Silly Bride Chapter 270
Chapter 270
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Multiple gunshots were heard simultaneously, and the scene swiftly turned chaotic.Riley watched as
Yulissa was shot in the shoulder. When the bullet dug into her flesh, blood spilled out of her wound
instantly.However, she wasn’t the only one injured. Xavier also failed to dodge her attack and was shot
in the abdomen.He didn’t bleed because the projectile she shot out wasn’t a bullet. Instead, it was a
tiny needle filled with an unknown drug.The moment he returned to his senses, he immediately pulled
out the needle from his abdomen and threw it to the ground.Having been drugged by her once before,
he had grown to be wary of such things.“What did you inject into me?” Contempt was stered on
Xavier’s face as he stared at Yulissa. “Why are the tactics you employ always so dirty?”“My tactics?
Dirty?” Pressing on her still-bleeding gunshot wound, she revealed a half-smile. “You should be grateful
that I didn’t use a real bullet. Otherwise, you wouldn’t be living to see the sunrise tomorrow.”His
abdomen felt as though it was on fire. Gritting his teeth, he pointed his gun at her again. “If I don’t get to
live till tomorrow, neither will you. How about I send you to meet with Hades right now?”He truly was
prepared to kill because what she did had crossed far beyond his bottom line.However, the instant he
raised his gun into 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 rtionship
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 be a
totally different person. Still, she’s my precious granddaughter.Riley startedforting 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 nced 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
ying 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 stimte a person’s nerves and inflict a nerve disorder on them. The
effect was uncontroble and wouldst 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 hisboratory.“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 youpare me
to that animal, Harold?”Filled with disappointment and sorrow, he repeated, “Yulissa, give me the
antidote first.”“Are you not even going tofort 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, Ick 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 uncontrobly as she eximed, “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 arge
amount of water to dilute the toxin in his blood.”“I’ll check it right now.” Without dy, 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 secondster, 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 ident 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 Bet. There are two in total. When the first one
arrives, take Professor White and Mdm. Sumner with you first.”Christopher frowned. Anyone could tell
Xavier was in a horrible state at that moment. “What about you? Shouldn’t you return as soon as
possible to receive treatment?”“No.” Xavier shook his head. “Winnie and Josiah haven’t arrived yet. I
need to wait for them here.”Christopher’s frown intensified. “I can wait here too! You should leave
first.”“No need,” Xavier refused firmly. “I won’t leave until I meet Winnie. You don’t need to care about
me. Besides, if I board the helicopter, I don’t know what I’ll do. Only she can control me.”The second he
ended his sentence, they could hear the sound of a helicopter in the distance. The first chopper had
arrived.Christopher raised his head and nced at the aircraft before nodding at Xavier. “Fine. I’ll do as
you wish.”Riley also saw the helicopter in the sky. Turning to Yulissa, he spoke to her again. “Return
with me, Yulissa. I alone will bear all the consequences. This way, you can start a new
life.”“Grandpa…” Stepping toward her grandfather, she asked, “Are you really not going to consider any
other options aside from going back?”“Returning to the country is my only choice and wish, Yulissa.”A
bitter smirk formed on her face. “All right, then, Grandpa. Let’s do that.”“Really?” Riley couldn’t help but
smile. “I’m d you’ve finally thought things through.”“Mhm.” Yulissa shed a grin at him. “I want to
hug you, Grandpa, just like when I was still a kid.”“Sure.” Opening his arms, he was ready to embrace
his granddaughter.To his utter surprise, his granddaughter pushed him toward the edge of the
rooftop.“What are you doing, Yulissa?” Riley was dumbfounded. “We’ll die if we fall!”“I know that,
Grandpa. Since you insist on returning to the country to help that wretched couple, we’ll just jump down
from here!” Yulissa had been wholly consumed by madness.When Xavier and Christopher noticed she
was going to jump off the building with Riley, they rushed toward them.Christopher staggered and fell
t on his face after he strode one step forward.Thus, only Xavier was holding on to Riley, who was
half hanging on the railing.“Let go!” Yulissa tried stopping Xavier, so he kicked her away.Meanwhile, the
chopper had arrived. When the pilot saw the situation on the rooftop, they promptly released thedder
down.Xavier let the old man grab onto thedder first before releasing him.Originally, he wanted to let
Jacinta and Christopher join Riley. However, Yulissa pulled out her gun and started shooting at the
pilot. “Stop! Put my grandfather down now, or I’ll crash this helicopter!”Xavier’s eyesight was slightly
blurred at the moment, and he was having a challenging time controlling his emotions.Still, he was lucid
enough to recognize that if the pilot were shot, the helicopter would crash, and Riley would be
dead.Considering there was still another chopper en route to their location, he sent a signal telling the
pilot to leave first.After that, it was time for him to deal with Yulissa.Xavier feared nothing at the moment
because he had already been injected with her poison.Thus, he strolled toward her and threw her to
the ground.As Yulissa watched the aircraft bring Riley away, she hammered the ground in fury with her
fist.However, she was afraid Xavier would go crazy and assault her, much like what happened during
Gand Group’s fiftieth-anniversary celebration, so she speedily crawled up before negotiating with
him. “Don’te any closer. Do you know that the ck badge Winnie wants is still in my possession?
If you let me go, I’ll give you the badge. If not, you can say goodbye to this thing forever!”Just as she
expected, Xavier paused when he heard that.Christopher, on the other hand, knew how cunning and
ruthless she was. Thus, he reminded Christopher, “Don’t believe her! She doesn’t deserve your trust!
She’ll change her mind on a whim!”