Mr Carlos Huo, She's Your Wife

Erica dissolved into tears. The pent up emotions in her heart seemed to find an outlet. Erica threw herself into her husband's arms and cried bitterly.

Matthew took off his overcoat and wrapped it around her. He inhaled her scent and kissed her long hair gently. "Honey, don't cry," he said, trying to comfort her.

'You won't die without my permission!

If the King of Hell wants you, he'll have to defeat me first!' Matthew thought to himself.

Erica didn't say anything and kept crying.

They just stood by the river, holding each other tightly. The woman choked with sobs, while the man reassuring her.

Occasionally, when someone came near, they couldn't help but take a look at them. The sadness of the two people was replaced by warmth and happiness.

Ten minutes later, Matthew suddenly said, "You still have your test results with you? Let me see them again."

With swollen red eyes, Erica took out the crumpled piece of paper from her pocket and handed it to him.

Matthew straightened the paper out so he could read it. On top it said that it was the electronic endoscopy examination report of Y City First General Hospital. He was not in a hurry to read it. Instead, he asked her a question first, "Did they give you anesthetic before the exam?"

"Anesthetic?" The woman was confused.

"Yes!"

Erica thought for a while and answered, "No." They never gave her anything for the pain, nor did they sedate her. Nothing.

Matthew held her in his arms and asked in a trembling voice, "Silly girl, why didn't you opt for the anesthetic?" Usually, these kinds of procedures involve knocking the patient out using some sort of anesthetic. A tube with a camera is inserted in the throat so the doctors can look around the stomach. It's generally painful even when sedated.

Erica didn't know what was going on. They never offered her anything. She hugged him and said sadly, "It doesn't matter. They'll have to use it when I go under the knife!"

Sighing silently, Matthew continued to read the results.

a long paragraph in the middle consisting professional medical instructions. He could understand most of them. "Did the doctor say how you might

his arms shook her head. "I

examination again. Do it right this time, ask

drowning in sorrow, and couldn't find a lifeline. Matthew suddenly raised his voice and

atmosphere changed abruptly. Things felt different somehow.

looked at him, her eyes red and swollen from

her, a weird expression on his face. Erica couldn't

examination results in his hand, and then shifted his gaze to her again. Finally, he asked, "So your

out of your mind?" Who was

"I'm out of my mind? I think that describes you better than me.

at every line. Why?" She kept reading the line "stage III cancer" over and over. It seemed like she'd read it thousands

did you cry after you'd checked it so carefully?" He really

laugh instead?" She suddenly let go of the man, feeling that he was insane.

Erika Li? When did that happen?" Since when did she change

she spat, "Are you insane?" How could he still tease her like that now

"You're not sick!"

rhetorical remark, so she retorted angrily, "Maybe

lifted the test results to eye level, pulled out his phone, and turned on the LED light. The exam report was all lit up. "Open your eyes wide and look

you crazy? Stop it Matthew, please. I'm not in the mood." Hands on her

of going round and round. He felt she was deliberately being obtuse. He put the report in front of her eyes, pointed at the name printed on the paper and gritted

It's not my fault... Wait a minute!" Erica's eyes

results and thought she finally got what he was trying to tell her. She was too

not my test results!" She started laughing hysterically. She was so excited that she was about to

in his heart, Matthew asked her again calmly, "Look at the procedure. Did they jam

her cell phone. She looked up what it was, checking Baidu to make sure Matthew's description

"They didn't do anything like that to me. These results aren't mine at

his teeth and squeezed out, "Know what I think?