Chapter 112.1 – I’m really dead (1)

Translator: Xena

Chen You felt he was really awesome. He flushed the toilet within a minute, took off his pants, and walked out holding them loosely with his hands still wet. It all indicated that he had just flushed the toilet and washed his hands, but did not have time to put his pants on.

Sheng Qing, who was standing at the door, saw that the boy’s pants were loose, revealing a small part of his slender waist and some of his pink underwear.

The pink underwear was specially bought by Chen You. He calculated that Sheng Qing should’ve thought he looked cute in pink hairpins and that he probably liked the tender pink color, so he quickly bought a batch of pink things.

Chen You noticed the man’s gaze on him, but there was nothing unusual about it, just cold and sharp.

He felt he had miscalculated.

The man’s voice came from above his head, “Put your pants on and go back to school.”

Chen You looked up and saw the man’s brows wrinkled as he turned away.

He pulled up his pants while talking to the system. “Do I not look tempting like this? That’s impossible ah, my waist is so thin and white.”

The system said, “Your Daddy is not gay.”

Chen You, “…”

The system asked, “Are you okay?”

Chen You hehehe-ed hahaha-ed. “It’s okay, what could happen to me? Really, nothing happened to me.”

The system said, “Have you carefully read your Daddy’s personal information?”

Chen You lifted up his shirt, lowered his head to put on his pants, and then put his shirt down. “Yes, I read it word by word.”

The system said, “Not only is your brain not working, your eyes are also not working. Go have it checked at the hospital.”

Chen You’s mouth twitched. He quietly found a corner to lean against, thinking back to all the information he had read about Sheng Qing before. After a while, he said in confusion, “Something’s wrong. Sheng Qing is not gay, and he also hasn’t had any women in the past years.”

The system said, “What’s so strange about this?”

Chen You rolled his eyes. “Isn’t this strange? He’s already in his thirties.”

“I understand. Sheng Qing has an unmentionable illness, hahahahaha. He’s impotent. Am I right? It must be so! “

The system said nothing and just quietly watched him reveal his retarded side.

Chen You waited but still didn’t receive any praise or affirmation from the system, so he pouted in disappointment. “Okay, maybe I guessed wrong.”

He faced the wall and knocked his head against it again and again, trying to calm himself down and slowly enter the same state of ‘forgetting oneself’ as when he sat in the examination room during the college entrance examination.

During the three years he was captured, Sheng Qing lived on the island a filthy life that was unimaginable to ordinary people—killing, going insane, begging for mercy, and forbearance. There, he saw the ugliest side of human nature.

Life on the island was sealed off and the people there had no way to vent their emotions. Every time a group of women was sent over, they would go crazy.

At the beginning, Sheng Qing would retch, but the second time he saw it, he was so disgusted that he vomited directly. Until finally, he became numb and just watched from the side, witnessing how one lively and beautiful woman after another turned into a cold and broken corpse that was thrown into the mountains.

He could even imagine how some of the lowest class people on the island would secretly drag the body to a hidden place…

There were no laws, no morals.

If Sheng Qing had not been imprisoned in the boss’ residence on the island and no one dared to move him, he would have died long ago. Not only would he have been treated horribly before his death, but his body would also not be left intact.

Despite that, Sheng Qing still had to endure the boss’ frequent beatings that came from the  accumulated twisted anger brought by being bullied by the Sheng family.

Sheng Qing was still very young at that time.

After escaping, Sheng Qing developed a psychological obsession with cleanliness. He was very guarded and refused to allow anyone to cross the line of defense he had set. There was no emotion, no love, and no sex.

Can he still be considered a human being?

Chen You smacked his lips. That man controlled the life and death of many people and families. He had such terrible power, yet he unexpectedly abandoned what was innate to him as a human being.

“I couldn’t tell.”

The system said, “Some things cannot be distinguished, such as your small trumpet¹An alternate identity, or in games, an alt account., Chen Retarded.”

“I take back what I said just now. This is so obvious.”

Chen You didn’t want to talk to the system. It was very annoying.

Ai, my two eyes have brought shame upon me. Forget it, I’ll just go to school first and move on. There will always be a way.

“My heart knows clearly, I give you true love…”

Chen You walked while humming a song. When he went out, only the auntie was there cleaning up in the living room. When she saw him, she called him “Young Master Xia” very politely, which was completely different from her attitude before he entered the door.

Footsteps sounded from the stairs. It was Sheng Jing came down.

Chen You took his hands out of his trouser pockets, then put them back in after thinking about it, as if doing so would make him feel safer. “Jing-Didi.”

Sheng Jing walked to the table and poured a glass of water without responding.

Tsk. Chen You headed towards the door when a voice came from behind him. “Xiao Guang asked me to tell you that he wants to apologize to you for what happened earlier.”

He snorted lightly before turning around with a look of confusion. “Apologize? What’s there to apologize for? Guang-Didi has done nothing wrong to me.”

Sheng Jing narrowed his eyes.

Do you think you’re the only one who can squint? I can do it too. Chen You squinted his eyes.

Damn it, it was just a plate of food, but he resorted to such a despicable trick as tripping me. If Sheng Qing ever takes me out to play one day²According to the wording of the raws, I suspect the play he is talking about is playing online, but irl also matches so I didn’t specify haha., he will pounce on me and poke a few holes in my body, won’t he?

Sheng Jing returned to normal. “Ge, you will be a senior in high school next year, right?”

Chen You’s eye twitched. “Yeah.”

Sheng Jing smiled, his expression arrogant and a bit contemptuous. “I heard that Dad arranged tutors for you. I believe your studies will improve greatly.”

Are you laughing at me? What’s so great about being a top student? Ai, it seems that being a top student is indeed quite amazing.

Chen You’s eyes twitched even more. “I hope so.”

He didn’t want to chat with this shady person any longer, so he said, “I’m going back to school. Let’s talk again the next time we meet.”

After the person left, Sheng Jing put the glass in his hand on the table, rubbed the rim, and said, “He’s gone.”

Sheng Guang stood on the stairs to the second floor. His face was still pale and his eyes were red, having just cried. “The last time Dad got angry with me was several years ago when I accidentally entered his study.”

“This time, he actually hit me for a piece of trash.”

Sheng Jing warned, “Don’t say trash anymore. That person can cook a dish that satisfies Dad and suits his taste. You and I can’t do that.”

Sheng Guang abruptly raised his head. “What did you say?”

“That plate of yams with sugar and chili? Stop joking, Dad only said it was not bad.”

Sheng Jing had no intention of arguing with him.

Sheng Guang bit his lower lip until it bled. “When I win first place in this coming math competition, Dad will definitely be very happy.”

Sheng Jing shook his head.

How naive, that person doesn’t care about people and things. His so-called praise was all pretense. Just like doing business, it was just a means to deal with troublesome things.

That’s right, it was troublesome.

In that person’s eyes, their flattery and efforts were troublesome and meaningless.

In the garden, Chen You, who was looking at the large patch of red roses, asked the system, “Can I pick one? Would that be immoral?”

The system said, “You can, go ahead.”

Chen You went and quickly picked one from the side. He didn’t notice the thorns on it and jumped back with a hiss. “Fvck! I got pricked by the rose thorns!”

The system said, “Poor thing.”

Chen You whimpered, put his two bleeding fingers into his mouth and sucked hard before spitting out a few mouthfuls of bloody saliva. The punctured area was swollen. “I am so unlucky.”

The system said, “You are too stupid.”

Chen You took the roses and walked towards the parking lot. “It’s only been one meal and you slapped yourself in the face. I don’t know who is stupid.”

System, “……”

Chen You walked to the car, bent over to sit in the back seat, and handed the rose over. “Dad, this is your birthday present.”

Sheng Qing’s eyes moved away from his phone and fell on the rose in front of him. “Did you pick this from the garden?”

It doesn’t matter, really. Chen You smiled and said, “A man is 41 flowers³It means a man is at his prime at 40 years old..”

He quickly added, “I’m giving it to Dad a few years in advance because I think that even if he’s not yet 40, he’s already a flower.”

Sheng Qing’s face twitched slightly.

The driver in front was enduring so hard that his face nearly stifled a cramp.

Chen You held the flowers while blinking his eyes. What does this mean? Why aren’t you saying anything?

Sheng Qing continued to scroll through his phone. “Throw it away.”

Chen You blurted out, “No ah, I’ve plucked it off which was like killing it and is very immoral. Now you want me to throw it away? Isn’t that even more immoral?”

Sheng Qing tilted his head, his eyes deep and unknown.

Chen You realized belatedly that something was wrong. With the original’s timid and cowardly character, he would never dare to talk to his father like that. He nervously asked the system what to do.

The system said, “You can do whatever you want.” You’ve been exposed a long time ago, but you only realized it now. Alas, I couldn’t say it to you.

It said mechanically, “Pray ba.”

Chen You swallowed hard. His hands which were holding the rose were shaking. “Dadadadadad… I… I-I will get out of the car and… take the flower…”

Sheng Qing moved his thin lips and said, “Drive.”

The driver immediately responded and started the car, driving away from the villa.

Chen You lowered his head and a tear fell on the rose petals—two drops, three drops. Soon, the flower was all wet and he couldn’t control his tears.

Sheng Qing closed his eyes and took a nap.

Chen You inched towards the car door. With his back to Sheng Qing and him facing the car window, tears silently streamed down his face. It was so scary. He was so scared just now that he didn’t even dare breathe.

He wiped the water off the petals and said to the system, “I almost thought I was going to die.”

The system said, “Your Daddy didn’t say anything.”

Chen You said, “Maybe it’s because I prayed.”

“I picked this flower in vain, ai.”

The system said, “You can give it to the school grass.”

Chen You sniffed. “Right, then I’ll take it to him at school, and then he’ll give it to the pretty girl, and they’ll kiss and give me a handful of dog food⁴狗娘: This must be a typo because this means mother dog. Dog food is 狗娘..”

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  An alternate identity, or in games, an alt account. ↩︎
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  According to the wording of the raws, I suspect the play he is talking about is playing online, but irl also matches so I didn’t specify haha. ↩︎
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  It means a man is at his prime at 40 years old. ↩︎
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  狗娘: This must be a typo because this means mother dog. Dog food is 狗娘. ↩︎