Silly Bride

Chapter 160

way out.”Then, she dragged Winnie with her and uttered, “You’ve really let me down, Winnie.” Her hand was shaking with rage.Winnie frowned lightly and coaxed, “Let’s go, Granny. We’ll talk about this at home.”As they left the office, Winnie attempted to break the tense silence between her and Jacinta.Alas, her grandmother huffed pettily and turned away from her olive branch.They stepped out of Fairchild Corporation, and Winnie prepared to hail a taxi. Suddenly, Jacinta spoke up.“We don’t need a taxi. Someone’s here to fetch us. It’s the black car over there.” She pointed into the distance. Winnie followed the direction of her finger and unwittingly frowned.Her grandmother had pointed at a luxury vehicle with a car plate she did not recognize.Why is Granny riding around in some stranger’s expensive car? Who’s the owner?“Why are you daydreaming? Let’s go.” Jacinta tugged on Winnie’s arm and asked disbelievingly, “Are you regretting your decision already?”“Granny, whose car is that?”Jacinta did not answer her question and replied vaguely, “Well, you’ll find out when you get in.”Winnie was about to say something else when she was suddenly swarmed by a group of people.They were clearly reporters, judging by the camera or microphone in each person’s outstretched hand.“W-What’s going on?” The flashing cameras flustered Jacinta to no end.Spying her grandmother’s discomfort, Winnie hurriedly pulled Jacinta behind her and demanded, “What are you doing?”“Ms. Garland, I’m a reporter from Orange News. Is it true that you’re actually from Yartran and not a Chanaean?”Frowning, Winnie asked, “Who told you that?”“So it is true? You aren’t Chanaean?” another reporter piped up eagerly.More questions ensued. “Did you know that Garland Group is as good as a national business of Chanaea? It has been around for decades. You forcefully took over the corporation from your biological father and changed the company forever. How do you plan on running Garland Group now? Will you turn this Chanean business into a Yartran business instead? Please answer the question, Ms. Garland.”Winnie was perplexed.She had no idea where these reporters had gotten their information from, and she hated the invasion of privacy.Coldly, she replied, “That’s nonsense.”She prepared to lead Jacinta away after her curt response.Unfortunately, the sea of reporters and photographers surrounded them, preventing them from leaving.A microphone almost hit Winnie in the face.“Ms. Garland, everyone knows your business partner is Nathaniel, who’s also a foreigner. He has helped foreign investors to obtain sizeable stakes in many corporations in Chanaea. Is your collaboration with him a sign of your future plans to sell Garland Group to foreign investors?”Winnie frowned in displeasure, more from the uncomfortable proximity of the microphone to her face than the difficulty of the question.Coldly, she stretched two fingers out and elegantly pushed the microphone aside.Then, she declared, “Please have some professionalism. You’re trying to interview me, not murder me with a microphone.”In fact, this is far more than an interview. Someone was livestreaming the entire incident.They had already hired a slew of ghostwriters to post comments on the livestream. Thus, the livestream immediately attracted a crowd once it began.The ghostwriters and trolls were already busy posting nasty comments: Get lost from Chanaea, you foreigner! Return our national corporation! Winnie Garland, get out of Chanaea! That was the gist of most of the comments.After all, the ghostwriters had been paid off to turn the issue into a political and national saga.They easily swayed any clueless netizens who chanced upon the livestream.A small group of Winnie’s supporters and shippers of the Vinnie Couple tried their best to defend Winnie. Alas, they were quickly overwhelmed by the onslaught of vicious comments.However, Winnie’s exceptionally calm demeanor appeared to turn the tide.She remained as serene as ever despite the reporters’ questions. Her composed reaction, including labeling their allegations as nonsense, elegantly pushing away the microphone in her face, and pointing out the reporter’s lack of professionalism, began to win over the livestream audience.The comments ensued: Haha, oh my God, that was hilarious! What kind of a bossy female CEO is she?Hahaha, right! What a perfect burn. That reporter is so unprofessional. How can you stick the microphone right in someone’s face?Yeah! Didn’t he see the elderly woman beside Winnie? They’re just snapping away with no concern for her wellbeing. Is it just me, or are Ms. Garland’s fingers super pretty? Oh my God, they’re gorgeous! They’re so slender and pale.Count me in! I am in love with her hands.Hey, why is everyone crushing on her now? She hasn’t even answered the reporters.One of the ghostwriters quickly changed tack when they noticed public opinion shifting in Winnie’s favor.Someone commented: I’d advise you to search the livestream comments. There’s clearly evidence that she’s working for foreigners.Yup. They even posted her foreign ID card.That topic’s trending on Twitter now.Hmm… Mods, I think someone is bribing ghostwriters to