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Bertha looked at Karon very seriously. In her heart, she more or less believed what Karon said, because his reasoning was quite thorough.
He looked at her with a calm expression. In truth, he had simply taken the reasons she had given him, swapped a few labels, and recited them back to her.
“Thank you for your candor, Mr. Karon,” Bertha said with a smile.
“I should thank you for your candor as well.” Karon lifted his glass of ice water and took a sip. “I believe that candor is the foundation of trust. At the very least, as colleagues, we can get along more comfortably during the time ahead.”
Deception was a psychological contest between two sides, and the core effort was not to make one’s lie tighter or more logical, but to make the other party willing, and even eager, to believe it.
Clearly, Bertha had come to that kind of fixed understanding, and had even said herself what she was willing to believe. It was like a sheet of paper stuck to her forehead that read: “Please scam me according to requirements.”
Karon felt there had to be some kind of misunderstanding at work related to what Bertha had said about his behavior toward her yesterday. The reality was that he had mistaken her for Piaget in disguise.
Of course, there was another possibility; Those who believed in Light could be more sentimental. Perhaps she sensed that Karon meant her no harm, and it was true that he held no hostility toward her. On that basis, even a lie was simply both sides taking a step down.
“I also think that nature is a very beautiful thing.” As she spoke, Bertha stood up and took the initiative to walk up to Karon, leaning her body toward him. “It also symbolizes purity, and is even equivalent to cleanliness.”
Bertha placed a hand against Karon’s chest. The tip...
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