---- Chapter 7 I was lost and heartbroken. I decided to handle my daughter's funeral alone. But I never expected that I would die tragically on the way to the cemetery, holding my daughter's ashes. My body lay in the police morgue for two days, and the first person to visit me was still Austen. The successful young man knelt before my corpse, crying. My soul floated in mid-air. I wanted to hug him tightly and say thank you, but I was powerless. I watched him denounce Gilbert for me, hold my funeral, bury me with my daughter, and never marry for the rest of his life. Austen lived a painful life in the lab. But he didn't know that my soul was always by his ---- side. Until he completed the experiment named after me, he chose to end his life. "Julian, I have fulfilled your dream for you, I'm coming to find you." At that moment, I vowed that if there was a next life, I would never let him down. Meeting Austen's reddened eyes, I grasped his hand back and said softly: "Would you like to go to Cambridge with me?" Austen was stunned for a moment, and a surge of joy welled up in his eyes: "Tm willing!" 'Julian, I do!" But in the next moment, the smile on his face dimmed: 'Julian, are you choosing me because of him?" ---- We both knew very well that the person he was talking about was Gilbert. The hidden feelings I held could be concealed from everyone else, but not from Austen, who also loved someone deeply. I looked him straight in the eyes, shook my head solemnly, and told him: "Austen, I only regard him as an elder." "T guess you also recognized that it was me who spent the night alone with him. Let's just say that night was to repay him for his past care for me. From now on, I have nothing to do with the Veronatri anymore." Hearing this, Austen clenched his fists in heartache. "What kind of grace requires you to repay it with your life? He's just taking advantage of your loneliness and the fact that your heart is completely filled with him!" "However, it's good to get away from the Veronatri. When you go to Cambridge, whether it's for your Master's or Doctoral studies, or even to establish your