My Alleged Husband-Chapter 209 - 189 Rage is Coming_1
Zhang Zhentian had never thought that his relationship with his son would deteriorate to such an extent. What was even more unexpected was that the cause of the friction between him and his son was his own wife. Zhang Zhentian couldn’t understand why Xia Jing kept causing trouble for Zhang Yichen’s girlfriend time and time again. He couldn’t understand why Xia Jing never considered his feelings at all. He was baffled and had no insight into what Xia Jing was thinking; now, he felt that he didn’t understand Xia Jing at all. If this had been a few years ago, he would have felt that he knew his wife very well, but now it seemed that it was all an illusion—he didn’t understand her one bit!
After Zhang Yichen hung up the phone, Zhang Zhentian immediately called Xia Jing. When Xia Jing received Zhang Zhentian’s call, she thought that Zhang Yichen had agreed to let them return to the Zhang Family. But it turned out to be the exact opposite...
"Hello, Zhentian, what’s up? Are you calling to give me some good news? Has my son agreed to let us go back home? I knew it, as long as I troubled his girlfriend, he would definitely agree to let us return. See, wasn’t I right? Now you should quickly pack up at home; I’ll be back soon, and we’ll move back in tonight!" Xia Jing said excitedly to Zhang Zhentian.
Listening to his wife speak like this, Zhang Zhentian really didn’t know what to say. He remembered clearly telling her not to trouble his son’s girlfriend, but why didn’t his wife listen? Why did she keep violating this taboo again and again? Now it had come to this: Zhang Yichen had barred them from returning, yet here she was, daydreaming and asking him to pack up to move tonight. Where could they move to? After all the back and forth, they could only return to their own place.
Noticing that her husband was silent, Xia Jing thought something had happened to Zhang Zhentian. She spoke loudly into the phone, "Honey, what’s wrong? Has something happened? Why aren’t you answering me?"
Zhang Zhentian sighed and said to Xia Jing, "From the way you just spoke, you really did go to trouble Yichen’s girlfriend, didn’t you? I’m asking you, do you realize how great a price you’ve paid for your actions today? My son just called me, but you’re thinking too much. He didn’t ask us to go back, nor has he forgiven us. Instead, he said we should never return for the rest of our lives because you’ve repeatedly broken his taboo. His girlfriend broke up with him after you went to threaten her with her parents. Are you satisfied now? And it is precisely because of this that our son has told us to never come back. Do you really think what you’re doing is right? Time and time again, you’ve destroyed my hope of returning home. Do you think this is fair to me? Xia Jing, oh Xia Jing, I’ve been true to you for decades. I’ve never done anything to wrong you, but why can’t you consider things from my perspective? Do you know how much I’ve hoped to return to my father’s side? How much I want to see my son grow up, to see my father healthy, and to be by his side? But because of your actions, time and time again, they are never willing to forgive us, leaving us with no way to return. Is this the outcome you wanted?"
Xia Jing listened to Zhang Zhentian say those words and was utterly dumbfounded, unable to believe this was the outcome. She had always thought that all she had to do was threaten her son’s girlfriend, force her to leave her son, and her son would surely forgive her and let her return home. However, Xia Jing never anticipated that her son could have such deep feelings for his future wife. It was precisely because Xia Jing hurt Ran Zhihan time and again that ultimately, she could not return. Xia Jing always felt that none of this had anything to do with her, that it was never her fault. She cast all the blame onto Ran Zhihan.
"How can you say I didn’t consider your perspective? I’m telling you, this situation is definitely not because of me. It must be that girlfriend of his, she must have told our son about me threatening her with his parents. It has to be so; otherwise, our son wouldn’t believe it was me who did these things. You should know, for so long I have never done anything against morality. How could I suddenly do such a thing? It must be her spouting nonsense. Don’t believe them. You are my husband, how can you trust an outsider over me?"
"No matter what you say now, I will not believe you. There is only one thing I want to say, ’Own up to the things you’ve done.’ Since you chose to do this, you must bear the consequences yourself. Don’t always push the blame onto others. Others are not there to take the fall for you. She can’t carry your burdens forever. If you’ve done wrong, then admit your mistakes. Only by having the courage to admit them will you be able to move forward. I don’t know if saying this is of any use to you, but I hope you will at least consider my advice. You also know how much our son cares for her. In fact, there are some things I’ve never told you, because our son didn’t want me to tell you. Yichen wanted to test you, to see what you were really thinking. But this outcome disappointed not just him, but also me. I never imagined you to be such a person, nor did I ever think you would ruin your own son’s happiness. Make it clear to yourself, he is your son, your very own flesh and blood. We’ve already failed him for over a decade. Do you still want to fail him for a lifetime due to your obstinacy? Do you think that’s right? He is our precious son, not a commodity for trade, nor a doll to be played with and discarded at whim. He’s a living, thinking, intelligent human being."
At this moment, Zhang Zhentian suddenly realized he and his wife were irreconcilably different in their thinking—one was heaven, the other earth. Although both intended to do what was best for their son, expressing their parental love, one only wished for their son’s happiness, allowing for any sacrifice to ensure it, while the other wanted to dictate the son’s life according to their own designs. Was this even possible? Could the debts of nearly a decade of life be compensated for by a brief spell of togetherness? No, that was impossible...
"Do you realize? Our son said his girlfriend has been pleading with us, asking us to come back home, to forgive us, and he had even begun to waver. But then you committed such an act against the person he loves. How could he accept that? With you doing such things, by what right does he as the younger generation have to forgive you? As an elder, you disregard your son’s happiness, so why should a son have to care so much? If you had raised him, he would feel, even if you had erred, he would still regard you as his birth mother and forgive you. But not only did you not raise him for a single day, you are trying to control his life; don’t you realize that’s utterly delusional? Put yourself in his place. Would you allow parents who were never there for you to suddenly come back and control your life? I believe you wouldn’t want that. Since you wouldn’t want it for yourself, why impose it on our son? Do you not understand the principle of not imposing on others what you yourself do not desire? How far do you intend to push our son? Is it that you won’t rest until you make sure I can never return home?"
Xia Jing was stunned. In all the years she’d been married to Zhang Zhentian, this was the first time he had spoken to her like this. She knew she had truly made him angry this time and, not knowing how to explain, she chose to silently endure Zhang Zhentian’s fury...
