Silly Bride

Chapter 326
Granny is such a nice person, and she loves me so much...All of a sudden, Winnie yearned to have a taste of Jacinta’s mashed
potatoes.“Okay. It’s been a long while since I last had it. I kind of miss it.”“Okay. Go and wash your hands. It’ll be done
soon.”Jacinta immediately headed to the kitchen after speaking.Winnie placed her bag on the couch and picked up Jacinta’s
phone.The password of Jacinta’s phone was simple. Winnie typed the numbers one to six and easily unlocked it.However, when
the phone was unlocked, she realized that the call log was empty.Yet, that was enough to cause her heart to sink, for that proved
there was something fishy with Jacinta’s call logs.Normally, old people will not clear their call logs or photos, but since the call log
is empty, it’s obvious that Granny had cleared them. But why would she do so? What secret is she hiding? Does she know what
I’ve been doing all along?Distracted by her thoughts, Winnie went to wash her hands.She then wanted to help out in the kitchen,
but Jacinta chased her out.In the end, she could only wait quietly by the table.Back when she was young, she also used to wait
for her grandmother to prepare delicious dishes just like how she did at present. Her eyes would sparkle with anticipation every
time she waited.However, at that moment, there was an indescribable feeling in her heart.Jacinta soon walked out with a huge
pot, and as soon as she set the pot down on the table, Winnie could smell the familiar scent of mashed potatoes and gravy.Tears
instantly fell from her eyes while she stared at the dish that she used to love.Jacinta was shocked upon seeing her
granddaughter’s tears. “What’s going on? Why are you crying?”Winnie hurriedly wiped away her tears.Ever since she had grown
to become an adult, she no longer allowed herself to cry.However, she was unable to control her tears at that instant.“I’m fine,
Granny. It’s just that I’m suddenly reminded of how we used to rely solely on each other in the past. Back then, we didn’t have a
lot of desires or ambitions. Just a simple dish of mashed potatoes and gravy was enough to make us happy.”“What are you
talking about? Why the sudden tears? Did something bad happen today? Tell me. Although I may not be of much help, you’ll feel
better if you tell me.”Winnie lowered her head and helped herself to some mashed potatoes as tears welled in her eyes.“Granny,
can I tell you a story?”“Sure! Go ahead, I’m listening.”“Okay, I’ll tell you after I finish my food.”Subsequently, she began stuffing
spoonful after spoonful of mashed potatoes into her mouth.Jacinta was worried when she saw Winnie eating in such a hurry.
“Slow down, or you’ll choke.”“I just want to take a few more bites.”“Why are you in such a hurry? I can still make this for you in
the future.”Winnie paused in her tracks when she heard her grandmother’s words. A few seconds later, she placed her spoon
down and began, “Granny, someone told me a story today. There was once a pitiful young lady who had been manipulated by
her greedy parents who made her give birth to a rich man’s child. When the child was born, the lady’s parents sold the child in
exchange for money and made the lady marry an abusive man. The lady lived a terrible life, but she soon remarried. She had an
adoptive daughter and granddaughter. However, unfortunately, her adoptive daughter met a horrible man and was killed. Left
with no other choice, the lady could only live with her granddaughter. As days passed, their lives slowly got better. Yet one day,
everything changed. The lady found her biological son and grandchild. However, her biological son and grandchild were not
treated fairly in a wealthy family, so she did some bad things. She seemed to harbor some hatred for that rich man, and she

hated everyone in that man’s family. So, she burned down the rich man’s house and let her biological grandchild, who had
committed a crime, get away scot-free. Granny, I heard this story from someone else. Do you think that the lady had made the
right choice?”When Winnie was talking, she observed Jacinta’s expression.Initially, she assumed that Jacinta would express
shock or even get angry.However, the older woman was merely briefly stupefied before her expression turned frigid.“Winnie,
where did you hear this story from? It’s all over the place. Furthermore, this is someone else’s problem. We don’t know what she
has experienced, so how can we possibly judge if she has made the right choice or not?”Winnie stared at Jacinta and said, “We
can’t? Is it right to set a house on fire? Is it right to help an evil man get away scot-free?”Jacinta was rendered speechless by
Winnie’s questions. She stared at Winnie with mixed feelings for a long while before saying annoyedly, “It’s wrong. It’s all wrong.
What’s wrong with you today? Why are you behaving like this just because of a story? Are you still going to eat? If not, I’ll go and
do the dishes. Oh, forget it, you should stop eating. The food has gone cold. You’ll get a stomach ache.”Jacinta then grabbed the
plate and utensils Winnie was using before heading to the kitchen.Turning the tap on to the maximum, she allowed the loud
noise of running water to fill the entire house. It was as if she was trying to isolate herself from the rest of the world.Winnie was
upset as well, thinking that the tentative questions she had asked ended up making the atmosphere tense.Wanting to get some
fresh air, she walked out to the balcony.The lights on the balcony were switched on. As she stood by the window, she noticed a
scratch mark on the window sill.Since she had never seen that mark before, she found it peculiar.This mark could only be
caused by a heavy object. Who would place a heavy object on the windowsill?For some reason, she was suddenly reminded of
the day when Xavier had almost been hit by a falling flowerpot that came out of nowhere.As she thought about it, her heart
sank.She examined the mark and found some traces of soil in a corner.There aren’t any flowers. Why would there be soil?After
standing on the balcony for a few minutes in a daze, she rushed into Jacinta’s room and inspected every corner of the room
carefully.In the end, she found traces of soil in Jacinta’s wardrobe.This is weird! Her wardrobe should be clean and tidy, but
there’s soil here! This does not make sense at all!Winnie could not believe her eyes. She stood rooted to the spot for a long
while before collecting the soil.After doing so, she could no longer wait, so she gave Josiah a call and summoned him over.As
she was worried about leaving Jacinta home alone that night, she passed the soil samples to Josiah.The flowerpot’s fragments
and soil were still preserved. She needed Josiah to run a test on the two soil samples that she found and determine whether they
were from the same flowerpot that almost fell on Xavier’s head.