My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1594: Chapter 1388: Waiting

Integrity is more important than anything else. If you believe you don’t even have the most basic integrity, then what else is there to say?

Zhang Zhentian never expected that his father had already thoroughly investigated the matter, just waiting for him to fall into the trap. Perhaps his father really didn’t want him to return to his home, or maybe all of this was the consequence he originally had to bear. Who could he blame now?

Even so, he was still unwilling. He was unwilling to be driven out of the house by his father and never return. Clearly, the mistake he made in this matter wasn’t that big, but why should he be expelled from the house for a lie, never to return for a lifetime? The mistake he made wasn’t that severe. Was it wrong for him to hide the truth to help his wife? Was everything he did in his father’s eyes really that unbearable, really never right?

”Dad, why? Why? You’ve clearly investigated this matter thoroughly, yet you’re still making me investigate. What exactly are you doing this for? Is it a deliberate test of me, or a way to prevent me from returning home forever? You clearly know I would choose to hide the truth for my wife’s sake, yet you still do this? Do I even exist in your heart as your son? Is everything I do in your eyes a mistake? I really can’t understand why our relationship has come to this today. I admit it was my mistake to abandon you all; I shouldn’t have done that. I shouldn’t have abandoned you all for my own interests, but I’ve already been punished. What more do you want from me? To die in front of you? You’re my own father. Why can’t you think about our father-son relationship when you do things? It’s something that can’t be changed in this lifetime.”

”Don’t you understand yet? Especially regarding the father-son relationship, it’s every single thing you did that made me unable to trust you. After all the mistakes you’ve made, what else do you want from me? I have chosen time and again to forgive you because you’re my son. You turned out this way only because I failed to properly educate you to become someone capable. But with everything you’ve done, how can you expect me to forgive you again? How am I supposed to forgive you? With every mistake you’ve made, they are always so unforgivable. Yet, I choose to forgive you time and again. Is this how you repay me? What am I in your eyes? I am also your father. Is your father supposed to be cruelly hurt by you over and over? Didn’t you just say something, and then turn around and forget it? Do you think that in this world, only you can find out the truth while others can’t? Do you think that’s how others see me, Zhang Mo? You’ve seriously underestimated me. Don’t forget that I built my company from nothing with my own hands. I had nothing. I established my company with my own efforts. When I wanted you to come and accept my company, what decision did you make? You chose to leave. I chose to accompany your so-called wife wander the world, and you were unwilling to help me here. That’s my so-called son, that’s your so-called filial piety to me, that’s your so-called reason for asking me to forgive you time and again. Reflect on everything you’ve done. Is it really worth my forgiveness time and again? Ask yourself honestly, with everything you’ve done, do your actions really deserve the exhausting cultivation I’ve given you? For so many years, you’ve never considered what you owe me. You’ve only thought about how to hurt me, how to get what you want. Is this how you repay your father, the one who raised you painfully for decades?”

”I said I haven’t, I haven’t thought of you this way. Why won’t you believe me? I just hope to live happily with you. I just hope to receive the paternal love a son should have. I just hope to get everything my father should give me. In your eyes, am I trying to compete with you for all these things? Do you think I care about all these things?”

”I know you don’t care, which is why you repeatedly do things to hurt me. You’ve done so many things to hurt me, but what did I ultimately say? I have no choice because you’re my son. I can only choose to forgive you time and time again, to tolerate you. But in your heart, you will never be satisfied because you think this is what I owe you. I deserve to be hurt by you over and over, to be abandoned by you over and over, right?”

Zhang Yichen could not bear listening anymore. He never imagined that his grandfather would have such a sad day. It turns out that his grandfather wasn’t indifferent to these things; he just didn’t know how to express it. He chose to turn a blind eye because he didn’t want the relationship to worsen. However, he didn’t expect that by doing so, his father would become more reckless, even using lies and involving family members in those lies time and again.

”Dad, how can you speak to Grandpa like that? Do you know that every mistake you’ve made, Grandpa has already seen it with his own eyes? Yet, he chose not to say anything. He just hoped you would turn over a new leaf, that you would realize and change your ways. Every time you do something, it hurts the people who love you the most. Do you know how much Grandpa has missed you over the years? He only wishes his son could accompany him and enjoy family happiness. Yet, what about you? What have you done over the years? You cruelly abandoned him, never considering you have a father, never thinking you have me, your son. After making so many mistakes, why do you come back asking for our forgiveness? If you feel none of us matters, why do you want to come back and trouble me? In your eyes, must we forgive you because of your responses and endure all the pain because you left?”

We don’t owe you anything. Time and again, we choose to trust you because we consider you family. But, ask yourself honestly, do you even deserve to be part of our family?”

No debts between us, and how would our lives be perfect without them? Pain is temporary, and to become the strongest, one must endure pain.