Zombie Apocalypse: Creation

"Oh, right... Sorry about that."

As the room fell into silence, Xiaoyun's eyelid began slowly closing on itself as drowsiness settled in.

"Honey... You awake?"

Seeing Xiaoyun not responding, Leyan carefully rinsed Xiaoyun's hair without waking him up, then dried him up with a towel before carrying him to the bed.

"I guess I have to surprise him after he wakes up..." Leyan murmured as she watched Xiaoyun sleeping peacefully on the bed.

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When Xiaoyun opened his eyes, it was already near nighttime as the sunlight was dimming down.

With a small turn to the right, the clock was pointed at six o'clock.

"Damn... I really slept through the entire evening."

After getting out of bed, Xiaoyun went to the bathroom to freshen himself up before going downstairs.

But as he stepped down to the living room, Leyan was alone on the sofa, reading a book that had a blank cover.

"Where is everybody? What book are you reading?" Xiaoyun curiously asked as he sat down next to her.

"It's just a cookbook... Also, Yuqi and the others just headed out to celebrate Huayi's birthday.

Do you want to go right now? I'm sure Yezi would be really happy to see you be there."

Seeing Leyan choosing to hide the book behind her back, Xiaoyun didn't pressure her to show it.

"Nah, I probably just stay at home with you... Actually, why didn't you go with them? Aren't you like best friends with Huayi?"

Leyan froze for a second, then replied.

"I-I was thinking that you might be hungry when you get up the bed. Let me go cook you dinner right now."

Just as Leyan got up from the sofa, Xiaoyun held onto her hand.

"Babe... We're alone in the house right now."

Xiaoyun pointed out after noticing all the cribs were empty, which meant the girls had brought the babies along with them.

"Honey... We shouldn't do this. It's still only six."

Leyan shook her head as she thought back to the girl's demand on her and Xiaoyun.

"Come on, I haven't done it for almost half a week now. You wanted to do it last night as well, right? Even in the shower, I saw you getting wet down——"

Just as Leyan was about to fall under pressure, Xiaoyun's stomach suddenly growled.

"I'll go cook dinner——"

Leyan quickly pushed Xiaoyun's hand away and left the living room, her face blushing red as she almost fell to temptation again.

"Geez... When did she get so good at holding onto her lust like that?"

As Xiaoyun sat back down on the sofa, he noticed the book that Leyan was hiding was lying right next to him.

"I shouldn't read this... She doesn't want me to read it."

Despite thinking about respecting Leyan's privacy, Xiaoyun's hand automatically opened it with his eye looking down right at the text.

"Textbook for Academy: An Study of battles by Leyan... What the hell is this?"

A confused Xiaoyun started reading the pages one by one, only to be more confused as they were a full account of all the different battles from the beginning of the Luoping to the last attack from the zombies.

With the main perspective being himself, Xiaoyun was extra confused as he had never shared any of the battles with Leyan personally, nor did he ever describe how he felt about each battle to anyone else.

However, the book was perfectly on point to a scary level.

From his emotions to how he directed the battles, it almost made Xiaoyun think he had written it himself without realizing it at all if it wasn't for Leyan's signature on the first page.

"How does she know all this? Did Wuli or Tianci told her all this? But it even had me saving the first groups of survivors in that mansion..."

After sitting still with the book in hand for a minute, Xiaoyun finally realized how Leyan had compiled such a detailed account.

"Yueyue helped with the beginning, Wuli helped with the middle part, and Tianci added the last sections."

As Xiaoyun patted himself on the back for being so smart, Leyan was right behind him, watching him the whole time reading the book.

"Honey... Didn't I say you shouldn't read my book?"

Hearing Leyan's voice, Xiaoyun quickly snapped back as he closed the book and put it back down.

"I was just a little curious. Babe, you don't have to hide this gift from me, you know."

"But it was supposed to be a surprise... Now you have ruined it."

Leyan grumpily grabbed the book away and put it inside the cabinet at the coffee table.

"My bad... How can I make it up to you, my princess?"

"You don't have to make it up for me... It's your gift, you silly goose. Anyway, I finish cooking dinner now."

Xiaoyun quickly got up from the sofa and followed Leyan into the kitchen, only to see a single bottle in the middle of the table.

"Um, where's the food?"

'It's right there... Just open it and see it for yourself." Leyan pointed at the bottle as her face began to blush.

With the bottle in hand, Xiaoyun slowly removed the cap and looked towards the inside of the bottle.

"This..."

Xiaoyun froze as he saw the bottle contained a white, sweet liquid inside—a smell that he couldn't forget, as he had drank it before occasionally.

"The three took turns making this morning... We didn't do it because of what you thought. We just had too much surplus and decided to put it all in one bottle."

Leyan's face blushed redder and redder as she tried to make an excuse for herself, only to make it worse, as Xiaoyun could tell it was clearly done on purpose for him.

"Thank you, babe... I never knew I could get such a great New Year gift today."

Xiaoyun immediately took a small sip, then another, then another after that.

The strong, sweet, fruity taste made Xiaoyun lose focus for a second, as his brain kept demanding he drink more.

The coldness from the fridge made it extra refreshing and snapped him back to reality as he could feel his stomach protesting as if it was extremely full.

"How is it? Is it bad?" Leyan asked in a concerned voice.

"It's the best drink I have ever drank... I still don't understand how this thing makes me full so fast."

Hearing Xiaoyun's comment, Leyan got a little confused.

"What do you mean by that?"

"Here, have a drink yourself."

Leyan hesitated for a second as the bottle contained her own breastmilk and her two daughter's breastmilk.

But her curiosity took over as she accepted the bottle from Xiaoyun and lifted it to her mouth.

As she gulps down several sips down to her stomach, she immediately puts the bottle back down on the table.

"Holy! How dense are the calories in this bottle? How did it make me so full so fast?"

Leyan double-checked the bottle in hand as she couldn't believe what she had just drank a second ago.

"Exactly... Wait, how much do Yongyi and the other two drink every day?" Xiaoyun suddenly asked.

"About an entire bottle a day..."

Leyan froze as she realized what she had just said out loud, which made no sense as she could barely finish a third of the bottle without feeling full.

"This can't be right. There has to be something in here that makes it different from others."

Xiaoyun turned his head to Leyan's body, looking up and down at her body as if she were some sort of exotic animal.

"Stop looking at me like that... It's weird."

Leyan covered herself with her arms despite already wearing a shirt and pants. She could feel the change in Xiaoyun's eyes shifting into a predator looking at prey, getting ready to jump at her at any moment as he kept staring at her in silence.

"Seriously, stop looking at me like this... I don't like it."

Hearing Leyan's plea, Xiaoyun finally snapped out of it as his brain quickly took back control from his lower body.

"Sorry. I lost control for a second... Leyan, didn't I say the same thing when I drank this last time?"

"Yeah, you did... But I thought you were just joking. And it wasn't that strong in the past."

As the two stood still in silence again, Xiaoyun suddenly lifted the entire bottle and drank it all at once.

"What are you——"

"Damn, I'm so *Burp* full... I can feel my stomach bloating. Yongyi and the other two don't have this happening to them at all, right?"

Seeing Xiaoyun holding his small bulge around his stomach, Leyan immediately got a little concerned.

"Yeah, they are perfectly fine after getting their milk... Are you okay?"

Xiaoyun nodded in agreement as he puts the bottle back down onto the table.

"I'm fine... Hey Leyan, have you been eating a lot more recently?"

"Um, I've been eating so much lately—the other two, too. Way more than when I had Yuqi or when I had twins."

Hearing Leyan's answer, Xiaoyun began to develop an theory in his head as he directed another question at her.

"Your weight hasn't increased either, right?"

"Well, it has been very similar ever since I finished giving birth to Yongyi... Which should had disappeared by now but it stayed——"

Leyan froze as she finally realized what Xiaoyun was trying to imply. But more question appeared in her head than answers.

"But why does this happen now? I never had this happening before when I had the other three."

"Maybe because you're with me now?" Xiaoyun suggested.

"I guess... But this can't be good for the babies, right? They are growing way too fast for their goods."