The Scum Shou's Survival GuideChapter 117.3

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Editor: mantou d2l1mU

Yang Qian hadn’t gone out these past few days. He’d found plenty of supplies some time ago, and still had lots of subordinates, so it wasn’t like every issue demanded his personal attention.

Today, Ye Ming had brought up visiting Xu Xiaoyue once again, so Yang Qian had let him go. He wasn’t worried about Ye Ming escaping from the palm of his hands.

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Sure enough, Ye Ming came back not long after. Only this time, he was still carrying that bag in his hands, and had brought back the things without a single item missing. He stood in front of Yang Qian, and said despondently in a low voice, “Xiaoyue refused to take them.”

Yang Qian’s lips twisted, “If she doesn’t want them then put them back, it’s not like my things can be casually wasted either.” He didn’t care at all whether Xu Xiaoyue understood this or not. siKaBN

Ye Ming nodded, “I understand.”

He went back to the storeroom, and put the food back in place.

In the evening, Yang Qian hugged Ye Ming to sleep as usual, but he woke up in the middle of the night, feeling that the shoulders of the person in his arms seemed to be slightly trembling, his breathing a bit harsh, as though he was taking great pains to suppress something.

With a frown, Yang Qian directly turned on the bedside lamp, then flipped Ye Ming around.

Ye Ming immediately lifted a hand to cover his eyes, but Yang Qian grabbed his wrist and pinioned it above his head, forcing him to show his face.

It turned out he was crying.

The helplessness, grief, and despair in his dark eyes were like a deep sea, capable of drowning a person… but even in such despair, he still didn’t dare to make a sound even when he was crying, afraid of being discovered.

Like a person up against the wall, who had no choice but to feign indifference to everything, yet was actually inconsolable. 9OFpea

Yang Qian had seen Ye Ming suffering many times before. Ever since he’d come back, he’d constantly coerced him and hurt him. He thought that he’d hardened his heart, and would never feel softhearted or feel sorry for this man ever again.

But at this moment, as he looked into Ye Ming’s eyes, he wasn’t sure why, but he suddenly felt some regret.

Had he really been too cold-blooded?

Shame and uneasiness flitted through Ye Ming’s eyes. He hadn’t imagined that he’d still be discovered by Yang Qian in the end, but he was very tired, and had worked very hard to persist. He’d only wanted to help his little sister a bit, but his sister didn’t want his help. She’d said that the things he’d gotten in exchange this way were dirty. MtpWv4

How could Ye Ming not understand this point, even he felt it was dirty himself, but people still had to live on ah.

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Yang Qian reached a finger out, lightly brushing past Ye Ming’s eyelashes, as a single teardrop clung to it.

He dropped his hand, turned off the lights and lay down again, as though he hadn’t discovered anything just now. NCuv9f

But he didn’t fall asleep again that night.

He felt it was pretty pointless. So be it, ba, tormenting this person was pretty pointless… no matter how much hatred or unwillingness he had, what of it, it wasn’t like he could go back to the past.

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【Ding. Yang Qian’s Blackening Value -10. Current Blackening Value: 50】

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【Ye Ming: This won’t do, if my assistant still won’t show up, I’ll really be at my wits’ end… the remaining knots in his heart have to do with Huo Yi, it’ll be useless to just depend on acting pitiful any longer, ah.】

【888: Weren’t you having a good time? So you’re actually still worried about the blackening value? Eating, drinking, and sleeping every day, and you don’t even have to work.】

【Ye Ming: Am I the kind of person who’s liable to slack off? I’ve been working very hard to eliminate the blackening value o(∩_∩)o~】

【888: …】 YP6 M9

【Ye Ming: So, when will my assistant arrive, ma QAQ】

【888: He he.】

888 was simply too lazy to deal with Ye Ming. It’d been pretty boring recently, and the number of times he’d appear had diminished. Every time Ye Ming had called for him, he’d been off enjoying life, making Ye Ming endlessly jealous.

Yang Qian had made a trip outside again the day before yesterday. Ye Ming stayed at home, and went to bed after eating and drinking his fill. Because of the lack of exercise, he felt like he was a bit fleshy now. Luckily, he hadn’t been fat to begin with, so although he was a tad fleshier, he was still in great shape. 6WDnXE

Due to the lack of adequate entertainment, Ye Ming had ended up developing a habit of going to bed early and getting up early, which made him unspeakably pleased.

On this night, after finishing dinner, with nothing to do, Ye Ming climbed into bed early and started dreaming, then was abruptly woken up by 888 in the middle of the night.

【Ye Ming: How could you do this? There’s nothing more important than sleep in this world! Don’t bother me! If you bother me again I’ll get angry ahhhhh! Disturbing someone’s sweet dreams is completely unforgivable! Are you abusing your authority for revenge! angryangryangry.jpg】

【888: I’ll talk with you once you’ve come to your senses.】 onmWU3

Ye Ming’s opened eyes were dull. Several minutes passed by, before his gaze finally cleared up, and his tone suddenly changed.

【Ye Ming: Ge, don’t mind me QAQ that was just me waking up on the wrong side of the bed. In fact, I respect you very much. There’s no partner more reliable than you! Tell me, my dear assistant has arrived right, otherwise you wouldn’t have awoken me in the middle of the night o(∩_∩)o~】

【888: I’m abusing my authority for revenge?】

【Ye Ming: I’m just sleep talking, don’t take it seriously ah, tearful.gif】 YOmtpD

【888: He he he he…】

【888: It’s okay. Thank you for reminding me that I can still abuse my authority for revenge.】

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【Ye Ming: …】

【888: Apparently, you also know that our partnership isn’t especially harmonious, how self-aware.】 OwrZvE

【Ye Ming: …】He felt like he was doomed.

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Huo Yi and his subordinate, Liu Wenguang, had snuck into the base together. This base had been under his control in the past, and he’d also been responsible for overseeing its construction. Later, he’d fled with his confidants because he’d been no match for Yang Qian, but Huo Yi was more familiar with this place than Yang Qian was. After recuperating for a period of time, he covertly snuck in through a hidden sewer.

He was prepared to find an opportunity to attack several important warehouses from the inside, performing a pincer attack from the inside and outside to retake this place. But before that, he wanted to take one person away first. vlJ XM

Liu Wenguang was following behind Huo Yi. He actually mildly disapproved of this, and had only come along because this was what Huo Yi wanted to do. “Huo-ge, why are you this unwilling to let go of that Xu Xiaofei? You don’t have a place in his heart at all. Didn’t you already treat him well enough during those two years? He’s always been lukewarm towards you. You may as well give him back to Yang Qian and forget it, it’s not like Yang Qian will kill him anyway.”

Huo Yi’s face hardened a bit. In fact, he also knew that Ye Ming’s life wouldn’t be in danger by Yang Qian’s side. Yang Qian was reluctant to kill him, but there was no way he’d miss out on torturing him to take his revenge. After all, Yang Qian had always believed that it was Ye Ming’s betrayal that had caused him to fall to such a state.

Huo Yi had always been a relatively indifferent and selfish person. Originally, he’d just wanted to steal away Xu Xiaofei just to have some fun with him for a bit. However, he’d never imagined that two years later, he’d actually be somewhat unable to let go of him. When the time came for him to actually open fire on Yang Qian, he’d inevitably be caught in the crossfire, so he wanted to snatch him away first, just in case.

Huo Yi said to Liu Wenguang, “Don’t waste your breath.” JdOKRX

Although Liu Wenguang was dissatisfied, he’d been by Huo Yi’s side for many years, and was his number one confidant, so he moved on after silently cursing for a bit. Since this was the person that Huo-ge liked, what else could he do about it?

Ye Ming had been sleeping on the bed, then had woken up in the middle of the night to go use the restroom, when suddenly his mouth was covered by a person from behind, and he immediately revealed a terrified expression.

Just when he was in a panic, a tall man walked out like a thief in the night from beside him.

The man was dressed in all black, and had a handsome face, but because his facial features were relatively well-defined, he appeared a bit sinister under the cold moonlight. He looked at him with a sharp gaze, brimming with aggressiveness. J95tmu

Ye Ming suddenly froze in place, his body shivering. This was Huo Yi… how could Huo Yi appear here! How did he get in!

Huo Yi glanced at Ye Ming. Seeing Ye Ming’s expression of fear and disgust, his brow slightly furrowed. He’d heard that Yang Qian hadn’t treated Ye Ming too well after he’d come back, but… that didn’t mean that Ye Ming would necessarily like him because of this. He probably still hated him a bit more. If he asked Ye Ming to go with him, Ye Ming would most likely not agree.

Ye Ming let out some muffled sounds, as he continued to struggle. His little sister was still here. He couldn’t let himself be taken away by Huo Yi!

Huo Yi’s gaze chilled. The situation was urgent right now, not allowing him any time to slowly coax him. He said to Liu Wenguang in a deep voice, “Give him to me.” vCAr5e

Liu Wenguang stuffed Ye Ming into Huo Yi’s arms. Huo Yi stared at his face, then chuckled, “Don’t fuss. If you call out, I’ll say that you were secretly sending information to me. If Yang Qian finds out that you betrayed him again and took refuge under me, he absolutely won’t let you off.”

Ye Ming was ashen-faced. He finally lowered his voice, his voice quavering as he said, “You, why are you here? I can’t leave…”

Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

Huo Yi was jealous on the inside, and his gaze chilled further, “Oh? Do you still like Yang Qian? But I heard he doesn’t like you anymore.”

Ye Ming’s gaze was filled with sorrow, but he still said, “You, can you let me go?” 2JcdV0

Huo Yi’s expression cooled. He lowered his head and moved closer to Ye Ming’s face, stroked his cheek, then gave a low, dangerous laugh, “Do I not treat you well? I treat you much better than Yang Qian does. Is there a need for you to be this dead set on him? ”

Huo Yi didn’t understand how there could still be such a stubborn and inflexible person after the apocalypse.

Ye Ming’s heart wrenched when he thought of the current Yang Qian, but he was even less likely to leave with Huo Yi. Even if there wasn’t the situation with his little sister, he still didn’t like this demon!

Huo Yi saw that he couldn’t convince Ye Ming, so he directly carried him in his arms, holding on to him as he jumped out of the window. OpPelh

Liu Wenguang followed him closely, moving one after the other like two specters in the shadows. Just when they were about to climb over the wall, suddenly, a sharp blade of wind attacked from a distance! It directly cut into Liu Wenguang’s arm, while Huo Yi turned to the side in order to avoid it, then hurriedly came to a halt.

He narrowed his eyes slightly, then saw Yang Qian walking over from a distance. That gaze filled with ice-cold hatred fell directly upon them!

The author has something to say: apologies, finally reached the assistant’s arrival!

weakly begging for nutrient solution V1Cdam

The translator has something to say: well, well, well… if it isn’t a certain assistant who frankly only starred in a brief flashback that one time in the first chapter of this arc, yet somehow still managed to steal the show, while claiming a spot as one of the most anticipated characters of the apocalypse, alongside a clean slice of bread.

note to self: huo yi is bad, huo yi is a predator, huo yi is bad, huo yi is a predator