The Scum Shou's Survival GuideChapter 111.1

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Yang Qian looked at Ye Ming, his face frosty, a deep-rooted hatred in his dark eyes. The corners of his lips were slightly raised, and he said, “Why aren’t you eating? Could it be that you’re not satisfied?”

The rims of Ye Ming’s eyes slightly reddened. Do you have to humiliate me like this?

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He was looking at Yang Qian’s grim and pitiless face, but what actually appeared in front of his eyes was the gentle man of the past. He suddenly remembered back when they were fleeing, there was one time when they’d already gone hungry for several days, and hadn’t eaten enough to fill their stomachs. Just when they’d despaired, they finally found a small, dilapidated supermarket. But, that supermarket had already been ransacked by others. They’d checked several times, but couldn’t find anything.

Finally, Yang Qian had found some bread in a plastic wrapper in a corner. In order to get the piece of bread, he’d been surrounded by zombies. In the chaos, the two people had been separated. Yang Qian had faced the group of zombies alone and risked his life to kill them, then finally escaped, but he ran into other human beings. tA2K9p

Those people wanted to take Yang Qian’s things, but they were killed by Yang Qiang, while he was also seriously injured. When Yang Qian returned to the meeting place they agreed upon, he was almost completely covered in blood.

But the bread that he finally got, was well hidden in his arms. He very carefully took it out and put it in Ye Ming’s hand, smiled, and told him it was for him to eat.

Ye Ming would never forget the look in Yang Qian’s eyes at that moment… that blood-stained face, the gentle and steady light in his dark eyes.

A sharp contrast from the current Yang Qian now.

When I made that decision, when I chose to compromise with Huo Yi, I already knew that you would hate me.

But I had no other choice, I wanted you to live… as long as we’re still alive, there’s always hope. When we’re alive, there’s a future. We’ve gone through so many hardships, so should we have just died like that?

But what I didn’t expect was, that living on wouldn’t necessarily usher in hope.

It was also possible to perish with this world. Fsgzed

Anguish emerged in Ye Ming’s eyes. He slowly bent his knees and knelt down, reached out a hand, and picked up the bread beside Yang Qian’s feet.

He held onto the bread, his fingers faintly trembling…

If this makes you happy, so be it, ba… two years ago, he’d already let go of his dignity and compromised with reality. The person in front of him was also no longer the person who loved him… since they no longer had the relationship they used to have, then what qualifications did he have to act all hypocritical in front of Yang Qian.

There’ll come a day when they’ll all learn to pick up food on the ground. duVkji

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This familiar, beloved face had long since lost its lively vividness. It was just a walking corpse that could give up anything in order to live.

He didn’t believe that the Ye Ming of the past was a fake. The person he loved truly existed before, just that he’d also changed. Time and reality would always make people change. w lnMF

Two years of separation. They were both no longer the people they used to be.

Yang Qian suddenly felt incomparably furious and miserable, and his heart was flooded with powerlessness and hopelessness… so what if he came back? In fact, nothing could be salvaged. It was probably just to vent the unwillingness and resentment in his heart, that’s all.

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Seeing that Ye Ming was about to take a bite from the piece of bread, Yang Qian reached out and knocked it out of Ye Ming’s hand!

The back of Ye Ming’s hand stung, and the piece of bread rolled further away. In the face of Yang Qian’s capriciousness, Ye Ming actually wasn’t as surprised as he was at the beginning. Maybe Yang Qian was just screwing with him. Wasn’t this kind of thing also a common occurrence after the apocalypse? H0Wi4U

Even if it was food on the ground, it wasn’t something he could eat just because he wanted to. Outside, there were still many people who robbed and killed for food, even eating other humans.

Yang Qian’s chest heaved for a moment, and he coldly stared at Ye Ming. He spat out two words, “Cheap.”

Ye Ming’s complexion was already pale anyway, so there was no obvious change at the moment.

Yang Qian’s hand was clenched into a fist, blue veins bulging from his forehead, and he looked at Ye Ming coldly for a while. Suddenly, he turned around and walked right out. He hadn’t eaten any of the food on the table, and just left it behind without a care! IpkqdM

Ye Ming watched Yang Qian’s back as he left. He dully stayed in the same spot, no expression on his face.

【Ye Ming: Ying ying ying, my family’s Qian Qian is trying to leave some food for me. He didn’t touch anything on this entire table. He was afraid I would be too embarrassed to eat, so he ducked out.】

【888: What you’re saying is correct. He’s standing right outside.】

【Ye Ming: Although he spoke so fiercely, when he actually saw me like that, he couldn’t bear it either.】 dNZ8zW

【Then, why aren’t you going over to eat. If you don’t eat now, it’ll get cold.】

【Ye Ming: No rush. This food isn’t that appealing to me anyway. Compared to the bread on the ground, it’s six of one, half a dozen of the other. Ai… post-apocalyptic words are such a drag. If I weren’t starving, then I’d be too lazy to eat these things even if they were ditched in front of me.】

【888: …】

Ye Ming sat in place and didn’t move. He couldn’t resist opening up the system store and browsing around a little. He’d already been hungry, but seeing all the various cuisines from ancient to modern, Chinese to abroad, and Earth to outer space, he couldn’t help but swallow a bit. vsaSbV

The more he looked, the more he felt that Yang Qian’s food was much too shabby. It really didn’t match his standards, even if this was already the best after the apocalypse.

【Ye Ming: I don’t need bread. What I need is a man who can make a contract with the system store for me. pitiful.jpg】He’d never realized how truly omnipotent and powerful the system store was until this moment. His heart gave rise to a desire for experience points again.

【888: As a person, it’s best not to aim too high. Don’t think about impossible goals anymore, just set a small goal first.】

【Ye Ming: Like?】 8vm4cS

【888: Find a man who can make a contract with a fish pond for you, that’s probably a bit more realistic.】

【Ye Ming: …】Was he only worth a fish pond? Hmph!

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No, an ambitious man like him ought to have a dream!

Not long after, Ye Ming closed the system store. If he looked any longer, he wouldn’t be able to control himself anymore. fkW5dD

【Ye Ming: 555, so hungry.】

【888: Then, go eat, ah.】

【Ye Ming: I can’t eat. If I eat, he won’t feel sorry for me anymore… for the sake of a happy life in the future, I can’t indulge just for a moment of comfort.】

Ye Ming felt that he’d delayed long enough. He was so hungry his legs felt weak. He crawled over unsteadily and picked up the piece of bread in the corner and started eating it. u2h RH

【888: …】

【Ye Ming: What’s wrong, ge?】

【888: I underestimated you. I’d like to express my apologies for the contempt I showed you previously. You have more backbone than I thought.】

【Ye Ming: …】Why didn’t it feel like he’d been praised at all??? EVHdZq

Wu, probably because he was hungry, he actually thought the bread wasn’t too bad. Only, just eating one wasn’t especially filling. Ye Ming was tired and sleepy, so he simply collapsed on the floor and started sleeping.

Yang Qian had been standing right outside the door, watching him through a window from an angle Ye Ming couldn’t see.

He’d watched as Ye Ming sat on the ground blankly. Although he’d left, he hadn’t shown the slightest inclination to go eat. In the end, he’d probably been too hungry and couldn’t stand it anymore, so he’d picked up the piece of bread on the ground and started eating it.

When Yang Qian saw Ye Ming eating the bread, he clenched his fists tightly, trying his best to restrain himself from rushing in and questioning him. He wanted to ask him, are you really willing to live on in such an undignified way?! Is being alive really that important to you? Even giving up on yourself and giving up your self-respect are all okay? 7IpktJ

Have you never thought about fighting back before?!

But, Yang Qian also felt sorrowful. Right, ah… of course being alive was important. After the apocalypse, in this world without the slightest glimmer of hope, anyone who was still working hard to survive wouldn’t give up so easily.

The one who was wrong wasn’t Ye Ming, but his naive self. He’d naively thought that his weak, puny self back then could protect his beloved, letting him live on while standing tall even after the apocalypse.

But, reality had given him a merciless slap. He fundamentally hadn’t had the ability to protect the person he loved. NFeKXY

So, he’d lost him.

【Ding. Yang Qian’s Blackening Value -10. Current Blackening Value: 80】

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Yang Qian raised his hands and looked at them. These hands were covered with thick calluses and were filled with strength. He could rob people of their lives… now, he finally had the ability to protect this person. But, why should he keep on protecting him?

During that dark night two years ago, if he hadn’t awakened his abilities, then he’d already be dead, and would’ve become food in the mouths of those zombies. J4kshj

If you’d only left me for survival, for a better life, and sought shelter under another person, I probably wouldn’t have hated you like this, ba… after all, this world is such a helpless place. If I was fated to be unable to keep you with me, I would’ve hoped that you could live well. Every person has the right to choose their own life.  

But why did you have to trample all over my feelings for you… why did you want to send me to my death?

Why did you have to be so heartless and cruel?

Yang Qian lifted the corners of his lips, exposing a self-deprecating smile. He pushed open the door and walked in. He gently picked up Ye Ming who was on the ground. 0vCXhM

The man’s good-looking face was a little pale, his lips lacking in color, and were a very, very light pink. His eyes were shut, looking frail and powerless… Yang Qian bowed his head and softly kissed Ye Ming’s lips a bit.

I came back because of you, so don’t think you can get rid of me. Since you’re willing to do whatever it takes to live on, even becoming one of those people who sell themselves.

Then you might as well sell yourself to me. It’s no different than selling it to someone else anyway.

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