Scumbag Chapter 164 The Reformed White-Eyed Wolf General (30)

"Brother Jing, why did it take you so long to come back? Wuwuwu, you have no idea how scared I’ve been, all alone… Wuwuwu..." The two of the

"Brother Jing, why did it take you so long to come back? Wuwuwu, you have no idea how scared I’ve been, all alone… Wuwuwu..."

The two of them, whose combined ages in their past lives exceeded 150 years, now alternated between sobbing and comforting each other, finally calming down half an hour later.

When Jin Yuping finished recounting everything that had happened since her rebirth, Shi Jing frowned.

"I suspect Wei Mingting was reborn before either of us."

Shi Jing had always looked down on Mingting. This man is an uncultured, brainless brute who’d been easily manipulated in their past life and ended up dead in the ocean, his body never recovered.

For such a drastic change to occur in this life, Shi Jing couldn’t think of any other explanation.

"But if he really was reborn, he’d never let us off so easily. Moreover, I’ve seen him, and he looks at me like a complete stranger, without a trace of recognition in his eyes."

"Or maybe… he’s planning to torment us slowly?" Shi Jing mused.

But when he thought of Wei Mingting's personality, Shi Jing quickly dismissed the idea.

‘If Wei Mingting encountered the people who’d wronged him, his nature would demand immediate vengeance… he wouldn’t have the patience for drawn-out schemes.

‘Moreover, since their arrival at the mining area, he hadn’t targeted us in any way.’

‘So what was really going on?’

Shi Jing couldn’t figure it out. After finding that his right leg was crippled, he was depressed for a while, but he quickly accepted it.

A limp wasn’t the end of the world. He knew of a skilled doctor who could perform bone-breaking and resetting procedures. He could just have his leg rebroken and treated properly later.

"Brother Jing, I’m sorry, it was all Xiao Huan’s fault…" Jin Yuping lowered her head.

"I thought the prayer beads were the magical space, and I wanted to bind it and use the Spiritual Spring to heal your leg, which is why I panicked and jumped down..."

In their past life, Shi Jing and Jin Yuping had a very close relationship, and he was also aware of the Spiritual Spring Space.

This space was a precious treasure that had helped them tremendously. When he learned that Jin Yuping failed to bind the space in this life, Shi Jing felt that it was truly a great regret.

"It doesn’t matter, we’ll find another opportunity. If none of the 108 prayer beads are the space, then the real one must still be on Wei Mingting. But first, we need to get out of this mining area."

Shi Jing thought back to their previous life.

Back then, after they arrived at the mining area, the original owner had directly taken him in, and Shi Jing stayed by his side to work.

Though Shi Jing was still technically a criminal at that time, his life had been much freer than it was now.

Later, on the Emperor's birthday, he gave a general amnesty, and even officials from the previous dynasty like him were pardoned.

‘When was that again?’ Shi Jing thought for a moment, ‘It seemed there were still a few years until then.’

‘Did that mean I had to stay in the mining area and keep digging coal until then?’

He frowned.

The Shi Jing from before his rebirth could endure this hardship, but now, with his pampered past-life self back in control, how could he tolerate such suffering?

Looking at the cramped wooden hut and his wife, who is covered in dust, Shi Jing sighed.

He had to admit that the reason they had lived so comfortably in their past life was largely due to Mingting’s help. Otherwise, he would have been stuck in this exact situation back then.

Even though Shi Jing had been reborn with grand ambitions and knowledge of the future, knowing who the next Emperor would be and what his preferences are...

Faced with their current predicament, he was still powerless.

"Pingping, why don’t… you try going to see Wei Mingting again?"

The moment the words left his mouth, Shi Jing felt a deep sense of shame.

He was useless, dragging his wife down with him, and now he had to rely on Wei Mingting’s lingering feelings for Jin Yuping to escape their plight.

What kind of incompetent man was he?

"It’s no use." Jin Yuping shook her head and stretched out her rough hand.

"Look at me now, I’m nothing like I was back then. And in this life, he already has a son. Our Hui’er won’t have a chance to inherit the Count’s estate anymore."

"We won’t know unless we try!"

Shi Jing refused to give up like this.

As a man, he understood better than anyone how a man’s feelings for his first love, for the white moonlight in his heart, wouldn’t easily fade. That hazy, beautiful sentiment would definitely linger.

"Take my jade pendant and pawn it. Buy cosmetics and nice clothes, make yourself presentable!"

Shi Jing took out the jade pendant he was wearing close to his skin. This piece of mutton-fat jade was given to him by his father when he passed the provincial examination, and it was extremely valuable.

Because of its sentimental value, Shi Jing had never sold it, even in dire straits.

In his previous life, he had passed the jade pendant down to their son. This time, he had to use it to save them.

"Pingping, no matter whether Wei Mingting has a son or not, you must remember that the Count of Dingyuan's Mansion belongs to our Hui'er. We must fight for it. No one can take it from us."

The couple reached a consensus on this matter.

Since Jin Yuping was the family member of a prisoner rather than a prisoner herself, she wasn’t restricted from leaving the mining area. The overseer didn’t stop her, but he did send word to the Wei Family’s residence.

It happened to be the Chinese New Year, and since Huiniang had just given birth, Mingting had been staying at home during this period.

Upon receiving the message, he sent Old Wu to deliver a banknote and some New Year’s goods to the overseer.

When Fengtian returned from its investigation and reported that Shi Jing had been reborn, Mingting was delighted.

‘Shi Jing is the real culprit behind the original owner’s death, it's good that he came back!’

[Boss, I feel so uncomfortable…]

Fengtian draped itself over Mingting’s arm, [Even though I’m a system and can’t vomit, I finally understand what it means to feel disgusted.]

Fengtian relayed Jin Yuping and Shi Jing’s scheming to Mingting. They were ambitious and were still coveting the Count’s Mansion!

"Boss, why don’t you just kill them outright?"

Fengtian didn’t understand.

"No one will suspect if a few prisoners die in the mining area. You’ve got all those poisons in your space, so just sprinkle some on their food, and they’ll be off to hell."

"Wouldn’t that be too merciful for them?" Mingting patted Fengtian’s head, "Killing them is the easy way out. Slow torment is much more interesting!"

Having learned from her last mistake, didn’t rush to find Mingting this time. Instead, she rented a small house and deposited the money in a bank.

The jade pendant was only pawned for five hundred taels. Since it was not much, she had to live frugally.