Transmigration: I Have Storage Space in the Apocalypse
Chapter 492 - 487 Troublesome Matters at Home 22 [Mass Release 16]

Chapter 492: Chapter 487 Troublesome Matters at Home 22 [Mass Release 16]

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Fan Baozhen, now nine years old, had begun to retain her memories. This wasn’t her first encounter with her ’great aunt.’ Upon seeing Aunt Li, who always showed her affection, returning, she immediately threw herself into her arms and wept with delicate sobs.

"Aunt~" Li Xiaoxia, seeing her daughter crying like this, also broke down in tears, heartbroken. Mrs. Li was no less distressed, and for a moment, sorrow compounded among the four women—young and old—in the room.

"Xiaoxia, what are you planning to do?" Only Aunt Li, despite her compassion, wore a determined expression on her face.

"Aunt, I want to take Baozhen to Shenzhen to start over." After Fan Fengshou had been sent away, Li Xiaoxia had asked her daughter for her opinion.

After this incident, Li Xiaoxia truly didn’t dare to let her daughter attend school locally anymore, because the gossip about Fan Fengshou was just too unbearable to hear.

With only two schools in the area, if something like this happened again, Li Xiaoxia felt she might as well throw herself into the river and be done with it.

"..." Mrs. Li glanced at her granddaughter but eventually did not voice any opposition.

Aunt Li, observing her younger sister’s expression, immediately understood. In the locality, her son-in-law’s reputation must have gone thoroughly rotten.

Upon considering how a man dared treat her own child like that, she frowned, "Are you thinking of getting a divorce?"

"Don’t want... I don’t want that!" Before Li Xiaoxia could respond, Fan Baozhen voiced her opposition, "Mom, wherever you go, I will follow you, but you must not get a divorce! I refuse to become a child without a father!"

At that moment, when she had been pinned down and beaten, the only thing she remembered was that they were all mocking her as a dame raised ’without a father!’

So, she had no objections to leaving with her mother; she no longer wanted to stay here either. But she did not want to become a daughter without a father!

"Alright, alright, we won’t get a divorce, and definitely won’t let Baozhen be fatherless," Li Xiaoxia reassured her daughter upon hearing this. Seeing her calm down, she then said to Aunt Li:

"Aunt, I wasn’t thinking of divorcing Fan Fengshou either. If we really got a divorce, Baozhen would be without a father, and that woman would benefit from it?!"

Li Xiaoxia spoke angrily, then turned to her daughter and said a few words, seeing that she obediently returned to her room, everyone finally breathed a sigh of relief and were able to have a proper conversation.

"But you are still so young..." Aunt Li, however, felt that such a choice was not beneficial to her niece in any way.

If she divorced, she could still find a better man. A woman from the Li Family, afraid of not having good men come knocking?

"Aunt, even if I could find a good man, none of them would be Baozhen’s real father, so how could they truly and genuinely care for her?

If we encountered a thankless wretch, that would be even worse! Who can guarantee that finding another man would indeed land a good and genuine person?

Aunt, I’m not thinking of getting a divorce to rely on another good man. All I want is for Baozhen to grow up safe and sound, and I’ll be content!"

"Mom, I love you the most." Fan Baozhen, who had been eavesdropping from behind the door, burst into her mother’s embrace in tears after hearing her sincere words.

She was still too young to understand the enormity of her request for a woman in her twenties.

At that moment, all she knew was that after hearing her mother’s words, she felt much more settled. No longer did she have that uncomfortable feeling of insecurity, like water inconsistently sloshing in a half-filled bucket!

"So how do you plan to speak with Baozhen’s father about this?" Aunt Li looked at the mother and daughter hugging each other, sighed, and continued to ask.

"Hmph, what do I need to say to him?" Li Xiaoxia harbored quite a bit of resentment towards Fan Fengshou and, looking down at her daughter, asked, "Baozhen, do you want to say goodbye to dad?"

"Mom, I don’t want to see dad right now." Fan Baozhen wiped her tears and shook her head in response, the thought of her father making her feel an unbearable pain all over her body!

"Alright, if Baozhen doesn’t want to see him, then we won’t see him. If he comes asking where you and your mother have gone, I’ll just tell Fan Fengshou that you both went to play in Shenzhen with your Eldest Aunt. But what about her academic qualifications, can she get those from her school?"

Upon hearing her cherished granddaughter’s refusal, Mrs. Li made her decision right away.

"Younger Sister, this is really no big deal. Now with Shenzhen developing in full swing, you can buy a place in a school as long as you have money. Which school wouldn’t take money when it’s offered?"

"That’s good, then let’s buy a new academic qualification for Baozhen. This one, we can do without!"

"Okay then, I can’t stay here long as there are many things to deal with at the company. Your Sister Yuan really can’t cope alone. If you have no objections, shall we leave overnight?" Aunt Li had originally come over in a hurry, not wanting to neglect her work upon hearing her younger sister’s cries.

Seeing her niece and her daughter in such a state, and even her younger sister being willing to let go, she of course supported the decision without any hesitation.

Still, Mrs. Li was worried about the women traveling overnight and insisted on keeping Aunt Li over for one night. It was rare for the two sisters to sleep together, and they couldn’t really sleep as they talked about family and children all night, the hours flying by quickly.

With tears brimming in her eyes, Mrs. Li watched her child drift further away from her. The thought of seeing her daughter again being as difficult as seeing her eldest sister made her feel despondent.

Li Xiaoxia followed Aunt Li and left her maternal home at dawn, just missing Yan Jinsu.

Yan Jinsu also departed at dawn, having instructed her mother-in-law to look after things while claiming she was going up the mountain to hunt for game, but in reality, she headed straight to Baiyun Town to find the Li Family.

Years ago, Mr. Li had set up another household elsewhere and Mrs. Li pretty much knew about it. Since the other woman had no children, and Mr. Li had promised not to let any other woman bear his children, Mrs. Li, although furious, couldn’t help but succumb to her husband’s affections.

The couple had been sleeping in the same bed with different dreams, not only for a year or half a year. With power and money in his hands, how could Mrs. Li restrain a man like a cow craving water?

It was said that this woman also had a hard fate. Her husband died early, and her mother-in-law nearly crushed half her life. She had two daughters, both of which were secretly sold by her mother-in-law while she was out. The woman almost lost her mind and killed the mother-in-law, who finally revealed where the children were sold.

It just so happened that Mr. Li passed by, took a fancy to the woman’s beauty, and lent her a hand.

However, only one child was retrieved; her mother-in-law was left bleeding profusely after being slashed by the woman. Although her life was saved, she dared not let her live in the house anymore.

With such a ruckus, the woman’s husband’s family naturally did not want this widowed daughter-in-law anymore. The woman—with one daughter saved and the other’s fate unknown—hated her late husband’s family to the core.

What’s more, this daughter received a kick to the uterus during their brawl, and due to delays in seeking treatment while rescuing her daughter, she missed the optimal treatment time, resulting in the uterus being severely damaged and mostly removed.

Thus, even though the woman was Mr. Li’s mistress, the Li Family members all knew that it was impossible for her to conceive again.

The woman knew her place and upon seeing Mrs. Li, she turned around and left; between the two women, it was always a case of ’never the twain shall meet’.

Although Mr. Li was fond of this woman, he did not favor her too excessively. The family’s finances and valuable benefits were still mainly handled by his son and wife.

He usually would sleep there at night, after all Mrs. Li had aged while the man still felt virile and possessed some wealth—why would he settle?

In this era, most marriages weren’t due to ’love’, but rather a suitable match between two families. Between an old couple, there was even less emotional attachment. Mrs. Li had long been indifferent to Mr. Li, never really caring whether he was around or not.

Now seeing her daughter follow in her own footsteps, Mrs. Li felt heartache.

However, she herself was getting on in years and was now a fifty-year-old woman, whereas her daughter was just in her twenties, left as a widow-in-life. How could she endure the days ahead?!