Silly Bride

Chapter 270

the air, Riley abruptly lunged toward him.The old man staggered and hugged Xavier’s arm before pleading nervously, “No, Xavier! You can’t do this! You didn’t experience the things Yulissa endured, so you can’t empathize with her. However, both of you were in a romantic relationship before, so you two must’ve loved and admired each other once. You should know better than anyone that Yulissa is fundamentally not a bad person!”Using his body to block the barrel of Xavier’s gun, Riley continued, “I know she changed a lot after she came here, but she had no other choice! None of us would’ve wanted to end up like this if we had a choice! What she did today was done in the name of reuniting with me! She’s not a bad person, so please, put your gun away. I promise you that I’ll convince her to return to the country with us.”Xavier peered at him with furrowed eyebrows. Sweat was forming on his forehead as he struggled to speak.When the old man saw that, he panicked. “What’s going on with you, Xavier? Are you feeling unwell?”Xavier’s heart was throbbing violently. His hand flew up to grasp his chest as he began having difficulty breathing. At that moment, he couldn’t speak at all.When Riley realized what was going on, he turned to face Yulissa. “What did you inject him with? Are you trying to kill him?”“I’m not!” Yulissa reflexively argued, “I never wanted to kill him! He’s the one trying to kill me! Look at me, Grandpa! I’m the one bleeding right now! I still am!”“Yulissa…” As he gazed at his granddaughter, an indescribable feeling swelled in his heart. It’s like she has become a totally different person. Still, she’s my precious granddaughter.Riley started comforting Yulissa, “My dear, apply force on your shoulder first to stop the bleeding. Let’s not talk about this for now, but you must tell me what you injected into Xavier. He’s having trouble breathing. It’s possible he may suffocate at any moment.”In response to his words, she subconsciously glanced at the red-faced Xavier while looking as though she was in a bit of a daze. “It’s probably because I modified it by increasing the dosage. Back in Chanaea, I injected him with test sample No. 53. However, they seemed to have found a drug that could suppress No. 53, so I increased the dosage.”“What?” Riley thought his ears were playing tricks on him. “Did you say No. 53? Yulissa White! How could you inject No. 53 into a person’s body?”No. 53 was the number he assigned to one of his test samples. It was a failed drug he created during an experiment. It could stimulate a person’s nerves and inflict a nerve disorder on them. The effect was uncontrollable and would last for a very long time.In the long run, the drug would deal immense damage to the human body. He hadn’t conducted in-depth research into No. 53 because he abandoned it soon after.However, based on the experiment’s data and report, No. 53 might still very likely have plenty of other side effects, including numbing the human nerves and slowing down a person’s reaction, among other various irreversible effects.No. 53 was too powerful and destructive. Hence, after the experiment failed back then, Riley sealed it away. He never thought his own granddaughter would steal it.At the time, he hadn’t tried to escape yet, and he hadn’t created a drug that would satisfy Harold. Thus, he could only meet with Yulissa once a month back then.He never imagined his granddaughter would steal the deadly poison he had locked inside his laboratory.“How could you, Yulissa? By doing this, how are you any different from Harold and the others?” Riley stared at his granddaughter with teary eyes. “Did you bring the antidote with you? If you did, take it out now.”Being reprimanded by her grandfather sent Yulissa into a state of disbelief. “Grandpa, who do you think I’m doing this for? I did it all for you. How could you say that to me? How could you compare me to that animal, Harold?”Filled with disappointment and sorrow, he repeated, “Yulissa, give me the antidote first.”“Are you not even going to comfort me, Grandpa? How could you still be asking me about the antidote?” She was growing agitated. “No! There is no antidote! I may be the granddaughter of the famous Professor White, but I’m not a genius chemist! While I can fumble my way through making No. 53, I lack the ability to develop a cure! Why else do you think Xavier and his woman risked their lives to rescue you from Harold’s den? They don’t give a d*mn about your survival! Their goal couldn’t be any more obvious, which is to bring you home so you can create an antidote for them!”“But you’re the one who injected No. 53 into Xavier, Yulissa.” Riley’s heart broke as he faced his granddaughter. “Based on what you said, it seems that this isn’t the first time you’ve used it. I developed No. 53, and now that you’ve abused it, I have the responsibility to create an antidote for it. We should atone for this sin.”“Grandpa…” Yulissa was choking and sobbing uncontrollably as she exclaimed, “What are you saying, Grandpa? We’ve always been the victims! Why should we atone? What did I do wrong? I was forced to do what I did! You were forced, too, to help Harold for so many years!” “All the more reason we need to atone! Quickly, help me find out if there’s any water around! Xavier needs a lot of water right now.”Shaking her head, she refused, “No! I won’t help him do anything!”“Yulissa.” Riley’s heart ached terribly. “Will you not listen to what I say anymore?”Tears covered her face. “What about me? Who’ll listen to me?”“Fine, there are other people around.” Upon scanning his surrounding, Riley realized that, after the firefight, both Xavier’s and Yulissa’s mercenaries had gone down.Aside from the three of them, only Jacinta and Christopher were left on the rooftop.Jacinta couldn’t move due to her leg injury, but Christopher still could, even though his condition wasn’t great.Thus, Riley asked Christopher for help. “Can you check if there’s any water in the tank over there? Xavier needs a large amount of water to dilute the toxin in his blood.”“I’ll check it right now.” Without delay, Christopher went to the water tank and kicked the protective door below it open.Behind the door was a valve and a reel of hose.He immediately turned on the valve. A few seconds later, water rapidly flowed out of the hose.The water seemed fresh, and it didn’t have any impurities or odd smells.After he tasted the water and found no problems with it, he dragged the hose to Xavier’s side.Under Riley’s instruction, Xavier was forced to guzzle plenty of water.It wasn’t until Xavier’s condition gradually stabilized that the old man let out a sigh of relief.However, that stability was only a sign of temporary relief from the poison’s symptoms. While Xavier’s breathing had mostly returned to normal, his mood was still affected by the drug.Much like every previous instance of his condition acting up, he grew violent as his eyes turned red.However, he still retained some rationality as he pushed Riley away and warned, “Stay far away from me. I don’t want to hurt any of you by accident when my condition acts up. Take away my gun, too. Don’t put it in front of me.”“Okay!” Immediately, Riley picked the gun up. He had always hated cold, merciless weapons that could end a person’s life in the blink of an eye.Instead of keeping it, he threw it directly into the two-meter-tall water tank. He didn’t want anyone to pick that thing up again.Seeing that Xavier was still lying in a small pool of water, Christopher stretched his hand toward him.Borrowing Christopher’s strength, Xavier stood up and suppressed the violent tendencies rampaging through his mind. “The choppers will be here soon, Captain Bennett. There are two