Silly Bride

Chapter 183

you more clingy when we first got married? You would want me to hug you when you’re in the restroom. I even had to feed you too. Well? Do you want me to feed you later?”“All right. You win.” I must admit that I was a lot worse than him when I was acting dumb back then. In fact, he’s nothing compared to me!Despite Xavier’s complaints, he obediently released Winnie and scooped a bowl of oatmeal. While doing so, he asked, “Do you want some sugar in it?”“No need. I prepared some side dishes as well. I feel like eating something savory for breakfast today.” Winnie caressed the man’s hair smilingly as a reward.I wonder if he would still remember the moments we share now when he recovers his memories—the needy, awkward, yet adorable moments of our daily lives.After breakfast, Xavier wanted to bring Winnie to the company as usual.However, Winnie rejected him as it had been days since she last visited Jacinta. Thus, she wanted to head to Aqua Moana to check on the old woman.Right after visiting Jacinta, she still needed to head to Sebastian’s place to continue studying medicine.Although Xavier was somewhat reluctant, he did not stop her.I’m not sure if it’s my imagination or if the acupuncture is working its magic, but this fellow’s temper seems better as compared to a few days ago.However, when Winnie arrived at Aqua Moana, she found out that Jacinta was not home.To her dismay, Jacinta did not pick up any of her calls either.Feeling anxious, Winnie quickly went outside and planned to get the management staff to check the surveillance cameras.Just when she was out the door, Jacinta suddenly called her.Winnie immediately picked up the phone. “Hello, Granny. I’m back at home. Why are you not at home? Where are you right now? What? You’re in the hospital? Do you feel unwell? Why did you go to the hospital? Oh. You’re there to visit a patient? Who is that person? I’ve never heard you mention this before. Hello? Granny, it seems like your signal is a bit weak. Could you go somewhere else to take the call? I can’t hear you.” As soon as Winnie finished her sentence, the call ended.She was about to call Jacinta back when Josiah suddenly phoned her.At once, she picked up the phone. “Is something the matter?”Josiah could almost sense how anxious Winnie was. “Are you busy? It’s nothing much. I just want to inform you that I saw your grandmother in the hospital just now. She was here alone. Did you know that?”Upon hearing that, Winnie was stunned. “I just knew about it too. Her phone’s signal was weak, so the call ended halfway. She said she was there to visit a patient, but I don’t know who exactly.”“Oh. So that’s what happened. I was right, then. I saw her pushing a female patient into the restroom just now. I wanted to say hello, but I couldn’t as they had entered the ladies restroom.”“What? Who’s the female patient? Do you know her?”“I do know her. She’s Rachel Zimmerman. I think she’s staying in the hospital because she lost a lot of blood during her abortion due to her endometrium lining being quite thin.”“Okay.” Winnie heaved a sigh of relief. “I’ll go and look for her right now. Her phone is still turned off. I think she accidentally clicked on the power-off button. When you see her later, please inform her to stay put and refrain from going anywhere else.”“I got it. Don’t worry. I’ll definitely get the job done.”After hanging up the phone, Winnie rushed to the hospital immediately.When she arrived at Rachel’s ward, Jacinta was peeling an apple for Rachel.Meanwhile, Rachel was peeling an orange. When she was done, she fed Jacinta a piece of orange. “Here. Eat some. It’s very sweet.”“Oh, it’s okay, honey. I’m not too fond of sweet things because my teeth are too weak. You should eat them instead.”When Winnie saw that, she stopped in her tracks outside the ward.The scene was too familiar to her.Many years ago, when she was still a dumb girl, her grandmother would always talk to her like that.Whenever there was good food, Winnie would always be the first person who Jacinta thought of.In fact, Winnie knew that Jacinta was lying whenever the latter said her teeth were weak and she couldn’t eat anything sweet.Granny has a sweet tooth after all. She refuses to eat because she loves me. Thus, she wanted me to have the delicacies all to myself. Initially, Winnie did not understand why Jacinta came all the way to the hospital to visit Rachel.However, it all made sense to her now.When Winnie was helping Rachel and Michael previously, she brought Jacinta with her to meet the duo. Unexpectedly, Jacinta felt bad for Rachel the moment she met her.I guess Granny was reminded of my younger self when she saw Rachel.When Winnie was about to enter the ward, Michael’s voice rang behind her.“Ms. Garland! Why are you here?”Initially, both Jacinta and Rachel did not notice Winnie. However, Michael’s greeting caused Jacinta to turn around immediately.“Winnie, when did you get here? Why didn’t you tell me you were coming?”Rachel, who was on the hospital bed, slowly turned around to look at Winnie.As she was a bit dense, she only recognized Winnie when the latter walked closer to her.“Winnie.” Rachel smiled sweetly and handed her a piece of orange. “Do you want to eat some oranges? It’s very sweet.”“No need. You can have them, Rach.”Actually, Winnie was younger than Rachel.However, as Rachel was mentally challenged, she always treated Winnie as her older sister, and Winnie decided to let her be.Jacinta sat Winnie down and started complaining, “Honestly, why didn’t you tell me in advance you’re coming back home? If you told me, I would’ve waited for you at home, and you won’t have to go through the trouble of coming all the way to the hospital.”“It’s not troublesome at all, Granny.”“Actually, we are the ones who troubled you,” said Michael guiltily when he heard that. “Mdm. Sumner helped us a lot during the past two days in the hospital. She even sent Rach some soup. We’re very thankful, Ms. Garland, Mdm. Sumner.”“Oh, you don’t have to thank me. I’m only doing this as Rach reminds me of my granddaughter when she was young. They are both adorable.”“Mdm. Sumner, you’re way too kind. There’s no way someone would find Rach adorable. Even I, as her parent, am saddened by her state.”Jacinta sighed and comforted him, “Everything will get better.”“You’re right. I’m sure of it.” Michael ended the topic and turned