Su Hanze blurted it out almost without thinking.
He said it as if he were shouting.
His mother, who had always stood by his side, suddenly chose to support Jiang Tian, and Su Hanze's eyes reddened slightly due to the intense emotional turmoil.
He stared intently at Jiang Tian, as if that would rip her "absurd" plans out of her mind and drive away all those people who inexplicably appeared in front of them.
“We have so many shared memories. An’an has been in the Su family since birth. Is her position unimportant? Even if you don’t consider me, you should think about her feelings for the Su family. I will be a good father. I didn’t do enough before. Now I gradually understand that a person cannot only have money. They also need to be strong and have abundant emotions. A person’s life cannot have only one pillar.”
“I want to compete fairly with Wei Su. I know he took advantage of your weakness. When you needed my help the most, I chose to belittle you and not lend a hand. So I should accept the punishment.”
"But Wei Su, he's no better than anyone else!"
Su Hanze gritted his teeth and said those words.
How could he not understand?
People like Wei Su never truly cherish what they have!
Jiang Tian suddenly looked up, her eyes reddening, and she was angry at his repeated unusual behavior.
"Are you going to go back on your word? Are you going to make me exhaust the last bit of feeling in my heart? A couple has reached a dead end; there's no point in trying to salvage it. Neither you nor I want our lives to descend into absurdity anymore, so let's let go of each other."
Jiang Tian's words were clear and distinct: "As for memories? What beautiful memories do we have? From the very beginning, were you just deceiving me, making me repeat those words I've said a thousand times before you'd listen?"
“Those so-called beautiful memories are the traumas left by the days when I was trapped in the Su family, playing the role of your perfect wife like a puppet! You keep saying that you are doing it for An'an's good, but you don't mention anyone else, only the Su family. Can you really give her pure love? Do you believe in the Su family, believe in your parents, believe in your family? Go ask your mother if they care more about whether she has Su family blood.”
Su Hanze suddenly fell silent.
Who doesn't know the answer? And who doesn't value blood ties?
An'an will no longer have the same position in the Su family as before. Because of blood ties, he can allow his daughter to enjoy the same material treatment as before, but she will never receive the same spiritual respect as before.
This is the influence of social culture.
That's why he thought Jiang Tian had exhausted all avenues of opportunity.
Why should children have to endure these things?
Who doesn't want to be born into wealth? Is starting from scratch an absolutely good thing?
"Calm down. We can't stay emotional forever; it won't help our negotiations."
Su Hanze still wanted to have a proper talk with her.
After all that had happened, he realized that he still longed for her.
As Jiang Tian took a deep breath, her nails dug into her palms. "If you hadn't seen me, hadn't kept using the child to provoke me, perhaps I wouldn't be like this. I've already emphasized that I have a mental illness, and I'm on medication. I was healthy before I married you, so why am I on medication now? It's because every moment in the Su family suffocated me. During our marriage, you treated me like a servant. After we got married, you always said it was for my own good, but you never asked me what I truly wanted or what I desired."
Jiang Xiuyu felt a sudden pang in her heart as she looked at Jiang Tian's trembling shoulders.
She sighed inwardly, "Why do women have to suffer so much?"
She recalled the grievances she suffered in the Su family when she was young, those nights when she was misunderstood, those people who deserved her husband's love so much, yet she was so meddlesome—suddenly she didn't want to speak up for her son anymore.
What does it mean exactly?
Is it a divine law that a woman doesn't like him?
If they don't like each other, getting together will definitely lead to a tragedy.
She and her husband loved each other, and neither of them had cheated on each other over the years, but it was the constant arguing that wore down their love.
Sometimes she agrees with what others say: marriage itself is a torturous thing.
Love is hard to last. Cherish the present, don't be forced to stay together, and part ways amicably. That's the true meaning of a good relationship.
Otherwise, if you no longer like each other and let go of each other's hands, but are still forced to live together because of the marriage certificate, that would be the most painful thing.
At this moment, Jiang Tian's tears felt like a knife cutting into her heart—it was the pain caused by another woman repeating her tragedy, bringing her a spiritual resonance.
She turned to look at Su Hanze, her tone cold and unyielding for the first time. Staring at her son, she said fiercely, "Enough! Look at the state you've driven her to! Do you have to push her to the brink?"
His mother, who had just been trying her best to win him back, now seemed to have changed completely.
Su Hanze's eyes were devoid of any emotion: "So you've switched sides already?"
"What's wrong with me? Is this a betrayal?" Jiang Xiuyu was almost amused by her son. She interrupted him, "I used to hope that you would have a happy marriage and be happy for the rest of your life. That way, you would have no regrets in your life, and I wouldn't have to feel heartbroken for keeping you in my heart and causing you to suffer trauma."
"But now I understand that true fulfillment isn't about forcing someone to stay or making others feel wronged. True fulfillment is definitely not like what happened between you and Jiang Tian. How long are you going to keep deceiving yourself?"
Su Hanze's face turned pale.
Jiang Xiuyu no longer intended to let her son bother Jiang Tian.
She's already been driven to the brink of mental illness by her son, and she doesn't want to be an accomplice.
Jiang Xiuyu turned to Jiang Tian, gently took her hand, and revealed a rare tenderness in her eyes: "Jiang Tian, let me tell you, you did nothing wrong. The one who was wrong was that our Su family didn't untie you sooner. The one who was wrong was my son. He thought that money could bind everything, but he didn't know that in the end, when others are forced to the brink, they can also choose to give up everything."
She looked at Su Hanze again, her tone unusually calm: "You always live in your own world, thinking that what you give is the best, but you have never truly respected her, let alone put yourself in her shoes. Now she has the opportunity to start a new life. If you really care about her, you should let go and let her live a brand new life."
Su Hanze opened his mouth but couldn't make a sound.
Jiang Tian's words of provocation and his mother's sudden defection were like heavy hammer blows to his heart, causing him a dull ache.
He glanced at Jiang Tian, then at his mother. For some reason, Su Hanze suddenly remembered how Jiang Tian had treated everyone with such care and caution when she was in the Su family, and the countless times she had looked at him with a hesitant expression...
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