My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1292 - 1121: Hopes Dashed

"No matter how hard you tried to imagine, you couldn’t fathom how much I longed for you to come back and attend my child’s full moon celebration. At that moment, I felt so lost. Yes, you still didn’t return, and at that instant, I hated you to the core. I wished you would never appear in my life again, but eventually, I softened because you are my parents."

Old Master Zhang chimed in, "Yichen is right. That day he waited at his own doorstep again and again, hoping that you would return, but his hopes fell through. At that moment, I felt a deep sorrow for him."

A month has swiftly passed, and today marks the full moon celebration for Ran Zhihan and Zhang Yichen’s child, as well as the day Old Master Zhang formally names the child.

Zhang Yichen looked out from his doorstep over and over again, hoping for his mom and dad to come back and celebrate his son’s full moon. But no matter what, he couldn’t hope for his parents to return home. Maybe in their hearts, he really didn’t matter. Why couldn’t he make them come back by now?

Ran Zhihan understood what her husband truly felt inside. In fact, his heart suffered just the same. She only hoped for her parents to return and attend their son’s full moon celebration, but why was it so difficult? Maybe, as her husband thought, their family wasn’t important enough. They kept hoping the parents would come back hand in hand, but were only met with disappointment, never with satisfaction. The child had been born for quite a while, and they hadn’t even come to see him once. Didn’t they, as grandparents, want to see their grandson?

"Honey, you shouldn’t stand here at the door like this. If Mom and Dad figure it out, they will come back. If they don’t figure it out, even if you stand here till dark, they won’t return. Someday they will come back hand in hand, and we should look forward to that day, rather than being so eager now. Look at us, we’ve watched over and over, eagerly waiting for Mom and Dad’s return. But the result is just disappointment, nothing but disappointment. Maybe they still haven’t put us deep in their hearts."

When Zhang Yichen heard Ran Zhihan’s words, he felt genuinely upset. Clearly, he should be the one comforting his wife as a husband, yet it was his wife who comforted him. How could he bear it in his heart? These matters weren’t wrong, but his parents chose this path of no return, leaving him waiting eagerly for them to return, only to be disappointed time after time. In their hearts, what did he, as a son, even count for? Did he, his wife, and their son, in his parents’ minds, really mean so little?

"Wife, I truly can’t understand why, after so long, Mom and Dad remain so stubborn and refuse to come back hand in hand. Is it that they truly don’t care for our family? Watching Grandpa grow old day by day, though he says nothing, inside he longed for Mom and Dad’s return. Yet they always oppose our wishes, and I genuinely cannot comprehend what it would take for them to return home and accompany Grandpa properly. They owe him so many years of companionship. Must they also neglect him in the last of his days?"

"Stop dwelling on it. If Mom and Dad figure it out, they will come back. If they don’t, even if we try forcing them home, what good would it do? Their legs move on their own. If we forcibly bind them here, they will find a way to escape. Only when they willingly return can we truly be together. Let’s not think about things that make us miserable anymore. Today is our son’s full moon celebration. I’m sure Grandpa will give our son a very nice, grand name. Our son resembles you so much. When I look at his face, it’s as if I’m seeing you. I wonder if our son will grow up to be as successful as you, alluring to everyone?"

Zhang Yichen knew that in her last sentence, his wife was teasing him. With an outrageously handsome face that made all the girls in the world swoon, he had indeed suffered quite a bit, constantly thinking of how to escape the pursuit.

While the couple chatted back and forth at the door, Old Master Zhang came out from inside. Seeing that the couple was still outside, eagerly awaiting yet eventually able to speak cheerfully showed him their inner strength. Old Master Zhang glanced outside, not seeing his son’s wife or son. He knew he was destined for disappointment once more. Perhaps as the disappointments piled up, he’d eventually stop caring about whether he was disappointed or satisfied.

"You two, stop standing outside. So many guests have come inside, aren’t you going to go in and chat with them? As the hosts, shouldn’t you fulfill your responsibilities? Are you really meant to stay outside and never step in? They won’t come; once determined, we shouldn’t hope for anything from them. If one day they wish to return, Zhang Family’s doors are open, but if they persist in not wanting to come back, our family doesn’t want them either. I’ve thought of what name to give your son. Do you want to know?"

"Grandpa, hurry and tell us what’s our son’s name? It’s been a month, and we’ve been eagerly waiting for you to name him. Now that the month is finally over, don’t keep us on the hook any longer. Come on, tell us so we can all be delighted. What’s the name you chose for him?"

"Zhang Ni!"

"Zhang Ni, that’s a nice name! I really like it. Grandpa, thank you for your thoughtfulness. You’ve worried so much for my son’s name, you probably haven’t rested much this past month. You’ve done so much for us."

"Yes, Grandpa, we’re really thankful. I really don’t know when my parents will come back. If I had another son, would they return then?" Zhang Yichen said.

Old Master Zhang felt reminded by his grandson’s words, realizing that if his son and daughter-in-law wanted to return home, certain conditions must be met.

"At first, I thought even a tiny bit of their return would bring happiness. But ultimately, it’s a pipe dream that can’t be realized."