You Are The Apple of My Eyes novel Chapter 593

The sun had just risen when John took his kids for a five-kilometer run. Nina was fast asleep. She was having a dream, so she did not know that John had taken the kids out.

Although running with a bag of stones was a punishment for Don, Van did not stand by and watch as his brother ran. Instead, he too ran with a heavy bag on his shoulders.

Running a five kilometer stretch would be hard for most adults; Don and Van were merely four years old, so it was obviously too hard for them.

After running a distance of three kilometers, they could not run any further. They were both exhausted as sweat was dripping from their body and their faces were flushed.

However, John did not allow them to stop, so they had no choice but to walk for the last two kilometers, holding each other's hand.

During that whole time, John stayed by their side. He felt bad for them every time they gasped for breath, but he was also glad that they kept going further, regardless of how hard he pushed them.

Once they were done, Don ran up to his father, threw himself into his father's arms, crying bitterly. Van, on the other hand, panted heavily, and wanted to rest for a while.

Meanwhile, Sam woke up and saw his grandsons crying. Seeing that, he became furious in an instant.

In a fit of rage, he threw his walking stick at his son and roared, "How dare you abuse my grandsons like this?"

The stick hit the back of John's head, almost knocking him unconscious.

Rubbing the back of his head, John sat down, looking helplessly at his furious father.

Although he felt just fine, the act scared his kids, who cried even harder.

With tears in their eyes, they both walked to their father and stroked the back of his head lovingly, which moved John. However, the noise of their crying also made his head hurt.

People had always told him that children were ungrateful, but John had never believed that. Even though he punished his sons, they still cared for him.

It was common for the father to console his crying child. However, in John's family, the children were the ones who comforted their father.

John did not know how to comfort the kids. He lifted them off the ground, held them in his arms and patted gently on their backs.

He had no choice but to ask his wife to help him.

As though she had a telepathic bond with her kids, Nina woke up from her sleep the moment they started crying.

She opened her eyes, thinking that she had heard them crying in her dream, but when she tried to find the kids, who were supposed to be in the room, she saw that they were not there.

She immediately rushed downstairs, only to see them crying bitterly.

"What's the matter? Why are you two crying?" Nina asked as she took Don and Van from John. She then sat down on the couch, with her kids seated on her lap.

She wiped the tears off their cheeks and comforted them. "Don't cry. Tell me, what's the problem? Are you guys upset? Did you fall down and hurt yourselves?"

Don and Van looked pitiful, which made Nina's heart ache.

She looked at John and asked him the reason they were crying.

With a look of guilt, John said, "They're just too happy that they've successfully completed a goal!"

Nina was speechless when she heard that. 'I am not buying it,' she thought to herself.

No one would cry so bitterly when they were extremely happy.

Thinking of that, she patted the twins' backs and gently comforted them.

"Forgive me, Van, Don. I should not have hit your father. Please don't cry. Come on, please don't cry..." Sam said as he rushed over to them in his wheelchair. He could not help but blame himself when he saw his grandkids crying.

"What happened, Dad?" Nina asked with a puzzled expression.

"Well, this is all your husband's fault. I just feel sorry for the kids. My jerk of a son had made them run and they were crying from exhaustion. Seeing that, I became angry and hit John. Then, the kids started crying, feeling sorry for their father,"