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.

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

shook her head. "I was too sad to

again. Do it right this time, ask questions. No

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

atmosphere changed abruptly. Things felt different

looked at him, her eyes

on his face. Erica couldn't describe

shifted his gaze to her again. Finally, he asked, "So your

out of your mind?" Who was

eyes again, he gritted his teeth and asked, "I'm out of my mind? I think that describes you better than

like a chicken pecking rice. "I looked at every line. Why?" She kept reading the line "stage

after you'd checked it so carefully?" He really wanted to strangle the woman in front of him right

instead?" She suddenly let go of

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

you insane?" How could he still tease her like

"You're not sick!"

a rhetorical remark, so she retorted angrily, "Maybe not!

the LED light. The exam report was all lit up. "Open your eyes wide

the mood." Hands on her hips, Erica was now arguing with her

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

name wrong. It's

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

My name is Erica Li. These are not my test results!" She started laughing hysterically. She

heart, Matthew asked her again calmly, "Look

her head and took out her cell phone. She looked up what it was, checking

tears and screamed excitedly, holding Matthew in her arms. "They didn't do anything like that to me.

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