“I was in a rush just now, so there are a few details I haven’t cleared up with you yet. It’s rather inconvenient for me to sit in the back right now,” Winnie explained.

“Oh.” Josiah let out a sigh silently. He thought that something was up with himself since he still felt nervous.

He had already come around, telling himself that Winnie was the wife of his good friend. Thus, he could not and should not harbor any feelings for her.

In an attempt to divert his attention, he changed the topic. “What’s in this briefcase of yours?”

“Huh?”

“What is it?” Josiah inquired and could not help but turn to glance at Winnie as he felt that her tone was off.

As expected, she was frowning. “Were you daydreaming just now? I asked you a question. Didn’t you hear me?”

“Eh?” Josiah was rather shocked. “You asked me something?”

“I did,” she affirmed.

“Oh gosh.” He smacked himself on the head. “I didn’t hear you at all. Can you repeat yourself?”

Winnie stated, “I asked you whether you’ve asked around with the townspeople here. Yolanda said that Old Mr. Xander hasn’t been able to move freely as of late. There’s no way that nobody but she has seen Old Mr. Xander, right?”

“Oh, that?” Josiah hit the steering wheel. “I didn’t have time to ask around yesterday. I barely managed to exchange a few sentences with her before she had me escorted off to the police station.”

“I see. In that case, you can go and ask around nearby while I talk to her later.”

“Sure. Leave it to me.”

The car arrived at the destination in no time.

Even though the Xanders were said to live in seclusion, their residence was not located in an especially remote area.

Yaleview was also known as a mountain city and the city of medicine due to its mountainous landscape. Hence, one could see hills all around them with a lift of their head even though they were in a bustling urban area.

Since it was a mountainous area, there were a lot of wild herbs to be found. Winnie presumed that was why the old traditional medicine practitioner, Sebastian Xander, chose that place to live in seclusion.

were two stories, as well as a

the left and right side of the mansions were where a

of the houses were mansions as well, and the neighbors’ front courtyards were either filled with all kinds of greenery or vegetables. However, the Xander residence’s courtyard was covered

carefully took a look around the surroundings before opening the door and

hidden the briefcase she brought with her under the seat with no intention of taking it with her, Josiah could not help but ask,

This is a secret

you want me to give you the car keys, then?

she took the keys from

Winnie immediately went

you put those in there?

at the time. It’s no surprise that you were chased out, considering that you didn’t

on the man’s face. “Most of the time, other people are the ones asking me to do things for

a bigger fish,” Winnie teased. “You should

two of them

Winnie knocked on the

iron gate for long before

it, she seemed to

know everyone around here, but I haven’t

very distinct from the standard speech, but Winnie was

though she was not the best at speaking it, she

family, so he wasn’t able to thank Old Mr. Xander

she raised her hands to

in and see Old Mr. Xander? If not for his heroic actions, my friend might not even be alive

their country’s standard speech, though it sounded a bit unnatural. “Old Mr. Xander saved quite a few people last

name is Leonard Ziegler,”

indeed in quite a severe condition when he was brought here. It was because of his family being poor that he was unable

case, could you go in and let Old Mr. Xander know about

that won’t be possible,” the

he busy today?”

than his life, spending the entire day looking after them in the herb fields. He’s got no time to greet you. Old Mr. Xander has saved many people over the course of his

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