Death Progress Bar

ime to run around; as for Rong Zhouzhong, he may or may not be here, because he recently announced he will need to travel back and forth between B and S Cities.

Having excluded Fei Yujing, and, to be safe, having assumed the two low-key brothers were also in B City, Shi Jin determined that at present it was possible to encounter four of his brothers, and he needed to take care and avoid them.

“Almost all of them are here.” Shi Jin put down his cell phone and looked at the progress bar filled to 750, sighing.
“Fortunately, we’ve got the progress bar down enough to have a little room for maneuver, so the situation is not that bad.”

Xiao Si was feeling sorry for Shi Jin, so it tried to comfort him:

Shi Jin’s eyes softened.
“But if the progress bar doesn’t disappear, it won’t be good for you, right? After all, when you got forcefully bound to me, your power also became limited.”

Xiao Si did not speak.

“You silly thing.” Shi Jin sighed and smiled.
He put his hands behind his head and deliberately said, “I don’t want to hear you wailing in my head for my whole life, you’re way too noisy.”

Xiao Si was teary-eyed, saying pitifully:

“Fine, I’ll stop teasing you,” Shi Jin soothed it, then his tone became serious.
“Xiao Si, I’m not going to spend my days in hiding, always worrying about merely keeping my life—the second chance you gave me is too precious to waste like that.
Moreover, I’ve always felt that the death of the original ‘Shi Jin’ was rather strange.
Even if the five brothers truly hated him, after growing up they could’ve just kept slowly torturing him, without dirtying their hands by killing him.
After all, they’re all young and talented, pretty much guaranteed to achieve success and fame; it simply wasn’t worth trading all this for a lifetime in jail once the murder was discovered.
Also, don’t forget who I used to be in my previous life.
Now that there’s a murder case in front of me, I’ll never be able to sleep peacefully unless I get to the bottom of it.”

Xiao Si was extremely moved.

Shi Jin was stunned for a moment, then laughed.
“Xiao Si, don’t tell me your true identity is a crying doll.”

Xiao Si hiccuped a few more times, then burst out crying, saying one moment, then the next, sounding like a broken record.

Shi Jin felt the system was both pitiful and funny, so he kept cajoling it gently, imperceptibly falling asleep some time later.

And so began the days of ‘sitting around waiting to die’.
Because he needed to accompany Lian Jun, Shi Jin couldn’t go anywhere, he could only stay by Lian Jun’s side and watch him approve the seemingly never-ending piles of documents.
Every day was full of monotony and excruciating boredom.

Gua One and others appeared to be very busy, though.
They started to run around since the second day after arriving in B City and often stayed out for a night.

“How come there’s no one to talk to?” Shi Jin lamented in his mind, feeling as if he was going to suffocate soon.
“If I knew I would be imprisoned after coming to B City, I wouldn’t have worried about running into my brothers at all.
I don’t have a snowball’s chance in hell to meet anyone, never mind them.”

protested Xiao Si.

“Do you think he wants to let me get closer?” Shi Jin glanced towards Lian Jun, who was sitting behind a desk, with eyes full of resentment.

Xiao Si had nothing to say in reply.

“Are you bored?” Lian Jun suddenly raised his head.

Shi Jin was startled.
He froze for a moment, then decided he didn’t want to be bored any longer and answered with a straightforward nod.

Translator’s Notes:
“Nightlight” [夜色] – I could’ve translated it as simply “Night”, but, well, it’s a club—not a night club though.
You can see the possible confusion.
FYI, it’s this kind of club: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_club
What exactly happened and what was the cause of ‘Shi Jin’s’ death… you will get to know later.
I feel like I’m writing this a lot, but this novel simply won’t give you all the information at once—so be patient, guys, all will be explained in due time.