Scum Gong Walks the Career Line in the Crematorium

TL: Moonlit

After many years of separation, no one could have imagined the current scene.

Lin Hanchuan curved his lips slightly, his eyes showing no sign of amusement. “You two ended up together?”

The man gave a dry smile. “After getting to know each other, we felt a connection and decided to be together. We stumbled along for so long, and our child is already a few years old. Unfortunately, the apocalypse came… and we couldn’t protect the child.”

With a smile that held an unclear meaning, Lin Hanchuan looked at the now aged and haggard woman. “After all these years, how have you been?”

The woman’s face turned pale; these words sounded like a naked threat.

Back then, she was saved by a teenage hero and escorted home under the cover of night. As a blossoming young girl, she couldn’t deny feeling a certain fondness. However, the very next day, someone came with an offer of five hundred thousand in exchange for a lie.

She had never seen so much money before, and she hesitated…

After forging false documents, she met a young man who had also forged documents by chance. Two souls tormented by their conscience came together, comforting each other, and developing feelings.

‘I didn’t forge the documents, I really didn’t know what he would do after he left. I was telling the truth.’

‘Yes, he escorted me home, but he might have had intentions towards me. Maybe he couldn’t find an opportunity with me, so he turned to another girl…’

The two despicable souls were drawn to each other, each firmly believing they were not at fault.

Now, the memory of the young man stood before them, as if crawling out of a nightmare. What terrified them the most was that it was now the apocalypse, and the person in front of them was an Ability User.

In the apocalypse, human lives were as insignificant as grass, and Ability Users were far more powerful than ordinary humans. If he sought revenge, no one could stop him.

Fear shattered the woman’s psychological defense, and she knelt on the ground with a thump. “Tu Ji, I’m sorry, I didn’t know you would be sentenced to life imprisonment. I thought you’d be out in a few years.”

The man also knelt down with a thump, repeatedly apologizing, “Tu Ji, old classmate, I’m sorry, I’m a scumbag. I shouldn’t have taken money to forge documents…”

In front of everyone’s gaze, the middle-aged couple, almost thirty years old, cried with tears streaming down their faces. They knocked their foreheads, leaving traces of blood, and wailed loudly, completely disregarding their dignity and appearance.

Their pitiful appearance seemed too much for Rong Ziping to bear, and he couldn’t help but say, “Whatever they did wrong in the past, it’s all in the past. We are all adults now, so let go of those childhood grudges.”

“Tu Ji…” murmuring the name, Feng Kuan felt somewhat familiar with it, but couldn’t recall where he had heard it before.

Someone of his age pulled him aside and whispered a few words. Feng Kuan’s pupils suddenly contracted, and his gaze toward Lin Hanchuan changed.

“So, after many years, would you be able to forgive the person who killed your parents?” Cheng Jizhou looked at Rong Ziping curiously.

Rong Ziping’s face twisted for a moment, and he gritted his teeth, “How can there be such a melodramatic situation in real life? It was just a misunderstanding during our school days. We’re almost thirty now, and you’re still fixated on things from our school days. Isn’t it a bit…”

“You don’t even know what exactly happened, so how do you know if it’s melodramatic or not?” Cheng Jizhou asked again.

Rong Ziping had nothing to say.

Lin Hanchuan glanced at the two kneeling individuals and said calmly, “Tell us what happened.”

They hesitated, feeling like they were about to expose their true selves in front of everyone, revealing their ugly, selfish nature. Even if they were shameless, they couldn’t bear to do it…

Under Lin Hanchuan’s cold gaze, the two of them trembled and stammered as they recounted all the past events.

Everyone present knew that Tu Ji had come out of prison, but no one knew what crime he had committed. Even the inmates in the prison were unaware. Lu Mao had been curious about it before, wondering what terrible crime their leader had committed to be sentenced to a lifetime in prison. He couldn’t believe that someone who had protected him in prison would turn out to be a ruthless murderer.

Now, learning the truth, they discovered a cruel and tragic past.

Lu Mao’s eyes turned red, and he kicked the man down, cursing, “Do you know that our leader was only eighteen years old back then? It was the beginning of his life! Damn you, your mother…”

Before he could finish his words, he heard Lin Hanchuan’s voice, “Swear again, and you’ll get half of your lunch rations deducted.”

All the curse words choked in his throat, and Lu Mao angrily kicked the man several times more. However, he had already completely exhausted his ability, so his punches were not as forceful, which made him even more frustrated.

No one stopped him, and everyone who now knew the truth was stunned.

Cheng Jizhou quietly whistled in his heart. He didn’t feel much about Lin Hanchuan being in prison for ten years; instead, he was very curious about when Lin Hanchuan would kill these two people.

But after looking at Lin Hanchuan’s expressionless face, Cheng Jizhou took a step forward, wanting to pat his shoulder to comfort him. However, he realized that from this angle, he could only reach his waist, so he settled for patting Lin Hanchuan’s waist as a form of consolation.

Lin Hanchuan lowered his head, thinking that the little kid was getting impatient, so he picked him up in his arms. “I won’t forgive your actions, and your life and death have nothing to do with me.”

The apocalypse’s arrival was the best torment for them.

“You…” Rong Ziping’s expression was complicated, and he hesitated to speak. “They are ordinary people. If you don’t protect them, how will they survive?”

Lin Hanchuan paused and turned to look at Rong Ziping.

Rong Ziping also believed that these two individuals were truly despicable, but they had already lost their child and had not awakened any abilities in the apocalypse, leaving them defenseless. If left unattended, they would soon be devoured by zombies.

In his opinion, they had already paid the price for their actions, losing their family, their child, and now they had nothing left. It was enough as redemption.

“At least they are two lives.” Rong Ziping tried to persuade, knowing that he had little say in front of Lin Hanchuan now. But he couldn’t just stand by and watch two lives disappear. “Saving one life is better than building a seven-story pagoda…”

“But what about their slander against Big Brother?” Cheng Jizhou asked.

“…At that time, they were still young, only teenagers. It’s normal for them to be misled,” Rong Ziping whispered, “The real mastermind should be the worst person, the one you should seek revenge against, not them, who were just pawns.”

Cheng Jizhou was amazed; he didn’t understand how someone could be so “kind.” “But Big Brother was also just a teenager back then.”

Rong Ziping didn’t notice that the gazes of the people around him had changed slightly.

In the past, Rong Ziping had asked Tu Ji for help in saving people and obtaining food or supplies for the team. The rescued ordinary people had become a cohesive group, forming an implicit division between them and those who had come out of prison.

But yesterday, after Rong Ziping lost his privileges within the team, everyone suddenly realized that his “kindness” had only been derived from others. He was merely a smooth talker.

Today, even knowing the reasons behind everything, he was still advising the victims to be magnanimous and not hold grudges.

The others distanced themselves from Rong Ziping in silence, fearing that the lightning would strike them if they stood too close.

Lu Mao was so angry that he almost couldn’t control his urge to curse. If it weren’t for the presence of children, preventing him from using foul language, he would have cursed Rong Ziping’s ancestors for generations.

“Rong Ziping, where did Boss wrong you? He saved your life and gave you the best clothes and food. Even in the apocalypse, he arranged for you to have the conditions to wash up daily. Look at the rest of us, who is as clean and tidy as you?”

“Your heart is made of ice, Boss has already warmed it up for you, but you have a heart of stone. No matter how well Big Brother treats you, it’s all in vain,” Lin Hanchuan interjected, raising his hand to quiet Lu Mao down.

Then, looking at Rong Ziping, Lin Hanchuan calmly said, “You said the mastermind behind the scenes is the most despicable, right?”

Rong Ziping’s face alternated between black and red from the scolding. Hearing this question, he found it a bit strange but assumed that Lin Hanchuan was moved by his words and would no longer pursue the matter. So, his expression improved slightly as he nodded reservedly, “Yes, the mastermind behind the scenes is the most despicable. You should find the mastermind.”

Lin Hanchuan spoke casually, “The person behind that incident was your eldest brother, and the mastermind behind the scenes is the Róng family. They bribed these two individuals and made me take the blame for your eldest brother.”

As these words came out, Rong Ziping’s face went blank, and the others were also stunned.