Chapter 288: Chapter 288: Night before the trip
Everyone in the meeting looked confused as they couldn't hear what the two had talked about in secret.
"I guess this might work out..."
Xiaoyun hesitated for a second but decided to go with her suggestion in the end.
"The operation to Foshan can be delayed to another date. For now, we'll go with maintaining the status quo at Qingyuan... And I'll go to Qingyuan along with the food supply and five regiments as reinforcement."
Everyone now looked even more confused as they couldn't understand why Xiaoyun wanted to travel to Qingyuan himself.
"But——"
"There is no but. This is my final decision." Xiaoyun stated as he raised his voice with a fully serious face.
"Fine..." Yuqi backed down as she noticed Yueyue signaling her to stop.
Seeing Yuqi backing down, everyone at the table didn't question Xiaoyun's decision as he looked determined to go.
"Commander Xiaoyun, Which five regiments are you bringing?" Lingang asked.
"I'll select it later. You'll are all dismissed."
As everyone began leaving the room one by one, Yuqi waited as she stayed in her seat.
But to her disappointment, Xiaoyun didn't explain it to her and headed out to the command center with soldiers.
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At the dinner table...
The atmosphere was much more tense than usual as everyone ate at the dining table in silence.
"Yuqi, what's wrong?" Leyan curiously asked as she noticed the frown on Yuqi's face.
"You can ask him or Yueyue. They had been keeping a secret among themselves."
Yuqi grumpily pointed towards Xiaoyun, who looked disconnected as if he was thinking of something.
"Xiaoyun?"
"Hm? What's wrong?"
Xiaoyun quickly snapped back to the moment as he finally started eating again.
"You're not going to explain yourself?"
Leyan signaled Xiaoyun to look over at Yuqi, who looked even angrier now, seeing Xiaoyun's mind wasn't even at the dining table.
"Oh, um... Well, Zhen Ti, who controls Qingyuan for us, fell into a coma. I'm going to be leaving tomorrow to Qingyuan——"
Both Leyan's and Nami's hearts dropped for a second until Xiaoyun finished his sentence.
"You guys know how I can revert your body to the past, right?"
All three of them, including Shuli, Wuli, and Leyan, blushed as they thought back to how their look had changed by him all the way to their college days.
"So Yueyue suggested that maybe I can help Zhen Ti get back on his feet from the coma since I shook hands with him in the past."
Yuqi's frown slowly disappeared as she realized Xiaoyun was saving someone's life.
Still, she was a little unhappy that he didn't tell her about it after the meeting.
"How long are you going to be gone for?" Nami curiously asked.
"For about a day or so... At most a week. I'm just there to see if I can help him get back up. Nothing else."
Hearing Xiaoyun's reassurance, the tension at the dining table finally eased as everyone went back to eating.
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When nighttime arrived, everyone went upstairs to take a shower, leaving Xiaoyun in the living room as he watched over the three babies.
Sitting on the sofa, bored out of his mind, Xiaoyun decided to take out his phone.
After scrolling through the contacts, he decided to text Mingxu.
"Mingxu, you there?"
"Yeah, I'm here. What does Mr.Mayor want in the middle of the night?"
"Don't call me that. We're always brothers."
After sending the text, Xiaoyun could feel Mingxu's hesitation to respond, as if they had grown apart.
"Yeah, yeah, I know, I'm just joking. Anyway, how has it been?"
Xiaoyun thought for a second, then replied.
"Going pretty okay. How's your experience with the town?"
"A lot better than living in the outside world. It almost feels like the outbreak never happened, and I'm just living a Nine to Five job."
"Well, there's not much duty to do right now... Speaking of job, which army group are you and Anjing in?"
"We're both in the Liutenenant Wuli's as Coporal right now."
"That's pretty good for someone who just joined for a few months... Anyway, you want to go visit another city?"
After waiting for an entire minute, Mingxu finally responded. -exclusive-content
"Sure, that sounds more exciting than rotting in the training field all day."
Seeing the long response time, Xiaoyun sensed something was off.
"Is Anjing next to you?"
"What? Why did you ask that? She's taking a shower right now."
Xiaoyun smirked as he immediately could tell Anjing was right next to him.
"Oh, I was just wondering why it took you so long to respond. Anyway, get ready for tomorrow then."
"Where are we going?"
Xiaoyun thought for a second, then decided to leave a cliffhanger in the end.
"You'll see... I got to go now. See you tomorrow."
As he put his phone back down, the three babies were still playing with each other.
"Okay, it's sleep time."
As Xiaoyun carried all three at once in his arms, he walked over to the living room crib.
"Mommy and Daddy are going to be busy tonight. So you guys are going to sleep in this crib just for today, okay?"
Xiaoyun gently patted them on the head as he laid them down in their crib.
To his surprise, none of them protested sleeping in the living room as they quickly fell asleep after being in the crib for five minutes.
"I should probably take a shower too... But Lily and those two are still in there."
Xiaoyun murmured as he dimmed down the light in the living room and went upstairs.
After thinking for a bit, Xiaoyun walked inside the single bathroom on the second floor and began taking a shower there instead.
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Meanwhile, the bathroom in Leyan and Xiaoyun's bedroom...
"Mom... what do you think of having Lily joining us?" Nami quietly asked as the two relaxed in the bathtub.
"Sure, why not? Everyone can join the bathtub after they take a shower."
"Not the bathtub... I mean in the bedroom."
"What? Why are you asking for this?"
Leyan's face was in absolute shock as she couldn't believe Nami's suggestion.
"I mean, Lily herself is just a year or two younger than me. Why have her wait for it when we all know it's only a matter of time?
You and I both know Lily can't marry anyone else besides Xiaoyun..."
"Who said that? She can marry anyone when she's of age."
Leyan quickly dismissed Nami's suggestion as she felt it was way too early for Lily.
"Mom, come on. We both know Lily likes Xiaoyun and no one else. And let's not be old-fashioned here. Everyone loses their virginity nowadays in high school."
Hearing Nami's argument, Leyan's opinion shifted a little. But it was still nowhere near to convince her.
"Did Xiaoyun ask you to say this? You know what? I need to knock some sense into him for even asking——"
"Mom, Xiaoyun didn't ask me to say that at all. This is just my thoughts... I just feel like there's no point isolating Lily like this when she's going to experience it sooner or later."
"Nami... That's not happening. She is just too young—just wait at least a year or two——"
"Mom! What if she never got the chance to wait? Who knows how long we can live for? Maybe the next day, a massive zombie horde comes in and wipes all of us.
Can we not just live in the moment and let Lily join us? I just don't want her to feel like me in the past... Getting all isolated and alone in the house by you guys."
Seeing Nami's tone getting more and more personal, Leyan's heart melted a little. But still, her mind was rational enough to reject it.
"Nami, you seem not to understand... Do you think Xiaoyun's cock goes inside her at all?"
Nami blushed as she realized the size difference between the two was practically impossible.
"I-It fits both me and Yuqi, and we had small ones, too."
"Yuqi is just on the shallower side, and she actually enjoys the pain of being expanded inside, even when it's too big. And for yours..."
Leyan quickly realized she had just fallen into Nami's trap as she couldn't come up with any argument.
"Exactly. Lily and I are almost the same size. So why couldn't she enjoy sex just like me?"
"Nami! You are suggesting Xiaoyun to commit a crime. We shouldn't stand for this."
"So what? If we are talking about crime, we are all directly related to him."
"I-I——"
Just as Leyan felt like she was being pushed into a corner, the rest of the girls finally finished showering as the shower door slid open.
"What are you two talking about? Sound a little heated." Yuqi curiously asked as she got inside the bathtub.
"Yeah, let us put our opinion on it. I'm sure we can resolve it for you guys." Kate suggested as everyone was now in the bathtub.
The two looked at each other for a second, then shook their head.
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it."
Leyan quickly dismissed the conversation as Lily was now in the bathtub as well.
"Yeah, it was just me asking Mom for some pregnancy care," Nami added, as she didn't want Lily to know either.