Old Master Zhang now most unwillingly faces an outco that is often the undeniable reality before him. He feels that if he could truly turn back ti even just a little, even just for a fleeting mont, maybe his life wouldn’t be the way it is now, witnessing his loved ones suffer, watching his beloved family crumble step by step, seeing the person he once wished to run alongside get hurt deeply, again and again. Are these the consequences of his actions? Is this what he had once hoped for? Why does he never attain what he wants, deep down he’s really not resigned. He once poured all his efforts into his enterprise, then gave everything for his grandson, and now must he once more sacrifice everything for the entire family? He’s truly exhausted, believing no one else in the world lives with such weariness as he does.
Even if many people don’t know what he experienced, so can clearly see how trendous his changes have been over the years. He transford from a once decisive chairman into an elderly man worrying for his family’s well-being. Yet he never gave up, always believing in his hope for miracles. He vested all of his hope in this, but ultimately, what kind of outco did he end up with? He received nothing—a fate always so sorrowful, so agonizing. All he desires is just the simplest of things, which seem never within his grasp.
"Don’t say now you lant ti flies, don’t say you wish for a life of freedom and ease. Even I now lant why ti flies so quickly, leaving overwheld, with no ntal response to face everything. When I see everything coming my way, that mont is so painful inside, do you understand? Watching my beloved family turn into subjects of suffering repeatedly, it’s beyond my ability to handle it all, maybe I should have viewed everything indifferently back then, avoiding such a conclusion today. What each of us should do is protect our family so they never get hurt, yet now I can’t do it. I don’t understand for what I’ve turned into this terrifying state, nor do I know why I ca to this point today. Everything I once wished for now deviates entirely from my imaginings. How much do I truly want? In reality, I don’t want anything but a simple, bland life."
"Child, rember clearly, if one day everything turns into what I once least wanted to see, then I should live a life of acceptance. His life might not be your utmost desire, but believe that it’s the happiest thing for soone in a lifeti. You never really considered how difficult it was for , nor understood what kind of tornt and pain you’ve endured this life. What you see is always so simple, unaware of the heartbreaking experiences brought by family. You can’t grasp all this, but I can, seeing clearly the pain each thing endured by brought."
"Grandfather, I know what all this once was. I understand clearly, yet I never thought about what kind of life or path I should follow. Maybe everyone once hoped the sa way, but do you realize? Living in dreams repeatedly, it’s terrifying, no one wants to live that way continually. Such a life can crumble a person.
I’ve been hard by my family, yet never thought about what I should truly want."
Perhaps the path I chose once caused great harm and pain, yet I never intended to hurt those around . What I wanted was just to make those around happy, but I ended up hurting my family. I realize my past mistakes—do you understand? What we wish for isn’t easy at all, we wish everything could live simply and peacefully as before, without any suffering and tornt."
All of us traverse our own lives, with our pain and sadness. What we can do is perhaps only just make ourselves a bit happier, but everything done in the end—why? I never pondered what I might beco, nor does anyone know how to achieve what they most desire. Everything obtained thus far is filled with sadness and pain. Who understands what I face at this mont?"
"Child, you know you’ve been hard much, but so matters can’t beco excuses for wrongs. Regardless of what you did or beca, never forget your original intentions. Maybe you don’t yet understand what you truly want. Step by step, reaching the end, you’ll discover everything isn’t what you truly want. What you want is so simple, yet the simplest desires forever elude you—what would you feel in that instant, how would you face yourself, when once you wished for all this?"
We should live our own lives, never pondering what we ought to possess. Think thoroughly about what to do to return everything to its original state, avoiding the unwelco scenarios repeatedly appearing like this. It’s a ntal harm and tornt!"
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