Silly Bride Chapter 370
Chapter 370
When James heard Winnie’s question, he instinctively handed her the phone.“Here, you can see—” As
soon as those words escaped his mouth, James stopped abruptly, remembering that Winnie could no
longer see.Coughing drily to cover up his embarrassment, he quickly retracted his hand. “The texts that
he had previously sent you are still kept in the phone,” he exined.Winnie furrowed her eyebrows
upon hearing that. “The chat history between him and me is kept, but not the others?”“That’s right. He
probably cleared the data on his phone before contacting you. Even the call history had been cleared.
However…” James changed the point of focus. “There’s a missed call during the day of the incident.
Unfortunately, we only discover this now. It has been a few days since the incident. If the caller was
Harold’s ally, they would have probably gotten the news that Harold had gone into hiding.”Winnie
nodded in response. “Are there any clues we can obtain from the phone number?”James shook his
head no. “I don’t think so. It’s obvious that this is a fake number generated by the inte. We most
likely wouldn’t be able to find anything, but these are all just my assumptions.”As he spoke, he passed
the phone to David, who was standing beside him. “Take a look.”David epted the phone from James
and confirmed that it was a fake number with just one nce. “Phone numbers like this are usually a
one-time random generation. There’s not much value in this discovery. The number will definitely be
unavable.”The keys of the old phone were proportionately much smallerpared to David’s thumb.
As he was inspecting the phone number, he identally pressed the dial button.Startled that he had
pressed the button, he quickly reassured the others, “It’s ok. Everything’s fine. It won’t affect anything.
After all, the number is unavable.”Amused, James teased David in feigned anger. “You’re almost
forty years old. How are you as clumsy as a prepubescent boy?”“Hehe.” David chuckled sheepishly
before handing the phone back to James. “See? Nothing happened!”Winnie had lost her sight.
Naturally, she had no clue about what had just happened.Frowning, she tilted her head toward Xavier
and whispered, “What happened? What’s wrong?”A dull pain could be felt in Xavier’s heart as he saw
Winnie in that state. It was as though someone had stabbed his heart repeatedly with a blunted
knife.He zoned out for a solid two seconds before exining, “Captain Gibson identally dialed the
number.”“Ah,” Winnie replied lightly. “I see. It probably wouldn’t change anything.”“That’s right.
Everything’s okay!” When David heard the conversation between Winnie and Xavier, he turned the
speaker’s volume up. The automated voice of the device could be heard loud and clear. “The number
you have dialed is unavable.”“Thank goodness it’s unavable,” Jamesmented. “We have
neither the tools nor the skills right now. It could have been a disaster if someone were to pick up the
call. We should send this phone back to the station as soon as possible and let the tech guys try to
restore the data.”When he had finished speaking, he turned to Winnie and became solemn. “Madam
Winnie Gand, on behalf of the police department and the school, we would like to bestow our utmost
honor unto you for your immense bravery and selfless sacrifice. Hand, salute!”At themand of
execution, Greta and David stood up straight and gave Winnie a respectful salute.Even though she
could not see, Winnie could hear the shuffling noises of all three of them standing straight before
resuming their positions simultaneously.Turning her head toward their direction, Winnie stood up and
returned the salute in a simr manner. “All right, then.” Seeing that their job there was done, James
sent Winnie his final greetings. “We’ll be taking this phone with us now and stop disturbing your peace.
Rest well. If you find any clues or are in need of our assistance, feel free to contact us any
time.”“Okay.” Winnie smiled. “Police are working for the sake of our country. I will contact you if I need
help.”“In that case, we’ll be going now.” Greta approached Winnie with a smile. “Once your quarantine
is over, I’ll bring you out for a meal.”“All right, deal!” As she spoke, Winnie took a few steps to the
front.Upon seeing that, Greta quickly stretched out her arms and stopped Winnie in her tracks. “It’s
okay. We’ll see ourselves out.”With that, the three of them turned around to leave.At that precise
moment, the old phone in David’s hand suddenly rang.Startled by the sudden sound, David quickly
nced down at the caller ID.He froze, dumbstruck. It was as though he was holding a ticking time
bomb in his hand.“Who is it?” James inquired immediately.“It’s an unknown number with a simr
structure as the other number. It’s probably a generated online dial as well. Could it be the same ally
that called Harold a few days ago? What do we do? There is no equipment here.”James thought about
it for a short while before making a brisk decision. “Pick up. It’s too big of a coincidence that the phone
is ringing now. Perhaps they received the notification from your call just now and are calling back to
probe. If we pick up now, we might be able to lure them out, but if we don’t, they might never call this
phone ever again.”“Okay!” David agreed with James’ analysis, but there was still one concern. “But
what about my voice? I soundpletely different from Harold.”“Here’s the n.” James gestured for
David toe closer and whispered a quickmand into his ear.Cognizant of what James’ n was,
David shed the former an okay sign before answering the call.The caller was the first to speak. It
sounded like a female voice. “You’re not dead yet? Where have you been in the past few days?”David
immediately lowered his voice and growled at the phone. “Did you wish that I was dead? I’m still hiding
in the chemical nt. I don’t know if there are police outside, so you bettere up with a n as
soon as possible to rescue me.”The caller was not born yesterday. It didn’t take long for her to realize
that David’s voice was different. She immediately raised her guard. “What happened to your
voice?”“I’m wearing a gas mask. Three out of the four bottles had been broken. I almost lost my life
trying to salvage thest one, but there also seemed to be a crack on the surface of this bottle. I don’t
want to gamble my life trying to guess whether or not this sh*t is poisonous, so I’ve found myself a gas
mask for protection. Where the h*ll are you? Can youe and rescue me or not?”“Of course, I will.
I’m impressed. Can’t believe you’re that hard to kill. You’re still at the abandoned chemical nt, am I
right?”“That’s right. They thought I had escaped, so they probably wouldn’t expect me to still be hiding
in the chemical nt.”“All right, then. Wait for me.” The woman at the other end of the call chuckled
suddenly. “I’ll inform you once I’ve made the arrangements.”“Okay.” David gave James another okay
sign to signal that everything was settled without forgetting to grumble, “Hurry up! I’m almost starved to
death!”“Got it. Once I’ve bought that thing, you’ll be able to feast to your heart’s content. Oh, that’s
right. I almost forgot. There’s something that I want to ask you.”David paused. His forehead creased as
his eyebrows inched toward each other. “What is it?” He took a deep breath to calm himself, praying to
the heavens that the caller would not ask him something he did not know. Otherwise, his cover would
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