Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 476

Chapter 476: Chapter 471: Troublesome Matters When Returning Home 06

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Xie Jingwei fell silent for a good while before he asked with hurt:

"Xiao Fen, do you also not want to be the head of this household anymore?"

Xie Jingwei’s affection for his wife was sincere since they were childhood sweethearts; he was truly good to her, often soft-hearted and easily giving in to her.

However, since Dad and Mom left for Big Brother’s place in Rong District, Xu Xiaofen had become more and more unreasonable without the restraint of her in-laws.

She was all about helping her natal family, losing face completely, regardless of her own family’s toil and troubles.

"What do you mean, Brother Wei?" Xu Xiaofen staggered back, hearing the man actually use the word ’also’, her heart ’crashed’ as if something snapped inside.

"Xiao Fen, by acting like this, aren’t you afraid that the kids will lose their respect and morality towards you? Don’t forget, Xiao Yi is growing up... they understand everything now."

Xie Jingwei brought this up because he had heard the scolding Xiao Yi gave him earlier.

It was as if the departure of his in-laws had given the wife the impression that she could let herself go, resulting in her brother’s family thriving while their own small family was on the brink of falling apart.

"I, he wouldn’t dare!" Xu Xiaofen hissed in a low voice.

"Hmph, Xiao Fen, there are plenty of examples of unfilial children in our brigade, right? Do you think they dare or not dare? Moreover, Xiao Yi could just respond to you with, ’I’m just following by example’, how would you retort?"

Having been husband and wife for over a decade, Xie Jingwei had never laid a hand on his wife; even now, though his face was as dark as ink and bore a few traces of Old Xie’s sternness, his tone was still reasonably calm and rational.

The tone reassured Xu Xiaofen somewhat, yet upon hearing her husband’s question, she became unsettled: "Xiao Yi, he... he wouldn’t do that to me, to us!"

Her words were uttered with very little conviction.

This phrase ’following by example’ struck like thunder, awakening Xu Xiaofen’s consciousness that had been brainwashed by her younger brother for days.

"Xiao Fen, people’s hearts... are made of flesh. How you treat your little brother, compared to how you treat your own children?! They all have eyes to see!"

"I!" Xu Xiaofen wanted to say something, but the images conjured up in her mind by the man’s words left her speechless with shock.

This was the second time her heart raced.

The first time was when Xiao Yi sternly lectured his father.

Upon hearing her husband mention ’grown up’, it struck like thunder, awakening her memories all at once.

"Xiao Fen, was it right for you to slap Xiao Wu today just because she didn’t come back to cook dinner? Xiao Wu..." Xie Jingwei’s eyes, full of concern, were fixed on his wife’s increasingly pale face:

"Xiao Wu is... only seven years old! Do you remember what you were doing at the age of seven?"

Before Mr. Xu’s death, Xu Xiaofen never did any household chores; it was only after her father’s death that the Xu Family began to decline. And at that time, Xu Xiaofen herself was thirteen, never having suffered like Xiao Wu!

Xiao Wu’s current situation resembled Zhang Shanni’s childhood!

"Xiao Fen, if you really don’t care about the kids anymore, and your natal family’s younger brother is willing to support you till the end, then go back to your natal home. I, the Xie Family, cannot afford to keep you any longer."

Xie Jingwei turned his head away, finally voicing the thoughts that had weighed on his heart for many months.