Strategy to Capture That Scum GongCh83 - A Precious Spiritual Legacy

Translated by Eve

Edited by Serefina, Kitty fe3vRE


14. A Precious Spiritual Legacy

Fu Yuan glared at Yi Ze coldly. Flames looked like they were about to be shot out from his eyes! This scoundrel had treated the hospital like it was his own home. He had even locked all information within tightly. He couldn’t see Xie He even though he wanted to! It was only from the news conference that he got any information on Xie He!

Please visit chrysanthemumgarden (dot) com

The people next to him weren’t able to stop him. Fu Yuan directly walked until he stood before Yi Ze and Xie He.

Yi Ze returned his gaze with an ice-cold one of his own. If it wasn’t for Fu Yuan’s meddling, how would he have misunderstood the relationship between Xie He and Jian Zihan then? Now, he wanted to tear them apart again! Uncontrollable brutality emerged within Yi Ze’s eyes. With a chilly voice, he said, “I don’t think I invited you.” FglUeC

Fu Yuan sneered. “You didn’t dare to send me an invite, ba. You were afraid that if I were to come, you wouldn’t be able to force him like you wished!”

After saying this, the guests broke out in an uproar. Those sitting were all friends Yi Ze and Xie He were familiar with. They all understood their relationship. To them, this was a case of true love being born from their previous relationship of one keeping the other, ah. What was this about forcing him?!

These people didn’t know about Yi Ze imprisoning Xie He. However… Jian Zihan knew about this. He promptly went up to stop Fu Yuan. He gave him a look and said in a low voice, “He’s not forcing him. Don’t utter nonsense.”

Today was Yi Ze and Xie He’s big day. Although his heart was incredibly hurt, he still forced himself to come give them his blessings. How could he let Fu Yuan remind Xie He of his hurt and sadness? Jian Zihan reached out, intending to pull Fu Yuan away.

TDQ4bz

Fu Yuan threw him off forcefully. With a cold voice, he said, “Jian Zihan, at that time, I wanted you to save him. What are you doing now? Didn’t you say that you loved him? You love him, so you’re giving him to someone like Yi Ze?!”

Jian Zihan’s face paled. For a moment, he could not respond.

The spectators broke out into a commotion again! Wasn’t Jian Zihan the one Yi Ze had courted for a long time? Yi Ze had wanted Xie He because he looked like Jian Zihan. When did Jian Zihan also fall in love with this substitute?! This was a love-square?!

Today’s news was even more explosive than what had been revealed at the news conference! xEkhGq

Originally, Yi Ze didn’t want things to get ugly today. However, he couldn’t bear to endure any longer. He reached out and grabbed hold of Fu Yuan’s collar! He looked like he would explode into uncontrollable rage soon! It was at this moment that Xie He, who had been silent this whole time, spoke, “Yi ge.”

Although Xie He’s voice was very quiet, it was like a power switch. It instantly quelled Yi Ze’s rage. Yi Ze turned around and spoke with guilt and caution, “Don’t worry. I won’t let him obstruct us!”

Xie He slowly shook his head and said, “Let me have a few words with President Fu.”

Fu Yuan originally had a face full of rage. But when he saw Xie He stop Yi Ze, he couldn’t help but look happy. His voice trembled with emotion, “He’s forcing you, isn’t he?” vfrRsg

He could still remember how Xie He had looked like his heart had been turned to ashes when he went to the Yi residence that time, how deathly still and full of despair his eyes were… even now, he couldn’t forget.

Xie He’s gaze was soft. His voice was low and unhurried, “President Fu, let’s go over there to speak?”

Fu Yuan really didn’t want Xie He to be seen as a joke so he immediately nodded upon hearing this, “OK!”

Yi Ze felt rage boiling up again. He wanted to follow! vdpOMZ

Xie He pressed against Yi Ze’s arm and looked up at him. “I want to have a word to President Fu, alone. I’ll be back in a bit. Yi ge, wait for me here, OK?”

Yi Ze didn’t want to agree, but he couldn’t bear to go against Xie He. He looked hesitant.

Please visit chrysanthemumgarden (dot) com

He didn’t feel at ease letting Xie He leave with Fu Yuan…. Although they all said that Xie He loved him, he had made so many mistakes…how could he guarantee that Xie He won’t want to leave him? No, he had already wanted to leave him once before.

And it was then that Yi Ze realized just how much he cared for this person. But because of his jealousy, he had committed an unforgivable mistake. be 9w5

Therefore, what Fu Yuan said wasn’t wrong…. He didn’t dare to let Fu Yuan see Xie He. He didn’t want to take even the smallest risk. He could not bear it if Xie He tried to leave him again.

He had been so careful and had done his utmost to keep things like this. He was like a selfish child, holding a treasure that was being coveted by others….

The spectator sees more clearly than the player. Jian Zihan didn’t think that Xie He would leave with Fu Yuan, so he pulled Yi Ze back and said with a quiet voice, “Don’t worry. Let them have a few words.”

Yi Ze’s lips parted. But in the end, he couldn’t bear to make things difficult for Xie He. He stood there in place, face taut, but didn’t follow. The hand by his side clenched extremely tightly. wgPdnG

…………………………

Fu Yuan pushed Xie He’s wheelchair over to the side. His heart hurt dearly when looking at Xie He’s thin body. Originally, he had much to say. But all that was left in his mouth now was: “You’re thinner now.”

Xie He smiled, relaxed, as if he didn’t mind it all. He looked at Fu Yuan sincerely. “Thank you for coming today.”

Fu Yuan said at once, “He’s forcing you, isn’t he? If you’re not willing to stay with him, I’ll definitely take you away today!” xjrhKk

Xie He shook his head. He met Fu Yuan’s eyes, “President Fu, I’ve always loved him. You know this, don’t you? And he isn’t forcing me. I’m willing.”

“But he treated you like that… didn’t you decide to leave him? It couldn’t be that because he’s turned around and begun to regret it you decided to forgive him? Someone like him doesn’t understand what it means to repent!” Fu Yuan’s voice was agitated, “Don’t be tricked by his facade!”

Xie He’s expression was very calm, “I know.”

We’re sorry for MTLers or people who like using reading mode, but our translations keep getting stolen by aggregators so we’re going to bring back the copy protection. If you need to MTL please retype the gibberish parts.

Fu Yuan’s expression changed slightly, “Then why are you still….” RZGMqJ

Wlf Lf mbeutfv. “P’w ublcu ab vlf rbbc. Glv sbe xcbk?”

Me Tejc’r ilqr delnfgfv. Lf tjv tfjgv atja Wlf Lf tjv yffc vljucbrfv klat mjcmfg, yea tf vlvc’a atlcx la kjr atja rfnfgf….

“Vb tbk tf klii yf lc atf oeaegf, tbk ibcu tf’ii yf jyif ab qfgrlra — cbcf bo atja tjr jcsatlcu ab vb klat sbe. Lf’r kliilcu ab ulnf wf ktja P kjca. Snfc lo la’r pera rswqjats, la’r olcf, yfmjerf P vbc’a kjca ab ylmxfg bnfg atlr jcswbgf. Pc bcf’r ilof, bcf wera ecvfgrajcv tbk ab yf mbcafca klat ktja bcf tjr.”

Xie He’s eyelashes trembled. He smiled at Fu Yuan. “However, I’m very happy that you came. I know that you only want the best for me.” 9dFkfc

“Thank you for letting me know that in this world, there are actually some people who care about me… It’s just a pity that I can’t repay you. Actually, I feel ashamed to face your kind intentions,” Xie He said earnestly.

Fu Yuan looked at this kind of Xie He and suddenly felt choked up.

Please support our translators at chrysanthemumgarden (dot) com

Repay… yes, he had always thought about repayment. Today, did he really come for Xie He with purely unselfish motives? No… actually, he was thinking of himself. He wasn’t resigned to watching the person he loved be claimed by someone else. Fury and jealousy brought him here…. If he really loved him, he shouldn’t bicker about repayment.

At this moment, he suddenly understood what Jian Zihan felt, standing down there, as well as how tormented and pained he must feel. 418ZkH

Since he loved this person, how could he bear to let him feel unhappy or sad? How could he bear to make things hard for him because of his own selfishness? If this was what Xie He really wanted, then he could only help him attain what he wanted. Who let Yi Ze be the person Xie He had always been in love with…?

【Ding, Fu Yuan’s Favorability Value +5. The current Favorability Value is 100.】

Disappointment and powerlessness emerged in Fu Yuan’s eyes. He stood there in place for a long time. Then, he reached out to gently caress Xie He’s cheek. He lowered his head and came in close. “It’s fine if you don’t repay me. My love for you needs no repayment.”

He suddenly felt that he was no better than Yi Ze. Yi Ze didn’t know how to love someone, and his love… there was always a price on his love. 0GnkLd

Fortunately, he now understood that there shouldn’t be a price on his love. It was just that the cost incurred was too steep.

A love that asks for no repayment—it meant that he would never have this person. It meant that he would have to learn to let go.

Fu Yuan paused. Then, he said, “Since it’s like this, I will leave.”

Xie He smiled. “OK.” 9DRwYZ

Fu Yuan didn’t say anything more. He left with big strides. Although he understood that this was reasonable, he still couldn’t watch this happen in front of him. He wasn’t open-minded enough for that.

Xie He came back out. Yi Ze hurried over nervously. He lowered his head to look at Xie He, “W-what did he say to you?”

Xie He smiled faintly, “Nothing. He’s left.”

Yi Ze carefully asked, “Then should we continue?” 7AXsRa

Xie He nodded.

………………………………

After the ceremony, Yi Ze didn’t take Xie He directly back to the hospital. He brought him home. Their home had already been redecorated. A lot had changed. Xie He could tell with one glance that Yi Ze had brought a lot of his stuff over.

Yi Ze carried Xie He around and smiled while they walked. “I brought all your clothes over. That room is your walk-in closet. From now on, this room will be our bedroom. Everything you usually use is here. Here is… and this is….” t1KZW

When Xie He saw the bathroom, he realized that there were two cups and two toothbrushes. Yi Ze had even prepared this…. Suddenly, his eyes stung.

Yi Ze smiled. “When you get better, you can move in at any time.”

Read more BL at chrysanthemumgarden (dot) com

Xie He went ‘mn’ quietly, voice choked with emotion.

“Are you dissatisfied with anything? From now on, you’re the master here. Of course you can change anything according to your heart’s desire,” Yi Ze said softly. ZQpdrt

Xie He shook his head.

Yi Ze smiled helplessly. “OK.”

After saying this, he carried Xie He out. Right now, Xie He’s condition meant that he couldn’t be away from the hospital for long.

However, they had just left the bedroom when Xie He suddenly grabbed his arm and looked up at him. He said, “Wait.” 8H4MFL

Yi Ze promptly asked, “What’s wrong?”

Xie He suddenly smiled. “I want to stay here tonight.”

Yi Ze looked hesitant.

Xie He could see this. He gazed at him with his dark eyes and said with a smile, “Yi ge… today is our wedding night. I want to stay here with you… will you agree?” TnLS7K

He didn’t want to go back to the cold hospital. He wanted to stay here, with the person he loved.

He wanted to stay here, not as a plaything, but as his lover.

Yi Ze looked into Xie He’s eyes and slowly said, “OK.”

That night, the two of them embraced on top of the bed. Yi Ze had his arms around Xie He and gently pressed his face into his chest. The person in his arms breathed weakly. If it wasn’t because he could feel his faint heartbeat, he would have thought that he had already left. BXZgav

Xie He leaned against him and softly called out, “Yi ge.”

Yi Ze lowered his head and kissed him on the forehead and said, “I’m here.”

Xie He looked up. Although he had thinned to the point that his appearance changed, his black eyes were still dazzling, like the most precious treasure on this earth. His lips parted and he said, “Yi ge, do you really love me?”

Without any hesitation, Yi Ze answered, “Yes.” O9c6R8

Xie He laughed. This time, he didn’t say ‘thank you’, he didn’t say that he didn’t believe him… he only looked at him with shining, fiery eyes and said, “I also love you.”

Yi Ze’s heart nearly stopped in that moment. He then slowly but solemnly said, “I’ve always loved you.”

Please visit chrysanthemumgarden (dot) com

I’ve always loved you. It was just that I didn’t know. However, it does not negate the fact that I’ve always loved you.

【Ding, the target Yi Ze’s Favourability Value +2. The current Favourability Value is 100.】 S5sWJ

【Ding, the target of this world, Yi Ze, was successfully captured. 10,000 experience points obtained. The important character Jian Zihan was successfully captured. 8,000 experience points obtained. The important character Fu Yuan was successfully captured. 8,000 experience points obtained. The total experience points obtained is 26,000.】

【Xie He:Baby, my body can’t hold on any longer.】

【444:( ⊙ o ⊙ ) So it seems.】

【Xie He:Let’s leave this world now. Smile.JPG】 oTDvNA

【444:Yi? In such a hurry? You want to leave right now? Why not wait until tomorrow?】

【Xie He:Yes. There’s no difference between letting this body die a day sooner or day later. There’s no need to drag it out.】

【444:I thought that you would want to say something to President Yi before leaving, ne…._(:зゝ∠)_】

【Xie He:Didn’t I already speak to him? Moreover, it doesn’t matter. Although I will be leaving, I’m leaving him a very precious spiritual legacy, ah. He will not be lonely. 🙂 】 QMSjPg

【444:……】

……………………………………

When Yi Ze woke up the next day, he discovered that the person in his arms had ceased breathing. The originally feeble heart beat had already come to a complete stop. The ice-cold body mercilessly made reality clear…. He used his thumb to gently trace the features of the person in his arms.

Probably because he had prepared for this a long time ago, now that he was really faced with this, he didn’t feel all that surprised. r8iVbE

Because he had been in constant pain, watching his own heart gradually die… when it really happened, it felt like he could no longer feel any pain. Just ice-cold stillness.

Yi Ze personally arranged Si Minghui’s funeral. From beginning to end, he looked extremely calm. On the day of the funeral, after everyone left, he stayed there, reluctant to leave. He reached out to caress the gravestone, his voice low and soft, “Are you lonely all by yourself, ah…?”

Yi Ze had someone help him buy all of Si Minghui’s works. When Si Minghui was alive, he didn’t ever think of watching his works. Now that he left, he discovered that even if it was just the image he left behind, it was still extremely precious to him.

Fortunately, he left behind a lot. iseR48

Now, he could see him at any time. Time could take his life away, but it could not wipe him from his memory.

Not long after, Si Minghui’s last film premiered. Because of the previous scandal, reversal, and the news of his death, the attention on Si Minghui was at an unprecedented high. That meant that this film had also received a lot of attention.

Read more BL at chrysanthemumgarden (dot) com

Yi Ze grabbed a ticket to the movie’s premiere. Before he went, he very carefully and nervously changed into formal attire. He then stood in front of the mirror for a long time. When he thought that he looked presentable, he drove to the movie theatre. Regardless of time and place, he always wanted to look his best for Si Minghui. They all said that what people appreciated in women was their looks. However, it was the same for men as well.

The light in the movie theatre went out. Yi Ze turned to the empty seat next to him and quietly said, “Your film will definitely be good.” E7vg2j

Yi Ze had specifically bought two seats because he thought that Si Minghui would have also wanted to come with him to see the film he starred in. Before, he hadn’t gone to Si Minghui’s awards ceremony. Now, he could only face an empty seat and watch the Si Minghui on the screen. Regret was useless.

Yi Ze hadn’t watched these kinds of romantic films in the past. However, this time, he could not take his eyes off the screen. It turned out that Minghui also had this side to him. His brilliance was blinding. The whole world had been able to see this. It was only he who hadn’t.

This pearl had been willing to cover itself in dirt to stay by his side. However, he hadn’t been cherished because Yi Ze had treated him as a stone. Yi Ze had been blind as a bat.

At the end of the movie, he heard Minghui’s clear, melodious and decisive voice ring: You’ll regret it. You’ll never find another person who will love you as I loved you. However, I will never regret having loved you. I will forever hold onto this love until the day that I die. qyRYu7

That moment, it felt like that young man was standing in front of him again. He was still handsome and gentle, red lips slightly parted as he gazed at him with affection.

Yi Ze raised his head slightly, as if wanting to kiss the person in front of him. In the end, he only met with empty air.

When the theatre lights turned back on, the viewers passing him by shot him strange looks.

Yi Ze rubbed his face. He didn’t know when, but tears had begun to stream down his face. He smiled calmly. “The movie was too good. I was moved to tears.” ndzcDE

The other viewers looked like they suddenly understood. They still looked a bit awkward. They smiled and left. Inwardly, they thought, you really can’t judge a person by their cover. Such a stern-looking and big, steady man was actually so sensitive. Although the movie was pretty moving, it wasn’t enough to make you cry like that, ba?

………………………………

A few months later, Yi Ze participated in a party. His friend, President Zhang, whispered to him, “I prepared a surprise for you.”

After saying this, he waved his hand and a handsome youth came over. When the youth looked up, Yi Ze froze. The cup of water in his hand almost fell. tQI7b

President Zhang saw how stirred up Yi Ze was. Inwardly he thought, this was indeed not a bad move. Wasn’t he just a little star that was being kept? Why was he acting like his wife had died? He knew why Yi Ze had kept Si Minghui all those years, so he had gone to find a similar-looking child and had him undergo some plastic surgery. Now, he looked just like Si Minghui. He was sure Yi Ze would be moved.

“How is he? Good?” President Zhang saw Yi Ze’s shocked expression and laughed mischievously, pleased with himself.

A long time later, Yi Ze gave him a profound glance and dropped his cup. The contents splatter in all four directions. With a rather cold voice, he said, “Don’t do this kind of thing from now on.”

President Zhang was dumbfounded. “What? You don’t like him?” KXa c6

“Seeing that we’ve been acquainted for many years, I won’t bicker with you today,” Yi Ze said indifferently and then left.

From beginning to end, he didn’t give the youth another glance.

Please visit chrysanthemumgarden (dot) com

The boy had thought that he could hug a big thigh like this and live a life of luxury. Therefore, he was willing to fix his face to curry favour with Yi Ze. Who would have expected that Yi Ze wouldn’t even spare him a glance. He stood there, frightened and helpless. Didn’t they say that Yi Ze only fancied Si Minghui then because he looked like Jian Zihan? Why didn’t he care now?

Yi Ze left with large strides and a dark expression. Suddenly, he couldn’t help but smash his fist against the wall! IvPdB6

He was angry, furious! What did they take Si Minghui for? Someone that could be substituted with anything?! No, it wasn’t like this! When he really cared for a person, how could he be willing to use a substitute? Even just seeing this made him unable to put up with it! He felt that it was blasphemy against Si Minghui!

No one could replace the person he loved deeply!

Fury and darkness made Yi Ze almost unable to control himself. Only, he calmed down in the end. He gave his secretary a call. “Investigate the person President Zhang just sent over.”

Yi Ze waited for half an hour. His secretary sent the information over. He was a boy from an ordinary family. Although his parents were not rich, he was not poverty-stricken. It was just that he was greedy, vain, and didn’t want to work hard. When President Zhang took a fancy to him, he was willing to do this. That was why he fixed his face and sent himself to Yi Ze. VlF Ig

Yi Ze clenched his phone tightly, knuckles turning white. A sneer slowly emerged on his face. If he was really a pitiful person who was at the end of his rope, he wouldn’t have minded giving him a hand. He would treat it as doing good on behalf of Minghui. After all, he would no longer look at people like he did before. There are people who really deserved to have him help them. However, this didn’t include people like this. This kind of fellow…was not worthy of taking the place of his Minghui!

There was also President Zhang. They’ve known each other for so many years, how come he couldn’t tell what he was thinking? The other had taken a fancy to some good thing of his.

It was just a pity that he would have to disappoint him. Yi Ze sneered.

Two days later, the agreement of cooperation between President Zhang and the Yi Family was cancelled. Although Yi Ze did not attack him further, this cancellation inflicted serious injuries on the other. Other people also followed his lead, one by one. The business world was merciless. President Zhang was very quickly forced into completely putting out(?). Furthermore, the youth that had plastic surgery offended a local tyrant and received a slash to the face in a club. ZI yLv

After this, no one dared to send anyone to Yi Ze for a long time.

Two years passed like this. From beginning to end, Yi Ze stayed single. Some people couldn’t help but begin scheming again and started to send people to Yi Ze. Yi Ze didn’t accept a single one. Occasionally, someone would take a risk and send someone that looked like Si Minghui. This kind of person would very quickly suffer Yi Ze’s merciless attack. Slowly, no one dared to send people to him again.

From then on, everyone knew just how deeply Yi Ze loved Si Minghui. Everyone knew how irreplaceable Si Minghui was.

Many years later, on the anniversary of Si Minghui’s death, Yi Ze went to sweep his grave. He looked many years older. His hair was already completely white. He reached out to caress the photo on the gravestone. He mumbled on, as an old man would, “Recently, I watched all of your works again. Everyone said that you were really hard-working and filmed a lot but I still feel like I haven’t watched enough….” ieQ1Pm

“Right… I established a charitable fund under your name. Every year, it will go to helping people with difficult family situations… many people are really grateful to you, ne….”

“You’ll always be so good-looking but I’ve already grown old… when we meet again, will you dislike me?”

Yi Ze stammered on for a while. Suddenly, his eyes dimmed and he said, “So much time has passed but I haven’t forgotten you in the least. Have you forgotten me?”

His voice was low, as if the wind could carry it away, “I miss you quite a bit….” 3 JdWb


The author has something to say:

This world has ended, la~ The next world announcement: The Empire’s Captive, Interstellar, Strong x Strong~~

Chrysanthemum Garden.


Eve: …My heart. I was still resentful towards Yi Ze, and I still think what he did was unforgivable but the imagery of his standing before Si Minghui’s grave with white hair and wrinkled skin, speaking to a grave just…..·´¯`(>▂<)´¯`·.

Also, If you like this kind of setting, I recommend the short Korean drama: the Most Beautiful Goodbye in the World. It was so good I watched it twice and cried like a baby both times. It’s only 4 ~1 hour episodes. Instead of love, it deals with family. Highly recommended for sad boi hour. dg93mx

sere: ( ⊙ o ⊙ ) end of this arc… honestly compared to the previous arc this scum suffered more… it was like a long, slow burn of several months. The scum general (forgot his name) commit suicide… which cut short his suffering… that man should’ve lived the rest of his life suffering for killing his beloved… goddam…..

Side note: *short rant* don’t use “on a cognitive level” or “in (his) cognition” to talk about understanding or comprehension … that’s not what it means… if you are gonna use it you better be able to explain to me Bloom’s taxonomy of cognitive domain. This is almost as bad as using “quick wear” for QT… which is just purely terrible MTL.

Translator's Note

Refers to the teachings one’s parents pass onto their children, that the children eventually live by for the rest of their lives.

Leave a Comment

111 comments

  1. ML please reveal yourself in the next 2 arcs. REVEAL THE SCUM. Turn it back around; till you reach perfection!

  2. How many worlds have it been already.. Xie He is still as merciless as ever :”)

    I’m really curious though, will this story have one main ML? (like will the scum gong somehow figured out how to travel worlds with XH too? Bcs it’s been so long and there has been no mention of it whatsoever. And XH doesn’t seem to be developing any other special feelings aside of fatherly love towards the scum gongs 😂)

    Thank you for the chapter! 💕 💕

    • This was the 5th world. There are 13 worlds I think? I’m currently arc 8 and there are still no mentions of ML. There will likely be little to no mentions of him until the later half (like pretty late). But yes, there is a single ML and all the scum MLs we’ve seen are him. I haven’t finished the novel myself but that’s what I read from the spoiler threads. Why and how he does it will indeed be revealed 🙂 XH’s past will also be discussed.

      • just wondering, is the MC the gong or the shou? he’s a gong originally, but enjoys being a shou too….and I think it would be nice if the MC tops the ML this time

        Also thank you so much for translating, your translating is so good and the feeling really comes through, I’m just now realising the strength to writing it in the POV of the character instead of the MC’s POV!

        I always start the arc thinking I wouldn’t cry as much as the last arc, but by the time I’m finished, my pillow and shirt is soaked and Ive used who knows how many tissues😭

        😭😭😤

        • MC is the shou. While it would be nice to have versatile couples, few Chinese novels have that. The author stressed that this is a protagonist shou novel so I think that the chances of us getting a scene of MC topping ML isn’t likely (honestly this is so rare that you would probably only see it if the author tagged the novel with ‘versatile’).

          And thank you for reading! I’m happy that I’m able to do this novel justice. I’ll continue to work hard~

          Yeah, the POV of the characters always get me. I know it’s fake but…oof.

  3. ………reads bc i want the scum gong to suffer is the one suffering instead

    thank you for the translation QAQ

  4. Ahhhhh. I didn’t know I like to abuse myself with dog blood dramas .·´¯(&gt;▂&lt;)´¯·. Good thing with QT is that there can still be worlds to come. It kind of mellows out the tragedy from the previous one. Wait, isn’t the abuse supposed to be for scum gongs only? (´⊙ω⊙`)!

    Thanks for the update~ 💕

  5. I keep reaching the tissues in the box until it’s gone…

    It’s so f*cking sad 😭 I’m sobbing.

    True love is heart wrenching sometimes.

  6. crying I f*cking love this abuse! Can’t wait till the abuse reaches the galaxy in the interstellar arc hehe

  7. CRYING THAT LAST IMAGE… THOSE LAST FEW LINES… OMG QAQ

  8. *Many years later, on the anniversary of Si Minghui’s death, Yi Ze went to sweep his grave. * When this part appeared , i couldn’t hold back anymore

    The scums are really hateful but their ending always makes me cry like a pig

    It’s making me really ugly with all the crying

    • I know right!!! It’s like, fk y’all you deserve it but…when they’re shown to be just heart-broken and mourning the person they love…it’s hard to feel anything but pity for them.

      • Well, guess President Xie properly taught them about the really heavy feels, you know, like love, something everyone needs and wants and cannot do without.

  9. Up until now , this is the first time i cried for an arc . damn 💔😭

  10. Weirdly enough, I wasn’t as moved in this last chapter than the previous ones… is it because I’m reading this not in my room but in the livingroom??? Probs…

    Oh, the interstellar arc… I don’t know what to think of that… I’ve read the spoiler thread because I was itching to know more but compared to this arc, interstellar would be meh… unless there’s some (duh) parts not mentioned in the spoiler thread… I’m going to casually read the next arc… I hope I don’t cry…

    Thanks for the chapter~ ( ^ ♡ ^ )/

    • For me, the last couple of chapters of the interstellar arc got me, albeit in a different way than the other arcs did. I don’t think I cried but there was something so wistful and beautiful about some of the scenes. The ending was actually one of the happiest ones imo.

  11. This arc is really similar to the general storyline of Scum Shou’s Survival Guide. Although, this proves that president Xie is way more ruthless than our scum shou Ye Ming. He didn’t even bat an eye or have any lingering feelings towards the scum gong xD

    • The two novels are by the same author and technically share a universe. I think scum gong was written first (if we go by the current dates on jjwxc).

      • Yess, I just read scum shou a few days ago. I know it’s the same universe, I just think that the story structure in this arc is really similar to scum shou’s (especially the first arc lol). It’s interesting to compare how Ye Ming and Xie He react to the world’s ML. While Xie He doesn’t linger emotionally on any of the scum gongs (I love that part of him), I feel like Ye Ming gives a piece of his heart to every ml in each world and he covers it up by jokes (which pisses off his system and the readers xD) and yet people dislikes Ye Ming more for some reason (づ ̄ ³ ̄)づ

  12. Hm…i feel both sad and glad ’cause he got what was coming to him…on the other hand…i dont know…i think i’m gonna have a hard time believing President Xie will actually fall for one of the scum men…honestly he is good at acting that if it wasnt for his mental conversations with his system i’d not even know he was acting…

  13. Okay, I cried, but it’s 01:54 in the morning right now… Also, I can count the tears on one hand. This arc was…. conflicting (?). First, YZ was such an a**hole, I wanted to choke him back. He also had zero trust towards MC, which is moderately infuriating. The ending with the wedding…. Well, That’s why I cried, they never married before.

    Ah, right now I’m somehow really sad…. I loved someone so deeply I wished for nothing more but their purest happiness, but they killed themselves. Nothing to blame, nothing to regret, no one at fault. My poor heart made of glass 😢

  14. My reaction within every arc: You scum gong I’ll wait for your abuse(╬ಠ益ಠ) ….XH just go with this insert character/s and have a great life with them(╥_╥) … IM SO MF MAD AT THIS *insert curse words*..(#`皿´) ლಠ益ಠ)ლ ლಠ益ಠ)ლ

    My reaction when an arc ends: *CHOTTO* *MATTE*(。ヘ°) …. * Hmph* BAKa Do you think I will forgive you on what you done to my MC(forgives and still feel pity for him) but since you atone for your sins I’ will forgi- *hmph* just you wait scum gongಠ_ಠ …. QoQ why does this happen to you XH Q^Qಥ_ಥ …. I can’t wait for the next arc , thank you Author-sama.(^ω^) (^v^)

  15. This one and the second arc have a nice ending. The third arc (father-son) is my favorite but because of another case of “ML disappearing at the end”, it somehow lost some of its impact.

    Anyways, I didn’t expect too much about this arc but I’ve been given a good ending. For that, I’ll continue reading.

    Thank you, translator-sama and editor-sama!

  16. I’ve already reread it 5 times with each new arc …. I just can’t get enough of this novel … Xie he you are such a baddy but I luv you!! …. thank you for the hard work Eve-san and all others who are working on this novel 💖💕😇

  17. This comment has been edited because it includes spoilers. Please do not post spoilers in the comments. If you would like to discuss spoilers, please do so in the respective discord channel or the NUF spoiler thread.

  18. Man i really can’t handle this chapter. I delayed it as much as I could. But every paragraph i felt like crying tears of blood. Man i still feel that XH has been very heartless this time. Nobody deserved this. YZ, this dumbass, he didn’t deserve this.

  19. Why am I crying? I really don’t want to cry. I hate this story, I really hate it. I always avoid tragedies, so why am I still reading this? Translators, you are so mean, this is one of those stories that I wouldn’t mind if they were only in Chinese. I wouldn’t be able to understand then.

  20. I’ve been binge reading this and this arc made me cry, even though I know MC is acting, but it still made me legit cry my eyes out… and for this i am starting to hate the MC but at the same time he’s very good… also also i wonder about the original its just pitiful, what if the set up for the QTs is like Don’t Pick Boyfriends from the Trash Bin, then they are really pitiful.

  21. Man this ML is pitiful af, ah

    I like it huehuehue

    Thanks for the chapter!

  22. Like the hell the roof won’t stop leaking ever since I began reading this arc….I don’t know whether to laugh or cry cause I was just fine while reading the others…. or was it because I was listening to find you while reading it😅

  23. At the start of this arc i ended up hating this ML the most but now at the end i can’t help but hurt with him. Dog Blood BL novels are no joke.

  24. I know this is a bit late and i’m trying to catch up on this novel…out of all the qt translations i’ve read so far I love Xie He’s character the most haha…i picture him as this gentle, yet frivolous kind of person with a very sensual air about him…i also love how he’s so gentle and patient with 444 and how he calls him baby haha it’s so affectionate 😊 anyway…thanks so much to all of you who are working on translating this ❤️❤️❤️

      • I dont know how many times I read this arc already and it still makes me tear up every single time, this my fave arc so far.

  25. I cry every arc despite knowing how tragic it’s all going to be. 😭😭😭😭😭

    I demand Xie He compensate me for all the heart break and tears. ☹😭😢

  26. oh noooooo, i stayed up until 5am and now I am crying so much. I just washed my face 15 mins ago! My eyes are gonna hurt so much tomorrow 😭😭😭😭

  27. Djdjdn I’ve been binge reading for 5 hours and cried nonstop; my eyes are swollen I can barely open them 😭😭😭

  28. i’m drowned in this river of tears and snots 😭 i’ve not even move on from the prev arc. remembering them is giving me a heartache, goshhh😭😭

  29. I think among all the arcs before this has a good ending at least the ML has been shown love and forgiveness although he was terrible one

    Thanks for the chapter

  30. Can. You. Stop. Making. Me. Cry.😭

    Also thank you for your amazing work.

  31. О небеса! Как же грустно…не могу остановить слез. И почему я такой чувствительный человек? Спасибо вам большое за перевод!

  32. Another tragic ending…. ಥ‿ಥ. I don’t think I will never get used to every arcs endings. I know that President Xie is acting but what about ML? Is he also acting?

    Background story, background story, background story!!!!!

  33. Shen i med a goos crt… i just ned to Cole here. XD

  34. The ends of all these arcs are knife-sharp, it makes my heart bleed and my eyes tear up. Some of them directly make me cry my eyes out. I still can get over the death in the father-son arc, for me, even without the death, is the saddest arc till now 😢

  35. Although Yi Ze was really despicable before, I somehow can relate. He just …didn’t understand. JZ’s case was the proof. There was no one who made him realized his wrong earlier. Who would analyze someone closely and try to change them for the better? They don’t have time for this laborous tasks, especially if that person (YZ) is hardheaded. Even JZ, who was annoyed until he fleed abroad would rather said nothing. No, I don’t blame anyone. It’s human nature.

  36. This arc had me crying at every dem chapters!! I running put of tissues.(:3 」∠)

    tq for your hard work!

  37. Hmm… why do i feel XH is the King of Rejection (always rejecting people) and is a ruthless (?) gong is because he was once a brokenhearted shou? And the one who broke his heart is ML, that’s why he’s now counterattacking ML the scum gong? Lollll can’t wait to find out about ML.

  38. Sigh*** honestly…….the first story made me numb to all this xD

    OH STRONG X STRONG??? omhy (next chapter :0)

  39. I was just curious if the main system give more ooc to the MC so he can be more free and meet someone who can make him feel love like all the scum gongs the the MC made them feel real love

    I just hope for this idk why but I hope he can have someone who can change him too.. I feel that I am a little emotional because I cried every single arc… Sorry :” ” ” ‘(

  40. I’m NOT crying, you are crying. ok now I really deserve the slap for shedding tears for this scum but dammit, I’m so weak for grave scenes.

  41. …The fuck is this? I’m so waiting for this arc gong to suffer because his treatment towards Si Minghui, and he finally did, so why am I the one who suffer instead? (ಥ_ʖಥ)

  42. I SEND KNIVES 🔪🔪🔪🔪🔪

    This little heart is bleeding wuuuuuu

  43. … How the turns have tabled. I feel a little won over by Yi Ze since he really did his best for Minghui in the end. Also, first arc where the MC gets at least a little bit of a happy ending with his gong? T-There’ll be more in the future, right? I’m not just going to be crying forever, right?

  44. You know…….this ending reminds me of one other novel in FL..

    It is also about cancer and the ending is similar…… but the ML there is soo unforgivable. Forgot the title tho

  45. agree, previous gongs was either disappear or suicide. but yz.. he stay and do things for his beloved, even though I think he’s the most scummy gong until this arc he still repent plus that last moment…. (༎ຶ ෴ ༎ຶ)

  46. Honestly Yi Ze was probably the worst scum gong yet if you exclude the very first one he had zero redeeming qualities that being said his ending made me cry the hardest, I think it’s because this is the first time the love has not be one sided.

  47. uwaaaaa although yi ze used to be a jerk and xie he was just acting, it’s so saddd this story(not just this arc) has gotten me crying the most I have ever in the past few years T-T

  48. When I saw the words Bloom’s taxonomy, I started having cold sweats………damned thing hunted me for years on uni during exams

    On another note, I have unexpectedly survived another arc of torment and I am enjoying reading this novel so far (guess I have started to become an m now). I wish there was an arc where XH captures the gong through purely sweet means and no hurting at all………but I guess that won’t happen since we’re talking about scum gongs here

  49. Ugh this arc made my heart bleed and my eyes got invaded by onions I cried so much through so many chapter. I even had to take a break over and over again just to wipe my tears. I love you guys

  50. From an M to an S. That’s my journey i this novel. At first I was just crying but enjoying the novel. Now I just can’t help but laugh. Trully not knowing whether to cry or laugh.

    Thanks for the chapter

  51. OMG! Even though this ML was the biggest scum and I can’t even pity him it’s still sad and I can’t stop crying😭 Should have just murdered him 🤔

  52. Ahhh. This is so sad… Since it’s HE I’ll continue reading. MC don’t you feel bad shattering their hearts for mere points😭😭😭😭😭

  53. After changing perspectives, the tears also gave in. Darn it. Will I just cry myself every single last arc chapter? Why am I still reading this‽

    An M maybe.

  54. For thr past arc. This arc is the only one i shed tears with. Especially. When im also listening to song ‘Before you go’

  55. I could not stand this scum (even tho I love scum) but that empty movie seat got me…my second tears of this novel;~;

  56. It is what he deserves, I feel sad but this is he’s punishment. Damn I feel emotional distraught everytime I read a new arc. Author trying to tear my soul out argh!

  57. Ahh here we again. At the end of each arc, us readers always suffered as well as the reformed scum gongs. This is also readers abuse as well as scum abuse ya know dear author. Our MC is having too much fun with his machinations and plots. As always i’m thankful for our dear translator and editor. I’m still on team Jian Zihan and Si Minghui, and in my hc Jian Zihan goes back in time in an alternate world where Xie He does not transmigrate, and gets together with Si Minghui. And something also happens to Fu Yuan in a third alternate world where he gets Si Minghui. And in this world, after MC and ML leaves, maybe original scum gong also reincarnates and have his happy ending with SMH, man i want everyone to be happy for real. I’m guessing ML’s soul is unconscious so these are all happening to the real Yi Ze too, so hence his rebirth with awareness in my headcanon….hahaha i’m not crying at all. But STILL i am forever team Jian Zihan as the main gong, always !

    Now i want the real ML and MC to fall in love quickly. I’m guessing, as with all these types of QT twists, MC and ML already knows each other in the real world.

  58. Altho I did cry alot,it wasnt so much than all the prev arcs,maybe because the scum gong deserved it alot so there was little room for sympathy,or maybe because Ive read something similar but also different before…or maybe just because I am slowly growing numb to this angst thanks to the author:)

    Even if I deemed ZY as the most scum among all the gongs in this novel,I really liked the ending. Its really nice how XH came up with it that corresponds to Minghui’s wishes,same with how he did with Jing Zhao’s ending. It is indeed bittersweet,ah.

  59. I hated this ML the most, this death and ending chapter felt the most peaceful though. What a nostalgic feeling at the last scene… ofc I cried… this series is doing things to my heart…

  60. Okay, let’s be frank. This is the tamest arc yet isn’t it? Or maybe I’m already numb lol

    Anyways, nice arc, loved it!

  61. I can’t believe I cried yet again and this time I felt bad for ML too. I can’t believe myself, even though I said that he’s the worst ML till now 😭, yet I cried bruh.

  62. Although I don’t like YZ, the last scene was too pitiful ok??? and JZH!!!!

    Giving so much ‘The 10 Years I loved you most’ rn…. and listening to Piano Man isn’t helping TwT QAQ