My Alleged Husband

Chapter 838: Chapter 784: Sharing Life (Part 1)

”Child, since you want to know what your father’s life experiences have been like over these years, I will tell you the truth right here!

In those years living outside with your mom, we were actually quite happy. We never had any misunderstandings between us. We weathered the storms together, faced all difficulties together, and were never afraid of the harm that might come our way because we felt that such harm wasn’t really a big deal, as long as we could face it together hand in hand!

Do you know? There was a time when facing difficulty, a car nearly rolled over me. At that moment, I even forgot how I should react. If that car had rolled over me, I might not be in this world anymore, and at best, I could have been amputated!

I was so scared that I would lose a part of my body. Only at that moment did I understand what it feels like when death approaches. I never thought that death could beckon me one day. I felt the whole world turn dark, seeing no light. Do you know who saved me at that time?”

”Dad, isn’t that a silly question? Of course, it was my mom who saved you at that time. Who else would risk their life to save you? Do you really think the world has so many kind-hearted people? Who would sacrifice their life to save another? Do you really think everyone in the world has suddenly developed a conscience? You never considered what your life has been like!”

”Child, I knew you’d know what Dad was about to say. You’re right; it was indeed your mom who threw herself at the risk of her own life to save me, causing her own leg injury, and she stayed in the hospital for a month. At that time, I felt so much hatred towards myself. I hated my own incompetence for not being able to protect the woman I love the most. Do you know how defeated that feels? It’s a profound regret that I haven’t dared to confront. I wanted my woman to live happily under my protection, yet in the end, she ended up injured and in the hospital because she saved me.

Looking at my mom’s leg bleeding profusely, do you know how much my heart ached? I wished I could bear all the pain for her, but she did not shed a single tear. She kept asking me repeatedly if I was hurt; she was so worried about me getting injured, she was almost crying!”

”At that time, I made up my mind that, no matter what, I must stay together with her. I would give my all to love her, even if it meant giving up my own life, just to keep her by my side!”

”Dad, didn’t you ever wonder why mom wanted to save you at that time? Didn’t you ever doubt anything at all? Although I feel touched hearing you say these words, I can’t imagine a woman who, for the sake of her husband, would risk her life without a second thought, saving her beloved man while being severely injured and still caring whether her husband was hurt. Such a woman is truly like a man.”

”Child, there are some things you don’t understand. If one day your wife is willing to go that far for you, you too will choose to be with her regardless of everything, no matter what she has brought you in the past, no matter how much pain she chose to give you. You would still want her to stay by your side and accept your love for her. That kind of love cannot be faked.”

Such a simple life is the true happiness, I admit that I regret the years I couldn’t be there with you.

But living with him, those years, I was truly happy, happy from the bottom of my heart. Especially since the day he risked his life to save me, I pursued him doggedly. I just wanted him to stay by my side. Whenever faced with dangerous missions, I still wanted to be with him. None of you know what I’m really doing this for, wanting to travel, right?

Because every time I joined your mother in all those missions before, all over the world, although we witnessed beautiful scenery, we never had the chance to stay and truly appreciate it. This time, I just wanted to properly see the earth I once tread and visit any beautiful country in the world.

China is indeed beautiful, with its myriad rivers and mountains. But sometimes we also need to see what foreign lands are like. The world is so vast, who wouldn’t want to go out there and carve out their own career? Your career has now expanded globally, you can live happily each day, but still, you can’t understand the relationship between your father and mother. That relationship was engraved in our bones, pure love without any impurities, an innocent love. Only each other in our eyes, willing to sacrifice everything for each other, even if it meant the cost of life itself. Who else could possibly understand it? Only those who have lived through it can truly grasp what this kind of love is like, a love that has transcended the ordinary by countless times...

”Dad, so this is the real reason why you wanted to take Mom on this trip, what you really want is not just to travel. You’ve always wanted to revisit the lands you’ve once walked, to enjoy yourselves with your wife; after all, both of you have been there before, but never had the chance to stay and take in the view. Your steps were always changing because you had forgotten what it is you wanted most.”

Maybe my thoughts were too naïve before, too selfish. I never considered what kind of life my parents wanted or remembered the hurt you’ve been through these years. Time and again, I centered everything on myself, changing the world’s perception of me because I believed as long as you were together, as long as I was happy, as long as you could come back to me, what harm would there be for me to give up my job?

Only in the end did I realize that everything isn’t as simple as I imagined. If things could unfold just as I envisioned, then this world wouldn’t need any high technology, just a person’s brain would suffice!”

Although Old Master Zhang was sitting on the side, not uttering a word, when he heard his son share these things, he felt a stir in his heart. He had never thought of the dangers his son faced while living away from home!

If his son really couldn’t return to this home, what would he, as a father, be feeling now? Would he too be unhappy due to his son’s repeated harm?