It is a true story that took place in a tourist attraction. The protagonists in the story are an elderly couple.
One day, the two elders left their tour group and went hand in hand to the cliff to watch the sunset. The sunset was truly magnificent. The western sky was ablaze with tangerine red afterglow, as if it were a shower of sun raining down, splashing onto the rocks and grass, sparkling with brilliant sunlight. The two elders were drunk in admiration of this incomparable beauty when suddenly she felt something falling beside her. Instinctively, she reached out and grabbed her husband who had slipped. She held onto his collar and pulled him up with all her might, but no matter how hard she tried, it was to no avail. He hung on the cliffside, not daring to move recklessly, otherwise both would fall into the valley and be crushed to death. She could hardly hold him for long. Her hands went numb, her arms swelled and ached, as if they would break off from her body at any moment. She realized her thin arms could not support his heavy body, so she could only bite his collar with her teeth, holding on until the very last moment. She hoped someone would appear suddenly and save him from the brink of death!
He hung on the cliff, which was equivalent to having his life nailed at the ghost gate. In this evening where the sun was about to set behind the mountain, who would still come to the cliff? Realizing this, he said, "Let go, dear..."
She tightly clenched her teeth and could not speak, she could only use her eyes to signal him not to make a sound. One minute passed. Two minutes passed. Ten minutes passed. In the midst of this, he felt hot and sticky liquid dripping onto his face. He keenly realized it was the blood flowing from her mouth, with a salty and fishy taste. He pleaded with her again, "I beg you, dear, let me go! Your sincerity is enough, facing death, I will not blame you..."
She still firmly bit onto his collar and could not speak. She could only use her eyes to stop him from struggling again. An hour passed. Two hours passed. He felt large droplets of hot liquid falling on his face. He knew her seven orifices were bleeding, his heart was broken into pieces but he was helpless. He realized she was using a strong heart to fight against death. He suddenly understood that the weight of life at this time and place was incredibly heavy. Death was like an eagle vulture flapping its powerful wings, constantly diving and attacking him. A careless mistake and life would be enveloped in the cocoon and terminated...
No one knows how much time passed before the people from the tour group arrived at the cliffside with torches and finally saved the two of them. She stayed in a nearby hospital for a long time. After that incident, all her teeth fell out, and she never stood up again. Every day, he pushed her in a wheelchair down the street to watch the sunset. He said, "Why did you bother saving this old man? Look what happened to your teeth, dear..."
She murmured, "Dear, I knew that if I let go at that moment, I would lose not only you, but also my happiness for the rest of my life..."
He pushed her towards the sunset.