The male protagonist, who is in his 70s, was diagnosed with lung cancer and has only half a year left to live, while his wife suffers from Alzheimer's disease and her memory is getting blurry.
Facing death, the one thing the male protagonist cannot let go of the most is his wife. In order to prepare for his wife in advance, he dragged his sick body to plan to repave the cement path in the yard to prevent her from tripping in the future; he also taught her to cook over and over again, but she always forgot in the blink of an eye.
As my health deteriorates, I need to seek help from my children for many things. But there were many things that his children didn't understand and even started to quarrel. He kept compromising and lowering his stance.
In the end, the male protagonist's condition continued to worsen and he was bedridden, becoming a "burden" being manipulated. After having lived a decent life, he wanted to end his life, but he still couldn't worry about his wife.
The ending of the story is that the male protagonist reluctantly dies while awake, while the female protagonist lives in a daze, occasionally murmuring to the air, as if waiting for someone who will never come back.
Intent: Focusing on elderly couples who have been ignored by the public. In this book, the heroine suffers from lung cancer, and the heroine suffers from Alzheimer's disease. The passing of consciousness collides with the confusion of "returning to childhood".