[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-416":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"english","Zombie Apocalypse: Creation",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},1886893,2510,"Chapter 416 : Birthday and Playing Cards","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-416",416,"\u003Cp>\"Welcome back. You came home early today.\" Leyan asked as she sat next to the three babies, teaching them how to read.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just finished everything that I needed to do...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun sat down on the sofa, Wuli and Shuli waved before turning their attention back to the drama show on the TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Where's Nami?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he noticed her missing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She headed to the administrative building earlier to talk with Yuqi... If I remember correctly, she said she wanted to get a job again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I see...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slowly, Xiaoyun began relaxing on the sofa as he leaned back on it, eventually falling asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shuli turned off the TV as they noticed him sleeping on the sofa, with his face looking exhausted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We didn't force him to have sex until midnight for the past few days, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wuli asked as she looked a little concerned about how easily he had fallen asleep on the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, none of us went to his bed for the past few days since that whole living room incident...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shuli replied, and all three of their faces blushed a little. They were still a little ashamed of being caught by the three living in the guest room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Speaking of date, it's Nami's birthday in a few days, right?\" Wuli suddenly brought it up as the three brought the babies into the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I almost forgot about that... We should probably prepare something for her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan started to think about what to do for Nami's birthday, a question suddenly appeared in her mind.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wuli, Shuli, do you know what Tianci's and Lily's birthday is?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both of them looked at each other for a second before Shuli spoke up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm pretty sure Lily's birthday is actually just three days before your birthday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So July 23rd?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan marked Lily's birthdays on the calendar, she still didn't have Tianci's or the other two's birthdays.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I think I saw Tianci's birthday on her ID before. It's like on February 29th,\" Wuli replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"29th? That's... A leap year?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan murmured as she noticed there were only 28 days in the calendar, rendering it impossible to note.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just put it as March 1st. It would make more sense.\" Shuli replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great, now I just need Kate and Anna. Do you guys know their birthdays?\" Leyan asked as she noted it on the side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Anna is July 3rd, and Kate is September 10th,\" Shuli replied instantly without any hesitation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After writing it down, she finally had a list of everyone's birthdays on the calendar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Great... Now I just need to mark the kid's birthday, and everything is all set.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan added Yongyi, Lianrong, and Qiaolan's birthdays, which were just a day apart from each other, next to Nami's April 10th.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Xuanhua's birthday was added, even though she was just born less than two months ago.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only birthday she didn't need to celebrate was Tianci's since it had already passed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you guys think I should do a makeup birthday for Tianci? I don't think anyone has done it for her.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short consideration, both Wuli and Shuli nodded in agreement.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Two more days until Yongyi's one-year-old birthday...\" Leyan murmured as she began planning her own son's birthday.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>When Xiaoyun woke up again, he could hear a ton of metal sounds coming from the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he looked over to the clock, it was already six o'clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are they doing making all that noise?\" Xiaoyun wondered as he slowly got up from the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he walked inside the kitchen, both Yuqi and Nami were already back home, sitting next to Wuli and Shuli at the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The four of them were making some sort of dough, with batter mix next to them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, Leyan and Lily were both near the countertop, heating something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You woke up from your nap?\" Nami asked as the four of them turned towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... What are you guys making?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he took a seat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Food for Yongyi's birthday. You don't know your own kid's birthday?\" Wuli questioned, with all four of them looking a little disappointed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I had been busy. My bad.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly apologized, as he only remembered Nami's upcoming birthday next week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are you going to help, or are you just going to watch?\" Yuqi asked as Xiaoyun kept staring at the dough they were making.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This time, Xiaoyun didn't say anything. But he quickly joined in to help them make the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An hour later...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As they were about to put the food they had prepared into the oven, Kate and Anna finally returned from their work.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ooo, it smells so good! What are you guys making?\" Kate curiously asked as both of them entered the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Birthday cake and dessert for Yongyi,\" Leyan replied as the oven finished preheated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Ah, that makes sense... Anna, we should probably get a gift——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No need. You two marrying Xiaoyun earlier would be the greatest gift to them.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Them?\" Anna curiously asked as both of their faces blushed a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, after Yongyi's birthday is Lianrong, then Qiaolan, then Nami's birthday.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate and Anna both wipe an invisible sweat off their forehead as they realize they would have needed to give four different gifts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys can just relax on the sofa. There's nothing much to do now. I'll go cook dinner now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan kicked everyone out of the kitchen, making them head back to the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There really isn't much entertainment to go around after the apocalypse, is there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi pointed out as they all sat down on the sofa, looking a little bored as they didn't want to watch TV again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about we play cards again?\" Nami suggested as she began heading towards the drawer below the TV.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With no other options, they took the offer as Nami took out a deck of cards before heading back to the kitchen to play on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you guys want to play?\" Nami asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about just a simple twenty-one with no dealers and all cards faced down?\" Xiaoyun suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure, let's just play that.\" Yuqi accepted.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We should add some stake to this to make it more fun.\" Kate suddenly suggested as Nami began passing cards to each of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We could... But there's no point in betting money. You have something in mind?\" Wuli curiously asked as she checked her card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about the winner pick someone to tell something about their past? Like if I win, I can ask Xiaoyun to tell me when he failed his math test.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"But what does the loser get punished with? There's no point in surrendering your hand or stand.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shuli's point made Kate reconsider her suggestion, as she realized that it was a winner-takes-all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How about every three turns, the person with the most candy gets to pick who to say the story?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate suggested as she grabbed the bag of candy lying on top of a drawer nearby.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure, let's do that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With each of them getting ten candy pieces, the game of modified twenty-one began as they all took a peek at their cards.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I'm going to say it: none of you can beat my hands. It's a flat-out twenty-one.\" Xiaoyun warned as he doubled his candy from one to two.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Nami and Lily surrendered, giving up their one candy as they sat out for the round.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sounds like a lie to me,\" Yuqi adds one candy as she draws a card from the deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Kate and Anna followed through with it as well, adding a candy to match but not drawing a card.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, it's your loss.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As everyone revealed their card, all three who followed were a little surprised as Xiaoyun actually hit twenty-one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Meanwhile, the other three were only 19, 18, and 19, which was not enough to win, as Xiaoyun took all the candy on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you. Do you think I'll actually lie over that?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With 18 candies in hand, Xiaoyun was now in a massive lead as Nami took all the cards back and began reshuffling the deck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You just got lucky once. The next one, you're going to be the first one surrendering their hand——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Kate was about to finish her trash talk, the sound of the front door being opened could be heard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was Tianci who had finally returned from her work with a briefcase in her hand.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome back! Leyan is cooking right now. Do you want to play twenty-one with us?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It's very simple rules. It's almost the same as the one we played before in the past.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun offered as Tianci put her briefcase on top of the shoe drawer before walking to the kitchen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sure.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nami quickly drew two cards for Tianci as Kate grabbed ten candies for her to bet with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After explaining the rule and the bet, Tianci was ready as she checked her card along with everyone else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Five candies.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yuqi upping the candy count without drawing a card, everyone seemed a little nervous after what happened earlier with Xiaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, Xiaoyun matches the candies before drawing two cards and stopping.\u003C\u002Fp>",1536,"2026-06-10T06:59:31.433Z",1,"novelbin.me","209d2b18871d7812d3ef68eb7f576f1fd0bcfbad89b7ca3c87e1e8191de37954","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-417","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-415",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]