Sincere love translated by Zhang Bao

The passengers on the bus were watching with sympathy as a striking young woman, holding a white cane in her hand, carefully descended the ladder to the bus. She paid the fare, touched the edge of the seat and walked towards the car, and when she found the reserved empty seat, she sat down, put her suitcase at her feet, and put her cane on her lap.

Susan, 34, has been blind for a year. Her blindness was caused by a medical malpractice. It made her feel as if she had been suddenly abandoned in a dark world, filled with anger, loss, and low self-esteem. Now all she can rely on is her husband, Mark.

Mark is an Air Force officer who loves Susan with his whole body and mind. When she had just lost her sight, he saw that she was extremely depressed and almost hopeless, so he decided to help his wife to increase her confidence and ability to be independent and self-reliant. Eventually, Susan was ready to go back to her job, but could she do it? She used to take the bus to work, but now it was a terrible thing to leave her alone in the city. Mark offered to drive her to work every day, even though the two of them were working at the farthest point on either side of the city.

However, it didn't take long for Mark to feel that this way was not feasible. Susan is going back on the bus to work. He should admit that she was still vulnerable, and she was so easily angry, how would she react to that?

As he had expected, Susan was terrified when she heard that she was going to take the bus. "I'm blind!" she replied bitterly, "how can I know where I should go, and do you want to abandon me?"

Mark's heart broke to hear this, but he knew there was something he had to do. He promised Susan that he would accompany her on the bus every morning and afternoon until she was proficient enough to reach her destination.

And he did, and it took him two weeks. Wearing a military uniform, Mark accompanies Susan to and from work every day. He taught her how to rely on her other senses, especially her hearing, to judge where she was and to adapt to her new environment. He helps her get to know the driver on the bus, asks the driver to remind her, or to reserve a seat for her.

In the end, Susan decided to commute to work by bus on her own. On Monday morning, before leaving home, she hugged Mark, the company she got on and off the bus, her husband, her best friend. She was so grateful for his loyalty, patience and love for him, and her eyes filled with tears of gratitude. She said goodbye to him. This was the first time they had gone their separate ways to work. Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday.

Every day, she was safe and sound, and she never felt so good. She's done it and can commute to work by car on her own. On Friday morning, Susan was in the car to work as usual, and as she was about to pay to get out of the car, the driver said, "Son, I envy you." ”

Susan wasn't sure the driver was talking to her. And who would envy a blind woman, who is struggling to find the courage of the past years of life. It was strange, she asked the driver, "why do you envy me?"

The driver replied, "It must be a good feeling to be cared for and protected like you," and Susan couldn't figure out what the driver meant by this, so she asked again, "What do you mean?" the driver replied, "You know, every morning last week, a gentleman in a military uniform stood in the corner of the carriage and watched you for fear that you would fall out of it." He waited until you were safely walking across the street and watched you walk into the office building where you worked. Then, he kisses you, greets you, and only then leaves. What a lucky woman you are. ”

Tears of happiness spilled down her cheeks, and even though she couldn't see the qiē with her eyes, she could feel Mark right next to her. She was lucky, very lucky, that he gave her a gift more precious than her eyesight. Because this gift of love can bring light to her dark world.