My Alleged Husband

Chapter 785: Chapter 755 When Will You Wake Up?_1

Zhang Zhentian lay on the hospital bed seemingly deaf to all the words his wife said to him, continuing to indulge in his own dreams. In his dreams, he held hands with his wife; those times of bliss and happiness made him unwilling to wake up, feeling that as long as he was with his wife, he could forget all the pains and sorrows of the world.

Yet, time and again, he forgot what all his actions were truly for, what had led to him ending up in this state. He forgot everything, but she didn’t know that one day her own family would love her so deeply.

In his sleep, he stubbornly kept his eyes closed because he feared that once he opened them, everything would dissipate into nothingness. He was afraid to lose his dream, not knowing that was only his own goal. Little did he know that the woman he loved was sitting by his bed, calling out to him with love, nor did he know his family lived in constant fear, terrified each time they had to resuscitate him.

If only he knew, perhaps he really would open his eyes to see the family suffering because of him.

Now, Xia Jing was willing to think of nothing else; she didn’t even want to care about her own physical sensations. All she knew was that the one thing she had to do now was to call out to him; she had to wake her husband from his sleep. She had to have her husband explain to the whole world that he was not a bad person, that everything had not ended up this way because of her. She wanted everyone to know that her heart wasn’t so hardened, that she was a kind woman who longed for her family’s trust. Yet why was her husband so reluctant to wake up, forcing her to bear such tremendous pressure?

”Zhentian, haven’t you always wished to continue our life together? As long as you wake up quickly, I promise I’ll never think about anything else again, never leave you. I’ll stay faithfully by your side, never again mention leaving you for the rest of my life. But all I want is for you to wake up. Is it so hard to bring you back? Time and again, you choose to let me suffer alone, and you forget that I too need love, that I need you to stay by my side.

Zhentian, do you really have the heart to leave me here alone to bear all this pressure?

If you were awake, you really wouldn’t bear to see me under such pressure.

Because I believe that deep in your heart, you truly love me for who I am, not for any other reason. But do you know? Now, as I watch you lying here, my heart is wrung with pain. Only when I saw you lying beside me did I realize just how deeply ingrained you are in my heart, how important your place is. For you, I am willing to bear all the suffering!

I really can’t bear to see you in so much pain, and seeing you suffering makes my heart ache too. But sometimes, one misstep leads to another, and I am forced to continue on this path until everyone knows I made a mistake, and that you alone were right. That’s when I realized that I truly can’t live without you!

I used to think that no one in this world is indispensable, that no one can’t survive without someone else. But now I’ve come to realize it’s not that you can’t live without me; it’s that I can’t live without you. My heart would be in agony, seeing you heartbroken over and over again because of what I’ve done, how could I possibly remain indifferent without the slightest ripple?

Zhentian, I beg you, wake up. Open your eyes and see me, see what the woman you love most has become. Wake up and listen to what the people outside are saying about me, your beloved. Do you know? When I hear that public opinion, it hurts me deeply, but I can only choose to endure it, because all of this ultimately ties back to me.

If not for me, how could things have reached this point? Decision after decision, I only brought more pain upon myself. I never thought that in the end, I would still be held in your hands. I wanted to be a person with a heart of stone, not swayed by anything you do in this lifetime.

But I forgot that I’m a living person, and a woman at that. When a man cherishes me in the palm of his hand, I too feel happiness, that sense of having found the best sanctuary in the world. Yet, time after time, I force myself to appear strong, to not be looked down upon by everyone else. I don’t want to be scorned; I want everyone to know that I too can make it on my own, step by step, to the very end,” she thought.

Zhang Zhentian still showed no response.

Seeing that her husband had not reacted at all, Xia Jing’s anxiety grew. She really worried that if they missed the best time for him to regain consciousness, would she really be unable to wake him for the rest of her life?

Xia Jingyi continued to call out by the bedside, her throat parched and voice hoarse, but she had no choice but to keep on persisting. She wanted to be the one to awaken him, to be that single, unique person.

Zhang Yichen saw from outside that his mother’s lips were cracked, but he knew she was stubborn and would not give up until she achieved her goal. Even if he went in to persuade her, she wouldn’t stand down. In her heart, she just wanted her husband to wake up, hoping to keep her loved one by her side. In her world, maybe all her relatives would disapprove of her staying in this family, but only her husband stood by her unwaveringly. No matter what, she was willing to stay by his side. But why did fate have to mock her in such a way, causing him to have an accident, and only then did she realize how important he truly was in the depths of her heart.

If she had understood the key to it all earlier, would the final outcome have been different? Would everything not have become so passive? Could her family have lived in peace, and would her husband not have needed to lie here, enduring the torment of all these machines?