philtrum was pinched the first two times. Why didn’t it work today?
Could there be a problem with the incense?”“There shouldn’t be.” Sebastian frowned. “This incense isn’t that overbearing.”“Why
didn’t he wake up then?” Winnie was initially very confident, but she began to panic a little at that moment. “Could it be because I
didn’t insert the last three needles properly?”“No way!” Sebastian continued firmly, “I’m certain you inserted those needles in the
right places. Besides, the three points you pierced aren’t vital acupoints, so they won’t cause someone to fall unconscious. Move
aside. I’ll take his pulse.”By then, Yolanda had already opened all the windows and returned to the side of the bed.Although her
grandfather and Winnie did not know why Xavier could not wake up, she knew the reason behind it.It was because Xavier had
been hypnotized by her and had fallen into a deep slumber. Without her specific cue, he would not wake up anytime soon.Seeing
that her grandfather was about to take Xavier’s pulse, Yolanda did not wish to invite trouble to herself, so she discreetly opened
her pocket watch and placed it next to Xavier’s ear.His eyeballs started moving to the rhythm of the ticks of the second
hand.Around the tenth tick, Xavier suddenly opened his eyes and sat up abruptly.He did not say anything, and it was as though
he could not see anything either.Making a hugging gesture toward the air, he shouted with labored breaths, “Dumbo! Be wary of
Yulissa!”While saying that, he even twirled around while hugging the air.The others present might not understand the scene, but
Winnie remembered everything like it was yesterday.It was the moment Yulissa flew toward her clutching a syringe, and the man
in front of her had shielded her from the fatal blow with his body.She would never forget that moment for the rest of her
life.“Xavier!” Winnie was moved and excited. “You’ve regained all your memories, right?”She opened her arms wide to give him a
big hug.Xavier also looked in her direction and called out his “pet name” for her.“Dumbo.”Winnie’s face broke into a smile. “I’m
here!”However, Xavier hugged Rachel, who was beside her instead!He tightened his hold around Rachel and murmured,
“Dumbo, I’m so relieved that you’re okay.”Winnie was utterly shocked.