The Scum Shou's Survival GuideChapter 115.1

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Ye Ming’s body slightly trembled, and the look in his eyes was desperate beyond compare.

Yang Qian wasn’t in a hurry, and didn’t press Ye Ming. He didn’t seem to be worried at all about what he’d decide.

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There were already the sounds of bids being called out below. Several people had taken a fancy to Xu Xiaoyue, and scrambled to raise the bid one after the other. There was a complete racket outside, while there was a blanket of silence inside.

Ye Ming looked at Yang Qian with a sorrowful expression. We’ve known each other for more than twenty years. You were not only my lover, but also my little sister’s big brother… we grew up together, and we were so close, but, to the person you are right now, these sentiments aren’t important anymore. QTXd7b

You can be ruthless and cruel to me, and you can also watch her go to her death so indifferently.

And you also know, that I’ll definitely beg you…

Ye Ming lowered his gaze, and uttered in a hoarse voice, “Please, help her…”

A faint smile finally appeared on Yang Qian’s lips. A sharp gaze like that of an eagle fell on Ye Ming’s face. The corners of his mouth were lifted as he spoke each word, “You’re asking me for help with this kind of attitude?”

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Ye Ming closed his eyes in pain. He took a deep breath, and seemed to discard all of the persistence and pride he’d finally managed to muster up before. He knew that from now on, he’d longer have any right to resist in front of Yang Qian, and even his life and death would no longer belong to him.

He lowered his head and in a voice filled with embarrassment, as if he’d lowered himself into dust, he uttered, “…I’m begging you.”

Yang Qian patted Ye Ming’s hair with gentle movements, staring at him with a gloomy gaze. He began to speak, his tone light, “So you’ll be obediently eating your meals, then?”

Ye Ming bit his lip as he nodded. Ei9Ldw

Yang Qian let out a chuckle, and looked meaningfully into Ye Ming’s eyes. But, the dark, twisted mass in his heart hadn’t decreased in the slightest.

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Really jealous ah… there’s someone you love and care about like this. But, I’m very self-aware, and know that Xu Xiaoyue and I are not comparable at all.

She’s a relative that you can’t abandon, while, after the apocalypse, I’m nothing more than a nuisance that can be thrown away at any time, once there’s nothing left to take advantage of.

But, that’s okay, because there’s no way you can get rid of me now, anyway. You’ll be obediently staying by my side, unable to go anywhere at all, to pay the price for your actions back then. rDdkpb

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In this base, Yang Qian’s words were equivalent to an imperial edict. If he wanted a slave, then no one would try to fight over one with him. There was completely no need to say anything more. wfRx72

When Ye Ming saw this, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, but the look in his eyes hadn’t relaxed at all. Even if Xu Xiaoyue had temporarily been saved from being sold as a slave, would Yang Qian take good care of her? Ye Ming couldn’t be sure of this.

Downstairs, Xu Xiaoyue was dressed in dirty long sleeves and pants. Her long hair was tied simply behind her head, but her face had been thoroughly washed clean, just to allow others to see her appearance clearly.

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Her expression was full of fear, anger, and hatred. She’d come here together with her boyfriend. She’d originally thought she’d be safe at last, but not even two days later, she was actually secretly sold by that beast.

She hadn’t met her boyfriend until after the apocalypse. At the time, she’d lost contact with Xu Xiaofei. In order to go to her big brother’s city to find him, she’d joined a team of survivors along the way, and also had met her current boyfriend in that team. The two of them had more or less experienced a lot of wind and rain together. After the apocalypse, in this dark and terrible world, people had become even more eager for warmth and someone to rely on, and wanted someone so they could protect each other, and love each other… she didn’t know whether she loved or depended on her boyfriend, but she’d trusted him very much, and had treated him sincerely. WQsejw

But, he’d abandoned her.

Once she thought about how she’d be sold as a slave to those terrible people, Xu Xiaoyue’s heart was filled with incomparable hopelessness. She hadn’t found her big brother yet, but was probably about to die. Where was her big brother… was he still alive somewhere?

Maybe he’d already died one step ahead of her. She couldn’t say for sure.

At this time, a staff member came out from the side, lowered his head, and said a few words to the person in charge of the auction. The person in charge immediately announced in a loud voice, “The bidding has been suspended, this slave has already been claimed by someone.” Pny89

The ability-users who’d been bidding weren’t pleased. It was rare for there to be such a decent female slave, and they all wanted to get their hands on her. Among them, a large ability-user said in a deep, gruff voice, “Owner, we’re all bidding over here. Suspending it just because you say so, are there even any rules left then?”

Another ability-user also agreed in a sarcastic tone, “Yes ah, for this kind of unruly shop, I think we might as well smash it. By the way… in the end, who exactly is it that has such great authority, to not even show their face while snatching away a person halfway through.”

The person in charge snickered twice, but there wasn’t the slightest bit of timidness on his face. Forget that the person who’d spoken up to ask for a person today was Yang Qian, even if Yang Qian hadn’t been here, he still wouldn’t be afraid of other people making trouble. The ability-users behind him were also very powerful.

He said, “Excuse me, my sincerest apologies to you all, but this female slave today indeed has a master already. Boss Yang specifically asked for this person, so it’s not like I can just refuse, ba?” wVlXUK

As soon as these words came out, the hall instantly quieted down.

Very quickly, the two people who’d spoken up just now stood up, and awkwardly smiled as they said, “Of course, of course, who’d dare to compete with Boss Yang over someone he set his sights on, please don’t take what we said just now to heart. We still have something else to do, so we’ll be leaving first, and won’t disturb the owner doing business any longer.”

As soon as they finished, they quickly retreated with a look of lingering fear hidden in their eyes. They hadn’t imagined that Yang Qian would be here too.

They were both ability-users that’d been in the base ever since Huo Yi was still there. Later, they’d casted their lot with Yang Qian and had joined that way. They wouldn’t forget how brutally the people who’d rebelled against Yang Qian back then had been killed. Plus, Yang Qian had always had his doubts about their group of people. Oe9WgV

In order to protect their lives, they’d always remained very low-key, and absolutely hadn’t had any conflicts with Yang Qian’s people, all in order to live safely until now… if they’d known earlier that Yang Qian would also be present today, they wouldn’t have dared to take a single step in even if they were beaten to death.

The person in charge contemptuously glanced at the two people who were leaving, then said to the staff nearby, “What’re you all still standing around dumbly for, are you all not going to quickly send this female slave over to Boss Yang.”

Xu Xiaoyue was brought away. She had no idea who she’d been sold to, but it probably had to be someone with a lot of power in this base to have the ability to scare those people away. She was directly taken away by the staff, and then was passed over to someone else. Finally, she was locked inside a room. From the beginning till the end, the buyer didn’t show up at all.

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After Yang Qian gave his orders, he didn’t stay there any longer. He directly went home with Ye Ming in his arms.

He put Ye Ming on the sofa, then got someone to bring some food in. He put it in front of Ye Ming, then looked at him without saying a word.

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Ye Ming stared blankly at the food in front of him. He was actually rather hungry, but he also didn’t have much of an appetite… not too long ago, he’d made up his mind to get away from all of this with his death. But how long had it even been? He’d already returned to this situation.

Fate was a cruel and heartless thing, and now even something like death wouldn’t allow you to get what you wanted. WknlyM

But Ye Ming also thought that fate would always leave you with a sliver of hope, so that no matter how hopeless or painful things got, you’d still be willing to accept it all.

Because… he wanted his little sister to live.

Ye Ming picked up the bowl and started eating slowly. He didn’t dare to play any tricks anymore. If he died, Yang Qian definitely wouldn’t protect Xu Xiaoyue anymore. Even if it was just for his little sister’s sake, he absolutely had to live on.

Yang Qian stood in front of Ye Ming, and expressionlessly watched him obediently eat his food, an icy air about him. JIrwW5

Ye Ming put down the bowl after he finished eating, lifted his gaze, then gave Yang Qian a complicated and helpless look.

Yang Qian reached out and pinched his chin, a corner of his lips lifting, “If you’d listened to me earlier, wouldn’t nothing have happened then?”

Ye Ming’s eyes were filled with pain, and his lips slightly trembled.

With satisfaction, Yang Qian appreciated Ye Ming’s expression, choking with silent fury, forbearing despite the suffering. So what if you think of leaving me again? In the end, don’t you still have to obediently stay by my side. You’re destined to not be able to go anywhere. IMeRyD

He released his hand, then said coldly, “Go on the bed.”

Ye Ming’s entire body quivered. His hands were clenched tightly, but he didn’t say anything in the end. He got up and went back inside the room, then lay on the bed and closed his eyes.

Yang Qian’s footsteps were getting closer and closer, and Ye Ming felt the area on the bed beside him sink down a bit, like someone had gotten on. Next, he ended up in someone’s embrace, and he readied himself to face everything. But, to his surprise… after a long time, Yang Qian still hadn’t done anything else.

Yang Qian brushed his finger along Ye Ming’s lips that had whitened because of fear, the corners of his lips pulling up in self-mockery. Do you think that I’m really that insatiable? That I won’t let you off even though you’ve gotten this skinny? 8r c5J

Only when Ye Ming couldn’t see it, would he reveal a weary look.

You feel like this kind of life is painful and meaningless, but, when is it not the same for me. Even so, what about it? In the end, we still have to go on.


The translator has something to say: by the powers of the combined fury vested in all of us readers against Yang Qian, I summon thee… Huo Yi! we implore you, bestoweth upon us a face-slapping, nay, face-thrashing, the likes of which this world has yet to see… (pls, i’ll sacrifice 10 cows to you)

The translator has a long unrelated rant to give: so ur telling me he knew she was just rotting in that place waiting to be sold and let it all happen just so he could dramatically throw it in Ye Ming’s face and have him beg him nicely first… look, if he wanted someone to threaten him with, he still could’ve just fished her out from there first and then told him “eat otherwise I won’t take care of her”, like idk, there’s lots of options here. esp since Ye Ming revealed that they all practically grew up together and l m a o let’s not even mention how he’s long since gone waaaay too far with his “revenge” but what did his little sister do? she’s not even a stranger that he’s under “no obligation to lend a helping hand to” anymore like that’s just cold she was probably really scared, mistreated, and traumatized for life back there, and for what, his 5 lil seconds of petty table-turning? 06RNlq

Translator's Note

大哥 (dà gē) – reminder that this is commonly used to refer to any older, but similar generation men someone has a close relationship with

Translator's Note

风雨 (fēng yǔ) – fig. “hardships”

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23 comments

  1. THIS IS THE FIRST TIME I REALLY WANT THE VILLAIN TO APPEAR AND JUST THRASH OUT THE MALE LEAD.

    ML is just too scummy I’ve long lost hope for him.

    Thanks for the chapter <3

    • i feel like i dont even feel sorry for him anymore even after hearing his inner thoughts + monologues and instead i’m rolling my eyes like boohoo so tragic must be sad being the all-powerful leader of a base with a horde of loyal followers and an OP ability… i feel like in this world they’ve even mentioned several times that ppl selling out their relatives + SOs is rlly commonplace and heck, even YM’s sister got sold there… so that’s all rlly sh*tty ofc, but in the end, what makes his circumstances so special and tragic that he can justify his actions? other ppl are also suffering too? why not start a support group instead, BBB, betrayed by boyfriend

      thanks for reading!!

  2. This is the worst ML ever! I don’t think there’s going to be another horrible one as Yang Qian in this series because holy shit, he’s AWFUL

    I kinda miss daddy ML from the last world 😭Thanks for the chapter! 😘

    • yeah ngl his friend-hiring, bodyguard stalking, and tracking necklace tactics are honestly looking more and more like quirky personality traits right about now…

      thanks for reading! (´。• ᵕ •。`)

  3. WHERE ARE YOU HOU YI??!! I HAVE NEVER ANTICIPATED A VILLAIN’S ARRIVAL MORE THAN HIM! JUST COME OUT ALREADY!! I MISS MY GONG ABUSE…!

    Thank you for the chapter~! 😚❤

  4. :(´ཀ`」 ∠): Huo Yi Dada…I’m afraid the more you dilly dally all the readers here would have die from anger BUUUT because of your grand opening and existance in this story, We STILL HAVE HOPE HSHSHSHS. Really, who told Huo Yi Dada that being fashionably late is cool ? I mean I knew it was must to put the grand dramatic effect but Ye Ming gege can’t face slap without his assistance. Every seconds of waiting feels like its a thousand years lol.AND I REALLY REALLY WANT TO SEE THE ML ASS BEING WHOOPED BY THE VILLAIN AND YE MINGI think I have neverrrrr cursed the ml’s attitude more in the previous world until I read this arc. The ml, Yang Qian , is already hopeless enough and too petty. Boo Boo I got betrayed. If I have to suffer why don’t I make you suffer kind of attitude and mindset MAKES ME REALLY REALLY REALLY WANT TO STRANGLE HIS THROAT AHHHH. WHAT WAS HE THINKING MOST OF THE TIME?! I REALLY WANT TO OPEN UP HIS BRAIN AND SEEIN FAAAAAACT, Everytime the protagonist scene or the inner monolog came up I have the urge to skip but I can’t do that. The author and translator puts a lot of effort into writting each chapter BUUUUUT THIS ML REALLY WANTS ME TO STRIP HIS POWER AND HOLY GOLDEN FINGER BEFORE HITTING HIM WITH A CHAIR.*breaths heavily *And phizzlepop-san… You’re being too modest. I0 cows?! I would sell my soul to the Lucifer himself just for Huo Yi to come out already.. In fact, I won’t mind at all if it was consider rude and what not BUT I WOULD DANCE AROUND YANG QIAN ASHES WHILE WEARING A DAZZLING OUTFIT NGSHSHSHSHSHHSSaid person really makes me also wants to applause too..If not, I would never have thought they are many level of anger I possess and how much longer my patience is hshshshshsh.Anyway thank you for this chapter. You work hard phizzlepop.. Hope you have a nice day everyday.Same goes to the other reader who reads this comment.,
  5. Thanks for your hard work!

    You said it, his 5 lil seconds of petty table-turning!! What a complete @ss! Huo Yi we need you soon, don’t disappoint us!