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.

instructions. He could understand most of them. "Did the doctor say how you might

shook her head. "I was too sad

would take her to do the examination again. Do it right this time, ask questions. No matter what the result

was still drowning in sorrow, and couldn't find a lifeline. Matthew

changed abruptly. Things felt different

him,

there, staring at her, a weird expression on his face. Erica

results in his hand, and then shifted his gaze to her again. Finally, he asked, "So your name's Erika Li

mind?" Who was she if she weren't Erica

teeth and asked, "I'm out of my mind? I think that

"I looked at every line. Why?" She kept reading the line "stage III cancer" over

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

me to laugh instead?" She suddenly let go

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

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

"You're not sick!"

thought what Matthew said was a rhetorical remark, so she retorted angrily, "Maybe not! But you

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 carefully! You're

Stop it Matthew, please. I'm not in the mood." Hands on her hips, Erica was now arguing with her husband.

going round and round. He felt she was deliberately being obtuse. He put the report in front of

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

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

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

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

silently lowered her head and took out her cell phone. She looked up what it was, checking Baidu to make sure Matthew's description was accurate.

anything like

a long while, he gritted his teeth and squeezed out, "Know what I think? I think you lied