Silly Bride Chapter 379
Chapter 379
Five minutester, Winnie and Josiah left Lagune Mansion in the car.Xavier, who had previously
installed a location tracker in Winnie’s braille watch, was sitting in the conference room at that very
moment.When he saw the location of the watch moving on the GPS software on his phone, he knitted
his brows tightly.He was hesitating if he should pause the meeting to call Winnie when he received a
text message from Josiah.Learning that Josiah was taking Winnie for a body check, Xavier finally
breathed a sigh of relief.Winnie and Josiah met Lisanne.It had been more than a month since they had
met. Winnie could not see anything, but that was clearly not the same case for Josiah. He noticed
everything, including every little change.Lisanne’splexion was visibly worse than before.After
exchanging pleasantries, Lisanne took Winnie away from Josiah.“Thank you for sending Winnie over.
I’ll bring her in for an examination first.”Josiah nodded. “Yes, please. Thank you.”Lisanne shed a faint
smile. “It’s what I should do. There’s no need to thank me.”Almost two hourster, Lisanne sent Winnie
out.When they came out, Josiah was staring nkly into his phone screen. That resulted in him not
noticing that Winnie was already standing beside him.While Winnie was clueless about what he was
looking at, Lisanne, on the other hand, saw what was on his phone screen the moment she looked
down.It was a group photo of Winnie, Xavier, and Josiah.Josiah had zoomed in on Winnie and himself,
and fixed on the disy was the image of the two smiling brightly.Lisanne was a little surprised. All
along, she had thought Josiah, Winnie, and Xavier were good friends. Little did she imagine that Josiah
would have different feelings for Winnie.After staring at the photo for a few seconds, Lisanne quickly
retracted her gaze.She let out a dry cough, prompting Josiah about their return.At the same time,
Winnie asked, “Have you fallen asleep, Dr. Houghton?”Startled by Winnie’s sudden appearance before
him, Josiah immediately turned off his phone.He frantically tried to shove his phone back into his
pocket. But in the next second, he suddenly slowed down as a thought crossed his mind—Winnie could
not see anything right now.After putting his phone away, he stood up and responded, “Yeah, I almost
fell asleep. How’s the examination?”Winnie arched her brows. “Lisanne and I aren’t too good, but she’s
slightly better than me. For now, we can only rely on medicine that’s specially developed. We have to
take that first and see if it works. If it doesn’t, they’ll have to make the necessary changes.”Seeing how
calm and nonchnt Winnie was, Josiah felt so horrible he could not articte a word.He suppressed
his emotions for some time before he broke his silence. “So, what’s next?”“Collect the medicine, then
head home for some rest.”“All right. Take a seat here first, then. Ms. Marsh and I will go and collect the
medicine.”“Mm, okay. Anyone of you brought your earphones? I want to listen to some songs.”“I didn’t,”
Lisanne answered. “Ask Dr. Houghton if he has it.”“Just nice I have it.” Josiah smiled and pulled out his
wireless Bluetooth earphones from his pocket.He passed the earphones to Winnie and asked for her
phone. “Give me your phone. I’ll help you connect the earphones.”“No need. I can do it myself using
the voice control function on my phone.” Winnie reached out to feel her way and grabbed an earphone
from Josiah’s palm. “I only need one. I have to leave one ear to keep tabs on the movements around
me.”“All right. Go on and listen to your music. We’ll go over now and be back soon.”“It isn’t too far,
actually,” Lisanne said. “It’s technically only a wall apart, but we’ll have to walk down a long corridor.”As
she said that, she took the initiative to walk ahead to lead the way.“Goodbye for now. I’ll see you guys
later.” Winnie waved her hand at Lisanne and Josiah before she unhurriedly navigated her phone with
her spokenmands. Something as simple as connecting Bluetooth earphones only took her one
second toplete in the past, but now, she had to use several minutes to do it. Then again, that did
not matter to her, as she was patient enough.What Lisanne told them was indeed true. The corridor
they had to go through was so long that they took several minutes to walk from one end to the other.As
they reached the other end of the long corridor, Josiah halted in his tracks.Seeing that, Lisanne did the
same before asking, “What’s wrong, Dr. Houghton?”Josiah turned to look at her. “About the photo on
my phone… Can you not tell Winnie about it?”A frown marred Lisanne’s forehead. Sadly, the truth was,
she could empathize with him as she had experienced one-sided love too.That was exactly how her
rtionship with Christopher was.She lowered her eyes, seemingly slightly dispirited. “I won’t say
anything. But Winnie and Xavier are married and genuinely love each other. Even though we can’t
control our feelings, I think perhaps it’s better if you can hold back a little and be more discreet. That’ll
be best for the three of you.”Josiah adjusted his sses and nodded at her with a weak smile. “I
understand what you mean. It was an ident earlier. Let’s go and collect the medicine.”While waitingCòntens bel0ngs to N?(v)elDr/a/ma.Org
to collect medicine, Josiah recalled what Lisanne had said earlier—the dispensary was only a wall
apart from where Winnie sat. With that thought in mind, he stuck the other Bluetooth earphone in his
ear.The strong signal of the earphone proved that Lisanne was right. The moment he put on the
earphone, he heard music traveling out from it.That was what Winnie was listening to at that moment.It
was a piano solo. Its tune was peaceful and soothing, almost resembling the floating clouds in the vast
blue sky, and analogous to moments of serenity that slowly trickled by.As Josiah listened to the melody,
he felt an outburst of energy spread throughout his body.He found himself rting to the emotions
Winnie was feeling at that point. The calmness and tranquility made him realize that she was a tough
lady. Yet, it was that exact reason he felt so bad for her.Along their way back after they collected the
medicine, the signal of his Bluetooth earphone became increasingly lower as they walked farther.
Gradually, Josiah found himself unable to hear the music Winnie was ying from her phone
anymore.Halfway through, Josiah suddenly turned to Lisanne and uttered, “Head back and meet
Winnie first. I need to go to the restroom. Get her to wait a while more. I’ll return quickly and bring her
back.”“Sure.” Upon agreeing to the request readily, Lisanne quickened her pace and continued walking
forward.Making a turn, Josiah headed in the other direction. Then, he waited till the sounds of
Lisanne’s footsteps faded before he made a U-turn and followed after her.That continued until he
reached a corner. There, he watched Lisanne leave before he slowed his pace down and moved
forward a little more.He only stopped in his tracks when he could clearly hear the music ying in his
earphone.Soon, a voice rang out in the earphone.It sounded like a live recording of a certain
performance.In a foreignnguage, the host invited Winnie up on stage to perform a Chanaean-style
harp solo.Josiah was shocked.He could not believe that Winnie even knew how to y the harp.
However, it did not take too long for him to realize it was not a surprising fact.What’s so weird about
that? She’s so talented. No doubt she’s skilled at many things.Before long, the musical sound of a harp
resounded. From the initial mournful tune that gradually unfolded into grief and mncholy, the
fluctuating emotions in the melody eventually took a swerve and became fiery and passionate, almost
as if tens of thousands of troops were charging forward. The way the music yed perfectly expressed
an expansive yet majestic vibe.Comprehension dawned upon Josiah after he listened to that
melody.Exactly. That’s the life she leads. That urately illustrates her state of mind. Despite being
sick, she has been fighting hard. She’s calm yet strong-willed! As her friend, I should fight alongside
her!