Silly Bride Chapter 331


    Chapter 331


    “What?” Rufus gasped with surprise before he said with certainty, “Impossible! That’s absurd! I sent


    someone to check on them decades ago and found them dead. All of them! How can a dead person be


    coming after you? What’s going on here? Did someonee up to you and say something? Why didn’t


    they look for me? Did you get scammed?”“No.” Winnie exined, “No one is scamming us. We were


    the ones who found out everything. Every detail written on that document is real, Grandpa Rufus. Did


    you really have a son with her?”Rufus had no ns to keep it a secret any longer by that point.“That’s


    right. A long time ago, my private ne crashed on a mountain, and I broke my leg. A family of farmers


    saved me. I’d already married Xavier’s grandmother and had Xavier’s father by then. In that era,


    communications were outdated in the mountains. It was difficult for me to contact the outside world, so


    I nned to thank that family once I recovered. Yet that family used despicable means to make me


    sleep with their daughter. I wasn’t aware their daughter had already gotten pregnant with my child after


    that one time. When the family came looking for me, I immediately gave them some money and sent


    them away. I thought that was the end of it. However, a yearter, that family came looking for me with


    the child in tow. They wanted more money, iming the child was my son. I was furious. Not only did


    they drug their daughter, but they even used a child as a bargaining chip for money. They imed their


    daughter had gotten married and didn’t want the child. I took the child from them in a fit of anger and


    chased them away. After that, I tried searching for them, but all I got was news of their death. So many


    years had passed, and that family never came looking for me again. Thus I’m not sure why you’re


    bringing this up today.”Rufus’ narrative was about the same as the information Winnie found, but he


    never mentioned the child’s identity.“Grandpa Rufus, is the child you mentioned in your story Xavier’s


    second uncle, Stuart Fairchild?” Winnie asked.“Yes!” Rufus frowned. “It’s him. He’s the illegitimate child


    I had out of wedlock!”He sighed. “That’s one of the reasons why I’m biased against Stuart’s family.


    Greed and pettiness were engraved in their bones just like that family.”Winnie agreed. “Yeah, they are


    indeed greedy.” With furrowed brows, Winnie looked at Rufus and questioned, “Can I ask you one


    more question, Grandpa Rufus?”“Sure.”“All right. If that woman reappeared in front of you after all


    these years, would you still be able to recognize her?”“No.” Rufus didn’t even pause to think before


    answering, “It had been so long ago. I’d only seen her from afar a few times when I was recovering


    from my broken leg at their home. Despite the incident that happened between us after, I didn’t get a


    good look at her.”So that’s how it is. Winnie’s gaze darkened. “No wonder you didn’t recognize


    her.”“What do you mean, Winnie?” Rufus stared at Winnie with a perplexed look. “Are you saying I’ve


    already met Stuart’s mother? But isn’t she dead?”Winnie forced a smile. “To be honest, I hope she’s


    not who we suspect she is. We were nearly done with our investigation, but a crucial piece of evidence


    was destroyed in a fire. We need some hair samples from you and Stuart for a DNA test. After all, a


    DNA test doesn’t lie.” Catching the sad look on Winnie’s face, an uneasy feeling rose within Rufus.


    “Winnie, tell me who you are referring to.”Winnie paused in contemtion before answering, “My


    granny.”“What?” Disbelief consumed Rufus. “How is that possible? How can there even be such a


    coincidence?”Winnie said, “Actually, there have always been clues. It’s just that none of us had ever


    thought to run such a thorough investigation. Granny had wanted to find her grandchild in the Fairchild


    family at first. In fact, not just her grandchild. She wanted to look for her son too. Grandpa Rufus, can


    you help us get some hair samples from Stuart? I already got Granny’s.”“Sure!” Rufus was still in


    shock. “You don’t have to run a paternity test for Stuart and me. I’d done it decades ago. I even stored


    a sample of his blood in the hospital. It should still be usable if you use it now.”“That’s great! We were


    still scratching our heads on how to get some hair samples from Stuart, but now it looks like this is no


    longer an issue. I’ll return to the hospital now,” Josiah said excitedly.He tacked on, “What about you,


    Winnie? Are youing with me?”Winnie nodded. “Let’s go.”Seeing they were about to leave, Rufus


    added, “I’ll authorize you to take Stuart’s blood, but I won’t be going with you. I need some time to


    straighten out this mess too.”Winnie and Josiah rushed to the hospital.Running a DNA test would take


    at least three hours, so the two had no choice but to wait outside theboratory.Winnie wasn’t in the


    mood to talk during the wait. She decided to start digging through Jacinta’s phone.Winnie could tell that


    something was wrong when she noticed that the phone had no data whatsoever. Every piece of


    information in that phone had been erased. There wasn’t even one contact saved on it.To verify her


    doubts, she urgently called her number with Jacinta’s phone. Realization dawned upon her.The phoneContent from N?velDr(a)ma.Org.


    wasn’t the one Jacinta frequently used, and the number was also not Jacinta’s usual number.“How can


    this be?” Winnie stared down at the string of unfamiliar numbers on her phone. “How careless of me!


    Granny had two phones that looked alike! I thought just taking her phone was enough. She tricked me!


    I can’t believe I let my guard down!” she eximed.“What’s wrong? What do you mean by letting your


    guard down?” Josiah saw Winnie’s strange reaction and instantly peered over her phone.Nevertheless,


    Winnie didn’t spare a moment to answer Josiah’s questions.She was already calling Mary’s


    number.However, the line kept trilling, and no one picked up the call.Hearing the continuous trilling of


    the line, Winnie muttered, “Come on, pick up!”Josiah finally realized something was wrong. “What’s


    wrong? Did something happen to your granny?”“Yes, most likely!” Winnie shot to her feet. “I need to


    return immediately!”“Are you not going to wait for the result?”“This can’t wait!”“I’ll apany you.”The


    two hurriedly raced back to Aqua Moana.Winnie nced around the house and found Mary lying


    unconscious behind the couch on the floor with blood on her forehead.There were signs of a struggle,


    and Jacinta was nowhere in sight.She actually fled after hurting Mary…