The Scum Shou's Survival Guide Chapter 2 Part1

Chapter 2A

Ye Ming looked around oat the house he'd rented. It was small and he didn't many many things. Without regret he booked a plane ticket, took out all of his savings, bid goodbye to the house and left.

Ye Ming put away his poor amount of cash. He was dressed in some old clothes that had gone white from constant washing and carried a canvas bag. Standing at the airport he heaved a sigh.

[Ye Ming: This is definitely the most poor I've been since transmigrating. This is the first day of missing my experience points.]

[888: It doesn't matter, you will slowly get used to it.]

[Ye Ming: Can't you comfort me a little?]

[888: Isn't what I just said to comfort you?]

[Ye Ming: ….]

Ye Ming put one hand in his pocket and stood lazily in the queue. He got his plane ticket quickly. There was still a couple of hours before boarding so he bought himself a bowl of instant noodles and sat down in the food hall to eat.

As he ate he couldn't help but express his feelings.

[Ye Ming: To tell you the truth, I can't wait to return to see my beloved Qin Yi. Right now he must be super rich! If he just gives me a single hair from his leg, then I don't need to eat instant noodles for the rest of my life.]

[888: I think right now he won't be willing to even give you a hair from his leg.]

[Ye Ming: You never know ah ^_^]

Ye Ming finished his meal and felt like he had recovered a bit of his spirit. He took out the plane ticket in his hand. He looked into the distance and revealed a hint of nostalgia. He said deeply, "Homesickness is like a plane ticket, I'm over here and he's over there."

As an emotionless system 888 didn't know why he had a sudden urge to hit someone.

{T/N: In Chinese Ye Ming is being all sentimental and poetic, completely ignoring the fact of what he did to Qin Yi so 888 just wants to beat him up haha…}

After over ten hours, Ye Ming finally returned to the city he had started everything in. Truthfully he really did feel quite nostalgic. He didn't rush to see Qin Yi but instead looked online for a place to rent. This was a big and economically prosperous city with tens of millions of people, so the housing prices kept rising without falling. It took Ye Ming a lot of effort to find a small house to rent in a remote suburb. He paid two months of rent up front and felt extremely uncomfortable that he didn't have much money left.

At the very minimum Fang Xiao had good qualifications. This careless guardian system was too useless, but Ye Ming didn't care too much. Since he needed to reverse the situation, he thought this was a good situation to utilize.

Ye Ming came the place he was living a basic clean up and then opened his computer to surf the internet. He began gathering information regarding Qin Yi.

[888: What are you doing?]

[Ye Ming: I'm doing my job. Look, this RongXin construction company is pretty good. I'm going to apply for it.]

[888: …..]

[Ye Ming: Recently the Qin Group has a large project and that is building an international business center. At present they have already entered the construction phase, and several contractors have been employed to complete it. RongXin is one of them. Although the company is not big, it's not too close nor too far from Qin Group and happens to have a co-operative relationship. Also it just happens to be currently hiring.]

[Ye Ming: If I work here and just plan a little bit, then I can have an accidental meeting with Qin Yi, how perfect!]

[888: ….. That's your plan?]

{Ye Ming: That's only the second step. First I have to get close to him to see his att.i.tude. Then comes the most important third step!]

[Ye Ming: I have to give the impression that I deeply love him from my heart, but because of outside influences I can't control I had no choice but to leave him. Even after three years, I can't forget about him but can only hide my pain in my heart!]

[888: I have some words to remind you. As the host, you definitely can't expose your ident.i.ty as a transmigrator on a mission. If it is exposed then you will forcibly removed from the world. Also I think that even if do this, he might not be willing to believe you. Lastly, in the unlikely scenario that he does believe you, do you think he will so easily forgive you for your betrayal? Is "I had no choice" an excuse for lying to someone?]

[Ye Ming: Big brother why are you being so serious all of a sudden? Did I say I was going to use this explanation? Rest a.s.sured, I know what to do ^_^]

Once the objective had been set, Ye Ming set off immediately.

RongXin's President Hu had started off as a constructor foreman. He didn't have much education but he had some street smarts. In the last few years his company had been doing better and better, and recently he was ecstatic to receive the Qin Group's contract. As long as he cooperates well with Qin Group, then he didn't fear he could earn money in the future.

President Hu had a good eye. He didn't just look at what was in front of him but he thought about the opportunities that the big ship Qin Group could bring to him. So in terms of this large venture he had put in 120% of his effort, even if he earned less he was determined to it well.

Anyway that was stretching too far. Today President Hu came to conduct an interview. A girl from his company's finance department had gone on leave to have a baby, so they had to hire someone new.

Because the company wasn't big the salary wasn't particularly high. The previous candidates didn't meet President Hu's standards. He had the common problem of all bosses of small companies: the person he wanted didn't want to work for his company, the person who wanted to work for his company he didn't want… however the one who had come today sounded pretty good.

Not only had he graduated from a famous school but he also had experience working for the Qin Group. He had only just returned from overseas… President Hu was very surprised and curious why someone like this would be interested in coming to his company to work in the small finance department.

Ye Ming was wearing a clean white shirt and black trousers. He politely knocked on the door before opening it.

President Hu pushed his beer belly forward and smiled saying, "Are you Fang Xiao? Please sit down."

Ye Ming nodded his head and sat down on the chair. His back was very straight, he wasn't proud nor was he humble. Although he was thin and his dress was very plain, but it couldn't cover his outstanding temperament. On his delicate face he wore a confident smile.

President Hu looked at him with an admiring glance. He dove straight into the main question. "I've already read your resume. Can you tell me why you chose our company?"

Ye Ming smiled. "I've just returned to China and I need a job. This company is quite suitable for me."

President Hu looked at him. "Just like this?"

Ye Ming paused then said, "Yes. Of course if the company is willing to pay me three months salary in advance, I'd be very grateful."

President Hu smiled when he heard these words, finally he had dispelled the doubts in his heart.

Ye Ming probably desperately needed money. That's why he was willing to come interview at a small company. Compared to those big companies with strict rules and procedures, a small company is more likely to bargain with him.

President Hu didn't care why Ye Ming was short on money. He asked Ye Ming a few more questions and hired him feeling very satisfied. Not only did he eliminate the trial period but generously gave him a large advance on his salary. He patted Ye Ming's shoulder and said, "Work hard. I hope you will like it here."

Ye Ming displayed a grateful expression. He nodded and said, "Thank you. I think I will like it here."

They agreed he would start the next day. Ye Ming took the salary he had just obtained and went out and ate a big seafood dinner.

[888: Is this the reason you wanted the salary advance?]

[Ye Ming: Yes. Isn't eating an important task? I'm really poor ah! Cryingsilenttears.gif]

[888: Cold.jpg]

Just like this Ye Ming began his working life.

Because his personality was modest and courteous, and his appearance was clean and handsome, the employees in the company both old and young, male and female all had good impressions of him. In no time he was quickly integrated into the company.

Since he had advance salary, Ye Ming of course didn't put himself through any hardship. He ate and drank well and as the days pa.s.sed pleasantly. After a month had pa.s.sed he began to think about how to meet Qin Yi.

There were two ways. One was to go to the construction ground. Qin Yi was always very rigorous and serious, according to the stories he would regularly go to personally review the progress of the site. However since Ye Ming was from the finance department this wasn't really convenient and also seemed a bit forced. The second was to wait for Qin Yi to come himself. Ye Ming knew that President Hu was very eager to build the relationship with Qin Yi. There was a high possibility that he would invite Qin Yi here for work related reasons.

Ye Ming watched and waited. If he wanted to accidentally meet it wasn't difficult but he had to find a good opportunity. He needed to both meet and make Qin Yi feel that he didn't want to see him and even was trying to hide from him.

This day Ye Ming was working as usual in the company and suddenly heard 888's prompt, Qin Yi was here!

Ye Ming immediately put down the work in his hand. He stood up and said to the colleague next to him, "I'm going to the bathroom."

[Ye Ming: It's been more decades since I last saw him! My heart feel quite nervous ne >_<>

[888: Really?]

[Ye Ming: Yes, it's more real than gold!]

[888: He he.]

Ye Ming found a good opportunity to walk around the corner. He raised his head and immediately saw the man walking towards him.

Qin Yi doesn't seem to have changed much. If he had to point something out, then he would say the aura around him is not the same as before. Underneath his handsome, straight brows; the black eyes were missing the old light and there was an additional seriousness. His thin lips were pressed tightly, the jawline seems colder than before. He wore a dark colored suit and he was standing tall and straight. In the moment he glanced over, his gaze was extremely sharp.

Ye Ming froze as though he had lost his soul. After he saw Qin Yi looking, he seemed to forcefully recall himself. He backed away a few steps then hid in the bathroom, as though terrified that Qin Yi had seen him.

Actually Ye Ming's appearance and disappearance had only taken the span of a blink of an eye. The President Hu who was following behind Qin Yi didn't notice at all but Qin Yi's footsteps stopped.

President Hu looked at Qin Yi with a confused expression. "President Qin, what's wrong?"

Qin Yi stared fixedly in the direction of the corner. There was no one there. It was as though what had happened before was just an illusion but he knew it wasn't.

After a moment Qin Yi turned back around. His voice carried a chilling hint. "I think I saw someone I know."

President Hu said in a confused manner, "Someone you know?"

Qin Yi's eyes were dark. He recalled the shocking moment previously and the hand hanging by his body unconsciously tightened into a fist.

Today he had come here only by chance after receiving President Hu's enthusiastic entreaties. He knew President Hu had always wanted to work with him but he never expected…. that he would see Fang Xiao here.

In this place that he never expected, in a time he never expected, het met that person again.

Like a small pebble, unexpectedly falling into the lonely and cold lake.

Three years had pa.s.sed. In countless midnight dreams he had fantasized how when that person appeared in front of him again, he would take revenge on him, and make him taste the bitterness of regret. But along with the cruel pa.s.sage of time, he couldn't help but admit that perhaps that person would never appear again. And so that hate carved into his bones gradually became an deep unwillingness to accept.

Just at the time he thought he would never see that person again… that person appeared.

QIn Yi walked forth slowly and finally come to stand by the tightly closed door.

If he just pushed it gently then he could see that person again…

This was the closest they had been in three years. Qin Yi raised the corner of his lips in a cold smile however he did not stretch out his hand to break this barrier. He had already hated him for an entire three years. The hate had already fermented in his heart, taken root and sprouted… but it had also made him cold and rational, no longer impulsive.

President Hu hurried to keep up. He saw that Qin Yi was standing outside the closed bathroom. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Do you want to-" go to the toilet ma?

He didn't get to the finish when Qin Yi interrupted him. He said naturally, "It's nothing. Let's continue. The project you were talking about before, I want to know more about it."

President Hu was filled with joy. Just before Qin Yi was very cold and distant towards him, and didn't seem very interested in his proposals. Although he was not quite sure what had caused him change, but he couldn't waste this opportunity, and immediately began to talk a river!

Qin Yi half-heartedly listened to President Hu talk, continuing to walk forward. He didn't even turn around to look.

I know you're there. I'll just let you think I haven't discovered you. But this time you won't have anywhere to run. I'll let you know the feeling of falling from heaven to earth, and let you taste the bitterness of utter despair.

What you gave to me at that time, I will slowly, bit by bit, return to you.

Even in his dreams President Hu didn't think he would be able to achieve so much today. He originally only opened Qin Yi would become a bit more familiar with his company. As long as he was more familiar then they could slowly build the relationship. But he never expected that Qin Yi would display such interest in his company's operations, even appreciating their work and clearly stated that he was willing to cooperate in the future.

At the very end, President Hu felt as though he was floating on air. He flattered Qin Yi all the way to the door and then warmly invited Qin Yi to eat with him however Qin Yi refused.

Although he was disappointed, President Hu wasn't surprised. According to status, it wasn't appropriate to eat with Qin Yi. Anyway he had already made a lot of gains today!

He diligently opened the car door for Qin Yi. As Qin Yi was just about to step into the car, he appeared to have suddenly thought of something. He turned around and said, "Speaking of, I saw someone that looked like my old friend in your company."

President Hu had always had quite observant. He noticed a nostalgic look in Qin Yi's eyes. He asked carefully, "Really? That's such a coincidence. What is your friend's name?"

Qin Yi's voice was very low. He said slowly, "His name is Fang Xiao. He used to be my best friend but a few years ago we had a disagreement, and afterwards to refused to see me… I looked for him for a long time, but I never found him."

President Hu's heartbeat increased. He immediately realized that this was a great opportunity to please Qin Yi.

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