[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-599":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},1887555,2510,"Chapter 599: Li Fa’s Questions","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-599",599,"\u003Cp>\"Sushi!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As soon as Yuqi excitedly said it out loud, a plate with rolls of sushi appeared right on the table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, you happy?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Muah! Thanks, babe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a kiss on the cheek, Xiaoyun smiled as he handed her a pair of chopsticks before watching her enjoy the food one at a time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mmm, it’s so good! I should just have you be my personal chef every day... It would be such a dream for me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You wish.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After eating through most of the rolls, Yuqi suddenly noticed him sitting there, just watching her eat the whole time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You want some?\" Yuqi offered as she picked one of the salmon sushi pieces up with her chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m good. I’m not that hungry——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xiaoyun could finish talking, his stomach suddenly started rumbling, forcing him to admit the truth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, maybe just a little bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on. Open wide, ahhh.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With the sushi put right against his mouth, he had no choice but to open up and accept the food.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm... It’s pretty good.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Exactly. Come on, make some more for us to eat.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Looking over to the plate, Xiaoyun was a little surprised to see it already emptied before realizing why she was being so generous all of a sudden.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? Feeding me so that you can have another serving?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whatttt? I would never do that. Come on, just make another one. It’s not like it costs anything for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As she grabbed his arm and kept on shaking it, Xiaoyun eventually backed down and created another roll on the plate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You’re the best babe!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Watching her face filled with happiness eat up another roll of sushi, he couldn’t help but smile a little.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here, I’ll be generous enough to let you have some so you don’t call me stingy all day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her picking up the rolls once again, Xiaoyun happily accepted them as he bit down on the chopsticks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm, I would never call you stingy. That’s some fake news propaganda.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah right... Anyway, babe, can you go put these plates over to the sink? I don’t want them sitting in my office.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun walked out of the room with the empty plates and headed downstairs through the staircase, he was a little surprised to see someone extremely familiar.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A man in his late forties, with grey hair and everything.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good afternoon, Mr.Governor.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good afternoon... Ahem, sorry to ask this, but can I ask what your name is? I remember seeing you somewhere, but just forgot about it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s understandable, sir, you’re a busy man after all... My name is Li Fa. I’m the head judge of the judicial department.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, I remember now. You’re the one I hired back then as judge for those scientists and soldiers, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing him nodding his head in agreement, floods of memory rushed into Xiaoyun’s mind as Tianci’s trial came right back in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Long time no see, Mr.Li... You’re going to Yuqi’s office?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... I have a case that I’m not so sure about.\" Li Fa explained as his face looked a little hesitant.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Give me a second, let me put this away and go up with you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hello, Mr.Li, what brought you here today?\" Yuqi curiously asked as Xiaoyun came back to the office with Li Fa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I got a court case that I’m not sure how I should interpret it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Fa handed Yuqi a folder with a few pages of court details, Xiaoyun quickly moved over to the other side of the desk to have a look for himself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To his surprise, it was the court cases he already knew of. Or more specifically, the one that Yueyue had told him about.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just prosecuted as normal. You don’t have to ask me about this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi coldly responded after seeing the person’s name as one of the heads of the department of her government.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s the issue. I don’t know how to prosecute someone who’s not here in Luoping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you mean by that? Are those two couples not in Luoping?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"They are in Luoping. But the salvage group that bribed them isn’t here. I can only put them through trial in absentia.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Then just put them on trial in absentia. Yueyue and I can send out a task force to track them down later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yes, but, for the properties that are meant to be seized, a lot of them are extremely complicated in terms of who belongs to whom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention, the prosecutor can’t even be sure if he’s supposed to prosecute the entire salvage group, or just the head.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Obviously, the head, there’s no way you can prosecute entire groups of people when the lower ones are probably not a part of it,\" Yuqi responded this time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"And that’s the issue. I can’t issue property seizures that really hurt them. I can’t tell what belongs to what.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Both Yuqi and Xiaoyun fell into silence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They understood what Li Fa was trying to imply, but they had barely any oversight or understanding of how a salvage group functions.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Let alone coming up with an efficient way to punish a salvage group for breaking the law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How long are their sentences and the property seizer for the two couples that are arrested?\" Xiaoyun asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Most likely five to ten years. And all of their property fortified.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing the severity of those two faces, it became clear what the salvage group leader should face as the person who did the bribes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll send a special team to locate their total property to see what needs to be seized before going through bankruptcy proceedings,\" Yuqi answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, one more thing, can you give an extra juror spot for Xiaoyun?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi’s request surprised both Xiaoyun and Li Fa, but another problem soon arose.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Juror spots? Um... I don’t think you understand how the court works, madam. We already moved past the old juror system.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh. I see... Never mind then.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I could give a spot for People’s assessor, though.\" Li Fa suddenly brought it up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s a People’s assessor?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s similar to jurors. But since we have enough people, I reverted to the old system with three judges and two to four lay judges, or People’s assessor in this case.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So, random citizens who are selected as jurors to help decide cases?\" Xiaoyun questioned again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well... It’s similar, but they often have a similar skill set to the field being judged to help with deciding the court cases.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>I can give the governor one of the spots for a day or two if he really wants to have an experience with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s perfect. Just remember to call him when the day comes.\" Yuqi instantly responded, giving zero room for Xiaoyun to talk.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll note that down... Then looks like everything is sorted. I’ll take my leave now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Li Fa left the office with his folder, Xiaoyun grumpily looked over to Yuqi with a bit of anger.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you really want me out of this office that badly?\" Xiaoyun questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, it’s not that I want you out of my office. I want you to show yourself in court. I need someone I can trust to see if everything is going fine there.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, right...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun rolled his eyes as he could already imagine the boring session in the court with nothing much to do.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m being serious, okay? The court is something that I kept ignoring. But it’s super important to this whole refugee issue.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How so?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as he was about to question her intent, Yuqi handed him the three-page document that Jianlin had put on her desk earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Read it yourself. Tell me what’s the number one criminal act people have done?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The number one is... Shoplifting and smuggling?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm, I need you to not just focus on the bribe case. But the other, less severe cases that go to court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Afterward, you need to go to prison to interview those who are in jail. Just have a little chat with them and get a rough understanding with everyone inside.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing her more and more detailed plan, Xiaoyun started to realize she wasn’t just playing around with his whole upcoming journey to the court.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>However, his mind quickly remembered something. Something super important that he almost got gaslighted on by Yuqi.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Couldn’t you send someone else to do this? Why does it have to be me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Come on, babe, you’re the only person I trust around here... What do I need to do to get you to do something for me?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi began to unbutton her dress shirt, his eyes couldn’t help but begin looking more and more down where her hands were going.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know exactly what I want, Darling,\" Xiaoyun whispered as she revealed a small bit of cleavage to him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Too bad. Wait until we get home first. Now stop bothering me and let me finish this last few bits of work.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing her stop and resume typing on the computer, he had no choice but to sit back down and wait.\u003C\u002Fp>",1524,"2026-06-10T06:59:52.732Z",1,"novelbin.me","49ab0636fb0e9dee06645e3af6b8b6ac4b598f8b3c81b47ee36f333573eb2e18","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-600","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-598",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]