The Scum Shou's Survival GuideChapter 123.1

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Yang Qian was gripping the door handle hard. But, in the end, he didn’t push open the door, and slowly… let go instead.

He’d originally been worried that Shi Yang might hurt Ye Ming on an impulse or make things difficult for him. Now, it seemed that Shi Yang wasn’t that foolish. Even if he hadn’t come, he wouldn’t have coerced Ye Ming to do anything. Then… there was no need for him to make an appearance.

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Since Ye Ming didn’t want to see him, just treat it as though he hadn’t come by at all, ba.

Yang Qian turned around and left, pain suppressed in the depths of his eyes. He also didn’t have the courage to continue to listen to the rest… it wasn’t that he didn’t need Ye Ming anymore, it was Ye Ming who no longer needed him. HdCk1o

He was the one who wasn’t needed.

He didn’t even have the qualifications to be hated. Ye Ming could already let go of things, but what about him? Could he let go?

Probably not.

………………

Shi Yang looked at Ye Ming, and irritably paced two circles in front of him, saying, “You’ve misunderstood, the boss needs you very much, he really cares a lot about you.”

Ye Ming just looked at him calmly, and said softly, “You don’t really understand him, and you don’t know what it is that he wants.”

“Why are you—” Shi Yang was somewhat at a loss for words, and also a bit angry. He didn’t expect that Ye Ming would be so stubborn that even if he knew what had befallen Yang Qian back then and his reasons for doing everything, he could still remain so unmoved.

Ye Ming gave a bitter laugh, “I can’t go back… fortunately, with you guys by his side, I think everything will be just fine.” sHd2Jh

Shi Yang breathed out deeply. He looked at Ye Ming’s small figure, really wishing he could just directly kidnap him and call it a day, since Ye Ming really was no match for him anyway! But if he did this, Ye Ming would blame the boss again, ba… the boss wouldn’t be happy either. Then, forget it, why bother playing the villain.

“Forget it. Anyway, I said everything I wanted to say. I’m leaving.” Shi Yang shook his head, pushing the door open and leaving gloomily. He really wasn’t fit for persuading others.

Ye Ming stood at the doorway, looking into the distance. There were no longer any traces of Yang Qian having come by, as though he’d never appeared to begin with.

【Ye Ming: Did Yang Qian really drop by?】 QSGmXN

【888: Dropped by, then left again.】

【Ye Ming: That’s a pity, I was actually missing him a bit after not seeing him for such a long time. He actually just left without even entering the room, zezeze.】

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【888: Don’t you already know exactly why it is that he left?】

【Ye Ming: Wu… today, this assistant was really awesome, I like it! This entire time I was thinking about how I could let myself learn about Yang Qian’s experience back then in a natural way, so this is great! Now that I know about these things, I have a reason to feel sorry for my husband, xixixi. It’s really not easy trying to find a way out of things, ah! I have to put all this effort into it. It’s all my family’s Yang Qian’s fault for being too stuffy and stubborn, not making a peep about his hardships.】 UPx06t

【888: Ljnfc’a sbe jikjsr xcbkc?】

【Ye Ming: But, Xu Xiaofei didn’t know, ah.】

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【Ye Ming: …who said I don’t feel bad for him, it’s just that eliminating the blackening value is much more important ma, all of this is for the sake of our experience points, ah, QAQ】 aSwquG

【888: He he.】

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Ye Ming originally could’ve completed his tasks perfectly in one go and left victorious, receiving his experience points and returning to the real world. But, because he’d just had to mess around, he had to come back a second time. Hopefully, things would go smoothly this time…

Ye Ming went back outside to continue working. Although Shi Yang had already left, he still had to continue acting out this play. He couldn’t help but sigh in despair. TCHSUs

When he went back home at night, Ye Ming was as tired as a dog.

These post-apocalyptic worlds really weren’t easy!

………………

For the few days after that, Ye Ming waited patiently for his second way out. JdX7TK

One day, Ye Ming was on his way to receive his share of food from the captain before leaving, when he suddenly saw that everyone appeared to be very excited and happy as they were whispering over there, the hustle and bustle more lively than new year festivities.

For this world that had been pervaded by an air of dispirited lifelessness after the apocalypse, such a lively atmosphere was already very difficult to come by.

One person asked the captain excitedly, “Is each person really being handed an extra bag of rice and vegetables today?”

The captain nodded, also all smiles as he said with glee, “Indeed, and not just rice and vegetables, but also some frozen steak the search party brought back from the outside. There are plenty of good things!” WT6KEN

The crowd began cheering.

The captain raised both his hands, waiting for everyone to quiet down a bit, before he continued on, “Also, from now on, the amount of points you get from working every day will be increased by 20%.”

This was equivalent to a sudden wage increase of 20%, so everyone was beyond excited. After the excitement, they anxiously asked the captain, “Is this for real? Why are they suddenly issuing these things to us, and also increasing our points?”

They were still somewhat in disbelief. c3OXJn

With the attitude of someone with insider information, the captain proudly said, “This is something you guys don’t know. Boss Yang is much better than Huo Yi! Not only is he issuing these things to us, and increasing our points, but he’s also increased the points for everyone else. He’s extended these benefits to everyone equally! Apparently, there will be even more improvements made in the future.”

“We all worked so hard before, but only Huo Yi’s cronies could live a good life here, acting like tyrants… it’ll be different in the future. Everyone, gather your spirits, and do your work properly. This base is everyone’s, and life will get better and better!”

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The crowd of people exchanged looks, pleasant surprise and shock gradually emerging in their eyes.

Although everyone had remained in this base in order to survive, having no choice but to seek protection under the ability-users, who was actually willing to be treated like slaves by those ability-users? Huo Yi and his people hadn’t treated them like human beings at all. He’d said they were protecting them, but in fact, really just wanted people to perform the manual labor for them to keep the entire base running. Everyone’s hard work was only enough to barely make ends meet, so it was inevitable that everyone had become a little pessimistic, just that no one dared to actually leave. NgYsz

Now, Yang Qian was willing to stay in the base to protect them without exploiting them. So, something better than anything they could’ve dreamed of had actually happened?!

Ye Ming stood behind this crowd, a complicated look in his eyes.

He didn’t interrupt the discussion, and remained silent throughout, waiting for everyone else to leave before finally going up to receive his own things. When he held the bag in his hands, he only felt that it seemed especially heavy.

He suddenly remembered a long, long time ago… during the period of time when they were running for their lives. qpW4cQ

Back then… Yang Qian would say to him with a smile, if we become strong one day, we can build a new home in this world so everyone can survive, and we’ll definitely be able to live well.

Because, Ye Ming believed that only if people mutually supported each other, cooperating in times of need, could they all live better lives together after the apocalypse. But the fact of the matter was, the darker the world, the faster the darkness would spread. Not only did people fail to mutually support each other, but they killed others, and robbed others, doing everything they couldn’t and didn’t dare to do before…

A world like this would perish sooner or later, ba.

In this world, the most dangerous thing wasn’t the zombies, but the people who’d lost their humanity. q0x7o5

He used to think that Yang Qian had also become such a person, and had forgotten their dreams, but perhaps not.

Ye Ming returned home with his bag. Xu Xiaoyue had also come back early. There was a bag at the door of the house, with some meat and other food.

Xu Xiaoyue told Ye Ming nervously, “This time, it’s not from Yang Qian. Everyone has a share, I’m not lying to you!”

Ye Ming nodded, but his eyes were dim. ThfHdd

Sure, everyone had a share, but he of all people couldn’t deceive himself like that.

Back when Huo Yi had called the shots here, he’d never allow the people to have too much. Huo Yi had several large storehouses. He’d kept all the food under his management, using it to control the people and reward his subordinates. He knew exactly how to make use of the bare minimum, making it so that there was just enough for the people in the base to barely live off of, without pushing them too far so that they rebelled against him out of desperation.

Any resources in his hands were mere bargaining chips to satisfy his selfishness and self-interests, where not the slightest bit of compassion could be found.

If it hadn’t been for Yang Qian, the base would’ve never changed at all, so how could he say that these things had nothing to do with him? dQH3zU

Xu Xiaoyue looked at Ye Ming’s downcast mood, the smile on her face gradually disappearing, and she asked softly, “Ge, what’re you thinking about?”

Ye Ming was silent for a long time, before he chuckled a bit, “It’s nothing, let’s eat.”

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Xu Xiaoyue saw that Ye Ming had finally smiled, and seemed to have no intention of pursuing the matter, leaving to wash her hands and go cook.

She wasn’t actually that naive either. Technically, these things weren’t given by Yang Qian. But, without Yang Qian, the rules in the base wouldn’t have changed at all. Did… some part of this have to do with her brother in the end? vboplj

Xu Xiaoyue didn’t want to think too deeply about this.

After dinner that night, Ye Ming lay on his bed to go to sleep.

【Ye Ming: My family’s Yang Qian has finally become enlightened. He knew that we wouldn’t accept his things if he directly sent them over to us, so he actually came up with such an ingenious plan. Like this, I won’t refuse his things. After all, I wouldn’t be that difficult, why would I deliberately not take something everyone else has.】

【888: So it turns out you also know you’re being difficult.】 yzEClx

【Ye Ming: Ke ke… but that’s not the point. The point is that the pressure he has to bear to maintain something like this is too great. There are so many people in this base, and everyone’s salary has increased a bit. This is a huge expense. Huo Yi’s selfishness wasn’t unreasonable. Doing that allowed him to live a much better life. The cost for doing a good deed is hundreds of thousands of times greater after the apocalypse.】

【888: According to my calculations, at this rate of consumption, without replenishing the stores with new supplies, something like this won’t last for even two months.】

【Ye Ming: Such a short amount of time!】

【888: Indeed, he he.】 DS4b2

【Ye Ming: But, I trust he’ll be able to handle everything well o(∩_∩)o~】

【888: …】

【Ye Ming: It’s best to leave those kinds of worrying things to the husband. I’m not the type of person who can worry too much, I age easily.】

【888: I know a way to stay young forever.】 0fbjvD

【Ye Ming: What??? AbuzzWithExcitement.jpg】

【888: Death, ah.】

【Ye Ming: …】

The translator has something to say: effort 100. i must say at least he had the decency to improve everyone’s living situation even if it was mostly influenced by his obsession with XXF. well, more than decent, like how much food is that even. is he planning to just live outside for the next 5 yrs collecting supplies lol qGgBH5

P.S. my exam should end around 4 PM CST… if i can make it after, i’ll try to release the chapter on Friday after all, just late. if not, i’ll catch you guys next Wednesday with 4 releases~ i’ve peeked at everyone’s comments but haven’t had a chance to respond yet currently cramming :c

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