Silly Bride Chapter 218
Chapter 218
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There was no traffic at night, so it only took Winnie an hour to drive from the city to the mountain.s,
it was difficult to climb a mountain at night. By the time she had hiked up while panting away, another
hour had passed.Nheless, all her exhaustion vanished the moment she glimpsed the helicopter.No
sooner had she appeared than a man jumped out of the helicopter.When the man spotted her, he
sprinted over to her and asked enthusiastically, “Are you Ms. Gand? Mr. Marsh told me toe over
and pick you up.”Winnie looked the man up and down before she nodded. “Yes. Let’s go.”“Sure. After
you, Ms. Gand. It’s dark, so I’ll help to illuminate the way for you from the back.”To that moment,
there hadn’t been anything unusual about the pilot’s actions. For that reason, she didn’t notice anything
off.It wasn’t until she had boarded the helicopter that she noticed something amiss.A man was tied to
the cockpit, and he was also dressed in a pilot’s uniform.Cursing inwardly, Winnie braced herself to
leap down with her luggage in hand.But at that precise moment, a bandaged hand shot out before her
without warning.As Winnie scrutinized the reddish blood stain on the snow-white bandage, she
suddenly found that injured arm particrly familiar.She slowly turned her head and looked at the man
behind her.“Xavier? Why are you here?” Winnie’s eyes went wide in surprise.Xavier snorted coldly, his
handsome face emerging from the darkness slowly, devoid of expression.“Before I answer your
question, shouldn’t you exin why you’re here in such a ce in the middle of the night?”At that,
Winnie frowned. “So, you’ve been monitoring my phone and whereabouts?”Xavier pinned his eyes on
her, not bothering to deny that.“You broke our agreement first. You promised to never keep any secrets
from me henceforth and even swore an oath. But what’s this? If I hadn’t taken any precautions, you
would’ve long since flown off. And by the time I woke up, I wouldn’t even know where to go to collect
your body!”A frown marred Winnie’s countenance. “Collect my body? Are you that eager for me to die?
Can’t you say something nice instead?”In response, Xavier sneered, “I wouldn’t have rushed over if I
were eager for you to die. Are you heartless, Winnie? You promised to never keep me in the dark
again.”“Well, that’s…” In the face of his justified usations, Winnie ultimately chose to twist logic.She
asserted, “I left a note for you! I never thought of keeping you in the dark. I only left while you were
sleeping, so there was only a time difference between us.”Xavier’s brows creased deeply to the point
that they might leave permanent marks. “Why don’t I record everything you’re saying so that you can
listen to it for yourself?”“You still want to record me, huh? Why are you so high and mighty now?”“Okay,
that’s enough. Can you both stop bickering in the middle of the night?” Just when things were about to
escte into a row, Josiah’s voice abruptly rang out from another dark corner of the helicopter.Never
having expected him to be there as well, Winnie jumped in fright.Fury zed within her. “Josiah? You
still daree, huh? What did you promise mest afternoon? It turned out that you were ying me
for a fool! You must have been the one who told him, yes?”Before Josiah could even defend himself in
the face of her interrogation, Xavier’s disgruntled voice drifted into the air.“What right do you have to
censure him for breaking his promise? Didn’t you do the same yourself?”Promptly left with no retort,
Winnie could only choose to zip her mouth.Seeing that, Josiah apologized to her. “I’m sorry for lying to
you. There won’t be a second time.”“The two of you can get out now,” Winnie huffed.However, Xavier
mmed the helicopter door shut instead.“If you’re going to Manchernius, I’m going with you as well. I
told you this long ago, and you also tacitly agreed. Now, I’m following you while he’s following me. Is
there a problem with that?”Winnie shot him a re. “I’m not going there for fun. Stop messing around,
okay?”Seizing her neck with his injured hand, Xavier gritted his teeth furiously as he hissed, “Do you
think we’d be afraid when even you are not afraid?”With her eyes spitting fire, Winnie struggled wildly.
“What exactly do you want right now? I told you to get out, yet you shut the door? Hurry up and let go
of me!”“Never! If you want to see me bleeding profusely, just continue struggling. Don’t stop.”“Are you
threatening me?”“Yes, I’m threatening you with myself! I can’t do anything either if you don’t care about
me!”“You’re just being so high-handed because I like you, no?” Winnie clenched her jaw hard, but she
could already scent the coppery smell of blood.As she roared, she stopped struggling.Thanks to that
action of hers, Xavier rxedpletely. His eyes glowed brightly like glittering obsidians.“You’ve got
two options now. One is to go back with me—”“Never mind. I choose the second option!” Winnie cut
him off mid-utterance. “Okay.” Xavier then continued his unfinished statement, saying, “We’ll use my
pilot, then.”“Are you kidding me?” Winnie couldn’t help rolling her eyes at him. “Am I to watch helplessly
as your pilot brings the helicopter to a stop in front of your mansionter? I choose the third option!”“All
right, then. We’ll use the initial pilot.”“That’s more like it.”“So, it’s a deal? We’re setting off together?”
Josiah made the final confirmation.“If not? Am I to remain unmoved as you both use your lives to
threaten me? I’ve already made up my mind now. At worse, we’ll die together. Then, I can have two
people keeping mepany in the afterlife,” Winnie snapped.Xavier lifted his hand and pped it over
her mouth. “Don’t worry. I won’t allow you to die.”At once, Winnie yanked his hand off. “That’s my line!
Hurry up and untie the pilot in the front.”Soon, the helicopter braced for takeoff.The few of them put on
headphones. Winnie didn’t want to speak for the time being, so she reclined against the seat and
closed her eyes in rest.Several times, Xavier furtively hooked his finger around hers, but she smacked
it away.After brooding over the matter, she still felt mystified, so she questioned, “Xavier, you left after
me, but how did you two get to the top of the mountain before me? How did you arrive so
quickly?”Xavier lifted his hand and stroked her head. “It was because we took the cable car up,
Dumbo.”Unbidden, Winnie’s eyes went as wide as saucers. “What? There are cable cars here? Who
operated it for you at this hour?”Josiah couldn’t help letting out a bark ofughter. “Haha, that was
nothing. Didn’t you know that this entire mountain belongs to Xavier?”Likewise, Xavier queried, “Do you
like it? If you do, I’ll gift it to you.”“D*mn it! What loathsome rich people!” Winnie cursed lowly.“You’re
really a ruthless woman that you even loathe yourself,” Josiahmented.“You’re simrly loathsome!”
Winnie snarled.“Not as much as you both. Compared to you two, I’m not rich at all.”Winnie didn’t bother
entertaining him further. Frowning, she asked Xavier, “Does Grandpa Rufus know you’re going with
me?”“I learned from you, acting first and seeking forgivenesster.”“What about yourpany,
then?”“Why do you think I had Louis stay sotest night?”“Is it worth it?”“It depends on you.”“In that
case, I don’t think it’s worth it. You don’t need to go to such lengths because of me—”“It’s not just
because of you.” Xavier never expected her to be still troubled over the issue of whether it was worth it.
But if she felt burdened because of it, he didn’t mind telling a white lie to appease her.He fibbed, “I’m
also selfish, for I want to live. You might be able to find the antidote if you find Yulissa, but this venom
had already undergone pathological changes in my body several times. If we can’t bring back the
person who created the venom, I can only go there personally for him to treat me ordingly”.Winnie
studied him intently, seemingly discerning the veracity of his words.As they held each other gazes this
time, she was the first to lose, for no matter the look in his eyes as he stared at her, it would always
turn adoring in the end.When she couldn’t respond to the same degree, she would subconsciously
choose to avert her eyes.She threw herself into his arms. “Use this time to rest. Dawn is fast
approaching.”Four hourster, Winnie and the othersnded at Norham’s border.They arrived at a local
border town. As long as they pretended to be tourists there, they could step foot into Manchernius
territory with the border pass of the local tourist guide. From there, they could go deeper into
Jipsdale.“Someone will pick us up when we arrive there,” Winnie said to Xavier and Josiah.Josiah
raised his hand. “Pardon my intrusion, but who are they, and are they trustworthy?”Straightening the
brim of her hat, Winnie answered, “Yes. It’s a mercenary team. An absolutely trustable friend of mine
hired them for me. They’re very familiar with the local terrain.”“Like this?” Xavier pursed his lips. With a
wave of his hand, six or seven well-dressed local men came up to them.A single nce told Winnie
that they were all trained inbat. She chuckled softly. “You’ve made preparations long ago,
huh?”“I’ve said that I won’t allow you to die. They’ve only got one mission here—to ensure your
safety.”Winnie’s brows furrowed. “What about you both?”Xavier smoothed her deeply creased brows as
he chortled. “We’ll be fine, too.”“Exactly! It cost a bomb to hire them, so Xavier only paid a premium for
you. But their service package includes our safety as well,” Josiah quipped.They prioritized my safety
above theirs…Winnie opened her mouth to say something further, but her phone rang just then.The
moment she saw that it was a call from Wilhelm, she immediately went to the side with her phone in
hand and took the call.“Winnie, only sess is allowed for the mission I gave you during your visit to
Manchernius this time. Do you understand the gravity of this matter?”“Yes!”