My Alleged Husband

Chapter 775: Chapter 745: The Call of Family (Part 1)_1

Time was still unwittingly slipping away, and while it felt incredibly swift for everyone else, for a few individuals, these days were dreadfully long. They simply didn’t know how to get through these endless nights, waking themselves up from their dreams time and again, because their hearts were in pain.

Old Master Zhang had been waiting for days for his grandson to visit him, and he was a bit surprised. He couldn’t understand why, even if he faced great difficulties, his grandson would choose not to see him.

He was genuinely worried if something had happened to his son again. He only blamed his body for being so weak: why did he have to faint at the smallest inconvenience? If he had been standing there, he would have definitely cheered on his son, letting him know that he, as a father, was always by his side.

Filled with a dreamer’s hope, he thought that if only his body didn’t give out, maybe if he stayed by his son’s side, taking care of him, his son might wake up sooner and see his father, who was constantly by his side, both day and night.

He truly hoped that if things were indeed so, then even if he had to drag his ailing body, he would hurry to the hospital ward to be with his son.

Zhang Yichen donned sterile clothing and entered the intensive care unit. He was horrified to see the ventilators slowly sustaining his parents’ bodies. He saw their wounds, wrapped in gauze, scattered across their bodies and couldn’t understand what kind of impact could have injured them so severely that they still couldn’t wake up.

”Dad, Mom, it’s me, your son. Don’t you remember me? How could you bear to abandon me and then, just as we finally got back home, have such a thing happen again? Do you understand how scared I am that you might leave me? I have grown accustomed to living with you by my side, and yet, this has happened. Life is really unfair to me!”

”Do you know how much your grandson, my son, is hoping for his grandparents to wake up? Every day he stands outside here, gazing at his grandparents, praying that the heavens will give them a chance to continue living. Isn’t my son filial? Don’t you want to hug him?”

Over the years, you haven’t been by my son’s side, and the psychological shadow this has cast on him is not small. He also hopes that his grandparents could love him a little more, even just to stay by his side a bit longer. To him, that would be happiness. But I don’t understand, why do you always refuse to stay by his side?”

”Do you know what’s the most ridiculous part? Every time you don’t want to come home, my son secretly asks me, ’Dad, don’t Grandpa and Grandma like me? Or am I not cute enough? Why won’t they come to see me? I’m so envious of other kids whose grandparents pick them up from school and drop them off.’

”But I can’t even remember what my grandparents look like from last year. Maybe my grandparents really don’t care for me, or perhaps I’m too stupid to make them feel that staying with me is disgraceful; they would rather die than be with me...”

Zhang Yichen saw no response from his parents but did not get discouraged. He continued to speak to them.

”Dad, Mom, I don’t actually blame you for leaving me behind. I know that you must have had your compelling reasons!”

Although you said that over the years, you’ve been silently paying attention to my every move, aware of how hard and painful my life has been, do you know? I’ve also had people investigate everything about you at all times. I wanted to know your every move, too, but you didn’t know how much I cared about you.

When you left me back then, I’ve completely let go of it now. I don’t care how I managed to get through these years. Today, I’ve reached this point on my own strength. In others’ eyes, that’s an extraordinary existence. In my eyes, it’s something I’ve worked hard for, something I’ve built from the ground up with my own sweat, creating a piece of sky for myself that makes everyone look up to me.

Mom and Dad, can you really bear to see your son work so hard to build a successful career, only to have you leave me at its height? Isn’t that a fatal blow to me? Can you really stand to see your child live in such agony, while you lie here indifferent, continuing to sleep in your world!

If only you could wake up, I would very proudly tell you, ”Mom and Dad, you have such a son. Are you proud? Do you feel pride in having such a son? Aren’t you glad that I am your son and not someone else’s?”

Heh heh!

Actually, I bet you sometimes laugh to yourselves in secret.

Your son is so outstanding; how could your hearts not be proud, not feel pride? You’re probably secretly happy even in your dreams, but there’s also probably a bit of repression in your hearts. After all, your child is right before your eyes, but you can’t embrace him; your family is right here, but you can’t return home. That’s also a kind of mental torture. How have you made it through all these years? I can hardly bear to imagine.

Mom and Dad, I’m sorry, he said that you returning home was resolutely rejected by me. I was wrong, and I truly regret it. If I could turn back time to that moment, I would definitely keep you at home. I would put aside all my pride and tell you how much I love you.

I would definitely let you know that deep inside, your son hasn’t lived without you there. It’s just that I couldn’t put aside my so-called pride and dignity and didn’t know how to explain all this to you. You don’t have to worry about it anymore. You are my mom and dad, and you certainly won’t hold so much against me as your son, right?

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If Zhang Zhentian and Xia Jing were awake to hear their son say such words, their hearts would definitely be stirred, perhaps even moved to tears.

They never imagined that one day their son would say such touching words to them. They never dared to hope that their child would forgive them. But today, their son has spoken such touching words, and how could they remain indifferent to every word that came from the bottom of his heart?