---- Chapter 8 I didn't want to hide anything from Ann, so I told her everything about having half my uterus removed and the absurd night with Gilbert. Not only did she not blame me, but she felt even more sorry for me. "Julian, I have been through this. Who hasn't loved a few scumbags when they were young?" "After this experience, we'll definitely have smooth sailing and a happy and fulfilling life!" She gently wiped the tears from my face and embraced me. The scent of her reminded me so much of my mother from my memories. I indulged myself and cried heartily once more. After Ann left, I took off the jade bracelet to return it to Austen: "T know this is your family heirloom, specifically for ---- the daughter-in-law." "1m afraid it will be difficult for me to have children in the future, so it's not appropriate for me to keep it." Austen, however, was as stubborn as his parents: "Don't think so much. My mom gave it to you because she wants the bracelet's good fortune to bless you." accepted the bracelet and jokingly said to Austen: "Tf I wear it, then I'll be your wife from now on." As soon as I finished the words, the harmonious atmosphere was broken by a crash. Gilbert burst through the door. 'Julian, how dare you be so intimate with another man without my permission?" Stared intently at the jade bracelet on my wrist, Gilbert's face full of gloom, as if he wanted to kill me. Such amusing! Is intimacy between a man a capital offense? ---- "Brother, why are you here?" Austen stood up, blocking Gilbert's predatory gaze. "How dare you come here?" Gilbert gave Austen a cold look, his eyes full of threat. Being questioned relentlessly, Gilbert still exuded a sense of oppression. He strode quickly to my bed, about to drag me out: 'Julian, I know you stage this just to provoke me. That's not interesting at all. It's enough!" "You are just using this clingy simp who's obsessed with you to make me jealous! You are so stupid! Stop it!" At this moment, I was absolutely certain that Gilbert had also been reborn. Otherwise, with Bessie filling his heart and mind, how could he know my hidden crush that I kept so well concealed?