Everything we must go through cannot be avoided no matter how hard we try.

Zhang Yichen really doesn’t understand why, for his father, admitting a mistake is so difficult. Is it really that hard for a grown man to say "I’m sorry"? A simple phrase could solve all the troublesome matters, but why is his father unwilling to admit his mistakes? What do his family members mean in his eyes? Are they just items he can discard at will? He’s never thought about admitting all his wrongs. He makes all the mistakes himself but blames them on others, never considering what he did wrong or whether he should have done it.

"I really don’t understand, why is it so hard for you, a grown man, to admit a mistake? What are we, your family, in your heart? Can we be casually hurt, discarded, and treated like puppets, summoned when needed and dismissed when not? Why do you never consider our difficulties from our perspective? We take everything as something you’ve given us, thinking it’s all beautiful. We’ve never thought of harming you, yet why do you treat us like this? What place do you want us to be in?

You never viewed problems from our viewpoint; you’ve never considered how tough our lives are. We walked step by step to where we are today, and it’s not been easy. Have you ever thought about it from our angle? You have always been so selfish from the beginning, living just for yourself, and even today, you are still living for your own sake. Your selfishness has exceeded my imagination. I can’t believe my own father could go this far, abandoning and hurting his family for his own benefit. What do we mean to you? 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝚠𝚎𝚋𝗻𝗼𝕧𝗲𝐥.𝚌𝚘𝐦

You never considered the harm your mistakes can bring to each member of the family. You’ve lived selfishly all your life, but what did you get in the end? Why are you unwilling to consider others’ feelings? Your selfishness leaves me with no way to forgive you. Although I can overlook and act as if your past wrongs never happened, that doesn’t mean I’m naive or can continuously endure your harm and deception. I chose not to say anything to save face between us.

I don’t want our matters to become increasingly awkward. I don’t want others to criticize us, saying our family is bad and our family ethics have declined. I don’t want to hear such words, and I definitely don’t want my grandfather to be hurt by these things. Why can’t you understand my good intentions? Why am I nothing in your eyes? When will you ever consider my struggles from my viewpoint? When will you think about the harm your actions have caused to our family? You can live selfishly and heartlessly, but I can’t. I have my grandfather, my concerns. I have to work hard and take responsibility for the whole family. I can’t live as heartlessly as you. Maybe you are happy, maybe you live carelessly, but my idea of life is simple: I want my grandfather to live peacefully in his old age, without stress.

But look, since you returned to this home, hasn’t the pressure on him increased? He’s been hurt repeatedly, all for you. He’s struggled time and time again, done all kinds of bad things for you, and you’ve abandoned him mercilessly time and time again. He’s an old man who has given his youth for his son and would give his life for you without feeling wronged. Instead, he would feel happy because he has the chance to give to his son. But why do you treat me like this? I don’t ask you to sacrifice anything for me, but please don’t hurt the family members I care about the most. You can leave me, not love me, and not come back, but don’t return only to treat us this way. This is too cruel for us. You never considered what consequences your actions would bring. I only hope everyone can live in peace and stability, but what result did I get? You gave me such harm, making me abandoned again and again by my own family.

"Grandfather, as a younger generation, I shouldn’t intervene in your matters with my father, nor should I overstep. But do you know how much my father has put into this over the years? It’s been so hard for him to reach this point, having given you everything. He just wants you to be happy and live comfortably. He takes care of your father in this house, enduring all the harm for you, yet my dad never considered abandoning her, because he knows you struggled to raise him, and he must have gratitude for his relatives. Even if a slight act of kindness deserves a great return, I don’t understand what mindset led you to abandon my father back then.

But now, so many years have passed, why do you still refuse to see the truth? My father is hoarse from speaking, yet he never gives up trying to persuade you. Why can’t you feel his good intentions? Even a heart of stone would be touched seeing its child begging desperately not to harm their cherished ones. But why do you remain so cold? Have you ever cared about their feelings with everything you’ve done? What do you take him for with all that you’ve done? Is it justified for my father to be hurt by you, or for your father to be abandoned repeatedly? Wake up, and don’t remain stubborn!"

As the saying goes, there’s nothing better than correcting one’s mistakes. No one wants to keep making mistakes; everyone has unintentional faults. I only hope you can come back to my side!