Super Island Tycoon

Chapter 1138: Chapter 1137: Black Scorpion

Jiang Cheng also didn’t like looking at Ba Lv’s self-complacency. Fortunately, Ba Lv was perceptive enough not to slack off during training.

Under such circumstances, Jiang Cheng couldn’t say much more.

Although he was the teacher, he couldn’t possibly manage even the living habits of his female disciples, right?

Since even their teacher said so, Ba Lv’s carelessness was due to her being too relaxed, so she would have to pull herself together.

Of course, when saying this, tears flowed from Ba Lv’s eyes.

She cried to Yanran, recounting how her parents died in an accident when she was barely over one year old.

At the time, an executive from the Black Exhaust Group happened to be in negotiations with a local organization, discussing some matters. Since the talks went well, that executive took her, still crying, back to headquarters.

The highest leader of Black Exhaust Group was still astute, seeing that even as a child, Ba Lv showed exceptional qualities.

Hence, he immediately adopted Ba Lv as his foster daughter. As she grew older, the leader personally appointed her coaches for various subjects and subjected her to harsh training.

"Yanran, think about it, how young was I then! Although the coach rarely punished me, I lived every day in fear, just a mere child back then."

"When I became an assassin, my days became even more unbearable. Whether there were missions or not, I developed professional paranoia, always on edge, lacking any sense of security.

Luckily, I met the teacher and you, which gave me a sense of home. You made me feel warmth that I never felt before, which was why I’ve been so relaxed.

The best way to lie is to lace seven parts truth with three parts falsehood, making it difficult for others to distinguish truth from lies.

Growing up in the Dark World, Ba Lv learned early on how to read people, easily identifying weaknesses.

Compared to Ba Lv, Yanran was practically a naive child. Though intelligent, her limited experiences restricted her understanding of human nature.

Especially when Ba Lv spoke those words tearfully and emotively, Yanran was moved to tears before Ba Lv could finish.

When Yanran finally promised her never to get angry over such things again, Ba Lv released her grip on her tightly pinched thigh. Jiang Cheng was present at the time, shaking his head at his disciple’s innocence. He didn’t point out Ba Lv’s manipulation because he believed Yanran would eventually see through Ba Lv’s flaws.

This was also part of Yanran’s training, Jiang Cheng considered, making him perhaps not the best teacher.

However, as time passed with Yanran and Ba Lv together, Yanran gradually realized Ba Lv’s words were often inconsistent.

For instance, once Ba Lv recounted her experiences in the Black World, claiming she was always bright and aced her courses, and as the group leader’s foster daughter, her coaches rarely punished her.

Yanran immediately confronted her; Ba Lv had previously said that during training, she lived in constant fear of coach’s punishment.

Ba Lv offered numerous excuses, saying she misremembered, all while secretly pinching her thigh.

Guo Ran hesitated to continue, seeing the pain on Ba Lv’s face, her eyes filled with sadness, tears quietly streaming. Yanran consoled herself, deciding it was all trivial. Regardless, Ba Lv was an orphan, incontrovertible.

Just this fact made Ba Lv sympathetic enough.

Even though she too was an orphan, at least she experienced parental love in her youth. Comparing with Ba Lv, who lost her parents young, was truly unfair.

Jiang Cheng knew his disciple was smart but didn’t realize how innocent and kind she was. Thus, Ba Lv lived quite comfortably for a long while.

Later, Ba Lv herself didn’t want to play anymore. Even someone as bright as her teacher wouldn’t have expected Ba Lv to be the one who stopped first.

The reason was simple; Ba Lv was talkative, enjoying conversation, possibly due to her assassin days.

As an assassin, she was often alone, but inherently, she was still young.

In Black Exhaust Group, though she stayed silent, it wasn’t because she didn’t want to talk, but lacked suitable company.

Now, having Yanran as a partner, not only did they spend days together, but shared the same teacher, and Yanran herself wasn’t irritating.

Hence, whenever Ba Lv was with Yanran, possibly compensating for her silent days, she always had much to say.

However, in the distant Milky Way Galaxy, on a blue planet with an ancient country, its people have a long-standing saying, "Many words lead to error."

Ba Lv made such mistakes, frequently chattering, the more she talked, the more she revealed.

Yanran, being smart, often discovered her slips in casual conversations.

And each time she confronted her, Ba Lv had to quietly pinch her thigh.

Over time, Ba Lv couldn’t take it anymore.

Maybe she built resistance; she needed to pinch her thigh harder to draw tears.

Only when tears fell would Yanran let it go.

Every time, late at night, after Yanran slept, Ba Lv looked at her bruised thigh, wondering if it was worth it.

Even during her assassin days, few enemies left marks on her body, but now, she inflicted pain on herself.

After much back and forth, Ba Lv finally corrected her carelessness.

Unexpectedly, what impressed Ba Lv most was Yanran’s resolve; after Yanran said she wouldn’t play tricks in front of her again.

Ba Lv realized her senior sister, although starting a bit earlier, was around her age and incredibly capable.

Though she often manipulated her sister with tears, her sister also countered her with tears.

Yanran said, "Why don’t you pinch your thigh now? Wouldn’t you shed tears without pinching?"

Now, in a small dojo on Bordeaux Planet, Ba Lv repeated her careless mistake, no wonder Yanran glared at her.

"Do you know this person?" Ba Lv handed the business card to Mark.