Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

”Nami is pregnant! Mrs. Leyan, how did this even happen? She’s way too young!” Ningjing finally realized why Nami felt so much heavier earlier.

Mingxu glanced over at Nami’s belly and realized just how wrong it all was.

”What? Who would do something like this?” Mingxu asked, anger evident in his voice.

Nami blushed and stood in silence, while Xiaoyun awkwardly scratched his head, unsure of how to respond.

”Well, Nami is all grown up now. I can’t stop her from making her own choices,” Leyan shrugged.

”Nami, did you really make this choice on your own, or was someone pressuring you?” Ningjing asked, her tone filled with questions.

Nami was too nervous to reply, remaining silent the whole time, but her blushing face spoke volumes.

”Nami please. Tell me who did this, I’ll make them regret it.” Ningjing insisted, refusing to believe that Nami had chosen to do it and offered her help.

”Xiaoyun... you did this?” Mingxu noticed Xiaoyun hadn’t said anything at all.

”I wasn’t the one who forc——yeah I did it. I was the one who made her pregnant.” Xiaoyun suddenly changed his answer at the last moment to divert the spotlight away from Nami.

”But why? Don’t you already have Leyan? And also Yuqi and Yueyue?” Mingxu questioned Xiaoyun’s feelings.

Before Xiaoyun could explain himself, Nami finally decided to speak up.

”Sister Ningjing and brother Mingxu, I made this choice myself. I wanted a baby for him. Please don’t blame Xiaoyun for it. We all love him, and he loves all of us.” Nami spoke up in defense of Xiaoyun.

”Nami...” Ningjing gazed into Nami’s eyes.

Nami didn’t back down. She met Ningjing’s gaze, eye to eye.

”Whatever...” Ningjing accepted Nami’s explanation.

”Um, we’ll go check on the babies.” Wuli and Shuli got up from their seats and left the kitchen.

”Ningjing, that was so rude! She’s only one year younger than Xiaoyun. There’s no reason to isolate her like this.” Yueyue approached Ningjing, reminding her of Nami’s age.

”Wait, she’s only one year younger than you?” Ningjing couldn’t believe the height different between Yueyue and Nami.

”Yes, she’s literally just one year younger than you and me.” Yueyue let out a sigh as she facepalmed herself.

”But she’s so much shorter than you and Yuqi.” Mingxu mumbled in his head.

The two finally realized their mistake as they realized they were just assuming Nami’s age the whole time just based on her height and looks.

”We’re so sorry.” Both Mingxu and Ningjing bowed down in apology to Nami.

”It’s fine, I get that a lot...” Nami accepted their apology.

”Well, it looks like the confusion is sorted out. Anyway, I’m going shopping now. Yueyue, can you take care of Yongyi and Lianrong? I’ll be back later,” Leyan asked as she loaded all the dishes into the dishwasher.

”But I have to take Qiaolan to the hospital for a checkup,” Yueyue mentioned.

”We can stay to take care of them. Please, let us help you,” Ningjing and Mingxu offered their assistance after making a massive blunder.

”That would be great. Thank you!” Leyan expressed her gratitude.

”No problem, it’s the least we can do,” Ningjing replied.

As Leyan left the house with Wuli and Shuli for shopping, Yueyue was preparing to leave with Qiaolan.

”Wait, Lianrong has the same issue. Let me go with you,” Xiaoyun brought Lianrong along as he followed Yueyue.

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When Xiaoyun and Yueyue came back with the two babies, Mingxu and Ningjing walked over.

”Is there anything wrong?” Mingxu curiously asked.

”Nope, the doctor said there’s nothing wrong at all.” Xiaoyun shrug as he put Lianrong down to the floor to let her play with Yongyi.

”I still can’t believe the doctor just told me that I’m overreacting, but she never woke me up at night like that.” Yueyue seem a little angry towards the doctor as she put Qiaolan down next to Lianrong.

”Well the doctor isn’t wrong, a baby crying at night is usually the norm.” Xiaoyun thought back to raising the four with Leyan.

”Yeah, aren’t baby suppose to be noisy? They seem awfully quiet...” Ningjing pointed out.

”Anyway, is mom still not back yet?” Xiaoyun noticed it was already one o’clock.

”Mom just called me that they are coming back at three. Any issue with them?” Yuqi asked as she walked downstairs to the sofa.

”Nope.” Xiaoyun replied.

”That’s good to hear... What are your guys plan today and tomorrow?” Yuqi curiously asked as she lifted Lianrong into her arm.

”Probably just relax at home, I want to spend more time with Qiaolan.” Yueyue replied as she started playing with her baby.

After Yueyue finished replying, Yuqi looked over to Mingxu and Ningjing.

”Um, we don’t have anything else to do.” Mingxu replied.

Yuqi thought for a second, then gave her suggestion.

”Xiaoyun can bring you guys to tour your house early for the soldier benefits. Xiaoyun you have nothing to do on the weekend right?” Yuqi looked over to Xiaoyun.

”Yeah, I’m free this weekend.” Xiaoyun didn’t have anything planned at all for the weekend.

Mingxu and Ningjing looked at each other for a second as if they can communicate to each other in silent.

”Sure, that will be great.” Mingxu replied back.

”Xiaoyun, their house key is already at the office.” Yuqi stated.

”Oh really, this fast? I thought all the houses are already full.” Xiaoyun looked a little confused.

”When I said house, I meant the cabins are full. Do you think I’ll let those newcomer live in a house right away?” Yuqi clarified.

”Okay then. You guys want to go now?” Xiaoyun got up from his seat as he looked over to Ningjing and Mingxu.

”Sure.” Both of them left with Xiaoyun.

”Whew, they are finally gone.” Yuqi let out a sigh of relief.

”Why do you want them to leave so badly?” Yueyue couldn’t understand Yuqi’s logic.

”They are a couple okay? It’s probably more awkward for them than us.” Yuqi explained.

As the two talk to each other, Nami and Lily both came downstairs to the living room.

”Where did everyone go?” Nami noticed Mingxu and Ningjing was gone.

”They went with Xiaoyun to tour their new house.” Yuqi replied.

”But I thought all the houses and cabin are full.” Nami thought back to last night, where she and Yuqi alongside Shuli already passed out all the keys.

”I just need to make some phone call and compensate one of them to move out. It’s not that hard you know.” Yuqi revealed the secret.

”So the houses were full...” Yueyue realized Yuqi was just making things up earlier.

”Yeah obviously, do you think we’ll have enough cabin for two thousand people out of nowhere? I had to move them to the houses temporarily.” Yuqi laughed at Yueyue’s naive thoughts.

”Shut up!” Yueyue’s rushed towards Yuqi as she started tickling Yuqi’s torso.

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When Xiaoyun came back with Mingxu and Ningjing, it was already six o’clock.

”Man this town is much bigger than I thought... there’s even shops and restaurants. It almost forgot that there was still a zombie apocalypse happening outside...” Mingxu complimented Xiaoyun as the three walked inside the house.

”There’s shops too! It was so lively in the street!” Ningjing thought back to the commercial district they walked passed earlier.

”Well that’s all thanks to Yuqi’s city planning. I would of never thought of doing all these private sector myself.” Xiaoyun pushed the compliment to Yuqi.

”How was the house?” Yuqi asked as she walked over to the three.

”It’s great. We love it.” Ningjing replied with excitement.

”We’ll planning to move tonight, sorry for the trouble we have caused for the past two days.” Mingxu apologized again.

”There’s no trouble at all. You sure you want to move out so fast? Mom is cooking dinner right now.” Yuqi suggested the two to stay.

”Come on Mingxu, at least eat the dinner before you go.” Xiaoyun suggested it as well.

Mingxu and Ningjing looked at each other, then turned around and agreed to stay over for dinner.

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After dinner, the two stayed for a bit longer as Ningjing and Yueyue just had so much things to talk about. Even the other five women in the dining table was joining in the conversation.

Meanwhile Xiaoyun and Mingxu left to the backyard to talk about the air-raid shelter as Xiaoyun was a little curious about Mingxu’s experience.

After hearing Mingxu’s full detail experience in the air-raid shelter, Mingxu almost lost track of time as it was almost eight o’clock.

”Ningjing, it’s time.” Mingxu reminded Ningjing.

Ningjing hugged Yueyue tightly, almost as if it was going to be their last time seeing each other.

”I’ll miss you.” Ningjing reluctantly get inside the car.

”Come visit often!” Yueyue waved as the car drove away from the house.

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”Geez, why are you two making it so emotional.” Mingxu mumbled.

”Who knows if it is going to be the last time seeing each other... we’re joining the military after all.” Ningjing let out a sigh.

”You two making it sound like it’s the most dangerous job alive. You know our army has like one of the lowest death rate compare to you guys experience right?” Xiaoyun thought back to Mingxu’s experience working with the military.

”Not to mention you guys aren’t even going to the rescue mission until one month of training.” Xiaoyun added.

”What’s the rescue mission?” Mingxu curiously asked.

”Saving people like you in the cities. You’ll understand it on Monday.” Xiaoyun kept his lips sealed.