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Short Story | 《The Tale of Betrayal》
Original Chinese Version
She looked at the calendar, today marked one month since her husband's passing. He collapsed suddenly during a meeting with his boss at work, and by the time they rushed him to the hospital, he was hanging by a thread. He spent three days in the intensive care unit, but in the end, the doctors couldn’t save him.
The past month felt so unreal to her, like a dream. While she was cooking in the kitchen, it seemed as if her husband was still sitting in the living room, watching television, patiently waiting for her to finish the final dish so they could enjoy their meal together.
They had being dated 10 years, married 14 years. Over the past decade, he was a gentle and polite husband in everyone’s eyes. Whenever they had a disagreement, they always made up before going to bed. “Don’t let today’s problems ruin tomorrow” was their motto.
She accompanied him to his company events, and his supervisors always praised him in front of her, saying he was loyal and reliable, a man they could trust. She joked with them, saying “His…
