After hearing what his three sons said, Xue Ling couldn't help but sigh softly.
"You only have a partial understanding and don't know what your father is really thinking about."
Xue Yang was extremely worried and whispered: "Mom, is dad... what grandma thinks?"
"Not entirely." Xue Ling lowered his eyes and choked with sobs: "He just felt uncomfortable because of what your grandma said, and he couldn't get over it. It's about his dignity, and he won't say it easily."
Cheng Huanran was embarrassed and whispered: "Mom, it seems that we are still superficial and haven't thought deeply at all."
"I also hope that I am overthinking it." Xue Ling wiped the tears from the corner of his eyes, "He never mentioned returning to his hometown before, but now he suddenly wants to sell to the company and go back to live. My heart is suddenly confused!"
Cheng Huanchong hurriedly stepped forward and supported Xue Ling's shoulders.
"Mom, Dad was probably just confused for a moment. Grandma suddenly talked nonsense and said the unpleasant things he didn't want to hear... He couldn't accept it for a while, so he talked nonsense."
Xue Ling snuggled into her son's arms and murmured: "For all these years, your father never said it, and I didn't think much about it. I did go all the way to Chengjia Village in Rongcheng to marry him, and I didn't ask him to marry me. You guys
My grandparents never said anything about getting married. Later, due to the development of our career, in order to take care of the two old people in Imperial City, we moved to Imperial City. Maybe in the eyes of my family, your father's career is not as good as mine, and he has children.
My surname is 'Xue'. In their eyes, your dad is almost like a wife. When he went back to his hometown alone, he probably heard some sarcastic remarks. This time when your grandma said it, it hurt his heart and made him sad.
He suddenly exploded."
"Mom, does my dad really think that?" Xue Yang frowned and asked, "He really said that?"
Xue Ling sighed: "He doesn't say it, but I know it in my heart. I've been sleeping with him for so many years, and if I can't even guess what he's thinking, wouldn't it be a joke?"
Even if he didn't say it, she knew it in her heart.
She had already spotted the signs when she was guarding the old man in the hospital.
Before the onset of the illness, his mother-in-law beat and scolded him, and added all kinds of ridicule and ridicule. She had heard and seen clearly on the surveillance camera.
The husband has always been in a daze for a while. Apart from the sudden serious illness of the old mother, he probably also wanted to fulfill the old man's dream and take her back to live in his hometown, so as not to let the villagers always make irresponsible remarks and think that he has married into the imperial capital.
, even his old mother was seriously ill and could not go back.
Cheng Huanran scratched his hair a little irritably and whispered: "Dad is already in his sixties, why would he care about such a vain and hypocritical thing? I really don't understand."
"You can't understand." Xue Ling explained faintly: "There is a generation difference between us, and the ideological gap is still very big. After all, your father is a traditional man with very traditional ideas. When you and your ex-girlfriend were discussing marriage,
When her family asked you to marry into the family, do you still remember your father's attitude?"
Cheng Huanran was stunned.
It was indeed true. Back then, his father's face was livid with anger, he had an expression that showed absolutely no possibility of negotiation, and he had such a stern and cold look in his eyes. He still has lingering fears when he thinks about it.
"For men of the older generation, marrying into a wife's family is not a glorious thing." Xue Ling sighed: "Besides, your father is the only son in the family. In rural areas, a situation like this is almost equal to destitution.
So, there must be a lot of bad things being said in the countryside."
Xue Yang muttered: "If that's the case, then we can't let dad and grandma go back. Just for a little gossip, a little bit of vain man's self-esteem and the reputation of the family, ignoring grandma's condition and giving up his own life
What's the difference between career... and being crazy? To be honest, Dad was really too impulsive this time."
"There is nothing we can do." Cheng Huanchong murmured: "Dad was just stimulated, especially the invisible pressure from grandma."
Cheng Huanran let out a long sigh: "No matter what, we have to calm down and firmly oppose dad and grandma to go back and live alone. We don't have to live for others! Only by living a good life can we be worthy of ourselves. What do the rumors in the village have to do with us?
Thousands of miles away in the imperial capital, we can’t hear it, and there’s no need to listen. There’s no need to compare, our life is probably better than theirs, they just live their own lives and care about other people’s business.”
"Yes!" Xue Yang agreed: "We are living a good life in the imperial capital, and grandma has also been living a good life. There is no need to change our own lives because of irrelevant people or gossip."
"The key is that your dad doesn't think so." Xue Ling smiled bitterly: "He lacks nothing now, but what he lacks is the comfort in his heart."
Cheng Huanchong thought for a while and couldn't help but ask: "Mom, do you... have any plans? Can you persuade Dad?"
Xue Ling shook his head: "I'm also very confused. This is the root of the disease in his heart, the pain accumulated over the years. It's impossible to persuade him with just a few words. I have no choice at the moment, and I don't know how to face him.
.Over the years, he has spent more time with his family than me, and has made more sacrifices than me to take care of the elderly and you. Some people secretly said that he relied on his wife, and even said that he was a soft-boiler, which was deeply hurt.
His self-esteem is also very difficult for your father, really."
"Who said that?" Xue Yang cursed harshly: "What a bastard! What nonsense! My dad also has his own career and has always done well! Who stipulates that a husband must be better than his wife? Go to hell.
!What age has it been? How can such stubborn old feudal ideas come from!"
Cheng Huanran frowned and asked in a low voice: "Mom, who said this?"
"My former neighbors." Xue Ling stopped and said, "It's been many years... They just gossiped and secretly discussed it in private, and didn't dare to say it in front of your dad. But your dad is neither deaf nor blind, so how could he not know.
"
Cheng Huanchong couldn't help but became anxious: "Oh no! Dad was made trouble by grandma like this, and the heart disease accumulated for many years suddenly broke out. No wonder his temper was so strange, and his face was so scary just now! By the way! Where is dad?"
"He - he went out!" Xue Yang asked in surprise: "Did he go out?"
"Oops! He drove out alone! He was so excited just now, could he drive fast?"
"You didn't go out drinking alone, did you? Why don't you call and ask?"
The three sons couldn't help but worry.
Xue Ling was indeed an old ginger and glanced at them.
"You have to be thoughtful in everything you do and don't always be surprised. After I quarreled with him, I already told several bodyguards on duty not to let your dad go out alone. Even if he drives out alone, he must follow him.