Chapter 730 - If It Weren't For The Children, I Wouldn't Be Treating You Like This
The Old Woman's silence made Old Man Xian move forward another two steps. "These past few decades, I have often thought of this matter. I …I just don't understand …"
"Xian Tingfeng, if you're curious, that is your own problem. I just want you to leave now. I don't need your forgiveness, and I don't want your life. If it weren't because of my grandson, I wouldn't be facing you with such a calm attitude. If you know what's good for you, you should leave imdiately, and don't let everyone suffer together with you. You've done it yourself, don't harm the children anymore!" The Old Woman frowned.
The Old Man knew that with hatred towards him, being able to say all this calmly was really her consideration for the children. "You always think for other people." He sighed.
However, the Old Woman said flatly, "I really haven't taken a fancy to your granddaughter. However, my grandson is now telling that they are truly in love and I do not wish to beco an elder who would rob a pair of lovebirds. I am doing this for my grandson, and it has nothing to do with you all."
Old Man Xian sighed and laughed. "I'm sorry that I didn't talk to you in a calm way back then. I was just blinded by jealousy and hatred at the ti. I should have talked to you in this way back then."
The Old Woman turned away from him.
"Since you don't want to say it, I'll say it ..." The Old Man said softly. "Since I'm already old, it doesn't matter if I lose face or not."
In the distance, Mrs. Qin walked to the cetery with a small tool used to clean the grass. She saw the two old figures standing in front of the tombstone. She hesitated for a mont but did not go forward. She just raised her head to look at the weather.
The cloud was a bit darker and she didn't know when it would start to rain.
Shaking her head, she turned around and went to the guard post outside the cetery to rest for a while.
At the cetery, Old Man Xian put his hands on his cane and slowly said, "When I told Guiying about our youth story, she said that I didn't understand won's thinking. At that ti, you were willing to follow , and even if you had to suffer, you still want to follow . However, I left you and thought what I was doing was the best for you, but I didn't know that you wanted to run away with . In fact, I was the one who pushed you into the abyss."
He paused. "I.. I didn't know you were pregnant after I left, and I only regretted my decision later when I found out the truth. I can't imagine how you would have lived without at that ti."
"Perhaps, without this person nad Wan protecting you, you will be looked down upon by the people at the ti, and you will also be chased from your ho by your parents and family. He's nice to you, wasn't he? So even if you knew I'm back, you wouldn't see . You only saw because I 'invited' you over, and at that ti, you said you wouldn't co with ."
"But Xing Jia, do you know what my two years of life were like?" The Old Man slightly raised his head and sighed as he looked at the overcast sky. "The Xian Family was declining and was not popular in the country. I had to hide my na and started from a small soldier who beca everyone's beck and calls. In these two years, I killed hundreds of invaders, but there were also countless wounds in my body. At tis when I was in danger, I thought of you, and every ti I gritted my teeth and endured the pain and even if the Battalion Commander's nurse said that I would not live past the next day, I still survived."
"The hope to return to Shanghai as soon as possible and bring you to my side was the reason for my survival."
"But the first thing I learned when I got back to Shanghai was that you were married." Old Man Xian looked at her, "Xing Jia, I was indeed blinded by jealousy but did you know how I felt at that ti?"
"When you stood in front of and didn't even look at when you said that you were his wife and wouldn't leave with , when you said that you were already pregnant with his child, I really … I wish I could strangle you to death." Old Man Xian tightened his grip on his cane.
The Old Woman frowned as she heard the Old Man gnashing his teeth as he recalled the scene from the past.
The Old Man looked at her. "I can't bear to part with you."
The Old Woman looked at the tombstone in front of her with a solemn expression.
"It's too late to say anything now. I know what I've done. I know how much you hated . I'm not asking for your forgiveness, I just want to see you again and have a nice chat with you before I close my eyes."
"I just want to know. Xing Jia, why do our lives end like this? We are all too stubborn. If only I had taken you away …"
"Xian Tingfeng, you are already in your eighties, why are you talking about this? This is destiny, nothing can change it. I would say the sa thing again, if it weren't for the children, I wouldn't be treating you like this, so please leave. I don't have the strength to beat and scold you. I don't want to see you, never will."
Old Man Xian stood where he was and didn't say anything else. He just stared at the Old Woman.
The Old Woman frowned and said impatiently, "If you really want to apologize, kowtow to my husband's grave. He's been dead for years, kowtow to him. If you don't want to, leave imdiately. I don't want to see your hypocrisy."
Old Man Xian looked at her and then looked at the tombstone. It was engraved with the man's na.
Seeing the words 'A good and kind husband',? Old Man Xian paused. He just watched her and did not move.
The Old Woman knew that Old Man Xian would never kneel and kowtow to her dead husband no matter what. She knew him very well. He still couldn't let go of his big ego.
"Xing Jia, I co to see you. Whether you will forgive or not, I am here to apologize and just talk about you and . Your husband's corpse is already gone, and this tomb is just an empty tomb. He can not feel anything, why are you struggling to entrust your life here? Not to ntion we are both at the age of death, even if I were to kowtow to him hypocritically and falsely in front of you, what could it an?"
The Old Woman only sneered and shot him a glance. "Then just keep standing there."
After speaking, she walked in the opposite direction, taking another path toward the main entrance of the cetery.
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