Her Talent for Courting Death Has Always Been Impressive - Chapter 32 Part 4

The reason was simple. Renxin Institute was an organization. Organizations have rules. Rules constrain behavior, and constraints would slow down her pace of courting death.

But now, she had found a new approach to solve this problem.

If she joined Renxin Institute now, it would certainly be as an ability user. And as an ability user, she could take on missions.

Like the Plum Blossom Apartment incident, she had earned nearly 3,000. And from what Su Sui’er and others implied, Renxin Institute handled quite a few incidents of this level, most of which were hidden and unknown to the public.

Wasn’t this mode of having food delivered to your mouth faster than finding ways to court death online?

Moreover, while doing missions, she could also upgrade. The higher the level, the more likely to receive high-risk missions…

What was this? This was a sustainable virtuous cycle.

Besides, could an ability user’s risk-taking be called courting death? This was called taking risks for the team, sacrificing for humanity, and being brave enough to try for success!

Xu Turan felt as if a cool breeze had swept over her body, her whole being refreshed and her mind clear.

The perspective had opened up!

Another day later.

Yang Buqi followed the navigation and drove off the intercity highway, glancing at Xu Turan sitting in the passenger seat.

“To be honest, I’m quite surprised,” he pondered for a moment before speaking truthfully, “I saw you getting along well with Su Sui’er and the others these past two days, I thought you would choose Renxin Institute.”

Heaven knows when he went to talk to Xu Turan about joining Ciji Institute, he didn’t have much hope. He didn’t expect Xu Turan to agree without much thought.

In the passenger seat, Xu Turan looked at him deeply, not sure whether to tell him that his assumption wasn’t actually wrong.

She had indeed almost chosen Renxin Institute, but due to some personal reasons, she changed her mind at the last moment. And since Yang Buqi happened to ask, she simply agreed directly.

To be honest, based on her current impression, Ciji Institute’s way of doing things did feel more comfortable than Renxin Institute — although the only Ciji Institute employee she had contact with so far was just Yang Buqi.

Additionally, it was also because during her conversation with Yang Buqi, she dispelled a concern in her heart.

When Yang Buqi came over, he also asked for her WeChat ID. Seeing that she had written her phone number in her WeChat profile, he said he would save it as well. But when he did, he discovered the little mix-up from before —

Xu Turan’s phone number had already been blacklisted by him as a spam call.

Yang Buqi’s head was full of question marks at the time. After carefully recalling for a while, he remembered that this phone call seemed to be the one asking him to recommend shops. When he asked in person, he learned that Xu Turan had regretted it right after dialing and hung up on purpose with an excuse.

“…I remember, you called my name at that time?” Yang Buqi thought again and felt something was off, “How did you know I have another name called Yang Yuan?”

“…I heard someone next to you say it,” Xu Turan answered with a straight face.

This statement of hers couldn’t really be considered a lie. If someone hadn’t called out at that time, she really wouldn’t have known that Yang Buqi had another alias called “Yang Yuan”.

After hearing this, Yang Buqi didn’t think much of it and instead took the initiative to explain to Xu Turan. Only then did Xu Turan learn that his alias “Yang Yuan” was only used in normal social circles, while in abnormal circles, he only had one name, Yang Buqi.

…This really put Xu Turan at ease.

The reason she didn’t want to continue interacting with Yang Buqi before was that “Yang Yuan” was a long-time friend of the original male protagonist, and she didn’t want to inexplicably have early interactions with the original male protagonist because of this — at least not before he met the original female protagonist.

According to the information, the original male protagonist only knew “Yang Yuan”, in other words, even if Yang Buqi was the same person as “Yang Yuan” in the information, as long as she made sure not to participate in his normal social circle, she could basically ensure avoiding the original male protagonist.

And if she remembered correctly, the original male and female protagonists were going to meet this summer, followed by years of entanglement… What she really needed to ensure was just these two or three months.

Thinking about it this way, Yang Buqi suddenly seemed quite pleasing to the eye.

Xu Turan pondered silently, while glancing at the person driving next to her. Yang Buqi was very focused when driving, eyes straight ahead, but his brows were slightly furrowed, thinking about something unknown.

Xu Turan didn’t bother much. She lowered her head to play with her phone on her own. Anyway, if it was something related to her, Yang Buqi would definitely ask her.

…Sure enough, after a few more minutes, she heard the person next to her clear his throat lightly.

“This question might be a bit intrusive, but I’m still curious. Why… didn’t you choose Renxin Institute?”

“It’s just curiosity, you don’t have to answer if you don’t want to.”

Xu Turan: “…?”

She didn’t feel this question was particularly intrusive. She put down her phone, thought for a moment, and answered honestly:

“I don’t like the name of their organization.”

“?” Yang Buqi was obviously stunned for a moment, “Renxin Institute?”

Xu Turan: “No, the full name.”

Yang Buqi: …

“You mean… Renxin Mental Hospital?”

“Yes, that’s it.” Xu Turan nodded without hiding it, “Absolutely not.”

She only learned about this full name when she was searching for Renxin Institute’s address. She was completely dumbfounded at the time and specifically asked Su Sui’er — and the latter just nodded enthusiastically.

“Oh, that? That’s our full name. Organizations like ours need a shell, you know.”

Xu Turan: “…”

She paused for a few seconds on the spot, politely thanked Su Sui’er, and declined the offer from Renxin Institute on the spot, finally leaving under Su Sui’er’s confused gaze.

There was no help for it, she rejected this name from the bottom of her heart.

Although she knew her own mind wasn’t normal, it didn’t mean she could calmly join an organization named after a mental hospital.

Besides, it would be fine if others weren’t ill, but she actually had real issues. What if she went in and was used as a typical example?

This wouldn’t do, absolutely wouldn’t do.

Xu Turan made up her mind and decided to wait and see a bit more. Before agreeing to Yang Buqi, she had secretly searched online to confirm there was no organization called “Ciji Mental Hospital” before feeling reassured enough to agree.

“…Anyway, that’s how it is.” Xu Turan very calmly finished explaining her reason and turned to look at Yang Buqi’s reaction.

Yang Buqi didn’t show much change in expression, just made a somewhat complex “Ah” sound. Xu Turan turned her somewhat stiff neck and said, “I know this reason might sound very strange, but I really… wait.”

Her movement paused: “What does that ‘Ah’ of yours mean?”

“…”

Yang Buqi didn’t speak, but instead turned the steering wheel, turning into a nearby entrance.

“…We’re here.” He coughed and steadily stopped the car.

Xu Turan turned her head in confusion, only to see not far away, a quite imposing white wrought iron gate. Behind the gate was lush green grass, birds singing and flowers fragrant. If not for the few white, orderly buildings standing there, it would have looked like a small park.

But this wasn’t the point.

The point was those few large gold-plated characters printed on the building.

“Cixin Jimin Mental Rehabilitation Center”.

Xu Turan: …

Damn. Miscalculated.