Ch. 1001..1010
Chapter 1001
"No one knows about this person's background, and no one knows where this person came up with such a large amount of start-up capital. "No one could find out anything about this person's past before he became popular... He's like a person who appeared out of thin air. "Currently, Dragon Group collaborates with HM on many projects..." Stanley Batton said each word with a serious expression. Behind Stanley, Gary Lakes, Sebastian Brenand, and Henry Armstrong just listened quietly without interrupting.
"Is he that mysterious?" Xyla Quest asked.
"Well, the next president of Country T will very likely be him. Currently, he has a high support rate in Country T," Stanley said.
"He looks pretty young. How old is he?" Xyla became increasingly curious about this man.
"He's twenty-five..." Stanley said.
"Only twenty-five and he's already achieved so much. This person will have a bright future," Xylac complimented.
"I did a lot better than him when I was twenty-five..." Stanley added.
His words made Xyla sense his intense jealousy.
Xyla couldn't help but laugh right away. "What are you doing? Are you jealous?"
Gary and the other two listened to this conversation behind them, and they couldn't help but laugh along.
Stanley glanced at them coldly and coughed lightly in embarrassment. "Do I look like I'm jealous?"
For some unknown reason, Xyla found his jealous expression somehow cute.
"How are you not? It's so obvious, isn't it?" Henry teased.
"Shut up," Stanley warned coldly.
Henry obediently shut up.
While the men were talking, Daisy Cox led Tyler Terrell over to Xyla and Stanley.
When Tyler saw Stanley Batton, he extended his hand toward Stanley. "It's been a long time, Mr. Batton..."
"Indeed, it's been a long time." Stanley politely shook Tyler's hand.
After that, Tyler shifted his gaze to Xyla. The moment their eyes met, he immediately smiled devilishly. He then reached his hand toward Xyla. "Hello... Ms. Quest, my name is Tyler Terrell..." Xyla smiled and shook his hand. "Hello..."
Soon, the two quickly let go of each other's hands....
"Thank you for saving me the other day. If it weren't for you, I'd surely have died," Tyler added.
Xyla shrugged indifferently. "It's not a big deal... Don't worry about it."
"I'll never forget the fact that you saved my life. I owe my life to you. Regardless of what you need me to do in the future, I'll do it for you," Tyler said. Hearing this, Xyla's smile widened. "That's too much."
Daisy instantly grabbed Tyler's arm tightly. "Not at all... His life belongs to you anyway... My life belongs to you too. If he dies, I wouldn't be able to live either..." "Pretty lady, you've saved two people's lives," Daisy added.
Thinking back to that day when Tyler was poisoned, coupled with how Daisy was behaving intimately with him today, Xyla knew that they must be a couple. "How did you get poisoned the other day?" Stanley asked.
Chapter 1002
Chapter 1002
"Someone bribed my driver to put poison in the drinks I keep in my car's fridge," Tyler Terrell said. "In that case, you'll have to be more careful about who you hire in the future," Xyla Quest said.
Tyler once again smiled devilishly. "Yes, thank you for your concern, beautiful lady. If you come to Country T in the future, remember to look for me. Your husband has my contact details. You can get it from him.
"Or, if you'd like to do something in Country T, I could help out too... I have contacts in both the political and business realms, and I can make sure you get to do whatever you want in Country T," Tyler said. "If my wife wants to do anything, naturally, she can just look for me. So, I don't think we need to bother you," Stanley looked at Tyler and said dominantly.
His extremely possessive behavior made Xyla's heart feel instantly warmed.
Tyler laughed. "That darned possessiveness... What's the matter? Are you afraid I'm going to steal your wife?"
"You don't have what it takes," Stanley said.
Tyler laughed again and wrapped his arms around Daisy Cox. "I already have Daisy. You don't have to worry about that..."
Daisy also smiled. It was a gentle and lovely smile.
"Pretty Sister... Tyler really appreciates what you did to save him. After waking up, he started to check the surveillance footage in the hospital. After finding out your identity, he wanted to come to Atlantis to thank you in person... In the end, before we even departed, we had received an invitation to Dragon Group's 70th-anniversary celebration... After that, we came over right away," Daisy said.
Xyla smiled. Her impression of Tyler became even better.
Not only was he young and talented, but he also knew how to return favors. Such a person was destined to have a great future.
"Don't keep calling me 'Pretty Sister'. Just call me Xyla..." Xyla said.
Xyla felt a little embarrassed about being addressed that way all the time.
Daisy shook her head. "No, I want to call you 'Pretty Sister' because you do look pretty..."
"I think 'Pretty Sister' is a good nickname..." Tyler said.
Daisy nodded repeatedly. "That's right... I won't change it no matter what."
Xyla laughed helplessly. "Alright... Do as you wish."
"Mr. Batton, I have a business proposal for cooperation to discuss with you. Shall we sit down and chat over there?"
Stanley nodded decisively and led Tyler to a quiet area with sofas nearby.
At this point, everyone else at the party had started eating pastries and dancing...
The entire world seemed even more lively.
Xyla unintentionally looked somewhere far away. She happened to catch sight of Josh Batton
surrounded by a few famous models who were asking for his autograph...
It was such a huge scene of star-struck fans...
Josh looked up and scanned through the crowd. Coincidentally, his gaze landed upon Xyla's face.
She seemed to be surrounded by a thousand stars.
Just by standing there, even when she was doing nothing, she still shone brightly...
From then on, Josh couldn't take his eyes off her to look at anyone else.
Compared to Xyla, none of the other beautiful women were good enough.
Perhaps, in this lifetime, Josh didn't have any other option but to admire her silently.
Xyla smiled at Josh before turning to look at Daisy. "Are you hungry? Do you want to eat something?"
Daisy nodded slightly.
Xyla then led Daisy to the tower of pastries next to her.
Daisy took a piece of cupcake for herself and began to eat it elegantly.
Beep, beep, beep-
Right then, Xyla's phone started to ring.
Seeing that it was Georgie Clementine, Xyla immediately tapped the button to answer.
Chapter 1003
Chapter 1003
"Xyla... You're really like a popular star now. You've appeared on the list of hot topics so frequently..." Georgie Clementine said.
"What did they say about me this time?" Xyla Quest asked.
"Check out the hot topics," Georgie said.
When Xyla heard this, she directly tapped into Weibo's hot topics section to take a look.
Hot topic number one, '#Xyla Quest and Stanley Batton# Explosive'.
Hot topic number two, '#Dragon Group 70th anniversary celebration and Josh Batton#'.
Hot topic number three, '#Josh Batton, Stanley Batton, and Xyla Quest#'.
Xyla directly tapped on the first hot topic and took a look...
There was a group of marketing accounts sharing photos of her and Stanley Batton together...
There were pictures of Stanley carrying her off a helicopter and pictures of Stanley dancing with her, and pictures of them and Josh dancing together on stage.
The photos were all unedited pictures, but they seemed more beautiful than the average celebrity's finely retouched pictures.
Xyla and Stanley were like the princess and prince who had walked out of a fairy tale.
The netizens were going crazy over these things, and they didn't hold back with their compliments.
"Xyla's lotus-pink gown is way too pretty, isn't it? I have just fallen for her..."
"Am I the only one who noticed the crown on Xyla's head? Isn't that an antique from the last century? I think it's worth a hundred million dollars!"
"Ahh... Stanley has actually carried her off the plane. Xyla really is like a princess!"
"She has Stanley on her left and Josh on her right. They're both handsome men, and they're also both her family members. Why is she so lucky?"
"If handsome men surrounded me like that, I would've fainted! But she still looks so calm..."
Xyla had expected all these compliments, and she didn't feel too greatly affected by them.
She didn't seriously look through the other hot topics. After closing Weibo, she shifted her gaze back to Daisy Cox.
"It feels so stuffy here. Why don't we go on the deck to get some cool air? Pretty Sister," Daisy asked while eating a cupcake.
"Okay." Xyla then led Daisy up to the deck while holding the hem of her dress.
The deck, which did not have much of a crowd now, seemed spacious.
As soon as they walked up, a cool, salty breeze blew against their faces. Their dresses danced in the wind.
Xyla's tulle dress seemed extraordinarily flowy in the night breeze. She looked almost like a fairy beneath the night sky.
On the deck, they could see an endless ocean before them.
The moon was very bright tonight.
The ocean's surface sparkled under the light as if a layer of silver powder had been sprinkled onto it.
Xyla immediately held Daisy's hand and walked to the railing. While the cool sea breeze blew against them, they looked out at the ocean.
At this moment, a black, stealthy helicopter was hovering mid-air.....
There was a tall man wearing a black Tai Chi outfit in the pilot's seat and a golden mask that covered his entire face. He was holding a high-end binoculars, looking through it at everything on the deck... His eyes were fixed upon Xyla the entire time.
Meanwhile, behind him was a large group of men wearing the same black suit and black masks...
The elastic black fabric covered their faces tightly, revealing only their eyes and mouths.
"Should we take action now?" One of the men dressed in black asked.
"Take action immediately..." The masked man ordered coldly.
Chapter 1004
Chapter 1004
"Kill the others on the deck too... Their happiness looks annoying," the golden-masked man said creepily.
As soon as the golden-masked man gave the order, a group of men dressed in black tied ropes around their waists.
In the very next second, twenty men dressed in black leaped down in unison.
The ropes were long, and after jumping down, their bodies hung only two meters above the deck.
Immediately after that, they began to shoot in the direction of the deck quickly...
Bullets rained down on the deck one by one, and they exploded all over the deck...
Danger approached-
Xyla Quest immediately pulled Daisy Cox along to hide behind a thick pillar nearby. After that, they quickly dived to the ground.
Bullets continued to rain from above, colliding against the pillar next to them. Countless sparks could be seen under the dark night sky.
The five guests on the deck panicked all of a sudden, and they fled in all directions while they cried for help.
Some of them had already been hit by bullets and were bleeding profusely.
For a moment, the sounds of crying, begging for help, and screaming drowned out almost every other noise.
Looking in the direction of the incoming gunfire, Xyla saw clearly that many people dressed in black were hanging mid-air as they fired at them on the deck.
The scene that Xyla saw made her heart rise to her throat instantly.
Daisy, who was next to her, was completely scared stiff. Her face had turned completely pale, and she was shivering.
There were bullets constantly raining down around them. At this moment, it was neither safe to move forward or backward. Based on the current situation, the safest way was to stay in place and lean against the pillar for cover.
Bullets were raining down on them more densely. Several times, bullets landed less than a centimeter away from their fingers. Seeing that things didn't look too well, Daisy quickly flipped over and pressed Xyla under her body.
Daisy's body wrapped tightly around Xyla as she continued to shiver.
Despite such a life-or-death situation, Daisy still behaved like this. It really did give Xyla a shock.
"Daisy, what are you doing? Get down!" Xyla yelled.
"I won't... If we split up, we'll both die, but if I protect you, only one of us will die." Daisy seemed determined. "You saved Tyler, and that means saving me... I must repay the favor with my own life..." Daisy said. Although Xyla struggled the best she could, Daisy was pressing her down too forcefully. It didn't help at all.
Daisy was bent on saving Xyla's life, and she was much stronger than Xyla had expected.
The girl's behavior instantly melted Xyla's heart.
Xyla's first impression of Daisy was very good, and she knew Daisy was a very gentle girl.
However, Xyla didn't expect Daisy to be this nice.
On the deck, people were constantly shot and dropping like flies...
Screams and crying could be heard every now and then. It was like a living hell.
At this critical moment, Stanley Batton and Josh Batton, together with Zack Cassidy and a large group of bodyguards dressed in black, quickly rushed onto the deck.
Stanley and Josh were at the forefront. They had on a black bulletproof vest over their suits, a black bulletproof helmet over their heads, and intricate, black sniping rifles in their hands. The other men all appeared to be similarly protected.
Under the harsh and cold moonlight, Stanley and Josh looked like two mighty gods of war. Their strong murderous aura emanated from them, and their powerful presence was daunting. At this moment, Xyla felt as if those two men were emitting a dazzling light from their bodies.
Chapter 1005
Chapter 1005
The moment they appeared, all the panic in Xyla Quest's heart disappeared. In its place, Xyla only felt an endless sense of security.
Amid the gunfire, they quickly came to Xyla's side, standing in front of her and Daisy Cox.
People said that, in times of trouble, true love could be observed.
In this life-and-death situation, the two brothers were willing to go against the tides for Xyla, blocking the wave of bullets from her. This really touched her.
With a sniping rifle in hand, Stanley Batton started shooting at the group of men dressed in black. He looked at Josh Batton and gave an order. "Take them away first..."
His tone was firm, leaving no space for discussion.
The way Stanley fired his gun was very professional. While holding a gun, he looked even more handsome. He was just like the handsome protagonist who rescued the world in action movies. Stanley barely missed a shot. After firing twice, two men dressed in black were hit on the wrist.
The next second, the guns in their hands fell onto the deck.
Josh didn't speak. He immediately pulled Xyla and Daisy up. While shooting at the sky, he protected the two of them and started to lead them to safety.
Clearly, the situation was very dangerous. However, under their protection, Xyla wasn't afraid at all.
Some of the bodyguards began to follow in Stanley's footsteps and started shooting at the people in the sky.
The rest of them quickly protected Xyla, Daisy, and the others, leading them all to safety.
Soon, a large group of them arrived downstairs together.
At this point, apart from Xyla and Daisy, all the other guests were wounded.
Some were even close to their final breaths.
Once they were on their feet, the bodyguards quickly placed all the injured people in the corner and made them sit against the wall.
Immediately after that, Gary Lakes, Sebastian Brenand, Henry Armstrong, Tyler Terrell, Wilson Batton, and Sharon Lindt ran over.
After witnessing such a scene, everyone had a look of shock in their eyes.
Xyla firstly came to check on Daisy from head to toe. After making sure Daisy had no wounds on her body, Xyla let out a long sigh of relief. Xyla then went over to the two injured people next to her.
Both were shot close to their hearts, and the wounds were continuously bleeding. The situation was critical.
If the bleeding was not stopped in time, they might just die.
However, now, they were on a cruise ship, and the options to rescue them were limited.
Xyla could not do anything other than to help them stop the bleeding.
Seeing how much pain they were in made Xyla's heart ache painfully.
Xyla immediately looked at Josh. "Is there a first aid kit here?"
"I know where it is. I'll go..." Sharon immediately ran off.
Tyler quickly reached out and pulled Daisy close to him. He held her tightly in his arms, gently consoling her and asking her if she was fine.
A few minutes later, Sharon came running over with a first aid kit in her arms, panting.
Xyla instantly took the first aid kit. After that, she kneeled on the ground and quickly opened the first aid kit to access the items inside.
By now, the faces of the two severely injured people were extremely pale. They seemed close to dying...
Everyone felt worried for them.
After taking a deep breath, Xyla quickly used hemostatic items to wrap their wounds up in bandages to stop their bleeding urgently. Fortunately, the two of them stopped bleeding completely.
At this point, everyone sighed in relief...
Likewise, Xyla also let out a long sigh of relief.
Xyla didn't have time to say anything else. She went to check on the three other injured people next to her...
Chapter 1006
Chapter 1006
The other three, respectively, were hit by bullets in the left shin, the right upper arm, and the left upper arm.
Likewise, their wounds kept bleeding.
Xyla Quest instantly used hemostatic items to stop the bleeding for all three of them.
***
On the deck, the gun battle continued.
Despite the hail of bullets around him, Stanley Batton stood still, calm as ever.
Immediately after that, six more men dressed in black were shot in the heart mid-air.
The bright red liquid poured from the air onto the deck in steady streams. At one glance, it seemed extremely unsightly. Meanwhile, the golden-masked man in the sky calmly pulled the helicopter lift lever and raised the helicopter's altitude...
As the helicopter flew higher and higher, the men dressed in black, dead or injured, went further and further away from the deck.
Gradually, they were out of the range of the sniping rifles.
Seeing that those people were taking off higher and higher, Stanely immediately put his rifle away until they finally disappeared. After that, he looked coldly at the bodyguards around him as well as Zack Cassidy. "How's it going? Are you all fine?"
From putting away the rifle to turning around, the whole process only took him three seconds.
The crisp and clean movement made Stanley appear extremely cool!
After that, the group of bodyguards then quickly put away their rifles before returning to Stanley. "We're fine!" they said in unison as they nodded respectfully.
Stanley didn't say anything else. He casually tossed his rifle over to Zack and gave another order. "Contact the rescue team right away... Arrange for the cruise ship to return. Apart from that... I want to know who those people were before dawn."
With that, Stanley walked toward the stairway with a murderous aura that had not faded.
Soon, the rescue plane arrived.
The injured were taken directly to the municipal hospital for treatment, with Sharon Lindt and Wilson Batton accompanying them throughout the process.
Xyla, on the other hand, stayed on the cruise ship to clean up the mess with Stanley and Josh.
***
Due to the fierce shootout, Dragon Group's 70th-anniversary celebration came to an abrupt end.
On the other hand, the luxury cruise ship was steered back to the shore via the original route.
After reaching the shore, guests were dismissed on the spot.
Finally, only Xyla, Stanley, Josh Batton, Tyler Terrell, Daisy Cox, Zack, and ten bodyguards remained on the shore.
After such a huge incident, several of them were in a state of shock.
The beach was very windy, and the temperature had dropped a lot.
A cold wind blew over, and Xyla immediately shivered.
When Josh saw that happening, he subconsciously wanted to take off his jacket.
At that moment, Stanley quickly took off his jacket and directly draped it over Xyla's shoulders.
From the beginning, apart from Daisy, no one else noticed how Josh wanted to unbutton his jacket.
Daisy looked hard at Josh, but she didn't say a word.
"It's getting late. I'll take Daisy home, too. We'll get together again tomorrow." Tyler looked at Xyla and the Batton family as he spoke. "Alright. Get home safely," Stanley said.
Xyla didn't say anything. She directly grabbed Daisy's hand to show her gratitude. "Daisy, thank you so much for risking everything to protect me earlier." Whenever Xyla recalled how Daisy didn't hesitate to place her body over Xyla's even in the face of death, Xyla felt a sense of warmth in her heart.
Chapter 1007
Chapter 1007
Daisy Cox was obviously already scared, and she was even trembling, but she held back her fear and protected Xyla Quest.
Such friendship couldn't be bought with money.
However, Daisy shrugged nonchalantly. "It's not a big deal... I have said it before, you rescued Tyler, and that means rescuing me... I'm willing to do anything for you."
Looking at how light-hearted Daisy seemed, Xyla felt even more touched.
Xyla immediately clutched Daisy's hand again. "Anyway, thank you, I owe you my life... I will never forget how you saved me today. I will remember it for as long as I live, Daisy. In the future, as long as you need my help, I'll do whatever I can."
Daisy's smile widened. "Xyla, you are too serious. I don't need you to do anything extreme for me. Alright... We'll go back first. I'll ask you to go shopping with me tomorrow. Tyler and I will stay in Atlantis for a few days this time."
"Okay..." Xyla instantly agreed.
After seeing Daisy off, Xyla got into an extended black Rolls Royce parked by the road with the two brothers from the Batton family and Zack Cassidy.
Due to the episode just now, everyone was very depressed.
Hence, everyone didn't have much to say in the car.
"Zack... Go to the municipal hospital," Stanley Batton said as he pinched his forehead tiredly.
He needed to go to the hospital and personally reassure the injured.
After all, these people got hurt on his turf.
Zack immediately nodded respectfully. "Yes!"
After that, he quickly drove to the municipal hospital.
After a short distance, Zack's phone rang.
Seeing that it was a familiar bodyguard's phone number, Zack immediately answered it on the loudspeaker.
"Mr. Cassidy, the three who were slightly injured have had their wounds treated, and they've been placed in the general ward. "The two who were seriously injured are also out of danger now, and they are currently in the intensive care unit..." Hearing these words, Xyla and Stanley let out a sigh of relief at the same time.
Stanley gently held Xyla's hand. "Since they are all fine, you should go home and sleep. I'll just go to the hospital with Josh..." Xyla smiled. "I'll go with you..." She immediately said.
"It's very late. You shouldn't come with us. Go home and rest. I will arrange bodyguards to protect you..." Stanley added. "No... I'm coming along," Xyla insisted.
She wanted to check on those people and help to calm them down properly.
Seeing how determined Xyla was, Stanley nodded helplessly. "Fine, fine... You may come along."
"Brother... Who do you think these people came for? They were firing bullets without any particular target..." Josh said.
"It looks like they were trying to kill everyone on the deck." Josh finally asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.
"The only way to know exactly who they are after is to find the mastermind behind this. No matter who they are after, I will not let them go for causing trouble on my turf," Stanley said coldly. Xyla didn't speak. Instead, she looked out the window, deep in thoughts.
***
After going to the hospital to comfort the injured, Xyla returned home with Stanley.
By then, it was already three in the morning.
After entering the house, they showered and lay in bed, but both couldn't fall asleep...
Xyla clung onto Stanley like an octopus. "Honey... I suspect... The 'master' was the one behind all of this."
Chapter 1008
Chapter 1008
"This needs further confirmation. If it really was him, then this incident will give us an extra clue to find him. To be honest, he might also have been coming after someone else. After all, everyone on the deck had a special identity," Stanley Batton said.
"Yeah..." Xyla Quest said blandly.
When Xyla recalled the scenes on the deck just now, she still felt very scared.
She dreaded to think what would have become of her and Daisy Cox if Stanley Batton had come a moment later.
Daisy, especially, would have been killed by the gunfire, wouldn't she?
"Daisy is a really nice person. She's naive, adorable, and kind," Xyla complimented.
"Yeah, I'll have to treat her to a nice meal later to thank her," Stanley said.
"Yeah." Xyla had made up her mind to befriend Daisy because she stood up for her in a time of crisis.
***
The next morning, before Xyla even woke up, Daisy had called and asked her to go shopping with her.
The two of them met at Goldfield Plaza in the city center.
After Xyla had breakfast and put on some simple, light makeup, she went out directly with a large group of bodyguards to meet Daisy at Goldfield Plaza. Immediately after that, the two of them started a wild shopping spree in Goldfield Plaza.
They bought all sorts of luxury goods without holding back.
When the two of them came out, each of them had twelve bodyguards behind them.
After several rounds of shopping, each bodyguard was carrying many bags of various sizes. The grand scene in the busy shopping mall attracted countless stares from people around. Everyone was practically looking only at the two of them.
Due to Xyla's unique identity, coupled with the buying power of her and Daisy, sales assistants showered them with flattery wherever they went.
When they got tired of shopping, the two of them went straight into a high-class spicy stew restaurant on the top floor of the mall. They asked for a private room, sat in the air conditioned room, and ate their stew comfortably.
Since Daisy couldn't eat spicy food, the two of them ordered a fusion stew with two different flavors.
The bodyguards stood outside the entire time to protect them, and not even a fly could get in.
The stew on the table continuously emitted hot steam.
However, since the air conditioning was set at a very low temperature, it didn't make them feel warm at all.
"It's such a blessing to be able to eat to your heart's content..." Daisy said while she cooked a piece of tripe in the mushroom broth in front of her.
"Yeah," Xyla said. She also picked up a piece of tripe and put it into the red broth in front of her.
"Before I was sixteen, I couldn't eat like this whenever I wanted to..." Daisy said.
"Why's that?" Xyla looked up at Daisy with a somewhat curious gaze.
"Before I turned sixteen, I had a particularly serious heart condition because I could never find a suitable heart for a transplant. Hence, I had to take medicine to keep me alive. My body was never in a good condition. On top of that, many medicines required me to stay on a strict diet. That's why I couldn't eat a lot of things. It was miserable," Daisy explained slowly and carefully.
There wasn't any emotion on her face.
Chapter 1009
Chapter 1009
It was as if Daisy Cox was recounting someone else's affairs. She didn't seem to care at all.
"I wasn't fully cured until the day I celebrated my sixteenth birthday," Daisy added.
"Did you manage to find a suitable heart for the transplant?" Xyla Quest asked.
"Well, my body's genes are somewhat unique. I can't actually go through organ transplants. If I do that, there's a 100% chance of my body rejecting the transplant.
"When it was close to my sixteenth birthday, Tyler met a miracle doctor who said that he had a type of medicine that could modify my unique genes..." Daisy said one word at a time. Hearing this topic, Xyla's heart bubbled with joy.
She had been thinking for some time whether there was some way to modify Stanley Batton's genes.
After that, she'd help him get a bone marrow transplant.
As far as Xyla knew, it was possible to modify a person's genes. The only thing was that technology these days wasn't advanced enough.
All over the world, there were no cases of people with successful genetic modification.
Hence, Xyla had dismissed the idea.
However, now that she heard Daisy saying this, a flame of hope was lit in her heart again.
"We accepted his medicine with the intention of just trying it out. It didn't take long for my genes to change and become no different from normal people... After that, I had a successful heart transplant, and my health was restored," Daisy added.
"What was the name of the person who helped you modify your genes?" Xyla asked with interest.
"Most people call him Yaksha. I don't know what his real name is either. Back then, after Tyler heard about this person, he had specifically hired people to find out more about him. This person seemed to be known as a miracle doctor," Daisy said.
Xyla once heard her master, Ron Batton, talking about Yaksha.
Yaksha was a good doctor, with a love for freedom, always wandering and never being in the same place for long. Nobody knew precisely how old he was, and nobody knew how he really looked like. Due to his excellent art of disguise, it was more difficult for ordinary people to find him than to ascend to heaven. Previously, to cure Stanley, Xyla's master once tried to look for Yaksha. He wanted to ask him if there was a way. Howeer, later, the person whom Ron sent to look for Yaksha told him that Yaksha had died twenty years ago. Now, it seemed that the news Ron received was false.
This fake news may have been put out by Yaksha himself so that he wouldn't be found or disturbed.
If Yaksha could modify Daisy's genes, he must be able to modify Stanley's genes too.
As long as his genes were modified, Stanley would be able to go through a bone marrow transplant like a normal person.
Xyla immediately felt happy just thinking about it. She walked directly over to Daisy before pulling a chair out and sitting down next to her.
Xyla then clutched Daisy's hand. "This person, Yaksha, seems to come and go without a trace. Are you acquainted with this person?"
"I'm not acquainted with him, but Tyler is... When Tyler was in Country T, he once went hunting in a remote forest with his subordinate. They bumped into Yaksha in the forest. At the time, Yaksha was being torn apart by a leopard. Tyler saved his life," Daisy said earnestly.
"In that case, is there any way you could get in touch with this person?" Xyla asked.
"No, after curing me, he left right away. He didn't leave any contact information behind." Daisy shook her head.
"Didn't he leave any clues behind?" Xyla was a little disappointed.
Daisy thought hard for a few seconds. "After thinking carefully, I think he didn't leave any clues behind..."
After saying that, Daisy's eyes lit up suddenly. "I remember now... I think he told me that he stays on an island. During late summer and early autumn, manzanita plants would be in full bloom all over the island," she said.
Chapter 1010
Chapter 1010
"He also said the island he lives on is especially cool, and the air conditioning doesn't even need to be on during the summer. That's all I know," Daisy Cox added. There wasn't a lot of information, but Xyla Quest still found it very useful.
She could use the clues from Daisy to identify the compatible islands around the world one by one.
After that, she would send people to look for Yaksha on each island.
Although this was a very difficult process, Xyla was determined to give it a try as long as Stanley could be cured.
"Do you have a photo of this person?" Xyla asked.
Daisy shook her head. "He didn't let us take a picture of him. We respected him a great deal too, and we didn't take any pictures."
"Have you seen his face then? Please describe how he looks. I'll draw a picture of him on my phone." Xyla probed hopefully.
"He was wearing a mask. It's one of those silver masks that covers the top half of his face. I've never seen how his face actually looks," Daisy said.
"Anyway, he's a slim and tall guy. He stands at about 190 centimeters tall, and he has long, gray hair that reaches his shoulders...
"Oh, right. There's a terrifying scar on his neck. It seemed almost as if someone had peeled the skin off his neck. The scar was dark, red, and very long. It was around ten centimeters..." Daisy added. Using Daisy's descriptions, Xyla quickly opened her phone's drawing software to draw a full-body picture of Yaksha.
While Xyla drew, Daisy gave her instructions next to her.
After a short while, a full-body picture was formed...
In the picture, Yaksha seemed extremely thin. He looked nearly like a bamboo pole.
His face was very small, and he had a sharp chin and a long neck.
On top of that, with shoulder-length gray hair, he looked very fragile. It was as if he suffered from malnutrition.
Xyla even felt that he looked like a skinny character from a TV series she watched as a kid.
After drawing the full-body picture, Xyla drew a large close-up of Yaksha's face from Daisy's description.
After everything was done, Daisy looked at the man in the phone screen with half of his face covered by a silver mask. She gave Xyla the thumbs up. "Pretty sister, you're amazing." "Thank you, Daisy..." Xyla chuckled.
Daisy shook her head nonchalantly. "It's nothing. But why are you looking for him?"
"I need his help," Xyla said.
Daisy didn't ask any further. She picked up her dining utensils. "Since the drawing is done, let's continue eating. I'm not full yet."
Xyla immediately returned to her seat and picked up her dining utensils. "Yeah, let's continue..."
As Xyla had acquired some useful information from Daisy, she felt extremely joyful on the inside.
As long as she found Yaksha, all her problems could be solved in due time.
Since she was in a good mood, everything she ate tasted unusually delicious.
The two of them ate their stews and chatted for a while. It was a very cheerful scene.
Daisy told Xyla a lot about her relationship with Tyler Terrell.
Daisy said that she was originally a homeless child. When she was eight, Tyler was kind enough to take her home.
When Tyler brought her to his home, he told her that she could think of him as her older brother, and that she could think of his home as her home.
In that instant, Daisy fell in love with Tyler.
As time went on, Tyler treated her very well, and he went to great lengths to keep her safe and happy.
Over time, Daisy's love for him also grew deeper.
However, due to her illness, she had never dared to confess to Tyler.
She felt that she didn't deserve him.
At the age of sixteen, and once her illness was cured, Daisy mustered the courage to confess to Tyler.
However, Tyler rejected her. Tyler's reason was that he only treated her like a little sister.
After that, Daisy still didn't give up. Finally, on her seventeenth birthday, she managed to make Tyler fall for her... They officially became a couple.