[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-645":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},1887483,2510,"Chapter 645: A Cold Welcome","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-645",645,"\u003Cp>When Leyan woke up, it was to the alarm sound from her phone. Looking over, the baby camera had been triggered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are they up so early today?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>She quickly jumped out of the blanket, walking over to the dresser before taking out a pair of panties to put on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a pair of blouses and shorts from the closet, she finally headed downstairs towards the baby’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-Mommy! I-I’m hungry!\" Yongyi quietly demanded, looking right towards her with both of his arms raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mommy’s here. Just give me a second.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After checking that all of the other babies were still peacefully sleeping in their cribs, Leyan gently carried Yongyi out of the crib.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you wake up so early today? Did you really just feel hungrier today than yesterday?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan softly asked as she walked out of the room with Yongyi in her arms, going over to the living room sofa before sitting down.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Y-Yeah!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m only going to feed you a little, okay? I’m going to cook porridge later, and you’re going to eat that too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yongyi nodded as Leyan pushed her blouse aside, exposing her pinkish nipple as he immediately leaned closer ot start suckling it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few minutes, the suction stopped completely as Yongyi seemed to have fallen asleep again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan didn’t wake him up, letting Yongyi sleep in her arms as she walked back to the baby room before gently putting him back into his crib.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-Mom... I-I’m hungry.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"M-Me too.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan turned around, both Lianrong and Qiaolan were already awake, looking towards her with their arms raised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just give me a second. I’ll be right back.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Exiting the room and walking into the hallway, Leyan headed straight to the kitchen before opening the fridge.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All of the baby bottles were emptied, making her realize today was a Sunday, as they always had enough for the entire week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Crap. I need to ask them to pump it again later...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking back to the baby room, Leyan gently carried Lianrong out first before carrying Qiaolan onto her right arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Let’s go outside first. Don’t want to wake up your siblings.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After carrying the two of them to the sofa, Leyan gave them the same message she had given to Yongyi earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With both of them nodding in agreement, she slowly pushed her blouse towards the middle with her finger as the two babies still rested on her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Here... Don’t drink too much, okay? Yuqi and Yueyue will feed you two later.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two babies started suckling her nipples, her eyelid was starting to get heavier and heavier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was only four in the morning, way earlier than the usual six o’clock wake-up time. The sun wasn’t even out yet as she looked out the window.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, that’s enough...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan pulled the two away as she carried them all the way back to the baby room, tucking them into the crib before closing the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Walking back to the living room, she sat down on the sofa before the urge to fall asleep overwhelmed her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyan, you okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hm?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a familiar voice woke Leyan up once again, she slowly opened her eyes, only to be shocked by the person in front of her.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan’s brain finally processed the person in front of her as she quickly jumped up, wrapping her arms around Xiaoyun.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa! Careful... Ahem, why are you sleeping on the sofa?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked as they sat down on the sofa together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I was feeding the baby earlier... Are you done with Shenzhen?\" Leyan asked as she tightly held onto his arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. Everything is back on track now... I probably won’t need to head out until something crazy happens again.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s good, that’s good... You hungry? I can go cook breakfast for you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m good. I already ate before coming back... But you should probably cook breakfast for those lazy pigs who are still sleeping.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan looked over to the clock, she immediately jumped out of her seat before turning back around to sit down again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You almost scared me... It’s Sunday today... They can cook their own lunch when they wake up.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh, it’s Sunday already? I really have been gone for that long?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun quickly took out his phone to check, only to see the word July 17th right at the very top.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You had been gone for two weeks now... You didn’t even give us a phone call on where you went if we didn’t ask Houqin.\" Leyan complained.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"My bad. There wasn’t any phone signal in Shenzhen... It was an emergency, and I just forgot about giving you guys a phone call.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, right... If it weren’t for the newspaper, we wouldn’t even know where you have been.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mhm.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun... Did you forget what you promised me before?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan suddenly asked as she stared towards him, dead in the eyes, making Xiaoyun feel as if he were some sort of criminal.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What promise?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You were supposed to give us at least a heads-up. You can’t just leave us without saying a word like that.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I thought it would be obvious... Didn’t I ask Houqin to tell where I was going to Yueyue?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She only got your request to halt reporting on Shenzhen temporarily. Not where you went or anything.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Close enough... Oh, come on, anyone could tell where I was going with some context clues here. Even Tianci went to Shenzhen a few days before me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She at least told us where she was going, unlike someone in this house.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It was an emergency. You have to cut me some slack on this. I just didn’t have time to say goodbye.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a short silence between the two of them, Leyan finally spoke up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just this time... But I don’t want it to happen ever again. Just at least give me a phone call or something when you leave like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I will. I promise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh my, would you look at that? A sneaky little rat having Xiaoyun all to herself after our husband just came back from Shenzhen?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Yuqi’s voice echoed from the stairs above, the two of them on the sofa could see her coming down with a little chuckle on her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just came back a few minutes ago. I’m only with her first because she was sleeping on the sofa earlier.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun immediately attempted to excuse himself, as he felt a little guilty being so close to Leyan compared to his other wives.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The baby camera woke me up a few hours ago, and I had to feed Yongyi, Qiaolan, and your daughters, too.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And I just fell asleep on the sofa by accident. I-I have proof if you really want to pull out the footage from earlier.\" Leyan quickly added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Geez, no need to get so defensive. I was just playing... Still can’t believe a mother of four still gets easily baited like this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hmph!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan crossed her arms in anger, Yuqi quickly noticed something a little off as she looked over to the clock.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, Mom, why haven’t you cooked breakfast yet? I’m about to go to work in forty minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Go cook it yourself... It’s Sunday, by the way.\" Leyan grumpily murmured as she reluctantly added the last part.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oh snap. I completely forgot about that... Oh well, looks like I can sleep in for today. Nice seeing you, babe.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nice seeing you...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Yuqi was about to head upstairs with an uninterested look towards Xiaoyun’s return, Leyan’s phone suddenly started sounding an alarm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuqi, you stay here. You ain’t going back to bed... We don’t have any more milk in the fridge.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Fine...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Leyan headed off to the baby’s room, Xiaoyun was a little intrigued by how nonchalant her face looked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You expected me to come home today?\" Xiaoyun curiously asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course I did... I was the one who sent those reports to Shenzhen. They already told me yesterday that the fog is gone.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although there wasn’t anything offensive, Xiaoyun couldn’t help but feel a little disrespected.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Her tone just didn’t seem appreciative of his work, nor did she seem to show any care towards him compared to how Leyan reacted earlier.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, can you at least praise me a little or put in a little energy when talking to me? I just tackled a problem that could have ended our settlements.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Yuqi turned towards Xiaoyun, he immediately felt a chill traveling down his spine as her hair fell to cover most of her face.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry. I have just been working overtime in the office for the past few days. I don’t really have the energy to talk.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-It’s okay... Y-You can lean back on the sofa and relax. D-Do you want me to make you a coffee?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That will be great.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before Xiaoyun could get up and make some coffee, Leyan had already come back to the living room with Lianrong in her arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not so fast. No drinking coffee until you finish feeding your daughter... Honey, can you go cook some porridge?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan requested as she gently lowered Lianrong into Yuqi’s arms, not even looking back at the two of them, as she already started heading towards the baby’s room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1549,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.365Z",1,"novelbin.me","c6a87cbb1068f76005aef12cd2ab503400014cc3923e2856ac77c9a638aa91dd","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-646","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-644",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]