1086 Don’t Wrong Myself
“I think you are just being stubborn,” responded Tang Hebe.
“No,” said Amiah. “I’m not saying that anything is wrong with Raelle. Yes, I don’t have a great first impression of hers since we met in such circumstances where it was really difficult for me to have any good feelings for her. But what I am unable to make peace with is that... I have seen how much my Ge loved you. I am not able to understand if love is so easily replaced.”
“It can be replaced,” was Tang Hebe’s answer. “If you find an even better person. Take your mother’s example. Didn’t she find your father even after a heartbreak? Actually, it didn’t mean that my uncle was the wrong guy for her or they loved each other any less. It was just not meant to be. And not only that, my uncle might be the right guy but Uncle Shing turned out to be a better one for your mother.”
Amiah was momentarily speechless. She did not expect that Tang Hebe would actually talk about her late mother and even talk about her love history so casually now. It was recently that she learned about these love entanglements of her own mother but she was still unable to figure out how she felt about it all. And now, Tang Hebe was actually using it as an example to tell her that there was always a better person out there for you.
You don’t have to hang on to one person for life stubbornly.
“Should I say you’ve gotten wiser after the near-death experience?”
Tang Hebe smiled and shook her head, “Not really. I understood a lot after I walked out of the protection that Xian offered to me. It made me grow up and face the world differently. Also, with Justin around, I learned to be courageous. I can’t be too dumb or else my son will be embarrassed by his own mother. That won’t be good.”
“Don’t you resent my mom?”
“I don’t know,” said Tang Hebe honestly. “I did resent her at one point in my life. But the thing is, our failed marriage had nothing to do with her. If anything, she had just predicted this end long before it happened. I was actually quite envious of Xian and you when we were young because I’d seen how much Auntie loved you both. Even if she was an independent, capable, career woman. It seemed like her life revolved around her two kids. She poured her heart and soul into you too. My mother barely even knew what grade I was in, but your mother would always take time out to make sure she knew about your progress in your studies and your hobbies. She never forced you to do things or act in a certain way. So, I actually admired her a lot too. Even if she never accepted me as her daughter-in-law.” Tang Hebe sighed, “I can’t even blame her for not accepting me. At least, she never hated me as a person. She knew I wasn’t as courageous as her to leave everything behind and choose Xian.”
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“But you did that,” Amiah pointed out.
“No. I only thought I was being courageous. In truth, I wasn’t able to leave everything behind. If I had been able to do it, I wouldn’t have fallen into the scheme my own family concocted for me.” She suddenly stopped talking and hurriedly said, “Why did you distract me? Do you think it’s the right occasion to even have this discussion? It’s your brother’s engagement, pay attention.”
“I don’t think I’m needed.”
Tang Hebe sneered, “And whose fault is that?”
Amiah gave her a look but didn’t speak anything in response.
“Some people look more like a family even without a blood relation and some can’t become family even when they have a blood relation,” said Tang Hebe. “You know what’s wrong with you, Mia? You chose to leave behind your family who genuinely cared for you. I couldn’t even leave the ones who always wanted to suck out my blood. But yours? Your family was willing to give anything and do anything for you. What did you do? You chose to distance yourself and hurt them. It’s true that now, the distance had become big but there is still time if you really want to fix anything, it is possible. However, you are barely trying.”
“You make me sound like a jerk.”
“Well, I have to put it out there but you have been acting like one for years,” said Tang Hebe seriously. “You know your father is an angel compared to mine. He is such a sweetheart. Even when he had his reservations toward me because of his wife, he never mistreated me. He never spoke harshly with me. He was my father-in-law. He could discipline me using his authority but he never did.”
And these were the things that really made Tang Hebe unable to stay with Shui Xian back then. Because she felt too embarrassed and guilty to even receive that love, gentleness, and care from the Shui family’s father and son after knowing that her own family had a hand in killing her ex-mother-in-law.
“You know, I’m not surprised that Raelle found a place in the Shui family. It’s very obvious to me who has been there. I’m sure you’ve been told but I’ll say it again, make your choice. If you don’t want to lose your family then act like family to them. Don’t sit here acting like a guest. Your place is over there with your brother and sister-in-law.”
Amiah pursed her lips as she contemplated, she finally made up her decision and stood up to leave but stopped to ask, “What about you, Hebe Jie? What about your second chance?”
“I’m still looking for it,” replied Tang Hebe. “You see, I have to carefully decide on my second chance. I can’t just pick a random guy. I’m looking for a responsible one. Especially since I have Justin now with me. I can’t be thoughtless. So, don’t worry about me. I don’t wrong myself.”
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