There were four resorts on this island. Wei Wenjuan had booked the one with the best location, facing the sea.
Ke Muning and Secretary Wang were forced to "settle" for another resort, which had a more beautiful mountain view.
The two resorts were not far apart, one in front and one behind.
As Ke Muning carried Li Xiaoya on his back, they encountered some employees from the Dream Creation Game company.
The employees immediately recognized this "major" shareholder, and were about to greet him, but upon noticing Ke Muning's fierce expression, they promptly held their tongues.
"The people who just passed by know you. Why didn't they speak to you?" Ke Muning asked.
With the translation software, communication between the two had become much smoother.
"Probably because they're afraid," Li Xiaoya answered.
"Afraid of me? Or afraid of you?" Ke Muning asked with interest.
"I don't know."
Ke Muning gave her a deep look.
She seemed more like the new heir to the Gui Family.
Not like the child from the program - thin, frail, raised in such a place, dressed in rags, poor and pitiful, seemingly so weak she could be crushed with a touch.
It's a pity, he thought, the Gui Family would probably never produce such a child again in this lifetime.
"Do you know why there are so many people from Hua Country here?" Ke Muning asked again.
There was one problem with talking to Secretary Wang. When trying to get information from him, it was easy to fall into his traps instead.
Sometimes, chatting with a child could be more interesting, couldn't it?
"There's a company having a team-building retreat here," Li Xiaoya told the truth.
She just omitted a tiny bit of information.
"You know quite a lot," Ke Muning praised her.
Li Xiaoya blinked lightly, and her phone immediately translated: "I just like to observe."
Ke Muning asked in a low voice: "Such a good child. Tell me, what's your relationship with Wang?"
"Guess."
"..."
The last person who spoke to Ke Muning like this had their left ear sliced off bit by bit.
Apart from some adults who deliberately provoked him, Ke Muning found it hard to imagine that one day, a child would say these two words to his face.
Whether it was the child's bold composure, the innocent cruelty she displayed, or her current behavior... it all indicated that she must have grown up in a large family. Otherwise, where would she get such confidence?
Ke Muning didn't speak for a long time, but Li Xiaoya's phone spoke again: "Why do you kill people?"
Ke Muning was taken aback, then said in a slightly cold tone: "Little one, that's not something you should ask."
Li Xiaoya showed persistence: "I want to know."
Ke Muning had encountered many children. His family was a very large clan. The family held the simple view that people in their line of work died quickly, so if they didn't have many children, they would soon die out.
As a result, he alone had eleven siblings. Those siblings who married early had three or four children each.
In the blink of an eye, there were young ones running everywhere.
None of these young ones had ever shown such innocent yet composed persistence in front of Ke Muning.
Ke Muning smiled: "Why do you want to know?"
Li Xiaoya seemed not to have heard the chill in his tone.
The AI translation voice on her phone made her intended meaning sound even more composed and cruel.
She said: "If killing needs a reason, then I want to learn."
Ke Muning: "..."
His expression instantly became extremely odd.
Just for this?
Then she was truly born for this line of work.
Ke Muning's lips curled into a smile as he said softly: "You know what? Sometimes killing doesn't need a reason."
That bit of childish cruelty was nothing in front of him.
But Li Xiaoya hugged his shoulders and continued to translate with difficulty: "That's not right."
"What's not right?" Ke Muning listened to a young one's viewpoint with rare patience.
He found this very interesting.
"There needs to be a reason, otherwise, people won't listen to you," the phone continued to voice.
Ke Muning became even more interested and asked: "How so?"
"I don't know how to explain it."
Ke Muning burst into laughter, but with a good mood, he continued to say to her: "Hmm, I think I understand what you mean. Killing with a reason is more convincing. Without a reason, you're just a madman in others' eyes. I didn't expect someone your age to be thinking about these things. You have great ambition. What? Do you want to become the leader of your family in the future?"
"Is that not allowed?" This was Li Xiaoya's counter-question.
"It's allowed," Ke Muning paused for a moment, then continued in a sinister tone: "However, I enjoy being a madman in others' eyes."
Li Xiaoya gripped her phone tighter, but still continued to translate: "Why?"
"What do you mean, why?"
"Is there any benefit to being a madman?"
"I've never met a child with so many questions. Alright, let me tell you, being a madman certainly has many benefits. First, it makes me very happy."
As Ke Muning spoke, he couldn't help but think, how refreshing, it's the first time someone has discussed the psychology of being a madman with him.
"Secondly, others can't see through you. The behavior logic of normal people can be traced and reasoned. But how can you analyze a madman?"
"Being a madman is good. Others will fear you at all times."
Ke Muning finished speaking.
"There are downsides too," Li Xiaoya told him.
Ke Muning almost laughed in anger.
How dare this child contradict him?
"The number of people willing to cooperate with you will decrease. Business requires stability and certainty, right?" Knowing the answer and having clarified her point, Li Xiaoya still added a "right?" at the end.
This was a bit of experience she had gained from dealing with Qin Sui.
"Right?" was a way of asking for the other person's opinion, trying to get their affirmation.
Smart people seemed to like these two words.
Ke Muning... was also receptive to it.
"Well, you're right about that. But I don't care, because there will always be people like Wang who don't care if their business partner is a madman," Ke Muning admitted, showing no intention of getting angry with her.
"Then how many people like him are there?"
"..." Ke Muning narrowed his eyes and fell silent.
This child has some skill, he thought.
Li Xiaoya didn't dwell on this question. She continued to translate: "Not caring and trusting are different things."
"What do you mean?" Ke Muning couldn't help but ask.
"People who don't care, is it because they're very capable themselves, so they don't care? But that doesn't mean they trust you."
"So there might be few people who don't care. But people who trust you mutually, maybe there isn't even one."
Ke Muning clenched his fist and laughed darkly: "You can actually distinguish the difference here."
To be honest, Ke Muning himself had never thought about these things.
Now he was being enlightened by a child.
It wasn't exactly embarrassing, but he felt a strong emotion firmly pressed down inside him.
"I want to be a madman too," Li Xiaoya told him.
"Oh?" Light flickered in Ke Muning's eyes, "Didn't you say being a madman has downsides?"
"But it can make people happy. I just want to be happy."
"Hahaha!" Ke Muning suddenly burst into an extremely joyful laugh.
Secretary Wang, walking ahead, turned back at the sound of laughter.
He looked at Ke Muning, then at Li Xiaoya.
He really wanted to raise one.
He rubbed his fingers.
