Silly Bride

Chapter 321
“All right, I’ll do that. Be sure to inform them first, or else they might not trust me.” After a brief pause, Josiah complained, “We’ve
finally gotten something after looking into this for so long.”“Okay. Winnie called me just now. If there’s nothing else, I’ll hang up
now,” Xavier said.“All right. She called me too. You don’t think she has guessed something, do you?”“What’s there to guess?”
Xavier retorted, then continued, “It’s not like it’s shady for us to call each other. All we’re doing is withholding the fact that we are
investigating Jacinta. I don’t want it to affect our relationship before I gather any solid evidence.”Josiah hummed in response and
said, “Yes, I understand. Don’t worry, I won’t tell her.”“I know. I trust you.”With that, the two of them quickly hung up.Around ten
minutes later, Josiah took out his phone and replied to Winnie’s message because he figured she would have ended her call with
Xavier by that time.He texted: I’m at home waiting for your arrival, Ms. Garland.Winnie replied almost immediately: Wait. She
reached Josiah’s doorstep in less than five minutes.Josiah was pleasantly surprised the moment he opened the door and saw
Winnie carrying a bowl of pomegranates.“Have you come all the way to give me these?” Josiah asked in disbelief.Winnie shot
him an annoyed look. “Why else am I here? Is there someone else staying here? Seriously though, I thought I saw someone just
now.”“Don’t you try to scare me. I don’t believe in ghosts. Are you only giving me these pomegranates because you can’t finish
them, and you feel like it’s a pity throwing them away?”Speechless, Winnie snatched the bowl of pomegranates back and said,
“You’re so fussy. Give them back if you don’t want them. I could’ve peeled fewer pomegranates if I can’t finish these.”“No, no! I
want them. Josiah snatched the pomegranates back from Winnie. “Come in and have a seat. Do you want a drink? I’ll get one for
you.”“It’s okay. I’ve drank some water before coming over to give you some of the pomegranates. After all, you’re the one who
went through all the trouble carrying the pomegranates back from the hospital.”Smiling as he adjusted his glasses, Josiah asked,
“No, it’s all right. It wasn’t really heavy. Let’s talk inside, shall we?”“Talk about what?”Leaning against the wall lazily, Josiah said
with a half smile, “I’m concerned about your mental health as your friend. I’ve heard about what Nate’s fans did to you. You must
be frustrated.”“That’s it?” Winnie raised her eyebrows skeptically. “It’s not that bad, but I’ll have to admit that it’s kind of frustrating
since Nate’s fans are mostly fourteen or fifteen-year-old teenagers. They are neither mature enough nor capable of taking full
responsibility for their actions.”“You’re right.” After choosing his words carefully, Josiah continued, “If this behavior is not curbed,
these teenagers may get out of control in the future. The best way to deal with this is to make a police report and let the police
handle it. However, if it is a serious case, the teenagers may carry a criminal record forever. It must be horrible for the parents to
see their sweet and obedient daughters become someone who would do anything for their idols under the influence of these idol
fan groups. How scary is that? What if someday you realize someone who is the closest to you has changed? What will you do?”
“Someone who is the closest to me?” Winnie allowed herself to ponder for a while before replying, “If it’s someone who’s close to
me, I will be more tolerant of them compared to strangers. However, they must learn from their mistakes. If they insist on going
their own way, there is nothing else I can do other than part ways with them.”Josiah nodded. “That’s what I think too. Tolerating
them is one thing, but in the end, we cannot condone their mistakes.”Winnie agreed, “You’re right. Tolerating is not the same as

condoning. All right, I need to go.”“Okay. Let me walk you to the door.”Although it was just a few steps away, Josiah walked
Winnie to the elevator.However, before the elevator arrived, he called out to her.“I’m working the day shift the day after tomorrow
by the way. Let’s have dinner together after work.”“Okay, it’s settled then.”The elevator arrived just as she agreed to their dinner
arrangement.He watched the elevator doors close after she entered.Hopefully, Winnie won’t condone Jacinta’s mistakes once
we have proof.To lure Harold out, Winnie made sure there were minimal changes to her daily schedule.Other than her house, the
company she was working at, and the mall near the company, she went nowhere else.On most occasions, she went to the mall
to eat, and she always chose to dine on the top floor where there were fewer people.It was half past seven at night. As usual,
she headed to the mall to have her dinner after getting off work.She was able to have a bird’s-eye view over the mall because
the elevator was transparent, and she could even see the people in the elevator next to her.To her surprise, she saw Josiah in
the elevator beside her. He was carrying a suitcase.She instinctively thought that he came to the mall to meet her, but then she
remembered their dinner arrangement was supposed to be on the next day.Not overthinking the coincidence, she didn’t intend to
contact Josiah about it because he might have some personal matters to attend to.However, she didn’t expect Josiah to head for
the eighth floor too.Once she exited the elevator, she turned left while Josiah turned right.At first, she didn’t intend to go over and
greet Josiah, but she suddenly noticed someone stalking Josiah stealthily.She couldn’t possibly ignore what she saw.However,
she wasn’t sure why the man was stalking Josiah. Would I make things worse if I were to suddenly appear?At the thought of the
possibility, she immediately dialed Josiah’s number.However, Josiah didn’t answer his phone. In fact, he didn’t seem to notice his
phone ringing.Guessing that Josiah left his phone in his suitcase and put it on silent mode, Winnie decided to follow them.The
restaurant Josiah chose had dim lighting and private rooms.Winnie guessed that Josiah had a reservation because he entered a
private room right after going into the restaurant.As for the man who was stalking Josiah, he went into the private room next to
Josiah’s.After considering for a while, Winnie decided to follow Josiah’s stalker instead of going into Josiah’s private room.As she
peeked behind the door, she realized something fishy was indeed going on.The walls inside the private room were thick. If
someone were to speak softly in the room, there was no way the conversation could be heard by people in the room next to
it.However, the man came prepared.When he produced a stethoscope-like device and stuck one side of the device onto the wall
and another side into his ear, Winnie realized what he was doing almost instantly.He was obviously eavesdropping.