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Looking at Yun Xin’s resume, Bai Wei felt like she was deliberately seeking revenge on bosses.
“No, I was just looking for a job. I went wherever someone was willing to hire me,” Yun Xin replied.
The boss just wanted to make money — was that wrong? No.
She just wanted a job and more contact with people — was that wrong? No.
Everyone was just being human.
“Given everything you’ve experienced, you should be able to make a judgment by now,” Bai Wei analyzed. “During the syrup leak incident, your colleagues survived thanks to you.”
“The New World Hotel collapse — professional designers said the design data was flawed, and the building was destined to collapse sooner or later. You happened to join the hotel just before the collapse and promptly notified the guests to evacuate, saving most of them.”
“From this perspective, you certainly fulfilled your duty.”
Yun Xin countered, “The accident report mentioned abnormally high temperatures that day. Combined with the aging sugar storage tanks, a series of factors converged to cause the tragedy. If the weather hadn’t been so extreme, even with the old tanks, nothing would have happened.”
“The hotel collapse was similar. Flawed design and shoddy construction had held up fine for years. Yet, just a month after I joined, the building’s load-bearing capacity failed, and the accident occurred.”
“So, in the end, whether I’m drawn to disasters or whether I bring misfortune wherever I go remains unanswered.”
Perhaps because this matter was so crucial to her, even though she believed her grandmother’s words, she dared not draw hasty conclusions.
Or perhaps it was because she would risk her own life a hundred times over, but she wouldn’t risk the life of someone she cared about even once.
The decision was never going to be easy, but the sudden emergence of the Evolution Game, an unpredictable factor, had complicated matters further.
Bai Wei began to suspect that Yun Xin was deliberately trying to confuse her with philosophical debates to avoid accepting her invitation.
Unfortunately, Yun Xin’s earnest expression suggested she was genuinely considering the matter with grave seriousness.
Bai Wei couldn’t help but ask, “What if you never figure it out in your lifetime?”
“Thinking about these things isn’t about convincing others, but about convincing myself,” Yun Xin replied. “If I never understand, perhaps there won’t be a lifetime.”
“My mother insisted on marrying and having children. Eventually, my father died in an accident. Heartbroken, my mother soon followed him.”
“My grandmother once had someone she loved. To avoid bringing misfortune to him, she left without a word after discovering she was pregnant. By the time I grew up, she said she was too tired to live any longer.”
Bai Wei fell silent.
In truth, she had considered appealing to Yun Xin’s sense of duty by arguing that preventing the extinction of all humanity was a noble cause.
But if this family didn’t even care about their own lives, would they care about anyone else?
In their eyes, would the extinction of all humanity be equivalent to a family reunion?
Bai Wei felt a chill run down her spine and took a sip of water to calm herself.
“In any case,” she said, steadying her voice, “you’ve never done anything to harm anyone?”
“No,” Yun Xin replied firmly.
“Not even indirectly?” Bai Wei stared intently at Yun Xin, as if trying to see into the depths of her soul.
“No,” Yun Xin answered with unwavering conviction.
“Good,” Bai Wei said after a moment’s thought. “We’ll discuss joining the Special Rescue Department later. Focus on your current work for now. The elderly man could be in danger at any moment. You and Wu Peng need to keep a close watch on him.”
Yun Xin suddenly realized the true purpose behind her repeated trips to the apartment building delivering takeout.
It wasn’t about delivering food at all.
It was about delivering a living, breathing human (a probe).
So everyone’s having a tough time, Yun Xin thought with a sigh as she left.
After Yun Xin left, Bai Wei pulled out a voice recorder from her pocket — it had captured their entire conversation.
Bai Wei sent the file to her colleagues with a message: “Use ‘Truth Serum’ to verify if she’s telling the truth, especially the part about never harming anyone.”
