"Okay..." Kim Lan nodded, "I’ll listen to Dad. So, can Dad co ho today?"
"That’s not the issue..." Jintao’s face darkened, "I didn’t sleep all night last night, reminiscing about the years since marrying your mom. It’s very sad. I realized your mom never had real feelings for .
Back then, she pursued and married not because she liked as a person, but because she was getting older, and my job was quite enviable. Plus, at that ti, your grandfather was doing really well.
All of this led to our marriage. At first, things were okay between us, but as so of her classmates did better and better, she started feeling dissatisfied.
Then, she beca increasingly impatient with , your grandparents. You might think she was just speaking out of anger yesterday, and I’m overreacting, but do you know why I’m reacting this way? I bet your mom hasn’t told you the reason."
"What is the reason?" Kim Lan asked sowhat anxiously, looking at her father. "I only know that you’re especially respectful towards Grandpa and Grandma, so you can’t stand anyone speaking badly about them. Other than that, I really don’t know."
"Your grandpa is now just an ordinary person because he’s implicated by your mom. If it weren’t for her secretly taking benefits, your grandpa wouldn’t have retired so early.
Moreover, to prevent her from being punished, your grandpa took all the bla. For that, your mom felt guilty at first, but later she took it for granted.
She didn’t even respect an old man willing to sacrifice his own reputation for hers. What reason do I have to stay with her? Your grandparents raised not to marry a wife who would bully them."
Kim Lan had never heard of this before. Guo Caiping had told her that she was blind to choose her father back then. By the ti she regretted it, Kim Lan was already born, with no choice but to pin all her hopes on her.
Moreover, she said this in front of her father too, and each ti, her father faced it in silence. She then assud her mother was right. Unexpectedly, the truth was like this.
She believed in her father’s character. He would never sar her mother just to clear his na, but she still felt that divorcing over this matter was a bit much.
"Dad, Mom didn’t an it..." Kim Lan bit her lip, continuing to persuade, "If she didn’t regret it, Mom wouldn’t have stayed up all night. Dad, please don’t hold it against Mom, alright?"
"Lanlan, everyone has their principles and bottom line. For other things, I can endure them, but not this. I once told your mom, she can say whatever about , but if she dares to disrespect your grandparents, I absolutely won’t stay with her.
Since she married into the Jin family, there’s nothing your grandparents have done wrong to her. They’ve given her what she deserved and taken the bla for her. I don’t bla her for being unaware, but..." Jintao closed his eyes painfully, and continued, "But she’s gone too far, I can’t face her."
"Dad..." Kim Lan hesitated, "Actually, it’s not just about Mom’s attitude towards Grandpa. Your tolerance towards Mom over the years has been buried deep in your heart. This ti, she just accidentally lit the fuse of your emotions.
Dad, have you thought about it, your tolerance over the years has made her used to it. She didn’t an to insult Grandpa, she’s just used to being capricious with you, so she got carried away.
When Mom talked to about this, I could feel her regret. I also believe, as the words left her mouth, she regretted it imnsely, but she’s used to being strong with you, so she doesn’t want to admit her mistake.
If you really separate from Mom, I think Mom’s life will be ruined. After all these twenty-sothing years of marriage, Dad, can you really bear to see Mom living in pain from now on?"
"This is her own choice, she can’t bla anyone else." Jintao looked at his daughter with increasing resolve, "Lanlan, there’s no need to persuade anymore. I won’t be going back for now."
"When will you go back?" Kim Lan pursued.
"I don’t know." Jintao forced a smile, "It won’t be too long, trust ."
"Does Dad an you won’t separate from Mom?"
"These matters, your mom and I will resolve." Jintao avoided his daughter’s question, "Lanlan, what you need to do now is to sort out your own emotions, figure out what you want. As for your mom and , don’t get involved."
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