Chapter 386 (1/2)

There they were, Zhang Dong's children. While he had been thrown into another world they had been a lot smaller. The older child, Zhang Xiu was about a year and a half when he left. She had grown quite a bit and he was having a hard time recognizing her.

Then there was Zhang Jun, the younger of the two. When Zhang Dong left to fight the monster the boy wasn't even a month old, he was a newborn child. Now he was five years old and didn't look any close to what he remembered. He was the first one to enter the escape pod area and Zhang Xue was ecstatic to greet him.

”Master, It's really you, I knew that you would return to us!”

She was quick to move before him while leaving the two children behind. All things considered, they weren't all that young anymore. In his world children at the age of his daughter were already going to first grade in some countries..

While normally he would have done nothing more than to catch up with his disciples, he was a bit preoccupied with his own problems. It felt like there was a giant chasm between him and his own children. He was not sure how he should greet them thus he just froze in place while staring at the two kids in the back.

As he was trying to speak up, Liena his wife moved forward. The moment the two kids saw her they instantly jumped up from their seats.

”Mother!”

Xiu shouted while bolting towards her mother. Liena at this moment was clinging to Zhang Dong's arm so she had to accept the tackle to her legs.

”Mommy!”

Jun the younger called out while approaching at a more reserved pace. He looked a bit more scared as his eyes were focused on the man that his mother was clinging to. Zhang Dong noticed this and tried smiling at the child. This caused an adverse reaction as the young boy started backing away while hiding behind Xue.

”What are you doing Jun?”

While he was a bit shaken by the fact that his own son was afraid of him, he heard a cute voice call out. This was his cute daughter Xiu that was now looking at her brother while clinging to her mother's hɨps.

”B-but... ”

”Stop acting like a little brat, you're supposed to be a man!”

Liena started giggling somewhat as the girl started shaking her fist at her younger brother. It seemed that the older sibling was the one in charge. Jun on the other hand cowered even more as he hid behind Xue that wasn't sure what she should do.

”That's enough Xiu.”

The fight between siblings was halted rather fast as both of them jumped up the moment Liena lowered her voice in a more commanding way.

”Liu, Xue I must thank you for keeping my children safe, I'm sure you have many questions you'd like to ask my husband but for now please give us some privacy.”

Liena turned to Xue while Liu remained outside the room with Nuana. Xue just nodded while looking at the boy behind her. She placed her hand on Jun's head while giving him a smile.

”Aunty needs to go now but your mother is with you now, so you don't need to be scared.”

”Mother… where is everyone going?”

Asked little Xiu while everyone left the escape pod. This was not the best place to have a family reunion but it was better than having everyone from the sect stare at them outside.

”Xue, Liu, please pay respect to your father.”

”Father?”

In this world, men were still considered the leaders of the household. His position was above the mothers and the kids would normally be ought to respect both their elders and their father. It would also fall to him to discipline the kids if they ever did something wrong.

This position fell to the other men in the family when the father was gone. In this particular situation, it would fall either to Zhang Jin or Zhang Liu that had a closer relationship with the Patriarch.

Zhang Xiu looked up to her with her big eyes that looked like bright emeralds. Her hair was quite long and her facial features were somewhat similar to Liena's younger sister. The child continued to look at Zhang Dong's face for a moment with a frown on her face.

”Daddy!”

As if she recalled something this frown turned into a bright smile and he received a tackle to his own thɨġh.

”Y-yes it's me, your daddy!”

Zhang Dong stuttered a bit as he uttered the words. It seemed that his daughter still somewhat remembered his face.

”D-daddy! Where were you! Xue waited and waited but you never came back”

While she was hugging his leg she started to cry. The sounds of her sobbing could even be heard by the three people waiting outside.

”It's okay daddy's here.”

Without much reservation, he leaned down and picked his daughter up, and started hugging her against his ċhėst. He could still remember the days of his strolling around the sect with her perched on his shoulder.

This almost made him shed a tear at this very moment. His child was crying her little heart out while being in his arms. Liena started to tear up as well as she watched the whole scene with a smile on her face. But as the pillar of this family, he had to hold it in at least for now.

”Let me take a good look at you.”

To change the mood he decided to hoist up his daughter with both his hands into the air. He looked at her with a big grin on his face and started laughing.