Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse novel Chapter 647

Chapter 647: Chapter 643 Cherish the Present Son

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After returning to their own home, Yan Jinsu couldn’t hold it together anymore. Seeing her so exhausted, Zhou Xiuhua hurriedly sent her and her two children back to the west wing to nap.

The remaining older children had no choice but to find their respective mothers. Xiao Si and his siblings gathered around their biological father after seeing him, sharing their earlier adventures with him.

Yan Jinsu was escorted back to her room by Xie Jingchen, in a daze, she changed clothes and washed up, and was then coaxed to sleep by her husband.

The two youngest children, clearly lacking the energy of their older siblings, quietly followed their parents back to their own room. After having their faces and limbs washed by their father and changing into clean clothes, they obediently slept beside their mommy.

Once Xie Jingchen saw that the mother and children had all fallen asleep, he returned to the front yard, intending to help Mr. Xie and his wife pack for their travels.

Unexpectedly, upon entering the front yard, Divine Power saw Xiaoqi and Xiao Si hugging their grandmother, both crying pitifully.

"Grandma, I don’t want to be separated from Second Aunt..." Xiaoqi cried her heart out in her grandma’s arms. Only now did the siblings realize that Second Aunt’s family would not be returning to X county town with them.

The young children hadn’t anticipated this; just moments ago they were happily playing with Second Aunt, and now they had to part ways. This was a heavy blow for Xiao Si and Xiaoqi.

"Grandpa, can’t we stay with Second Aunt?" Xiao Si didn’t burst into tears like Xiaoqi but looked at Old Xie with silent tears and asked in a low, despondent voice.

Father Xie Jingyang, overwhelmed by the situation, looked helpless, his biological children preferring their Third Sister-in-law over their own father, a clear indication of his parental failings.

Xie Jingchen stopped in his tracks and stood outside the hall, quietly listening to the conversation inside—

Xie Tiesheng glanced at Fifth, who was following behind his grandson. He felt a bit of frustration, almost as if spiteful that hard work had not turned to steel. Among the entire family, Fifth was the most educated, yet it seemed as if his studies made him oblivious to social customs—he knew nothing about human interactions.

Now, even his children didn’t hold him dear. While not all blame could be placed on Fifth, as a biological father, his errors were undeniable, and he wasn’t without fault.

Xie Jingyang clenched his fists, rubbing them against each other, not daring to look into his father’s disappointed eyes. Instead, he helplessly gazed at the frail backs of his son and daughter, unsure how to speak up and where he stood.

He knew he had failed as a father. It had been a year since he divorced his ex-wife.

But during this year, due to his studies and work, Xiao Si and Xiaoqi had always followed their grandparents to Rongshu County, living alongside their second sister-in-law. As a result, the children grew distant from him.

Even his youngest sister held a more important place in his children’s hearts than him, a fact he couldn’t deny or ignore.

But life was such a helpless thing.

He wanted to be capable of caring for his children, and that started with the ability to reinvent himself. If he couldn’t even take care of himself properly, how could he expect to take care of a pair of children?

And he had to work, with the children being so young and the house lacking a lady, there was simply no one to care for their daily lives.

With reality starkly contrasting his desires, he inevitably had to leave his children. The lack of time for father and children to be close meant that with children’s nature to forget quickly, they would instinctively grow attached to the kind relatives who’ve been with them over time.

He had seen firsthand how Third Sister-in-law treated his children. Whether it was her attentiveness or the material things she provided, he could not compare to her sincerity.