My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1251: Chapter 1080: An Undecided Decision

A person’s life is always filled with thorns. No one can pass through life smoothly. Our lives have never been this straightforward. Who can truly understand the emotions we felt back then?

Zhang Yichen saw his grandfather being quite upset with Zhang Zhentian. He said to Old Master Zhang, ”Grandpa, please don’t be angry. Why get so worked up over this matter and let your heart be so unhappy? Your body can’t handle such stress. Don’t let irrelevant people make you unnecessarily angry, causing your health to suffer; it’s not worth it. In the future, it’ll be enough for our family to live happily together. As for what they think, whether they want to come back, or if they see us as family, it’s not important to me anymore. For me, I just hope my grandpa can stay by my side and never leave. Honestly, the person I’m most grateful to in my life isn’t my parents. Though they brought me into this world, giving me life, which allowed me to experience so much in the world, the joys and sorrows of life, I still hope they don’t return. The person I’m most grateful to is you, because you’re my grandfather who worked so hard to raise me. You gave me the life I have today. Every step was tough, but the process was fulfilling, and the result was satisfactory—it allows me to live happily. I never imagined that everything I do could bring me such joy because behind every action was your support. You gave me endless support, teaching me that one shouldn’t give up halfway, and that one must see tasks through to the end. Whatever I think to do, I must do it thoroughly, ensuring its success; that’s how I find my value and success!”

Old Master Zhang was deeply moved by his grandson’s words. It made his life seem worthwhile, having such a considerate grandson, who brings him the joy of family happiness. This is the happiest thing in his life, having this grandson he painstakingly raised truly makes a difference.

”Child, you’ve suffered all these years. It was because Grandpa stubbornly drove your parents away from home, leaving you without ever experiencing what parental love feels like. It was Grandpa’s stubbornness that made it impossible for everyone to live happily. It was Grandpa’s mistake. Can you forgive Grandpa?”

”Grandpa, don’t say that. Regardless of why my parents left, it doesn’t matter to me anymore. If in their hearts they had no intention of staying with me, then no one could have driven them away. But because of your rejection, they left, which proves that deep down, they had already thought of leaving me, with no plans to stay by my side for my growth. You can’t blame yourself. If there’s blame, I should blame myself. I was too useless, causing everyone to dislike me, leading my parents to find every excuse to leave me, thinking leaving me was the best outcome. But they didn’t realize it was their abandonment that shaped who I am today; it was their abandonment that allowed me to reach where I am now, enduring all hardships!”

”Perhaps you find everything important in this world, but your biological father does not care about these matters. He doesn’t care about any of it; he only cares about your biological mother. I don’t know how to persuade him. Things happen repeatedly, and time continues to move on, yet he never considered where he went wrong. Without realizing his mistakes, why should he repeatedly ask for our forgiveness when every instance leaves us deeply hurt? We cannot heal, and now we face him once again.”

Zhang Yichen knew that regarding this matter, his music, his grandfather still found it hard to accept. It’s impossible for anyone to accept that the son they painstakingly raised harbors only hatred instead of love for their father. Whose heart wouldn’t be broken?

”Grandpa, no matter what happens, no matter how great the hardship, I hope you can share it with us. Let’s shoulder all the wrongs together. Don’t bear them alone if they’re not your mistakes. Why should you admit to something that isn’t your fault? If something was done, it was done; if it wasn’t, it wasn’t. Why should we change ourselves for someone else’s reasons? If you give so much for someone, yet they never appreciate it, it only proves that person is ungrateful. We’ve given too much for those we care about. You gave so much for my father, and I lost a lot because of him. Yet in the end, he still thinks everyone owes him. He never considers whether he’s at fault. In his heart, there is only my mother. Without my mother, he feels he has lost the whole world, but he doesn’t realize that his actions have deeply hurt those who care about him!”

”If only your father was as understanding as you. Your father was raised by Grandpa with great effort, hoping he would take over my business. But in the end, he abandoned Grandpa for your biological mother. Only now do I realize everything is just as it was before. He is forever selfish, never considering how those who love him have lived. I once gave up a lot for him, even considered giving up all my property. But in the end, I realized that no matter what I do, in your father’s eyes, it was insignificant. He can always disregard and do what he wants. He thinks everything we do is irrelevant. He can be indifferent, but we cannot. My business, built from the ground up with hard work, cannot simply disappear. It would be too painful for me, but ultimately, you prevented Grandpa’s dream from being shattered...”

When a person’s dream is shattered, who can know how painful it was for us at the time? Yet we can never forget the wounds we’ve endured in the past...