Listening to the whispers made Anna Green tremble with anger. What on earth are these people saying?
"No, it’s not like that." Anna Green anxiously explained, finally looking at Vivian Thornecroft, shaking her head with tears: "Vivian, I really didn’t do it."
"Sister, let’s just say I asked you to bring me my wallet, okay? Whatever you say is right, does that work?" Anna Green broke down in tears, her thin shoulders shaking, evoking sympathy.
Bella Green tilted her head and smiled, "Sure, but I’m not interested in babbling nonsense."
With that, she turned to leave.
"Bella, you said you had an appointment. Why not make a phone call, otherwise, it’s so late, I’d be worried if you went out." Anna Green wiped her tears and held onto Bella, her voice carrying a hint of urgency.
Bella looked at her and blinked in mock surprise, as if she didn’t expect her to make such a request.
Honestly, she hadn’t thought of making a call on the spot.
She was a bit bewildered for a moment. Who should she call...
The only acquaintance in her contacts was Joanna Ramsey, but that girl was a bit simple-minded and might not catch on in time.
"Just a friend," she said.
"In that case, make a call, so I can feel a bit more at ease."
Bella knew that Anna was desperate. If there was even a slight chance, she would seize it and not let go. If she didn’t make the call, Anna wouldn’t give up.
Seeing Anna completely losing her composure, Bella smiled. Seeing Anna this cornered made her quite happy.
But, this was far from enough...
"Alright then," Bella said somewhat reluctantly, then took out her phone and dialed a number in front of everyone, looking at Anna and then at Vivian, then decisively turned on the speaker.
As soon as the dial tone started, the call was picked up.
Everyone held their breath, listening carefully, wanting to know if Bella was making up excuses.
The voice echoed, and everyone in the room was stunned. This voice...
It was clearly an old person’s, wasn’t it?
"Grandma, it’s Bella. Sorry, something’s come up and I’ll be late. I’m really sorry," Bella said sweetly, smiling with her eyes curved.
Privately, she kept praying that Old Lady Jiang would cooperate and not mess up, or she’d be so embarrassed...
The other side was silent for just a second before an excited elderly voice said, "Oh, no rush, no rush, Little Bella, where are you? I’ll send a driver to pick you up."
Bella was taken aback. She thought that with Grandma Jiang’s intelligence, she would understand what she meant and play along.
But she didn’t expect the old lady to actually send someone to pick her up?
Hmm, maybe she was just being thorough in acting.
Thinking that, she nodded, "Okay, Grandma, I’m at the Brocade City Grand Hotel."
"Alright, alright, wait there, it’ll be ten minutes."
"..." Grandma, you’re overdoing it!
In ten minutes, where the heck am I supposed to find a driver to pick me up?
"Hehe, Grandma, no need, I’ll make my way over myself."
"How could that be okay? It’s too dangerous at night. Ten minutes, it’ll be there soon!"
After saying that, she hung up the phone before Bella could speak.
Bella stared at her phone, a bit unsure how to react.
"Bella, this is..." Anna hadn’t expected Bella to actually have an appointment.
Anna frowned. An elder Bella knew, who could that be, probably just some ordinary old lady.
As for a driver, isn’t everyone using some ride-hailing app these days?