A young couple got married after a long period of passionate romance. One day, the husband wanted to buy his wife a ring. When they entered the shopping mall and saw all the dazzling gold and silver jewelry, she hesitated for a long time before saying timidly: "I don't want this... Can you buy me a pager instead?" At that time, pagers were still relatively new gadgets, not much cheaper than rings. The man was a bit surprised because he knew his girlfriend wasn’t usually one to chase trends. In the end, at her insistence, the man used the money intended for their wedding ring to buy a beautiful Han character display pager.
As soon as they returned to their new home, the woman clipped the pager onto her husband's waistband. Surprised, he asked: "This is for you, why are you making me wear it?" Smiling with satisfaction, the woman replied: "This way, I can find you anytime! You promised me, no matter when, no matter what time, no matter how busy you are, whenever I page you, you must call me back!"
That night, the two of them tested the pager’s ringing sound again and again in bed. They felt that life was like this ringing sound—loud, pleasant, full of hope and anticipation.
From that day on, the man often received messages from the pager: "Husband, buy some groceries on your way home." "Husband, I miss you, I love you." "Husband, let's go to Mom's house for dinner tonight." Every time he saw these messages, his heart would feel warm. Whenever possible, even if there was no need to return the call, he would still phone her just to hear her voice.
Once, the man forgot to change the battery in the pager and happened to accompany his boss on a business trip, only returning home late at night. Upon opening the door, he found his wife had cried herself red-eyed. It turned out that since the time her husband had left work, she had been paging him every fifteen minutes. The longer he didn’t respond, the more anxious she became, fearing something bad had happened. She eventually called every ten minutes until he finally came home and she had just put down the receiver.
The man thought his wife was overreacting: "I’m not a kid anymore, what could possibly happen?" But his wife said she had a premonition that if he didn’t answer her calls, he wouldn’t come back. The man patted his wife’s head and laughed: "Silly!" However, from then on, he always kept a spare battery in his pocket.
Later, the husband got promoted and earned more money. The pager was replaced by a mobile phone. One day, he suddenly remembered that he owed his wife a ring, so he enthusiastically pulled her to the shopping mall. But upon seeing the platinum diamond rings advertised on TV every day, she hesitated again and said: "Buy me a mobile phone instead." Her husband asked: "We have a telephone at home, and you rarely go out, why do you need a mobile phone?" His wife replied: "Platinum diamond rings are so expensive, what use are they? I've already set my eyes on that model of mobile phone; plus, if I want to find you in the future, even if you're in the bathroom, we can still talk."
That day, the short message service (SMS) on the mobile phone was activated. They were in different rooms sending SMS messages to each other, playing happily. That evening, he sobered up and seriously told her: "Don't randomly call or send text messages to my mobile phone anymore. I frequently attend meetings and serious occasions where chatting about personal matters isn't convenient." His wife immediately became unhappy: "Then how am I supposed to find you?" "Do what you want," the husband replied somewhat irritably, "I'm not a child, why are you always looking for me?"
Not long after buying his wife the mobile phone, one night, the husband played cards with colleagues at another friend's house. Initially, it was just small stakes, but gradually the bets grew larger. As they were fully engrossed in the game, his wife called: "Where are you? Why aren't you coming home yet?" "I'm playing cards at a colleague's house." "When will you be back?" "In a bit."
Losing and winning alternately, his wife's calls continued one after another. Outside, a heavy rain started pouring down. His colleague suggested playing through the night. At this moment, his wife's call came again: "Where exactly are you? What are you doing? Come home now!" "Didn't I tell you? I'm at a colleague's house playing cards. How can I go home with such a heavy rain?" "Then tell me where you are, I'll pick you up!" "No need!" With that, the husband hung up the phone. Seeing this, his friends playing cards with him mocked him for being henpecked. In a fit of anger, he turned off his mobile phone.
At dawn, having lost everything, a friend drove him home. Unexpectedly, the door was locked tightly. Upon opening it, he found his wife was not at home. Just then, the phone rang—it was his mother-in-law crying on the other end: "She went out in the rain last night, riding her bicycle with an umbrella to look for you at your colleague's house, searching house after house. She had a traffic accident and never woke up..."
It was only then that the husband remembered to turn on his mobile phone. There was an unread message: "Did you forget? Today is our wedding anniversary! I'm coming to find you, sweetheart, don't wander around, I've brought an umbrella!" She was on her way to find him, and she would never wake up again. The husband burst into tears, repeatedly looking at this short message. He felt that on that night, he had lost his entire world...
It's so touching... I almost cried reading it... What a great girl... If only heaven would give me one...