“Ah.” He smiled. “Don’t worry. I won’t. I will marry you. The date is set. How can I die before marrying you?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Although he said so, he did not say whether he was infected. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“So, you are infected, are not you?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I asked him again. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Not sure yet. After all, the virus has an incubation period.” The man was silent and continued, “However, in the current situation, I have a high probability of being infected.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“You are a liar.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I panicked when I heard him say that. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“To tell you the truth, when I heard that you were so worried about me and nervous about me, I really felt at once that this illness was really worth it. Even if I die, it’s worth it.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“What are you talking about? Who gave you permission to die?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I never thought for a second that Ming would die. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
But now it was happening, and the probability was high. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Well.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I heard Ming’s voice with an unmistakable smile, and even felt that he must be smiling at the moment. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“You could be dead. What are you so happy about?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“It’s worth my death.” Ming coughed and continued, “Becky, I have been with you for so many years. I never felt you cared for me, needed me and liked me.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Actually for so many years, I cared about you and helped you. What I want is not your thanks, but I hope that one day you can get used to my existence and rely on me even if you don’t love me. But before today, I didn’t have that kind of feeling.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I have a strong sense of insecurity all the time, and I’m afraid you will leave me. You will be with Sean as before, even if you are a mistress.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ming’s words gave me a hard time. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I took the phone and shook my head. “I won’t.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Anyway, I am happy today, and for the first time I know you are worried about me. Does that mean you care about me?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Well, I really care about you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I admitted it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Right now, I was really worried about him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
If anything happened to him, I couldn’t take it. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Don’t worry. I will be fine. And I will marry you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Well, I will wait for you to marry me.” I nodded, “You must be fine or I will marry someone else.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Then I must be fine.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Ming finished speaking. He coughed again. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was very nervous when I heard him cough. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I was about to say something, I heard someone talking over Ming, “Dean, Dr. W has kidney failure symptoms!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I will be right there.” After Ming had finished speaking to the man, he said to me, “Becky, I have something to do here. I’ll hang up first.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“OK” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I was about to hang up, he suddenly said, “Don’t tell anyone about this, especially… my father.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I see.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I nodded. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He paused on the phone and said, “Becky, I love you. I must be the man who loves you the most in the world, so… I am not going to die.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When he finished, he hung up. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I looked at my mobile phone and there were tears in my eyes. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I mumbled, “Ming, you must not die!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The next day was Ming’s birthday. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
After I sent Lester to school, I held the phone all the time. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
There were still no messages from Ming. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The next two days were the weekend. Lester didn’t go to kindergarten. I accompanied him to the York Science and Technology Museum and the zoo. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
During this time, Lester asked me, “Mom, why doesn’t uncle stay with us?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Your uncle…” When Lester asked me this, my heart began to grieve again. “Your uncle is busy. He will be back with us soon.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I haven’t heard anything from Ming all weekend <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I can’t sleep all night. I was afraid that when I woke up I would receive the news of Ming’s death. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
That was how I missed Daniell’s call last time. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
This time, I was really scared that something was going to happen to Ming. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
On Monday, I sent Lester to school and sat at home alone waiting for Ming’s call. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I kept calling him, but I always heard the cold system tone. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
My heart was in a maze. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I went to the Sunshine Hospital a few times which was still blocked. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
In order to avoid public panic, there have been no public reports about it. I can only read the news online. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I opened twitter late Tuesday night to search for “the sunshine hospital”. I saw the news that two people were said to have died from MERS virus in the sunshine hospital. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
My heart suddenly became nervous! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Two people. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I remembered Ming saying that two people in their hospital had a fever, and one of them was him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Was he… <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
No way! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I hurried on to call Ming. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The phone was still off. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“No, no, no!” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was really scared. Ming. You were going to be okay! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I can’t wait. I couldn’t even wear my clothes. I went out in my pajamas and a coat! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I found out that it was snowing outside. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I stood at the door and wanted to take a taxi. Maybe it was because it was snowing. I can’t get a taxi either at the door or through mobile software! <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I was walking toward Ming’s hospital in my cotton slippers. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
About an hour later. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I saw a familiar car parked next to me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The door opened and a man stood beside me. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
It was a familiar scene. And it was Ming again. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The difference was that the last time I was looking for Sean, but this time I was looking for him. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When I saw him coming down from the car, I grabbed him and asked, “Are you okay?” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Yes.” He picked me up. “Get in the car first.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
When he hugged me, I found that my legs were frozen stiff and even hard to bend. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
With a slight frown, Ming put me in the back seat and drove home by himself. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I read news online that two doctors have died in your hospital…” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“No.” Ming shook his head. “Two doctors are infected, but both are out of danger because they were found out in time.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“Then you…” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
What I concerned most was Ming. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
He looked up in his rear-view mirror and looked at me. “I just had a fever. And I am fine now. My phone was out of power, and I didn’t even have time to recharge, so I came back first.” At this point, he looked a little worried. “Sorry, I should charge the phone first, which made you worry.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“I did worry about you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I lowered my eyes slightly. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Looking at Ming in the mirror made my face a little hot. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
The car drove to the underground garage of the community. After getting out of the car, he put his coat on my lap and said, “Come here, I’ll hug you.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
“No, I can walk by myself.” <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
I said so, but Ming did not listen to me and he just picked me up. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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