Death Progress Bar 63
Pharmacy
Gua Two didn’t provide much information. It only took Shi Jin an hour to read through it.
Lishui Hospital was situated in the old urban area of a small city in L country, about a five-hour drive away from where Shi Jin and the rest were living at the moment. The hospital wasn’t big, just a single building in total, but that made it easy to defend and difficult to attack. It only had one entrance, at least according to the architectural plans.
Long Shi had worked in Lishui Hospital as a pharmacist, and his range of activity was usually limited to the pharmacy in the deepest area of the first floor. He’d lived in the hospital, eaten in the canteen, rarely went out, and never talked to outsiders. He was like a ghost bound to the pharmacy.
According to Old Ghost, Long Shi disappeared without warning. The day before he did, Old Ghost ordered a few of his subordinates to go to Lishui Hospital pretending to be sick, and told them to try to talk to Long Shi by picking up the doctor’s prescriptions from the hospital pharmacy. The man, however, was cautious—he acted like a native of L country who didn’t understand Chinese. Right after giving Phantom’s members their medicine, he left the pharmacy claiming to feel unwell and seemed to vanish into thin air. The next time he appeared, he was in Nine Eagles’ hands.
Despite Long Shi going missing, Lishui Hospital continued to operate as usual. Soon, it had a new pharmacist, as if Long Shi had never existed.
The small organization behind Lishui Hospital was called Hydra, whose headquarters was located in the suburbs of the same city. Hydra’s main businesses were drugs and the flesh trade; it had no subordinate organizations and didn’t try to expand outside the city it was based in. It acted very low-key.
In summary: there was nothing worth paying attention to. However, the information seemed to be riddled with inconsistencies.
Shi Jin circled several parts he was particularly concerned about and pondered for a while. Then he got up and left the room.
Lian Jun was in a meeting with someone from the official side of things. Shi Jin didn’t bother him. After a moment of consideration, he headed to the kitchen to write down Lian Jun’s menu for the next day. He wouldn’t be there, and it was better the kitchen staff didn’t have to guess what dishes they should prepare.
When Shi Jin walked into the living room, he saw Fei Yujing again. Unlike before, his brother wasn’t as haggard and didn’t have dark circles under his eyes, but looked full of energy. He wore a suit and carried a briefcase, apparently about to go out and take care of what he came to do.
Shi Jin was preoccupied with the menu. Upon seeing him, he only gave an absent-minded reminder, “Remember to take an umbrella, it’s going to rain today.”
Fei Yujing stopped to look at the teenager and saw his back disappear through the entrance of the kitchen. He glanced at the umbrella stand in the entryway, frowned, then reached for a foldable black umbrella and stuffed it into his briefcase.
Everyone was busy all day. After dinner, Shi Jin caught Gua Two and talked to him about the pieces of information he had doubts over. Some of his questions were answered, while others weren’t. They talked until it was time to sleep, at which point Shi Jin ended the conversation and dashed to Lian Jun’s room.
Lian Jun had finished washing and was already sitting in bed. When Shi Jin entered, he motioned towards the bathroom. “Go wash up quickly and come sleep. Don’t forget to take your pajamas.”
Shi Jin walked into the bathroom, took a few minutes to wash, casually blew his hair dry, then rushed out and threw himself onto the bed.
The mattress bounced. Lian Jun lowered the tablet, giving his lover a sideways glance.
Shi Jin wormed himself under the covers, touching Lian Jun’s legs. He moved up little by little until he was about to touch Lian Jun’s waist when he sat up in a flash, flinging the covers off to hold himself up and kiss Lian Jun.
The tablet in Lian Jun’s hand was put on the nightstand as soon as Shi Jin slipped under the covers. Seeing him lean down, Lian Jun grabbed him and pressed him sideways on the bed, deepening the kiss.
Things soon became heated. Shi Jin took a bite of Lian Jun’s lips, forcing him to retreat, in the meantime “turning off” the progress bars in his mind.
“Not going to sleep?” Lian Jun murmured. He held the younger man’s cheek, pressing their foreheads together.
Shi Jin reached out to pull his robe open, saying solemnly, “I haven’t massaged your legs yet—physical therapy has to continue every day.”
I really don’t think leg massage starts with touching the chest.
The corners of Lian Jun’s mouth rose. He pressed Shi Jin’s hands down to restrain him and bowed down to kiss his nose, asking, “You don’t think this kind of body is unsightly?”
“Nonsense, it’s beautiful.” Shi Jin hugged him, slowly stroking his spine. “And, Lian Jun, you will look even better in the future,” he said, a serious look in his eyes.
Lian Jun’s breath hitched. He ducked his head and kissed Shi Jin, as if to conceal the way his own eyes shone, like they had been lit with starlight. With a low hum, he reached under the covers to unbutton Shi Jin’s pajamas.
Death Progress Bar is translated by Betwixted Translations. The site you’re reading this chapter on stole our translation.
At dawn the next day, Shi Jin changed into a low-key casual outfit, put on all the gear under Gua Two’s guidance, and got into a silver van parked before the entrance.
Lian Jun accompanied him to the car. “Come back safely,” he said after Shi Jin took his seat.
At this, Shi Jin jumped out, ran over and hugged him, then returned to the car and closed the door. A second later, he lowered the window, put his head out, and ordered, “Remember to eat properly, I’ll check when I come back.”
Lian Jun looked at him with a gentle gaze and nodded obediently.
Gua Three started the car and drove out. Gua Two raised the window Shi Jin had lowered and began to check over the various kinds of equipment filling the van.
Shi Jin leaned on the window, watching Lian Jun’s figure getting smaller and smaller. His expression turned glum. “That’s it—we’ve only just left and I’m already worried about your Darling. I’m sure he won’t eat properly,” he said in his mind.
<It’s not my Darling, it’s our Darling.> Xiao Si never forgot to correct him on that, no matter the situation.
Shi Jin was speechless, then amused. He smiled, but sighed again a moment later.
It would be nice if he and Lian Jun were just an ordinary couple, living in some peaceful town. He would be responsible for going out to make money to support his family, and Lian Jun would be responsible for waiting for him at home, looking beautiful. Yes, it would be nice.
Xiao Si cruelly popped the bubble of his fantasy: <JinJin, judging from your comprehensive abilities, even if Darling had been born into an ordinary family, he would’ve been much more successful than you. If you want to imagine living ordinary lives, you should imagine him as an overbearing president and yourself as a pretty face he supports.>
Shi Jin: “……”
<Oh, but I don’t think Darling would look down on you for earning less,> Xiao Si comforted him, its voice earnest.
Shi Jin’s heartache due to leaving Lian Jun disappeared in a flash. He reclined in his seat, indignant.
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Equipment check finished, Gua Two explained the tactical arrangements for the operation.
The current plan was this: Gua Three would lead a large force to surround Hydra’s headquarters and launch a direct assault, while Gua Two would take Shi Jin and a small team to carry out a thorough search of Lishui Hospital, avoiding outright combat wherever possible.
The reason for this difference in approach was that although Hydra used Lishui Hospital as a storehouse, it still functioned like a normal hospital and took in the sick or injured. As such, besides the organization members, there were many real patients in the building who could get caught in the crossfire.
That wasn’t the only reason. Hydra’s main businesses were drugs and the flesh trade, and the goods stored in Lishui Hospital could only be drugs. No one knew exactly where the cache was. If an all-out battle broke out, the drugs might be ignited by accident, which wouldn’t exactly be safe.
“Our objective in Lishui Hospital is to investigate the place Long Shi had been hiding out these past few years and see if we can’t find more clues about the poison formula, not to fight with Hydra, so we need to act with restraint. It’s best to wait until the hospital receives news about Gua Three hitting Hydra’s headquarters—we will take advantage of the chaos to conduct the search.”
Gua Two opened a detailed hospital plan on his tablet and continued, “Before that happens, we need someone to carry out initial reconnaissance. It can’t be any of us, our oriental features stand out too much. Some members of Annihilation’s branch in L country are local people—I’ve asked them to do it. They’ve been hanging around the hospital for the past few days, as patients, family members of patients, drug addicts shopping for drugs, and so on. When we arrive, we will get in contact with them first, then we’ll wait to see how the situation on Gua Three’s side develops. If everything goes well, we’ll sneak in and start the search.”
Shi Jin nodded to show he understood.
“Well, that’s about it. This time, our task is relatively simple, so you don’t have to be too nervous,” Gua Two placated him. He handed Shi Jin the tablet and said, “You should get familiar with it. When we begin, you can’t make an elementary mistake such as going the wrong way.”
In fact, Shi Jin had memorized the hospital plan the previous day, and he also asked Xiao Si to scan it just in case. Despite this, he didn’t protest, and studied it again.
Four hours later, the van stopped in a city neighboring the one where Lishui Hospital was located. Gua Three got off, took command of Annihilation’s branch troops who’d arrived there yesterday, and headed for Hydra’s headquarters without delay.
Gua Two replaced Gua Three in the driver’s seat and continued to Lishui Hospital with Shi Jin.
Another hour later, Gua Two parked the van in a secluded street about ten minutes’ drive from Lishui Hospital, and waited patiently. After a few minutes, a garbage truck and delivery van drove up. Gua two checked the license plates of the two cars in the rear mirror and started the engine again.
“The team we’re going to bring along is in those two vehicles behind us?” Shi Jin guessed.
“Yeah, Gua Seven sent us eighteen guys from the local branch. Adding us, we’ll have a total of twenty people. That should be enough to search through Lishui Hospital,” Gua Two replied.
“Gua Seven?”
Gua Two then remembered that Shi Jin didn’t know Gua Seven yet, and explained, “Gua Seven used to be Gua One’s apprentice. He’s in charge of staff dispatch and training the newcomers. Whenever we’re on a mission that requires running around, like this one or the one earlier when we got rid of Gunfire’s subordinate organizations, we ask him to help us arrange manpower.”
Shi Jin said he understood, and turned his attention back to the task.
A few minutes later, the van stopped next to the building diagonally opposite to Lishui Hospital. Gua Two contacted the people he’d arranged inside; after confirming the situation hadn’t changed, he made himself comfortable and began to wait.
Shi Jin learned by example. He suppressed the desire to rush in, and settled down.
By the time an hour had passed, he couldn’t hold back. “Do you think Nine Eagles left someone in the hospital, betting we’d come check the place Long Shi was hiding?” Shi Jin asked.
Gua Two glanced at him in the rear mirror. “There’s a good chance of that, so let’s be even more cautious.”
Shi Jin agreed and quieted down once more.
Death Progress Bar is translated by Betwixted Translations. The site you’re reading this chapter on stole our translation.
After another half an hour, Gua Two’s inside observers informed him that some of the cleaners and nurse’s aides had gone frantic all of a sudden, running towards the pharmacy and medicine storeroom. At the same time, word came from Gua Three that they’d broken through and penetrated Hydra’s headquarters.
“Get ready for action. Enter the hospital in batches, you have ten minutes to get in.” Gua Two, who had pulled off an impressive impression of a stone statue until that point, revived in an instant. He turned the steering wheel and headed for the hospital, giving orders through the phone.
The men hiding in the other two vehicles went into action as soon as they heard his orders.
Shi Jin also got busy. He put in an earpiece and checked his gear, getting ready to fight.
Gua Two pulled over along the side of the hospital building.
Five minutes later, the people inside reported that most of the Hydra personnel in Lishui Hospital had gone to the storeroom, and the protection in other places was lax.
“They realized they won’t be able to hide, so they want to salvage as many goods as possible?” Gua Two raised his eyebrows, a malicious grin stretching over his face. He confirmed the status of the other eighteen people, then started the van again, commanding, “Divide into three groups. The first group will approach the storeroom and watch the movements around and inside; the second group will scatter throughout the hospital and keep an eye on the general situation and the hospital staff; the last group—Number 9 to 12, the four of you will follow Shi Jin to the pharmacy. Remember to stay in touch.”
{Roger!} A chorus of voices sounded in the earpiece.
Shi Jin didn’t say anything but sat up straight. The second the van stopped at the hospital entrance, he opened the door, got off, and walked inside alone. Like a family member who came to see the patient, he passed through the hospital lobby without hesitation and climbed the stairs leading to the inpatient department on the second floor.
His Chinese face should’ve been very conspicuous, but he acted natural, and his perfect confidence allowed him to move through the lobby without attracting attention.
Gua Two didn’t even manage to open his mouth to give Shi Jin instructions before the young man was gone, disappearing as if he had teleported.
What the hell is this speed.
He gaped for a second, then pulled out the tablet to check Shi Jin’s position. The hospital plan was laid out on the screen, and as the green dot representing the teenager arrived on the second floor it’s pace accelerated. It sped through the inpatient department to the stairs on the other side, returned to the first floor, then unerringly navigated the maze of corridors, avoiding the crowds and making a swift approach to the pharmacy.
What the fuck… Is this place your home? How are your movements so skillful?
“That kid… really isn’t normal,” Gua Two sighed, his mood complex. Not wasting any more time, he adjusted his earphones and ordered the four people still scattered throughout the hospital to join Shi Jin.
Inside, Shi Jin had successfully approached the pharmacy.
Whoever was in charge of this place had probably heard the news—the iron-barred security gate was locked. The glass door behind it was ajar, but the only thing visible through there were rows and rows of shelves, not a single person to be seen.
The sound of footsteps came from behind. Shi Jin paused his inspection and hid in a shadow by the door.
A lanky man turned the corner. He didn’t continue forward, but stopped and called, “Shi?”
{Don’t worry, it’s one of our people,} Gua Two informed him, right on time.
Reassured, Shi Jin stepped out of the shadow and motioned to the man to approach.
The man walked closer. Noticing the iron gate, he asked, “Locked?”
“Only the security gate, the glass door is open. The person who should’ve closed it was probably in a hurry and didn’t have time to lock both,” Shi Jin replied, taking out a piece of wire. Signaling for the lanky man to act as a lookout, he crouched down and started to pick the lock.
The man: “……” Brother, why do you look so proficient at this?
Click. By the time the second ally arrived, Shi Jin had already unlocked the gate.
He got up and stowed the lockpick away, then entered the pharmacy with the lanky man, leaving the newcomer to wait for the two who still weren’t here.
The pharmacy was very quiet. The dense rows of shelves obstructed their view, and it was impossible to determine if anyone was hiding inside.
Shi Jin signaled for his companion to cover him and went straight into the depths of pharmacy, alert and listening for any movement.
Walking to the middle of the room, he caught a short rustling noise to the left. He circled around, sneaking behind the person who was hiding there, then lunged forward, covered the man’s mouth and knocked him out with a chop to the back of his neck. The enemy folded like an empty sack. The whole process was quick, silent, and efficient.
The lanky man who was about to shoot to help Shi Jin out: “……”
There were several more enemies in the pharmacy, some armed with guns. Shi Jin knocked them out one by one, calm and steady the whole way, moving like a ghost. He didn’t allow them to get out a single shot. His actions were so skilled it was almost frustrating.
The lanky man watched all this, dumbfounded. He felt he was entirely redundant here.
After taking care of the lookouts, the two approached the closed door deep in the pharmacy. Shi Jin reached for the door handle, signalled to the lanky man, then threw the door open and took cover behind the wall.
Bang bang bang bang bang!
Dense gunfire rang from inside.
Shi Jin pulled out a tear gas grenade and threw it in, then put on a pollution mask and darted through the door, keeping his body low. He ducked behind a cabinet and started to return fire with his silenced gun.
By the time the lanky man rushed in, there were no enemies left to attack.
A total of four people were slumped on the floor. Two were shot in their right arms, two in their right shoulders, and none had the ability to pick up a gun. Shi Jin was kicking away the weapons they’d dropped.
“Tie them up,” he commanded.
The lanky man gave him a silent glance and stepped forward without protest.
Shi Jin examined the room they were in.
It was quite large, and seemed to serve as the quarters for a live-in pharmacist. The furnishings were simple and sparse, consisting only of a bed, desk, and wardrobe. There were many boxes in the corner, however, piled up without care and looking like they’d been tossed around.
According to the floor plan, there were no other rooms connected to the pharmacy, and no place to hide anything. Long Shi should have lived in this place for all those years, but this room was completely ordinary—it didn’t look like there was anything even remotely resembling a clue here.
{Find anything?} Gua Two’s voice sounded.
Shi Jin circled the room again, looking for a hidden door or something similar, but there was none. “No, nothing. Even if Long Shi lived here, my guess is that the person who replaced him erased any traces long ago. I’ll go and check the pharmacy, maybe… Hmm?” He stopped and looked up at the ceiling. “Wait a moment.”
The now-tied captives noticed his actions, and their expressions became uneasy.
{What did you find?} Gua Two asked.
Shi Jin glanced at Hydra members, then at the disorderly boxes, and said, “Just a little something. As far as I remember, the height of the floors in Lishui Hospital is taller than average, yet the ceiling of this room is actually a bit lower than that, plus, I couldn’t find the pharmacist. What’s more, the people Hydra left here seem to have been in the middle of moving the goods. However, the only exit from the pharmacy was locked…”
{You suspect there’s a passage in the ceiling?}
“Well, I couldn’t find anywhere else it could be,” Shi Jin replied, walking to the pile of boxes. Upon closer examination he discovered drag marks, which seemed to begin in the center of the room.
The center, huh?
Shi Jin glanced at the ceiling, then at the walls near the boxes. In the end, his gaze settled on an old-fashioned hook screwed into the wall. He hopped up onto a few boxes and reached for the hook, trying to push or rotate it, then gripped it with a firm hand and pulled hard.
There was a faint rattling sound, like chains moving, and without any other warning several ceiling tiles opened outwards, a set of folding stairs dropping down in front of the pile of boxes.
“Mmmph!” Tied and gagged, the Hydra members began to struggle, wanting to attack Shi Jin.
Shi Jin let go of the hook and jumped down. Looking up at the opening in the ceiling, he said, “I remember there’s a doctor’s office right above this room. Is there anyone on the second floor right now?”
{Yes, I’ll tell them to go take a look,} Gua Two replied. He marveled at Shi Jin’s keen insight.
Ten minutes later, a few knocks came from above the ceiling. After receiving confirmation from Gua Two, Shi Jin climbed the ladder, entering the doctor’s office upstairs without any issue.
It was empty. There were several boxes scattered over the floor, the same as those below—apparently, the owner of this room hadn’t been able to take all of them away.
Shi Jin looked around. “It looks like the pharmacy was just something Hydra used to pull the wool over everyone’s eyes,” he observed. “There’s no way Long Shi was only hiding in this tiny hospital for all those years. He must’ve been involved in Hydra’s other activities.”
{Why am I not surprised? It’s impossible for someone like Long Shi to stay honest, otherwise, Jun-shao wouldn’t have let us investigate this place, and tell us to be careful,} Gua Two interjected. {Is there anything else attention-worthy in the office?}
“No,” Shi Jin replied. He recalled the structure of the hospital and noticed that this office was right next to the stairs and very close to the elevator. This meant that from here, Hydra members had easy access to anywhere inside the hospital.
Translator’s Notes:
- “…you should imagine him as an overbearing president and yourself as a pretty face he supports” – 小白臉, lit. “little white face”; it can mean an attractive young man, adonis, gigolo, toy boy. This term is more or less derogatory – it usually means a young man who doesn’t work and rely on rich women (or men).
Translator: Eques
Editor: Con
Proofreader: Kiri
Eques:
Remember how some time ago I mentioned someone mtl-s my translation and charges money for reading? Well, I talked with them and they more or less said, “I do, I won’t stop, what you gonna do, sucker?” (all right, not, but that’s how I’ve heard it; I admit I might be biased).
Below is our whole conversation. I probably could’ve argued better but a. it was obvious it would be futile, b. I was coming down with a fever and wasn’t going to let myself get even more upset than I was.
It’s this group on this site. Any idea how to handle this, short of mtl-ing the chapters to Russian myself and asking someone to edit it? *wink wink nudge nudge*
My original message:
“Hello, I’m the English translator of Death Progress Bar. While I’m happy it’s getting translated to other languages, I’m not happy you’re using my translation and making people pay for it. I also don’t remember you asking my permission. I will let that slip if you un-paywall the chapters (you’re allowed to leave up to five paywalled). If not, our site will take steps to make harder for you to mtl chapters posted there.
I also noticed you’re also doing this with our other projects – if I see there are more than five chapters paywalled, we’ll do the same.
Feel free to contact me through the site’s contact form or drop in on our Discord if you have any doubts.”
Edit: I’m NOT stopping translating or anything, don’t worry. Be prepared for Shi Jin being badass in the next chapters. ( •̀ ω •́ )y
Omfg SJ is too badass. I love it. Make your hubby proud!
Thanks for the great translation ♥️♥️
Thank you! 💕
He is, and this isn’t even the best chapter in this arc ☺
There are many ways to stop sites from stealing it…
One includes to notify the host of the homepage and report it.
Another way would be to upload pictures of your translation. Cause I guess they use machine translations and then correct it.
I wish I could help you with editing, but I have time only after new year 🙁
Thanks for the work though!
Ps: checking the comment section from that site and apparently: a lot of people complain about bad translations. So 90% sure they use first machine translation and then edit it manually. So if you don’t want to discuss it with the host of the page (owner of the server), you could always post few chapters as pictures on this site. Then they would really need to start translating themselves :p
Thank you, that’s what I’m going to do (at least for 1-2 chapters). I’ve already reported it to the site but apparently, as long as the novel isn’t officially licensed in their home country, it doesn’t matter (I don’t know if that’s really how this works). I’m not going to take any legal measures – as I said, I translate as a hobby.
Anyway, I just needed to get this off my chest. I’m not planning to stop translating DPB, I’m too much in love with this novel.
Also, thank you very much for the coffee! ☺💕
According to my information, they are allowed to publish their translations as long its not licensed, however they are not allowed to make profit of it.
I could make riot on their site but as I see things, they just remove some comments on regularly basis. I will write now a forward to your translations though and see how they react 😛
Regardless, go for the pictures then – I would go straight for 5 chapters at least so they loose their motivation.
Be well! 🙂
Ольга,я с вами шуметь:)
Thanks for the hard work! We must ask permission from translators before publishing other people’s work. I do not know how to formulate, so I wrote in those support. Sorry for my English.😅
Thank you! 💕
Having one’s work stolen sure is frustrating. But even without your translations they could still MTL it from Chinese directly. If you have Russian readers, they could go on the website and leave comments informing the other readers, but since the story is great, many people will still continue to read there, I guess.
Don’t worry to much about it. You have use, your loyal readers from all across the world, and we support you!
Thank you, I’m really happy you think so! 🥰
You’re right, of course – I wasn’t trying to make them take the translation down, just stop paywalling so many chapters. I wouldn’t have said anything if they translated directly from Chinese.
Thanks for the update.
#GangsterHusbands
@Velka is right. Upload pictures of the updates. ☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️☠️
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Thanksand goodluck! 💕💕💕💕💕
Thank you~ 😘💕
First of all, just because he needs to work some people to translate, that doesn’t give him the right to ask for money for his translation. Second, he said he can translate it right away from English to Russian? But before, he said, he pays other people to Translate for him? Huh, such a liar. Third, he’s so arrogant, knowing that you can’t do anything about it. Too bad I don’t know any Russian, or else, I’ll smack him right away. But I’m glad you didn’t decided to stop translating because this novel is one of my favourite. I’ll be… Read more »
Thank you for reading and for your support, it’s enough to know you think so! 💕
Lol, I actually think Xiao Si is right this time XD (we’ve had fun with Con coming up with fanfic ideas 😁)
Why is this rip off being so arrogant about doing something wrong? They actually make it sound like they’re in the right when you put in the effort to mtl this beautifully from Chinese to English (I had no idea you don’t speak chinese because the translation is just that perfect. I read a lot of translated novels and often die a little on the inside because of the corrosive English standards but read anyway because I can’t do it on my own) On a lighter note, Thank you so much for translating this & Shi Jin is so OP… Read more »
Thank you, praise me (and our editors) more~ (●ˇ∀ˇ●)
One of these days, I’m going to make a guide to mtl-ing (totally not because I want to have more translated novels to read, I swear (ˉ▽ˉ；)…)
Looking forward to that guide 😉 /sprinkles the betwixted butterfly team with affection/
I agree with MoonStar! Your translations are really good! I’m sooo thankful that you do this. Thanks for your time and effort! I’d never have thought, that you don’t speak chinese O.O And it’s really cool how you don’t despair over this idiot. Once, one of the novels I read was discontiued due to someone stealing the translations. I can only imagine how frustrating having your work stolen must be. Please don’t give up! >.<
Eques, I want to thank you for your excellent work. The quality of your translation is great.
I am russian, but I will never read their poor translation. I am shocked by their arrogance( and I hope you would not be discouraged. Thank you so much from all russian english-speaking readers.
Thank you! 💕
I won’t be discouraged, I’m just unhappy someone uses my translation to do something like this. I probably wouldn’t have said anything if they translated directly from Chinese or took more care (I can’t judge the quality of their translation but the comments suggest it’s by no means perfect). DPB is a great novel and it would be nice if they treated it with love it deserves. The ones who drew the short straw are actually the Russian readers… 😞
#GangsterHusbands
😎😎😎😎😎😎😎
Thanks for the update.
Upload pictures of your translations. That will make their poaching a lot harder. Let’s see how they translate written Chinese to Russian. Their MTLs will be the stuff of nightmares. (Just happily speculating, I know nada with these languages. Please, tell me both of them are aliens to each other. 😅😅😅😅)
Btw, my aunt owns a vacant lot in the middle of mountain_nowhere. Should I start digging?
Nah, but thank you for offering 🤣
Thank you for the chapter! Shi Jin is so cool.
I suggest to post the chapters in pictures so they cant mtl it.
Thank you, that’s what I will do! 💕
Honestly fuck them.
Ah ah ah Shi Jin is so cool!!!!!! A police officer, indeed. Won’t the Guas and hubby get suspicious though? He’s too skilled lol. Thanks for the amazing translations! I really had no idea they were mtl; this is so clean and beautiful.
Shi Jin had been training so I don’t think so.
Thank you! 💗 I use mtl to get sense of what the sentence/paragraph means, then write it in English trying to keep it as close to the original as possible. Also, I love my editors 😊💕
I forgot that Shi Jin was a capable person after so many rosey pink chapters of him and “Darling” 😂😂😅
But they’re so sweet together (❁´◡`❁)
I’m amazed that this and EoR are MTL =O
I hope you don’t get discouraged by people being jerks.
Thank you for translating these stories!
I won’t, thank you! 🥰
I somehow feel nervous bcse Jin Jin really is… haha. Even gua two and the lanky man got speechless for all his actions. Can wait for our badass Jin Jin in action on the next chapter
Thank you for the translation
hmmm. sounds like a dick. was the last statement them saying they wished they could translate on a child’s level of English like you do? because I find your translation level to be much more clear and concise than some translators. I see where they’re coming from, what with people translating for a hobby but needing to eat. However. If the translator is not doing the translating as their actual daytime job. They should be doing it AS A HOBBY, if only because you’ve gotta take good care of yourself. If you’re doing it on top of your day job… Read more »
tos tos tos… dudo que SJ pueda ir tan tranquilo cuando LJ se recupere de sus piernas, ahem ahem ahem… pero me gusta sus formas de amarse.
Jajaja Sj parece una mamá gallina con su hermano y una buena esposa, pero nadie se imagina lo ingenioso que es, en verdad es increíble que fuera policía antes, creo que también sería buen actor… sí LJ ve como trabaja creo que cae en amor por él otra vez.
jajaja no me imagino a SJ esperando a LJ pacientemente en casa, nuestra linda SJ es muy activo.
thanks for translating…as you said it’s for the fans by the fans….I really want to thank you for bringing us this wonderful work because there are lots of people out there who would miss out on this because of language constraints. You are doing great work and we sincerely support you.
Thank you! Your comment made me very happy, it’s really nice to know! (´▽`ʃ♡ƪ)
Hi! Where I can get the passwords for the chapters?? I search but I dont find it and I cant read the chapter 64.
(Sorry for my english)
Thanks
What the heck is wrong with these people?? They reply to you with that justified attitude as if they’re not stealing your works!! That is so frustrating, it may not have happened to me yet but I understand the feeling. God even if they tell they put your name and links this site from their site that is still wrong!! My goodness…
… sorry for this. I’m russian too and I translated novel at this site before (well, I refused this for some reason) but I hate non-free translations even if someone translates from Chinese.
I thought about translating this story… All in all, I have not even checked the availability of the translation when I read to this place.
Now, reading this, I have some thoughts (creating site on WordPress, translate and others) again… Would you mind if I really decide to start the translation?
Thank you for your work!
Hello! 💕 You don’t have to feel sorry, you did nothing wrong. 😊 Yes, you can use my translations to translate DPB, I don’t mind. I don’t even mind the VIP chapters – what bothers me about DPB translation on Rulate is the amount of locked chapters you have to pay for. It is generally accepted that the translators may have Patreon or such where the readers can read additional chapters (though it’s a grey area tbh), but it doesn’t bother anyone because they release normal chapters regularly. I don’t know if the Rulate translator ever mentioned that I contacted… Read more »
I’m glad to hear an opinion that matches mine, so your ‘ranting’ didn’t bother and didn’t irritate at all.))
I will. ^^
As for the translator, he don’t mention it in comments. One of your readers (and more than once… And someone just advised read here) decided to speak out. So, the translator talked about the fact that you have too different views, that “anyway, only few people contact the author”, that he should pay for translations, and said a couple of phrases which show that he did not understand all of what you tried to convey to him. As for chapters with pictures… this will not help much, because we have a publicly available photo translator, and it transforms, if necessary,… Read more »
Your English is fine~ 😊
Oh well, I more or less got over it already, but you’re right it’s a pity for the readers.
I didn’t know about the image translator. ☹ The other novel I translate is in the same situation, I’m going to try out a certain method which hopefully would help.
I hope you translating DPB would completely solve the problem, if not… we’ll see.
I’ll translate 40-45 chapters in month and a half or two months and after that create site.
[This number is the count of free chapters now.]
Alas, don’t think it’s solve problem because I can’t add existing novel at rulate, so it worth to find out something else. Well, I’ll mention own translation in comments but…
(Unfortunately, we don’t have analogue of NU.)
That mtl-ing guy sure is a piece of shit