Silly Bride

Chapter 191

earlier? I’m going to check on it!”“You should finish your breakfast first, Granny. It was already there the whole night anyway,” Winnie advised when she saw Jacinta standing up from her seat.Jacinta thought Winnie was right. Hence, she sat back down.Rachel was frightened when she saw Jacinta stand up.She knew she had done something wrong and that it was not right to pee anywhere she wanted.Thus, Rachel lowered her head and apologized softly, “Granny, Winnie, I’m sorry. I will never do it again.”“It’s good that you know your mistake. You shouldn’t do it again, got it? I shouldn’t let you drink milk tonight before you sleep. It must be the milk.”“Yes, it was because of the milk!” Rachel nodded, blaming the milk.Winnie looked at Rachel and found her behavior amusing. However, at the same time, she felt sorry for the latter.They quickly moved on from what Rachel did. However, Winnie remembered what Rachel said about Jacinta sleepwalking.If what Rachel said was true, she would need to take Jacinta to the hospital.Winnie smiled and looked at Rachel, asking “Rach, what were you saying just now? You said you went to the balcony to pee, and what did you see? Did you see Granny sleepwalking?”“Yes!” Rachel nodded without hesitation. “I saw Granny, and she was on her phone on the balcony,” she added.Jacinta’s expression changed immediately when she heard what Rachel said.“Rach, were you dreaming? I went to bed early last night. Why would I be on my phone on the balcony?”“No, I saw it. Granny was on her phone.”Jacinta shook her head and denied it. “That’s impossible! It must be your imagination. Who could I have called in the middle of the night?”Subsequently, she turned to Winnie, “If you don’t believe me, you can check my call history. I’m sure I didn’t call anyone last night.”Winnie also wanted to know if Jacinta was sleepwalking. After all, sleepwalkers usually wouldn’t remember what they did while they were sleepwalking.She took the phone from Jacinta and checked the call history. As expected, there was no phone call recorded in the call history.“Rach must’ve been dreaming last night,” Winnie concluded.Jacinta agreed, “Exactly. I think she was in a daze last night. She even peed on the balcony.”As Jacinta spoke, she put a piece of fried egg on Rachel’s plate. She warned, “You’re a good girl and have to be responsible for what you said. The bad witch will come and capture you if you talk nonsense.”Rachel blinked innocently. She didn’t think that she was lying. However, she felt that Jacinta’s gaze was scary when the latter warned her about the bad witch.She was so frightened that she even forgot to eat her oatmeal.Winnie lowered her head and chewed on her bagel. She didn’t pay attention to the look on both of their faces and merely said cursorily, “Granny, stop scaring her.”As she spoke, she hastily finished her oatmeal and added, “I’m done. I’ll take my leave now, Granny. Call me if you need anything.”Winnie took the elevator, and to her surprise, she bumped into Xavier as she entered the elevator.Xavier was looking at his phone when she entered the elevator.Winnie accidentally saw Xavier’s phone screen from the corner of her eyes.She thought Xavier was replying to a message on his phone in the elevator, and she certainly didn’t expect him to be looking at the photo they had taken together last night.In the photo, both of them were sitting on the couch, and there was some distance between them.After taking the photo, Winnie edited the image and added the caption “Xavier Fairchild, the patient” beside him and another caption “Winnie Garland, the doctor” next to herself.He even wanted to change my contact name on his phone. Why would he keep this photo?Winnie retracted her gaze from Xavier’s phone screen and asked, “Mr. Fairchild, do you still remember me?”“Of course, Dr. Garland,” Xavier enunciated each word slowly.“Not bad. How is it? You look handsome in the photo, right? Is that why you are admiring it?”“Admiring the photo? Not really,” Xavier replied. He subconsciously stroked Winnie’s face in the photo with his thumb, then continued, “I was just about to delete the photo.”With that, he deleted the photo right before Winnie’s eyes.She felt a tightness in her chest when she saw what Xavier did. However, she managed to calm herself down quickly.“It’s okay. We can take another one next time.”Xavier parted his lips, but he didn’t say anything and ignored Winnie.In fact, he was excited when he woke up this morning, realizing that he still had memories of what had happened the previous day.However, when he looked at the redness in his eyes in the mirror, he knew that his condition was still not stable enough.Therefore, he still had to hide the truth before his condition was completely stable.Honestly, Xavier felt uncomfortable in an enclosed space like the elevator. He was afraid that he would go mad and attack himself or Winnie.He felt it was necessary for him to go and see Josiah and get some sedatives from the latter.And by “some,” he meant a ton of sedatives.Therefore, Xavier darted out of the elevator once the door opened, as if someone was chasing him from behind.Looking at Xavier’s behavior, Winnie couldn’t help but furrow her brows.Why is he avoiding me as if I am a plague?Winnie had a grim expression on her face on her way to the Xander residence. It was only until she saw Sebastian at the Xander residence that a smile bloomed on her face.Winnie stayed at the Xander residence not only to learn from Sebastian, but also to monitor Yolanda. However, Yolanda had been busy with her thesis. She didn’t do anything else, let alone go out to meet someone.Moreover, she didn’t do anything and didn’t even look at Xavier when he came by for his acupuncture treatment that afternoon.The situation remained the same for the following three days.Yolanda didn’t do anything suspicious and had been extremely cautious as if someone had alerted her. She also avoided spending alone time with Xavier.The situation frustrated Winnie so much that she complained to Josiah in the café, “Don’t you think we’re in a passive position right now? It doesn’t feel good to be a sitting duck.”Josiah stirred his coffee as he consoled her, “Don’t be disheartened. Actually, there’s still good news in these three days.”Winnie added four sugar cubes into her coffee, which was too bitter. “Huh? What is the good news? Tell me. If it’s not good news to me, I will beat you to a pulp,” she joked.“Hey, you’re too much! You can’t beat me to a pulp even if I lied to you with fake news.”Winnie sighed. She was just messing with him just now. “Just spill it and stop wasting time,” she urged.“Fine,” Josiah said. He adjusted his glasses and smiled as he continued, “I was going to say that Xavier’s condition has been improving after three days of acupuncture sessions.”Winnie arched a brow. “Did you bring him to the hospital for a check-up? Isn’t it difficult to run tests on the nerves?”“Yes. But the dosage of sedatives he’s been getting from me has decreased by the day.”“What? He’s been getting sedatives from you for the past three days?” Winnie immediately put down her cup of coffee.“Yes.”“Why didn’t you tell me then? Don’t you know sedatives are bad for his health?”Josiah frowned. “I know. Calm down. I’m his doctor. Of course I’m aware of how serious the situation is. But currently, we have no choice. Moreover, since the acupuncture sessions are proved to be effective for his condition, he would be fully recovered if he continued his acupuncture sessions. Perhaps, soon, he won’t need any sedatives anymore,” he explained.“I understand. But why didn’t you tell me?” Winnie leaned back against her seat as she spoke.“I didn’t want you to be worried. I heard from Old Mr. Xander that you were studying traditional medicine hard these days. As you know, I grew up with Xavier. He’s my best friend. And you, Winnie, you are the one he risked his life to protect. Not only that, but you are also my friend. I don’t want to see both of you crumble under pressure.”“I know.” Winnie raised the cup of coffee to her lips and took a sip. “I’m going to call the toxicology laboratory in Yartran tonight to urge them. Hopefully, the result will be released soon,” she said.“Didn’t I tell you not to urge them? Let’s wait patiently. They told you that the result will be released in the coming days, right? It should be released soon,” Josiah advised Winnie.Winnie nodded, “I know. But I still think it’s better to give them a call and tell them to hurry up.”“Oh, by the way.” Josiah suddenly recalled something. “Did you notice Yolanda’s habit when she goes in and out of her room?” he asked.“What habit?”“It’s strange. She doesn’t step out of the