Wang Yaohua was stunned.
Wang Junpeng showed no unusual expression. He sat upright on the sofa, waiting for Old Master Wang to continue.
"But not long after the marriage, I chose to join the revolution, and I left quietly at night, though I left a letter for my family."
This departure lasted for several years. During that time, I was seriously wounded on the battlefield and fell into a coma. When I woke up, I was already in a rear hospital.
During my recovery, I met your mother, who was a nurse at a hospital in the rear. She took great care of me during my recovery.
After a while, your mother and I hit it off, but I knew I already had a wife. However, feelings are uncontrollable.
So... I endured the pangs of conscience and started seeing your mother, and told her that once the opportunity arose, I would end my marriage with my original wife.
But I didn't know that not long after I joined the revolution, my original wife was already pregnant with my child..."
Mr. Wang found it difficult to continue speaking, because he felt ashamed and could not continue recounting the past with his ex-wife.
"When you lived with my grandmother, you broke off your relationship with that woman, and it was around that time that you met the child that woman bore for you."
But you didn't soften your heart and still abandoned them, mother and child, didn't you?"
Wang Junpeng's expression was very complicated. He stared straight at Old Master Wang, and when the other man nodded, he didn't know what to say next.
"I'm so sorry to them, mother and son, I'm so sorry to my father-in-law and mother-in-law... I originally fainted from hunger while fleeing famine in front of my father-in-law's shop..."
He not only saved me, but also arranged for me to work as a shop assistant in his shop, and later even took me as his son-in-law. But... but I unexpectedly met your grandmother.
He completely forgot all the good things his father-in-law's family had done for him...
With tears welling up in his eyes, Old Master Wang's expression was full of remorse.
"You're willing to marry into my family, aren't you?"
Wang Junpeng asked.
Grandpa Wang nodded.
"In that case, I don't think it makes any sense for you to say those things to my dad and me now!"
Wang Junpeng said with a serious expression, "You have indeed wronged that lady and her child; you could even be described as ungrateful..."
"Pengpeng, how could you speak to your grandfather like that?"
Wang Yaohua interrupted Wang Junpeng, his face displeased: "Even if your grandfather has done something wrong, that's between him and that mother and son. How dare you speak so rudely here?"
"Did I speak rudely, or did Grandfather go too far? Dad, don't you know the answer?"
Wang Junpeng glanced at his father, Wang Yaohua, and then turned his gaze back to the old man: "Why don't you just tell me the reason why you called my dad and me to the study?"
Hopefully, it's not what he thinks.
"Before the Lunar New Year, I went to inspect a steel plant on behalf of the organization. I was surprised to see a face that looked almost exactly like mine when I was young. I immediately knew that he was the child I had with my ex-wife."
I tried to reunite with him, but... but he didn't want to acknowledge me as his father. This afternoon, I thought about it again and again...
I called his family and asked him to bring his children and grandchildren to visit the compound, but he hung up on me…
I know it was my fault, that I caused his mother to die of grief, but I have long regretted it. After liberation, I even went back to my old residence to look for them.
Unexpectedly, the neighbors told me... that the mother and son had moved away long ago. I never thought that after so many years, I would run into them again before the New Year... I just wanted to make it up to them properly..."
Before Grandpa Wang could finish speaking, his eldest grandson, Wang Junpeng, said, "You want to make compensation, but have you ever considered whether the other party is willing to accept it?"
"You abandoned him and his mother back then, and now you want to acknowledge them as family, saying you've realized your mistakes. Aren't you just stabbing them in the back again?"
After a moment of silence, Wang Junpeng continued, "Grandfather, put yourself in their shoes. Do you think you would choose to acknowledge them? Would you be willing to accept so-called compensation?"
"Wang Junpeng, shut the hell up!"
Wang Yaohua scolded his son, feeling that Wang Junpeng's words were becoming increasingly outrageous and disrespectful.
On the other hand, Old Master Wang was not angry at what Wang Junpeng said. He glared at Wang Yaohua and said, "Why are you getting angry at the child?"
"I admit I was wrong. Did Pengpeng say anything wrong?"
Upon hearing this, Wang Yaohua opened his mouth, but ultimately said nothing.
Grandpa Wang then looked at Wang Junpeng and said, "From what you're saying... you want your grandfather to give up the idea of acknowledging our relationship?"
"What did my uncle say?"
Wang Junpeng asked.
"Your uncle said they are all doing well."
Upon uttering these words, Old Master Wang seemed to have lost all his energy and spirit, looking much older than the moment before.
Wang Junpeng's lips were tightly pressed together. He remained silent for a while before saying, "It seems that my uncle doesn't want to have anything to do with our family."
Since that's the case, Grandfather should try not to disturb us. However, if Grandfather really feels bad about it,
If you want to make amends to your uncle, keep a close eye on things and see if his family needs any help. Then, secretly help them resolve the matter.
"Dad, don't listen to Pengpeng in everything. He's still a child and there are many things he doesn't understand!"
Wang Yaohua chimed in.
Upon hearing this, Old Master Wang gave a heavy snort and said, "You know so much, you're so capable, why haven't you been promoted yet?"
On the other hand, Pengpeng, in just a few years, will probably become your superior!
"Dad, do you have to exaggerate like that?"
Wang Yaohui blushed and said somewhat awkwardly, "If you hadn't refused to help me pull strings, could I have been in this position for seven or eight years?"
"Are you upset because our family didn't go to keep Old Xiao company?"
Old Master Wang's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Suddenly, he seemed to remember something, and his tone revealed obvious regret and heartache:
Four years ago, your eldest brother was framed and got into trouble. Your sister-in-law, who was already ill, was rushed to the hospital in the panic.
If I had found your older brother's family back then, they wouldn't have encountered such great hardship.
Recalling the information he had gathered about the Qin family, Old Master Wang felt that his earlier behavior was truly unworthy of being a husband and father.
After calming himself down a bit, he continued, "There were eight people in the family. My father was sent to the forest farm."
My mother passed away in the hospital, my eldest brother was seriously injured on duty and remains unconscious, my sister-in-law is frail, and my other younger siblings are of varying ages.
One of them was sent to the countryside, and the other two were still in kindergarten... Although I didn't see firsthand how they lived during that time, I can imagine it.
Their lives must have been very hard. Even so… the only woman in the family with a salary received a notice that she was being transferred out of Beijing.
Fortunately, the child was capable, and she took her seriously injured and unconscious husband, along with her brothers-in-law and sisters-in-law, to her new workplace to settle down again.
She single-handedly shouldered the burden of supporting her family. She was a good girl, hardworking, and devoted to taking care of her brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
She didn't forget to visit her father-in-law at the forest farm on the weekend, and also used her medical skills to heal her seriously injured husband. To be honest,
If it weren't for this sister-in-law, that family would probably have fallen apart by now!
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