The taxi driver was also a little angry. His eyes opened wide in anger as he said, “I smoked when the car was parked. I didn’t smoke when you came into the cab. The taxi company rules stipulate that we aren’t allowed to smoke in front of the passengers. I didn’t violate the rules, did I? You will only be taking my car for ten minutes, at most. Aren’t you going to allow me to smoke at other times?”
Elaine said angrily, “Get this clear, the taxi is your service place, and you have to keep your service place clean, with fresh air. Is it reasonable for you to make the whole place smell so strongly of cigarettes?”
The taxi driver said angrily, “This service place is provided by the taxi company, not me. I am simply the driver. If you have any dissatisfaction, you can go to the taxi company to complain then.”
With that said, the taxi driver muttered in dissatisfaction, “It’s just cigarettes, what’s the big fuss? Doesn’t your husband smoke?”
Elaine rolled her eyes at him and replied, “He smokes.”
The taxi driver then said, “That’s it, then! If you can take the cigarette smell when you’re at home, you can take it when you’re out. What’s the difference?”
Elaine responded with one word disdainfully, “Dead.”
The taxi driver subconsciously asked, “What’s dead?”
Elaine said loudly on purpose, “Didn’t you ask me if my husband smokes? I’m telling you that he smokes, but he died from smoking.”
The taxi driver’s expression turned ugly, but he still retorted, “You stupid old woman, aren’t you speaking out of turn? There are many possibilities for a person’s death. How do you know he died from smoking?!”
“Lung cancer!” Elaine said angrily, “He got lung cancer from smoking, and it metastasized to the heart, liver, spleen, lungs, kidneys, and brain. It is said that the cancer cells were even growing in his bones. After going to the hospital, the doctor said that his condition was hopeless and that he would only be able to live for three months at most. However, he died within a week. I donated his body to the medical school and let those medical students disembowel him and use his for practice, which can also be regarded as making a contribution to society.”
However, she did not want to expose Elaine’s lies in front of the taxi driver because that might cause the taxi driver to doubt his life. Therefore, she could only cough a few times as a reminder to Elaine.
When Elaine heard Claire coughing, she naturally knew what her daughter meant, but she was too angry with Jacob, so she did not care about the presence of her daughter and son-in-law as she continued to say to the taxi driver, “Mister, what you said is right. Smoking is actually quite normal, and it’s only natural to get lung cancer. You should just smoke boldly. Anyway, shouldn’t people live happily in this world?”
The taxi driver looked embarrassed and spoke hesitantly, “Cough... Cough... Well, smoking is indeed harmful to the health. I can smoke lesser or try to smoke as little as possible...”
Elaine smiled and asked the driver, “Mister, how many cigarettes do you smoke in a day?”
The taxi driver held the steering wheel with one hand awkwardly and then scratched his scalp with the other hand as he said without confidence, “I... Well, a little more... well, probably a little more than one pack in a day...”
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