Silly Bride novel (Winnie and Xavier)

Chapter 174

“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.

mansion. There were two stories, as well as a huge

distance of roughly a dozen meters to the left and right side of the mansions were where a few other residents

mansions as well, and the neighbors’ front courtyards were either filled with all

surroundings before opening the door and getting out

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

This is a secret tool,”

car keys, then? You might need

As she spoke, she took the keys from his

car on opposite sides. Winnie immediately went to the trunk

did you put those in

at the time. It’s no surprise that you

do things for them.

Winnie teased. “You should keep that in mind, Dr.

two of them went separate

while Winnie knocked on the

had not waited outside the iron gate for long before a

of it, she seemed to be the Xander family’s

you from? I know everyone around here, but I haven’t seen you before,” the housekeeper interrogated

Yaleview dialect was very distinct from the standard speech, but

she was not the best at speaking it, she could completely understand

family, so he wasn’t able to thank Old Mr. Xander properly back then. Now that I am capable of doing so, I decided to come and visit Old Mr. Xander. Here, take a look at

raised her hands

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

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

with dysentery. His name is Leonard

brought here. It was because of his family being poor that he was unable to get treated at the

that case, could you go in and let Old Mr. Xander know about my visit?” Winnie

that won’t be possible,”

busy today?”

treasures those herbs of his; he values them more 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 life. If every one of them had someone come to express their gratitude, then he wouldn’t have time for anything. He’d have to stay at

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