My Alleged Husband

Chapter 1338 - 1166: Irony (Part 2)

If one day my parents were willing to stay home for me, I would be willing to give everything, but in the end, all of this is just a fantasy in my own heart. How could they possibly stay home for me? They never did before, they won’t now, and they never will in the future; all they care about is their own sense of freedom and happiness. They think that everything in the world can fall into their hands, yet they don’t realize that it is precisely their selfishness that has made me numb. I don’t even know what family affection is anymore!

Now, all I know is hate. All I know is that my eyes are blinded by hatred, and I don’t know who else I can love. All I know is that right now I am wholly consumed with finding my parents and asking them, asking them why they abandoned me without saying a word. Why do they come back, again and again, to stir up my life, then leave me abandoned with a hardened heart? In their minds, what am I to them? Is it really so hard to just spend some time with their own flesh and blood?

Are these repeated abandonments and departures an attempt to avoid something? Am I really that frightening to them? I am their own son, yet they repeatedly seek to avoid being by their son’s side, this is the deepest pain in my heart.

"Let’s not talk about this anymore," someone said. "If one day your parents return to your side, I hope you won’t hate them. If they choose to come back, it means you still matter to them as their son. If you choose to hate them, how do you think they would feel as parents? They are people too, and they wish to have the understanding of their own child. The decisions they made back then were not without difficulty and urgency. I hope you can understand them and not push them away time and again, leaving them with no way to return home. I know you still wish for them to come back into your life, for whatever reason, as long as they are by your side at home. Isn’t that enough, as Grandpa said?"

Zhang Yichen remained silent. His heart yearned to forgive his parents, but his pride wouldn’t allow it. It wasn’t easy to forgive mistakes made over and over. Why does everyone else think I should just forgive when they come back?

In their eyes, they never thought about what kind of person I would become. Now they say they want to come back; where does that leave me? Is this still their home?

They have been gone for so many years, never considering me as their son. Should this not cease to be their home? What does their return mean?

...Two days later

Old Master Zhang remembered having a good discussion with his grandson over the past two days.

Two days later, Zhentian brought Xia Jing back home. When Zhang Zhentian and Xia Jing returned, their son was stunned, while Old Master Zhang grinned from ear to ear.

Old Master Zhang knew that this might be the best outcome. His biological parents had returned, and they needed to have a proper conversation with their son. They needed to discuss what decision they should make to avoid hurting the most genuine affection between them. However, no one could predict whether the child could endure such a shock. His parents’ sudden return left him unprepared and left his heart in chaos and conflict. He didn’t even know how to address his parents.

After being away for so many years, what position do they place their biological son in now that they’re back? What do they see as the meaning of this family? Do they think they can just return whenever they’ve had enough of wandering outside?

Is this home a shelter? This home never welcomes just anyone. If they truly wanted to come back, why did they leave in the first place? Why did they act so obstinately, ignoring everyone’s feelings? Why did they break the heart of their own son, harming him again and again, not treating him as their own child? Now they say they’re back—what does that even mean?