My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1437: Chapter 1232: Integrity

Integrity is more important than anything else. If you think you don’t even have the most basic integrity, then what else can you say?

Zhang Zhentian didn’t expect that his father had already investigated this matter thoroughly, just waiting for him to fall into the trap. Maybe his father really didn’t like him returning to his family. Perhaps all of this was the result he was meant to endure, so who could he blame now?

Even so, he was still unwilling. He was unwilling to be driven out of the house by his father and never return. The mistake he made in this matter wasn’t that big, so why should he be kicked out of the house for a lie, never to return for life? The mistakes he made weren’t so unforgivable. Was it wrong for him to help his wife conceal the truth of the matter? Did everything he did in his father’s eyes really make him so unworthy, forever unable to do anything right?

”Dad, why? Why? You clearly investigated this matter thoroughly and clearly, but you still want me to investigate. Why exactly are you doing this? Is it to deliberately test me or to ensure I can never return home? You knew I would hide the truth of the matter for my wife, so why are you still doing this? In your heart, do I, as your son, matter? Is everything I do entirely wrong in your eyes? I truly don’t understand why our relationship has become like this. I admit it was my mistake to abandon you initially. I shouldn’t have done that. I shouldn’t have left for my own interests. But haven’t I already been punished? What more do you want from me? To die in front of you? You’re my biological father. When you do things, why can’t you think about our father-son relationship, something that can never be changed in this lifetime.”

”Do you still not understand? Especially the issue of the father-son relationship. Every mistake you’ve made has made it impossible for me to believe you anymore. What do you want from me? I’ve chosen to forgive you time and time again because you’re my son. That you’ve become like this is my fault for not teaching you well, for not guiding you to success. But the things you’ve done, how can I forgive and excuse them? Your unforgivable mistakes over and over, and I’ve chosen to forgive you over and over again. Is this how you repay me? What am I in your eyes? Aren’t I also your father? Does being your father mean being destined to be hurt repeatedly by you? You just said those things, and now you forget them? Do you think you’re the only one who can investigate clearly in this world, and no one else can? Is that how you see me, Zhang Mo, in other people’s eyes? You’ve seriously underestimated me. Don’t forget, I started my own company from scratch with my hands when I had nothing. In the end, when I wanted you to take over my company, you chose to leave, to wander the world with that so-called wife of yours, unwilling to help me here. Is this my so-called son? Is this your filial piety to me? Is this your reason for wanting me to forgive you over and over again? Reflect on the things you’ve done. Do you really deserve my repeated forgiveness? Ask yourself honestly, do these actions genuinely justify the effort I’ve invested in your upbringing all these years? You’ve never considered what you owe me; you only think about how to hurt me and achieve your own interests. Is this how you repay your father, who painstakingly raised you for decades?”

”I said no, I didn’t think of you that way. Why won’t you believe me? I just wanted to live happily with you, and I only hoped to receive the paternal love a son should receive. I only wished to get what my dad should give me. In your eyes, do you see this as me competing with you for everything? Do you think I care about all these things?”

”I know you don’t care, which is why you repeatedly did things to hurt me. You did so many things to hurt me, but what did I say in the end? I couldn’t help it because you’re my son. I could only choose to forgive you again and again, to tolerate you over and over. But in your heart, you’ll never be satisfied because you think it’s what I owe you. I deserve to be hurt by you over and over again, abandoned over and over, right?”

Zhang Yichen really couldn’t listen to anymore. He never imagined his grandfather would have such a sad day. It turns out his grandfather wasn’t indifferent when faced with these things; he just didn’t know how to express it. He chose to turn a blind eye, not wanting these relationships to deteriorate further. But he didn’t realize that this turning a blind eye allowed his father to become bolder, even lying and using his family as a means of deception.

”Dad, how can you talk to grandpa like that? Do you know everything you’ve done wrong, grandpa saw it a long time ago, but he chose not to say anything. He just hoped you could reform yourself, turn back from the wrong path. Every time you do something, do you have to hurt those who love you most? Do you know how much grandpa has missed you all these years? All he wants is for his son to be by his side, to enjoy family happiness. But what about you? What have you done these years? You heartlessly abandoned him, never thinking you still have a father, never considering you have me as your son. You’ve done so much wrong, so why come back now to seek our forgiveness? If you think we’re insignificant, why come back to trouble me? In your eyes, do we have to forgive you because of your reasons, to bear all the pain because of your departure?

We don’t owe you anything. We chose to trust you repeatedly because we regard you as family. But ask yourself honestly, do you deserve to be our family?”

In life, without owing anything, how could it be perfect? Pain is only temporary. To become the strongest, one must endure pain.