novelraw Chapter 460 - 439 Untrustworthy_1
Chapter 460 - 439 Untrustworthy_1
Zhang Zhentian had not expected that his father had already thoroughly investigated the matter and was simply waiting for him to fall into the trap. Perhaps his father really didn’t want him to return home, or maybe all of this was the consequence of his own actions. Now, whom could he blame?
Even so, he still couldn’t accept it. He couldn’t accept being driven out of his father’s house and never returning. The mistake he made wasn’t that serious—so why should he be kicked out of his home just for one lie, never to be allowed back? Was it really such a mistake to help his wife cover up the truth? Could it be that every single thing he did looked so despicable in his father’s eyes, that he was never right in any of them?
"Dad, why? Why? You had already investigated everything clearly, yet why did you have me investigate it? What are you trying to achieve with this? Are you trying to test me, or do you want to make sure I can never return home? You knew I would choose to hide the truth for the sake of my wife, so why would you do this? Is there really no room for your son in your heart? Do you truly believe that every single thing I do is wrong? I can’t understand how our relationship has come to be like it is today. I admit that abandoning you was my mistake; I shouldn’t have done that. I shouldn’t have been so focused on my own interests as to completely cast you aside. But I’ve already been punished, so what more do you want from me? Do you want me to die before you? You are my biological father, why can’t you think about our father-son relationship, that can’t be changed for a lifetime?"
"Don’t you understand yet? Especially when it comes to the relationship between father and son, it’s every single thing that you have done that makes me unable to believe in you. What more could you possibly want from me? Time and again, I opt to forgive you because you are my son. If you turned out this way, I can only blame myself for failing to discipline you and not raising you to be a successful person. But with all that you have done, how am I supposed to forgive you, to pardon you? Your mistakes have always been unforgivable, yet I always choose to forgive you. Is this how you repay me? What am I to you? I am your father; am I meant to be hurt by you over and over again? Have you already forgotten the words you just said? Do you think in this world only you can find out the truth and others can’t? Do you see me, Zhang Mo, as such in the eyes of others? But you’re greatly underestimating me. Don’t forget, I started from scratch with nothing but my own two hands and built my company. When I wanted you to take over my company, what choice did you make? You chose to leave, to wander the world with that so-called wife of yours, unwilling to aid me. This is my so-called son, this is your so-called filial piety, and these are the reasons you want me to forgive you time and again? Reflect on everything you have done and ask yourself if you really deserve my forgiveness time and again. Ask your conscience if what you’ve done justifies the hard work I put into raising you. For years you never once thought about what you owe me; all you think about is how to hurt me and pursue your own interests. Is this how you repay your father who raised you for decades?"
"I didn’t, I never thought of you like that, why won’t you believe me? I just hope to live happily with you. I just wish for the fatherly love that a son deserves, I just hope to receive everything that my father should give me. Do you really see it as me competing with you for all of this? Do you think I care for these things?"
"I know you don’t care, that’s why you keep doing things that hurt me. You’ve hurt me so much, but in the end, what did I say? I have no choice because you are my son. I can only choose to forgive you again and again, tolerate you time after time. Yet you are never satisfied because you think I owe it to you, that I deserve to be hurt by you again and again, that I deserve to be abandoned, right?"
Zhang Yichen couldn’t bear to listen anymore. He had never imagined that his grandfather would have such a sad day. It turned out that his grandfather wasn’t indifferent to these incidents; he simply didn’t know how to express himself. He chose to turn a blind eye, not wanting the relationship to worsen, but he hadn’t anticipated that because of his silence, his own father would grow more and more audacious, even lying and using his family as capital for his deceit.
"Dad, how could you speak to grandpa like this? Don’t you know that grandpa has seen every mistake you’ve made but chose to remain silent? He just hoped you would repent and mend your ways. Do you realize how deeply grandpa has missed you over the years? He hoped that his son could stay by his side, to enjoy some familial bliss. But what have you done over the years? You cruelly abandoned him. You never once thought that you still had a father or that you had me, your son. Since you’ve made so many mistakes, why bother coming back to seek our forgiveness? If you really think we don’t matter, then why return to bother me and expect us to forgive you for coming back, to bear the pain of your departure ourselves? We don’t owe you anything; time and again we choose to trust you because we see you as family. But ask yourself, do you deserve to be our family member?"