Chapter 553: Passion No More
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However, Carta's desire to write was too inferior in Edward's opinion.
For example, helping others out of kindness, such as laughing out of tears, or driving a Mustang sports car.
"Don't you want to go ahead and let go of your guns, and have some fun with yourself?"
Then, Edward wrote his wishes, such as a gun, such as a skydive, such as a tattoo, and even ......
Kissing the most beautiful girl in the world?
After writing it, Edward happily invited Carter to complete the list. But Carter hesitated, because he hadn't written the list with the intention of accomplishing it. It's like a psychological sustenance, a symbol, a simple thought.
Edward then persuaded, "What do you think? I go back to work, and then sit stupidly and listen to people talk about financing subprime mortgages, and pretend that I still care about the damn money? What about you? Go home and burn incense, put on your longevity clothes, and let the people around you surround you and watch you breathe, and you want to comfort them, that's what you want? Slowly suffocate in an atmosphere of sympathy and grief?"
"I don't want to!"
"In the depths of your heart, I believe that you don't want to. ”
Carter was said to be moved......
Yes, now I finally have an opportunity in front of me, and I don't have to worry about lack of money to fulfill these wishes, and there is an old guy who is sympathetic to the same disease by my side. Do you really want to go back and wait for death?
And then let the relatives surround themselves and watch themselves suffocate?
It seems to be a bit of a wreck.
But that's when Carter's wife walked into the hospital room, and when she heard that Carter was going to leave for a while, she immediately showed strong opposition!
"I don't understand why you just gave up?" exclaimed the wife, with a sad face, "Why did you just give up trying like this? Why didn't you tell your children, what would they think if they had known you were going to give up on them?"
The wife hopes to persuade her husband to continue to fight against the disease, to continue to work hard, not to give up, not to give up her life, not to give up hope.....
To put it simply, don't give up on treatment.
Carter was furious when he heard this, especially when he heard his wife say that he was going to give up the child.
"I gave up on them? I worked under the hood for forty-five years to keep them open, and I did that!!"
"I'm going to give myself a little time now, can't I?"
Carter excitedly quarreled with his wife, and finally broke up, and his wife slammed the door in a rage.
Is it wrong for a father who has dedicated his life to his children and family to want to give himself a little freedom and space before he dies?
That's right.
As Carter's angry wife and mother of several children, she cares about Carter's condition and wants Carter not to give up treatment and hope, is this wrong?
That's right.
It's just time that is wrong, it's that the concepts of the two should not collide together at this point in time. Just like day and night, humans need them, but they can never be at the same time.
In the front row of the premiere, my father watched this scene, and the corners of his eyes couldn't help but moisten slightly. He suddenly felt like Carter in the movie, who had spent his best time for his family and children, and even his ideals had been exhausted in decades of wind and rain. Perhaps the only difference is that I don't have cancer.
Many middle-aged people present, or older men, watched this scene with emotion.
Who isn't?
Carrying the courage of the family, it is necessary to give up some "young and frivolous dreams".
You can't have it both ways.
This is what Edward told Carter, who was given untold amounts of money but not love and affection.
Carter got love and affection, but "wasted" his life under the hood for forty-five years.
........
Then, Edward and Carter embark on a journey to complete the "bucket list".
A warm but funny journey begins.
First stop, skydive!
Carter cowered, not daring to jump.
Edward: "You're not afraid to jump!"
Carter: "Of course not. ”
Edward: "You're just afraid that your parachute won't open, and you'll show up at your own funeral like an egg cake." ”
Carter also tried to justify his cowardice, but was pushed down by Edward.
A scream pierced the sky.
"Ah~~~~~~~h
......
The second stop, sashimi.
Edward tattooed his head, but Carter refused.
Edward: "Afraid of being discovered by your wife? It's just a tattoo, not a new love." ”
Carter: "I've never had another woman. ”
Edward: "Wow, gotta put this on the list." ”
"Don't. ”
"It's been 66 years, man, and it looks like we're going to have to have a good time. ”
"Don't. ”
"It's cool and it's not cheating. ”
"I said no!"
"I mean that kind of professional cool method, I won't be with you. ”
Carter: "....."
.......
After that, the two went to drive a sports car again, fulfilling Carter's desire to drive a Mustang sports car.
Though...
The two drove bumper cars and played a low-altitude leap.
The trip of the two old men really brought a lot of joy to the audience, especially when Edward made fun of Carter, which made a lot of fun for the audience.
"Haha, I'm laughing to death, I'm afraid that the parachute won't open and fall into an egg cake?"
"It's amazing, put it on the list. ”
"Edward is so funny, haha. ”
"It turns out that going out to prostitute is not cheating, it's just cool...."
"When I told my wife, I was afraid that I would be beaten to death. ”
.......
Later, the two took a private jet to the next stop, where Edward secretly had something to do with a beautiful woman in stockings in the bathroom. He thought Carter was asleep and didn't know, but people actually pretended to be asleep all the time.
Facing Carter's straight eyes, Edward smiled awkwardly: "Medication physiotherapy."
Burst!
The audience couldn't help but be happy, and it was Edward who could say that what he was doing was so fresh and refined as curing diseases.
.....
After that, the two went to Paris. At the dinner table, Edward mentions his daughter, Emily, though the two have not seen each other in years. So, Carter wanted to put it on his bucket list.
But Edward was so emotional that he grabbed the bucket list and crossed it out.
"Why?" asked Carter.
"There's no why!" Edward was angry, as if there was something unspeakable.
........
Later, Carter's wife called Edward, hoping that he would return Carter to herself.
"I have been a nurse all my life, and I have seen a lot of life and death, and countless human tragedies have happened in front of my eyes. As a woman, you shouldn't have to suffer so much. ”
"My husband is dying, and I can accept it. But what I can't accept is to lose him while he's alive!"
Hearing this, Edward fell silent, and the audience couldn't help but be silent.
For Carter's wife, it was not easy to do so in the face of her husband's death. But Carter was taken away by Edward, and she couldn't bear it.
She didn't want Carter to be without her company in the last period of time.
It is a wife's deep love for her husband.
Edward seems to realize this, so he finds Carter in the shower and tactfully convinces Carter to go home.
"Why do you think I'm coming with you? not because you moved me. ”
"You know what? Since Rachel [Carter's] daughter went to college, life has been a lot more empty. No more homework, no more parent-child interactions, no more school activities, no more crying and no quarrels. ”
"Forty years later, when I first had time to live quietly with Virginia [Carter's wife], I couldn't find the feeling I had at the beginning. Even if I walked down the street holding her hand, I couldn't find that feeling anymore. ”
Of course, she is still the same person I loved at the beginning, and she has never changed. But the world has changed, and many things have changed after walking together for so long, and they are gone forever. ”
Looking at Carter's slightly cloudy eyes, Edward nodded silently and did not persuade him again.
As an old man, he understood how Edward was feeling right now.
Indeed, the beloved woman has not changed, and she is still the same, but decades have worn out Carter's passion.
The difference between young and old people is not only age, nor physical strength, but also mental sharpening. When the edges and corners are smoothed and even smoothed, the vigor of struggle disappears. It's the same with love, love when you're young will always be vigorous, not only spiritual needs, but also hormonal physiological needs.
It is said that husbands and wives have a seven-year itch, and now Carter is more than seven years. It is quite rare that he can not have a second woman in the years of his life. Before, he complained about his wife in the ward and quarreled with his wife because of the matter of leaving, all because of the itch of the past few decades.
Decades have passed, when the children leave home, the couple has returned to the world of the two again, but there is no longer the passion of the past, and there may not be sexual impulses when touching each other's bodies.
has turned vigorous love into an ordinary life, maybe that's it.
Carter is now running away from home and accompanying Edward crazy, perhaps just to regain a little of his passion.......