Her Talent for Courting Death Has Always Been Impressive - Chapter 48 Part 3

Xu Turan’s movement paused, quickly catching the key word: “High-risk?”

“Yes.” Zhu Tang nodded affirmatively, “But don’t worry. If we successfully form a team, I will definitely consider the interests of the whole team and try to choose missions suitable for everyone…”

Xu Turan: “…”

“That won’t be necessary,” she said after a pause.

Zhu Tang was stunned: “? What do you mean?”

Xu Turan didn’t rush to answer, but instead lowered her eyes to examine the scales on Zhu Tang’s wrist, her face showing some contemplation.

Another day later.

Yang Buqi connected his phone to the charger. As soon as it turned on, he saw a large number of messages popping up one after another.

Floating on top was a curse word from Pu Han. Yang Buqi clicked on the dialogue box in confusion, becoming more and more perplexed as he read.

Pu Han:

【Yang Buqi, are you capable or not? I can’t believe what I just saw!】

【A relationship bound from the start, a friendship forged through life and death. You’ve laid so much groundwork and still let someone steal her away, I’m truly amazed by you.】

【Sister-in-law is very disappointed in you!!】

【The above sentence was typed by Feifei.】

【You really need to reflect on yourself. We can’t even bear to say it. Too pitiful. [Shaking head.JPG]】

Yang Buqi: …?

??!!

No, how am I pitiful? Although it’s been tiring being on a business trip until now… but that doesn’t count as pitiful, right?

How is he “incapable” again, what’s all this nonsense??

Yang Buqi was completely bewildered. Xu Turan was sitting on the sofa in his office looking at her phone, and raised her head when she heard him: “What’s wrong?”

“…It’s nothing. Pu Han is being neurotic again.” Yang Buqi shook his head, put his phone on silent, and placed it on the desk, “You continue. You were just saying, a yellow-colored Torch cultural T-shirt?”

“Yes.” Xu Turan nodded seriously, “I’ve been probing that Taobao store these past few days. Couldn’t get anything out of the customer service. Pu Han said maybe you need to inquire about it…”

“Alright.” Yang Buqi nodded without hesitation, “I’ll find a way to ask around. I’ll let you know if there are any results.”

Xu Turan nodded, then hesitated slightly: “But, I remember you don’t really like that store, right? If you find this difficult…”

“There’s nothing difficult about it. An ability user who can deal with Haunted House No. 71 must have dirty hands. We have an obligation to find him out in the first place.” Yang Buqi said with certainty, “Moreover, in this circle, not everything is black and white. It would be immature to avoid contact just because we don’t like it. And…”

And this is very important to you.

He swallowed the second half of the sentence, tugged at the corner of his mouth, and handed a small silver box to Xu Turan: “Here, Pu Han asked me to give this to you.”

Last night, as soon as he returned to Cixin Jimin Mental Rehabilitation Center, Pu Han came to find him, asking him to return this box to Xu Turan. That’s why he invited Xu Turan over today, and also happened to ask about the intelligence he missed during his absence.

Xu Turan took the box, lifted the lid to look at the Planchette Pen lying flat inside, and quickly closed the lid again.

“Is Pu Han alright?” she asked, “I received a message from him last night saying he was pregnant and needed to go into seclusion…”

Then he went offline.

Xu Turan was shocked on the spot, thinking that Yang Buqi had completed a major upgrade in his life tendency, and incidentally upgraded Pu Han’s body structure as well.

“…I suspect he meant to say ‘had good news’, just missed typing a word.” Yang Buqi said with a frustrated expression, “Don’t think weird things. The intelligence I got is that he made some progress in upgrading a couple of nights ago. He might be able to challenge the next level, so he needs to make some preparations in advance.”

“Star level?” Xu Turan was surprised, “That impressive?”

“I’m not sure about the details. But I guess it’s related to the thing in your hand.” Yang Buqi pointed at the silver box Xu Turan was holding, “Some high-level abominations, even just their existence, can bring about some mysterious effects.”

Xu Turan: “…”

She lowered her eyes to look at the box in her hand, remembering what Pu Han said when he borrowed it that day—he said he didn’t know what he was borrowing the Planchette Pen for, it was just that Feifei asked him to borrow it.

From this perspective, it seems that the “benefits” Feifei foresaw from this pen were actually not just for herself.

And Feifei is only a “Radiance” level, still very incomplete, yet she could foresee so many things… Then what about a more powerful precognitor? How much more could they foresee?

Xu Turan rubbed the surface of the box, her eyes filled with contemplation, which she quickly suppressed. She thanked Yang Buqi and was about to leave when she was suddenly called back.

“Um. There’s one more thing I want to discuss with you.” Yang Buqi paused for a moment, as if he hadn’t thought through his next words, “It’s like this, I don’t know if your training teacher has told you… for newcomers just starting out, you might need some fixed teammates, or a teacher to take you on missions…”

“Oh, you mean partners, right?” Xu Turan nodded, “I heard her mention it.”

“Is that so? That’s good then.” Yang Buqi’s gaze drifted for a moment, “It’s like this, I think having fixed teammates with good rapport is quite important…”

“Yes, I know.” Xu Turan continued nodding, “As for partners, I’ve already found some.”

“And knowing fixed teammates well is even more impor— wait, what?” Yang Buqi was stunned, “You’ve found some?”

Xu Turan nodded: “Zhu Tang said she formed a group. I took a look, the girls are all quite nice. They can take on a wide range of missions, and their skills complement each other well, so I agreed.”

Yang Buqi’s mouth opened slightly: “…It’s even a group?”

“Yes. A total of 4 girls, maybe 5. They said they could form a small team called ‘Fairytale Town’, which seems quite interesting.” Xu Turan said.

Yang Buqi: “…”

“Zhu Tang?” He carefully recalled this name, “I remember her. She was also involved in the guesthouse incident at the time… When did you two get to know each other?”

“Just yesterday. I passed by your office and happened to run into her coming to borrow the coffee machine. So we chatted a bit.” Xu Turan said, “She’s quite interesting, and she has scales. Looks pretty cool.” She wanted them too.

Yang Buqi: “…”

Yang Buqi stood silently in place, not knowing what to say for a moment.

— He finally understood what those messages Pu Han sent earlier meant?

But what could he do about it?

Xu Turan didn’t want to disturb his rest, so she said goodbye and left. Left alone, Yang Buqi sat at his desk pondering for a long time, then opened Taobao on his phone and silently placed another order.

Two days later, every pantry in the office building of Cixin Jimin Mental Rehabilitation Center had a brand new coffee machine—reportedly all donated by Captain Yang.

Of course, that’s a story for another time.