My Alleged Husband

Chapter 864: Chapter 810: Sigh

Xiao Wei really doesn’t know how to respond to his brother-in-law’s words. Each sentence he says is so strongly affirmed, but should he really trust him? After all, no matter what, he has brought harm to his sister, and the extent of the pain, only she knows. He will not let his sister suffer even a bit more hurt. Over the years, he failed to protect his sister and keep her safe. Watching his sister wander outside all these years while he was powerless, he has felt like a failure as a brother.

”Brother-in-law, the fact that I’ve spoken up today shows that I truly hope you can live together peacefully, and not let a joke someone else made cause conflict between you. That’s truly not worth it.

I know you’ve given up a lot for my sister over these years, but conversely, she has also sacrificed much for you. She so yearns to return home, yet she fears you won’t let go of your pride. She has not chosen to go back, but do you really think I know nothing about it all? I’ve just been watching silently from afar without ever intervening because I feel that it’s your family matter. An outsider’s interference would only damage the relationship between you both, and I don’t want to make my sister sad!”

However, my silence doesn’t mean indifference. I’ve always had people trailing you both because I was afraid you’d hurt my brother, afraid that he might get hurt. Yet, over the years, I must admit you’ve been truly good to my sister, and she has equally given you a lot. Since you both have given so much to each other, why bother arguing who’s right or wrong, why entangle yourselves in sorting out the truth from lies? Being together is the greatest happiness, isn’t it?

The words you said, I don’t doubt them. I only fear that you’ll find yourself in a difficult position because for so many years, you’ve let down your uncle, your own son, and you’ve owed everyone, including your whole family. If you choose to run away again because of your wife and give up everything, how would you expect these relatives to feel and how would they come to accept their kin betraying them time after time?”

When you speak, please think thrice before doing so, and don’t rush into saying whatever comes to mind, as once words are spoken, they might be impossible to take back. For me, if you say something, you must stand by it, but now I don’t want to force you. All I want is to know what you truly think. One day, if my sister is not happy and decides to leave, faced with choosing between your wife and your family’s interests, which will you choose?

If one day, my sister chooses to leave you alone to protect your family, so that no one holds any judgment against you, would you resolutely follow her?

Zhang Zhentian admits that deep inside, he is indeed conflicted. After putting in so much effort to finally make it back home, and to reconnect with his family, leaving again would be too hard. How could he willingly walk away? Yet, he also can’t bear to let his wife suffer. If he truly can’t have both, what choice should he make?

”If that day really comes when my sister is unhappy, I will choose her over facing between her and my family. If one day, she no longer wishes to live with me and decides to leave, I will resolutely follow her and never let go of her hand.

Even if everyone in my family turns against me, not believing a single word I say, rejecting me from being by her side, and never accepting me back home, staying with my wife, I feel it’s all worth it. Perhaps you’ll think I’m foolish and naïve to make such a decision, unfit to be a man.

But the fact that I can make this decision today shows how important your sister is to me, overshadowing everything else. Nothing and no one can shake her position deep in my heart. Only your sister truly knows how much I value her. I love her deeply, right to the marrow, more than my own life, more than my own family. As long as she is happy and smiling, I am willing to let my family be forever unhappy!”

”Zhang Zhentian, I never expected you to be so selfish, to abandon your own family for one woman. Where do you place your family?

Although this woman is my sister, upon hearing these words from you, I don’t fully agree. You are a man, and you’ve shifted all the burdens onto your young son. You’ve given them all the pain. Should you not stay by their side and care for them properly? Don’t you know to persuade your wife to stay and live happily in this world with you?

Sometimes, leaving is not the best solution. Your departure might not bring happiness or joy; it might, on the contrary, bring more pain. Your leaving will cause every member of your family to grieve because of you. But if you choose to stay and make them happy, you might only make your wife sad. Think carefully about whether you ultimately choose my sister or your family members?”

Zhang Zhentian hesitated. He knew that what was said made sense, but in his eyes, no comparison could be made, no one was more important than his wife. As long as his wife is happy, what does it matter if he, as a husband, suffers a little? But if by doing so, everyone else is sad and only his wife is happy, then is his sin not even greater?

”I need to think over these matters. I’ll give you an answer in a few days. Perhaps the answer will even surprise me then. All the conversations today, I hope you won’t tell anyone. This is a secret between us. Perhaps I really am not fit to be a man, unable to properly protect my own family, only capable of bringing them the deepest hurt, making them cry over the decisions I make, time after time!”