Zhang Zhentian really didn’t know what to do. His wife had decided to ignore him completely, so what should he do? With the world so vast, couldn’t he find one woman willing to sincerely stay by his side and share his joys and sorrows? Did he have no charm left after all these years? He couldn’t believe it. He refused to accept that, as the son of a prominent family, he couldn’t win the love and admiration of another woman.
After so thought, he decided to hand over this thorny issue to his father. He was at his wit’s end and had no choice but to humble himself before his father. At last, he had decided to seek his father’s rcy, to ask for his help in persuading his wife to return to him. He could not afford to lose her. Given this, he never considered why he had done sothing so hurtful in the first place, sothing that wounded another’s heart deeply. Could a shattered heart be nded just like a broken cup? Could a broken cup ever be restored to its original, intact state? That was undoubtedly impossible.
Elder Zhang, aware of his son’s request, couldn’t help but feel sentintal. Never had he imagined that the son he had worked so hard to raise would end up in such a situation. He didn’t expect this day to arrive so soon. Though he knew it was inevitable given his son’s actions, this woman certainly wouldn’t stay by his son’s side forever. His son’s behavior had deeply hurt everyone; even more so, a wife who had silently given so much for him without asking for anything in return. If his son could so easily cast her aside, let alone others, how could he not hate, not resent, not complain about all that had transpired?
In the end, Old Master Zhang had no choice; he decided to help his son. After all, that was his own flesh and blood. He couldn’t be as heartless as his son, completely devoid of emotion.
That day, Old Master Zhang arranged for Xia Jing to et him at the hospital. He decided it was best to have a proper talk with his daughter-in-law.
"Dad, I don’t know why you’ve contacted today after such a long ti with no contact. I’ve been feeling guilty, with your health in this condition, and yet I haven’t set foot in this house to see you. It’s my fault, but when I think about it, with the way things are now, I don’t have any right to co back to this house to see you. Xia Tian and I have completely severed our relationship, and therefore I have no reason to stand in this house. Perhaps it’s inappropriate for to call you ’dad’ today, but please forgive for speaking to you this way. I’ve always been an orphan without any relatives, so I am grateful for the many years of care you’ve given . I regard you as my own biological father, and that will never change in this lifeti, no matter what happens between Zhentian and or how things end. You will always be my father, a fact no one else can change!"
After hearing Xia Jing’s words, Old Master Zhang was undeniably moved. He had always preferred his son over his daughter-in-law, yet his daughter-in-law rembered his number. Why couldn’t his own son do the sa? Could his son really be so ungrateful? Why did his own flesh and blood treat him this way? His heart ached, although not as intensely as it once did. Perhaps it was because his heart had already been thoroughly wounded.
Although it pained him to bring it up, he had to clarify things. He couldn’t allow his son and daughter-in-law’s relationship to be filled with misunderstandings. If that were the case, he would find no peace.
"Dad, if you called here today to speak on Zhentian’s behalf, then don’t bother. I hope you can listen quietly to what I have to say, okay? The destruction of our relationship is nobody else’s business. If bla must be assigned, it’s because we were both too naive. He thought that everything I did for him should be taken for granted, but think about it—no one is obliged to give everything to soone else unconditionally for a lifeti. I could have given everything for him without a second thought, but what was the result? He cruelly abandoned —this is a fact that all of you have seen. Doesn’t your heart feel sympathy for ? Don’t you pity ? I only wanted a stable life, but he ended up giving a life of turmoil. Much of it is due to the choices I made myself, forcing onto this path.
But do I really deserve this? Do I deserve to be hurt by him ti and again? Do I deserve all the pain caused by him? Do I deserve to be wounded all over without any chance to fight back? I once thought that as long as I could be with him, no hardship would scare . But later I realized, he’s not the person I can entrust my life to. He can’t give the stable life I want. He’s always been suspicious, never trusting . Being with , he always felt I was after your family’s wealth, but if that were true, when your business was failing, I wouldn’t have reached out to help you. I could have found another man imdiately, but I didn’t do so because I truly cared for him; I saw him as my lifeti partner. However, he didn’t think the sa way.
To be honest, his actions have left heartbroken. A woman with a broken heart can’t possibly treat a man the sa way as before. Perhaps one day he will understand that abandoning was his mistake, and had nothing to do with . But I must make sure he clearly rembers this lesson, because once the seed of doubt is planted, the marriage is dood to be incomplete!"
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