Don't Pick Up Boyfriends From the Trash BinCh93 - The Cycle of Karma, What Goes Around Comes Around (7)

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Chi Xiaochi pretended to not notice Yuan Benshan’s unnaturalness. He pursed his lips, his expression hesitant.

Seeing his face, the corners of Yuan Benshan’s lips raised as he forced out something resembling a smile. “Why did you think of asking this all of a sudden?”

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“I’m not asking……” Chi Xiaochi put his hands behind his back, his expression as if he’d already given this a lot of deep thought. “I, know of a way, to exchange Yin-Yang eyes with someone.”

Upon speaking to this point, his eyelashes trembled at just the right time, but he let out an extremely bright smile. “Aren’t you always worried about us being separated in the tenth task? If you’re really worried, I can give you one eye.” e5RZWC

 

Xi Lou, “……” What the fuck?

 

“Why did you suddenly think of such a ridiculous thing?” Yuan Benshan reached out and grabbed him by the shoulders. His eyes weren’t moved, but rather held a hint of panic that he was trying to conceal but only made it more obvious.

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Chi Xiaochi blinked lightly. His eyes shone with just the right amount of tears. Even through the sunglasses, one could see their faint watery shine, “Is it, is it really ridiculous?”

Yuan Benshan’s grip on his shoulders tightened. “Tell me, Chunyang, why are you thinking of this?”

Chi Xiaochi glanced back in slight panic, as if afraid of his colleague hearing.

And upon receiving Chi Xiaochi’s gaze, Gan Yu gave him a puzzled look and took a step towards them, as if suspecting that they were fighting. a8d2rw

Chi Xiaochi pushed at Yuan Benshan’s shoulders and took a few steps forward. A little embarrassed, he said, “Lower your voice.”

Even though Yuan Benshan forced down the volume of his voice, his response was uncommonly intense, “Why would I need your eyes? Am I that kind of person in your eyes?”

 

Chi Xiaochi thought, haish, we’re already so familiar, why are you still being so polite with me? You’re exactly that kind of person. A6ny5O

But on his face, he faked a pained and uneasy expression. He said incoherently, “No, I was just thinking, just…… just you and me, is best. Other people…… even though they’re also very good, but I still want to, with you……”

These words were said very strangely.

Yuan Benshan seemed to come to a realisation. He settled down, making his voice more gentle, and his movements were no longer that fierce, “Chunyang, don’t think foolish things, and don’t do anything foolish. There are probably a lot of so-called methods on the internet, but they don’t necessarily work.”

Chi Xiaochi murmured quietly, “It should probably work. It’s a kind of liquid medicine……” mjCdnN

Yuan Benshan’s expression became even uglier. He raised his voice slightly, “No way. What if you hurt your eyes, what would we do then?”

Chi Xiaochi instantly became docile. He lowered his head and said, “When we go back…… we can try it out.”

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Yuan Benshan brushed it over, “We’ll talk about it later.”

As if Yuan Benshan’s attitude of not wanting to hurt him had made him happy, Chi Xiaochi couldn’t help but smile, exposing a neat row of small white teeth. “En. I’ll listen to you. Right, there’s another matter……” 8YcLJT

Yuan Benshan had long since become lost in thought. “Mm?”

Chi Xiaochi glanced at Gan Yu again, and lowered his voice once more, saying, “There’s a photograph in Qiaoqiao’s room, called《Person Returning on a Snowy Night》. There seems to be…… a bit of a problem with that photograph.”

Once matters having to do with life and death were brought up, Yuan Benshan finally came out of his trance. “What’s wrong with it?”

“I can’t say,” Chi Xiaochi said, “I went in and took a look at every single room, but only that photograph gave me an especially bad feeling…… Old Yuan, when you see Qiaoqiao later, help me bring it up to her.” oO2aFq

Yuan Benshan looked into his eyes. “Why don’t you go look for her?”

“……Me?”

As he expected, Chi Xiaochi became nervous. His back tensed up, and he lowered his head even further. His guilt couldn’t be any clearer. “Qiaoqiao, she…… I haven’t  seen her. Anyways, if you see her, you have to let her know, and tell her to move out of that room.”

Yuan Benshan didn’t ask any further. He stroked his head. “Alright, I’ll go look for you. You keep on investigating with your colleague, and if you find anything, tell me about it tonight.” ugAsct

Chi Xiaochi said obediently, “Okay.”

 

Then, he turned and walked towards the Gan siblings.

Halfway through, he looked back and winked at him. HndK6e

Yuan Benshan had already opened the door that he had just come out of. As he supported himself against the doorframe with a hand, he raised his eyebrows at him, indicating that he could be at ease.

However, looking over his shoulders, Yuan Benshan saw Gan Yu.

That was a young man who was so handsome he didn’t quite seem like a doctor. Even dressed in ordinary clothes, he was already enough to dazzle others. He was standing there, upright, but from beginning to end, his gaze had been following the Song Chunyang who had just walked away from him.

Originally, Yuan Benshan had already hardened his heart, but after that conversation that had resolved some things and furthered some others, he finally remembered that Song Chunyang was his little boyfriend. FdSpr8

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Only after the three people disappeared behind the corner, did he go back into the room.

Guan Qiaoqiao, who had been hiding behind the door, raised her eyebrows slightly. “What happened?”

The soundproofing here was actually rather good, so she only knew that Yuan Benshan had talked outside for a long time, but had no idea of the conversation’s contents.

Yuan Benshan summed it up simply, “He came together with acquaintances.” eJGWag

Guan Qiaoqiao sighed. “Then we’ll just have to wait. Other than this one, we still have one more task before the tenth task. What we have are opportunities.”

Yuan Benshan asked, “You’re not worried?”

Guan Qiaoqiao found this question very strange. She shrugged, saying, “What’s there to worry about?”

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She seemed indifferent, but only Yuan Benshan knew what kind of heart was hidden behind this gentle face.

Chunyang wasn’t the kind who was able to hide things. Him avoiding Guan Qiaoqiao like this, was definitely because something had happened.

And other than him and Guan Qiaoqiao, no one else knew of this method of exchanging Yin-Yang Eyes.

When had Guan Qiaoqiao sold him out?
It was probably yesterday. 9DsQZ4

Yuan Benshan could sense that since they’d gotten onto the high-speed rail yesterday, Chunyang had been acting like there was something on his mind, looking back and forth between them, starting to speak then stopping.

Could it be that her so-called “kind heart” had acted up? She couldn’t bear her “good friend” being hurt, so she had told their plan to Chunyang?

No, Guan Qiaoqiao couldn’t take the initiative to confess, and admit to being this bad person.

She probably didn’t trust him as her ally. 2wkQMc

After all, their relationship didn’t extend past them working together. Even if they got the eyes, and forgot about the matter of killing Song Chunyang, this would still be a thorn.

After all, they’d each witnessed the worst of each other.

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Once they successfully got out, and returned to the world of normal people, then, this thorn might be a threat to either of them.

And as a female, no matter how scheming she was, faced with Yuan Benshan, Guan Qiaoqiao would always be the weaker one. I8MGeY

It was probably because of this that she had changed her mind, wanting to take the recipe she had gotten from him and make a deal with Song Chunyang.

She wouldn’t even need to say that she wanted Chunyang’s eyes. As long as she handed over the secret recipe for exchanging Yin-Yang Eyes with someone, and say tearfully, she didn’t want to die in the tenth task, Chunyang, whose heart was as soft as tofu, might really sacrifice an eye just to put her at ease.

That way, she wouldn’t have to take a life, while being able to get an eye without exerting any effort. Song Chunyang would also live, and continue to stay by Yuan Benshan’s side. After all, Yuan Benshan had once plotted with her on harming Song Chunyang, even if he wasn’t willing, he would have no choice but to swallow this mute medicine.

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But she had missed one point: Chunyang valued him too much.

After getting this secret recipe, after a lot of thought, Chunyang had actually planned on betraying Guan Qiaoqiao, wanting to use that recipe to exchange his eyes with him.

It was probably because of this, that he felt guilty towards Guan Qiaoqiao, and was currently avoiding her.

Upon thinking of this, Yuan Benshan, who had deduced the entire truth from his intuition, felt a subtle sense of pride and self-satisfaction. L4FVKz

Noticing his expression, Guan Qiaoqiao frowned. “What are you thinking about?”

Yuan Benshan said, “It’s nothing.”

Unexpectedly, Guan Qiaoqiao was also sharp. “Did Chunyang say something to you?”

The moment the seed of suspicion sprouted, Guan Qiaoqiao’s every word became something to look for hidden meaning in. Xm9QwL

Yuan Benshan replied smoothly, “Chunyang said, there’s a nameplate hanging outside every one of our rooms, so we shouldn’t be able to casually swap rooms, and shouldn’t be able to stay together. He said that he was a little scared, so I was comforting him.”

Guan Qiaoqiao smiled. “How is he still this timid.”

Yuan Benshan smiled back at her. “I’m going to go investigate now. Wait for a while before coming out of this room.”

From the beginning to the end of their conversation, not once had he mentioned the fact that there was a problem with the 《Person Returning on a Snowy Night》. dBGfdD

 

Before, him not daring to bring up the matter of exchanging eyes with Song Chunyang, was because Yuan Benshan couldn’t trust Song Chunyang’s love for him.

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What if he vehemently refused? What if he decided that he was despicable, refused to work with him any longer, and resolutely left him?

But now, it was different. Song Chunyang had proven his love for him with his actions, even agreeing to give him an eye. dneBSh

Thinking about it now, Song Chunyang really was a decent bed partner, and the person himself was also quick-witted and cute. If he passed him up, if Yuan Benshan wanted to look for another person who could truly love him like Song Chunyang did, it would indeed be difficult.

And the Guan Qiaoqiao who knew his every secret and had already betrayed him once, now seemed especially unnecessary.

 

Chi Xiaochi, who was currently inspecting another photograph, received a notification that the goodwill value had gone up. TAhOzH

The original value of 35 had jumped straight to over 50.

The corner of Chi Xiaochi’s lips rose slightly, making him look just like a little fox. There wasn’t even a hint of the docility from just now remaining.

Gan Yu was standing right next to him. “Is this photograph very funny?”

Chi Xiaochi, “No.” 7nBcQz

Gan Yu, “Seeing your boyfriend makes you this happy?”

“Who? Oh, that one from just now?” Chi Xiaochi’s tone was just like that of a coquettish bitch, “He won’t be very soon.”

Gan Yu calmly ran his hand along his left glasses chain. “It didn’t look like that just now.”

Chi Xiaochi turned and hooked his pinky on his right glasses chain, and slowly ran it down along it. When his pinky brushed against his ear like a dragonfly skimming over the water, he withdrew his hand. “Don’t just stroke one side, careful you don’t stroke it smooth.” Q yapD

Gan Yu said, “You’re right. It’s me who doesn’t know how to take care of it.”

Then, he took off his glasses, and with elegant movements, shoved his glasses into the pocket on Chi Xiaochi’s chest.

Chi XIaochi, “……”

Gan Yu said, “Nurse Song, please help keep it for me. Return it to me tonight, how about it?” Wh0UHz

Chi Xiaochi pointed at his own nose. “A million-dollar glasses case?”

Gan Yu, “I believe that you deserve this price.”

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Chi Xiaochi then asked, “And what does ‘tonight’ mean?”

Gan Yu, “To be exact, I mean when the three of us go to sleep together tonight. I hired you, so of course you have to come sleep with us. I’m in the habit of keeping my valuables by my side.” QtArDU

 

Chi Xiaochi kept feeling like despite his honest appearance, this person was very bad on the inside. When he spoke, he clearly spoke very properly, but when he thought back on it he always had the feeling that he was acting like a rogue.

However, it was just this type of person who could arouse Chi Xiaochi’s interest in competing with him.

At this moment, Gan Tang came in to smooth things over, “Ge, stop talking.” VrYZ1w

Then, she turned to Chi Xiaochi, “My brother has a rotten mouth.  Chunyang, don’t mind him. We’ll just have to bother you tonight.”

Thinking about it, Chi Xiaochi felt like this pair of siblings were a little strange. 

It was clearly something that needed to be discussed, but they just brushed it over. After a line from each of them, they just decided that the three of them would be sleeping in the same room?

After he raised his concerns to Xi Lou, Xi Lou said, “Then just don’t sleep with them?” VsZ2UA

Chi Xiaochi immediately said, “That’s not possible.”

Xi Lou, “……” Then what’s the point of you telling me this.

After that, no matter how Chi Xiaochi called Xi Lou, Xi Lou pretended to have gone offline, not saying a word.

Chi Xiaochi said disappointedly, “A-Tong, you’ve changed, you didn’t used to be like this to Chunyang.” n9YGFa

Xi Lou spoke up once more, “You don’t even know how much better Chunyang is compared to you.”

Then he started to play dead yet again.

 

Chi Xiaochi didn’t mind this, continuing to search the rooms with the Gan siblings. NL3osj

Gan Tang brought up wanting to see the balloon lady again, so Chi Xiaochi brought them back to his room once more.

After giving it a second check, Gan Tang asked Gan Yu, “Ge, it’s her, right?”

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Gan Yu nodded slightly.

Chi Xiaochi was a little surprised. “You two have seen her before too?” PLqZmJ

Gan Yu gave him a simple rundown of how they’d met.

Them not recognising her the first time they’d seen the balloon woman was because in their eyes, that woman was a pretty lady with a slim figure, dressed in a set of black and white work clothes that were good for moving around in.

Gan Tang said, “When we came down from the third floor, she was standing on the stairs. She called our names, and asked us to quickly get to our places on set.”

Chi Xiaochi seemed to come to a realisation. He said something to the Gan siblings.  RAgFsP

Gan Tang took the initiative to accept this task.

At Chi Xiaochi’s behest, she went to talk to those people, asking them if they’d seen a beautiful woman amongst the crew.

Not surprisingly, they all said that they’d seen this gorgeous woman.

She didn’t say anything to them, she’d only called out their names, and asked them to quickly get to their places on set. ocJ1hm

Gan Tang then went to ask the crew members. She asked around six to seven people before coming back to Chi Xiaochi’s side.

Not waiting for Gan Tang to speak, Chi Xiaochi said, “There’s no such woman in the crew, right?”

Gan Tang nodded.

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Gan Tang continued to nod.

The pigtailed man they’d run into earlier had appeared in this world already on set. That balloon lady had come over to him, and told him to wait a moment, and see if they could get the angry director to come back.

At that time, the cameras on set had been running, but when Gan Tang checked them at Chi Xiaochi’s behest, they’d only recorded the Pigtail guy’s figure. There was no sign of the balloon lady.

Gan Yu couldn’t quite understand. “What does she want to do?” TOg1s5

Chi Xiaochi raised a hand to rub at his temples. “If my guess is right, it’s probably a coincidence that she crawled out of the photograph in my room.”

He said, “She’s checked out all the people participating in the task. She’s intentionally looking to choose someone.”

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Chi Xiaochi thought that the balloon lady was probably the ghost that they’d have to face. vI1sGr

She didn’t have a corporeal body, so after a round of selections, for some unknown reason, she’d chosen Guan Qiaoqiao.

So she was currently staying in a photograph in her room, waiting for her chance.

 

If Guan Qiaoqiao had already snatched away Song Chunyang’s eyes like in his last life, and noticed the abnormality with the photograph, perhaps she would still have the chance to avoid this danger. 73mMDg

But this wasn’t necessarily the case this time.

 

After ending her search with Yuan Benshan, Guan Qiaoqiao returned to her own room and sat down on her bed. Only then did she let out a hint of regret.

Just a little more, and she would be able to get Song Chunyang’s eyes. i24wHD

To be fair, Song Chunyang had indeed helped her a lot, but with that pair of precious eyes growing on another person’s body, she often felt insecure.

But they still had a lot of time, there was no rush.

After settling herself down, Guan Qiaoqiao drew her curtains and turned on the light.

When they had entered this abandoned mountain castle, this place was still was silent and desolate as a grave, with spiderwebs everywhere, but now, it looked like it had been renovated to look new again, with abundant water and electricity, complete facilities, and with the beauty of the old and new coming together as one. GAIXzs

When she finished washing up and came out of the bathroom, she looked over at the painting hangin on her wall, and felt very satisfied.

All the bedrooms had the same layout. On the wall directly across from the bed, would be hanging a huge photograph, and in most cases, the subject of the photograph was humans.

It wasn’t obvious in the day, but the moment it turned to night, having a pair of eyes staring straight at the bed was still eerie.

But this 《Person Returning on a Snowy Night》 wouldn’t give Guan Qiaoqiao similar worries. The whole picture was a patch of pure white, the only human-like figure was the little black dot in the background of the photograph, which was at least not so scary. T8vVdX

 

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baum: anyone notice anything that’s changed about the photo? 😉

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45 comments

  1. Wu..I can see the black dot coming nearer and getting bigger….and I’m looking forward to that…! Hmpf…dares to go against our baby Chunyang…hmpf hmpf they all deserve a physical and mental beating!!

    Thanks for the chapter!❤

  2. The balloon woman’s farther away now?

    Thanks for the chapter! Hope the essay went well!

    • The original picture was a complete snowy white painting xD So the balloon lady is coming back… coming closer to GQQ.

  3. AHHHH Lady Ghost is returning, QQ’s death flag has been set (/-) Jiayou lady ghost! teach that pig teammate the circle of karma !

    Also the flirty interactions between Liu-shishu and President Chi are the best~ I can already feel the upcoming sexual tension between our leads :3 (^///^)

    Thanks for the chapter!!!

  4. Oh no, I didn’t noticed until B aum said it. Now I’m totally creeped out 😭

    Thanks for the chapter <3

  5. Many thanks for the update!…

    … Now I might become a little scared of paintings/photographs in hotel rooms…

  6. Reading this in dark room is no good for scaredy cat like me. Even if there’s no picture hanging in the wall it’s still scary af ah QwQ Didn’t dare to imagine the picture, not a bit. Thank you for the update~

  7. It takes a lot to pass the dog murdering abusive psychopath, but Yuan Benshan is currently solidly in second place on the Trash Boyfriends List. Ugh.

    I get so delighted whenever Xi Lou gets tricked into saying nice things about Chunyang. I don’t even know if CXC did it on purpose this time but I’m still happy. Chunyang, pay attention!

  8. Gosh, this is giving me Junji Ito vibes. Anyhow, thanks for Le translation 🙂

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  9. If i remember correctly CXC saw wasnt a dot before… That means it is moving… So scary..

    Thanks for the chapter

  10. This yuan benshan guy is insane. He knows how much chunyang loves him and if he just asked he would definitely offer up his eyes. Why the heck would he plot with qiaoqiao and share the eyes with her? At first I thought they were having an affair or he was with her first and only used chunyang but apparently they have no relationship aside from the ghost games? He has no qualms in giving up that plan with just some sweet talk. Seriously, why conspire to steal your precious little boyfriend’s eyes with a fellow competitor when you know your bf would literally offer himself to you on a plate

  11. Reminds me of that game The Black rose, where with every loop the monster woman in the photo keeps getting closer 👁️👄👁️ Lol Guan girl you done for

  12. 1 slap on old bastard yuaan’s face too President Chi!!!! Btw I hate paintings now so scary! (>.<)I also hate dolls bc of horror movies when I was young I would dismantle my doll with her legs, hands,, torso n head placed in all direction at home I would also dismantle my lil sis.’s doll before sleeping…….😬

  13. The woman with the balloons is coming, and just writing it down gave me goosebumps. I’m so bad with ghost stories, I think I’ll be reading the rest in daylight ^^’…..

    Damn I’m scared.

    Thanks for the chapter. Hope you hear

  14. That black dot in the picture wasn’t there before! The ghost Lady is going to go out from there, huh? Scaaary.

    Thanks for the chapter!

  15. just imagining that painting gives me shivers, damn you imagination.

  16. till now we have mostly seen Liu Laoshi in gentle mode. Now we are seeing him in hooligan mode. Gentle with a hint of steel. As expected of someone who could interest CXC.

    Thanks for the chapter.

  17. gosh i honestly hate this arc so much because firstly i miss louying and cxc’s interaction 🙁 i miss them so much and that stupid system is so lame :/ he never talks and only cares about the real song guy… anyways i dont like the horror theme especially when i usually read the novel at night its really scary :(((

  18. My only regret is reading this late into the night and I can’t sleep!!!

  19. Poor baby Chunyang.. Whenever I read this type of novel with characters like Guan qiao qiao and Chunyangs boyfriend, I wish a very slow violent death on them🙏🙏🙏

  20. Man, didn’t anyone ever told you that in a horror story, the more innocent and harmless the object seems, the more dangerous it actually was? No one? Hah good luck surviving that, ungrateful bitch.

  21. “pair of precious eyes growing on another person’s body”?!

    FU🖕 you stealing bitch, those beautiful eyes were never your property!! ( ̄ε(# ̄)☆╰╮o( ̄皿 ̄///)

    from the start they belonged to xiao song🙂

  22. I don’t know if I should be more scared for myself (crab the ghosts are freaky) or the scummy GQQ and YBS