Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

"We're back!" Yueyue announced as the door was opened.

"Welcome back."

The two waved as they entered the house one by one.

"It's so hot outside! I knew I should have just stayed at home. " Yuqi complained as she lay flat on the sofa.

"You're the one that came up with this idea. You don't get to complain." Yueyue pointed out as she walked over to the side to drop off the bags.

"I didn't know it was going to be this hot today. How is it my fault." Yuqi

"It wasn't that hot. You guys are exaggerating." Leyan commented as she closed the door behind her.

"I'm going to go take a shower... I really hope it's not going to be this hot later in the evening."

After Wuli took a sip of water, she and Shuli both went upstairs to the bathroom.

"I'm heading to the shower too. This sweat is killing me."

As soon as Leyan said it out loud, everyone nodded in agreement and followed her upstairs to the bathroom.

Nami and Xiaoyun were now still sitting alone on the sofa, with a bunch of bags surrounding them.

"You're not curious what's inside?"

"I'll see it sooner rather than later. No point in ruining the surprise." Xiaoyun replied.

"But I'm curious..." Nami murmured as she wanted to see what was inside but didn't want to get in trouble for opening it.

"Daddy! More LEGO!"

Qiaolan suddenly spoke up as she pointed toward the house in front of her.

"Okay, here it is."

Xiaoyun creates a small box of it and puts it on the floor.

"They really do love building that, don't they?" Nami commented as the three immediately opened the small box and took out all the legos onto the floor.

"Yeah... Hey Nami, do you think we should bring them to school yet?" Xiaoyun curiously asked.

"I think you should ask Mom about that... But aren't they less than a year old?" Nami raised her concern.

"You're right. They are only still one year old... But they don't really feel like only one." Xiaoyun pointed it out as he felt three babies felt a little too mature for their age.

"I guess... But they should still enjoy childhood first."

As the two continue watching the baby playing each other, time soon passes quickly.

By the time the other nine finally finished taking a shower and came downstairs, it was already two o'clock.

"What took you guys so long?" Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"We have to prepare to go out later for the festival. So we washed our hair and even let Yuqi help us put on a little makeup." Leyan replied.

"You guys don't need makeup. You guys are already perfect." Xiaoyun complimented all of them at once.

"Ah, thanks, babe. But you two did it earlier, didn't you?" Yuqi asked with a slightly threatening voice.

"I don't know what you are talking about. Nami and I were watching a movie for the morning." Xiaoyun quickly deflected the question.

But Nami's face was blushing red like an apple as if she had suddenly remembered something.

"Uh-huh, totally someone forgot to clean the stain at the drain."

As Yueyue pointed it out, and the five of them looked jealously toward the two.

"You guys want to do it right now then?" Xiaoyun shamelessly asked the five out loud.

"Hell no, we just took a shower and cleaned up ourselves."

All of Xiaoyun's wives nodded in agreement with Leyan's statement.

"Ahem, when does the festival start?"

Kate interrupted the conversation as she felt the atmosphere was getting increasingly awkward for her and Anna.

"I think it's at six, right?" Wuli replied as she turned to Shuli for confirmation.

"No, it starts at five and ends at ten." Shuli clarified.

"Well then, let's watch another movie before it starts!"

Nami excitedly ran over to the computer and started selecting the movie.

---

As the clock was about to hit five, Xiaoyun, along with Kate and Tianci, left a little early to prepare for his speech.

When he arrived at the grass field where he had given his speech the last time, the stage was much bigger than last time, with many more seats than last time.

He could even see some people already sitting in some of the seats and waiting despite still being twenty minutes before it actually began.

"Geez, there are so many people here," Xiaoyun commented as he walked toward the backstage.

"Yeah. Most of them haven't even seen your face before. So it makes sense why so many people want to get the chance to see you." Kate replied.

"Right... A lot of newcomers..." Xiaoyun murmured.

As Xiaoyun stood at the backstage, he took out his script and began practicing it.

Ten minutes later...

As all the seats were filled, people started to stand at the back to watch Xiaoyun slowly walk up to the podium.

"Hello, everyone. I'm the Luoping's mayor, Xiaoyun. I know many of you are probably seeing me for the first time and are shocked at how young I look..." Xiaoyun began reading off the script that Yuqi had prepared.

Twenty minutes later...

"I hope everyone enjoys the festival we have set up. Thank you everyone for listening in."

As Xiaoyun started walking down the stage, everyone in the crowd was clapping and cheering.

"That was amazing!" Tianci excitedly ran towards Xiaoyun as he approached the two backstage.

"I have to admit, that was actually a pretty good speech." Kate complimented.

"Thanks."

"I'm not complimenting you. I'm complimenting Yuqi for writing that speech." Kate clarified.

"Why am I not surprised by that? Anyway, let's go meet up with them."

After walking for ten minutes through the massive crowd that started to exit the grass field, Xiaoyun finally saw the eight of them waiting outside.

"Hey!" Leyan waved toward Xiaoyun as she was the first one to notice.

The other seven turned around and noticed the three were walking towards them.

"What do you guys think of that speech?" Xiaoyun asked curiously.

"The best speech I had heard. I felt so motivated."

As Yueyue replied, they all nodded in agreement with her statement.

"That's good to hear... Thank you, Yuqi. I really appreciate you writing this."

"No problem. It only took me an hour to write it, so it wasn't that much work."

"Yuqi actually spend a week writing this." Shuli pointed out.

"S-Shut up, Shuli!"

"Ahem, let's go enjoy the festival. Lily is dying to try that booth out." Leyan hurried everyone as a crowd was starting to form around them.

---

After the festival...

"Whew, that was so tiring," Xiaoyun complained as they walked back inside the house.

"But it was so fun!" Lily replied with a voice full of energy.

"I wish the festival lasted a little longer... I was just about to beat that festival game." Yueyue commented as she walked over to check on the three babies peacefully sleeping in the crib.

"I'm more surprised that there weren't actually that many people," Leyan commented next as she lifted Yongyi from the crib.

"That's because we spread the booth... It's also the reason why we had to walk so far for each one of the booths." Yuqi explained as she lay down flat on the sofa with barely any energy.

"How do you guys feel about the festival?" Xiaoyun asked curiously as he turned over to Kate and Anna.

"It was pretty fun to play some of the games," Kate replied.

"The shooting game was the best one," Anna replied.

"How about you, Tianci?" Xiaoyun asked next.

"It was okay... I felt most of them were a little too easy." Tianci replied.

"Actually, Tianci, how do you not miss a single shot every time?" Wuli asked curiously.

"I can just feel it was the right strength and distance to throw it at," Tianci replied.

"Can you teach me this? Please, I'll do anything for it." Wuli pleaded as she realized the skill would be insane in combat.

"I can't really teach you this. It's just a feeling in my head." Tianci shrugged.

"I'm pretty sure it's just practice. Wuli, I'm sure you can get just as good as her."

Shuli tries to comfort her, but Wuli doesn't take it at all.

"Shuli, it's not just based on practice. I had practiced shooting almost every day, and it was still not as good as hers." Wuli argues.

"Ahem, I'm going to go cook dinner now." Leyan left the living room and went to the kitchen.

"I'll go help." Xiaoyun left as the eight of them sat down on the sofa.

"Xiaoyun is finally gone. Let's take this time to check what everyone's gift to him." Yuqi whispered.

"Okay."

Yuqi opened her bag first, and inside it was a nice formal suit.

"Damn, that looks so nice. This wasn't just a gift recently, was it?" Nami asked curiously.

"Yeah, I had to measure his size when he was still asleep and have it custom-made for the past few weeks," Yuqi replied.

"Hey, that's not fair. We only have a day to pick things to buy." Yueyue pointed out.

"Well, it's just a coincidence that it happens to be the same time we are doing this competition," Yuqi smirked.