The Scum Shou’s Survival Guide

Shen Ye rushed over and hugged Ye Ming with trembling hands. Ye Ming was shot in the head, his eyes tightly shut, and sticky blood flowed down his head…

No, this isn’t real…

There’s no way that this is real.

Shen Ye’s eyes were lost. Suddenly, he shot up, carrying Ye Ming, and rushed out! He can send Ye Ming to the hospital. Ye Ming’s still breathing, he can still be saved. As long as there was a glimmer of hope, he’ll never give up! 

Shen Dayao’s shoulder was cut by a knife. When he looked into Ye Ming’s loathing eyes and at his fierce attacks, he had felt death closer to him than ever.

It was as if Han Xu had been reborn to avenge himself…

So much so that he had lost his ability to move and almost got his throat cut!

But how was that possible? Han Xu died a long time ago, and the corpse was even handled by him personally! Ye Ming was just an ordinary college student, with no grievances nor grudges against him. What reason is there to hate him like this?

Shen Dayao’s heart was full of doubts and shock. Before he could think about this problem, he saw Shen Ye suddenly appear and rush over. He didn’t care whether his father was hurt or not. He just picked Ye Ming up and left. Shen Dayao suddenly became furious, and the anger he had suppressed rose all at once. He shouted, “Where are you going?”

Shen Ye paused for a second before leaving swiftly without a single look back.

When Shen Dayao saw Shen Ye behaving like this, he swept everything away from the table angrily, shouting, “Unfilial son!”

The bodyguard next to Shen Dayao had also been in a cold sweat just now. If he hadn’t shot fast enough, the boy really would have killed Shen Dayao. He wiped his forehead. Staring at Shen Ye’s disappearing silhouette, he felt like he would be collateral to Young Master Shen’s anger. He was just following orders, yet he was somehow stuck between a rock and a hard place. 

Shen Ye carefully put Ye Ming into the car and drove frantically to the hospital. He informed the hospital in advance to prepare for rescue as he drove, quickly bringing Ye Ming over.

Seeing Ye Ming being pushed into the operating room, Shen Ye stood outside blankly.

After a long time, he looked at the blood on his body. These were all Ye Ming’s blood… Although Ye Ming hasn’t died yet, he knows how slim the chances of being saved from a shot in the head is…

Why did things become like this? 

Ten years ago, his father killed the person he loved the most, and he had known nothing. Ten years later, he had to witness his father kill his lover with his own hands.

He couldn’t even deceive himself this time. He could only watch Ye Ming as fell in front of him helplessly…

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It was all his fault. He should have been prepared, he should have made precautions ages ago. He could have prevented the situation from turning into this… but because of his own cowardice and avoidance, he eventually made things irreversible.

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How he wished that the person dying was him… 

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He didn’t know how long he had been standing there when he suddenly heard someone calling his name. He was pulled into the next room and the door slammed shut behind him. All the surrounding noise gradually softened and everything was quiet again…

The other party probably shouted too much. He sounded impatient, angry, and disappointed. 

Shen Ye slowly turned his head and saw Shen Dayao standing in front of him.

Although Shen Dayao was a step late, he had also come to the hospital. The wound on his shoulder wasn’t serious, but it needed to be bandaged. It would be fine after some treatment, so he came looking for Shen Ye.

Then he found Shen Ye standing there like a lost soul.

Shen Dayao was furious. He had been in danger and almost died, but his son had abandoned him all for an insignificant outsider, a man slightly similar to Han Xu. Leaving with someone else just like that made it really hard for him to calm his heart! 

Ten years later, he thought everything would turn to dust, but Han Xu was still desperately clinging on, even in the afterlife!

When Shen Dayao thought until here, he raised his hand and slapped Shen Ye!

Shen Ye’s face was hit sideways. The clear and burning pain brought his consciousness back to his mind. He looked at the man standing in front of him with a stiff face. This was his father…

This was the person, the person he had always respected and admired. But in the end, he was nothing but a liar and murderer. 

The pain in his chest was like an enormous hand strangling his heart. He stood there motionless, his eyes filled with endless despair. He asked, “Why did you do that to him?”

Shen Dayao glared at him and said with a deep voice, “Because he wanted to kill me.”

He thought that after he said this, Shen Ye would be able to understand why he shot him. He was only doing this because he didn’t know what happened. But to Shen Dayao’s surprise, Shen Ye’s expression was very calm, not a single look of surprise on his face. It felt like all of this was within his expectations.

Shen Ye’s voice was low and hoarse. His dark eyes stared into Shen Dayao. He asked, “Why did he want to kill you?” 

Shen Dayao’s heart jumped, and he furrowed his eyebrows. “How am I supposed to know? I just asked him to come over and proposed to send him abroad. Even if he didn’t want to, there’s no need to take such a risk at all. You… Do you know anything? Why would he do that?”

The corner of Shen Ye’s mouth curled up in an arc of self-mockery. After a long time, he shook his head.

Shen Dayao watched Shen Ye. He kept feeling like his son knew something. Ye Ming must have had a reason to kill him. Shen Ye knew the reason but refused to tell him… This made his heart sank as if something was gradually losing its control.

Yet he knew nothing. 

“No matter what, he still made a move first. I was just defending myself.” Shen Dayao said coldly, “If you’re still my son, clear your head and don’t disobey me for such a person!”

Shen Ye’s face paled when he heard these words. He laughed miserably but didn’t speak.

How would Shen Dayao not understand his own child? The moment he saw Shen Ye’s look, he knew he had already decided to protect Ye Ming. At the thought of Ye Ming’s eyes when he tried killing him, the fear and uneasiness he suppressed in his heart finally emerged. He was no longer calm like in the past, instead, he was furious. He raised his hand and slapped Shen Ye again. His chest heaved a few times, scolding, “Do you think I don’t know what you’re doing this for? You still can’t let Han Xu go! Han Xu’s gone, and he’ll never come back! Did you forget that he betrayed you? Are you going to make the same mistake again?!”

He was so angry that he finally broke his silence. 

I’ve said a hundred times that Han Xu doesn’t love him. He’s a liar! But Shen Ye just won’t listen!

Shen Ye’s lips trembled. He didn’t hide and let Shen Dayao hit him in the face. He just fixedly stared at Shen Dayao’s face.

Why are you so mad that I still care about Han Xu? It’s actually because you’re… scared, aren’t you? You’re scared he’ll come back for revenge, scared that one day all your lies will be exposed. You did an immoral thing, every night you get anxious, scared that you’ll get retribution… I didn’t understand it before, but now I do. 

The look in your eyes isn’t just anger but also fear. 

The arms that Shen Ye left by his side clenched tightly into a fist. He slowly opened his lips and spoke with a hoarse voice, “Father, Han Xu was always good… why would he suddenly betray me?”

Shen Dayao was taken aback before speaking cruelly, “Why did he do it? Aren’t you very clear about it?”

Things that had been decided 10 years ago, he was only asking for the reason now.

Shen Ye tore up the corners of his mouth and drawled, “Even if he didn’t do this and continued to lie to me, he could still obtain the Shen family… Why would he go through so much trouble… He’s probably already dead.” 

Shen Dayao’s face finally changed when he heard those words. A trace of uneasiness and doubt flashed in his eyes. Shen Ye had never said that Han Xu was dead in all these years. Even if Han Xu didn’t come back for ten years, Shen Ye would still be determined that Han Xu was still alive. No matter how painful it was or how much he hated him, he firmly believed that Han Xu was alive.

The occasional mentions to him that Han Xu was already dead would make Shen Ye’s expression change. This was simply his inverse scale that couldn’t be touched. No one could say that Han Xu was dead.

This was also the reason Shen Dayao couldn’t let go of the emotional entanglement in his heart.

But this time, Shen Ye took the initiative to say for the first time that Han Xu could be dead. 

For the first time, he admitted that Han Xu may never come back.

If it was any other time, it would elate Shen Dayao when he heard these words. Although he can’t tell Shen Ye the truth, Shen Ye was finally willing to recognize the reality and stopped waiting for Han Xu anxiously, which made him thrilled.

But at this moment… Shen Dayao felt chills in his heart instead.

Shen Ye didn’t mention it earlier or later, instead, he mentioned it now. What happened that made him suddenly understand? 

Shen Dayao fixedly looked into Shen Ye’s eyes, his tone calmed a little, “Why do you think so?”

Although Shen Dayao’s expression had only changed slightly, it still fell into Shen Ye’s eyes, which made the pain in his eyes even more obvious. He clenched his fingers, but he held back the need to question him. Instead, he lowered his eyes and said, “I just thought… that if he wasn’t already dead, why wouldn’t he come back…”

Shen Dayao looked at the sorrow and pain in Shen Ye’s eyes, listened to his words, and became furious. How could he be in such a sorrowful state for someone who had betrayed him?

Maybe he thought too much just now. Maybe Shen Ye was in too much shock. 

He snorted, “His death was well deserved anyway!”

Shen Ye looked at the distant look in Shen Dayao’s eyes. He wasn’t optimistic at all. His heart was full of self-mockery. With the things that happened until now, how could he continue deceiving himself? How could he continue running away?

The truth has already been placed in front of him. The results of the investigation also came out. His father… had always been deceiving him and hiding him from the truth. He was the real culprit of all of this.

Even now, he’s still lying to him. 

Shen Ye felt like it was freezing, as if a chill seeped into his heart from the soles of his feet, freezing his organs and limbs.

“You should go back first, I’ll go check up on Tao Xu.” Shen Ye’s expression slowly returned to normal, but his eyes seemed to turn indifferent, still and silent. He even smiled. “Although he started it, we can’t just ignore him like that, can we? If there’s anything, let’s wait for him to wake up and then talk about it.”

After speaking, Shen Ye turned around and left.

He walked forward step by step. In fact, he wasn’t confident that Ye Ming would wake up. He had already prepared himself to receive the worst, but he knew… he knew in his heart that he had to give Ye Ming justice. He couldn’t watch him die so powerlessly again. 

He couldn’t do it anymore.

Shen Dayao looked at Shen Ye’s leaving silhouette. He wanted to reach out and grab it. He didn’t know why, but he just couldn’t take that step. For the first time, he had a feeling that he was going to lose his son.

Although Shen Ye quarrelled with him many times over Han Xu that year, even going as far as to alienate him, he knew that his son was still his. Shen Ye knew what was right and what was wrong. Although he can’t let Han Xu go, he also hated Han Xu…

He just hadn’t been able to get out of it yet. 

All it took was a little time.

But this time, Shen Dayao felt like Shen Ye hated him. Although he seemed calm… every step he took.

It was like breaking off from him.

Back when Han Xu betrayed him and left, Han Xu’s death failed to make Shen Ye leave. But today, ten years later, a stand-in had instead made his son leave him!