My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1284 - 1113: Never Forget

"I always thought that everything that happens is not a coincidence, but in the end, it turns out that everything is already predestined. When you gain something, we also lose something else. I wondered if my grandfather hadn’t raised me, hadn’t given me a warm life, and hadn’t protected me, what would my fate be?

I know it was him who raised me, it was him who spoke to me for the first time, it was him who gave me a home, it was him who allowed me to have this family.

During the time you were in a car accident, I thought that even though back then you couldn’t say a single word, couldn’t understand the black and white of humanity and truth, you knew peace. But while you couldn’t express your true feelings, you also paid your price. It was then that I realized how much I hoped you could live happily, joyfully."

Another week has passed; it is now the third week after Zhang Zhentian and Xia Jing’s car accident. They are waiting for their families to wake up, but once again, they are met only with disappointment.

Xiao Wei has been here waiting for an entire week, hoping for his sister and brother-in-law to regain consciousness. But why is fate seemingly playing a cruel joke on them? These family members are here anxiously waiting, yet the patients inside show no sign of responding. Even the medical staff find it hard to believe there are such devoted family members in the world, waiting bitterly for so many days without leaving, yet fate is so unfair to them.

During this time, many places echoed the rumors that Old Master Zhang Zhu Jun had changed, claiming it was his son who once again sent him to the hospital. But who knows the real reason for this serious hospitalization is not his son making him angry, but that his son was hospitalized, causing him such great distress that he fell into a coma.

Every day, upon waking from dreams, Old Master Zhang would ask his grandson if his parents had woken up. He wanted to know how his son and daughter-in-law were doing. Yet every time, all the answers from his grandson, including those from the medical staff, were negative, slowly wearing down his will.

Everyone felt this matter should not continue developing this way. They thought that patients who have already been through the critical period of life danger should be able to wake up, but why couldn’t they? Even though all the ventilators have been removed, they are just lying there quietly as if dead. Although all their life signs show normal, there is simply no way for them to open their eyes.

Li Jiayuan waited for a long time; he waited for an entire week without his husband returning home, feeling somewhat worried and increasingly uneasy. He felt the situation was more complicated.

His husband would never leave for so long, even for work before, let alone this time just being back to China. Why, after going back to China for so many days, has there been no news at all? Although he calls every night, his inner unease grows stronger and stronger.

She decided to return home to investigate, wanting to find out what major event occurred that led her husband to stay away for an entire week, only to call her briefly before hanging up. What is so urgent that it’s kept them so preoccupied?

At this moment, Lei Kai came in and saw his mom packing up all the luggage, ready to leave. He didn’t know what his mother was up to, so he hurriedly asked, "Mom, what are you doing? Why are you packing so much stuff? Are you going on a trip or preparing to return to China?"

Li Jiayuan felt puzzled; why did her son think she was going back to China when she hadn’t mentioned her destination? Does her son know something?

"Kai’er, tell me honestly, do you know what your dad went back to China for? Why does everyone know but won’t tell me? Just tell me the truth; do you really know what happened?"

"Mom, don’t you know? Brother Yichen’s parents were in a very severe car accident weeks ago, supposedly on their way for an international trip, but then a major car accident happened, resulting in them being in a coma and not waking up yet. Dad possibly returned because of this, after all, that’s his sister!"

Upon hearing what her son said, Li Jiayuan finally came to her senses; this was the reason. No wonder her husband chose to return home to China. Despite such a big thing happening, he hadn’t told her, perhaps to avoid making her worry.

"Why does everybody know about these things, but nobody wants to tell me, leaving me in the dark? Is it really for my sake? At the very least, you should have told me just as a basic gesture of respect, right? Don’t you realize?

I am a part of this family, and though all these years I haven’t interfered with any decisions you made, this kind of thing should be told to me. Whether or not I consider him a good friend, having made a sister out of him by now, I would indeed go and see him properly, as that is the very least decent thing one should do!

Why must everything between you and father be hidden from me? Do I seem to you like such an unreasonable woman? Why, when I am your mother and his wife, have you not considered my feelings upon learning the truth?"

Lei Kai didn’t expect his mom to react so strongly this time. He had considered whether to tell her before but didn’t know how to start.

He couldn’t be certain about this either. If he just blindly told his mom, would she rush back to China in anger to find his dad? The past love-hate relationship of the previous generation is somewhat known to her, but he didn’t realize how much things would change so dramatically.

"Mom, not telling you this now is for your own good. We know you are not a petty person, but some things we really don’t know how to discuss with you. I have been worried about whether to tell you in advance, concerned that knowing the truth you’ll feel we kept it from you, which might upset you!

In the end, we decided to keep you from worrying and to avoid your coming and going, so we decided to keep this matter a secret for as long as possible!

But I didn’t expect..."

"You didn’t expect that so quickly, I would notice something was wrong and so quickly, realize the truth, right? When you do things, don’t act too independent, at least respect my opinion. Even if you don’t want me to go back, you could communicate with me and I could understand.

But you keep ignoring my preferences like this. Do you really consider me a family member? Don’t you realize this might embarrass me, and if others find out, what they might say?"

"At that time, what I most hoped for was that you would return to my side no matter what, but ultimately all this led me to self-destruction, unable to find joy and unable to live carefree. That’s not my life!"