Don't Pick Up Boyfriends From the Trash BinCh124.2 - Raising a Big Cat in the Apocalypse (3.2)

translator: baumkuchen  editors: serefina, glitterypanda

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Other than Ding Qiuyun being pragmatic and good at putting things into action, he also had quite the romantic side.

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Before Gu Xinzhi arrived, he would often go out on patrol alone, speeding along abandoned highways as he searched for gasoline, food and other survivors.

Estimating that his engine was about to run out of fuel, he stopped the car and pulled out a fuel pump and spare diesel from the storage space under his seat, humming a little tune as he refuelled his car, occasionally sitting down to rest and stare out at the distant scenery. M7gKw2

He wasn’t in the habit of smoking, but in order to relieve pressure, he would often ask for a cigarette pack from his smoker teammates, and draw out the wastelands of the apocalypse on the pack with a carbon pencil.

By the time he reunited with Gu Xinzhi, he’d collected a thick stack of cigarette packs.

 

The first night he saw Gu Xinzhi again, they slept together.

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One, because they liked it, two, as a stress reliever, and three, because the feeling of being reunited after the end of the world, was really worth celebrating.

This was the first time for both of them, so they were recklessly going about it entirely based on their few experiences of watching porn.

Ding Qiuyun’s close combat skills had never been as good as those of the delicate-looking Gu Xinzhi. It was the same in bed.

Gu Xinzhi wrapped his arms around Ding Qiuyun from behind. His left arm encircled his waist and gripped it tightly, while his right hand was splayed out across his throat, holding it protectively. Even though the force he used was light, it made Ding Qiuyun feel as if he could snap his neck at any moment. PYMGrj

The two’s bodies were pressed tightly together, their hearts pounding wildly in their chests,and  the loud heartbeats echoing in their ears.

Under Gu Xinzhi, Ding Qiuyun reached out and clutched at the grass, coating his hands in dripping green.

When it was over, the two were covered in sweat, too tired to even move.

Gu Xinzhi leaned against the side of the tent, his legs spread open to allow Ding Qiuyun to lean back into his chest. BVG8yq

He lit a cigarette and asked Ding Qiuyun if he wanted one.

Ding Qiuyun didn’t smoke, but he took the initiative to grab his wrist, and took a drag from the cigarette in his hand.

 

According to Gu Xinzhi, when the apocalypse occurred, Gu Xinzhi had escaped from the army, wanting to go find Ding Qiuyun, but was too late and couldn’t find a trace of him. AEXZlJ

“What a coincidence, I also went to find you,” Ding Qiuyun said, “When I went, the camp had already been attacked, probably by those vines that were growing nearby……” 

When he brought that up, Ding Qiuyun began to laugh bitterly.

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In today’s world, even flowers and grass could grow a consciousness. There was now no difference between killing humans and chopping up melons or vegetables.

Ding Qiuyun said, “I thought you…… were like my parents; already gone.” vDuNgy

That year, when the apocalypse struck, he had rushed back home to his parents’s house as fast as he could, only to find that his father’s heart disease had been triggered due to the sudden drop in temperature.

His mother had hurried downstairs to get medicine for his father, but had only been dressed in a thin layer of pajamas.

Because she had been too panicked, and they had lost both power and lighting, his mother had accidentally tripped, hit her head against the corner of the bed, and fainted.

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By the time Ding Qiuyun had reached home, his Old Ding and Ding-jie were already gone.

 

Ding Qiuyun didn’t tell Gu Xinzhi about these things, only turning around to look at him, wanting to confirm that he wasn’t just a dream.

Seeming to have guessed what he was worried about, Gu Xinzhi grabbed his chin and kissed him. WELGVi

Gu Xinzhi said, “See, I’m not dead.”

Ding Qiuyun pulled away from him, happiness pouring from his eyes without reserve. “En.”

He then asked, “How did you know that I’d come back?”

The place he’d found Gu Xinzhi again, was the city where Ding Qiuyun had originally lived. MSexfd

Gu Xinzhi said, “I couldn’t find you, so I could only wait in the original place.”

Ding Qiuyun’s heart skipped a beat. “How long have you been waiting for?”

Gu Xinzhi said, “Ever since the cold began, I’ve been waiting in that supermarket. I thought, if Commander Ding needed supplies, he’d come here sooner or later.”

This wait, lasted a full two years. Y2qUJy

Ding Qiuyun didn’t have anything else to say.

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He turned to face Gu Xinzhi and, kneeling on one knee, kissed him on the lips.

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His gossip-loving teammate Yan Lanlan bounded over to listen in. “Commander Ding, what is Deputy Commander Gu to you?”

Ding Qiuyun, “A comrade-in-arms.” Smq8lb

Yan Lanlan, “Oh, a comrade-in-arms~~”

Ding Qiuyun aimed a playful kick at her. She dodged, laughing, the bell on her wrist jingling merrily.

When she ran to the door, she just so happened to bump into Gu Xinzhi and gave him a lively salute.

Gu Xinzhi glanced at her, then ignored her entirely, walking past her over to Ding Qiuyun and asking, “What are you frying?” 6vYKQA

“Okra.” Ding Qiuyun’s eyes were bright. “I remember that you like eating them.”

Gu Xinzhi was a little shocked. “Where did you get them from?”

Ding Qiuyun planted a kiss on his lips, then said with a smile, “Don’t you worry about that. No matter what you want to eat, I can get it for you.”

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In the apocalypse, this was the loftiest, as well as the best promise you could give anyone.

 

Ding Qiuyun would dig out his heart for Gu Xinzhi. After all, this was someone he’d regained after losing. To him, this person was especially precious.

Gu Xinzhi really liked《The Little Prince》. He’d told Ding Qiuyun about this when he was in the company. At that time, Ding Qiuyun had even laughed at him, saying that he was so old, why did he still like reading these children’s stories. l3ddtI

This time, Ding Qiuyun specially asked his teammate to get this book from an abandoned bookstore. Then, he meticulously illustrated all the stories in the book, filling a whole seventy-five cigarette packs in drawings.

On the day of Gu Xinzhi’s 26th birthday, Ding Qiuyun gave him this gift.

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Gu Xinzhi, however, wasn’t very interested in the present, rather, pulling Ding Qiuyun into his arms, and taking a look at his hand.

Ding Qiuyun had been too focused on drawing over these past few days. The calluses on his fingers had all been worn red. Just from a glance you could tell that they hurt a lot. Aexdvm

Only after Gu Xinzhi kissed all his calluses, did he then look through the cigarette packs one by one together with Ding Qiuyun.

 

Gu Xinzhi told Ding Qiuyun, “My favourite part is the story of the little prince and the rose.”

The little prince who lived alone on a little planet planted a rose, cherishing and pampering her in every way that he could. kUm07Y

Once upon a time, he thought his rose was unique in the world. Only when he came to earth, did he find, there could be a full 5000 roses in a single garden alone.

Due to this discovery, the little prince was sad for a very long time, but after being enlightened by the fox, only then did he realise, that proud, arrogant rose who had been with him for a very long time was, to him, utterly unique and irreplaceable.

As he spoke, he wrapped an arm around Ding Qiuyun’s shoulder in a tight grip, and read the dialogue written on the cigarette pack.

……These were the words the little prince had said to the 5000 roses after his realisation. BnQq1r

“‘You are beautiful, but you are empty. One could not die for you’.”

 

At that time, Ding Qiuyun couldn’t understand what Gu Xinzhi meant by those words. He only thought that those words were incredibly inauspicious and reached out and patted him on the face as punishment.

Gu Xinzhi then kissed Ding Qiuyun into silence. EXxS7u

 

Even though Ding Qiuyun was immersed in the joy of reuniting with Gu Xinzhi, he didn’t forget about what he needed to do.

The whole world becoming cold and the artificial intelligences taking control was indeed the fault of humankind, but the sudden death of Ding Qiuyun’s parents had dealt Ding Qiuyun a huge blow.

And due to their under-the-table manipulations, over the past few years, Ding Qiuyun had lost many teammates to the hands of the new humans, or to the jaws of the evolved animals. 640dXq

For him to not hate, to not resent them, was impossible.

Not long after Gu Xinzhi came, Ding Qiuyun chose another base station to destroy.

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Who would have thought that when they made their move, the base station was actually surrounded by a pack of evolved hyenas.

Even though Ding Qiuyun and Gu Xinzhi fought with their lives to protect the group, Yan Lanlan still ended up trapped inside. wuqaQ8

 

Upon noticing Yan Lanlan had fallen behind, Ding Qiuyun still wanted to rush back into the base, but without allowing a word of protest, Gu Xinzhi hoisted him up onto his shoulder and began to stride away.

The last thing Ding Qiuyun saw, was Yan Lanlan reaching a hand out from the pile of attacking hyenas.

The silver bell on her wrist jingled, the sound of the bell accompanied by Yan Lanlan’s hoarse cry, “Quickly go! Don’t care about me!” PUzIhq

However, in the end, Yan Lanlan was still just a nineteen year old girl. She had truly overestimated her ability to stay strong in the face of death.

After they’d run far away, Yan Lanlan’s shrill screams, mixed with the sound of the hyenas gorging themselves on human flesh, sounded from the direction of the base station: “Commander Ding! Commander Ding…… Help me, I don’t want to die——”

 

In the truck, it took four or five people holding him down to stop him from jumping out of the truck. d9LTCO

As Gu Xinzhi drove the car away, he glanced back at the distant base station, then withdrew his gaze.

Only after the truck had driven far away did Ding Qiuyun give up on struggling.

His eyes bloodshot, he lay flat on his back in the back of the truck, utterly drained of strength. In his ears still rang the sound of the bell on Yan Lanlan’s wrist.

Dinglingling, dinglingling. C9rNku

 

Yan Lanlan was a long-time member of the team, having been by Ding Qiuyun’s side since the team was first formed. Her death, was a huge blow to Ding Qiuyun.

He kept thinking about what had gone wrong with the plan.

Gu Xinzhi couldn’t bear to see him like this. He hugged him, gently consoling, “It’s not your fault.” hj9di4

Ding Qiuyun replied, “From the moment she started calling me Commander Ding, she became my responsibility.”

 

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Ding Qiuyun wasn’t stupid. He thought that they were probably being targeted.

It seemed, attacking their base stations, and destroying the places where AIs stayed, had indeed caused the AIs to panic. xPj0qQ

But with Yan Lanlan as a precedent, Ding Qiuyun was no longer willing to let everyone go out to face danger where the wind and waves were fiercest. Even though a few young people volunteered themselves, wanting to continue the attack on the AIs, Ding Qiuyun came up with ways to appease them, planning on addressing it again after they got through this period of danger.

But not even a week later, their temporary hideout was attacked by a group of new humans.

In the end, three youths were caught.

None of them were willing to become slaves of the new humans. One even attempted to commit suicide. xXlR3P

The new humans, finding that these old humans were unwilling to cooperate, cut off their heads and hung them up on the highest tree in the area.

Out of the group that had boarded the truck and were fleeing in a hurry, someone saw the familiar heads of their friends, swaying, surrounded by branches and leaves, like huge, full coconuts.

He wanted to call for Ding Qiuyun, but when he opened his mouth, he swallowed his words back down.

Ding Qiuyun had his back to the tree, his teeth gritted so hard that his mouth was full of blood. HD8FlA

 

Gu Xinzhi wrapped his arms around Ding Qiuyun’s shoulders, but Ding Qiuyun was still drawn up like a bowstring pulled taut.

His mind was racing frantically, trying to figure out how those new humans, who didn’t have any superpowers, had found them.

Could it be that they’d been spotted and targeted while they were retreating a few days ago? Lka5uQ

But Ding Qiuyun had always been one to do things properly. Even after losing Yan Lanlan, he had forced himself to focus on observing their surroundings, and hadn’t noticed any tail.

He had also thought about whether it was an internal issue, but he had checked everyone’s belongings and found nothing like a tracker.

The people with him had all been his comrades-in-arms for many years, so he of course wouldn’t suspect them. 

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Even over the next, considerably long period of time, Ding Qiuyun never stopped thinking about this mystery.

Only after a very long time had passed, when Ding Qiuyun, with only seven people left in his group, was captured by a group of new humans, did he find out through his interrogation that most of the new humans had made an agreement with the artificial intelligences.

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The targets they aimed at, were old humans who dared to attack the artificial intelligences like Ding Qiuyun, as well as new humans who dared to “wallow in the mire” with the old humans, not willing to use them as slaves.

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Upon being captured, Ding Qiuyun had already made up his mind to not give out the whereabouts of Gu Xinzhi and his other teammates who’d fled.

He would rather die.

However, after being forced to watch the hanging of his companions, all the while thinking that he soon would receive a similar release, the group of new humans surrounding him didn’t seem to have the intention of killing him.

After a long time, the crowd consciously moved to either side, forming a path like Moses parting the Red Sea. Their leader walked over to Ding Qiuyun. O2jImk

 

When Ding Qiuyun lifted his head, a thunderbolt suddenly rang in his head.

In those few seconds, it was as if someone had fired a gun into his eye sockets, piercing through his eyes with pain, and making his head hurt like it had been filled with countless bullet holes from fine bullets.

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Walking towards him, was Gu Xinzhi.

The upper half of Gu Xinzhi’s body was covered in fresh blood, some of it even having splattered over his cheek and the corner of his mouth, but he didn’t have a hint of evilness about him, still that delicate yet cold Gu Xinzhi.

In that short span of a few moments, Ding Qiuyun thought about a lot of things. He thought about where the blood on his body had come from, thought about the ten or so companions who had been led away by Gu Xinzhi, thought about those three heads hanging on the three, thought about the sound of the bell on Yan Lanlan’s wrist, and thought about the unexpected reunion that day, and what Gu Xinzhi had once said to him.

He’d said, I couldn’t find you, so I could only wait in the original place. l1QoPw

 

When Gu Xinzhi came to a stop in front of him, only then did the ashen Ding Qiuyun look up and ask, “Did you really wait for me for two years.”

Knowing what he was talking about, Gu Xinzhi easily answered his question, “Yes, and while I waited in that supermarket for two years, I killed a lot of new humans.”

He then said, “So they grew afraid of me, and let me become their leader.” D4XyNW

Ding Qiuyun his own hoarse voice saying, “You…… betrayed……”

Gu Xinzhi replied easily, “En.”

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……Just like when he had told Ding Qiuyun about him defecting from the army, his tone was relaxed, as if to him, Gu Xinzhi, as an unevolved old human being, betraying the old humans and joining the AIs and the new humans was something as natural as could be.

Ding Qiuyun asked, almost as if he was sleep talking, “……Why.” ECeHy1

Had he been threatened.

Or was it because of some other reason……

“There’s no need to think too much about it.” Gu Xinzhi seemed to be able to tell what he was thinking. He stroked Ding Qiuyun’s cheek with a hand coated in the blood of Ding Qiuyun’s companions. “I’m not afraid of them, and there isn’t anyone who can threaten me. But I knew that the AIs were very upset with your continuous destructive behaviour over the past few years, and wanted to get rid of you. You can’t keep living with the risk of dying at any moment…… You can’t, I won’t allow it. So, I needed to protect you.”

Like the first time he had kissed Ding Qiuyun, Gu Xinzhi cupped his face in his hands, and said in a soft voice, “They promised me that as long as I helped, and completely eradicated all of Commander Ding’s troublesome helpers, they wouldn’t continue to pursue Commander Ding.” rPe8Ug

 

Ding Qiuyun looked up at him, feeling like he’d fallen into a nightmare.

But the hanged corpses of his companions were still within sight, and the tears that rolled down his cheeks were startlingly hot.

His voice was teary, “Gu Xinzhi, if you fucking have the guts just come at me! ——” 0rtYm8

Gu Xinzhi stroked his cheek. “I am coming at you. ……It’s always been this way, right from when we were in the army, it’s always been like this.”

His Deputy Commander Gu squatted down and stared calmly at Ding Qiuyun, who’d fallen to his knees. His voice turned a little warmer. “You clearly always liked me, but weren’t willing to face it. If not for the machines going out of control that one time, how would you have known how important I actually was to you?”

 

Then, he pulled Ding Qiuyun into his arms and whispered, “I just didn’t know that you would end up being injured so seriously. Sorry, I’ll keep it within bounds in the future.” P0Be67

Commander Ding lay stiffly in Deputy Commander Gu’s embrace. After a long period of silence, he inexplicably began to laugh, laughing so hard that his entire body was shaking.

His former comrade-in-arms, had killed his present comrades-in-arms, and even said, it was all for him.

How funny.

Gradually, Ding Qiuyun got tired from laughing, and the only thing left in his eyes was a boundless fatigue and emptiness. Ven5M9

Three days later, Ding Qiuyun finally found an opportunity in prison, pushing away his guards and committing suicide by jumping off the building, thereby atoning for his comrades’ deaths.

 

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After he was done watching all of this world’s information, the only thought Chi Xiaochi had was, please wait a moment, let me stroke this leopard to suppress my shock.

 

The author has something to say:

Stroking leopard to suppress shock qwq dH8FNq

The little baby leopard makes a spit bubble.


 

Translator's Note

heart of the struggle

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108 comments

  1. ??? This world has the strangest scum…

    I wanna pat the leopard too!! ;^;

  2. ….well….

    at least the scum ‘loved’ him? I guess

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    …..

    IF YA WANNA BE A YANDERE DO IT DIFFERENTLY!!!!

  3. I need to go outside to my cat-army for some love to get rid of this feeling, yandere-scum isn’t fun in real life.

    Captain Ding deserves love! President Chi help the Captain beat those shitty AI along with that monster in human skin! (┛✧Д✧))┛彡┻━┻

    Thanks for the chapter! (≧▽≦)

  4. …I always wonder why people love yanderes MLs, like what the hell do they like about a abusive and possesive relationship that makes them interested in that kind of character idk?????? It just made me feel sad for the original Ding. F

    • It’s the fantasy of being the One Special Person to a monster that hates everyone else. It soothes some part of you that feels inadequate, by essentially providing a narrative where you and ONLY you are the perfect person.

      This is fine in fiction, because like it ain’t real, but some people deadass take this shit into real life which is where you get abusive relationships where the victim will bend over backwards to justify the abuse because “oh but they’re nice to me! You just don’t know them like I do!” Like even if it never gets violent, can you imagine how exhausting it would be dealing with someone who has no life and no interests beyond you? Who has put you so high on a pedestal that there is literally no safe way down? Yikes.

      • Yeah, I guess in fiction anything goes, but I just can’t read it and feel like it’s a fluffy story and gush about it. Maybe, and it’s a big maybe I’d tolerate it if the character extended the curtesy of “protection” “kindness” and all that stuff to the people close to the MC but if it’s just an isolation game I’d be like, is it a BE or a HE, who knows? Author, pls.

        • I feel the same way. I’ve never really understood the love some people give yandere characters. While I like the idea of being someone’s special person, I don’t like the idea of that “someone” treating other people I love like crap, even in a fantasy/story setting. It just wigs me out. I like healthy relationships! 😄

          • Yeah, healthy relationships are the best. Life has made me come across enough shitty men and toxic relationships to fantasize about them as an ideal.

    • Right yanderes are a troupe I really despise. Like the only ones I’ve ever been able to read are ones that would do anything to make their lover happy and not just isolate them. I consider yandere to be selfish and love is not supposed to be selfish. To begin with what they supposedly feel cannot be called love if it makes them into a monster. I feel sick when people use “love” to justify their heartless actions

  5. Gu Xingzhi made all this for his lover’ sake… But that’s not OK. Keep your sick love for you and let the nice Ding Qiuyun alone!

    Thanks for the chapter!

  6. hhh how will og!host achieve his HE? (I hope someone enters the part to be his companion ;_;) [thank you for the chapter <3]

  7. I wanna curse without words …. what the heck is this worlds plot line. I really wanna see our Xiaochi turn badass and beat some sense into that poor excuse of a human. Wait no he doesn’t even deserve to be beaten by my cupcake

  8. So it wasn’t that GXZ didn’t love DQY. It’s that he went overboard with his love 🤦🏻‍♀️ I need a moment.

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  9. …. me too,.. please give me a moment…i need a cat to pet in shock… this kind of scum…hmmm id probably read a full novel on this world setting with the original characters

  10. Not really scum if you compare him with the other scums in the worlds before, but like… he didn’t listen to the whishes of his lover and instead decided on his own what would be the best for them…?

    I seriously don’t know if I wish for them to get together again but with HE or for Ding Qiuyun finding a new lover QAQ

    Anyway, wanna pet, too (>w<)/

    • I call it the “Mother/Lover Knows Best” mentality. I also don’t really know if I like them together…. I absolutely loath Yandere Romance with every fiber of my being. Like, what’s so romantic about it??? Well, I kinda get it, sort of, but unless you squint until you can’t see anything, I can get it…

      • lol I’m guilty 😂 I love yandere ml’s, like those who would die for you three times and wait for you for 800 years like San Lang lmao. On another note, some yandere ml are kinda acceptable because they don’t really harm anyone related to mc except those that harm his lover.

  11. …does that mean. his injury at the base was also due to GXZ?

  12. Is it really love if you know you are hurting your loved one and still doing it, going against everything he believed and making him helpless and leaving no choice??

    If he really loved him, there were so many ways it could be done…I am not against yandere but you have to have the common decency of a human being. He is not longer a normal human being.

    There’s something wrong with his brain at this point.

    Thanks for the chapter.

    • Not love, definitely not love. Probably obsession? Or a sense of possessiveness? One of those, with no regards to how the other person actually feels~ just the standard scum shit

  13. Yandere scum ML ah. He seems to have an obsession toward DQ. Can’t wait to see how he’ll regret it (ノ≧∇≦)ノ ミ ┻━┻

  14. Gu Xinzhi is scum. Gu Xinzhi is scum. Gu Xinzhi is scum. Important things must be said trice. Poor baby. He dug out his heart & lungs out for such a scumbag

    Thanks for the chapter

  15. i swear to God this would’ve potentially been something seen as common/the norm of ML in other stories or something (although the more optimistic side of myself says that most MLs I’ve read don’t do it to the extent of what this supposed ML does to the MC…..) but I’m real real glad that the author decides to address here how horrible it could be to the MC….. it’s straight up ruining everything else in the name of obsession and calling it “love”;;;

    Thanks for the chapter aaaaaaaahhhh

    Let the baby leopard comfort you, Chichi!!!!

  16. Ok.. That guy was so twisted… His love for DQY was insane.

    I wanna pat leopard too!!

    Thanks for the chapter!

  17. coughs up blood aiya that’s messed up, real question tho… do ever yanderes have regrets??

    (^・ω・^=)~ I volunteer as a baby leopard substitute to be pet uwu

  18. ……forget what I said two chapters ago, Gu Xinzhi deserves a life worst than death. Set it straight President Chi!

  19. Thanks for the chapter! I guess my question is: was there a breaking point where GXZ went from relatively normal to complete yandere sociopath, or was he like that all along? Did the apocalypse plus two years of waiting for his captain push him over the edge, and if they find him at the start instead, will there be a different ending?

    • GXZ was already like that all along coz he made it clear that he knew ever since that Ding liked him, but Ding won’t advance so he plotted instead for the robots to go out of control, so Ding would save him and he’ll get Ding at the same time. That means even before he already had a twisted way of doing things.

  20. Uh….. Those new humans will totally back stab the scum ML. But Ding Qiuyun died anyways. I hope that broke him.

    Thanks for the chapter!

  21. im over here catching up with all chapters. woow when u knew it was him but u really didnt want it to be him just because u wanted ding and chi to work/have a slightly better gong this world. and this world is soo bad but that didnt work out. chi will get him tho

  22. The scum gong is a master manipulator :00 Compared to the other gongs, he isn’t that scummiest but, he seriously hurt the compassionate Ding real hard by making him see his comrades die in front of him 🙁 They love each other but they were fighting for different things…

  23. not shocked at all since I had suspicions when DQ was injured upon rescuing GZ I’m so glad I remembered I should be on the lookout for scum men upon starting this arc ( ̄▽ ̄;)

    Thanks for the chapters 💕

  24. Hm. From what is said, this is the only scum gong so far, who
    didn’t deliberately hurt/injure the original. At least not like the ones
    before, because in his eyes everyone else other than the original seems
    to be an insignificant insect. So this guy should be the true
    incarnation of a yandere. He loved the original literally to madness,
    not caring about the pain his loved one is suffering.

    He only cares about himself.

    I absolutely CAN’T wait to see his downfall. This time it will go differently, since I doubt MC will let him touch him.

  25. GX is the real definition of the word “yandere”, so I wouldn’t be surprise with this kind of ending. They either have a heart wrenching tragic story or is born as one. Though, he seems pretty normal when they are still in the army, I wonder what happened in those 2 years waiting for DQ that worsen his condition.

  26. I utterly hate being unable to reason with people.

    He knew his feelings, he thought you would not feel the same! He’s the one who did all the steps toward you and now you’re acting like you tried desperatly to get him to love you, what a joke! You orchestrated that accident to test if he was a love with you because you da*ned coward never managed to tell him you loved him? Is that what you mean by “coming at you”? You b**tard! It ruined his career and hurt him and by saying sorry it’s fine?! That’s not how you treat sb you love! Or anyone!

    His reasonning pisses me off so much!

    Like, everything is did is so dumb, crazy and absolutely unforgivable, but what really makes me snap is his twisted logic, I can’t deal with that. It makes me sick to see him explain itself in a way that makes it all worse and worse!

    Thank you for the translation and editing of these sad chapters, it must be though!

  27. I wonder how I am still extremely shocked by each arc the story, bro … although I love reading novels with the obsessive guy, I hate it when they use exile to arrest who he “loves” or don’t even bother to seriously hurt people emotional of who “he likes”

  28. I had to fan my eyes in midst of a class to hold back my tears and my aunt ended up asking whether today was really that hot 🥲

    Thanks for the chapter, lao ban in shock +1

  29. Is it possible to make a yandere to regret his wrongdoings?????? Well I just have t believe in chi xiaochi🤩

  30. This world’s gong is more like an obsessed guy? Or maybe a yandere? The past world’s scum gongs were without a doubt, either never loved the host or, their love for the host has faded. Their love was never pure and sincere. But this scum gong…we’ll see.

  31. I always love to read Chi Xiaochi’s reaction after receiving tragic world information. This feeling of almost crying then laughing is the best lolololllol

  32. This guy is kind of a novel yandere, since he seems to have had no interest in isolating Ding Qiuyun, and it looks like he would’ve continued to be “normal” if the apocalypse hadn’t occurred + Ding Qiuyan hadn’t aggravated the AI. Killing all of his comrades was definitely not the only way to prevent Ding Qiuyan from continuing his crusade, though, so either Gu Xinzhi defaulted to violence as someone unable to sabotage organizations through interpersonal politics, or he simply had no interest in trying anything other than violence.

    It does seem strange, since killing his comrades would obviously break his spirit and make him volatile, unless they were all already doomed, and Gu Xinzhi was just prolonging his life…? This makes the most sense to me, since Gu Xinzhi’s brutal methods clearly just made Ding Qiuyan double down. I’m excited to see what the author actually went with!

    Also, I actually didn’t realize that the little leopard with Luo Ying lol

  33. He is really infatuated but got that twisted mind so pls don’t kill him but change his mind

  34. Stroking my lion plushie coz I don’t have my cat anywhere near me…This kind of scum rlly leaves you feelin’ conflicted sometimes…

    But srsly, GXZ, possessiveness has its limits and there’s this thing called basic decency and common sense which seem to be lacking in your brain(I would like to say none but since you still love-a convoluted, unhealthy love but still-DQY enough to not wish to hurt him physically, I’ll give u some points)

  35. So, does he actually even like the Host? Or did he only like his pained face? I can’t tell. I also need to stroke a leopard for my heart.

  36. Oh.

    So basically.

    Wait.

    Doesn’t this mean that the scum this time is basically every other scum in a certain manhwas/manhua/manga where the scum is like “No one except you matters so they can all perish for all I care.” The only difference is that the original MC here has the conscience to not remain in love with the murderer antagonist/og ML.

  37. I knew it. I knew it would be a yandere situation. I knew it, my senses were tingling!!! I KNEW IT!!!!! Hehe, this is my favourite kind of scum… I hope he gets tortured brutally… ah, my sadist tendencies are acting up… I always get like this when I see this sort of person, they’re the most entertaining to watch suffer…

  38. … I have to admit, I saw that coming… from a mile away… sigh yet another one falls to the abyss