Silly Bride Chapter 321
Chapter 321
“All right, I’ll do that. Be sure to inform them first, or else they might not trust me.” After a brief pause,
Josiahined, “We’ve finally gotten something after looking into this for so long.”“Okay. Winnie
called me just now. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up now,” Xavier said.“All right. She called me too.
You don’t think she has guessed something, do you?”“What’s there to guess?” Xavier retorted, then
continued, “It’s not like it’s shady for us to call each other. All we’re doing is withholding the fact that we
are investigating Jacinta. I don’t want it to affect our rtionship before I gather any solid
evidence.”Josiah hummed in response and said, “Yes, I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t tell her.”“I
know. I trust you.”With that, the two of them quickly hung up.Around ten minutester, Josiah took out
his phone and replied to Winnie’s message because he figured she would have ended her call with
Xavier by that time.He texted: I’m at home waiting for your arrival, Ms. Gand.Winnie replied almost
immediately: Wait. She reached Josiah’s doorstep in less than five minutes.Josiah was pleasantly
surprised the moment he opened the door and saw Winnie carrying a bowl of pomegranates.“Have you
come all the way to give me these?” Josiah asked in disbelief.Winnie shot him an annoyed look. “Why
else am I here? Is there someone else staying here? Seriously though, I thought I saw someone just
now.”“Don’t you try to scare me. I don’t believe in ghosts. Are you only giving me these pomegranates
because you can’t finish them, and you feel like it’s a pity throwing them away?”Speechless, Winnie
snatched the bowl of pomegranates back and said, “You’re so fussy. Give them back if you don’t want
them. I could’ve peeled fewer pomegranates if I can’t finish these.”“No, no! I want them. Josiah
snatched the pomegranates back from Winnie. “Come in and have a seat. Do you want a drink? I’ll get
one for you.”“It’s okay. I’ve drank some water beforeing over to give you some of the
pomegranates. After all, you’re the one who went through all the trouble carrying the pomegranates
back from the hospital.”Smiling as he adjusted his sses, Josiah asked, “No, it’s all right. It wasn’t
really heavy. Let’s talk inside, shall we?”“Talk about what?”Leaning against the wallzily, Josiah said
with a half smile, “I’m concerned about your mental health as your friend. I’ve heard about what Nate’s
fans did to you. You must be frustrated.”“That’s it?” Winnie raised her eyebrows skeptically. “It’s not thatContentt bel0ngs to N0ve/lDra/ma.O(r)g!
bad, but I’ll have to admit that it’s kind of frustrating since Nate’s fans are mostly fourteen or fifteen-
year-old teenagers. They are neither mature enough nor capable of taking full responsibility for their
actions.”“You’re right.” After choosing his words carefully, Josiah continued, “If this behavior is not
curbed, these teenagers may get out of control in the future. The best way to deal with this is to make a
police report and let the police handle it. However, if it is a serious case, the teenagers may carry a
criminal record forever. It must be horrible for the parents to see their sweet and obedient daughters
be someone who would do anything for their idols under the influence of these idol fan groups.
How scary is that? What if someday you realize someone who is the closest to you has changed?
What will you do?” “Someone who is the closest to me?” Winnie allowed herself to ponder for a while
before replying, “If it’s someone who’s close to me, I will be more tolerant of thempared to
strangers. However, they must learn from their mistakes. If they insist on going their own way, there is
nothing else I can do other than part ways with them.”Josiah nodded. “That’s what I think too.
Tolerating them is one thing, but in the end, we cannot condone their mistakes.”Winnie agreed, “You’re
right. Tolerating is not the same as condoning. All right, I need to go.”“Okay. Let me walk you to the
door.”Although it was just a few steps away, Josiah walked Winnie to the elevator.However, before the
elevator arrived, he called out to her.“I’m working the day shift the day after tomorrow by the way. Let’s
have dinner together after work.”“Okay, it’s settled then.”The elevator arrived just as she agreed to their
dinner arrangement.He watched the elevator doors close after she entered.Hopefully, Winnie won’t
condone Jacinta’s mistakes once we have proof.To lure Harold out, Winnie made sure there were
minimal changes to her daily schedule.Other than her house, thepany she was working at, and the
mall near thepany, she went nowhere else.On most asions, she went to the mall to eat, and
she always chose to dine on the top floor where there were fewer people.It was half past seven at
night. As usual, she headed to the mall to have her dinner after getting off work.She was able to have a
bird’s-eye view over the mall because the elevator was transparent, and she could even see the people
in the elevator next to her.To her surprise, she saw Josiah in the elevator beside her. He was carrying a
suitcase.She instinctively thought that he came to the mall to meet her, but then she remembered their
dinner arrangement was supposed to be on the next day.Not overthinking the coincidence, she didn’t
intend to contact Josiah about it because he might have some personal matters to attend to.However,
she didn’t expect Josiah to head for the eighth floor too.Once she exited the elevator, she turned left
while Josiah turned right.At first, she didn’t intend to go over and greet Josiah, but she suddenly
noticed someone stalking Josiah stealthily.She couldn’t possibly ignore what she saw.However, she
wasn’t sure why the man was stalking Josiah. Would I make things worse if I were to suddenly appear?
At the thought of the possibility, she immediately dialed Josiah’s number.However, Josiah didn’t answer
his phone. In fact, he didn’t seem to notice his phone ringing.Guessing that Josiah left his phone in his
suitcase and put it on silent mode, Winnie decided to follow them.The restaurant Josiah chose had dim
lighting and private rooms.Winnie guessed that Josiah had a reservation because he entered a private
room right after going into the restaurant.As for the man who was stalking Josiah, he went into the
private room next to Josiah’s.After considering for a while, Winnie decided to follow Josiah’s stalker
instead of going into Josiah’s private room.As she peeked behind the door, she realized something
fishy was indeed going on.The walls inside the private room were thick. If someone were to speak
softly in the room, there was no way the conversation could be heard by people in the room next to
it.However, the man came prepared.When he produced a stethoscope-like device and stuck one side
of the device onto the wall and another side into his ear, Winnie realized what he was doing almost
instantly.He was obviously eavesdropping.