The Scum Shou's Survival GuideChapter 109.2

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Huo Yi decided to personally pay a visit to Yang Qian before he was killed.

Ye Ming accurately chose an opportune moment, and specifically waited until this time to go find Huo Yi. The men in Huo Yi’s villa all recognized Ye Ming. Knowing he was the person that the boss had just snatched over recently and was someone he highly valued, they didn’t dare to slight him, and let Ye Ming go over to find him.

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Huo Yi hadn’t expected that Ye Ming would come to find him all of a sudden. He was certain he couldn’t let Ye Ming see him kill Yang Qian, otherwise Ye Ming would hate him to death. So after he heard Ye Ming knock on the door, he got Liu Wenguang to tie up Yang Qian, gag him, then stuff him into the neighboring room. Then, he opened the door to let Ye Ming in.

Pretending to have no idea that Yang Qian was right next door, Ye Ming said to Huo Yi: I thought things through. I’m willing to follow you. lMSuso

Huo Yi was a little surprised. He hadn’t imagined that Ye Ming would suddenly change his mind and asked him, was he serious?

Ye Ming said he was serious. Before, he simply couldn’t switch gears for a period of time. In fact, it was his good fortune to be able to follow Huo Yi. Moreover, Yang Qian was very useless, and was only an ordinary human. He couldn’t give him a good life at all. Anyone intelligent would know what to choose.

Huo Yi still didn’t really believe Ye Ming’s words. After all, at the time, Ye Ming had still made a move like that to rescue Yang Qian. Obviously, he cared about him immensely.

Ye Ming said that he indeed did like Yang Qian before. After all, they’d known each other for many years, and Yang Qian treated him very well. When he saw that he might be killed, he felt guilty, so he stepped in to obstruct him, but it’d only been out of gratitude… the past was in the past. People eventually needed to look forward into the future. He thought it’d be better to go with Huo Yi.

After that, he took the initiative to go up and kiss Huo Yi, and requested for Huo Yi to drive Yang Qian away from here. He didn’t want to see Yang Qian appear in front of him again. He had actually wanted to get away from him for a long time now. Only, Yang Qian had always treated him so well, so it was difficult for him to tear open their faces. At that time, he’d still needed Yang Qian.

Now he didn’t need him anymore, and would be with Huo Yi, so it wasn’t very appropriate for Yang Qian to continue to stay any longer.

Huo Yi saw Ye Ming being so proactive, and was delighted. But, he was acutely aware that Ye Ming probably knew something and was purposely saying such things. Perhaps, he was afraid that he would make a move against Yang Qian, so he proposed to drive Yang Qian away.

But he didn’t prod, and asked him instead, “Are you really not reluctant?” Jnk3Kj

Ye Ming said with ease, “There’s nothing much to be reluctant about.”

Huo Yi thought that even if Ye Ming was lying, it didn’t really matter. After all, obtaining the person was good enough, so he pushed down Ye Ming and continued kissing him. Ye Ming was also rather cooperative. After all, Huo Yi was still a super handsome and super powerful ability-user.

But in the end, he didn’t really go all the way, because Huo Yi recalled that Yang Qian was still next door. This situation still had to be dealt with. So, he let Ye Ming go back first, expressed that he would arrange things according to his wishes, and promised that in the future, Yang Qian wouldn’t appear in front of him to bother him anymore.

After Ye Ming left, Huo Yi opened the door and released Yang Qian. lkcCJO

Rounding up a bit, Yang Qian had approximately listened to an entire live spring palace performance while he’d been inside. He’d listened to his beloved person say such things to Huo Yi behind his back, kiss Huo Yi, and even say that he wanted to kick him out, and never wanted him to appear in front of him again… he was so furious his eyes reddened to the point it seemed as though blood was about to drip out. He didn’t want to believe that those were Ye Ming’s actual feelings, but Ye Ming had even said that he wanted to kick him out so heartlessly and callously.

Ye Ming absolutely didn’t know that he was here, so there was no need to lie, was there? Could those actually be his true feelings?

This was impossible.

But Huo Yi seemed to believe that the blow Yang Qian had received hadn’t been large enough. He improvised on the spot and said to Yang Qian, “Originally, I was just going to teach you a little lesson and then let you go, but Ye Ming doesn’t want to see you again, so get lost. In the future, don’t come back to bother Ye Ming anymore. A useless good-for-nothing like you absolutely can’t give him much.” dBpEi6

Then, Huo Yi intructed Liu Wenguang to break Yang Qian’s legs and drive out that night to ditch him outside the base. This move of his was extremely cruel. Although he listened to what Ye Ming had said, and wouldn’t directly take Yang Qian’s life, there wasn’t much of a difference between doing this and taking his life.

Liu Wenguang threw Yang Qian whose legs had been broken out into the woods. He also honked his horn a few times to attract some zombies over, then drove away. Both he and Huo Yi believed that Yang Qian had a 100% chance of dying.

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This didn’t count as lying to Ye Ming. After all, Huo Yi hadn’t personally made a move to kill him. He’d only ordered a subordinate to drive Yang Qian away ma.

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Next was what had happened in the past two years, the things that Ye Ming didn’t know about.

When his legs had been broken and he was thrown out of the base, alone and abandoned, Yang Qian had also believed that he would undoubtedly die. In that dark night of despair, countless zombies growling with hunger staggered towards him. The moment he was surrounded, only grief and hatred were left in his heart.

He hated his own powerlessness, and hated Ye Ming’s heartlessness.

He recalled the sounds of Ye Ming and Huo Yi kissing, recalled the heartless words Ye Ming had said, and recalled Ye Ming saying that he never wanted to see him again… and wanted Huo Yi to kick him out. He’d said that since long ago, he’d already not wanted to be with him anymore… he was merely worried about his face and found it difficult to speak up. kYEiIM

Because he treated him well, he kept on taking advantage of him…

When Ye Ming had said such words, when he’d asked Huo Yi to do such a thing to him, had he even bothered considering whether or not he would be able to survive?

Just because I wasn’t strong enough, couldn’t give you a better life, and couldn’t protect you, you wanted to leave me? Like this, where exactly are you placing the love between us?

His extreme despair and hatred caused Yang Qian to awaken his abilities and survive a deadly, hopeless situation. His powerful ability allowed him to strangle all the zombies in an instant, and escape with his life intact in the end! grFhIe

Yang Qian dragged his injured legs dripping with blood behind him, and crawled away from that place. Because he was injured and alone, he depended on drinking rainwater, eating weeds, eating raw animal meat, and even eating mice to survive.

His ability was very powerful, and also had some healing capabilities. Because of this, he didn’t become disabled even though his legs had been broken. Eventually, he slowly recovered from his injuries.

Yang Qian who’d become strong spent each and every moment in his heart wanting to go back for revenge. But he knew that right now, he still wasn’t Huo Yi’s opponent. Not only was Huo Yi very strong as an individual, but he also had a powerful group of trusted subordinates. So, Yang Qian endured his humiliation and bore this burden, while he devised a strategy outside to ally with people from other small bases, and slowly gathered his own forces and subordinates. Once he had enough assurance, he would take revenge on Huo Yi.

Like this, nearly two years later, Yang Qian finally had enough capital to confront Huo Yi with, and raided Huo Yi’s survivor base. ZLwfY1

With that battle, everything was turned upside down, and there were extremely heavy casualties. In the end, Huo Yi was no match for Yang Qian. He took his subordinates and fled, cutting a sorry figure. Thus, Yang Qian became the new owner of this base.

Ye Ming watched until here, his expression a bit awkward and unsightly. He hadn’t thought that Huo Yi would be that cruel, and hadn’t thought that Yang Qian’s life would be so difficult. After all, he’d left as soon as he finished speaking at the time, and hadn’t imagined that he would return… so he’d been a little careless.

Speaking of, Yang Qian had spent these past two years outside, secretly preparing to stage a comeback, but it definitely hadn’t been as easy as it sounded.

Compared to Yang Qian, Ye Ming’s body, Xu Xiaofei, lived a very simple and monotonous life, like a canary by Huo Yi’s side. Huo Yi was pretty good to him, and it was apparent there was a modicum of genuine like. In this entire base, everyone knew that Xu Xiaofei was one of Huo Yi’s people. uC5xZk

But right now, Huo Yi had just been defeated and ran away! Leaving him behind by himself! And now that he had transmigrated back, the new owner of the base had become his old love, Yang Qian!

The corners of Ye Ming’s lips twitched as he looked at his own room.

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This was Huo Yi’s villa. He lived in the most luxurious room. Just taking a look, this place didn’t seem like it belonged in a post-apocalyptic world at all. Inside the room, there was a large European-style bed. Beautiful curtains were hung up, while the floor was covered with thick wool carpets. The table was set with exquisite silver tableware and food that hadn’t been finished yet.

Drawing the curtains aside and looking down, there was a beautiful flower garden outside… 0fEzBL

But at the moment, unfamiliar people had surrounded the place and were cleaning up the corpses nearby, preparing to go upstairs! This place had already been seized.

【Ye Ming: Ao ao ao, what should I do?】

【888: He he. Now you know how to be afraid. Why weren’t you afraid before when you were acting all unrestrained?】

【Ye Ming: What should I do? I’m about to meet with my family’s Yang Qian. I haven’t seen him in two years, and he’s already become an ability-user. His stamina should’ve also improved a lot, right?】 oncCxv

【888: …】Isn’t there something wrong with your point of concern?

【Ye Ming: This won’t do. Right now, I shouldn’t know that the person coming is him, and I shouldn’t know what he’s been through. And, I also shouldn’t know about him overhearing those words that I said to Huo Yi at the time. I don’t know about any of these things! I need to think about how I should act right now. Better not give myself away.】

【888: …】

【Ye Ming: Okay, I’m ready. I’ve gotten into character! We can start now!】 RTaZ2G

【888: Shut your mouth. These things don’t need to be said to me anymore.】

【Ye Ming: Ying ying ying】

At this moment, the door was unceremoniously pushed open, and two unfamiliar men appeared at the doorway.

One was a burly man who was two meters tall. His fists were almost as large as Ye Ming’s head. He seemed to be a strength-type ability-user. The other was a tall, thin man with a pale face. His icy gaze fell upon Ye Ming. jg fFJ

The tall, burly man was called Shi Yang, and was Yang Qian’s right-hand man. He took large strides over and lifted up Ye Ming who was hiding in a corner with a frightened expression like a baby chick all of a sudden. He said in a booming voice, “Huo Yi has already been defeated by our boss. All of his property, including his slaves, have been claimed by my master. So have you.”

Ye Ming looked at him in fury and panic. When he thought about how he was going to be regarded as Huo Yi’s property to be claimed by a complete stranger, he felt fearful and disoriented, and kept on struggling, “I’m not Huo Yi’s slave!”

But, he was only an ordinary human being. How could he be an ability-user’s opponent.

“Hehe, if you’re not his slave, then why’re you inside his home? I’ve heard that Huo Yi has a slave that he likes very much. It should be you ba,” Shi Yang said while chuckling. Seeing Ye Ming being dishonest, he turned his head and said, “Hey, Lao Zhao, this little guy isn’t very obedient.” W7ecRT

Zhao Jin, the tall and thin man, walked over. He thought about things more deeply. Boss Yang had just seized this base and still had lots of things to do, yet he still had the mindset to claim a mere slave of Huo Yi’s despite his busy schedule. Perhaps there was some kind of reason here.

What was different about this person?

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Zhao Jin tilted his head and said lazily, “If he’s not obedient, then don’t you know how to make him obedient? You even have to ask me about something like this. What exactly is inside your head? A stone?”

Shi Yang rubbed his head, clapped his hands, then strode downstairs. He was massive, and it seemed as though the earth was quaking and mountains were shaking whenever he ran. When he came back, he was holding a black iron collar attached to a chain, exactly like those made for slaves to use. He grabbed Ye Ming and put it on his neck with a ‘kacha’. d6hxoM

Ye Ming clutched the collar around his neck, his expression unbearably ashamed and indignant. Although for these past two years, he’d also lived beside Huo Yi like a chunk of meat, Huo Yi had never made him use this kind of humiliating collar before, and he still had a little bit of freedom. However, this barbarian who had come out of nowhere was treating him like this as soon as he showed up. He was afraid his boss was probably more dreadful and detestable than Huo Yi. When he thought about how he was going to be reduced to this state, and then handed over to someone else, he thought it’d be far better to die.

Zhao Jin glanced at the ugly look on Ye Ming’s face, shrugged, and said with a smile, “Let’s go ba, don’t let the boss wait too long.”

As soon as Shi Yang heard this, he yanked on the chain and walked out, not the slightest bit concerned that Ye Ming might shake him off. With Ye Ming’s small stature, using one hand to resist three of him still wouldn’t be a problem.

Ye Ming grabbed onto the chains and fought desperately to resist, but his strength was much too small. He felt as though his neck was about to be snapped in half, and eventually, he was still dragged outside while stumbling along. 3CbdG8

He was dressed in white pajamas. His features were delicate and handsome, clean and fresh. Now he was walking outside barefoot while being dragged along in chains, his eyebrows furrowed, so pretty it made others want to bully him… it instantly attracted everyone’s attention, and those people gazed at him with amazement and greed in their eyes. As expected, the people Huo Yi liked really were very good looking.

Ye Ming hadn’t even put on his shoes, and was boorishly dragged outside like this. He walked on the frigid ground, his chafed neck bleeding. Finally, he was suddenly shoved into a room.

In the past, this was the hall Huo Yi had used to meet with his subordinates, but now the ones standing in there were all people Ye Ming didn’t recognize. The measuring, probing, disdainful, and covetous looks all made Ye Ming’s entire body stiffen, and his face paled. He was like a sheep that’d entered a tiger's mouth. He lowered his head and looked at the ground, his body slightly shivering.

Shi Yang said in a loud voice, “Boss, this is the person you wanted. I brought him over for you.” TlVY4M

The sound of his voice had hardly faded away, when steady footsteps sounded, approaching Ye Ming step by step. This person should’ve been sitting in the seat Huo Yi used to sit in, then had gotten up and walked over after hearing those words. Before, Ye Ming hadn’t dared to look around too much. There were so many people inside the room, so he hadn’t seen that person’s appearance clearly.

The footsteps were neither too fast nor too slow, steady and powerful, and each one felt as though it’d landed on Ye Ming’s heart. He didn’t even dare to lift his head up and look. When he thought of the circumstances he’d most likely face, his heart was filled with desolate despair.

This was the world after the apocalypse. The weak didn’t even have the dignity of the living.

Finally, Ye Ming saw a pair of legs standing in front of him. This person was dressed in all-black clothes. His legs were straight, slender, and long. His pant legs were tucked into black boots. Zo3gAO

Ye Ming’s hands were tightly clenched. Right at this moment, he heard a very soft chuckle coming from above his head.

This was only a soft chuckle that had slipped out between his lips, but Ye Ming’s entire body jerked as he revealed a look of disbelief. This voice… could it be…

In the past two years, there had been no news at all. The person he’d always been worrying about and yearning for all this time, could it possibly be him?

But how could that be possible? There hadn’t been the tiniest bit of news for two years. At the time, he’d been the one who’d asked Huo Yi to drive Yang Qian away. Yang Qian had been out there by himself, his life or death unknown. Ye Ming inwardly blamed himself and had been in endless agony. Eventually, he’d even believed that Yang Qian had died already and slowly gave up. He had despaired and lived on numbly in this hopeless world, just like a walking corpse. xjQczV

But now, could it be that he had returned?

At last, Ye Ming slowly raised his head, and took a clear look at the man standing in front of him.

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The man had neat, short black hair, sharp and deep facial features, and a healthy wheatish complexion. This was the handsome face that he was so familiar with. The only difference was the addition of a scar on the right side of his face, near his ear. This scar almost seemed to mar an otherwise perfect face, but strangely enough, couldn’t dampen his brilliance. On the contrary, it made him seem more grim and unruly, making people not dare to look straight at him. Right now, those eyes that were as dark as an abyss were filled with a cold, mocking light.

But Ye Ming’s heart was flooded with pleasant surprise, because the person he’d been worried about for countless days and nights had suddenly appeared alive in front of him, so he didn’t even notice that there was something wrong with the other’s expression. His head was filled with only one thought– Yang Qian was still alive! He came back alive! Kf0Zjg

Right… if it was Yang Qian, then he’d definitely save him!

Joy emerged in Ye Ming’s eyes. The feeling of being unexpectedly rescued from a desperate situation made him so excited that his lips were trembling. But before he could open his mouth to ask for help, he suddenly saw Yang Qian’s lips curl up, exposing a meaningful smile.

He raised his hand and flippantly lifted Ye Ming’s chin, his eyelids lowered, his voice carrying a slightly teasing, cold tone, “Huo Yi escaped already. From now on, you’re my slave. Remember who your new master is.”

Ye Ming’s face immediately turned ghastly pale, and he looked at the person in front of him incredulously. uCln0

【Ye Ming: Ke, what’s his blackening value?】

【888: Only 90.】

【Ye Ming: …】

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The translator has something to say: um, so does anyone else feel like Ye Ming-gege was kinda wronged this time around? (o･ω･o)