Silly Bride

Chapter 163
Due to the time difference, it was early morning in the area where Nathaniel’s mother was at.Seeing such a message early in the
morning, Nathaniel’s mother was taken aback and called Nathaniel.“Dear Niel, why would you suddenly ask this question? Do
you finally want to get married? If that’s the case, I’m very happy for you.”“No, Mom.” Nathaniel was both amused and
speechless. He had been urged by his family to get married for a long time. “I just want to ask about this.”“Oh. Yes, Your dad and
I did want to introduce you to a young lady from the Speiser family. Unfortunately, you weren’t interested at the time, yet you’re
asking me her name now. If I recall correctly, she is Vivian.”“Vivian...” Nathaniel muttered in a low voice. Isn’t that Winnie’s
alternate name?Subconsciously, he glanced at Winnie, who was walking ahead of him. Nathaniel’s heart beat faster
involuntarily.“Then, Mom, please tell me if she is a lady from Aploth.” Nathaniel held his breath while waiting for the answer.No,
please don’t let it be her. No, please! Otherwise, I’ll regret it so much!“Yeah. Haven’t you always liked women from Aploth? So
when your dad and I first met Vivian, we thought she was a good fit for you, but at the time you weren’t interested in Ms. Speiser.
It’s been more than a year, and I don’t seem to have heard from her again. I don’t know if she is married.”“Oh my god!” Hearing
that, Nathaniel couldn’t help but heave a long sigh. “What have I done?”“Haha.” Nathaniel’s mother chuckled at the other end of
the line. “You must have regretted your decision, I assume? Well, I’ll help you to ask again.”Just as Nathaniel was about to say
no to his mother, he thought of the ambiguous relationship between Winnie and Xavier and changed his mind all of a sudden.“All
right, Mom. Thanks for your help. I’ll be elated if there is any further progress.”Ending the call, Nathaniel couldn’t help himself as
he glanced at Winnie surreptitiously a few more times.No wonder Gator has such great achievements in finance at such a young
age. It turns out that she is from the Speiser family, which is a prominent family in the field of finance. Why didn’t I realize that
before?Seeing that Winnie was about to go out, he hurriedly stepped forward to open the door for her.Winnie rejected his help.
“No need, Nathaniel. I can do it myself.”She was still very polite to him, especially in public, as if they were just business
partners.However, looking at the polite yet distant Winnie, Nathaniel suddenly felt a sense of resentment in his heart.We could
have been closer with one another...“Ms. Garland.” In the elevator, Winnie’s assistant, Jasmine asked tentatively, “Are the things
you said, the earthquake and the principal of the elementary school, just now true?”“Huh?” Winnie, who was replying to work
emails on her phone, suddenly raised her head. “Do you think I would lie about this kind of thing?”“No, no.” The look in Winnie’s
eyes shocked Jasmine. “I didn’t mean that way, Ms. Garland. “The earthquake that year had left a deep impression on me. I saw
many netizens have the same feeling as me. They watched our live stream just now, and they all commented that there were
tears in their eyes. There are people who survived that disaster just like you, and a lot of people say they cried while watching
the live stream and said they supported you.” Winnie frowned. “Justice will prevail. I merely stated the facts and the truest
thoughts in my heart. Have those negative posts been removed?”“It didn’t take long for the other side to gain momentum again.
They spent a lot of money on hiring ghostwriters. Should we hire ghostwriters as well? Otherwise, we can’t keep up with the
pace of their smear tactics.”“Don’t fight with them in this.” Winnie was as cool as a cucumber. “Just block the keywords they use

to speak ill of me. Suppress the number of negative posts, and we’ll be at peace. Do as I say.”“Okay, but...” Jasmine trailed
off.“What is it? Speak your mind.”“Just now, I heard Mdm. Sumner mention that you later donated a lot of money to a lot of Hope
Elementary Schools in mountainous areas. I think maybe we can reveal some news about this so that people on the internet will
be on your side.”“No!” Winnie refused without hesitation. “The Hope Elementary Schools I donated to build are places for
children to get an education. I don’t want to disturb their studies because of my personal issues.”As soon as Winnie finished
speaking, the elevator door opened with a ding.Standing outside were two people waiting for the elevator.With a glance at the
equipment in their hands, one would know that they were a reporter and a cameraman, so Winnie didn’t say more as she led
Jasmine out.After the two ladies were gone, the reporter asked the cameraman, “They mentioned donations to build Hope
Elementary Schools. Did I hear it right? And she said she didn’t want to disturb the children’s studies?”“Yes, you heard it
right.”“So maybe I can find out more information from this aspect? The Hope Elementary School she donated will definitely be
found in the mountainous area of her hometown!”Soon enough, the reporter discovered information about Hope Elementary
School.What he had found was shocking.It turned out that Winnie had not just made a donation to build one Hope Elementary
School in her hometown but also hundreds of other Hope Elementary Schools in the poverty-stricken areas of Chanaea.The
principals of those schools were originally reluctant to be interviewed, but as soon as they heard that Winnie was being
slandered online, they all agreed to the reporter’s phone interview and provided a lot of school photos.With that, more and more
photos of the Winnie Building in each Hope Elementary School were posted online and spread throughout the whole network in
the country.As a result, topics related to Winnie once again became trending, and negative posts related to her foreign nationality
and the illegal drug incident Nate used to defame her dropped in viewership.Besides Hope Elementary Schools, Michael and
Rachel, whom Winnie had helped before, also took the initiative to contact the reporter to speak out. Rachel was the trafficking
victim abducted to Sirona Island.They wore masks to cover their faces, boldly appeared on the camera, and announced to the
public how Winnie had helped them and that their family was not the only ones with intellectual disabilities Winnie had given aid
to.Behind the Zimmerman family was the Intellectually Disabled Association Winnie had succored, as well as the Intellectually
Disabled Children’s Foundation and the Intellectually Disabled People’s Aid Foundation she had established.Those were the
tens of thousands of people who had an intellectual disability like herself.