She calmly looked at the man behind her, her happiness genuine and unfeigned, as if he was a real person, not someone in a vegetative state who couldn't move.
The naturalness of it made people marvel.
"He once said, once he earned first-class honors, he'd come back to marry me. He kept his word, he came back... and we got married. It's just that he's not able to stand up right now to thank you all... It's alright if I do it myself. Man should be outdoors, woman indoors. He was outside earning honors, while I should thank everyone at home. Today he can't stand up, so on behalf of the two of us, I apologize to you all!"
As she spoke, she seemed to down the liquor in her glass in one gulp, her nose turning red immediately, and she sniffed.
The audience quickly felt their eyes redden, feeling both heartache and moved; those were the feelings that everyone present shared.
