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Chapter 788: An Invitation from Beijing? · Oct 14, 2026

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751 Chapter 751: Parent Meeting 2026-10-14
752 Chapter 752: Exposé 2026-10-14
753 Chapter 753: An Angry Mother 2026-10-14
754 Chapter 754: The little things in Life (R-18) 2026-10-14
755 Chapter 755: Snacks or No Snacks? (R-18) 2026-10-14
756 Chapter 756: Lily’s Shyness (R-18) 2026-10-14
757 Chapter 757: The Last Report 2026-10-14
758 Chapter 758: Autumn Draft and Promises 2026-10-14
759 Chapter 759: Setting up the Caravan 2026-10-14
760 Chapter 760: Show-off in Shaoguan 2026-10-14
761 Chapter 761: Yu Hua’s Plead 2026-10-14
762 Chapter 762: Danger of Stray Animals 2026-10-14
763 Chapter 763: Settling in Hotel 2026-10-14
764 Chapter 764: A Day Without Xiaoyun 2026-10-14
765 Chapter 765: Shaoguan’s 2nd Day 2026-10-14
766 Chapter 766: Wuli’s Wild Adventure 2026-10-14
767 Chapter 767: Bandit soldiers 2026-10-14
768 Chapter 768: An Early Morning 2026-10-14
769 Chapter 769: Renewing Military Contracts 2026-10-14
770 Chapter 770: First Five Year Plan 2026-10-14
771 Chapter 771: Yuqi and the Press 2026-10-14
772 Chapter 772: Bullet Trains and Resettlement 2026-10-14
773 Chapter 773: Mayor Zhang 2026-10-14
774 Chapter 774: Mayor Lu 2026-10-14
775 Chapter 775: Back to School 2026-10-14
776 Chapter 776: Experiment gone wrong, again? 2026-10-14
777 Chapter 777: Living Liquid 2026-10-14
778 Chapter 778: Tianci’s Invisibility (R-18) 2026-10-14
779 Chapter 779: Morning Cream-Pies (R-18) 2026-10-14
780 Chapter 780: The 3rd Mid-Autumn Festival 2026-10-14
781 Chapter 781: Setting up Dates? 2026-10-14
782 Chapter 782: In the Shadows (Not finish yet) 2026-10-14
783 Chapter 783: Apathy (Not finish yet) 2026-10-14
784 Chapter 784: Deadly Dumplings 2026-10-14
785 Chapter 785: A Date with Houqin 2026-10-14
786 Chapter 786: Shopping and Food 2026-10-14
787 Chapter 787: Romance or War 2026-10-14
788 Chapter 788: An Invitation from Beijing? 2026-10-14
789 Chapter 789: It’s about the Perspective 2026-10-14
790 Chapter 790: New Wonder-Weapons 2026-10-14
791 Chapter 791: Set the Morning Time 2026-10-14
792 Chapter 792: Guangzhou’s University 2026-10-14
793 Chapter 793: A Free Day? 2026-10-14
794 Chapter 794: Wen Zhang and Xianlin 2026-10-14
795 Chapter 795: Zhangfei’s Letter 2026-10-14
796 Chapter 796: Talks at the Dinner Table 2026-10-14
797 Chapter 797: Blind Justice 2026-10-14
798 Chapter 798: Investigating the Source 2026-10-14
799 Chapter 799: Wu Min’s Request 2026-10-14
800 Chapter 800: Yiming’s Retirement 2026-10-14

”You want to get some food?”

”Sure.”

As Xiaoyun and Houqin walked down the street together, it was fortunately much less crowded than earlier.

”Houqin, what do you think of the date so far?” Xiaoyun suddenly asked as they walked past a full restaurant.

”Um... I think it had been great.”

”Only great? Is there something I can do to make it perfect? Did I do something wrong somewhere?”

The question went unanswered as Houqin kept her mouth shut, not giving him the answer he wanted.

”Was it the lunch? Or me forgetting the ticket? Hey, don’t just stay silent. I’m serious. I want to make sure everything is going smoothly—”

”You.”

Houqin’s interruption shook Xiaoyun a little as he didn’t expect her to turn around and look him in the eyes.

”You, Xiaoyun. Next time, I’m going to be the one making the date. I don’t want you to be the only one doing everything for me.”

”Okay. That’s fine. You can plan out the next date if you really want to... Actually, when do you want to go on a date again then?”

”How about next—”

Before she could give her answer, Xiaoyun’s phone suddenly started ringing. Taking it out, Yuqi was calling.

”Sorry.”

”It’s fine. Take the phone call first.”

As Xiaoyun walked off for a bit and took the phone call, he held down his anger as Yuqi’s cold voice came out next.

”Xiaoyun, I need you back at the office right now.”

”What’s the matter? Can it not wait until tomorrow or until I get back home? You know I’m still on a date with—”

”Your Gansu friends are here again.”

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”Good evening, Mr.Chen.”

”Good evening.”

Xiaoyun quickly shook hands with the young man sitting right across from Houqin, who had two bodyguards standing right by the sofa.

”Let’s just cut to the chase, Mr.Zhang. It’s something important that you wanted to talk about, right?”

”I like how direct you are. Ahem, you had heard about how the military remnant had taken over Beijing, right?”

”I do. What about it?”

”They had sent out an invite to all leaders of settlements in the country for talks.”

”Talks?”

Xiaoyun was a little dumbfounded as his head wrapped around what kind of talk would be taking place at the capital.

”They wanted peace talks. A united front across all human settlements against the zombies.”

”A united front, huh. Is this why you came here a day after the Mid-Autumn Festival rather than be with your family?”

Zhangfei’s face flinched for a second, but he quickly recovered as he shook his head before speaking up again.

”My father is the one who personally recommended them to send you an invite... Can I be personal with you for a second?”

Before he could continue, one of the guards behind him suddenly cleared his throat, seemingly as if he was warning Zhangfei to stop.

”I know who I’m talking to... Mr.Governor, I’m going to be honest with you, I don’t recommend you go on this trip at all.”

This time, both of the guards started clearing their throats, interrupting the conversation completely as Yuqi got up from her seat.

”Excuse me, Miss Yuqi, can you bring us to a break room? We’re a little thirsty right now.”

With a single look, Yuqi led both of them out of the office, leaving only Xiaoyun and Zhangfei in the office.

”Mr.Governor—”

”No need to call me governor, just call me by my first name... Why do you not want me to go on this trip?”

”Because it’s a one-way trip.”

”A one-way trip?”

Zhangfei’s revelation shocked Xiaoyun a little. Although he expected something similar, he didn’t expect it to be taken that far.

”They’re most likely imprisoning you at the capital, then use you as a negotiating piece to force your settlement into capitulation.”

”There’s no way that’s what they’re doing. That would literally go against the spirit of a united front against the zombies.”

”Mr.Chen, do you really think the meeting is just for a united front?”

Xiaoyun didn’t answer right away this time as he sat there in silence, his mind thinking about what the possible reasoning could be.

However, all the reasoning led up to one answer. The same answer that Zhangfei had already stated.

”Do you have any evidence?” Xiaoyun questioned, his heart still not really trusting Zhangfei’s word on face value.

”I... I don’t have any evidence. But I know for a fact those military remnants aren’t the same as the ones at the beginning of the outbreak.”

Once again, Xiaoyun sat there in silence. His mind knew Zhangfei’s warning had some truth to it, but it felt irrational just to assume it as fact.

”If that’s really the case, why would your father request an invitation for me? Are you saying your father is sabotaging me?”

”What? No. He’s... He’s thinking you’re the only one who could resist them.”

”Resist?”

Zhangfei’s answer made him a little intrigued, as his mind already started forming an idea of what he could be saying next.

”We, as in the Western Theater Command, had managed to form a semi-alliance in the northwest since the start of the outbreak.”

A short pause appeared as Zhangfei’s face hesitated for a second, but he eventually continued.

”Although we had accepted them as the superior command, they had only been more and more demanding recently.”

”Demanding what?”

”Oil, salt, sheep, all kinds of resources we had gathered for ourselves were forced to be sold at an unfair price that they arbitrarily set.

They even requested our men to be at the capital doing the most dangerous job for them on the battlefield.”

”If I’m understanding this correctly, your father wants me to go so they can use me as the potential shield to block everything?” Xiaoyun questioned.

”Of course not! My father was only doing this because the civilians are fed up with the unfair treatment by the capital.

I-I just feel like you deserve to know the truth. I don’t want to sell out a man like you who’s...”

Zhangfei’s voice became quieter and quieter before it became completely inaudible as he looked a little upset.

”Zhangfei, I just want to thank you for your honesty.”

”No problem—”

”You can tell your father that I’ll be going on this trip to the capital.” Xiaoyun interrupted as Zhangfei’s eyes widened in confusion.

”What? Why would you go on to accept this trip? I literally just told you they’re setting up a mousetrap for you.”

”I know. But have you thought about what the consequences of my not going? The only settlement leader who chose to ignore the military’s invite?”

This time, Zhangfei fell into silence. Xiaoyun’s answer had caught him completely offguard as he didn’t think about that at all.

”There’s nothing they could do to you. Y-You’re all the way over in Guangzhou.” Zhangfei argued as he finally came up with a response.

”Zhangfei, do you really think your father is the one who made the invite?” Xiaoyun questioned back.

”Of course he did. That’s what he told me... If it weren’t for him, they wouldn’t even know your existence—”

”But you just said you had troops sent to the capital to work for them, and you guys do trade regularly with them.

I find it hard to believe they don’t know who I am. The chance of them knowing me through your father is extremely low.”

Zhangfei sat still, frozen in place as if something just shook him internally. His face shifted from anger to confusion within a matter of seconds.

”Why would my father lie to me?”

”He probably just wanted to test you. That’s all... I would do the same if I were in his shoes.”

”Why?” Zhangfei questioned again.

”Look, you had been talking to me as if we were long-time friends even though we had met for less than 24 hours total.

He probably wanted to see if you’ll be naive enough to be honest... Notice how your security guards cough so much earlier?”

”Uncle Liang and Uncle Wu... H-He wouldn’t dare do this to me.”

”They tried to warn you, but it seems like you had failed the test... Now, please excuse me, I need to go to the bathroom.”

Xiaoyun got up from his chair, heading over to the exit before he turned around to look back at Zhangfei one last time.

”As a piece of advice, you might want to check your clothes or shoes. They probably had bugged you.”

”Bugged?”

As Zhangfei took his jacket off and looked around, he couldn’t find the concealed mic that Xiaoyun was talking about.

”Hey, where did Xiaoyun go?”

Yuqi questioned as she came back to her office with the two guards, looking a little confused by the empty seat next to her chair.

”He went to the bathroom... Uncle Liang and Uncle Wu, you guys didn’t bug me, right?”

”What bugged? What are you talking about?”

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