A man married a very beautiful girl. After marriage(结婚),they were living happily together. The man really enjoy her beauty and loved her very much.
But after a few months, the wife came to know that she was suffering(遭受)from a terrible illness. Because of that, gradually(逐渐) she would lose her beauty.
Knowing this, the wife started thinking to herself, "What if I become ugly, my husband would start hating me. I won't be able to stand his hatred(厌恶)."
One day, her husband had to go out of town for some work. When he was returning home after finishing his work, he met with an accident. He lost both his eyes in that accident.
However, their married life continue to progress(进展)normally. Time passed and the wife completely lost her beauty because of her illness. She turned ugly but her blind husband couldn't see it. So it didn't influence their married life. He kept loving her like always.
One day the wife died. Now, the husband was sad and alone. He decided to leave that city.
He finished all funeral rites(葬礼)for her wife. The next day, when he was about to leave, his friend saw him and went to him and said, "How will you be able to live without the support of your wife? Your wife was always there for you to look after you and help you for many years. It would be difficult for you to live alone."
The husband answered, "My friend, I am not blind. In fact, I was just pretending(假装)to be blind. Because when my poor wife came to know about her illness, I realized that she was completely troubled by it and afraid. If my wife had known that I could see her ugliness, it would have hurt her more than her illness. She was a very good wife and I just wanted to keep her happy. That's why for all these years, I pretended to be blind."