My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1324: Chapter 1153: Understanding Doesn’t Mean Acceptance

At night, Zhang Yichen lay in the large room, looking at the wedding photo with Ran Zhihan. His heart was filled with a mix of emotions as he wondered how his family had ended up like this.

He still remembered what Xia Jing had said back then...

”I’ve told you so much, yet you still don’t understand that having money doesn’t make someone everything to another person. Moreover, two people who love each other, even if they have no money, no house, no car, no power, or influence, their genuine love is better than anything else. Why is it that despite you having lived so many more years than me, you still can’t grasp this concept? Do you know this?

Every day I spent with Zhihan was supremely happy. No matter what Zhihan did or said, even if she quarreled with me, I was happy. It’s a feeling you can’t understand for a lifetime!”

Zhang Yichen felt talking to Xia Jing was a mental drain. He couldn’t understand why the gap between their two generations was so large when Xia Jing wasn’t much older than him.

”Son, you should understand that a mother never wants her child to suffer or endure any pain. Even though I, as your mom, wasn’t there for you throughout the years, didn’t watch you grow up, I’m still a mother. I also want my child to live happily and safely. Why don’t you understand your mother’s good intentions?

Even though I’ve done many things to wrong you, and abandoned you over a decade ago, haven’t I come back now?

I’ve come back to make it up to you. Can you not give me a chance, a chance to make it up to you?”

Xia Jing started crying as she spoke. Her heart ached!

”Easy for you to say, ’make up’? What can make up for over a decade of feelings?

What can make up for a decade’s worth of fatherly and motherly love?

Is saying you all love me casually supposed to fill the void of love I’ve lacked for over ten years?

Have you got it wrong?

I’m a living person, not a doll. Even if I were a doll abandoned for over a decade, when you come looking for it, it wouldn’t simply be willing to let you hold it and play with it just because you say you didn’t want to abandon it. I’m not a doll, so why can’t you consider things from my perspective and think about what I want, what I love, what I don’t want, what I hate? Do you really know?

In your eyes, what matters is only your own interests and your own power. You’ve never considered things from my perspective. How can I accept a mother like that? On what basis should I accept such a mother in my life? Don’t you think it’s selfish of you to do this?”

Zhang Yichen really didn’t want to continue talking to Xia Jing. He felt that every additional word was pointless and emotionally exhausting!

”You actually call me selfish? Let me ask, which parents in the world aren’t selfish to some degree? Who doesn’t hope for their children to live safely and happily every day? Did you think that what I did for your happiness, for your future career, is truly unforgivable in your eyes?

You say we never consider things from your perspective, but have you ever considered things from our perspective as parents?

Do you know what we parents think?

Actually, you don’t know anything, do you?

Why demand that we consider things from your point of view when you don’t even understand? Yes, I know you like that girl, and I know she’s indeed outstanding, but her family is too poor. She won’t be able to help you in your future career. Consider this: she’s studied for so long without the opportunity to study abroad. If it hadn’t been for your grandpa giving her the chance, would she have been able to study abroad?

Could she have furthered herself? You’ve never thought about these issues. Sometimes you should consider things from our perspective as parents. We only wish for our children to have happy families, to marry good partners rather than common children who haven’t had the opportunity to even study abroad. Do you think this is really good for you, for all of us?

How would the world see you, how would they see your grandpa? You know your grandpa is a person who values reputation. He’s done so much for you, so shouldn’t you consider your grandpa’s reputation?”

Xia Jing knew that no matter what she said, Zhang Yichen wouldn’t be amused, so she brought out his grandpa. She knew, even if her son wouldn’t listen to anyone, he would listen to his grandpa because he was well aware of how much his grandpa had done for him. He wouldn’t disappoint his grandpa!

”Yes, my grandpa values reputation, but not like you. Though my grandpa cares about reputation, he values his grandson’s happiness above all. But in your eyes, it’s different. You only see the importance of face, and your decisions are paramount. You only see what you’ve decided as good and never care about the thoughts of those whose fate you’ve decided because you’re selfish. You’ve always lived selfishly, without considering anyone else, and never thought about different perspectives...”

”I never imagined you’d speak to your mom like this for the sake of a girl who doesn’t matter. Do you even consider us your parents? Even if we abandoned you, you shouldn’t treat us this way. Filial piety is paramount. If you can’t even be filial, what right do you have to marry her?” Xia Jing said.

”Even if filial piety is paramount, I ask, have you and Zhang Zhentian done it? My grandpa is so old now, he painstakingly raised him for twenty-some years, and he just left. Was that filial?

Neither of you has achieved this, so what right do you have to tell me that filial piety is paramount? You are my parents, which is a fact I can’t change for the rest of my life. But I’m slightly better than you; at least I wouldn’t abandon my grandpa under any circumstances because I know he’s taken care of me for nearly twenty years, and it’s truly not easy for an old man. I will be filial to my grandpa, but for you, I can’t be a good son because, in your hearts, I’m insignificant. The toughest days of my life, I got through with my grandpa, but when I most needed you, you weren’t there for me. So now that I’m in a better place, don’t expect to gain anything from me. When you chose to abandon me, I lost my parents. Even if you could abandon your child, why did you give birth to me then?

If you gave birth to me, why didn’t you raise me? Maybe in your eyes, I’m not a good son, but at least in my grandpa’s heart, I’m a good grandson. In my grandpa’s heart, I’ve surpassed the importance of the son he’s raised for over twenty years. Do you still think if you tell my grandpa all this, he would stand with you or me?”

Xia Jing, hearing these words from her son, could hardly suppress her anger. She directly shouted at her son: ”Really? Fine, let me tell you, as long as I’m alive, you can forget about being with that girl. Listen to me, she’s a bad girl, a girl that destroys others’ family harmony. She’s nothing; she’s incomparable to anyone else. She’s just a lowly person...”

After saying that, Xia Jing hung up the phone, now preparing to deal with this so-called bad girl.

She wouldn’t permit anyone to obstruct her son’s brilliant future path...

”The woman I love most, where are you? Are you really okay now? Have you truly forgotten about me and are unwilling to come back to this home?”