Death Progress Bar

ly like this gate.
It’s dignified and gives off an air of history—it really fits this long-established, reputable police academy!” Then he glared at Li Jiuzheng, his gaze telling his brother to shut up!

Li Jiuzheng pulled his lips, coldly looking at the police academy seniors.
“Are you afraid they will bully you?”

Please, just stop talking!

Shi Jin was about to try to remedy the damage again when a familiar voice suddenly came from a black business car that stopped nearby.

“Fifth! I knew you were lying to me!”

This voice… His heart skipping a beat, Shi Jin looked in the direction of the sound.

Rong Zhouzhong, wearing a hat and mask, got out of the MPV and stomped over.
He stopped in front of them, looked at the sports car, and sneered, “Fifth, this is the school enrollment gift you’re giving the little bastard? What’s with this color—do you think he’s a girl?”

Oi, you’re being sexist! Can’t boys drive red cars? Some of the students’ parents drove red cars, and they’re glaring at you! And with you covering yourself up so tightly in the summer, you look damn suspicious, you know?!

Wait, never mind that—this is a school enrollment gift? Isn’t this car borrowed?

Shi Jin glanced at Li Jiuzheng in surprise.

A murderous expression appeared in Li Jiuzheng’s eyes, instantly turning the harmless, melancholy beauty into a cold-blooded doctor that was not to be provoked.
“Third Brother, do you want me to call out your name here?” he asked, looking at Rong Zhouzhong icily.

Rong Zhouzhong’s expression froze.
He glared at him, then ignored him and turned to Shi Jin.
“It’s hot outside, let’s go in! Hurry up, I don’t have much time to waste here.”

Shi Jin said considerately, “Third Brother, you can go back if you’re busy, I…”

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Rong Zhouzhong visibly stiffened for a second, then he quickly interrupted Shi Jin’s words.
“I’m not busy,” he said testily.
“I specially cleared my schedule today.
Just now, that was… Ignore that, okay? I just can’t speak in a nice way.”

Shi Jin looked at Rong Zhouzhong’s awkward appearance as his brother tried to explain, and recalled the cautious, careful text messages he sent during this period of time.
His heart softening, he let out a quiet sigh and patted Li Jiuzheng and Rong Zhouzhong on the back.
“All right, anyway, thank you both for coming.
Now, let’s go inside—it’s indeed silly to talk while standing in front of the gate.”

Feeling the pat, Li Jiuzheng and Rong Zhouzhong froze; they were obviously not used to being treated so intimately.
A moment later, they relaxed, exchanged glances, and tacitly restrained their tempers, then obediently followed Shi Jin and stepped through the gate.

The three of them headed toward the school building—two handsome men walking in the front, with another man with a fashion model-like figure and a mask covering his face bringing up the rear.
Suffice to say, they looked completely incompatible with the police academy.

“Are they really students here?” some freshmen and parents wondered, confused.
They repeatedly checked the name at the front gate, confirming that it was really the entrance to a police school, not a film and television school.

“Isn’t this great?” a female student who was infatuated with good-looking guys asked, holding her blushing face.
“Ah, this is heaven…”

When going through the admission procedures, Shi Jin found that the two “guardians” that accompanied him were nothing but ornaments.
No, in fact, they were much worse—they were hindrances actively causing trouble.

“What? Personal clothes are not allowed? You are not allowed to dye your hair or wear jewelry, and you have to report in advance if you want to leave school on weekends?” Rong Zhouzhong exclaimed in disbelief as he browsed through the student handbook.

Li Jiuzheng looked around Shi Jin’s dorm room, eyebrows knitted.
“A six-person room without a separate toilet, shared bathroom, and the bedding and towels are all issued by the school… Xiao Jin, I have a house in the university town, a duplex.
It should be enough for you to live in.”

“Thank you, but living in the dorm is compulsory, commuting is not allowed,” Shi Jin said despondently, wishing he could erase the past hour out of history.
Faced with the strange glances of the other students living in the same dormitory and their parents, he deeply understood one thing: his brothers were actually all problem children.

Shi Weichong and Fei Yujing were older, so the “problem” was less obvious.
Xiang Aoting’s temperament was steady by nature and his time in the military polished him further, which was why he appeared the most normal among the brothers.
Rong Zhouzhong and Li Jiuzheng, however… One was a second-generation celebrity who had lived in the glitzy and decadent world of show business since birth, and the other was a young genius who’d been mentally abused by his mother since childhood.
These two had never experienced the life of ordinary people, and their traits of problem children were retained in full!

If it was any of the other three brothers, they’d probably do their best to fulfill their responsibility as a “guardian”, helping Shi Jin to deal with the formalities and greeting his roommates and their parents, trying to establish a good relationship with them.
Unfortunately, the ones accompanying Shi Jin today were Rong Zhouzhong and Li Jiuzheng, who, to a certain degree, were self-centered and tended to treat other people as if they didn’t exist.
Expecting them to act like proper guardians? No way, impossible, you’d better not hold your breath while waiting for it or you’ll suffocate.

Now, everyone probably thought he was a rich young master who couldn’t bear a little bit of hardship.

“Um, my name is Shi Jin, and these two are my brothers.
It’s just that they don’t know anything about the police academy, so they’re a little surprised…” Shi Jin attempted to redeem himself in the eyes of his roommates.

The roommates glanced at the designer clothes on his body and the diamond ring on his hand, then at Rong Zhouzhong’s outfit from a certain luxury brand and diamond studs in his ears, and at the diamond watch on Li Jiuzheng’s wrist and the famous brand bag slung across his back, and let out an indifferent, “Oh.”

Shi Jin: “……” How come it felt like everyone’s attitude became worse than before?

After all the formalities had been dealt with and the whole ordeal finally ended, Shi Jin rushed Rong Zhouzhong and Li Jiuzheng out of the school.
He firmly refused Li Jiuzheng’s keys for the sports car and Rong Zhouzhong’s “pocket money”, stuffed them into their vehicles, and sent them away.

Alone at last, and peace and quiet restored, Shi Jin let out a calming breath and called Lian Jun.
After learning that he was undergoing the last check, he hung up and went back to his dorm room to try to chat with his roommates and undo the damage.

In the end, they were all young adults.
Although the first impression they had of Shi Jin was the negative image of a “young master”, once they had more contact with him, they soon discovered that Shi Jin actually had a very good personality and no young master’s temper.
As such, Shi Jin’s relationship with everyone quickly improved and they were soon on friendly terms.

Shi Jin was relieved and invited his roommates for dinner.

After dinner, the results for Lian Jun’s check-up were released, and they were very good.
Pleased, Uncle Long announced that if the current rate of progress was maintained, it would only be four more months before Lian Jun could attempt to undergo treatment, which was two months less than the previously predicted half a year.

Shi Jin was overjoyed and rushed to do some calculations.
Finally, he came to the conclusion: according to the most conservative estimate, Lian Jun should be able to start the proper treatment when his progress bar dropped to about 430.

430… After washing, Shi Jin lay on the bed looking at the progress bar belonging to Lian Jun in his mind, and slowly closed his eyes.

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The next day, the freshmen were divided into classes and arranged into squads according to the class, then were taken to the infirmary for a physical examination.
Once everyone was gathered together, Shi Jin’s outstanding appearance and more mature temperament than his peers caused him to be immediately recognized, and to Shi Jin’s dismay, the nickname “Young Master Sports Car” spread around in an instant.

He didn’t expect things to turn out this way—now, even if he tried to explain the misunderstanding, he wouldn’t be able to.

The morning after the physical examination, Shi Jin along with the rest of the freshmen got in the buses arranged by the military command and headed for the base where the military training was going to be held.
This was so similar to what he’d experienced in his last life that he got confused; he kept having the illusion that he’d gone through time and space, returning from the world of Lian Jun to his own world.

He’d fall in a daze for a moment, then abruptly return to his senses and immediately look at the students surrounding him, only relaxing a little after making sure that there were no familiar faces around.

All his belongings which could prove Lian Jun’s existence were left behind in the dorm room.
He touched his empty ring finger, then belatedly remembered that there was still Xiao Si in his mind, and frantically poked at the system, rushing to talk with it.

Xiao Si, delighted and flattered by the sudden interest of his host, responded immediately and chatted with him with enthusiasm all the way to the barracks.

Once they arrived, Shi Jin got out of the bus and followed the crowd.
Because of the low mood, he kept his head down and didn’t look around with curiosity as other students did.

They assembled in the field at the center of the camp.
Soon, the base commander and the head instructor in charge of the military training arrived, standing in front of the students to give a speech.

Shi Jin sensed somebody’s gaze.
Frowning, he looked up, then met a pair of familiar sharp eyes and gasped in shock.
“Fourth Brother?!”

“Who is talking?” The instructor near their class immediately looked over.

Shi Jin promptly raised his hand and apologized with embarrassment, then looked at Xiang Aoting, who was standing next to the base commander.
Seeing that his brother was wearing the Ground Force uniform, he felt that the world became crazy.

What was going on? How could Xiang Aoting, a member of the Air Force, suddenly appear in a Ground Force base near B city? Did he fall for some kind of prank or something?

As if aware of his doubts, Xiang Aoting abruptly stepped forward and headed his way.

Shi Jin’s eyes widened, and he slightly shook his head, urging him to stop with his eyes.
He didn’t dare to look at his classmates’ expressions—just now, he had called out “Fourth Brother” loud enough that those near him had definitely heard it. Aaah, he was done for; another stigma was going to be added to his reputation of a young master.

However, all his attempts to stop his brother failed—he had still come over.
Xiang Aoting stopped in front of the class and looked at the instructor standing closest to it.
“Which student is the one that just spoke?”

The instructor glanced at the insignia on his shoulder loops and gave a salute, then turned to call Shi Jin out of the ranks.

Feeling that the whole world was against him these days, Shi Jin came forward, stopping in front of Xiang Aoting.

Xiang Aoting looked down at him, pointed to the corner of the field, and said, “Go there and stand at attention for half an hour.”

Oh, it turned out he came over for this.

Shi Jin heaved a sigh of relief.
Not daring to look directly at his brother’s face, he responded with a meek, “Yes, sir,” and obediently walked towards the corner.

Xiang Aoting followed behind him as if planning to “educate” him further.

As Shi Jin’s classmates watched him walk away, their expressions changed from suspicion to pity.
Earlier, they thought that their class’s rumored rich young master spoke out because he saw an acquaintance, but now it seemed it was rather an enemy since right off the bat, he was punished by standing at attention in full sun during such a hot day.
This was going to be a torture for a pampered young master, right? Moreover, this instructor looked so fierce… Yeah, the young master was probably done for.