Chapter 439 - Genius

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"Do you want to die?"

Noah put on medical gloves and gave Christy a shot of tetanus. Then, with a cold face, he took the anti-inflammatory medicine liquid and hung it over her. He looked down, patted the back of her hand to find the veins, and injected the needle.

Christy hissed and covered her eyes, not daring to look.

"You're not scared of snakes, but needles?" Noah was half angry or half sarcastic.

Christy laughed and kicked, "Why are you so angry? I was being followed. How could I come back?"

"Can't the person who saved you give you a shot of tetanus?" Noah was so furious that he was more talkative than usual. "Fortunately, it's still cold. If it were a hot day, you would be dying."

"If conditions permitted, he would give it to me. But conditions didn't permit." Christy tilted her head and remembered his eyes.

"Conditions didn't permit?" Noah said while looking at her, "You spent a whole day together. He had plenty of time to give you the drug."

Christy helplessly said, "Trevor saved me. He can't go out, okay?"

Noah frowned, "Trevor? Trevor Peck? The autistic genius who has been staying in the attic?"

Christy retorted, "I don't think he's autistic. He is indeed a genius. He learned how to take out bullets on the spot."

Noah looked at her strangely, "You..."

"What's wrong?"

"Did he do something to you?" Noah took off his gloves and looked at her seriously.

"Huh?" It took Christy a while to understand. She laughed loudly and said, "Hey, you know me. It was me who did something to him. I thought he would be bored if he stayed there alone, so I teased him."

Of course, she didn't elaborate on how. Besides, Noah wasn't interested in it.

He went to the bathroom, washed his hands, and took out his phone to send a message to Emily. Today was Maury's funeral. When he finished, he took her phone and said, "What do you want to say to Emily?"

Christy stretched out her right hand and said, "Let me do it. I can move my right hand."

Noah didn't say anything and handed over his phone.

When she finished, she stared at the needle blankly. After a moment, she rushed to Noah who was sitting in front of the computer, and said, "He saved me."

"Yeah, I know. I'll thank him in person if I have the chance." Noah didn't look up.

"He saved my life," Christy repeated.

Noah turned away from the screen. Thinking about the way Christy talked about Trevor, he realized. "Is he...that person?"

Christy smiled. "I didn't expect to meet him. He's younger than I thought. I thought he was older than me, but he's younger."

Thinking about himself ten years ago, Noah had to admit he wasn't as talented as Trevor.

"He is indeed a genius."

He printed all the information he had collected and pasted it on the wall. Christy lay on the sofa and looked at the wall. She said, "Mr. Ferne told me everything about the police station. The only thing I found in Branden's place was the red door. There was nothing inside, except for a bed, a chair, and a mirror."

"This is a clue," Noah noted down bed, chair, and mirror.

"Oh, there are two books by the bed," Christy added.

Noah wrote down two books.

Ferne didn't report the situation at the police station until 6 pm. Things didn't go well and he was dejected, his voice being hoarse as if something blocked his throat.

"Did you smoke?" Noah asked.

"I did," Ferne answered. He then went silent.

"It's fine. The incidents of Stony and Randy's team member haven't been solved yet. The police will focus on them. As long as we find enough evidence during that time, it will be fine."

Ferne was still worried. "Can we? Branden will be released soon."

Branden was really smart. When he was caught by the police, he was alone in his private villa. The blood in the red door was cleaned up. There wasn't anything out of place.

Even though he knew Nikhil, he didn't seem to know anything about Nikhil kidnapping Lord Top. He didn't know Jessica kidnapping Stony, either. As for why Leon and Jamie Tolle from the City Hospital appeared at the House of Hope, he also made his point clear,

"I don't know. Sorry, I don't know. I'm very busy. I don't ask about this."

The police could not get anything useful from him. Children from House of Hope couldn't testify, either. There were no signs of abuse and their check-ups were fine. They had long since been released, along with the staff of House of Hope. Jessica and three men had been arrested and charged with kidnapping.

Nikhil was charged with intentional assault, imprisonment, indecent assault, and ****.

Although no evidence showed Leon, the abbot of the GY Temple, and Jamie, were involved in these two cases, they were detained because the death of three men in the Forest Park was connected to the temple. Plus, Emma broke the arms and chin of Jessica. That night, Jessica had a nightmare during which she shouted out a lot of information. But according to her lawyer, "Nothing the suspect said when stimulated can be used as evidence in court."

It crashed Ferne's hope.

Christy told Noah about Irene saving her. But Noah did not think that Irene could place righteousness above family and collude with outsiders to frame her father unless she was crazy.

Christy analyzed, "Think about it. If my father was Branden and someone who came out of nowhere told me my father was wicked, what would I do?"

Without waiting for Noah to answer, Christy said, "I would find evidence to prove the person was lying."

Noah knew what she meant and called Ferne. "Keep an eye on Irene. If anything unusual happens, call me."

"Did you see the person who escaped?" Christy asked.

Noah took out a drawing and put it on the table. "I didn't draw it well. I only took a quick glance and didn't see her clearly. But if I meet her again, I will recognize her."

Christy frowned as she looked at it. His drawing was mediocre at best. The person on it had slanted, narrow eyes. She wouldn't recognize herself if she saw the drawing, let alone others.

"Are you sure? If she cuts her hair short and changes clothes, will you recognize her?"

Noah fell silent.

After a while, Christy continued, "Draw it on a computer. Try to be as close as much as possible. I'll find Trevor to help us."

Noah said with a frown, "If Emily's father didn't die, I could ask her for help. She's a better painter than me."

"At least you can give me a portrait. Even if it doesn't look like the real person, Trevor may still be able to find her," Christy said while massaging her temples, forcing herself to stay awake. "He's excellent. Really excellent. He can find the addresses of everyone using his computer. But I don't know if a portrait can do. Let's try it first."

"Sure."

Noah was busy drawing for half an hour. He went into the bathroom to smoke a cigarette, then went straight to the kitchen to cook the meal. Christy didn't want to eat herself, so Noah fed her.

Not knowing why, every time Christy saw Noah, she thought about Trevor. She found it intriguing.

"Eat your meal." Noah frowned.

Christy swallowed the food before saying, "Of course. Calm down. You look fierce. You should try to be gentler. Don't stare at people like that."

Noah looked at her expressionlessly, then stuffed a large mouthful into her mouth.

Christy almost choked to death. After a while, she complained, "You'll be single for your entire life if you continue like this!" She then added, "Mr. Ferne doesn't like you this way!"

Noah put the spoon on the table and coldly said, "I won't feed you."

Christy lamented, her hand clenching her heart, "I really miss Trevor!"

At around ten pm, Christy was wakened up by the whistle of police cars. "Hey, Noah, what happened?"

Noah was standing by the window, looking at police cars with a frown. "It seems they are not going to the GY Temple." After pondering for a moment, he said uncertainly, "Are they going to the Britts'?"

At eleven pm, Noah took Christy to the hospital. The doctor prescribed them some medicine. Noah took it before returning to his room. After all, it was a gun wound and Noah did not dare to be careless. He watched Christy take the medicine and put her to bed. He sat back in front of the computer and started drawing.

Halfway through, he remembered a person that the group leader mentioned when he was organizing the event.

Merinda.

This middle-aged woman might be her.

In the wee hours, Noah finally turned off the computer and went to bed. As a shallow sleeper, he rarely had deep sleep. When he fell into a deep sleep, he would have nightmares. He was very like Christy who slept shallowly but often fell into nightmares. She could wake up quickly, but it was still distressing and potentially dangerous. For a couple of times, she almost strangled herself to death.

After working hard for two whole days, he was exhausted. He fell into a deep sleep and even had a dream.

Actually, he relived the past experience in the dream.

He returned to Forest Hot Spring. In that private room, Ferne wrapped his legs around his waist and Noah bent down to kiss him...

At three o'clock, Noah got out of bed and went into the bathroom to wash his underwear. He made himself a cup of coffee but didn't drink it. He leaned against the window and smoked a cigarette.

"I am married."

He recalled what Ferne said.

Even if he was single, he and Noah wouldn't be together.

Noah extinguished the cigarette and went back to the bedroom.. After changing the sheets, he lay back and closed his eyes.