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Half a year after I successfully obtained the divorce certificate from the court, I suddenly received a call from a Shanghai number. The emergency doctor told me that Ethan had been in a car accident and was seriously injured. He wanted to talk to me, but was worried that I would reject the call if he used his own mobile phone, so he asked the doctor to call me. I told the doctor: "He remembered the wrong number, I don't know this person." However, an indescribable wave of emotion surged in my heart. Later, our mutual acquaintances told me that although Ethan had saved his life, the car accident left him with sequelae and damaged some of his functions. Cindy's legs were seriously injured and she had to sit in a wheelchair for the rest of her life. Their family pestered Ethan and asked him to take care of Cindy for the rest of his life. After the two of them hastily got the marriage certificate, he, who rarely drank, began to drink heavily and ignored Cindy. In the end, he and Cindy failed to escape from a fire caused by drunkenness. And that day was the day when he drove his car into me and caused my miscarriage.

All this seems to be arranged by fate, which makes me deeply sigh at the impermanence and cruelty of life. However, I know that I must face the future with strength, because life goes on, and I still have more dreams and pursuits waiting for me to realize.