My Alleged Husband-Chapter 968 - 861: What If We Share Life and Death Together?
Zhang Yichen suddenly felt at this moment that his father was so foolish and naive. Even if the two of them could be together again, so what? Even if he followed his mother to live and die together, so what? All of one’s life is just governed by destiny; no one can control their own fate. Who knows what choices you will face at the next step and what kind of road you will take? Is that road a road of no return or something else? No one can know in advance.
Suddenly, seeing his father looking so silly and naive, he couldn’t bear it. How afraid he was that one day his mother might choose to leave his father, wouldn’t he collapse being left all alone? Not only would he lose his family, but he would also lose his most beloved wife. How cruel would that be to him?
He only hoped that his parents could remain loving forever, even if his parents were unwilling to stay at home, even if he had spoken such harsh words today, if they still chose to leave him, there was nothing he could do. As long as they could be happy, as long as they could constantly remember that they have him as a son and a grandfather as a father, that would be perfect for him. He wouldn’t demand excessively like before. Excessive demands would only make things counterproductive and might even lead him to completely leave his parents, and they might never return home again. But if they were willing to stay at home, how thrilled and grateful would he be for this gift from heaven?
From her son’s eyes, Xia Jing saw hope, but she truly didn’t know how to persuade him. Some things, once decided by her husband, were already set in stone, and she had no rights or ways to change it. Perhaps when the time slowly matured, they would understand one thing: their familial bond was priceless.
"My mom and dad, maybe deep down in your hearts, no one can understand. Do you know that when everything is changing, and all things endure trials again and again, everyone’s future paths will be different, changing as well. What the final outcome of these changes will be, no one knows.
I sincerely want you to stay in this home, but if your hearts are not here, even if I ask you to stay, you won’t be happy or joyful. You will just feel like this is a cage, imprisoning your freedom, restricting you here, preventing you from soaring. At that moment, you may resent me in your heart. But perhaps, by doing so, I am happy inside because, at least, you are here. I can always see my mom and dad when I come home. Such a feeling is indescribable happiness. For so many years, I’ve been living alone, enduring all the rigorous training alone. I’ve never been afraid because I know that fear is not a reason to retreat or a way to avoid problems. Only by bravely facing them, marching onto the battlefield again and again, turning into an indefatigable warrior over and over will I become strong and earn everyone’s awe.
No one understands how much pain and unhappiness I’ve gone through all these years, living strong and independently. My only belief is to wait until my parents see my achievements, regret the day they abandoned me, and that day I truly achieve my goal. Time after time, I’ve hoped for everything I’ve got, and time after time, I’ve turned myself into a heartless person. I don’t want much, as long as I can be happy and joyful. Losing it, so what? But now that I think about it, if I am happy and joyful while letting you lose your freedom, your happiness and smile, it is a kind of heartache for me and a profound blow for you.
I don’t want to say anything else to you. I just want you to think carefully when doing things. If you are still lingering in confusion, please look back at your father, my grandfather, with his hair turned white. How many years has he waited for you? He devoted his life to raising me, pouring all the love onto me. How can you not know how much he loves you? This behavior of yours is simply too selfish. Where do you place your father, the entire family, or me, your son? Where is the family love and care in this household? The only thing you want is your own happiness, ignoring the hope that the whole family yearns for.
The family should unite, and you understand this better than anyone. How challenging is it to establish a family name and for it to achieve centenary prestige? Why don’t you consider whether your actions will cause harm to your father and the family? You always act arbitrarily, but what end can you achieve?
The words I’m telling you today come from the bottom of my heart. If I were you, when I turned back and saw my father old and gray, pleading with his eyes, I would feel compassion. When I see my father focusing all his care on his son, I would feel deeply moved within, because that’s parental love extending to affection for everything connected. But you don’t think that way at all, because you’re too cold and merciless. You are like people without blood or flesh, and there’s no soul deep inside you; there’s only a terrifying being deep down.
When I see every family happily reunited with laughter, and my parents are not here, I feel quite lost, but I know that’s my parents’ choice. When we’re celebrating here, they are wandering in foreign lands, and their hearts are more desolate than ours. But I cannot bear to see the disappointed look in my grandfather’s eyes, his deep sense of loneliness, while his son and daughter-in-law do not come home to accompany him for a reunion meal. Do you know what that means to an old person? It means you have not treated him as a father. How disappointed he must be!
Can you not consider a bit more about your white-haired grandfather?"
