My Alleged Husband

Chapter 414: Chapter 393: A Thorough End_1

”Dad, it looks like you’re truly happy as long as Mom sees it, don’t you feel that it’s a kind of pain? The woman you love the most has always been by your side, but because of your own mistakes, you let her, the one who loves you the most, leave you for a lifetime. Do you know how that makes you feel inside? You’re clearly not happy, yet why do you still pretend to be so joyful? Do you think it’s meaningful for you to do this? You’re just forcing yourself to pretend, wanting to show Mom that you’re still happy, and you don’t want Mom’s departure to be a lifelong guilt for her, right? But you were really a couple who loved each other so much—why did you both have to cause each other so much pain? Wouldn’t it have been better to spend your lives happily together hand in hand? Why did it have to come to this? Just like you, it’s as if our home has been torn apart, leaving me in such an awkward position. Do you understand that? After much difficulty, everyone in the world finally knew that my parents had officially returned to my side a few years ago. But just when I was about to announce to the whole world that my parents were officially back home, you chose to divorce Mom. The impact that moment had on me was devastating, and you never considered what consequences your divorce might have on me. You never put yourself in my shoes; you’re always self-centered, thinking whatever you believe is right without ever realizing how much harm it does to me, time and time again. Don’t you think it’s enough already?”

Zhang Zhentian felt at a complete loss as to how to explain to his son, but what he did understand was that once love has shattered, there’s no point in trying to salvage it. Coming back without sincere love is meaningless. Isn’t that just a source of a hundredfold more pain? Why keep such suffering with you forever?

”I can sympathize with how Mom feels being abandoned by her own hands; it’s a feeling no one else can understand. When you said those words to Mom at that moment, how did you expect her to accept them? When you made that decision, you didn’t think about the impact it would have on her, right? And you didn’t anticipate that she would leave so decisively and never come back, right? But there’s so much you didn’t expect, so many mistakes you made, and you have to bear the consequences, don’t you? Time and again, you let those who love you become disillusioned due to your errors. Since you never considered the implications of your actions back then, why bother regretting them now? Now you’ve pushed Mom away for good. Are you satisfied? I no longer have a mother. Mom has chosen once again to abandon her own son. Does that make your heart feel exhilarated? To see your son punished once more, abandoned again by his biological mother—you must think this is my just desserts. But you don’t realize what you truly feel inside, and you don’t know how the whole world views me. They all know that my parents are mercenaries; they know that my mom sacrificed so much for my dad, and that she chose to abandon her own son for him. But now, the whole world also knows that at the moment when I was preparing to announce to the whole world, claiming to have the most loving parents, you and Mom chose to officially divorce, leaving me struck down by another blow, leaving me at a loss, unable to face the world, turning me into the person I am today.”

”The truth is not as you imagine. I was forced into this situation; I don’t know how to explain it to your mother. But as my own son, can’t you empathize with your dad for once? She’s been my wife and partner for over a decade; doesn’t the heartache affect me at all? Actually, it does. I just don’t know how to express my true feelings to you. I don’t understand why, when my decision is made, and no amount of pleading can alter it...”

”You knew it would end up like this, so why did you do it in the first place? Are your actions really for the good of our family? Or are they driven by your own selfish interests? Mom is preparing to move abroad now, never intending to return, and you’ve made it so I no longer have a mother. Are you really that happy now? Step by step, you brought us to this point; every move calculated, yet to the rest of the world, you appear to be a good person. I really don’t understand why you’re like this. What possible benefit can all this bring you? By turning our family into what it is now, don’t you feel the slightest guilt? Do you think it’s our family who owes you, and that’s why you treat us this way? You could abandon your own grandchild, your own son, even your own father. Do you think you still deserve to be called an adult? You’re a grown man who abandoned his father, his son, and now even his grandchild. What’s the point of living like this? I know, as your son, I have no right to accuse you, but I hope you understand I can’t bear Mom leaving me for good—that would just make me hate you even more. I’m not asking for much, just to live a happy life with my Mom. I hope you can come back to her, even if it isn’t right now. Just the possibility of you two returning together is enough for me. So why can’t you fulfill even this small wish of mine?”

”Son, I’m sorry, Dad is sorry...”

”Do you know that the most useless words in the world are those three?”