“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.

There were two stories, as well as a huge

the left and right side of the mansions

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

before

seat with no intention of taking it with her, Josiah could not help but ask, “Are you not taking

a

give you the car keys, then? You might need

took the keys from

sides. Winnie immediately went to the trunk and took

piped up, “When did you put those in there?

no surprise that you were chased out, considering that you didn’t even think of

to do things for them. I haven’t

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

them

to seek information while Winnie

outside the iron gate for long before a middle-aged woman

she seemed to be the

but

was very distinct from the standard speech, but Winnie

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

wasn’t able to thank Old Mr. Xander properly back then. Now that I

she raised her hands to show

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

country’s standard speech, though it sounded a bit

name is

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

that case, could you

afraid that won’t be

he busy today?”

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 home welcoming guests all

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