Chapter 2390 - 2225: Dusk After the Rain

Chapter 2390: Chapter 2225: Dusk After the Rain

Remember, it was at dusk after the rain, with lonely eyes, thinking of someone I once loved deeply, yet could only heartlessly turn away.

Zhang Yichen searched the world for traces of Ran Zhihan, but even after scouring the entire globe, it was as if she had vanished into thin air, never to reappear in his life. Now, he is terrified, terrified of the slightest bit of an oh, accident. He cannot bear the pain of losing her. He has already suffered abandonment time and again. Must he face such a decision once more? Why is everything always so unbearable for him? Why does his life continually have to be fraught with thorns?

All he wants is to live a happy life, but why does everything he desires eventually deceive him? What has he done wrong to deserve all this?

"Mom, tell me, what have I done wrong in this lifetime? Why, after you all have hurt me, does my wife have to strike me in this way? Now, I don’t want my career or the happiness I most wished for. I only want her back by my side because I know she is the woman I’m destined to love the most. I can’t abandon her heedlessly as I did before. I once made many mistakes, just like you and dad, but now I realize my errors. Why is it that once I understand my wrongs, everything becomes irreparable?

Look at what he and I have become now; I no longer exist in his heart, and I have no idea how to find him. Where amidst this vast sea of people might he be heading, I do not know. I can only foolishly expect to encounter him once more someday. No matter what he is like at that moment, whether he remembers me or not, I would feel no regrets as long as I see him safe and sound.

For me, he is the most important person in this lifetime. The child was born through all his painstaking efforts for me. He sacrificed everything for me, endured pains that not everyone can bear, giving me a child. How can I be so heartless and let him bear all the harm and pain alone while I remain unnoticed here?

Grandpa, is it because I hurt him that he’s unwilling to return to my side? Is that the reason he chooses to treat me like this? I regret not keeping him by my side, regret having inflicted the pain he least wanted to endure on him. Why was I so cruel? Why did I never take his feelings into account before? How difficult his life must have been in his eyes, how hard the path he walked to today must have been. When he gave everything for me, I turned a blind eye to all his sacrifices. I am the biggest fool in the world, the most heartless man, for I hurt a wife who gave her all for me.

Time truly cannot go back. I wish time could reverse now, but is that really possible? Even if I had the power to move mountains and overturn seas, I wouldn’t let time rewind!"

Old Master Zhang could see how deeply Zhang Yichen regretted. In his heart, his greatest wish now is the safety of his family, but these things are way too difficult for him. His family left long ago, this complete family has fallen apart, and everything now is just a deep, inner fantasy. How he wishes all of this is just a dream, never to wake up, so he wouldn’t have to live so harshly, never having to trudge step by step into such difficult times. If time could be retrieved, how would he have made such an impulsive decision that left him living such a weary life?

In his eyes, he believes everything he has done isn’t wrong at all; the only biggest mistake was losing the woman he should most have cherished. That might be his biggest blunder in this life. If given another chance to choose, he would choose to abandon everything and accompany her, never leaving her. Maybe she truly can’t choose to be with him anymore, thus chooses this way to leave, to bid farewell. If every decision he made carried responsibility for his actions, how great a responsibility would he have to bear to make up for all he’s lost in this endlessly difficult life?

How he wishes time could return, so he wouldn’t exist like this, no longer fearing the pain of losing or the bittersweet taste of recovery, which is too agonizing.

"Child, you must understand that no matter when or where, you aren’t alone; you have us, your relatives. No matter where, if you need anything, just speak up. We as family would walk through fire and water for you, without hesitation. You should also know that in your eyes, all family members are the same, because in your eyes, everyone is equal. But do you know, in my eyes, you are the most important, as you are the child I raised with all my efforts. I’ve invested all my love in you, impossible to watch you be destroyed by others, or watch you become despondent and turn all this into what it is now.

Can time really come back? If it does, you wouldn’t feel this pain, would you? I also hope time could return, so I wouldn’t have chosen for you to walk down this irreversible path, nor let you endure all this pain, nor subject you to the training akin to Jin Se demons.

Even if you don’t hate everyone in this world, you ought to hate me, your grandfather, for it’s my fault, resulting in what you have become now. Your current mindset and ruthless indifference stem from my training, as you know, all the skills I had, I taught you. You didn’t want any family members to be harmed again, thus becoming numb as you are now. It’s all due to me, and it should end with me."

"Grandpa, no matter what, I won’t give up on finding her, nor will I give up on anyone in this family. Trust me, I believe I can do it..."

Maybe stories truly have ten thousand possibilities, and all this still holds so much beauty.