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Chapter 39 – Escape from the Water Prison
The original English translation of this chapter was by Lily. She is now one of the official translators of The Scum Villain’s Self-Saving System! Good job, Lily! I couldn’t be happier for you and Fae.
This chapter was where Gongyi Xiao captured the hearts of readers. What can I say? The guy is a cinnamon roll, too good, too pure for this world. Wouldn’t it be nice if we all had someone like that in real life? I know I would like it if I did.
By the way, all of these notes are just me, Reika, rambling about this and that. I know that it’s a bit annoying that the chapters have been removed, but I feel that it was the right thing to do. I did get a lot of complaints, but most people were totally fine with it.
Thanks for reading!
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Reika’s Notes:
- This chapter was translated by Lily.
- “Worse than a beast!” – Did Gongyi Xiao think Binghe whipped him? Or did he think Binghe had taken advantage of his own master?
Gongyi Xiao best boy.
I know LB is angry but why can’t he remember their conversation before that conference? SQQ asked him if he would be willing to pay anything to be strong person. Physically and emotionally tortured and all that. LB is so smart. Can he not connect the dots? SQQ did it for him to become stronger. Plus, we know he loves SQQ. The choking and ruining his reputation just seems too extreme. How will he feel when he wants to get with SQQ? Are apologies enough for all that abuse
Binghe is not the one who’s ruining his reputation
Binghe is Angry because he got betrayed by Shen Qingqiu after what he said in the past..
Also even if Binghe is not angry about the abyss, for me who in a world will not get angry pushing u down into abyss after telling them that demon race doesn’t matter as long as ur good/kind..?
Let me explain this to u briefly,Do you see his expression of sadness at not understanding what Shen Qingqiu was doing at that moment(donghua)?Luo Binghe was heartbroken, he wanted to know what made his Shizun treat him that way.
He expected the support of Shen Qingqiu, who will help him. The words he said earlier gave Luo Binghe hope that his Shizun would never treat him badly no matter what, but suddenly Shen Qingqiu rejected him and hurt him.
He did not feel angry at what his Shizun did, he was not disappointed, he did not expect an apology, he just wanted an explanation.
Oh lord… Did he?? Did he think that he. Ahhahaab we all wish boy. We all want that tofu to be eaten
thank you
Gongyi is cute lil boy.,..💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
If something bad happens to Gongyi for helping the protagonist, I will stroke my neck with a cutter.
i am with you . we will do it
wait wtf-
Everyone thinking his body less than pure. Lol
Lmfaaoo Mc got his payback on that annoying pocked guy X’D nd I love gongyi xiao! He’s such a good boi -3- altho I’m curious to know what misunderstandings he got lol
Noooo poor little Gongyi Xiao, he only wants to help but he’s going to get into so much damn trouble for this ;___; </3
oh god! i’ve been reading up to this chapter while at work and i have been suppressing myself from laughing out loud at the office…i’m feeling so much anxiety because sqq and binghe just can’t get their feelings sorted out but at the same time the humor in all these chapters…i think i’m going to go crazy (lol)
pocked-face disciple got what was coming to him hah!
awwwwww im beginning to ship gongyi and qingqiu, they treat each other so well. now that the snow lotus binhe is dead and he’s all scary and brutal, gongyi can be the sweet darling XD
He finally got what he deserved! And same, Gongyi is such a sweetheart!
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA BRO THE AUTHOR IS SO FUNNY
THE SECRET CHINGLISH CODE
HE OVER DID THE RIPENING AND NOW THE PLANT WILL ROT WITHIN A WEEK
He is!!! He can be annoying sometimes but he always makes me laugh my ass off!
Gongyi Xiao’s innocent eyes has been tainted… poor kid.
And I legit can guess that Luo Binghe will think that Shen Qingqiu eloped away with Gongyi Xiao, and thus will have to be another object that will activate the yandere button inside him.
A true, loyal cannon fodder indeed. I hope Luo Binghe won’t think that way and atleast clear up ONE f***ing misunderstanding between them. Even. Just. One.
Poor Luo Binghe getting misunderstood by the person he trusted the most!
Thank you for the chapter
So xD did Gongyi Xiao thought LBH had some sexy time with Shizun ? HAHAHHA
Welcome to the unending galore of misunderstandings XDDDD Gongyi Xiao is such a precious cinnamon roll that needs to be protected at all cost XD
LOL this chapter is so hilarious yet so cute! Gongyi’s misunderstanding at least brings good chance to our Shizun XD Hope he’s save from Binghe’s wrath tho-
LOL….
Next to our scum villain, I think my next favorite character is now Gongyi. The sweet child is probably worried that the reason why Luo Binghe wasn’t allowing people to enter the water prison was that he was having fun raping his shizun. I hope that Binghe doesn’t kill him.
That said, what would the Mountain Sect and its disciples do if they find about this misunderstood realizations that Gongyi has. Maybe, a sect war would happen.
Excuse me, but I think these lines are translated kind of incorrectly:
[He said in a trembling voice, “Elder, you….are you sure it’s nothing urgent?”]
and
[Gongyi Xiao inwardly cried tears of blood for Elder Shen. Shen Qingqiu himself said, vacantly, “It’s nothing urgent?”]
In the raws, these lines went like this: [他顫聲道 : “前輩… …你… …你當真不要緊嗎?”] and [公儀蕭心中為沈前輩流下了血淚, 沈前輩卻茫然道 : “我不要緊啊?”]
I think the phrase 不要緊 is closer in meaning to “are you okay” and “I’m alright” instead of “it’s nothing urgent”
不要紧 [bù yào jǐn ] – meaning: unimportant; not serious; it doesnt matter; never mind ;
It’s the translator’s interpretation of the line. SQQ was not saying “I’m alright.” He’s saying “never mind.” There’s a big difference between “I’m alright” and “It’s not important/serious.” He’s totally not alright. In fact, SQQ was pretty desperate to escape but he just decided not to involve his fellow canon fodder Gongyi Xiao.
Hmm, I was under the impression that GongYi was asking after Shen QingQiu’s well-being… But your explanation makes sense too. Thank you for explaining!
Haha! So funny! I really would love to read that letter in Chinglish!
#Spoiler#
*Reika deleted spoiler*
Are u freaking serious? Some people r trying to read the book properly, stop spoiling. Even if there is a spoiler tag it doesn’t make any difference. Please delete ur comment
Gongyi! Hurry, c’mere and let the readers protect you, you cinnamon bun! I just love how Gongyi’s imaginations shot up like a rocket
How I saw Gongyi’s mind:
Red Scrapes (=”hickeys”)
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Ripped Clothes (=struggle)
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Lord Shen’s “urgent matter” (=something “terrible” happened)
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LB’s coat and behavior of not letting anyone else in the SQ’s prison (=S H A D Y A S F prime suspect)
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=Gongyi: there can only be one thing that happened….he was disgraced! ( OДO)!!!
System didn’t deduct any points for making the protag appear like a scumbag! XD
Lord have I missed his pettiness. 😂
I hope Shizun is able to take his meds before he gets caught by LBH.
I’m in tears. The amount if salt that sqq dishes out even in dire situations is lowkey the best thing about him.
If you’re still looking, I’d love to help out! My chinese isn’t amazing but I’d like to think that I know enough to edit!
Something gonna happen soon isn’t it?! Things are going too well!
Gonyi is such a sweetheart~ I hope nothing bad happen to him. Still wondering how much did his imagination run to.
I just love Shen Qingqiu so much!! lol getting his petty revenge at the end of the chapter
@_____@ thank you for taking on this novel! Thankyouthankyou🧡
I can’t wait XD for when Shen Qingqiu finally realized WHY his ~little sheep in wolfs clothing~ is being so crazy towards him,
Luvluvluv
Gongyi TT such a sweet honey bunny… i hope he didnt catch a bad event after helping shen qingqiu
Thank you for the translation ♡
Honestly gongyi is such a cinnamon roll. I really hope nothing bad happens to him. 😭
How was SQQ able to shred the paper when his spiritual energy was repressed? 🤔
Haha, Gongyi Xiao, I hope you will survive LBH’s wrath. Such a cute, earnest junior. I can just imagine him trying to defend SQQ’s honour from the villainous LBH. XD
I’m imagining he had to do it with his toes or something poor dude.
“… just then the way he looked when he retreated in a rage after (Shen Qingqiu) threw off his robe unexpectedly made (Shen Qingqiu) see a shadow of the little sheep he used to be.”
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If you recall, in the last chapter LBH’s face turned red and he ran away like a flustered maiden.
Thank you very much!!
I love how SQQ still has the mind to be petty at the end. Haha. Good boy, get your revenge.
I LOL’ed so much at that bit.
SQ is hilarious, and smart to drag back a random replacement to take his place.
Thank you for continuing to translate this novel.
I am so so glad this novel did not go down the rape route! I love these fluffy moments and funny misunderstandings. I’m guessing that the whip left marks resembling hickeys which led to Gongyi Xiao’s misunderstanding… 😂
Thank you so much for this translation!!
I love this chapter. I prefer those kinds of misunderstandings. Poor kid really thought something awful had happened to SQQ, huh? And to think SQQ had just changed his mind because it wouldn’t be nice to make Gongyi Xiao betray them and suffer from the consequences (most likely) by himself… Oh well, here’s to hoping he’ll be fine!
I wonder how long it’ll take for SQQ to realize that if LBH sometimes treats him like he did the girls he fucked in the novel (like, the food he cooked for him, or now the coat)… maybe that’s because LBH’s feelings towards him are… more than a disciple’s towards his teacher? Just saying. It’s kinda obvious LBH’s got a crush.
I love Airplane dude, and SQQ who roasts him for his letter. It was a pretty lighthearted chapter all things considered. I just hope it’s not a calm before the storm kind of thing…
hahaha, its definitely a calm before the storm…
Airplane is the perfect boke! I’m sure his knowledge of horticulture is on par with his English skills!
I feel strange about LB’s so called crush. He chased him down. Basically smashed his head into a wall, choked him, force fed his demon blood and hurt him with it, and let’s not forget ruining his reputation and probably setting up the whole thing to get him in that terrible prison
Thank you so much for the chapter! I tried MTL a bit of this novel because I was too anxious to know what would happen next, but though I understood most of what was happening, it truly doesn’t hold a candle to your translation so I decided it’s better to wait it out regardless, so I’m very grateful to you for updating so regularly!
P.D: Gongyi xiao you sweet darling child, get your mind off the gutter lmao.
Omg…he asked if SQQ could walk! LOL definitely a serious misunderstanding! There’s no papapa yet!
The poison got suppressed because of LBH I bet! Although LBH should have explained lol too many misunderstandings…
It’s getting really exicting these past chapters and this one was very funny too!
Thanks so much for the translations!
Thank you thank you!
Thank you for the fast translations and the addition of pin yin to the footnotes! 😀 Can’t wait for the next chapter! You guys are awesome!
LOL Gongyi Xiao cant get any cuter
This chapter is quite funny, from GYX misunderstanding what happened and jumping to conclusions on his own, to SQH toilet tier Chinglish (Ŏ艸Ŏ)
and our MC is quite spiteful to purposely choose that pocked face disciple, but hey, he deserved that >.<
Thank you so much for translating this! looking forward to october 30th!
AND ANOTHER THING LMAO
Bing-mei is totally gonna FLIP lmao once again his Shizun is running off with other men and never him fffff he just thinks he got rejected YET AGAIN and yet here SQQ is accepting help from a disciple from a rival sect…lmao the amount of vinegar Bing-mei will be drinking ….lights candle for Shen Qingqiu
Gongyi Xiao s such a good kid…I’m dying though bc he obviously thinks Luo BingHe “took advantage” of SQQ fffffff asking SQQ if he could walk….I MEAN his thought process isnt TOO crazy…an angry Luo BingHe forbids anyone else from entering the prison (to keep another almost whipping incident from happening) but after seeing SQQ with his clothes torn, with suspicious red marks, wearing Luo BingHe’s outer robe like a flag planted on a new shiny piece of land…>.> Gongyi Xiao though…running away (eloping!) with the demon’s bride…you planting death flags son lol
I MTL-ed this novel some time ago but I’m sure I only got about 80% of it right so I’m really happy and grateful to the translators! Thank you Lily for today’s chapter ♡♡♡
ALSO Airplane bro…bro…pls…
Jdjdjdj
“wearing Luo BingHe’s outer robe like a flag planted on a new shiny piece of land” – I like the way you think!
Ahem ahem.
Can I get a spoiler as to when papapa will happen?🤭🤭
Thank you as soon as I get paid imma donate to your patreon!!!
Jajajajajajaja Thanks!
Eagerly waiting for the 30th for the next chapter. Once a week update is also ok. Quicker releases would be aq boon. I really like this novel. My wish is tha tit doesn’t get dropped. This one and “the grandmaster of demonic cultivation’ are my most favourite novels right now. And they may become two of my all time favorites.
Thank you for continuing to translate this novel.
I think Gongyi Xiao thought that Binghe ate SQQ tofu XD What will LBH do now? Now we can only wait for the new release 😀
Thanks for the new chapter ^_^
I think GYX thought that LBH took advantage of SQQ in *ahem* ways… :3:3:3 I mean, he’s not wrong…. He just assumed it far too early :3 hehehe thanks for the chapter~
Thanks a lot for the new chapter! It’s great! Low bow to the translators and a barrel of inspiration!
thankyou for the new chapter!!
Thank you for the chapter 😊
Thank you for this chapter. It’s hearthwarming to see how many people there are that woukd risk their position for SQQ. Even sometimes based on misunderstandings. Well SQQ was actually whipped, but by another person..
he definitely thought SQQ was violated, based on thr “can you walk” part and the outer robe. the whipping is normal in that dungeon, I thought.
I hope the plant isn’t smelly and rotting when he gets to it…
There’s a part where it says Shen qinghua instead of Shang Qinghua. It confused me a little.
Oops, sorry. Fixed it
Pfft…. The misunderstandings are so strong…. The problem is that Luo Binghe really does want to violate Shen Qingqiu. Shen Qingqiu is so oblivious. Poor guy. I wonder if Airplane will be able to clarify what the heck is going on for him.
Seriously this is my saviour. Im so happy when new chapters are posted. This is sooo good!!
Thank you Lily and the whole BC novels team for your hardwork & dedication 😚💕
Anyways did Gongyi Xiao suspected Luo Binghe did the thing to Shen QingQiu? Oh, you poor sweet summer child.
The misunderstanding is truly lifting this chapter to the range of pathos. Gongyi Xiao is being truly noble here (and this reader has been spoiled so will fall silent now).
Oh the mystery behind what our Gongyi is imagining xD ..and Bingmei would activate his rage mode if he knew aaah..
Thanks for the chapter!!~
Thank you for the chapter! Ah, the misunderstandings are just piling up…
Gongyi Xiao you little darling aaahhhhh even you misunderstood!
Did LB forget that whole conversation about he would go through any physical and mental problems to become stronger? SQQ did it for his sake. Yes, LB should be angry, but he remembers everything else SQQ says. Why not that. He’s smart. He should have connected the dots. Later, trying to get SQQ to be with him might get difficult. I mean LB is ruining SQQ’s life
Thanks a lot for the chapter !!!
Gongyi Xiao is such a good boy! !!!
Helping his respected senior !!
This Da-jie is touched , gives you a thumbs up !! 👍👍👍👍
Just found this and I am HOOKED! Thank you so much for the translation, it’s an amazing job! And now I have to be patient and wait for the next parts instead of binge-reading it all, oh no… But I will be patient! And very grateful for all your efforts!
AHAHAHHAAAA IM DYINGGG
THANK YOU FOR THE TRANSLATEEE
Thank you so much for translating!
Worse than a beast! Or perhaps he thought Luo BingHe had taken advantage of his master in a somewhat ‘dangerous’ play involving a whip (´∀｀)♡
Shang Qinghua and Shen Qingqiu combo never fail to make my day hahah
And thank you for the chapter! This is one of the most regularly updated novel that I follow. I could definitely feel all of the translators’ hard work! Thank you so much!! 💕💕💕
“Can you walk?”
Gongyi Xiao knows his stuff (っ´▽`)っ
Toilet Chinglish hahahahaha, SQQ’s tsukommis are so powerful that it negates any angst loll
I like Gongyi Xiao so I hope he will be ok after helping Shen Qingqiu escpae. Luo Binghe please spare him!
Thank you:D
I know, Gongyi Xiao is such a cinnamon roll. I’m worried for him.
Bwahahahaha!!!! I’m dying at the misunderstanding.
I can’t wait until the conclusion of this arc.
This 5-day release schedule is so nice. You’re spoiling us. >__<
Thanks for translating!
Aish~ so many misunderstandings ah, why cant they just talk and hug it out~ stop being stunned or speechlees or loss in thought or thinking too much- the hurts is tooo much man. Just hug and cuddle it out hmmmmmm? Hmmmmm? That always melts my heart and I think my melting has been long over due…. Sooner or later imma be made to cry 😢 please be nice
Airplane’s toilet-tier Chinglish letter made me LOL, especially where he just writes out the words he didn’t know in pinyin. Now, run, SQQ, run!
Thanks for the update!
Lmao, GX is probably my favorite character in this novel XD
He’s so quick to misunderstand 😂
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
Elopement…
thank you for the new chapter
Luo Binghe is gonna drink a gazillion litres of vinegar soon. 😅 He will think SQQ eloped Gongyi Xiao. _(:з」∠)_
Poor Gongyi Xiao. RIP, kid.
Thank you so much, Lily!!!!
LOL! His Shizun ran away with his rival…
Yandere power activation!
I would leave ASAP. After all Binghe is ruining SQQ’s life. He also choked him. And ruined his reputation, got him locked up. Binghe healed his hand but just let everyone think he was in with the demons
thanks 4 the update………….
Thanks for the chapter! The misunderstandings continue to pile up haha
Misunderstanding in this novel is heaven defying HAHAHA
Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter.
Woo hoo! New chap x3 Thank yuuu
Now this, was amusing. I prefer these one on one shenanigans after the ‘monkey wrench in heart’ angst/hurt of the last chapter =3=
I hope LBH catches up to them and learns about the dew medicine SQQ needs. Lets clear up at least ONE misunderstanding, okay?
This novel should just be called the Scum Villain’s System of Misunderstandings.
I second this name change! Thanks for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter, Lily-Chan, Reika-Chan!!❤🍪❤🍪
XD I just love this MC, and liek, all of the little misunderstandings.
Way to go SQQ! Don’t worry Gongyi Xiao, no man gets left behind!
Except Binghe maybe. Yandere disciple is not going to take this well…
He’ll probably go all, like, “I~ found~ you~” yandere mode activated XD
Yes.. Gongyi Xiao has serious misunderstanding .. And pocked face… You deserve that .. 😂😂😂