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This is a photograph from twenty years ago, although Qi Chunlan has preserved it well, the old photograph has already turned yellow and aged.
At that time, the couple hadn’t discovered that they were expecting their second child. They went on a mission to Rong District, where a cultural troupe accompanied them, making it a rare occasion for the couple to travel together, and they captured nostalgic moments in Rong District.
At that time, the wife was still a good wife and a good mom. However, after discovering she was pregnant with the second child, her emotions fluctuated greatly. If it wasn’t for his and Old Yan’s extreme joy, he felt that his wife might have directly said she didn’t want it.
Sometimes when he came home late at night, he could always find traces of tears in the corners of his wife’s eyes.
Moreover, her pregnancy appearance was not good, and he had always been in touch with her gynecologist.
Reflecting on the old times, he realized that he had truly made a mistake.
The outside world had indeed dazzled his wife’s eyes, causing her to lose her true self. She forgot her duty to be a good wife, and her role as a mother.
It was truly his fault; everything was his neglect, his indulgence!
"You blame me! You resent me!" Qi Chunlan saw the disappointment in Yan Dongsheng’s eyes and could no longer control the words buried deep in her heart:
"Have you ever thought about how hard it has been for me in your family? Your Dad looked down on me. If it weren’t for my grandfather saving you back then, you wouldn’t have married me at all! I was alone in your family, no one understood me, everyone said I was a sparrow turned phoenix—"
Qi Chunlan clenched her fists, glaring at her husband: "What about me is not worthy of you? In terms of background, your family is from the old revolutionaries, isn’t mine the same? Yes, your family has money, and I, Qi Chunlan, married up! But my Qi family has also helped yours. Back when the Yan Family was criticized, my Qi family also contributed a lot!"
Yan Dongsheng silently shifted his gaze towards her, and saw her crying bitterly as she continued lamenting:
"When you were on missions in the military, sometimes I couldn’t see you even three times a month, I was so lonely at home! It was rare for Old Yan to allow me to work, although it was in the military, at least I wasn’t idle! I could do my favorite thing every day, singing. I was dedicated, so what?"
Seeing her husband’s completely indifferent appearance, Qi Chunlan screamed even more fiercely:
"When you are on missions, it’s your career, it’s for the honor of the country! Whereas when I sing in the military, isn’t that my career too?
I didn’t know I was pregnant again; at that time, the group was selecting a new lead vocalist, I clearly had the best chance to be the lead vocalist, but because of this unexpected pregnancy, I missed the opportunity. Do you know how resentful I felt at that moment?!"
Qi Chunlan cried uncontrollably.
Back then, she was just a young lady in her twenties, often without her husband beside her, finally got a job she loved, singing, she didn’t know how happy she was. But just a little over a year into the job, she unexpectedly got pregnant again!
If it wasn’t known to Old Yan and her husband, maybe at that time, she would have secretly aborted the child!
Later on, everything was an accident, she didn’t expect the consequences to be so despairing!
"Chun Lan, if you had been willing to be open and honest back then, we as a couple, wouldn’t have come to this point."
Quietly listening to his wife’s resentful complaints, Yan Dongsheng’s expression was nearly cracked.
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