Silly Bride

Chapter 238

place is dangerous, yet you seem to have endless matters to take care of here. Where exactly are you going?”“Lightspring.” Winnie then explained with knitted eyebrows, “As you know, Captain Bennett is there. There’s something I need his help with.”“What for?” The older woman lowered her voice. She was genuinely concerned about Winnie’s safety. “He’s dealing with narcotics in Avenport. Since his job is a dangerous one, doesn’t this mean it’s dangerous for you to be involved with him?”“No! He’s a cop while I’m not. There’s a private matter I need his help with. If you don’t believe me, I can call him in front of you right now.”“Sure. Call him in front of me now.”“No problem.” With a faint grin, Winnie pulled out her phone and dialed Christopher’s number.The call connected quickly. Based on the noise she heard from his end, she speculated that he was surrounded by many people at the moment.Thus, she quickly spoke in a coquettish manner. “You’re so awful, Chris. You said you were going to come find me, yet you haven’t even called me in days!”As she said that, she tapped the back of the phone with her finger.She was asking him if it was a good time to talk in Morse code.Christopher replied, “I’ve been busy these past few days. Don’t you know to call me if I don’t call you?”The instant his sentence ended, a man next to him piped up, “That’s right! Chris has no shortage of sl*ts desperate to sleep with him!”“Get lost!” Christopher roared before the person beside him fell silent.Despite what he was saying, he also sent a message to her through Morse code: Not available to talk now. Can deliver messages. Winnie received his message and continued to talk to him through Morse code while chatting about an unrelated topic to fool Jacinta.When Christopher learned that she had something important to discuss with him, he promptly made the decision to find her instead.In the end, they agreed to meet at the hospital in an hour.After ending the call, Jacinta immediately asked, “Was the thing you mentioned on the phone really that important? So much so that you need to return it to him personally?”Winnie’s fake conversation with Christopher earlier was about her wanting to hand an important item over to him.Jacinta couldn’t understand Morse code, so that was all she heard. Naturally, she believed that was the reason Winnie wanted to meet Christopher.Winnie nodded. “Yes. That item is very important to him, so I need to return it to him.”A sigh left Jacinta’s lips, though it also expressed her understanding.The gears in her mind turned before she abruptly asked, “What’ll happen to Xavier if you go to Lightspring? Will he go with you? Or is he going to take care of me when you’re not around?”Winnie shook her head. “We’ll go there together. He’ll worry if I go alone, anyway. The bodyguard will watch over you and Rach for the time being while the caretakers inside the hospital will tend to your daily needs.”“Okay. That’s good, actually. You must have a man by your side if you want to go to Lightspring.” Then, Jacinta took Winnie’s hand into her palm. “I just want my children to live well, my dear.”Just as Winnie was about to reply, Xavier suddenly sent her a text message: When are you coming back?At the same time, Greta also secretly sent a text message to Winnie: Your husband asked us what we told you during the morning, Ms. Garland. Don’t worry; we didn’t say anything.Winnie first replied to Greta: Very good. You get a bonus.Then she thought about what to say to Xavier and typed: I’m not going back yet. Dinner’s right around the corner, so I’m going to keep Granny company for that. Have dinner yourself. There’s no need to wait for me. Oh, also, Greta said you invited them for coffee. You should let them go after you finish drinking your coffee. I’ll let you know what you want to know when I return after my dinner with Granny is over.After Winnie had dinner with Jacinta, it was about time for her to meet up with Christopher.When she arrived at the rooftop, she saw he was already there.He was smoking a cigarette, though he put it out when he saw her by throwing it to the ground and stepping on it.Winnie asked with intrigue, “How did you get here so fast? Did you grow wings?”“Are you kidding?” A casual smile settled on Christopher’s face. “I just so happened to be near town, so it didn’t take long for me to get here. How’s Rachel’s? Is she getting better?”“No.” She shook her head. “Not only that, my grandmother’s injured too. She can’t move from the hospital bed now.”Hearing that prompted him to frown. “What’s going on? Could it be that people from the Horton family have come here? That shouldn’t be happening!”“No! No, it was just an accident. This has nothing to do with anyone. You don’t need to worry about it.”“I’m glad to hear that. True, the people from the Horton family probably aren’t going to come here to raise hell. Oh yeah, what was the very important thing you said you wanted to discuss with me?”Before answering that question, Winnie scanned her surrounding instinctively.When Christopher saw that, he assured, “Don’t worry, this is a safe place. People don’t usually come here. Even if they do, there’s only one entrance, which I’m able to see clearly from my position. No one can escape my sight.”“That’s good!” Winnie nodded. “Do you remember the person I asked you to look into before? I’ve gotten new information about them, although it’s only one detail.”“Which is?”“That their codename is called Big Black Bear. Whoever they are, they’re a master at hiding. So far, not even a hint of the new formula has been revealed. I don’t have time to wait for them to reveal themselves. I must act now to lure them out of their hideout.”“What are you going to do?” Christopher furrowed his eyebrows. “Do you have a plan yet?”“I do. I’m going to tell everyone I have a new formula that can create drugs with a purity of up to ninety-four-point-seven percent. My intention is to make all three of the drug lords fight over who gets to cooperate with me. Big Black Bear will no doubt be unable to resist the urge to show themself soon after that announcement.”“Are you crazy?” That shocked him to the core.It was the first time he used such an agitated tone to talk to her. “Do you know what you’re saying? A purity of ninety-four-point-seven percent? Are you kidding me? Do you think the drug lords will believe you if you just make an empty claim or hand over a fake formula? You can’t convince them like that! They will test the drug! And if you can’t produce what you alleged you could do, you won’t live for more than five minutes in front of them! This plan is too ridiculous!”Compared to Christopher, Winnie seemed exceptionally calm. “I understand your worry, but I didn’t come up with this plan without thinking it through. We can judge if it’s a ridiculous plan or not in the future. Just tell me the purity of the new product Professor White made for Harold.”He frowned. “How much do you know about drugs? How can you even say you thought this plan through? Do you—”“Christopher Bennett.” She cut him off directly. “Do you see me as a rash and impulsive person?”With his brows deeply knitted, Christopher remained silent for a long while before he gave Winnie the answer she wanted. “The latest one he developed is ninety percent pure, which is the purest