Sir, Madam Dispeared Again After Divorce!
Chapter 1024 Be Close to Death

"Really?" Sydney fixed her eyes on Julien.

Julien nodded. "Absolutely. If you don't believe it, leave it to me."

Sydney didn't say anything and handed the carving knife to Julien.

Julien took the carving knife from her hand, stepped forward and stood in her previous position. Then he picked up the pumpkin, which was like mud after being carved by her. He examined it up and down to think where to start to remedy it.

Sydney didn't know his thoughts. Seeing that he held the carving knife and the pumpkin motionlessly, she thought that he had finally found it not as simple as he had said. When she was about to laugh at him for bragging, he acted suddenly.

Julien held the carving knife with his slender fingers and started to carve the pumpkin quickly. He wasn't like a novice but a skilled carver. Sydney opened her red lips in surprise. "You look skilled. When did you learn to carve? Did you learn it when you learned cooking?" After all, ingredients carving was part of cooking.

However, only a few people went to learn it. Only the people who wanted to be chefs of hotels or high-end restaurants learned it. Only for these chefs, ingredients carving was useful.

Although Julien was learning cooking recently, he just learned homely dishes of various cuisines, not those exquisite main courses.

Thus, Sydney was surprised he knew how to carve ingredients.

"I have never learned it."

Sydney came up to him in surprise. When she saw his moves, she was more surprised. "You have never learned it? Then why do you know how to carve? You look skilled!"

Julien focused on carving the pumpkin and didn't raise his head. He chuckled and replied, "I learned gem carving when I was a high school student."

"Gem carving?"

"That's it." Julien raised his chin slightly. "At that time, I would like to give a special gift to Grandma on her birthday, but I had no idea about it. Zach advised me to send her a gem Buddha."

"I see." Sydney patted her hands. "Grandma likes to collect gem Buddhas. It was a good idea."

Julien nodded. "You're right, but Grandma had collected many gem Buddhas that were all carved by famous carvers. If I sent her a gem Buddha that was carved by a famous carver, it would be the same as her collection, and she wouldn't be surprised."

"To give Grandma a surprise, you went to learn gem carving specially?" Sydney touched her chin and guessed.

Julien smiled. "You're right. Besides that, I couldn't do many things for the condition of my heart and felt myself a wreck. I even had mania. I became whiny, furious and world-weary. Thus, I learned gem carving to prepare the gift for Grandma and calm myself down. Gem carving requires patience and carefulness. If one doesn't have a steady mind, they won't be able to learn gem carving at all."

Sydney bit her lip and asked, "If you hadn't learnt gem carving, your heart would have been overburdened because of mania, and you would even haven't been able to wait until you could have the heart transplant operation, right?"

Julien nodded. "You're right."

Sydney's stomach did a flip-flop. She stepped back, stood behind him, hugged him and rested her head on his strong back.

Julien fell into a trance and stopped carving the pumpkin. Obviously, he was surprised by her move.

Julien put down the carving knife, turned his head slightly and looked at Sydney.

Sydney hugged Julien, so he couldn't turn his head generously. He could only see her profile and part of her body. Even so, his gaze was filled with affection. "What has happened? Why are you so active today?"

"Don't talk nonsense." Sydney rolled her eyes at Julien. Then she lowered her head, pressed her forehead against his back and said in a gloomy but grateful voice, "I'm grateful that Zach advised you to give Grandma a gem. Otherwise, you wouldn't have learnt gem carving and thus wouldn't have been able to calm yourself down, and..."

Sydney choked and couldn't continue to talk. Her voice was trembling and filled with fear.

She was afraid at the thought that his heart would have been overburdened and he would have been dead before he got a suitable heart if he hadn't learned gem carving and calmed himself down. Noticing that Sydney was in a bad mood, Julien put down the pumpkin, turned around, hugged her tightly, rubbed her head with his chin and comforted her gently. "Don't worry. I'm fine now. It's all over. I'm all right."

Julien said as he stroked her hair.

He stroked her hair hard to let her know that he was fine and that he was standing in front of her. It wasn't her illusion. There was no need for her to overthink and be afraid.

Sydney raised her head, and her eyes were red. "I know that you're fine now, but what happened in the past is terrifying and dangerous. You were close to death. If Zach hadn't advised you or you hadn't accepted his advice, you would have been dead!"

Julien smiled brightly. "However, the fact is that I accepted Zach's advice and that I'm fine now, right?"

"What if you hadn't?"

Julien replied seriously, "It was impossible."

Sydney compressed her lips. "Why?"

"Don't forget that you had been my pen pal for two years at that time." Julien stroked her face slightly. "Although I didn't fall in love with you, I was very interested in you. All the time, I knew that I needed to adjust my mind and calm myself down. Thus, as soon as Zach advised me, I thought that I needed to learn gem carving to adjust my mind. Only in this way could I live longer, have more time to wait for a suitable heart and see you in the future."

"So you wouldn't refuse Zach's advice because you wanted to see me?" She choked and looked at him.

Julien lowered his head, kissed her wet eye gently and said in a deep and pleasant voice, "Of course. Can you be relieved now?"

Sydney snorted, pressed her head against his chest and agreed silently.

Julien chuckled, held her waist with one hand and supported the back of her head with the other hand. He stroked her hair to comfort her as if she was a little kid.

Sydney nestled against his chest, smiled and enjoyed his comfort very much.

Women liked to be as carefree as kids.

And they wanted to be pampered by their lovers.

Anyway, Sydney liked it very much.

But she knew that it wasn't the time for them to be lovey-dovey. They needed to prepare and have dinner quickly. Otherwise, the dishes would be cold. After being hugged for two minutes, she stood upright, smiled and looked up at him, who was in confusion.

Julien felt confused about why she had left his arms.