Life has no "what if," fate never believes in assumptions!

Time is truly magical. You can never pinpoint the exact day you will fall in love with another person. No one can make an absolute guarantee. Perhaps it just takes one moment to feel that someone is exactly what your heart desires, and you will fall hopelessly in love, unable to extricate yourself.

Zhang Zhentian knows that if one day his wife truly loves him, he would be so excited, so thrilled that he might be unable to sleep for days and nights. He might announce to the world that he has finally succeeded, that he has finally, through his own efforts, stepped into the depths of his wife’s heart, making it impossible for him to forget her for the rest of his life.

How could Xia Jing not know how truly her husband loves her, risking himself time and again, disregarding life and death just to keep her by his side? He has sacrificed so much for her, yet why does she continue to hurt him repeatedly? Why can’t she deeply fall in love with him as she did with her first love?

Old Master Zhang silently watches the lives of his family from behind. Sometimes, he truly feels a bit contemplative, wondering why his family must endure so much suffering repeatedly. Why is it so difficult for this family to live happily? Could it be that he has interfered too much?

Perhaps it’s not that. Everyone has a different life they want; each person just wants to peacefully live the life they desire. No one truly knows what that life looks like.

Xia Zheng knows that the only person he has wronged in his life is his husband because his husband is devoted to him, yet his heart harbors no real place for him. Sometimes he feels numb. He doesn’t know what kind of feelings his heart truly desires. He is waiting for the right moment to reveal his innermost thoughts to everyone. He doesn’t want to continue deceiving others in different ways, as it is exhausting for him.

Compared to their lives, Ran Zhihan is quite envious of her parents for having that kind of life. She envies her mother because her father is utterly devoted to her mother, yet her own husband is not.

If she puts aside even a minor mistake, in her husband’s eyes, it’s an unforgivable felony. Her husband will never let go of any grudge because of anything. Sometimes, she feels truly tired. Why does she keep making mistakes repeatedly? Why do those who love her suffer because of her actions?

She only wants a simple life, why is it always out of reach?

If her husband could be a bit more compliant with her, how happy, how joyful, how blissful her heart would be! She has always been waiting for that day to arrive, yet it will never come to her.

On this day, Zhang Zhentian embraced his wife as they peacefully fell asleep. He hadn’t felt this way in a long, long time.

In their eyes, happiness is genuinely simple. As long as they could peacefully fall asleep in each other’s arms every night, that is a rare and invaluable happiness in the human world.

The next morning, the sun rose gradually, hanging brightly in the sky. No one knew how they spent the previous night.

But in Zhang Zhentian’s eyes, he felt extremely happy last night.

When Xia Jing opened her eyes, she saw her husband looking at her. Her face blushed uncontrollably. She felt that she had lived a sufficient life. Despite living an unusual life every day, even though she battled with her husband daily, she always received her husband’s most caring love. She felt truly happy and joyful.

"Xia Jing, it’s been so long; even I can’t remember how long it’s been since I saw you shy like this. Do you know, seeing you like this today makes me so happy? I feel as if I’m back to the time many years ago when we first got together. How much I wish time could always stop at that moment—when I held you in my arms, traveling everywhere to find you. All I want is a quiet life.

I just want to hold you in my arms every day, sleep peacefully, and wake up at dawn daily.

When I open my eyes in the morning, the first person I see is the one beside me—it’s such a blissful feeling. Have you experienced it?

Actually, you haven’t unfeelingly. You just haven’t consciously felt this experience. I don’t know what kind of life you desire. How much I long to someday wait beside you. But do you know, every day, I am torturing myself to know if I truly hold a place in your deepest heart!"

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"Forget it, let’s not talk about this. After all these years together, you’ve always traveled everywhere with us, never truly experiencing life. I want to take you quiet down the horizon in the days to come, travel the world with you. Maybe that’s what real beauty and life are about. I want you to experience the most beautiful things in every corner of the world. I want to take you across thousands of miles to witness the infinite wonders of nature!

I don’t know if you would like to join me, or if you’re willing to create a wonderful future together with me in the remaining time!

If you’re willing, then let’s travel together. If you’re not, then I cannot force you. Until the day you look back, you will find me always waiting for you where I stood. Thank you for keeping me company last night when I held you. It was the happiest and most joyful moment of my life."

Before Xia Jing could say anything, Zhang Zhentian turned and left. He knew if he stayed and his wife rejected him, how unbearable it would be.

If you don’t make an effort, then you don’t even have the right to concede!