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Counting Down To Death, He's Still Acting
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00:00When I left Ethan, he had nothing.
00:02He swept through Wall Street and used every means to marry me.
00:06Until he brought different women home every night.
00:08I moved into the study without crying or making a fuss.
00:12I picked open the door, grabbed my chin, and asked,
00:14Aren't you jealous at all?
00:17He doesn't know I'm sick. He calls it revenge.
00:19And I'm just counting the days I have left.
00:25The best gift I received on my 30th birthday was a medical diagnosis.
00:29Hereditary blood disease. Advanced stage.
00:32The targeted drug costs $80,000 per course of treatment,
00:35and insurance does not cover it.
00:37I didn't cry.
00:38I just folded the diagnosis report while wiping my nosebleed and put it into my bag.
00:42On my way home, I sent Ethan a message.
00:45It's my birthday today.
00:46He replied instantly.
00:48Working overtime, pushing open the door,
00:50there was a woman's laughter in the living room.
00:53He came downstairs from the second floor bedroom
00:55with a young woman in his arms, wearing my bathrobe.
00:57He glanced at me and said,
00:59You're back.
01:01It's like looking at a piece of furniture.
01:03I didn't say a word.
01:04I went upstairs, walked into the study,
01:07closed the door, and sat on the cardboard box.
01:10There are still 2,847 ween left in the bank card.
01:15I dialed his phone number.
01:17I want 500,000.
01:20From the other end of the phone came a woman's coquettish laughter.
01:27He calls this revenge, but I just want to live a few more days.
01:32The next day, I went to his company wearing metal clothes.
01:35At the meeting room entrance, his secretary, Vivian,
01:37carrying a cup of coffee, bumped into me head on.
01:40The coffee spilled all over me.
01:42Oh, sorry, sister.
01:43I didn't say a word and sat on the corridor chair, waiting.
01:47Is that Ethan's wife?
01:49She looks like she's about to die.
01:53I looked down at my yellowing fingernails and didn't retort.
01:56Don't provoke her.
01:57She just hasn't dressed up.
01:58Once she does, 10 of you combined can't compare to her.
02:00And you don't know how Ethan managed to marry her back then.
02:02If you mess with her, Ethan will be the first to destroy you.
02:10Sister, Ethan is so nice to me.
02:12He said I'm the most important person to him.
02:15I took the tea and took a sip.
02:17Then I looked at her and softly asked,
02:20Then why is he still reluctant to divorce and marry you?
02:23Her face changed instantly.
02:25Some questions, the answers to which she already knew long ago,
02:28but no one dared to ask.
02:30Vivian was hit right in the sore spot by my words.
02:33She got impatient and reached out to grab my teacup.
02:36Jessica tried to hold her back,
02:38but she lost her balance and fell to the ground,
02:40with her palm cut and bleeding by the broken porcelain shards.
02:43The door of the meeting room was kicked open with one foot.
02:45Ethan rushed out, and his first glance was not at me, but at her.
02:49He crouched down, pulling her into his arms.
02:51Then he looked up, his gaze stabbing over like a knife.
02:55Who did it?
02:59I did it.
03:00She deserved it.
03:03It's all my fault.
03:04I shouldn't have fallen in love with you.
03:07Don't cry anymore.
03:09Want money?
03:10First apologize to Vivian.
03:14Forget it.
03:15I turned around and walked out of the corridor step by step.
03:17Behind me was Vivian's triumphant crying.
03:19At the entrance of the building,
03:21I held onto the railing as blood flowed from my nose.
03:24The phone rang.
03:25The hospital was urging payment.
03:27I looked up at the sky and whispered,
03:29Mom, I'll see you soon.
03:32Between dignity and life, I chose dignity.
03:34But I'm really running out of time.
03:37Late at night, Grace curled up on the study bed and took two sleeping pills.
03:44Half asleep and half awake,
03:46she returned to the age of 20.
03:48On her birthday, the two passed by a dessert shop.
03:51She leaned on the window, looking at a strawberry cake,
03:54then said with a smile,
03:56Ethan, doesn't this snow look like cream?
03:58Ethan didn't say a word, pulling her into his arms.
04:03His eyes red.
04:09Three days later, holding the cake in his hands.
04:17She cried and said,
04:19I don't deserve to eat such an expensive cake.
04:21Don't decide for me whether you deserve it or not.
04:23You're the best girl in the world.
04:24You deserve all the good things in life.
04:30In the memory, she cried while finishing the cake.
04:33In reality, Grace, half awake,
04:36picked up her phone and dialed Ethan's number.
04:44Ethan, it's snowing.
04:47I want cake.
04:48Then he hung up, turned over,
04:51and fell into a deep sleep.
05:02At two o'clock in the morning,
05:04the doorbell suddenly rang
05:11and saw only a strawberry cake at the door.
05:13She crouched down to stare at the cake,
05:15her eyes instantly welling up with tears.
05:19But still picked up the cake
05:20and walked to the kitchen.
05:23You dare to throw it away!
05:25Stacked her by the neck
05:26and pinned her against the wall,
05:27angrily asking if she was playing again.
05:29Grace laughed and admitted it.
05:30Yes!
05:31You're so gullible!
05:33Ethan, out of control,
05:35struck her into the bedroom
05:37and threw her onto the bed.
05:39You're so dirty!
05:40Tearing her face,
05:42bit her neck,
05:43and trembled as he begged her
05:44not to torture him anymore.
05:51At this moment,
05:52Vivian called for help.
05:53Ethan, someone is following me.
05:55I'm so scared.
05:56Can you come pick me up?
05:58Beg me to stay.
06:00Beg me,
06:00and I won't leave.
06:01You don't deserve.
06:04Ethan let out a bitter laugh,
06:06slammed the door,
06:07and laughed.
06:10Grace slumped to the ground,
06:11and her nosebleed gushed out instantly.
06:15Grace's phone suddenly lit up,
06:17showing that 500,000 UN
06:19had been transferred into her bank account
06:21with a glaring postscript.
06:23This is to buy your dignity.
06:24Keep it better next time.
06:27The next day,
06:28a video of Ethan fighting for Vivian's apartment
06:30fighting across the internet,
06:32causing an optimal and public opinion.
06:36Reporters blocked the entrance of the apartment,
06:38and as soon as Grace stepped out,
06:40pressed for her views
06:41on her husband's infidelity.
06:42What's your view on your husband's
06:44extramarible affair?
06:44She responded indifferently.
06:46A liar?
06:46A mistress in the know?
06:48What do you want me to say?
06:49I heard you dumped him for money.
06:50Now that he's rich,
06:51you're not leaving.
06:52Is that true?
06:53Don't you think you're bullying her
06:55by pestering her like this?
06:56Just as Grace stopped walking,
06:58her nosebleed suddenly dripped.
07:00Fake.
07:00Great acting.
07:02I'm not sad.
07:04I'm dying.
07:05Bleeding a little bit from the nose
07:06and already acting like you're about to die?
07:08I've never seen someone so fond
07:10of putting on a show.
07:11Grace stopped explaining and turned away.
07:15That night,
07:16as she was packing her hospital luggage...
07:17Where are you going?
07:19Hospital.
07:20Take your hand away.
07:23Feign illness.
07:24The materialistic woman
07:26who dumped him when he was poor.
07:28Now that he's found true love,
07:30she won't let go.
07:31It's disgusting.
07:32What magic did she cast on Ethan?
07:34A wave of scolding
07:35swept across the entire internet.
07:37I will never divorce Grace.
07:39Stop harassing my wife.
07:41Ethan issued a public statement.
07:43In the ward,
07:44the nurse looked at her with disdain.
07:46Chloe rushed in to defend her.
07:48Take a look at these comments.
07:50I will fight back one by one.
07:52Facing Chloe's questioning,
07:53Grace remained silent.
07:55No need.
07:55I don't care.
07:57What do you care about?
08:02An anonymous comment defended
08:03that she left not for money back then,
08:05but was instantly drowned out
08:07by a chorus of scolding.
08:08Just then,
08:09Sister,
08:10I've come to see you.
08:13Go out.
08:14Ethan gave it to me.
08:16I broke it.
08:17He said it was just a worthless
08:18piece of junk anyway.
08:19Deliberately provoking Grace.
08:22You bitch!
08:29That was left to me by my mother.
08:31My voice is trembling.
08:33Vivian laughed instead.
08:36Your mother?
08:37Dead and still leaving behind trash?
08:40Like mother,
08:41like daughter.
08:42I didn't let her finish speaking.
08:45A slap landed hard on her face.
08:47She shrieked and lunged at me,
08:49and we grappled with each other.
08:51Chloe rushed in to break it up,
08:53and Ethan followed.
08:54He yanked Vivian away,
08:56and shielded her behind him.
08:58Are you crazy?
09:01That was given to me by my mom.
09:03You gave it to her?
09:05A piece of junk.
09:06Is it really necessary?
09:08I'm dying.
09:09You know I'm dying.
09:11You still treat me like this?
09:12What, are you going to lack this?
09:14Yeah.
09:14I'm stuck us!
09:15You were the one who threw the cake first.
09:17Stop pretending.
09:20He said I was acting.
09:21Then my nosebleed gushed out
09:23and wouldn't stop.
09:24I staggered and fell.
09:26He reached out and caught me.
09:28Blood stained his white shirt.
09:30He finally panicked.
09:32Call a doctor!
09:33Quick, call a doctor!
09:35He finally believed,
09:36but I could no longer hear clearly.
09:38The light in the emergency room
09:39had been on for a very long time.
09:41When I was unconscious,
09:43I heard Ethan crying.
09:44Finally, the doctor emerged.
09:46Ethan rushed forward abruptly,
09:48his voice forced.
09:48What about her?
09:49She stopped treatment three months ago.
09:52It's progressed too far.
09:53We can only keep her stable.
09:55Then do it!
09:57I don't care what it costs!
09:59She signed a DNR herself.
10:00And her medical authorized person?
10:03Not you.
10:04The clattering of high heels came sharply
10:06and Chloe walked up to Ethan,
10:08raising her hand and slapping him.
10:12Now you want to play the good husband?
10:14Too late.
10:15Chloe threw the file in his face.
10:18She's afraid of pain.
10:20Do you know how she spent these three years?
10:21Do you know where the hell you were?
10:23In whose bed?
10:24When she was rivaling on the floor in agony?
10:27Ethan instantly collapsed to his knees.
10:31She's right.
10:32I've already signed the Do Not Resuscitate Agreement,
10:34and I'm not even his medical power of attorney.
10:36I don't want to die.
10:37I'm just in too much pain.
10:39You said goodbyes matter.
10:40You haven't said goodbye to me yet.
10:45Grace opened her eyes.
10:49And her first words were,
10:51Stop crying.
10:52It's so noisy.
10:54Chloe laughed and cried.
10:55Grace smiled weakly and said,
10:56If you scold me again,
10:58I'll kill myself right in front of you.
11:00At the door of the ward,
11:01Ethan stood.
11:03He still clutched the blood-stained white shirt in his hand,
11:06which he hadn't changed for three days.
11:08Chloe slammed the door shut.
11:10She doesn't want to see you.
11:12Ethan stood at the door all night,
11:14then knelt down.
11:21The nurse came to persuade him,
11:22but he didn't get up.
11:24The attending doctor came to persuade him,
11:26but he still didn't get up.
11:31When dawn broke, the door opened.
11:33Grace leaned against the headboard,
11:34glanced at him, and said,
11:36Sign the divorce papers.
11:38Ethan knelt and shuffled in,
11:39took her hand,
11:40his lips chapped and bleeding.
11:42No.
11:43I'm dying.
11:44Even if you die,
11:45I'm still your husband.
11:49Do whatever you want.
11:54On the day Grace was discharged from the hospital,
11:56Chloe pushed the wheelchair,
11:57while Ethan followed behind like a shadow.
11:59Do you want to know why I left you back then?
12:04Before my mother passed away,
12:05she held my hand and said,
12:07Leave Ethan.
12:08Your illness might be genetic.
12:10Don't hurt him.
12:11I didn't believe it at the time.
12:12I thought I'd be fine.
12:14Later, I started having nosebleeds,
12:16each time more severe than the last.
12:18I got tested, and it was positive.
12:23I want to tell you that when I came to find you,
12:25you were holding another woman in your arms,
12:27drunk, and said,
12:28Don't expect me to love you.
12:30So I didn't say anything.
12:32I deliberately said,
12:34I look down on your poverty,
12:35because only then would you hate me and forget me.
12:38Ethan's hands were shaking.
12:39Why didn't you say so earlier?
12:41Why, if I tell you, would you believe me?
12:47Ethan was speechless.
12:48He rushed out of the car,
12:49crouched by the roadside,
12:50and pounded his fist on the ground.
12:52His skin split and flesh was torn.
12:54The phone vibrated.
12:55A text message from Vivian.
12:57I'm pregnant, and it's yours.
13:02Grace, I'm begging you.
13:04Give me back the father of my child.
13:06You're dying anyway.
13:07Why hang on to the title?
13:09I looked at her and smiled, saying,
13:11Sure.
13:11Fine.
13:13Let Ethan come and talk to me himself.
13:15Vivian grabbed Grace's hand.
13:16Chloe rushed in, grabbed her hair,
13:18and dragged her out.
13:21Touch her again, and see what happens.
13:26Ethan also rushed over.
13:28I told you, stay the hell away from her.
13:31He grabbed Vivian by the hair,
13:32and dragged her out of the door.
13:33Vivian screamed.
13:34I'm pregnant with your child!
13:36He froze for a second,
13:38but didn't let go of his hand,
13:39dragging her into the stairwell.
13:44Half an hour later, he returned,
13:47reeking of tobacco,
13:48standing at the foot of the bed,
13:50hesitating to speak.
13:51I closed my eyes and said,
13:53Don't say anything.
13:54The baby.
13:56I'll deal with it.
13:58Whatever you do, it's none of my business.
14:00Grace.
14:01Get out.
14:04My body suddenly got better.
14:06He can get out of bed,
14:08walk,
14:08and even has a bit of color in his face.
14:11I know, this is a flashback.
14:14Come shopping with me.
14:16She was so happy that she cried,
14:18combed my hair,
14:19and did my makeup.
14:21In the bridal shop,
14:22she walked out wearing a white satin wedding dress.
14:25This one,
14:26I'll give it to you.
14:28She shook her head.
14:29It's too expensive.
14:30I didn't say a word.
14:32While she was changing clothes,
14:33I secretly swiped the card.
14:36In the fitting room,
14:37Am I good looking?
14:40It's nice.
14:42I'll still be your bridesmaid in the next life.
14:45Stop talking.
14:47I'm going to the restroom.
14:49I didn't go to the bathroom.
14:51I took a taxi and went to the cemetery.
14:54In front of my mother's tombstone,
14:56I placed a bag of persimmons and fragments of an angel,
15:00then leaned against the marble and closed my eyes.
15:03The phone rang.
15:04It was Chloe.
15:06Once, twice, tenth time.
15:08Sorry.
15:09This time, I really have to go.
15:11When Chloe found me,
15:13I was leaning against the tombstone,
15:15looking as if I were asleep.
15:17Grace.
15:17She called me by my nickname,
15:19her voice trembling.
15:20There was no response.
15:22She didn't cry.
15:24She just held me in her arms.
15:26The hospital has declared me dead.
15:29The body donation was signed by me during my lifetime.
15:32When Ethan arrived,
15:33the hospital ward was already empty.
15:36Where is her?
15:39Donor information is confidential.
15:41He smashed the hospital ward,
15:43pushed the nurse,
15:44and was pinned to the ground by the security guard.
15:47With his face pressed against the cold floor tiles,
15:50he finally cried.
15:55He returned home and opened the fridge.
15:58The strawberry cake he bought last time was still there.
16:01He couldn't bear to throw it away.
16:03He took it out,
16:04took a bite,
16:05and spat it out.
16:06He pressed the cake into the trash can,
16:08squatted down and hugged his knees,
16:11just like he did when he was 20.
16:13Only this time,
16:14no one would ever hand him a tissue again.
16:20After my death,
16:22Ethan finally checked the child's DNA.
16:35Ethan lit a cigar and slowly revealed the truth.
16:39That day at the bar,
16:40Vivian was dragged into the restroom,
16:42and by the time he arrived,
16:44it was already too late.
16:46He pitted her and gave her a sum of money.
16:49Later she said she was pregnant,
16:51and he thought it was the result of that time,
16:53feeling that he hadn't protected her well.
16:56So you're trying to cling to me?
16:57Ethan, I was wrong.
16:58I was really wrong.
16:59Marry me and the baby will take your surname after birth.
17:02I'll do whatever you say.
17:06If you don't marry me,
17:07I'll tell the media that you pushed me down the stairs
17:09and that you aborted the baby in my belly.
17:11Your wife just died,
17:12and you're already killing your own child.
17:14See if you still be considered a human.
17:15Ethan looked at her as if she were a dead person.
17:20You try.
17:24At that moment,
17:25I knew Vivian didn't have long to live.
17:31Vivian really sent a threatening text message.
17:34Ethan asked her to meet him in the stairwell.
17:39I'm asking you one word to marry me or not.
17:42Do you know how my wife died?
17:45What's that got to do with me?
17:48She never hated me until her death.
17:52But I will hate myself.
17:54She grew impatient.
17:55Don't act all lovey-dovey with me.
17:57Didn't you also have an affair back then?
18:00Shut up.
18:03He took a step forward.
18:06And she took a step backward.
18:13You killed her.
18:15She screamed and pushed him.
18:17How the hell is that my problem?
18:18Stay the hell away from me!
18:19He pushed back.
18:20She missed a step.
18:21Rolled down the stairs.
18:23Hit their head on the corner of the wall.
18:25Twitched twice in a pool of blood.
18:27And then stopped moving.
18:28He stood on the stairs.
18:30Looking down for a long time.
18:32The voice-activated light went out.
18:34Came back on.
18:35And then went out again.
18:38When he got home.
18:39He said to the empty living room.
18:41And Ming.
18:42Grace, no one can bother us now.
18:44He finally avenged me.
18:45But I'm not happy at all.
18:48Acute stress disorder.
18:50Without criminal liability capacity at the time of the crime.
18:55He was admitted to a mental hospital.
18:58A narrow bed and bars on the window.
19:01On the nightstand sits an angel statue glued together.
19:04Covered in cracks.
19:05The nurse came to deliver the medicine.
19:08And he shook his head.
19:09My wife doesn't like the smell of medicine.
19:12Is this your wife?
19:13She's just asleep.
19:15When she wakes up, we're still going to have strawberry cake.
19:19When the doctor made his rounds, he asked him.
19:23What's her name?
19:25Anne Meng.
19:27Where did she go?
19:35She doesn't want me anymore.
19:39No, she won't.
19:41She said that in the next life, she still wants to be my wife.
19:45He remembers every word I said and every expression.
19:48I just don't remember that when I said next life,
19:51there was a bridesmaid dress beside me
19:54and Chloe's white wedding dress in front of me.
19:56He's crazy.
19:58But everything he remembers is true.
20:04Anonymous whistleblower post exploded overnight.
20:07The accompanying pictures are my mother's death certificate
20:10and my medical diagnosis report.
20:13Comments are going wild.
20:14Those who have scolded her owe her an apology.
20:18Chloe looked at her phone without smiling.
20:20She placed the phone face down on the table
20:22and said to her daughter,
20:24I mean, why can't I tell this?
20:28Mom will tell you a story.
20:30There's an aunt and she's the best.
20:33Ethan held his phone, looking at those comments
20:35and tears fell drop by drop onto the screen.
20:38He turned to the statue and said,
20:40Look.
20:41See?
20:42They finally know you're a good person.
20:45The nurse came in to collect the phone.
20:47It's time to hand in your phone.
20:48And he quickly hid it under the pillow.
20:50Don't tell her.
20:51She doesn't like seeing these.
20:53He made a shoe gesture at the statue and smiled gently.
20:57There are birds singing outside the window.
20:59Spring has come.
21:00It's a pity that I can no longer smell the fragrance of flowers.
21:05Chloe came to see him.
21:06Through the glass, she pasted the group photo on it.
21:10In the photo, I was wearing a bridesmaid dress.
21:13I'll get that statue.
21:14I want to put it in front of her grave.
21:17She has no tomb.
21:18She donated her body.
21:20Chloe took a small box out of her bag and pushed it over.
21:23He opens.
21:25Inside is a perfectly intact blue angel
21:27with his birthday engraved on the base.
21:30There's also a note in my handwriting.
21:32This one is yours.
21:33I've been keeping it all along.
21:35He plays the blue angel and the cracked pink angel side by side.
21:39He cried without making a sound.
21:44Chloe turned around, took two steps, then looked back.
21:48She never regretted loving you until her death.
21:51He didn't look up.
21:53On the glass window, that photo has been bleached by the sunlight.
21:57My smiling face is a bit blurred, as if covered by a layer of mist.
22:02It turned out that by the time he received that angel, I was already gone.
22:07Five years later, Chloe walked to the tree with a little girl.
22:10There is no tombstone.
22:12Mom, who is this aunt?
22:15She is mom's best friend.
22:17Where did she go?
22:18She went to a very far place.
22:20She won't come back, but she has always been here.
22:25Mom!
22:26A ladybug!
22:27At the same time, in the mental hospital,
22:30Ethan has aged.
22:32The weather is nice today.
22:34Let's go out for a walk.
22:35He stood up, supported himself against the wall,
22:38and slowly walked to the window.
22:40Look, it's snowing.
22:47I'll go buy you a cake.
22:48How about strawberry flavor?
22:50The nurse didn't say a word and gently put a coat on him.
22:58At the end of the corridor, sunlight spreads all over the ground.
23:02Some people spend their whole lives loving, but only learn to lose.
23:06All the decor conducive.
23:06Let's take care of your clothes.
23:06Let's calculate that boy.
23:06You
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