Silly Bride

Chapter 224

aimed the gun at a random man and demanded, “Was it you who hid them?”That man shook his head frantically. “No! I have never hidden anyone. My friends and I are emerald stone merchants. We’ve heard of Mr. Horton, and we would never dare to go against him.”“Is that so?” In truth, the short man did not have any evidence. He just wanted to make an example using the poor merchant. “You never learn, do you? You won’t spit out the truth until I put a bullet in your mouth.”Without blinking an eye, he pulled the trigger and shot the merchant’s legs twice.The 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