Strategy to Capture That Scum GongCh19 - Multiple Choice Question: Gong A, Gong B, Gong C, Gong D

Translated by Eve

Edited by Karasunofight QBF6dN


Eve: I’m so sorry! I forgot to schedule this chapter! I thought I did.

Arc 2: Teacher Love Me One More Time

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Chapters in this arc: 18


1. Multiple Choice Question: Gong A, Gong B, Gong C, Gong D H4et8h

 

The next day at noon, Zhou Yian finally found them.

Zhou Yizhe held Zhao Qing in his arms, neither of them moving as if they were both dead. Zhou Yian felt his hands tremble. He watched the doctor approach them with wide eyes. The people Zhou Yizhe had arranged for quickly sent him to get emergency treatment at a hospital. They left Zhao Qing behind, abandoned and without any help.

Zhou Yian was rather confused. Why…why didn’t they save Zhao Qing? Why did they leave him behind…? He grabbed the doctor’s collar and angrily shouted, “What are you guys doing?! There’s clearly another wounded person here!”

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The doctor looked at the man in front of him with pity, “He’s dead.”

“No…that can’t be!” Zhou Yian’s eyes were red as if he was a frenzied beast. He pushed the doctor away and ran towards Zhao Qing, gathering him in his arms. His tone was imploring, “Wake up…wake up….”

But the youth in his arms would never open his eyes again. All his blood had drained out of his body, making him seem like an ash-coloured sculpture.

He was still and serene…it was just that he lacked all signs of vitality. KxN1Bq

After three days of emergency treatment, Zhou Yizhe finally came out of critical condition.

When he woke up and faced Zhou Yian’s eyes that were so dark one couldn’t see any trace of life in them, Zhou Yizhe knew what had happened.

What had happened made every vein in his body freeze. He said, “He died.”

Zhou Yian didn’t speak. Only his hand hanging by his side moved, clenching into a fist, quivering slightly. eIPpu5

Zhou Yizhe locked his gaze firmly onto him and said, “You want to kill me.”

“No, I won’t,” Zhou Yian coldly fixed his eyes on him, “You have his blood in your veins, so I won’t let his kind intentions go to waste. I just wanted to tell you…that you must live on.”

Zhou Yizhe watched as Zhou Yian walked away. His expression did not have even the slightest change; it was consistently indifferent.

In fact, for a second, he had hoped Zhou Yian would kill him. loP3wO

Then, he wouldn’t have to live through such suffering.

But…when he recalled Zhao Qing’s final expression, his final words…

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From start to finish, Zhou Yian did not express any sort of opinion about her punishment. He only coldly watched from the sidelines as if she wasn’t his mother.

Actually, he truly thought in this manner. Previously, he had never expected this woman could reach such extremes, for the sake of her interest. In her eyes, her son was nothing but a tool to reap benefits with. She deceived him, made a fool out of him…this time, she destroyed his happiness. Next time, she could destroy him. She was so cold-blooded; it made him extremely frightened.

Song Ruyi’s fall from power made everyone think the next one Zhou Yizhe would deal with would be Zhou Yian. Sh3eGx

But nothing happened.

Not only did Zhou Yizhe not dispose of Zhou Yian, but he treated him with increasingly more importance. Within the next few years, he gradually transferred all of his power over to Zhou Yian. Afterwards, he never appeared in public again.

He was gradually forgotten by the public.

Five years later, on New Year’s day, Zhou Yian arrived at Zhou Yizhe’s home. kcanIj

Zhou Yizhe looked as if he hadn’t changed at all. The only difference being his capable, imposing manner was all the more evident. He looked upstanding, a man in the prime of his life. However, from him came a decaying aura as if he was at the end of his life. It was like there wasn’t anything in this world that could make his eyes shine or his heart ripple with emotion.

Zhou Yian had a tense expression. This kind of Zhou Yizhe was hard for him to see. It would be a lie to say he didn’t resent Zhou Yizhe these last few years, but…he wasn’t the one who had really killed Zhao Qing. Zhou Yian had to acknowledge that.

“When do you plan on returning to the company? At that time, you said I was immature to leave when I wanted to leave. Right now, you’re no better,” Zhou Yian said coldly.

Zhou Yizhe slowly turned to look at him. His black pupils were still. A long time later, he showed a weak smile, “The company is doing well in your hands. It doesn’t matter if I go back or not.” fHe8EO

Zhou Yian sucked in a deep breath and could not help but say, “How long do you plan to go on like this? Do you think he gave up his life to save yours, only to watch you become like this?!”

Zhou Yizhe’s face twitched slightly. He fell silent for a moment, “Sorry.”

Zhou Yian sneered, “I don’t need your apology.”

“I promised him that I’d take him back to you,” Zhou Yizhe looked at him, his lips slightly moving, “I promised him…but I couldn’t do it….” dEMaF5

Zhou Yian felt his eye sockets heat up, his throat was tight; no words could come out.

Zhou Yizhe spoke slowly, “I couldn’t protect him.”

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

“What’s the use in saying this now?! If you really feel remorseful, then you should live well!” Zhou Yian gritted his teeth. Each time he spoke, he felt like blood was seeping out of his throat.

Zhou Yizhe suddenly smiled. He firmly stared at Zhou Yian and said, “The person he wishes to have a good life the most isn’t me, but you.” cnzVd7

“He saved me, probably only out of kindness. The person he loves has always been you.”

“I’d rather he have never taken pity on me. That way, at least he’d still be alive.”

Zhou Yian looked at Zhou Yizhe’s appearance. He felt his heart ache. His tone was not as sharp as before, “You….”

Zhou Yizhe’s voice suddenly rose. He suddenly became full of vigor like how he was many years ago. His sharp gaze fell onto Zhou Yian, and he enunciated, “So, you ought to live well. Do you understand?!” Psv3HD

After he said this, it seemed as if he had used up all his strength. He shut his eyes, appearing exhausted.

Zhou Yian stared at him. In the end, he didn’t say anything and silently turned around to leave.

When Zhou Yizhe closed his eyes, it was as if he could faintly feel Zhao Qing by his side. That soft breath fell onto his face, and Zhao Qing faced him with a bashful smile.

I really miss you, you know? jNnDew

I really want to see you. Can I?

Zhou Yian only found out a month later that Zhou Yizhe sailed out to sea the day after he had gone to see him. Since then, he never returned. Zhou Yian dispatched people to search for him for a whole two months, but he couldn’t find anything at all.

 

######~I’m a Transmigration Divider Line~##### ecJHdN

 

【444:Transmigration to the new world has completed. Host dada, would you like to receive the memories now?】

【Xie He:Send it over.】

Countless memories instilled themselves into Xie He’s brain. In this world, he was named Su Yan. He had a step family: his mother had remarried when he was 8 years old. Soon after, she had given birth to another son. The husband and wife gave all their love to this second son and thereby greatly neglected Su Yan, causing Su Yan to grow up timid and antisocial. Although, he grew up in such terrible circumstances, Su Yan still matured into a kindhearted person. In this way, he slowly grew up…. With his own hard work, Su Yan was finally about to get his PhD and he became an unremarkable English teaching fellow at a university. And today was his first day. hW8r4c

Xie He smiled. Innocent and kindhearted, timid and antisocial—this was his complete opposite. To act this out would certainly be interesting….

444 waited for Xie He to finish receiving the memories before stammering.

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【444:Host dada…Why did you save Zhou Yizhe, ne? …Actually, even if you didn’t save him, it’d be fine. The mission was already over.】He always felt that, at that time, it would have been kinder to let Zhou Yizhe die….

Xie He raised his eyebrows, astonished, “You’re still thinking about matters from the previous world?” LgCodp

Xie He revealed a complicated expression and sighed, “Probably because I felt sympathetic to him because I saw myself in him.”

【Xie He:Out of the hundred hosts who have tried to capture me, if even one was successful and left, I’m afraid that I wouldn’t be any better off.】

【444:QAQ】He was wrong. In the past, he had thought that perhaps his Host dada was cold-blooded and without feelings. He was too inconsiderate!

【Xie He:Even if the feelings were fake, it’s enough to grab the experience points and leave. There’s no need to inflict suffering onto someone else’s life. Look, aren’t I alive and well right now? 】 kQeZRd

【444:Host dada, you are a strong person. QAQ 】

Xie He:Pfft……

【Xie He:Baby, you’re actually sad.】

【444:I….】 bInHZX

【Xie He:You actually believed me. Indifferent.jpg】

444:How vile! There is no trust between host and system, ne!

【Xie He:I saved him only because I don’t like the system’s random death feature. 】

【Xie He:You have to remember that the only rule with regards to survvial in this world is survival of the fittest. Don’t overthink things. It’s fine as long as I win. 🙂 】 eBRF0d

Xie He opened his eyes and looked at his surroundings. He noticed that his vision was blurry. Su Yan was extremely near-sighted—without his glasses, he wouldn’t be able to recognize anyone who stood more than a metre away from him. He put on his glasses, and everything became clear again. Xie He looked in the mirror: in the mirror’s reflection stood a young man with short, black hair that fell down to his forehead. In addition, he wore black-framed glasses that covered half his face. At first glance, he looked unremarkable, but on closer inspection, one would discover his features were all extremely delicate. He had a rare, exquisitely fair complexion. At present, with the addition of the Heartthrob’s Pedigree, he was even more perfect—completely without any blemishes.

This kind of appearance and personality was simply that of a standard little white rabbit. Unfortunately, this little white rabbit had a black heart.

Xie He looked through his desk and pulled out a lesson plan before preparing to go teach his class.

Because he had wasted time in the last world, Xie He had to rush to class and just barely made it as the bell rang. When he reached out to push open the door to the lecture hall, he suddenly halted. qYebwD

【444:Host dada, there’s a trap! 】

Actually, Xie He already knew that. There was an almost unnoticeable silver-coloured thread coiled around the doorknob. The corner of his lips raised, and he revealed a profound smile. He didn’t expect that it’d be a class full of bear children, but it wasn’t anything too unexpected. According to this world’s settings, this university’s school of business was famous across the nation. Aside from top students, a large majority of the students were aristocratic children, who would inherit their family’s enterprises. Therefore, within this group of students, they were never lacking of arrogant and despotic mavericks, who would play tricks on the instructor. It couldn’t be any more commonplace.

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Many thoughts floated through Xie He’s mind, but in reality, only a second had passed. In the next moment, he pushed the door open and entered without any hesitation.

A crash. A basin of water splashed atop of Xie He’s head. JSQYWu

Such an overused, unoriginal idea. Tsk.

Laughter erupted from within the lecture hall. But gradually, the laughter stopped. Several students stared unblinkingly at the young teacher, who was standing in a daze. Droplets of water dripped down his cheeks, streaking across the pure white tip of his nose, and down his light pink lips. It looked like dew on the petals of a rose. In the end, the water slowly dripped down…. His thin, white shirt was soaked and stuck to his body, exposing his attractive skin colour, outlining the graceful lines of his body….

His eyes looked totally lost behind his glasses, seeming completely unable to understand why something like this would happen. He drew a blank and looked a bit helpless.

How could he be so innocent? WRnD97

Xie He maintained this sort of expression for several seconds. After a while, an incessant ‘ding ding ding ding ding ding’ sound rang in his head. All of the students’ Favorability Values increased simultaneously by 10-20 points.

【Xie He:Who’s my capture target?】

【444:In the last row.】

Xie He looked over slightly. In the very last row sat four men. OXWH17

One was a handsome top student, who wore glasses and looked cultured, elegant and cold. One was a handsome foreigner with blonde hair and blue eyes, handsome to the point of looking a bit frivolous. One was a dangerous-looking, handsome guy with soft features, but a cold expression. And the last one leaned against the window, long legs willfully placed atop of the desk. He was an aloof, handsome guy who only tilted his head and revealed a smile as sharp as a knife.


Eve: Wow. What a pick of guys. Guess who the target is this time! (Hoping for a harem).

Kara: Oof. Boys Over Flowers Teacher Edition, anyone? My money’s on the last guy (or at least, I’m hoping it is, he’s my type (⁄ ⁄•⁄ω⁄•⁄ ⁄)⁄).

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Translator's Note

Graduate students may be the sole instructor of a class, instead of just a TA with a professor assigned to it.

Translator's Note

Bear child = little brat

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71 comments

  1. I’m with Kara!wild gong this time please!
    Harem is good too but i think more than 2 gong is going to be too hard on the shou.

    Wishing for abundant papapa here lol

    Zhou Yi Ze is sailing, fishing tuna and then eaten by a whale, live together in harmony with Pinocchio…I mean…if he is not going for suicide than how come he is missing…

    • So why did mc feed Zhou Yizhe with his own blood? How did Zhou Yian and Zhou Yizhe explain it themselves?..

      • From the Zhou brothers’ perspective, XH did it to save ZYZ’s life because he was dying from blood loss and dehydration. So he decided to help prolong his life by giving him blood to drink to combat dehydration. As for XH’s real motive, that’s still unclarified by the author. But I am guessing that he felt soft hearted towards ZYZ in the end. The author did call him a shou who was yearning for love so I believe that under that black heart facade, our XH is a squishy boy~

        • lol, my thoughts were the opposite. I think XH did it as a little revenge after all the suffering he had to go through. He was not treated very kindly most of the time and it was his first time.

          Apart from that, in this chapter, does the author actually mean “asocial”, not “antisocial”? White rabbits can be antisocial, but it would be more like a horror movie…

          • I assume it is antisocial with regards to its unsociable definition, rather than its definition of being hostile towards society.

    • tbh I wanted a 3p ending for the last arc.

      now I want a harem in this one!

      I hope our MC gets a role that has his own personality. I like his shamelesness.

  2. “Unfortunately, this little white rabbit had a black heart.” Love this line 💘

    Lols, when they said “teacher-student romance,” I totes didn’t expect that the MC would be the teacher. This is just my thing~

    Obvs the ML is the last boy. The other ones are all “types,” if you get what I mean—“glasses type,” “foreign prince type,” etc.

    Also, is it me, or do Chinese writers not know of any other kind of white foreigners other than blond, blue-eyes ones? Saying this as an ABC~ 😽

  3. Yoo i live for a bof type plot GIVE IT TO ME

    last guy probably, but second to last sounds yummy

    I wish there were more harems in fast wears i dont think ive read one yet

  4. My bet is on the last guy, his description is the longest after all.

    Thanks for the translation.

  5. I’m siding with Kara! That guy is so my type! And somehow he gives me the ML vibe, cos that type would be the typical gong for a teacher who is delicate (not really)

    Thanks for the chapter! 🙂

  6. Gasp the Boys Over Flowers reference, I love you! The main song literally started playing in my head haha 😂

    Now I understand the chapter name!
    I’m voting for the aloof, handsome guy too~

    Thanks for the chapter! 💕

    • I feel like the foreigner never wins though 🙁

  7. I legit snorted at the title of this chapter why did I even

  8. Well, though I don’t know who the capture target may be (my type is the first but I agree that the last one seems to match XH’s character settings)….something tells me XH might be capturing all of them. Y’know, for the dogblood drama. And the extra points, of course.

  9. I guess knife smile? But I feel a harem incoming XD XD XD

    THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR ALL YOUR HARD WORK !

  10. Man, that first arc was a roller coaster of emotions. Thank you for translating and bringing this story to us!

    • Thanks for reading! It was definitely a memorable first arc haha!

  11. It’s my personal opinion but Xie He killing himself seemed more like a punishment for what Yizhe put him through

  12. Ooooh…too much handsome guys. Like! Wish there a picture to show….Here come the second Heartwretching Abusing Dramatic Romantic love story. So not ready… But here I go…

    Thanks for another chapter!

  13. God, I cried! I cannot stop crying from the last scene! I cry not because of the mc but for the ml… I seriously felt very sad for him as mc was so cruel!

  14. Let me tell you who are the characters from danmei web novels I thought of once I read the last paragraph:

    “One was a handsome top student, who wore glasses and looked cultured, elegant and cold.”

    — That is Lan Wangji (from MDZS)

    “One was a handsome foreigner with blonde hair and blue eyes, handsome to the point of looking a bit frivolous.”

    —Xiu, in human form (from The Reader and Protagonist Definitely Have to Be in True Love)

    “One was a dangerous-looking, handsome guy with soft features, but a cold expression.”

    —Luo Binghe, towards people other than his Shizun (from SVSSS)

    “And the last one leaned against the window, long legs willfully placed atop of the desk. He was an aloof, handsome guy who only tilted his head and revealed a smile as sharp as a knife.”

    —similar to Wei WuXian, but for sure he’ll be a gong, let’s go for Hua Cheng (from TGCF)

    • Really? For me it’s…

      “One was a handsome top student, who wore glasses and looked cultured, elegant and cold.”

      — That is Midorima Shintarou from Kuroko no Basket

      “One was a handsome foreigner with blonde hair and blue eyes, handsome to the point of looking a bit frivolous.”

      — It’s Kise Ryouta, also from Kuroko no Basket

      “One was a dangerous-looking, handsome guy with soft features, but a cold expression.”

      — Aomine Daiki and Murasakibara Atsushi fusion into one, from Kuroko no Basket

      “And the last one leaned against the window, long legs willfully placed atop of the desk. He was an aloof, handsome guy who only tilted his head and revealed a smile as sharp as a knife.”

      — Of course, this is Akashi Seijurou from Kuroko no Basket as well

      😂😂😂😂

  15. Bruvs ive been reading too much dog blood novels that i need to feed my depressed self to dog food and fluff to continue living, i have suffered😭😭

  16. Ehh I’m just surprised zhou yian is living so well

    Clearly he also have 100 points favourability, and he is just as much the reason for zhao qing’s death (although neither should be blamed). Seems like ZZ liked MC more, which doesn’t make sense eh

  17. I don’t like this at all. It’s too much dog blood drama, emotional abuse and all the unhealthy stuff that a person in a relationship should avoid doing, all stuffed to together to create one messy situation after another. The plot is good though. Just don’t like how cold-blooded the MC is. And where’s our ML?

    • About…90% of this novel is unhealthy relationships and general assholery. It’s 100% dogblood. This author’s recent works have pretty much been known to be like this. The sweetness basically won’t come until pretty much the end of the novel. As for ML, his revealing his identity would be a spoiler. But he is very sweet. A puppy dog gong. XH’s coldness will also be explained. It’ll make sense at the very end when the author’s had enough of writing angst and reveals everything. But it’s going to be a really long, painful ride to get there.

  18. I know the ending was well deserved but my heart hurts thinking about Zhou Yizhe TT perhaps in an alternative world they met under normal circumstances and are living happily together. I’m really excited for what this next arc has in store for us! Thank you for translating <3, this is actually my first BL web novel I’ve read and I’m hooked!

  19. i hate u author. so much emotions reading the previous arc. hmmph! humph! humpphh!! ***** very rare for a story able to make me felt so much emotions.

  20. “I really miss you, you know?”

    “I really want to see you. Can I?”

    Aiya~ Fuck me sideways. Wasn’t expecting to be hurt like a little bitch but here I am.

  21. I kinda respect this mc who’s so formidable 😂

    But also…hmm I really want him to experience love, so he will understand.

    The 100 hosts before him was -idk , maybe they have some reasons to capture him like what he was doing now, so its okay if he didn’t reciprocate their feelings, but those two brothers…..

    I can’t help but pity them.

    It feels like they were manipulated :'(

    I hope Yizhe is his destined ML, and he will ‘capture’ MC’s heart one day ;))

    Thanks for the chapter!🍀

  22. ah haahahaha … my heart is like a rollercoaster ,, it feels sad for a moment but the next moment it immediately changes like I’ve been injected with chicken blood 〜( ̄▽ ̄〜)

    So which one? Personally i’m the same with kara I placed my bet on the last boy hehe (✧≖‿ゝ≖)

    Thanks for the chapter!

  23. My first thought was also Boys over flowers, even though I didn’t really read/watched it.

    My bet is also last guy! He just feels like the ML, whatever that means.

    Thanks for the chapter ~🌸

    (Stepping on 4 boats this time huh? Lol~)

  24. I’m more sure 444 is ML. I really want him to be flailing around excitedly gets weird looks from mom smiles stiffly

    Anyway… I was listening to Fool’s gold from Dagny and found it fit the story quite well.

  25. It was clearly acting from XH’s side…. so why am I crying wuuuuuuwuuuuuu omg I can’t with this

    Why do I keep reading things that make me cry

    so good tho~~~

  26. Wait. Haha I just sort of understood… So… XH gave blood transfusion to ZYiazhe by. Biting his wrist open and feeding it to him?? Previously I was just wandering does his blood has power to revived by the heartthrob or something. How does he not get septic shock or ++h

  27. Ah, i actually cried seeing those two brothers being so sorry and miserable 😭

    Also idk who the target is but I bet Xie He is gonna make all four fall for him