No Time

Power of Luck?

"Then, why are people playing with him if he's going to win every round?"

Little Blue gave a huff, "Obviously, he can't control it properly yet so he's either getting bad luck or handing the good luck to others."

...I don't think it's that obvious.

I looked at the time and jumped up.

Yu Ge was coming home soon. I'd better kick the kids out and clean up the place.

I gave an announcement, basically saying that they had to get out and clean up after themselves in 10 minutes.

They hurried out while only a few dawdled behind.

"Aww. You ruined the fun!" the brat cried out.

He was making a fuss, just like a baby.

"You're such a baby. So childish."

"No way! I'm very mature! I, Yang Xiaoshen, can handle anything!" His voice trailed off as he dozed off once more.

Sighing, I covered him with a blanket and started cleaning up.

"Excuse me..." a voice started.

I turned around to see the boy who was so glorified.

"Hello Senior, I've been tasked to help you out with anything you need assistance with."

I thought for a while, "I assume Mr. Jing put you up to this?"

He smiled, "Yes."

"What's your name?"

"Jing Shao."

"Ok, then help me clean up some stuff. What abilities do you have?" I attempted some small talk.

"Besides the normal Water ability, I've touched the Corpse of Argentavis, a Long-Finned Pilot Whale, a Bengal Tiger, and a Leucistic American Alligator."

"...That doesn't really tell me anything. But, that means you took the Zombie Trial instead of the serum, right?"

Jing Shao laughed it off, by saying, "Yes, I wanted to have large animals as my abilities, but the trial hurt a lot. I even fainted!"

I also laughed along, "Everyone actually fainted for it! Only my second brother, the Chief didn't faint! But it turns out that he forgot that you were allowed to faint!"

The boy's chuckles trailed off into coughs.

"...That's actually a bit scary."

"I know right."

So, he turned out to be a nice kid actually.

"So, how old are you? I'm 15."

"I'm 12."

He was younger than Xiao Bing. But he was so much more mature than her!

The conversation died down and he seemed to be tepid as cleaning was quickly done with.

"Um, I think we're done with the cleaning."

"Yup, thank you for helping me out. I wish I had you as a sibling rather than my younger sister. She never does the chores and she shouldn't because she's terrible at them."

Jing Shao chuckled and I beckoned him to the kitchen to eat some snacks while Yu Ge took his time getting back.

Little Blue woke up immediately when he smelled the hot chocolate's fragrance in the air.

"Shui Lai! Give me some!"

As he uttered this order, footsteps were heard.

I say only footsteps because our door was far away from the kitchen and couldn't be heard properly if you didn't utilize your enhanced senses.

"Little Blue, don't be so willful and rude."

The brat froze and turned towards my brother.

The kid ran forward and hugged his thighs.

"Zuan! I missed you! Will you make me snack now?"

"Have you been good?"

The little tyke nodded his head quickly but at the back, I shook my head.

Yu Ge smiled.

"Well, I suppose you'd better go home now. I'm very tired and I don't think I can make your snacks after all."

"B-but. You promised!"

"But I'm very tired. Let's hold that promise till later since I didn't specify a time, alright?"

Yu Ge held out his pinky and Little Blue grabbed at it sniffling.

"Fine, but you have to make me lots!"

Finally, he was dragged out by his butler and bodyguards. And he was hollering all the way out. What an unsightly sight.

My brother also told Secretary Jing's kid to go home and thanked him for whatever he did.

When only we were left alone, Yu Ge asked me, "How was it?"

"How was what?"

"Interacting with schoolmates."

"It was annoying and one person even touched me."

"Yes I know, I've gotten the news and he apparently mysteriously disappeared into a dark alley and had his hands broken. My, how pitiful."

"..."

"Well, I see that you really don't seem keen on the idea of going back to school."

"Yup. I can do whatever I want at home, there's no need to go outside."

"Then, I have a task for you."

"What is it?"

"Can you take care of Ge for a few days? He's going to have his first child in that time."

"What? But isn't a person usually pregnant for 9 months? It's only been 5 months!"

"Pregnancies for people who've gone through the zombie trial are different. Especially if it's a male pregnancy. Male pregnancies were rare but I know that they used something like the C-section technique. But it's different since it was a male's body. Ge is the first man to get pregnant so he's been worrying about it constantly. The operation has no chance of failure but to give him an ease of mind, I've invited him over. Brother-in-law is also coming, and he's bringing along his parents and some caretakers. Give them hospitality."

I sighed at this unexpected role handed over to me.

"Ok, I'll do it. What's Jing Ge's condition right now?"

"He has a very large stomach. And he doesn't get too emotional, but he's a little stressed that he can't really do a lot of things himself."

Yu Ge paused for a bit, thinking, and then got back to me.

"Well, you're going to be an uncle, so take care of your future nephew or niece."

"They don't even know the gender yet?!"

"Lu Han's father's side is superstitious, so they didn't want Ge to check."

"Oh, also, when an ability user or zombie trial person is pregnant, their power is doubled as protection. It's easier now controlling his powers, but still, advise for him not to use his powers."

With the task given, Yu Ge and I set out to clean Ge's room of any speck of dust, move furniture with any sharp corners and put on loads of carpets on the floor. We also "babyproofed" practically the whole house.

For Dinner, we ate spaghetti and proceeded to watch some comedy shows that were downloaded before the apocalypse.

"Right, does Ge crave any food? Does he have any dislikes?"

"He really likes meat, especially duck these days. For his dislikes... not anything that I know of."

We laughed until our stomachs hurt from the comedy show and then went to sleep in Yu Ge's room.

Yu Ge had added a hammock to his room and it fit in nicely.

It had been a long time since I shared a room with any of my siblings-the last time having been during our childhood before we left our parents-, but it was really nice.

We talked for a little before saying goodnight to each other.

I wish every day went like this.

Crazy or peaceful, so that I would forget about Zhang Xing.