To be honest, Brian Carter was indeed in the wrong here, but he still argued self-righteously, “You should know, I was forced to go in there, it wasn’t my own will, so you can’t blame me for this. Besides, I’ve already apologized for it. And furthermore, if I had known earlier that you were that white... whatever, I really would have closed my eyes.”

Linda Bennett was so angry at this point that she was practically trembling, using the last bit of her rationality to restrain her itching fists and feet, and hissed in a low voice, “Brian Carter, what do you mean? Are you saying that after you saw everything, you’re still insulted by what you saw?”

Brian Carter spread his hands. “That’s what you said, not me. But if you really want to think that way, I won’t object.”

Linda Bennett finally lost control, raising the slip in her hand, ready to smash it down on Brian Carter’s head.

Brian Carter said calmly, “Miss Bennett, I advise you not to get physical, because the consequences would be too serious!”

Linda Bennett gritted her teeth and said, “Serious? Even if I have to go to the police station today, I’m going to give you a good beating!”

Brian Carter asked in confusion, “What’s a police station?”

Linda Bennett was both exasperated and amused, cursing angrily, “Don’t play dumb in front of me, I’m not falling for that.”

Brian Carter nodded, “Alright, then let’s not worry about what that place is. But... are you really not afraid I’ll reveal your secret to everyone?”

Linda Bennett froze. “My secret?”

Brian Carter leaned in close to her ear and whispered something.

After hearing it, Linda Bennett immediately blushed from ear to ear, both ashamed and furious, gritting her teeth as she cursed, “Brian Carter, could you be any more despicable?”

Brian Carter replied, “You forced me into this. And you have to take responsibility for what you did. As for what I did, I’ll take responsibility too, but that will have to wait!”

Brian Carter’s words did make some sense. He did peek at her while she was bathing, but she also hit him on the head. Although these things were connected, they should be settled separately. Right now, the priority was to settle the matter of him being hit.

Linda Bennett was so infuriated by this scoundrel in front of her that she was about to explode. She really didn’t want to keep arguing with him, but she was also afraid he’d actually reveal her... whatever secret. Plus, her butt still hurt, and she needed to pay the fee quickly to get checked and pick up her medicine. So in the end, she could only sullenly take Brian Carter’s examination slip and go pay the fee together.

When she reached the payment window, David Brooks, who had been standing not too close but not too far away, and had heard every word of their conversation, immediately walked over.

“Xiaokai, what’s going on? You and her, you two...?”

Brian Carter said, “Uh, Brother Brooks... you heard everything!”

David Brooks said, “Everything except that secret, I heard it all. Tell me, what’s really going on? If you don’t, we can’t be brothers anymore.”

Brian Carter’s face turned serious. He looked helplessly at Linda Bennett in the distance and said, “Brother Brooks, that woman is her.”

David Brooks was stunned. “What? You mean Linda Bennett hit you?”

Brian Carter nodded, “Yes!”

David Brooks asked again, “And the woman you saw was...”

Brian Carter instinctively nodded again, “Yes! It was her!”

David Brooks let out a mournful sigh, slapped his own forehead, and wailed, “Brian Carter, you bastard, I always treated you as a brother, how could you do this to me!”

Do this to you? What did I do to you? I saw her, not you!

At first, Brian Carter didn’t quite get it, but when he saw David Brooks’s heartbroken expression, he more or less understood, and said with some reluctance, “Brother Brooks, you should know, I... was forced into it!”

Actually, what he really wanted to say was: Brother, I advise you to give up. This woman may look pretty, but she’s actually a baihu, destined to bring misfortune to her husband and children—anyone who gets involved with her is doomed! If you marry her, you might not even make it to the wedding night!

But since he’d promised to keep her secret, he couldn’t break his word, so he swallowed the words back.

David Brooks stood there, torn inside, because his best friend had... no, had seen the body of the woman of his dreams. It was just too tragic, as tragic as it could get.

He wanted to hit Brian Carter, but Brian Carter was innocent. He wanted to curse Linda Bennett, but Linda Bennett was even more innocent. After thinking it over, he realized he couldn’t blame Linda Bennett, nor the unlucky Brian Carter. The only one to blame was that damn Kevin Harris!

Kevin Harris, you bastard, you actually made my best brother put a green hat on me. I’ll never let you off!

When Linda Bennett came back after paying, she saw the two men standing there with expressionless faces. Her own face was even more expressionless. She tossed the stamped payment slip onto Brian Carter and turned to leave without a word.

But at that moment, David Brooks suddenly blocked her path.

Linda Bennett said coldly, “David Brooks, what are you doing?”