The Scum Shou's Survival GuideChapter 106.1

Attention all passengers.

This is your new cabin attendant, phizzlepop, picking up SSSG from my fabulous qianbeis, Ch1yo and beansprout plus their lovely editors. I’ll be taking care of you guys for the rest of this journey by providing fresh weekly half-chapters, since each chapter is a bit too long for comfortable digestion in one sitting. TZqtgK

We all know we’re here on angst train 888 led by the ever-fearless conductor Ye Ming to cultivate our tear duct strength, so without further ado, let us depart together from this brief stop and go onwards to the next station! ٩(๑❛ᴗ❛๑)۶

Edited by: valaintime

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

The sky-blue gemstone necklace was heartlessly discarded like trash by its owner on the ground, covered in dust, battered and pitiful… mocking the feelings between the two that’d been shattered beyond repair and the trust that’d been lost long ago.

Lu Xiuwen gripped Ye Ming with slightly more strength, his thin lips pressed together tightly. He wanted to explain, yet he didn’t know what he should say. IVUC6N

Ye Ming looked coldly at Lu Xiuwen, “Let go of me.”

There was repressed pain in Lu Xiuwen’s eyes. He’d exhausted his efforts to try and change it all, to prevent it all… but Ye Ming had ultimately still met up with Song Qin. He’d thought that in this life he’d be able to reverse the situation, but things had ultimately still moved bit by bit along the trajectory of his previous life. Could it be that, in the end, he’d still be unable to recover this person?

Even after being reborn, was he unable to fix his mistakes, unable to change fate?

He was silent for a long time, then hoarsely asked, “Xiao Ran… What did Song Qin tell you? He’s my business rival so what he says isn’t necessarily credible. Even if you don’t trust me… it doesn’t mean you should trust him.”

Ye Ming looked fixedly at Lu Xiuwen’s face, the corners of his lips slowly pulling into a bitter arc. He was already no longer as naive and foolish as before. Unlike his past self, he wouldn’t so easily trust a person who’d inexplicably appeared next to him, a ‘good person’ who seemed concerned about him.

It wasn’t that Ye Ming doubted Lu Xiuwen’s sentence about Song Qin being his business rival, that his words hid ulterior motives, but– even if he had ulterior motives, this time he was merely revealing the truth you hid from me, right?

Ye Ming’s lips moved slightly, his gaze indifferent, “He only told me that you used to be in love with my mother. Back then you made a huge fuss at her wedding and forced her to leave together with my father. The reason you adopted me was all because of her.”

Lu Xiuwen was slightly stunned. What Song Qin said in this life was different from in his previous life. There actually wasn’t a lie fabricated about him killing the Gu Xueya couple. 7iWh1X

The look in Ye Ming’s eyes was filled with sorrow. He chuckled and said to Lu Xiuwen, “What he said, was it a lie?”

Lu Xiuwen was unable to refute this. This time Song Qin didn’t lie, but the more it was like this… the more deadly it was instead, because he couldn’t even take out what he’d prepared earlier to overturn Song Qin’s lies.

The direction things were moving in had subtly changed.

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Ye Ming only took one look at Lu Xiuwen’s expression and knew the answer. zh9YT2

It was probably just as Song Qin said. This was something many people knew about, so Lu Xiuwen could no longer lie to him. The truth was the truth, it was impossible for paper to cover fire.

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Ye Ming’s hands slightly trembled. He felt as though his throat had stiffened, almost like he couldn’t speak, but he still wanted to ask clearly, so that he would no longer hold onto luck in his heart. WJirDI

He opened his mouth, every word he uttered like a slash on his heart, his eyes filled with agony, “If it hadn’t been for my mother, you would’ve never taken me in, right? The reason you treated me so well was also because you’re in love with her.”

Although Ye Ming sounded like he had calmed down, looking like he wasn’t as angry as before, Lu Xiuwen could feel that, right now, he was actually, truly losing this person, just like in his previous life.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

He looked miserably at Ye Ming and said, “She’s my relative. Is there something wrong with me taking in her child? As for me still being in love with her, that’s basically just talk without basis!”

Ye Ming continued to look at him tranquilly and said, “Oh, really?” IoHAB4

Lu Xiuwen didn’t want to see Ye Ming acting like this any longer. With a pained look, he said, “If this was all you wanted to talk about, then there was no need. Didn’t you know about these things already? Sure, it was because of her that I took you in, but me treating you well wasn’t just for her, but because I love you. I did like her in the past, but that was a long time ago, and the person I’m in love with now is you.”

You love me?

Ye Ming’s heart was covered in a film of ice. Is the person you’re in love with really me? Or is it through me that you’re loving someone else?

You love me, but would use these kinds of methods to scheme against me? cZyF3m

Don’t say these kinds of words anymore. I’m already this miserable, because I can only resent myself… I can’t resent my deceased mother, I can’t resent you who fostered and raised me, I can only hate how I have to be the one to face these kinds of things, but now I don’t want to continue like this anymore.

Ye Ming lifted the corner of his lips slightly, asking one final question, “Inside that necklace, there’s a tracker, right?”

Lu Xiuwen’s complexion finally changed.

Ye Ming gave a hollow laugh, shook off Lu Xiuwen and said resolutely, “I already have all the answers that I wanted, so now I can tell you– I don’t need you to love me and I don’t need you to treat me well so insincerely. As long as you don’t bother me again in the future and don’t show up in front of me, then that’s good enough.” ctvbTP

As soon as he finished speaking, he turned around to leave.

He’s had enough, he’s already had enough of all of this. He just wanted to stay far away from Lu Xiuwen, stay far away from this person who brought him all of his happiness and all of his suffering.

Lu Xiuwen looked at his empty hand. In a daze, he lifted his gaze again to watch Ye Ming’s back gradually fade into the distance.

Like in the previous life, he met Song Qin, believed Song Qin’s words, then was determined to leave him. This time, if he lets him leave… he was afraid that even until his death he’d never see this person ever again. S1U4TL

The gemstone necklace on the ground that was abandoned like an old shoe by its owner seemed to be taunting him. Look… you invested all of your thoughts and tactics, but in the end, didn’t you just go back to where you started from?

You’re incapable of controlling this person, he’s destined to leave you.

Lu Xiuwen’s eyes reddened, the darkness and agony entangling in the depths of his eyes, watching as Ye Ming left step by step, going farther and farther away from him… like a kite with a broken string, finally going towards a place he can never reach.

In the past, because of this, he experienced pain with no desire for life. When he died he swore to possess this person forever, so that he’d never be able to leave him again, so with his rebirth, even if he was not selective with his methods, he still wanted to obtain this person. But the ending was nonetheless the same as the one in his previous life. knbBq1

Why won’t you believe that I love you? Why won’t you believe me?

Why must you always leave me?!

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【Ding. Lu Xiuwen’s Blackening Value: +15. Current Blackening Value: 30】

Seeing that Ye Ming’s figure was about to disappear from Lu Xiuwen’s sight, he suddenly took long strides forward, grabbed onto Ye Ming’s hand, voice hoarse and low, “Come home with me.” SqW5Di

Ye Ming didn’t think that Lu Xiuwen would catch up with him again, and tried hard to get rid of Lu Xiuwen’s hand. But this time, Lu Xiuwen’s hand was like iron tongs, making his wrists ache, but couldn’t be shaken off no matter what. Finally, his voice was no longer peaceful, and he shouted indignantly, “Let go of me! That place isn’t my home! It isn’t!”

Lu Xiuwen’s expression didn’t change. The corners of his lips lifted slightly, revealing an indecipherable smile as he said, “Are you done throwing your tantrum? If you’re done, then come home obediently, don’t say such things, okay?”

Don’t say such chilling, heartrending words.

Hearing this, Ye Ming was even angrier! Was all of this, in Lu Xiuwen’s eyes, just him having a temper tantrum? yJAbGa

Lu Xiuwen acted as though he had turned into a completely different person and without the slightest regard for Ye Ming’s resistance, directly grabbed his wrist and dragged him outside, forcibly stuffed him into the car, then calmly ordered the driver, “Go home.”

Ye Ming was reaching over, about to pull open the car door to get out, when Lu Xiuwen expressionlessly pulled off his own tie and used it to bind his hands behind his back, then pressed his upper body down onto his own lap. Looking down at him, he said unhurriedly, “Don’t squirm, it’s not safe.”

Ye Ming didn’t think that Lu Xiuwen would actually tie him up and started struggling desperately, his eyes reddening. “What do you want to do?!”

Lu Xiuwen’s fingertips lightly brushed across Ye Ming’s face as he gently said, “I said it before, let’s go home.” lQOtM

I thought that by giving you some freedom, you’d calm down a bit and listen to me. I thought that indulging you could make you reconsider… But I was wrong. You were just provoked by Song Qin once again, and wanted to leave me once again.

I didn’t want to do things this way, but I have no choice but to do things this way. As long as I lock you up, you’ll never be able to leave my side.

Lu Xiuwen lowered his head and kissed Ye Ming’s forehead. These days, there was neither a time nor a moment when he didn’t want to touch this person, but he could only bitterly suppress his impulses and maintain a distance between them, not showing up before him. But, he didn’t want to restrain himself anymore.

If no matter what you’ll still want to leave, then I can only use this method to keep you here. Kq3s8v

Ye Ming was hardly Lu Xiuwen’s opponent. He was imprisoned in his arms, unable to move, and soon the car drove them back home. Lu Xiuwen directly carried Ye Ming out and placed him on the living room sofa. But, instead of releasing his tied hands, he held him tightly in his embrace and said soothingly, “We’re home now, don’t make a fuss, okay? Don’t think arbitrarily or speculate randomly, my heart only has you in it.”

Ye Ming glared at Lu Xiuwen. Tears welled up in his eyes and when he couldn’t hold them back anymore, they flowed down. He crazily shouted, “Go away! Let go of me, and go away!”

“What right do you have to do this! I want to leave this place, I don’t want to see you!”

He was about to go crazy, how did things turn out this way? Was this still that Lu Xiuwen who was unfailingly gentle and considerate? Or had Lu Xiuwen pretended to be gentle and finally lost his patience, unwilling to act any longer, and would rather use these measures just to make him stay… OTiDor

You really love my mother this much?

But no matter how much Ye Ming cried out and struggled, Lu Xiuwen wouldn’t let go. He couldn’t let go of him again. If he were to let go of this hand one more time, he would completely lose this person.

Chrysanthemum Garden.

He just continued to hug Ye Ming tightly, making sure that he still had this person.

Ye Ming wailed, his eyes clouded with haziness, his vision gradually blurring. This day he experienced too much and learned the incomparably cruel truth. He already knew about Lu Xiuwen’s actual feelings and only wanted to leave… this person was unwilling to let him go, insisting on bringing him back. VBoLyQ

This wasn’t the person that he loved, this was just a demon that refused to spare him.

He’d never once actually given him a chance to choose for himself.

Ye Ming cried and cried, not knowing how much time had passed, eventually couldn’t hold on anymore and, in the end, still fell asleep in Lu Xiuwen’s arms.

Lu Xiuwen looked down at Ye Ming’s face and lightly wiped away the tears on his face. iR5rLq

Sorry, but I can’t set you free.

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