Silly Bride

Chapter 224

merchant instantly collapsed to the floor, sobbing and pleading loudly, “Sir, please let me off. I really didn’t hide anyone! I’m just an emerald stone merchant. Please have mercy on me!”“Ha!” The short man sneered and mocked, “I guess it will take a few dead people to teach you guys what fear is.”“That’s enough, Wesley!” At that moment, a man wearing sunglasses got out of their car and stopped the short man.It was none other than Christopher.He strode over to the short man, Wesley, and scolded, “Mr. Horton doesn’t like to kill the innocent. You’re going overboard. If you keep doing this, who will dare to join Mr. Horton in the future?”“All right!” Wesley kept his gun. “I’ll be nice today for your sake, Chris.” In response, Christopher patted Wesley’s shoulder.After that, he turned around and scanned the faces in the crowd. In the end, his eyes fell on Xavier.Ever since Christopher came out of the car, Winnie had been observing him carefully.When she saw the two men looking at each other, she felt her heart in her throat.She stared at Xavier intently and shot him a look, reminding him not to let others find out that he knew Christopher.Noticing Winnie’s actions, Xavier furrowed his eyebrows.Nevertheless, he looked away immediately and avoided both Christopher’s and Winnie’s gazes.After a brief moment of eye contact, Christopher turned to his subordinates and asked, “Have you searched all the rooms? Did you find anyone?”“No.”“How about any suspicious items?”“We didn’t find any either.”“All right.” Christopher waved his hand to signal the men to keep their weapons. “That’s enough. Stop scaring them. Can’t you see how many ladies there are here? Ladies are supposed to be pampered, not scared!”Then, he walked up to the innkeeper and took off his shades, revealing his fierce gaze.The viciousness on his face made him look no different from Wesley, who randomly fired at someone like it was no big deal.“Mr. Gordon, how could there be such a coincidence? After you brought over the people last night, chaos ensued in the house. Could this incident be related to you?”“No! Absolutely not!” The innkeeper slumped to the ground and cried out, “I swear on my life that I would never dare to do such a thing! It’s all thanks to Mr. Horton’s protection that I can live a good life in Lightspring. How could I ever do anything to harm him? Who is trying to frame me? If I find out, I’ll surely beat that f*cker to a pulp and feed him to the dogs!”“Well, I hope you’re telling the truth!” Christopher stepped on the innkeeper’s shoulder arrogantly and added, “I bet you don’t have the guts to do that anyway. If I catch you doing anything that will bring trouble to Mr. Horton, you will be the one beaten to a pulp and fed to the dogs.”“No, no! I really didn’t do anything!” the innkeeper howled desperately to show his innocence.Christopher threw him a final glance before putting on his shades again and turning back to the car.All this time, Winnie and Greta quietly kept their heads lowered and tried their best to stay inconspicuous.Despite that, Winnie still caught someone’s attention.At that moment, Wesley approached her and whistled at her lecherously.“Ooh! You’re so pretty and sexy. You must have given Chris a good time last night, huh?”At one glance, Winnie could tell that Wesley and Christopher were not on good terms. Wesley probably went up to her and said those disgusting words to taunt Christopher.“Chris is the kind of man who would be unfazed even with a beautiful woman in his arms. The fact that you could