Yolanda spent a night at Nate’s condominium before heading home early the next morning.
When she went back, Sebastian was still fast asleep.
Therefore, Yolanda stole Sebastian’s silver needles while the old man was asleep.
Subsequently, she took out the bottle of medicine Nate gave her and smeared it on each silver needle evenly.
After waiting for all the medicinal liquid on the needles to dry, Yolanda placed the acupuncture kit back into Sebastian’s luggage.
She didn’t know what the medicine was for, and nor did she ask Nate. After all, the latter had promised that the medicine wasn’t life-threatening.
It was enough for her to know that the medicine was not deadly.
That Xavier guy is doomed. It’s Nate we’re talking about, after all. I don’t have many enemies, but I don’t mind going against the world for Nate. Xavier is nothing in my eyes.
That morning, when Winnie awoke, she was relieved to finally see a sleeping Xavier.
The man was no longer wide-awake but was instead sleeping soundly. Judging by his slow, even breathing, he seemed to be in deep slumber.
Although most of his memories had not recovered yet, Winnie was satisfied to see him finally get some shut-eye.
Recovery was a slow and long process, after all. Since acupuncture was effective, she believed he would recover as long as they continued the treatment.
With that in mind, Winnie was in a good mood. She left the room and went to make breakfast for the two of them.
Just as she was frying the eggs, she felt someone hugging her from behind.
She knew that it was Xavier. “Oh, you’re awake. Did you have a good sleep last night?”
“I slept great, but I didn’t get to see you when I woke up. How can you do this to me? Did I allow you to get out of bed?”
Upon hearing that, Winnie elbowed him. “I can’t believe you have the audacity to ask me this. How about I ask you why you’re awake when I haven’t allowed you to do so?” After saying that, she pried his arms off her and instructed, “I’ve finished frying the eggs. Since I’ve been busy the entire morning, I’m now going to freshen up and do my skincare. As for you, your job is to place all the food on the dining table and wait for me. Understand?”
Immediately, Xavier’s face darkened. “Are you asking me to do all of this?”
“What? Is it that difficult to do things for me?”
“No.”
“What’s the problem, then?”
“But I’m going to miss you.” Xavier did not allow Winnie to leave and hugged her again. “I don’t want you to leave my line of sight!”
Winnie was amused. “It’s just going to take a few minutes for me to freshen up. Why are you so clingy?”
“Am I?” Xavier furrowed his eyebrows, inching his handsome face toward Winnie. “Weren’t 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 to ask Winnie, “I suddenly remembered something. Ms. Garland, were you able to find Old Mr. Xander in Yaleview?”
“We managed to find him. Thank you for giving us clues about him. Old Mr. Xander is currently using acupuncture to treat Xavier.”
“That’s great to hear. However, why did you come back? Old Mr. Xander used to treat Rach before, so I know acupuncture takes a long time. It takes a few sessions of treatment for it to be effective, after all. Since both of you are back, don’t you need to travel back and forth for the treatment? This isn’t convenient for Old Mr. Xander to monitor Xavier’s condition.”
“There’s no need to worry. He returned to Avenport with us this time, so we don’t need to travel to Yaleview for the time being.”
“Really? Do you know where he lives now and if it’s convenient for him to meet us? He moved away right after treating Rach. Although I knew that he moved to Yaleview later on, I never had the time to go over and thank him. If he has time, I would like to bring Rach over to personally thank him. There’s also an item that I need to return to him. It’s a watch that Old Mr. Xander accidentally left in our house. Could you please ask him for us?”
“All right.” Winnie nodded. “I’ll give him a call to ask about it.”
If they’re only going to visit, Old Mr. Xander might not agree to it. However, Mr. Zimmerman said he has something to return to him, which makes things different.
Immediately, Winnie walked out of the ward and gave Sebastian a call.
When she explained to him about the situation, Sebastian immediately remembered the watch.
“Ah, that’s the watch my wife gave me before she passed away. It’s been missing for years. Oh, I see. It turns out I had accidentally left it in a patient’s house. That’s great news for me. I didn’t expect to find the watch again after so many years. Where are the both of you right now? I’ll come over.”
“There’s no need to trouble you. They’re going to be discharged soon, so why don’t I arrange a place close to your house for all of us to meet?”
“All right, but there’s no need to go through all the hassle. All of you can just come over to my house. Oh, right. Don’t forget to bring your husband over for his acupuncture treatment.”
“Rest assured. I won’t forget about it.”
After hanging up the call, Winnie immediately informed Michael about this news.
At that, Michael heaved a sigh of relief. “That’s great to hear! I’ve been holding onto this watch for many years. As it seemed expensive, I brought it with me wherever I went. I’m glad I can finally return it to its rightful owner so I won’t have to worry about losing it anymore.”
That afternoon, Winnie brought the father-and-daughter duo of the Zimmerman family to visit Sebastian at the agreed time.
The person who opened the door was Yolanda.
She opened the door halfway and instantly furrowed her brows when she saw Winnie and the Zimmermans.
“What’s wrong? Did your husband give up on treatment?”
Winnie ignored Yolanda’s harsh words, asking, “Didn’t Master tell you there would be visitors today?”
Naturally, Yolanda was informed about it. “Come on in.” Opening the door, she stepped away to make space for them.
When Michael saw Sebastian, he was over the moon and hastily tugged at Rachel’s arm, urging his daughter to kneel with him to show gratitude.
However, Sebastian wouldn’t let them do that. Thus, the trio spent some time squabbling before Michael gave up.
After sincerely thanking Sebastian, Michael wanted to return the watch to him. Thus, Sebastian brought him to the study.
Meanwhile, Winnie and Yolanda brought Rachel over to the living room.
Rachel was easy to please, for she would feel satisfied with just snacks.
As a polite “child,” she would thank Winnie after receiving the snacks.
Winnie was also very patient around Rachel. She would treat her tenderly, concealing the overbearing aura that she usually gave off.
When Yolanda saw such a different side of Winnie, she narrowed her eyes. “I’ve looked up some information about you on the internet. It’s rumored that you were just like her when you were younger. Is that true?”
Although Winnie felt that Yolanda had ulterior motives when she asked that question, the former did not have any evidence to prove it. “What do you think?”
Yolanda sneered. “You must be a miracle in the medical field, then. What have you done in your past life to transform from a dumbass into a genius?”
“What do you mean by that?” Winnie arched an eyebrow at her. “Are you jealous?”
“Haha! There’s no need for me to be jealous of you. It’s pointless talking to someone who I don’t get along with, so I’ll take my leave. The both of you can make yourselves at home,” Yolanda replied indifferently before leaving.
Winnie thought Yolanda was returning to her room when in reality, Yolanda had ducked into a temporary doctor’s office Sebastian had set up.
When Xavier arrived, Sebastian would perform acupuncture on him in the doctor’s office.
In that room, Yolanda did not only tamper with the needles but had also set up multiple hypnosis equipment for her to make her move.
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