Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier) novel Chapter 206

At the same time, Xavier received a message on his phone.

Apparently, the accelerant for the fire had been found.

Initially, he thought that the accelerant would be something like gasoline, but the photo he received was a photo of a few empty wine bottles.

The wine bottles… Xavier narrowed his eyes and turned toward the wine bottle on the rack. This guest room has a bottle of wine as part of its decoration?

Winnie noticed Xavier rooted to the spot by the doorway for a long time, so she could not help but walk over to him.

“What’s the matter?”

Xavier glanced at Jacinta before keeping his phone back in his pocket.

“Nothing. I’m going to the security room to take a look. I’ll send a few security guards over, but you and your granny should still be on your guard. Call me right away if anything happens.”

Instead of answering him verbally, Winnie nodded and smiled at him.

Xavier furrowed his brows amidst her silence.

“I’m talking to you. You should be careful. If there’s anything—”

“If there’s anything, I should call you. I heard you.” Winnie was amused. “Aren’t you supposed to be a cool and aloof man of few words? Why have you become long-winded?”

“Are you trying to say I’m annoying?” Xavier arched a brow. If not for the fact that others were around, he would have sealed her lips right away.

Winnie knew what he wanted to do, but she did not want to flirt with him in front of her grandmother. Moreover, Jacinta did not like Xavier all that much.

“To be honest, I’m tired, and I’m out of energy to talk. I’m thinking of resting. You should do the same. Leave your men to deal with this. Don’t overwork yourself.”

“Okay.” Xavier nodded. Then, he raised his hand to ruffle her hair. “Rest now. Just leave me be.”

Winnie nodded. “I’ll send you off, then.”

With that, the two discreetly held hands and ambled out of the house.

It was breezy outside, and Xavier didn’t want Winnie to catch a cold despite how he wished he could carry her all the way into his room.

“Go in now. See you tomorrow.”

As Winnie looked at the gentle and tender man under the warm light, she was suddenly disinclined to see him leave. That was a sensation she had never experienced before.

When she turned around, she noticed that her grandmother was no longer behind her, so she dashed forward to wrap her hands around the man and bite his lower lip.

“Good night!”

Having been abruptly kissed by the woman he loved, Xavier’s eyes lit up with passion.

Just as he was about to take a step forward and pull her into his embrace, Jacinta’s voice came from inside the house.

“Winnie, why aren’t you coming in yet?”

Winnie instantly answered, “Oh, I’m coming.”

It was only then the two reluctantly parted.

When Winnie entered the house and closed the door behind her, she noticed that Jacinta was no longer in the room. As it turned out, the elderly woman was washing clothes in the bathroom.

Jacinta was rubbing the bloodstain on the sleeve when Winnie entered.

Once she saw Winnie enter, she explained, “It reeks of alcohol, so I’m washing it. The wind is strong tonight, so if I hang it up in the corridor, you’ll be able to wear it the next morning.”

“Let me help you wash it, Granny. You were frightened earlier today, so it’s best for you to rest earlier.”

“It’s fine,” Jacinta insisted. “I’m almost done washing. They have a clean bathrobe in the room cabinet, so get a piece out and start washing up.”

Winnie did not think much about it. By the time she brought the bathrobe and towel over, Jacinta was already done washing the thin long-sleeved shirt.

The two of them then lay down on the bed and began talking about how Zyon had fired a gun and committed arson.

All of a sudden, Jacinta asked, “I remember you installing a camera at the hot spring and even installed some kind of application on your phone the last time we were looking for people here. Didn’t you hack the Fairchild family’s surveillance system too? Will your phone be able to see what the Fairchild family’s cameras recorded?”

Winnie hummed in agreement. “Yes, but my phone broke after it went for a dip in the ocean, and after I changed to a new phone, I didn’t install the application again. What’s the matter, Granny? Why did you suddenly mention that?”

“Nothing. I just think that Zyon’s too dangerous. If only we can see the Fairchilds’ surveillance cameras. Honestly, I don’t trust the Fairchilds at all. They’re all in cahoots, and maybe someone will try to stir up a ruckus soon!”

Jacinta still felt that the entire Fairchild family was unreliable.

Winnie let out a wry chuckle when she heard that.

“Granny, I think you’re overthinking this. Zyon can barely keep himself safe now. If he wants to be in league with the people in this house, he’ll have to fork out something in return for it. But he doesn’t have anything now, so who will do anything for him? Moreover, not only did he hurt Old Mr. Fairchild’s grandson, but he even wanted to burn Old Mr. Fairchild and the rest of the people in the Fairchild residence alive. Things are already so bad between him and the others. Moreover, the people in this house aren’t stupid. Even if someone did secretly help him out earlier, they’re either pretending to know nothing about it now or getting ready to flee. How can they possibly continue causing trouble?”

Jacinta mulled over her words for a while.

“I think you’re right. I just want to know whether or not Zyon has been caught… Why don’t you ask Xavier about it?”

Winnie was confused by Jacinta’s question.

“Granny, why are you so concerned about this matter? Though, I doubt they’ve found him. If they’d found him, Xavier would have told me about it. By the way, I installed the application on your phone the other time too, but I forgot to remove it later on. If you log in again, you’ll be able to watch the surveillance footage in real-time.”

“What? The one on my phone?” Jacinta scoured through her memories. “I’ve long deleted it. I didn’t know something like this would happen.”

Winnie solemnly commented. “Oh, that’s good too. Frankly, it’s illegal for us to watch someone else’s surveillance cameras. Deleting it is a good choice. At least we’ll be in less trouble. But if my memory serves me right, the house we’re in is facing east. The surveillance cameras there are older and have not come with infrared rays. If it’s too dark at night, I’m afraid the cameras won’t be able to get a clear record of the people.”

If Zyon had gone through the house eastward earlier, the surveillance cameras might not have captured him. However, he might not have been aware of that. After all, not even Xavier noticed such details.

“I see.” Jacinta let out a sigh of relief in the dark. “Xavier still has no news of him, so it looks like Zyon has coincidentally gone east.”