The person he was messaging soon replied: Roger! So far, we’ve discovered that Jacinta’s true birthplace may be somewhere else. I believe we’ll be able to find out where it is soon!
Xavier: Do it quickly! After reading the reply to his order, Xavier frowned slightly. It seems like there is more than meets the eye to Jacinta.
Pondering the matter in detail for a moment, he then gestured for his bodyguard to follow him.
He brought the bodyguard to a spot far away from Jacinta’s ward because he didn’t want the people inside to hear what he had to say next. “I’m going to ask you a few questions, and I expect you to answer them truthfully. Don’t hold back, understand?”
His overly serious tone terrified the bodyguard. “I-I understand, Mr. Fairchild. I’ll answer your questions truthfully.”
“Good.” Xavier raised his eyebrow and looked at the bodyguard. “When you were chasing after Mdm. Sumner, did she really fall down the stairs by accident? Or did she pretend to do so? You don’t need to worry about anything. Just tell me exactly what happened.”
With furrowed eyebrows, the bodyguard answered, “That, I am not sure. There were a lot of people at the station back then, so I couldn’t clearly see how she fell down the stairs. According to what she said, she was tripped by someone and fell. She was already at the bottom of the stairs when I caught up to her.”
“Okay. Did she contact anyone after she woke up? Or did anyone call her?”
“Nope!” That word left the bodyguard’s mouth instantly because he was very certain about that.
“Mhm. In that case, just protect Mdm. Sumner for the time being. Additionally, I want you to pay attention to her every move.”
“Roger!”
“One last thing,” Xavier hastily added with an incredibly serious expression. “Do not let Winnie learn about our conversation! Not even a single word of it! Do you understand?”
“I do! Don’t worry, Mr. Fairchild. I can definitely do that.”
Xavier nodded. “Very well. Go and guard the entrance now. If Winnie asks about me, tell her I went to the restroom.”
With that said, he ambled in the direction of the restroom.
That was because he was suddenly experiencing discomfort. It was as though the blood in his entire body was getting restless, which was a sign that his condition was about to act up. Thus, he needed to go to the restroom immediately and wash his face with cold water to calm himself down.
After more than a dozen minutes had passed, Winnie stepped out of the ward.
When the bodyguard saw her, he promptly explained, “Mr. Fairchild went to the restroom, Mrs. Fairchild. He’ll be back soon. Why don’t you sit here and wait for him?”
“It’s fine.” She was planning to go to the restroom anyway. “You just need to focus on protecting Granny well. There’s no need to pay attention to anything else.”
The instant she ended her sentence, she saw Xavier approaching her.
Winnie strode toward him. “Where’s the restroom? Take me there.”
Then she eyed him and asked, “What happened to your hair? Why is it so wet?”
“I accidentally drenched my hair when I was washing my face. It’s way too hot here. I’m soaked with sweat,” Xavier explained casually.
He wasn’t technically wrong. Although, the sweat on his body wasn’t just because of the heat. It was also due to his attempt at concealing his relapse.
His reason for not telling Winnie the truth was that he didn’t want her to worry about him when there were already so many troubling things demanding her attention.
Additionally, he only had to endure for a while before that sense of restlessness left him. That made him believe he wouldn’t relapse any time soon.
After Winnie went to the restroom, both of them swiftly left the hospital and returned to the hotel because Mason and Greta were still waiting for her there.
What she was about to discuss with them was pretty confidential, so she didn’t want Xavier to know.
Hence, her mind was busy on the way back to the hotel. She was thinking about what she should say to make her excuse sound reasonable to Xavier.
After all, she had already lied to Xavier that she had asked Mason to investigate Yulissa, and technically, she had no reason to hide any details about the matter from him.
What happened in the end surprised Winnie. Xavier said he wanted to take a shower to wash away his sweat and suggested she meet with Mason and Greta first.
Thus, she hurriedly went looking for Greta and Mason to ask them about the situation, not giving Xavier’s absence a second thought.
After all, it was pretty rare for him to sweat that much when they were in their home country. Additionally, she knew he was a bit of a clean freak, so she didn’t find anything wrong with him taking a shower after sweating a lot.
“Take your time with your shower. I’ll head to the neighboring room first,” Winnie informed.
“Okay.” Xavier’s voice sounded slightly deeper because he felt his body spiraling out of control again.
He knew the veins on his forehead were bulging, which was why he had been talking to Winnie with his back to her. “You should go. I’ll be right there.”
“It’s okay. There’s no rush.”
“Mhm!” Xavier didn’t have the willpower to hold back in front of her any longer, so he took off his shirt and went straight into the bathroom.
Noting how anxious he was, Winnie grew worried as she thought he was going to finish his shower quickly to join her in the neighboring room. Thus, she acted fast and darted over to meet with Mason and Greta.
The moment she saw the two of them, she blurted, “We don’t have much time, so get to the point.”
Mason answered immediately, “We did find a bit of information. Our preliminary analysis informed us that it is the person you’re looking for. However, there’s too little information about that person, so we can’t tell for sure. Most importantly, though, the information you provided us isn’t much either.”
“I see.” She was aware that the original information she gave them wasn’t plenty. “Tell me what you found.”
“Okay. The Southeast Aploth market and Adrune market aren’t the same. There is a difference in terms of the drugs’ purity and composition. While we didn’t find any unfamiliar faces coming from Adrune during this period, we did get our hands on some of Adrune’s drugs. It’s relatively rare in this area, so we followed the lead and found some information. However, the information is so meager that I’m not sure if this is useful to you at all.”
“I understand.” Winnie nodded. “Continue.”
“We continued to investigate those Adrune drugs and found a name. Or perhaps it is more appropriate to say that it’s a codename—Big Black Bear. Sadly, we couldn’t find out what they look like, how old they are, or if they are even a man or woman. Don’t bother asking us about their tracks. We couldn’t find any.”
“Very good!” Just hearing the words “Big Black Bear” was enough for Winnie to know that her employment of Mason and Greta wasn’t in vain. “Before you two arrived, I received some news, too. Unfortunately, the information I obtained was more or less the same as what you two found. Aside from that codename, I know nothing else about this person. However, I’m fine with the lack of information so long as I know for sure they’re here. Oh yeah, about the Adrune drugs you mentioned earlier. Where did it initially come from? If we can figure that out, we’ll be able to get a better grasp of Big Black Bear’s whereabouts.”
“According to the information we found, the goods came from Lightspring. However, Lightspring is a place with a lot of human traffic, so I can’t be sure if he’s still there or not. At this point, he may not even still be in Jipsdale.”
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