Silly Bride

Chapter 372
The nightmare was so realistic that Winnie remained terrified after she sat up on the bed even when a long time had passed.
The nightmare was so realistic that Winnie remained terrified after she sat up on the bed even when a long time had
passed.Clutching her chest that felt tight, she panted heavily.As soon as Xavier noticed her unusual condition outside the glass
door, he sought out the staff and requested that they open the door.The instant the outermost door was opened, he made to rush
in.At once, the staff stopped him. “Wait, Mr. Fairchild. You must wear protective equipment. You can’t go in like this!”Xavier shook
off their hands. “I’m already wearing it!”While saying that, he picked up the mask on the ground and put it on.Still, the staff was
rather conflicted. Although he’s indeed wearing protective equipment, it doesn’t work anymore.“Mr. Fairchild, the protective
equipment you’re wearing is probably from yesterday, right? After coming out of the room, you need to change into a new set
before going back in,” a staff member implored.“There’s no need for that!” By then, Xavier was already at the end of his
patience.I even took off the mask in the room, but am I not still in perfect health now? I’ve already put on the mask. What else do
they want?He was adamant about entering the room, but the staff similarly insisted that he change.Just when they were at a
stalemate, Josiah came over with a new set of protective equipment.“Change into it, Xavier. Winnie has gone to the bathroom,
so there’s no hurry.” As he spoke, he looked into the quarantine room through the glass.Then, he glanced at the staff at the side
before adding, “They have their own rules. We can’t put them in a difficult position in their own territory, no?”Honestly, Xavier
understood everything the man was saying.Earlier, he had merely lost control of his emotions and wanted to instantly go into the
room and comfort the woman he loved.Right then, however, he had calmed down. He reached out and took the protective
equipment from Josiah before apologizing to the staff at the side.In truth, the staff could understand his feelings at the moment.
They swiftly allowed him into the room after he changed into the new protective equipment.When Xavier entered the room,
Winnie was already taking a shower.Her senses were sharp in the first place. Due to her visual impairment, her sense of hearing
had become far more sensitive.The bathroom door was opened. She was bent at the waist, washing her face, but she promptly
stilled upon hearing the man’s footsteps. That aside, she even turned off the faucet.Distress swamped Xavier at the sight of her
wariness.Not wanting her to suffer a fright, he called out to her.No sooner had Winnie heard the voice than she knew that it was
Xavier.She relaxed entirely.She spun around, but she trained her eyes in the wrong direction. “Why did you come so early,
Xavier? Where are you? Come here!”Having said that, she extended a hand toward the man.Xavier hurried over in huge strides
and pulled her into his arms.“What happened just now? Why were you clutching at your chest? Were you hurting?”Gently pulling
away from his embrace, Winnie put some distance between them. “How do you know that? Did you witness everything
earlier?”“Yeah. What’s wrong?” Instead of answering Xavier right away, Winnie asked, “Don’t tell me you were outside for the
whole of last night and didn’t go home?”“Yeah. I wanted to keep you company.”“So, you’ve been sitting outside all along?”“That
isn’t important, Winnie. Tell me what exactly happened to you.”Not only did Winnie narrate her nightmare to Xavier, but she also
voiced her suspicion. “Say, was the person who was shot dead at the elementary school in the mountains that day really Harold?

Could it be someone else? And could that person be Harold’s substitute?”Xavier tenderly wiped the water off her face before
carrying her back to the bed. He sat down with her. “Why do you think that? Just because of the dream you had just now? He
told you he had plastic surgery in the dream?”“Yes, it was indeed the dream that led to such speculation from me. But this isn’t
unfounded.” Grabbing the man’s hand, Winnie asserted, “Do you still remember what Mason told us back then? He said Harold
had undergone plastic surgery, his face wrapped in gauze. He sounded incredibly confident at that time. If that wasn’t true, and
Harold was still wearing the hideous face littered with scars, why would he be so sure about it? It’d been several months since
Harold was caught in the explosion. Even if he wanted to conceal his face, he could’ve just worn a surgical mask or masquerade
full-face mask. Why must he keep his face wrapped in gauze?”Despite disagreeing with her conjecture, Xavier didn’t refute her
immediately.Instead, he asked, “Was there any interaction between the two of you when he later brought you to the school in the
mountains from the chemical plant?”Winnie bobbed her head. “Yeah, we interacted along the way.”“Then you both must have
talked about the past events in Lightspring. You experienced all that back then too. Did he give anything away? Or did he say
anything that’s blatantly flawed? Also, there’s his voice. Did you hear anything wrong with it?”In a flash, Winnie fell silent.Calming
down, she pondered for a while before admitting, “Well... I don’t have an echoic memory when it comes to voices. I can
remember a melody I’ve only heard once or the particular sound of a musical instrument, but I’m not sensitive to the timbre of the
human voice. As far as I remembered, it wasn’t much different from Harold’s voice. However, we can’t rule out the possibility of
two people or more in this world having similar or the same voice, Xavier. That man had scars all over his face, so no one knows
his appearance in the past.”Xavier nodded. “Yes, we indeed can’t rule out that possibility. What about everything he said, then?
Was there anything out of place?”Winnie mulled over it carefully. “No, but it’s possible that Harold told him all that.”“But Winnie,
Harold couldn’t have possibly transmitted all his memories to someone else like data transfer. Additionally, it isn’t plausible for
the person to have made no mistakes.”That was the first time Xavier had ever seen her so paranoid about a matter that had
been set in stone.She seems to be lacking a sense of security because she’s about to lose her vision. The most important thing
right now is to restore her eyesight.Patting her on the head in anguish, he coaxed, “Don’t overthink things, Winnie. Harold is
already dead. Relax, okay? We’ll be going to the hospital for your surgery soon.”Nevertheless, Winnie couldn’t shake off the
feeling that something was amiss. “Help me phone Officer Clark, Xavier.”