My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1237 - 1066: We All Know That Meeting Is Not Easy

Every encounter happens inadvertently; no meeting can be planned. People have reached where they are today step by step.

Old Master Zhang, every time he sees his family quarrel endlessly here, feels uneasy in his heart. His desires are simple, yet why does everything make it so difficult for him, turning him again and again into what he least wanted to be? No matter what he becomes, what image does he hold in his family’s hearts? Deep down, he wishes every family member would understand him, especially as he is not a ruthless and merciless father, nor a forceful and domineering elder, but merely an aging relative who needs everyone’s care and love.

But he has demanded so much — too much that he demanded himself, and he is never satisfied.

They gradually realize that what they once desired most is no longer something they can obtain easily. He demands too much, and others cannot fulfill his goals, leading only to arguments. After countless quarrels, every individual’s soul is ultimately scarred.

If it were indeed the outcome he wanted, he would not have allowed them to return to this home in the first place. He once gave the greatest possibility for mutual understanding, but if all he received in return were others’ injuries, why should he lay bare his heart for them to see? Hearts cannot be exchanged for peace, so why make oneself so wounded?

Zhang Yichen seems capable of seeing through his grandfather’s thoughts. Seeing his grandfather become like this is something he cannot accept, much less forgive his parents for the harm they brought to the family. Although they themselves suffered quite a bit, those were consequences of their own making, unrelated to any family member. But the harm done to the family was their doing. For him, this is a deep, inextinguishable pain. No one wishes to harm their family in such a way; all they want is for their family to be happy, even if it means altering their initial ideas and making life unlike what they once wanted. But ultimately, it has nothing to do with them, and they do not want things to turn out like this or to develop to this point.

"Not easily trusting anyone is the best way to protect oneself. Believing someone’s every word too easily would lead one to irreversible doom. He would not sincerely treat you, nor will he earnestly tell you every word. He will only choose to repeatedly, using this way, tell you every hurtful and heartless thing."

Over the years, I have gradually become accustomed to everything. No matter how much I bare my heart and soul for him, in his eyes, it is but his own tender emotions. He will never know how weary I am as a senior.

For my child, I gave my all, yet in his eyes, you are just a tool he uses. He will never care about what you have done or sacrificed for him. In his eyes, he only sees his immediate gains; he doesn’t care about your past struggles."

Everyone has gone through it like this. I do not know how I lived those times, but deep inside me, unforgettable, I watched everything I cherished most leave me, and all I treasured abandon me. I am also weary; I do not know what to do to keep what I desire most by my side permanently. It seems so difficult for everyone."

"Actually, it is not as hard as it seems. Consider what you have, not others’ achievements. What you have is what you should cherish the most. If you always compare what you don’t have with what others do, you will live a difficult life. You always think of having a life like others’, and you are blindly chasing. You treat others’ lives as your shadow, following their steps. Yet you forget what your own life should be, whether your youth should be spent in regret or be without regret."

Everyone’s life is different. Never use your footsteps to tread on others’ life paths’ footprints. That’s not your life. No matter how glorious it is, that’s their own, unrelated to you."

Never envy how rich or exciting someone else’s life is; it has nothing to do with you. Always think clearly about the life path you want most. Don’t let this all become as passive as it is now due to your actions. Perhaps you will discover later that every step you have taken has left your own unique footprints. Those are your growth tales. No matter what you have experienced or what blows or hurts you have endured, it all becomes a beautiful, splendid landscape. When you look back many years later, you will find that it was actually the most critical hurdle in your life that you had to go through. No matter where and when, you cannot avoid these hurdles. You grow through them by repeatedly facing what you once feared the most. When you get everything you desired, you will find that all of this aligns with your life’s thoughts. You will feel that this was all worth your youth, worth yourself, and will realize that this was the goal you once wanted most to achieve. When you reach all your goals, you will find it was once so difficult, and perhaps at that moment, your feelings will be significantly different from now."

I have personally witnessed numerous people’s ups and downs, how they live, and their pains and sorrows, but they never gave up. They always found the most perfect way for their life in every circumstance."

Thinking this way, perhaps what his grandson said is right. Everyone has their life journey to walk and must face every hurdle they should. They are not something others can help you evade. Only by facing them with your own effort can you make your life extraordinary so it can lead you to the happiest moments of your life.

If you always stand in place, no matter how wealthy you are or how dignified you appear, you will never be happy!

Living happily is the result I want most. Sometimes, if you make a mistake or take the wrong path, the result will eventually change!