Silly Bride

Chapter 196

at that time. Christopher told me that Yulissa was dead. Yes, it was Christopher.”When she recalled this detail, she abruptly opened her eyes.Xavier remained perfectly still as he looked at her. “What is it?”“The problem lies in this detail that I can recall,” Winnie said firmly. “Yulissa had given Christopher valuable information about drugs. At that time, I thought she was dead, and Christopher said so as well. So I expressed regret for the progress of his work because Yulissa was a very important link. With her death, the link will lead to a dead end. However, at that time, he reacted very calmly to her death as if it had no effect on his case. How could her death not affect his case?”“So you suspect that Yulissa is still alive, and the police helped her to fake her death?” Xavier spoke out what was on Winnie’s mind.“Yes!”“Why would they do that?” For a moment, Josiah was unable to follow their conversation.“The police need informants,” Winnie said. “This type of informant who does not exist is even better.”“Oh! That’s right.” Josiah nodded. “I can understand it when you explain it this way. However, you must know that none of this can be proven, and it’s all your speculation.”“I know!” Winnie took out her phone. “If you have any questions, just ask them, and then verify them directly. As for the truth, you will know after verification.”As she spoke, she had already dialed Christopher’s number.Xavier and Josiah noticed what she was doing, and they both breathed quietly in order to let her make the call without any unnecessary noises in the background.However, the only response Winnie received was the automated message. “The number you have dialed is not in service. Please try again later.”She tried several times but to no avail.She even suspected that there was a problem with her phone and wanted to try again with the landline on Josiah’s desk, but Xavier stopped her.He pulled her hand over and held her small, delicate one in his warm hands.“Stop calling him. He is the captain of the Narcotics Enforcement Department. It is a common thing to go out on missions. You should know that they don’t bring their phones when they do that. Even if they need to use communication tools, they will definitely not use their own numbers. Before the mission is over, he cannot be contacted except by the personnel involved from the police station.”“That’s right,” Josiah chipped in. “You must not be so anxious. Even if Yulissa is really alive and is acting as an informant, he might not tell you the truth.”“I know. I only wanted to test him. I wasn’t going to ask him directly.” At this point, Winnie had already decided to give up on trying to contact Christopher. She knew it would be a wasted effort. After giving it some thought, she added, “The source of this venom is Yulissa. If she’s really alive, maybe we can find her to get the antidote.”“Then should we go look for Yolanda again?” Josiah suggested.Xavier grunted in reply. “That’s all that we can do for now.” With that, she took Winnie’s hand and stood up. “We’ll make a move first, then,” he said to Josiah.“Wait a minute!” Josiah hurriedly stopped Xavier. “You can leave, but you have to leave me a few cylinders of blood first. Why else did I insist that you come over in person? Come and draw some blood with me.”“All right.” Xavier gritted his teeth. “It’s a good thing you’re drawing some of my blood. Otherwise, you’d be dead for sure.”“What’s the matter?” Josiah glanced at Winnie for a moment. “Did I interrupt your good time?”Xavier cast him a sidelong glance. “Just watch it next time.”“All right, are you done?” Winnie clenched Xavier’s hand. “You can’t even figure out what is important or urgent after getting poison, now can you?” That night, Xavier kept going on and on.Winnie felt like a fish out of water and had a dire need for air.The first time was fine and she could feel it.The second time was acceptable.But after that, it was tiring.“Is this the after-effect of poisoning? Isn’t it almost like the blue pill?” Winnie had thought of just kicking him out of the bed.However, she was physically weaker than the man and was easily overpowered.She was arrogant and refused to surrender. When she looked at the time again, it was already three in the morning.“Go