Zombie Apocalypse: Creation-Chapter 780: The 3rd Mid-Autumn Festival

As the next three days flew by, Tianci had recovered from the red dot. However, rather than going back to her lab, Leyan forced her to go through ’labor training.’

By labor training, it was preparation for her childbirth, which came as a shock to everyone until they remembered Tianci had been manipulating her body.

Outside of the looming baby due, Xiaoyun’s life was seemingly back on track.

There was no emergency or any particular big problem on the administrative front as the resettlement program went smoothly in Dongguan and Shenzhen.

On the military front, everything operated relatively smoothly.

Although the progress had halted slightly, it wasn’t due to incompetence or a new kind of zombie attack.

Rather, it was due to an upcoming holiday over the weekend. One that had become a bump on the road for Xiaoyun for a different reason.

It was the mid-autumn festival. More specifically, the third mid-autumn festival since the start of the outbreak.

Luoping didn’t have anything planned for this year, as both Yuqi and Xiaoyun came to an agreement to let private individuals celebrate it in their own ways.

They also didn’t want to waste money on something that the private sector had already planned out, not to mention the size required to meet everyone.

Unfortunately, this was not what was causing the issue for Xiaoyun. Instead, it was an order from Leyan and his wives.

They had explicitly ordered him to bring Houqin over on Saturday, despite Houqin herself already stating to him that she was going to visit her parents.

As he drove out of the house early in the morning, he needed to come up with something that fulfilled both demands.

What was the solution? It was a simple and genius plan. One that required him to first drive to Houqin’s place before anything.

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"This was the idea you came up with?"

Leyan questioned as she pulled Xiaoyun over into the kitchen, unable to believe the three people sitting on the sofa.

"Isn’t it genius? Come on, you can’t expect me to let Houqin’s parents spend their mid-autumn festival alone."

The argument made her fall into silence as the thought of herself spending the Mid-Autumn Festival alone popped into her head.

"That’s beside the point. You could have at least called me beforehand. I didn’t even prepare extra food for them."

"I can just make it on the spot. It’s not that big of a deal... Come on, let’s go meet up with them."

As the two of them walked back to the living room, all of his wives were already talking to Houqin’s parents.

"Mr.Governor, you really surprise us at every corner."

Houqin’s mother’s comment was only met with a smile, as Xiaoyun didn’t know what to say in response to such a question.

"Miss Liu, is it really true that Houqin never had a boyfriend before?" Nami curiously asked.

"Of course, she never had one. Or else why would she be naive enough to fall in love with someone that... already have multiple kids."

As Houqin’s mother looked over to the kids running around over on the other side of the living room, a hint of disapproval appeared on her face.

"Ahem, sorry to ask this, my son-in-law. Is everyone here married to you?"

Hearing Houqin’s father calling him son-in-law surprised Xiaoyun, but he slowly nodded his head as an answer.

"There’s no way you’re married to all of them. Both of them look way too young to marry anybody."

Houqin’s mother commented as she looked over to Nami and Lily, who looked more like high schoolers if stretching it far enough.

"I’m already twenty years old." Nami immediately pointed out after feeling a little insulted by her comment.

"I-I’m already eighteen," Lily added next, her face blushing a little as she shyly looked down at the floor.

"Ahem, let’s all go eat breakfast. The three of you must be hungry. We had been cooking since yesterday for this."

Xiaoyun quickly intervened, ending the conversation as they all got up to walk towards the kitchen.

"Xuanhua, come to mommy."

As a baby quickly crawled over to Nami, both Houqin and her mother flinched a little before continuing to walk towards the kitchen.

"I’m not sure what you guys might like, so I cooked all kinds of breakfast food," Xiaoyun commented as he brought three extra chairs for them.

"This is so much food... You cooked all these?"

Houqin’s father asked, his face looking genuinely shocked by the variety of breakfast food on the table.

"Leyan helped me a little... You guys don’t have to wait for me. I still need to bring a few more dishes from the kitchen."

Everyone finally started eating the food on the table as Xiaoyun carried three extra bowls of tangyuan for Houqin and her parents.

"Houqin, you like the food?" Xiaoyun asked, taking a seat right next to her before eating a spoonful of the tangyuan himself.

"I like it..."

As Houqin spoke up, Xiaoyun could feel something was bothering her mind. Still, he didn’t press her on the spot.

"Sister Leyan, can I ask how many kids you have?" Houqin’s mother curiously asked as she noticed the baby sitting in her arms.

"I only have four. Yuqi is my oldest, followed by Yueyue and Nami. The youngest being my son Yongyi."

All three of them smiled as Houqin introduced them one by one, before Xiaoyun quickly chimed in to introduce the rest.

"Ahem, this is Wuli, and this is Shuli. This is Tianci and Lily, and this is Kate and Anna..."

As all of them smiled towards Houqin’s parents, the one who instantly stood out to them was the silver-haired girl.

"Tianci’s hair is born white," Xiaoyun answered, making up an excuse on the spot as he noticed their stare towards her.

"I had only seen that on the news before."

Houqin’s father murmured as he didn’t look too much into it, turning his attention back to the food as if he was scared her wife was going to get mad.

"She had gotten that a lot. I was thinking the same when I first saw her... If you guys want extra, I have more in the pot."

"We’re good."

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As morning breakfast quickly flew by, Houqin and her parents started delving deeper and deeper into Xiaoyun’s family.

From the beginning to the end, it was a one-sided conversation with everyone answering an endless number of questions from Houqin’s mother.

The only time they got a chance to ask a question was from Leyan, who asked them about their experience before the outbreak.

To everyone’s surprise, it turned out Houqin’s whole family was all former government employees in Beijing.

Even Houqin was a government clerk, passing all the difficult exams and making it to a government job out of millions of people.

What was crazier to Xiaoyun’s family, however, was the fact that Houqin’s parents had just gotten off the plane to Wuhan when the outbreak happened.

They had been planning this family vacation for a long time, and their daughter was supposed to meet up with them a day later.

Both fortunate and unfortunate, the flight Houqin took was redirected to Guangzhou, trapping her in a city that she had never visited in her life.

If it weren’t for Yiming’s rescuing team coming to the hotel she was in, she would have long starved to death.

"Speaking of the outbreak. Sorry if this sounds a little rude for me to ask. But how did the government respond in Wuhan?" Leyan curiously asked.

"Response? They just told everyone to stay indoors and that everything was going to be sorted out." Houqin’s father grumpily commented.

"They happened to rescue us from the hotel we were staying at... Stop being so negative towards those who saved us."

As Houqin’s mother argued, Xiaoyun noticed a clear divide between them. Something that was enough for Houqin’s father to refuse to back down.

"Actually, how was your guy’s experience while in Wuhan? It seems like a lot of people refuse to talk about it when I ask them."

This time, both Houqin’s father and mother fell into silence. Neither of them wanted to speak up, as if Xiaoyun had asked something taboo.

"It was a bad time. It wasn’t because of the government or anything. It was just a bad time." Houqin’s father murmured.

"We don’t want to talk about it."

"That’s fine... Oh, I almost forgot, you guys haven’t even been in the backyard. Can you guys bring the two of them around the house for a bit?"

The sudden request caught everyone by surprise, but his wives didn’t reject it as they guided Houqin’s parents over to the kitchen.

"Xiaoyun, what do you want to ask me?"

Houqin questioned, her face filled with curiosity as she couldn’t understand the need to send everyone out.

"Houqin, have your parents told you what they went through in Wuhan? I know this question might be a little intrusive, but it’s really important."

As Xiaoyun stared right into Houqin’s eye, she remained silent until she finally couldn’t endure it any longer.