My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness

ch 4

My Husband is Suffering from a Terminal Illness-Chapter 4

Xie Yang was busy recalling the plot. At Qiu Xing's inquiries, he responded in a perfunctory manner with short words like 'unclear', 'possibly', 'maybe', 'en.'

Qiu Xing's tone became deeper and his words became shorter. Finally, he was completely quiet. The atmosphere in the car dropped to a freezing point and the driver shivered. He wanted to shake Xie Yang's neck and make him spit out more words.

The car stopped at the underground parking lot of Rongding's S City Branch and Qiu Xing got out of the car, leaving without a single look at Xie Yang. The driver took out his handkerchief to wipe his sweat. The boss had been so angry that he left without waiting for the driver to open the door.

Xie Yang finally came back from his thoughts and asked the driver, "Can I move freely?"

"Ah... ah?" The driver smiled bitterly. "This... I'm afraid it isn't possible. You have to go to the chairman's appointment with the boss at noon. You can't leave at will."

"So you mean to let me wait here?"

"O-Of course not." The driver tried to guess the boss' mind and tentatively suggested, "Shall I take you around until it is noon? Then I'll bring you back."

Xie Yang just wanted to find a place to be alone and quietly think about his path in the future. He nodded and suggested, "Yes... is there a cinema nearby? I want to watch a movie."

10 minutes later, the two of them arrived at the nearest cinema.

The driver looked at the theatre's promotional screen and said, "Director Zhou Huairen's new movie, June in Huai'an seems to have good reviews. Why don't you watch this? I will buy a ticket if you want to see it."

June in Huan'an was the female protagonist's big screen debut and was also an important plot point. Xie Yang's eyes fell on the promotional poster of June in Huai'an and shook his head. He pointed to a corner of the promotional area. "No, I want to see this. Buy a ticket for me."

The driver looked over and saw a few words in the nostalgic classics area. This special session was continuously broadcasting a dozen movies that could be seen and followed. The posters had the names of the serials and they were all anti-Japanese war movies with no exception.

"..." Mr Xie's taste was really unique. The driver went to buy a ticket and also sent a text message to Qiu Xing to report on Xie Yang.

After the driver left, Xie Yang's gaze shifted back to the promotional poster of June in Huai'an. He looked at the name of the female protagonist printed in the corner and bent over to grab a leaflet for June in Huai'an.

It wasn't surprising that the nostalgic classic was empty. Xie Yang took the popcorn and drink from the driver's hand and motioned for him to sit further away. The driver didn't dare speak as his food was stolen and obediently sat in the back row.

On the big screen, the grey-faced soldiers were rolling around in the trenches. Xie Yang ate popcorn and leaned back against the chair, closing his eyes.

The easiest way to change his fate of death was to divorce Qiu Xing and stay away from the plot circle, but this method wouldn't work. Qiu Xing was a filial son and the marriage was arranged by Mother Qiu. Mother Qiu was old and in poor health. Qiu Xing would never go against his mother. He had probed this in the morning and Qiu Xing did indeed have this attitude. In view of the very unequal status between him and Qiu Xing, it would be impossible to divorce as long as Qiu Xing was unwilling.

Xie Yang picked up another piece of popcorn and placed it in his mouth. He grinded it with his teeth and after grinding off a bit, he licked it with his tongue, slowly tasting the sweetness.