[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-zombie-apocalypse-creation":3,"chapter-zombie-apocalypse-creation-zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-680":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},1887473,2510,"Chapter 680: ETFs and Babies","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-680",680,"\u003Cp>As the dinner came to an end, everyone was sitting on the sofa, watching the News as the news anchor started talking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Today’s financial story, the stock market has suffered a massive dip. The Guangzhou composition index had dropped 5% with its closure.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This came after the head of the security exchange, Muxie, had stated that all government employees can no longer own stock.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate immediately looked over to Yuqi, who only sat there in silence as if she herself was stunned by the policy itself.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yuqi, you created this?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No? I never told Muxie to ban government employees from holding stocks... But he isn’t wrong in banning it.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the two of them fell into silence, the TV started displaying a graph of an even worse stock drop, dropping a total of 10% before it rebounded to a 5% drop at the end.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"When we asked one of the representatives at the security exchange for an explanation, they told us that it is to avoid government employees from insider trading.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The representative had also told us that many of the investment accounts are currently going through liquidation to prevent further conflict of interest.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Although this sent a bearish signal towards the stock market, Muxie had also revealed the creation of Exchange-Traded Fund, or ETFs, within the next week.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In the future, he had stated that the creation of ETFs is intended to protect both small investors and avoid an outright ban on government employees owning stock.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank god. No wonder the stock rebounded 5% at the end of the day.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate murmured as she could see the name of the stock she owned scrolling on the side, with only a 3% drop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, honey, should we invest some of our money in the ETFs?\" Leyan suddenly asked as a short ad break started playing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not happening,\" Yuqi answered first.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It’s going to be a conflict of interest for me or you to hold any stocks, regardless of whether it is in an ETF,\" Xiaoyun answered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I guess...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"How come sister Kate could own stock?\" Lily curiously asked, her head unable to wrap around the conversation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"She’s not a government employee like Xiaoyun... And technically, she had her investment account under Anna’s company.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Nami is absolutely right... Wait a moment, how do you know I have the account under the company’s name?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Kate quickly cornered Nami on the sofa, not letting her get away as Nami awkwardly swirled her finger around her own hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I might have seen a thing or two on the security exchange computer. Hey, I just got a little curious, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Bullshit. That’s my privacy. You can’t access that on a whim like that.\" Kate questioned as she felt a little violated.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Blame the IT department. They were the ones who gave me access... Besides, what are you scared of? Do you have something to hide?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I-I got nothing to hide. This is vicious, outlandish slander——\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Be quiet, you two. I can barely hear the TV.\" Shuli complained as their argument was starting to get way too loud.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sorry!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>---\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As the news came to an end, all of the girls headed upstairs to take a shower, leaving Xiaoyun the only one in the living room to take care of the babies.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daddy! Can I hug you?\" Lianrong suddenly requested as she slowly wobbled over to his legs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Of course.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun gently lifted her into his arms, letting her wrap her hands around his neck before letting her sit down on the sofa.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daddy, why are you always so busy?\" Yongyi curiously asked as he turned around to look towards him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daddy got work, okay? I’ll be spending more time with you guys when it’s...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing both Qiaolan and Xuanhua turning around to look towards him, he fell into silence as he couldn’t give them an answer.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His mind thought of just making a date up, but he felt guilty about it. He just couldn’t bring himself to lie in front of them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I’ll spend more time with you guys on the weekend. I promise.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yay!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Whoa, be careful.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun gently lowered Lianrong back down to the ground to her siblings, they were all celebrating with a smile on their faces.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waaaa!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The crying noise made him quickly turn around as he looked over to the crib, only to find Wenwen and Bingbing both crying at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What’s wrong? Are you guys hungry? Needing to go to the bathroom?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite asking the two babies the question, they all stopped crying as soon as he lifted them into his arms.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Alright, you guys just want to spend time with me, right?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun slowly swung his arms left and right, trying to put them to sleep as their eyelids looked to be closing on their own.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Da da la la la da da, it’s time for you to sleep now... Goodnight.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Putting the two babies back into their cribs, they were finally back asleep as he gently rolled the two cribs back towards the baby’s bedroom.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After walking back to the living room, he turned around towards the three babies who were circling Xuanhua as if they were playing tag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, enough playing. It’s time for you guys to go to sleep as well...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun picked up Xuanhua first as he gently swung her around in his arms, helping her fall asleep before putting her into the crib.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With her crib rolled into the guest bedroom next, there was now just one last obstacle before he could take a shower.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Hey, you three. Stop running. I said it’s time for you guys to go to sleep.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Waaaaa! D-Daddy is a monster!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>All three of them kept on wobbling around the sofa, going away from him as he kneeled on the floor to ’catch’ them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a while, all three of them finally ran out of energy as they stopped right in the middle of the living room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Now you guys have nowhere to go, MUAHAHAHA!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun grabbed all three of them in a single swoop, they were all laughing as they didn’t resist a single bit.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why are you all laughing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Daddy is h-horrible at acting!\" Lianrong pointed out, showing zero fear as he lifted them into the air.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah!\" Both Yongyi and Qiaolan answered at the same time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Okay, fine... Anyway, time for you guys to go to sleep. No more fooling around.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Boo!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Despite their protest, he continued carrying them towards the baby’s bedroom before opening the door.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he walked inside, none of them made any noise as if they knew their siblings were already asleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Sleep well...\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After leaving the room and closing the door, Xiaoyun finally let out a sigh of relief as he finally finished putting them all to sleep.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taking out his phone, he checks the camera, only to see all of them peacefully asleep on the bed with only little movements.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Thank god for the invention of the baby camera... Why do they not wake each other up, though?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The more Xiaoyun thought about it, the more confused he felt. He still couldn’t understand how his kids were all so well-behaved.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was just the complete opposite compared to Yueyue, Yuqi, or Nami back when they were still kids.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had personally experienced having them wake them up in the middle of the night and even purposely wake each other up for the most random reason possible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Honey, where are all the kids?\" Leyan curiously asked, walking down the stairs with a towel over her wet hair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I already put them into bed... You guys finished taking a shower?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Yeah... You can go take a shower now.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As Xiaoyun got up and started heading towards the staircase, he froze for a second as he felt something invisible in front of him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Before he knew it, a blindfold was put over him as everything turned dark.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"What are you guys doing?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Shhhh, just go up the stairs... We have a little surprise for you. Trust me, you won’t regret it a single bit.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Xiaoyun’s mind hesitated for a second, but he eventually agreed to it as he began walking up the stairs while still blindfolded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Just keep walking... We’re just going to bring you to the shower area to clean up your body first.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Why not just let me take off the blindfold?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"It will ruin the surprise... Just be patient, okay?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leyan murmured as she held onto his hand, guiding him forward until he stopped again. He could feel his clothes being taken off.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Can I take it off now?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Not yet. Keep walking now... Okay, stand here. Don’t move and don’t take off the blindfold until I tell you so.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Standing still, he could hear footsteps walking further and further away from him. Soon, he could hear the bathroom door closing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Leyan, you there?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hearing no response, he immediately thought of taking off the blindfold. But he chose to keep it on in the end as he didn’t want to ruin the surprise.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Is anyone there? If no one is going to answer me, I’m going to take off the blindfold in three minutes.\"\u003C\u002Fp>",1530,"2026-06-10T06:59:53.682Z",1,"novelbin.me","45492c74edd4b2f7c134e1b65077f1008d867cdf21556b268f3c99dbc279bee6","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-640","zombie-apocalypse-creation-chapter-639",829,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fzombie-apocalypse-creation-cover.jpg"]