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He had always been the victim!
Winnie frowned. “Then why did he not tell me these things? Did he not plan to tell me at all?”
“Yes.” Josiah sighed. “Although he’s almost in his thirties, he doesn’t have much experience in dating.
He knows you dislike him for being controlling toward you, but he cannot help himself. And now he is
suffering from such a strange disease. In a broad sense, it can be said that he has a mental illness. He
worries that if you find out that he is mentally ill, you will leave him. He is thinking of curing his illness
first before he cleans up the mess of the Fairchild family. Only then can he completely focus on what he
wants to do.”
Josiah spoke while casting a sideways glance at Winnie.
Then, he asked, “I see that your eyes are a little red and swollen. Would you like to put some ice on
them?”
“It’s okay.” Winnie shook her head.
Josiah pursed his lips. “Did you cry just now? I believe you still have Xavier in your heart, right?
Otherwise, why would your eyes be swollen from crying for him?”
Winnie frowned. “To be honest, Yulissa wanted to pierce me with those last dozen needles. Xavier was
on the verge of breaking down at that time, but he still turned around and protected me.”
“You always see true love in the moment of adversity. You are the only one who can get this kind of
treatment from him. If it were someone else, he would never have sacrificed himself.” Josiah looked at
Winnie seriously. “Dumbo, some love is strong, obsessive, and passionate, just like how Xavier feels
toward you. Perhaps you should reconsider your decision on your relationship with Xavier.”
“I know. I kept thinking about him when I was sitting here a moment ago,” Winnie uttered as she put her
hand into the pocket of the windbreaker.
She quickly felt a mobile phone with a cracked screen and took it out. It was Xavier’s phone.
Winnie subconsciously pressed the button on the phone, and unexpectedly, the screen of the broken
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The wallpaper of the phone was revealed.
Although the screen was cracked quite severely, the wallpaper was still discernable.
It was the only photo of her and Xavier.
The photo was taken on Sirona Island when they were barbecuing on the beach. It was the last time
she played dumb in front of him.
The photo was taken after he strongly requested it.
She already sensed something was off with him when taking the photo.
At that time, he said to her, “Dumbo, don’t you ever lie to me, for I will take everything you say
seriously.”
Back then, she speculated that he had started to doubt her identity, so after dealing with the islanders
who tried to blackmail them, she had a showdown with him.
She looked at the photo again and felt that her smile was really silly back then. Yet, she recalled the
pure happiness she was having at that time.
She caressed the broken phone screen and put the phone back into the windbreaker’s pocket.
Then, she clasped her hands together and leaned her head against them. She said, “I just want him to
get better soon. Tell me—what’s the conclusion after you went in to listen for so long?”
Josiah heard Winnie’s question, but he didn’t know how to answer her. He merely kept mum.
The silence persisted for a long time before Winnie took a deep breath and broke it. “Come on. Old Mr.
Fairchild will come over later. You still have to tell him the truth.”
Josiah sighed. “The dose was too high. Based on previous reactions, it’s very likely that this drug will
cause damage to the human brain.”
“What do you mean?” Winnie sat up abruptly. “Will he become a retard?”
“I’m not sure either!” Josiah was frustrated. His voice got lower as he spoke. “We cannot rule out this
possibility. It might even cause more detrimental effects, such as sending him into a vegetative state or
even leading to brain death. Those are possible as well.”
Hearing such words, Winnie’s eyes became red. “I was supposed to be the one who suffered all this.”
“Don’t blame yourself, Winnie. I can tell you with certainty that Xavier has never regretted everything he
did for you. The only thing he regrets is that he didn’t recognize the fact that he fell in love with a dumb
girl in time and even let Yulissa cause you a lot of trouble.”
“Really? Did he really think so?”
“Yes!” Josiah nodded. “He once told me that if he could time travel, he would want to go back to the
time before Yulissa showed up. He wouldn’t have minded even if you were dumb.”
There was a lump in Winnie’s throat. Her heart suddenly softened. “He’s the real dumb one.”
Josiah chuckled lightly. “Actually, out of curiosity, I have another question to ask you.”
“What is it?”
“If… I mean hypothetically—what would you do if he woke up as a retard?”
A tear suddenly fell from Winnie’s eyes. She lowered her head and said with a smile, “Then I’ll stay with
him forever.”
In fact, she wasn’t that determined at first, but after saying these words, she seemed to have made up
her mind and was ready to commit herself to it.
Right after Winnie finished her sentence, a sigh was heard.
It was not from Winnie or Josiah.
The two looked up and saw that Rufus was standing at the corner of the corridor.
The two quickly stood up. Rufus raised his cane, gesturing to them that they didn’t need to come over.
He walked over and took a seat opposite them.
Josiah asked, “Old Mr. Fairchild, when did you get here?”
Rufus’ eyes were slightly red. “I’ve been here since the moment you said he might wake up a retard, or
stuck in a vegetative state, or become brain dead.”
“Grandpa Rufus!” Winnie opened her mouth. “Perhaps, there would be a better outcome.”
Rufus glanced at Winnie, then looked away, staring blankly at a small black spot on the floor tile.
His voice seemed to have aged a lot all of a sudden. “We can only wait for him to get through it. It’s all
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“No!” Josiah stood up. “I can’t just leave it to fate. I’ll go to the laboratory to check the analysis result of
the venom.”
“I will get some samples too and try to think of a way.”
Two police came to Winnie when she got up.
“Hi, are you Ms. Garland? I believe you were the one who made the report just now. Please come with
us for the investigation.”
Winnie rubbed between her brows. “Okay, I’ll go with you.”
Then, she turned to Josiah and said, “Leave me some samples of the venom. Don’t finish them all.”
Josiah nodded in response.
It was already past five in the morning when Winnie came out of the police station.
Someone was calling her from behind when she was walking down the stairs.
“Winnie!”
She turned around. “Captain Bennett?”
Christopher walked over quickly. He put the cigarette in his hand back into the cigarette case. “Are you
here to give a statement?”
“Yes. How about you? Did you just get off work?”
Christopher nodded. “Zyon has escaped, and Yulissa is dead now. We’re at a dead end in our
investigation. By the way, did Yulissa do anything to you?”
Winnie shook her head. “I’m fine. It’s just that… Wait a minute; I’ve got a call.”
Winnie saw that it was from Josiah and quickly answered the call. “How is it? Is Xavier awake?”
“Yes,” Josiah said with a disheartened tone. “Are you done over there? Come to the hospital when
you’re done.”
“I’ll come over right now. What happened to him? Why do you sound like that?”
“He…” Josiah sounded even more dispirited than before. “You have to be mentally prepared.”
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