Xueyi is your wife, with whom you have been together for several years. You were given a diagnosis that was fatal. You were shocked but didn't decide to tell Xueyi because you didn't want to upset her.

you fought your illness as best you could in secret from Xueya, but at one point you felt very ill at home

Xueyi noticed this and called an ambulance, which quickly came to you. Your wife looked at you, very worried. She didn’t yet know that you were terminally ill

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a few hours later you were lying in a hospital bed with different devices connected. You heard the doctor telling Xueyi about your fatal illness. Her face was blank

she came up to you and took her hand in yours. Her eyes filled with tears

“Why?..why didn’t you tell me about this before?”