[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-571":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},1887527,2510,"Chapter 571: Story of A Refugee (7)","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-571",571,"\u003Cp>The next day, I was told to rest at home. I told both of them that I was completely fine, but they didn’t trust me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even when I removed the bandages and revealed the healed scar on my chest, they still made me stay home.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I was stuck tutoring my younger sister as they all went to work... What is there to learn about, you may ask?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Writing, reading, math, and science.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My dad wasn’t going to let my younger sister grow up illiterate. He had been making me tutor her on my free time ever since the outbreak started.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, Bro, can you just do this for me?\" My sister pleaded as she dropped her pencil in frustration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Keep dreaming. I’m going to tell Dad and Mom if you ask me about it one more time,\" I responded in a grumpy tone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, okay. Geez. I was just asking...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As my younger sister picked up the pencil once again, my mind was still fixated on the booklet’s last message.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although Jieqiong had already reassured me that the draft wasn’t as ’mandatory’ as it had shown to be, I was still a little nervous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>What if I do get drafted? What will I do? Am I really going to be sent to the front line to die for someone else?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For a second, I thought of just never going to the draft office. But her words from last night struck me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom and Dad, I miss you two so much!\" I happily said out loud as the three of us slowly separated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We miss you, too,\" Mom replied.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I told you he was going to live... Are you feeling better now?\" Dad asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded as the four of us entered the house, only to be met by a sudden force jumping into my arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Welcome back, brother!\" My younger sister excitedly yelled out.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I quickly patted her on the head, putting her back down as I examined the inside of the house.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was a very simple shack—a living room with a table with two benches, and a single mattress in the corner.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was only enough space to walk in a circle, with only a small light bulb hanging from the ceiling as the light source.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Surprised, aren’t you?\" My dad asked, noticing the change on my face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"A little... Is this what we really live in now?\" I asked out of curiosity.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yep. Just this little shack. A lot of people wish to be like us down in those tents, so I can’t really complain.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As I slowly nodded in agreement, Mom quickly ran over to the only other room in the house, which was a storage unit combined with a water faucet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You must be hungry. Here, you need this for energy.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>An entire can of beans was put into my hand, with three other cans of beans and peas lying on the shelf.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Mom.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Make sure you eat it clean. These metal cans can be recycled for half the price of another can.\" Dad reminded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I nodded in agreement as I popped the lid open before Mom handed me a spoon for me to eat with.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Eating the food, I suddenly got a little uncomfortable as they all stood in front of me, watching me eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You guys can sit down. You don’t have to stand up like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>My young sister quickly hopped onto the mattress, with Mom and Dad sitting down on the bench, leaving only one space left as Jieqiong sat down next to me.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How is it?\" Jieqiong asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s okay. A little bit bland... You want some?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m good. I already ate food earlier at work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After finishing the entire can, Dad quickly took the empty can over as Mom took the spoon to be washed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jieqiong, am I going to be drafted?\" I suddenly asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Drafted? When did you get that information from?\" Jieqiong questioned, her face looking a little surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The booklet that the doctor gave me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I tried to hand the booklet over, but Jieqiong pushed it back into my hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t worry. You won’t be drafted. The chances of it happening are minuscule. Just go to the draft office after you’re fully healed.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing my face still looking a little nervous, she added another line.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trust me, my co-workers told me this. All three of my co-workers’ brothers are buff as hell, and they didn’t get drafted.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I just not go?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not. Your parent was your guarantor. That’s why they were willing to help us when you were unconscious.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Who’s they?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The military!\" My sister answered this time, her face filled with admiration.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s my parent doing to be worth as a guarantor?\" I curiously asked again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Your dad knows how to build a wall. That’s enough of a reason for them to save you.\" Jiqiong answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking over to Dad, he nodded before sitting back down on the bench.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They hired me to be a foreman for the inner wall. Not that tall ass wall in the front you’re thinking of.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, Dad.\" I bowed down in gratitude.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t thank me. Thank Jieqiong for finding a job at the job center. Or else none of us would have enough food at home.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Please don’t say that. You guys are the ones who saved me. I wouldn’t be here if it weren’t for your help.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Dad could say something back, Mom interrupted by handing all three of them a can of beans.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Stop arguing back and forth. We still have to sleep early for work tomorrow.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the three of them popped up the lid and began eating with their spoon, I instantly noticed Mom sitting there with nothing to eat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, did I eat your portion?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already ate lunch earlier. Don’t worry about me, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honey, just have some of mine.\" Dad offered as he tried to spoon-feed some of the beans to Mom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You need it more. I’m fine. Really. I’m still full right now——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Mom could finish talking, her stomach growling instantly made her face turn red as she tried to look away.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom, I’m full. I can’t eat all of this.\" My younger sister said as she handed her half of the beans over to her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you, sweetie.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Brother! Hello? You there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As my younger sister waved her hand right before my face, I finally snapped back to the moment as she pointed towards one of the problems.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry, you said something?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I don’t know how to do this problem.\" My younger sister complained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay... Remember how this formula can be used to figure out the dimension of a triangle...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short explanation, she went back to work as my mind resumed what had happened last night.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I almost forgot to tell you, you might need to live in Jieqiong’s place in the future since there’s no extra mattress here,\" Dad murmured, putting down his bean.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her having her own place to live on top of her already having what seems to be a good job just shocked me even more.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of that occurred within just three days, while I was unconscious in the hospital. It just made me feel she had changed a lot.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Jieqiong, you don’t mind having him sleep at your place, right?\" My Mom asked as she gave me a wink.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course not...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Jieqiong shyly looked down, her face blushing red like a fully ripened apple. Her shyness was still unchanged when it came to romance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, looks like it’s time for you two to head out. See you guys tomorrow morning.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As both Dad and Mom shoved us out of the shack in a hurry, the two of us stood still on the street in silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cold breeze blew over our faces as she slowly took her first step, which I quickly followed as she took another step.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With more and more steps, we soon reached her place after a few turns around the block.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the same kind of shack as everyone else nearby—barely any difference from the outside besides a small window next to the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"This is my place... There’s nothing much to see inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she opened the door and stepped inside, I could instantly see a mattress and a water tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>There was no table, no benches, no storage room as I stepped foot inside. She closes the door before sitting down on top of the drawer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"There’s nothing much to do here.\" Jieqiong quietly whispered as she still looked too nervous to make eye contact.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s fine... Ahem, you don’t have to listen to my Mom and dad’s request if you feel uncomfortable. I can just sleep on the concrete here——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, no. W-We can sleep together on the mattress...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She shyly looked down at the floor for a second, then spoke up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just need to change my clothes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I froze for a second. My brain had completely misunderstood why she was so nervous. It wasn’t because of us having to sleep together on a single mattress.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I instantly hopped out of the shack, closing the door behind me, and patiently waited outside.\u003C\u002Fp>",1543,"2026-06-10T06:59:52.732Z",1,"novelbin.me","ebba7c3bad6b978f242b70f323e94def8f413f882aaacf041fa54acbefe44bed","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-572","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-570",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]