My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1127 - 977: Indifference at the Beginning

"Actually, your hearts are truly ruthless. I never hold grudges against the harm you’ve caused me because you are my parents."

Time has gone through another cycle, and once again the seasons have changed from spring to summer to autumn to winter. Yet during this school anniversary, just like before, I continue to endure my husband’s sacrifices for me while I remain untouched.

Though this year, he has continued to bear everything as he always has, and Zhang Zhentian has silently made sacrifices like before, without receiving any reward, yet for him, this was the happiest year.

Because this year, his wife chose to stay with him, chose to care for him daily, chose to repeatedly care for his health, chose to accompany him, stayed by the family’s side, cared deeply for each family member.

This year, Old Master Zhang watched as his son foolishly continued to give, while his daughter-in-law seemed indifferent, yet nothing came of it.

Old Master Zhang felt maybe he truly shouldn’t involve himself in so many things; the more he got involved, the more his son felt he was controlling him, making him feel unworthy to stay with him.

Zhang Yichen watched time and again as his father sacrificed so much for his mother, while his mother reaped the benefits without ever thinking of reciprocating, leaving him feeling unbalanced inside. He didn’t want his father to suffer endlessly, only to find no resolution.

Zhang Yichen wished to talk with his father time and again, but each time he was stopped by his wife.

Ran Zhihan told Zhang Yichen, "You truly shouldn’t interfere in these matters. No matter what, you can only be a silent spectator on the sidelines. Let your parents resolve their own issues. If they only reconcile because we intervene, what is the point of them continuing to live together? Someday, maybe Mother will see Father’s love for her.

Yichen, you know well that disharmony in a family is never a good thing for anyone. If we are not in harmony, it’ll make our parents sad, and it’ll also make Grandpa sad. But if there’s disharmony between our parents, that will also make Grandpa sad and cause us, the children, to be sad too, isn’t it?

Some things will only have good results if he figures it out himself, and once he understands the key point, he’ll feel he knows how to live a life of benevolence. If we keep interfering in their lives time and again, aren’t we just forcing them to respond?"

"I know you’re right, but when I see my father give so much, only to be met with my mother’s silence, who could accept that? I want my family to be harmonious, I want my parents to be together every day, not just for the sake of being together, but to live happily as a family.

Is it wrong for me to do this?

I know that as a junior, I shouldn’t meddle, but I really can’t stand my mother’s coldness towards my father, seeing him trying to please her time and again is also heartache for me.

I can forget all they did to me before, but these things happen daily in front of my eyes, I really can’t endure it!

A year has passed, and during this whole year, my mother seems unchanged regarding my father’s sacrifices. He continuously waits for his father’s service, is it really that my father owes her?

I only wish for my father to live happily, I don’t want him to be so sad and weary again and again, after all, he’s always my biological father, forever my elder, that’s an unchangeable fact."

"No matter what’s in your heart, ultimately, your parents’ affairs need to be resolved by themselves!

I understand how you feel inside; even I sometimes feel unbearable to watch. Sincerely giving, only to receive silent disregard in return, do you know what sort of pain that is? Nobody can really know; maybe only your father understands that pain. So why should we interfere, making him feel his marriage happiness depends on his children’s involvement?

Honey, if you really care for your father, then don’t think about intervening; let him happily do what he wants to do.

For him, even if his mother isn’t by his side, as long as he sacrifices for our mother, he feels very happy. We shouldn’t disturb his self-proclaimed happiness, as that might destroy even the last shred of hope!"

In truth, neither Zhang Yichen nor Ran Zhihan, nor Zhang Zhentian and Xia Jing are oblivious. Though this year, it appears to outsiders that Zhang Zhentian has been sacrificing his all for his wife, while Xia Jing silently reciprocates his efforts.

Only Zhang Zhentian understands within that his wife has become less resistant to him than before; she’s begun to sincerely communicate with him and slowly attempted to fall in love with him. He can feel the change this year, he knows that even though the change isn’t significant, any small change is already good enough.

One cannot demand too much in life, as demanding too much would make everything entirely different from before. He now understands that as long as his efforts can bring even slight changes in his wife’s attitude, even if he must give everything, gaining only a little love in return, he feels it’s worth it.

However, outsiders perceive this situation as Xia Jing silently enjoying her husband’s concern and sacrifices without responding positively to him at all.

Perhaps it is precisely the tacit communication between them, unknown to others, that causes the misconception that they are always in this state and leads to the question of whether Zhang Zhentian is truly foolish, only knowing how to give and not to take, while Xia Jing is too astute, only knowing how to enjoy but not to repay...

"Back then, treating you all that way, yet you remained indifferent!"