[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-666":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},1887426,2510,"Chapter 666: Devolving PR Crisis","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-666",666,"\u003Cp>Hearing Xiaoyun’s reassurance, Li Fa finally regained some of his courage from earlier to speak up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s two years in prison or longer... And all your previous marriages beyond the first would be considered as void.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Very well then... Here, put me in handcuffs and let me serve my sentence. You don’t have to wait any longer.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun reached his hand out, Li Fa’s face looked even more nervous than before as he just froze still, not moving a single bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mister, this isn’t funny...\" Li Fa quietly murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You got no sense of humor, Li Fa... Anyway, tell the plaintiff that if he wanted to marry his two wives, he would be more than happy to do so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Should I adjust the marriage laws then?\" Li Fa asked, realizing what Xiaoyun was trying to imply.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you think? Li Fa? I’m sure you’re smarter than me... Do I need to tell you everything that needs to be changed?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, sir.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as Xiaoyun handed the two files back over to Li Fa, his mind suddenly had a little thought that popped up.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Also, when you adjust the law, make it fair to both sides.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um... What do you mean by that, Governor?\" Li Fa asked in confusion, unable to understand Xiaoyun’s vague answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Do you think only men should be allowed to marry multiple wives? Do I need to elaborate any further?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, sir!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Fa quickly packed up the two files, leaving the room before Xiaoyun could say anything else.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Maybe this was a mistake... But what else can I do?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun wondered as his mind could already imagine the public backlash that would come out of this if it were rolled out, especially if he implemented both ways.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the same time, there were no other ways to justify it legally. Nor is he willing to compromise his wives’ equal status among each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Wait, Li Fa, come back!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the end, Xiaoyun chose to create another special exception, allowing the plaintiff to marry his two wives just like Lingang.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Adding another person to someone’s government record was much easier than risking public backlash for allowing polygamy and polyandry.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everything seemed to be fine as the day went on... Until both cases’ plaintiffs decided to go to a newspaper outlet the next day.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The first case with regard to compensation barely made a splash. But the second case, however, spread like wildfire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone in the town started debating with one another. But they weren’t debating if polygamy should be allowed or not.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They were all debating whether Xiaoyun had the right to create such a special exception. One that goes above the country’s original law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One that Xiaoyun had promised previously to treat himself at the same level as everyone else and not to treat anyone else above the law.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Xiaoyun, what the fuck was going through your head?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yuqi questioned in anger as all of his wives surrounded him in the middle of the living room, with a newspaper right in the middle of the coffee table.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The only person missing was Lily, who was assigned babysitting duty in the backyard with their kids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I didn’t expect this to be that bad. How am I supposed to know that idiot would go to the newspaper and boast about it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why did you even give him the exception in the first place? Why would you make it bigger than it needed to be?\" Wuli questioned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I just thought it wasn’t that big of a deal... I mean, why should the government step in the way of three people who are happily married to each other?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun tried to argue back, but it was completely useless as none of his wivies looked remotely happy with it at all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not that big of a deal? The entire office was talking about it. Even people in Yueyue’s workplace and Nami’s workplace were all talking about it.\" Yuqi argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The schools, too,\" Shuli added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, maybe this went a little bigger than I had expected... But it’s going to die down in a week or so.\" Xiaoyun quietly murmured.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Die down? This thing is only going to get bigger by the time it is the weekend.\" Yueyue warned.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"If we don’t handle this well, our entire family will have a PR disaster waiting at our hands,\" Nami added.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What do you want me to do? Go back and tell that guy that his marriage to his two wives is now canceled?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Everyone fell into silence as they all could see the two woman in wedding dresses happily carrying their husband in the newspaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They couldn’t bring themselves to say yes, knowing how unfair it would be to the three people in the newspaper.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not that. But we need to do something to change the public perception. Or else half of the people in the town think we’re above the laws.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Are we not above the law?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment Kate spoke up, the living room fell into dead silence... Until Leyan finally decided to chime in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She isn’t wrong. The marriage law in this country specifically forbids polygamy. There is no other way around it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mom! Stop making it sound worse... We need real solutions, not just to sit around and wait it out.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I mean, isn’t the best solution to wait it out? Giving it a cold treatment, as your country’s proverb puts it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing Anna’s calm demeanor, Yuqi couldn’t help but feel she was the only one who was worried about this PR crisis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"People have memories. It’s going to be a ticking time bomb if we don’t address it somehow.\" Yuqi argued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Um, I think Anna is right... We really should just wait it out, I think.\" Tianci surprisingly joins Anna’s side.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shuli, you’re the smart one here. What do you think we should do?\" Yuqi asked, looking over to her with a glimmer of hope.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"We probably should do something about it. But I’m not sure what we needed to do exactly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Shuli answered as she scratched her head, unable to really think of an answer, as she had never faced this kind of problem before.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You know what, Xiaoyun, you created this disaster yourself. You’re going to be the one dealing with it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With Yuqi giving up in frustration, Xiaoyun’s face looked much calmer than any of them expected, as he only shrugged his shoulder.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll handle it myself. You guys don’t have to worry about it... Nothing is going to change about you guys being married to me.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You better not make it worse,\" Wuli murmured as she couldn’t help but have a bad feeling about the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Trust me, I have been through much worse PR crises before. This is just a nothingburger in comparison.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing how confident Xiaoyun looked all of a sudden, everyone had no other choice but to put their trust in him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the last Friday of July arrived, Xiaoyun was at the headquarters of Luoping Daily the first thing in the morning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Good morning, Governor Chen. What brought you here today?\" Shen Wen curiously asked as he brought Xiaoyun into his office.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want you to help me with something.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Oof, you’re talking about that news coverage yesterday... Mr.Governor, I have to be honest with you, I already told my reports not to cover it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know you didn’t put that into Luoping Daily yesterday. But other outlets... They don’t have a single brain cell when they are reporting news.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Governor Chen, let’s not beat around the bush. What do you want me to do exactly?\" Shen Wen asked impatiently.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I want you to help me with my reputation.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"That’s...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know it’s hard. But if you help me, I’ll owe you a favor in the future. I know you already have an idea of how to resolve this.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a long silence, Shen Wen finally spoke up again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Mr.Governor, the only advice I can give you is to let this die down on its own... I’m not even sure if there really is a solution to this problem.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Really? There’s nothing I can do?\" Xiaoyun questioned, not really taking Shen Wen’s word at face value.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’m being fully serious right now, Governor. There’s no other way to sugarcoat it... It’s impossible to avoid when you’re... married to nine wives.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"So I should just sit it out and hope this goes away by the end of the week?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah. But I do have an alternative solution if you really want to try it out, though.\" Shen Wen suddenly suggested.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What is it?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Well, recently I bought a small property located in Guangzhou... You know the TV station in Yuexiu District, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"You mean the Pearl River Station?\" Xiaoyun asked, his mind beginning to realize what Shen Wen was trying to suggest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah, I just got it to work properly with a small team a few days ago... I was thinking maybe we could have you live debate some people.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1505,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","468afc4b77b974dffbf9a9e8a32eb75c534bdd10069426e2077ff4a0360f4a0f","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-620","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-665",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]