My Alleged Husband

Chapter 739: Chapter 709 Eavesdropping_1

Xia Jingyi had never seen Zhang Zhentian return to the bedroom, so she felt a bit uneasy and decided to go downstairs to see what Zhang Zhentian was up to.

She searched for a while on the ground floor but couldn’t find any trace of Zhang Zhentian. Just as she was about to leave, she heard the voices of Zhang Zhentian and Zhang Yichen speaking from the guest room!

Step by step, she slowly approached the guest room and clearly heard the content of the conversation between Zhang Zhentian and Zhang Yichen...

Zhang Yichen really didn’t know how to describe Zhang Zhentian anymore; he had never seen someone so foolish and naive before.

Despite knowing that the woman he loved harbored feelings for someone else, why did he still choose to love her wholeheartedly? What kinds of results could he possibly obtain from such devotion?

There’s a saying that goes, ”a woman’s heart is a deep ocean of secrets,” and no one can fully fathom what their own woman is truly thinking. With that being the case, why bother forcing oneself to lay all the unwanted burdens upon the person you love?

”Dad, I’m truly doing this for your own good. I can’t bear to watch you being humiliated over and over again. Do you think I feel nothing when I see you like this? You are my father, and seeing my mother mistreat you like this breaks my heart as a son.

Although I can understand the reasons why you abandoned me back then, every choice comes with a price. The world is always fair; you can’t just acknowledge your mistakes and expect to be absolved from the past wrongs you’ve done without facing any consequences. That’s not realistic, and it’s impossible...”

You know very well how my mother has treated you over the years. If she truly wanted to be with you, she would never have done such things, let alone come to you now and say such things.

I really hope you can come to your senses, think carefully about what you really want, and what results your actions may bring.”

How could Zhang Zhentian be unaware of all that he had invested? Perhaps it was truly like throwing a meat bun to a dog – gone without return. Yet, when it comes to affairs of the heart, who isn’t foolishly giving their all for the one they love the most?

”Child, you don’t understand. No matter how she treats me, in my eyes, she is the person I love the most!

During all the years with her, no matter what she did, I’d indulge her, because she is the one I love, and I can spoil her without any conditions.

I ask what she wants, and whatever she wishes to do, I agree, because she holds a very important place in my heart. Perhaps you don’t understand this feeling right now, but do you know how much I love her?

I believe she still has feelings for me in her heart. If she truly had no feelings for me, she wouldn’t have chosen to be with me in the first place. Having lived with her for over a decade, how could I abandon her just because of a few casual words? Wouldn’t that be too irresponsible?

Every person, no matter how much pain and torment they endure, must take responsibility for their family, especially the wife who has spent so many days and nights with you. If you can’t even fulfill that basic responsibility, do you think we still deserve to be called men?

Do we deserve to let our family endure so much pain while we ourselves offer nothing in return? Maybe some things seem like a joke in your eyes, but have you thought about what kind of life we truly want? Do we want to live a stable life with the woman we love, or do we want her to labor for us all her life, only to end up with nothing to offer, spending her nights in tears? As a man, would that make your heart happy and fulfilled?”

When Zhang Yichen heard what his father said, he fell silent. He had to admit that he had never considered these things, and his choices had only hurt his wife repeatedly. If it were him, he could never tolerate his wife having any relationship with another man or spend her life thinking of someone else; that would be a disgrace.

But he had forgotten the expression of pain his wife bore when giving birth to their son, how intense that agony was – something a man could neither endure nor imagine. Why must he so carelessly disregard his wife? Why treat his wife as someone to be used?

”Dad, I know some things I haven’t thought through as thoroughly as you, and some of my ideas aren’t as far-reaching. But there are things you really don’t see as clearly as I do. Maybe I’m not as old as you are, but my energy is certainly no less. You grew up in a carefree world, always without worries.

Though I wore silk and jade as a child and lived a life of ease, my life was harder than yours. I was abandoned by my parents, and I had to prove to them how great and powerful I was. I wanted to declare my sovereignty to the world, to make everyone bow down at my feet, to ensure they could never surpass me in this lifetime. But what about you all?

I really don’t want to keep revisiting these things over and over, because it truly makes me feel very passive and pained inside. All I want is just a calm and stable life!”

”Child, as a man, the least you should do is love your wife. No matter how big a mistake your wife makes, as long as you can endure, you must choose to forgive her. The days she shared sorrow and joy with you, you can’t so easily forget, because those were her most precious youthful years. She gave all her youth to you; how can you bear to disappoint her?

Her parents raised her with great difficulty, but she ultimately gave up her family for you. What do you think you should do? Do you think it’s right to abandon her, to repay her parents’ hard work and devotion with such ingratitude? Can you live with that, with the sincere love and care those elders offered for their children?

Sometimes, don’t be too eager to pursue right and wrong. Think carefully about what actions would lead to the best outcome for your family.”