Revenge is best served cold

Chapter 1268

"The sheep all died in the end, and the child never dared to lie again," Sophie said. "Is Mr. Gordon comparing himself to a lying child by telling me such a well- known story?"

Seeing Sophie was still upset, Gordon replied calmly, "This story is usually meant to teach kids not to lie, but what I want to show you is how to use lies to confuse your opponents."

Sophie frowned. "What do you mean?"

"When someone lies enough times, it becomes hard to tell what's true and what's not," Gordon explained. "For instance, the first time I got seriously ill, Ms. Sophie, you chose to believe it. But it was all just a scheme I had set up. The second time, you were suspicious and quickly saw through my act, recognizing it as another plot. This meant you couldn't gauge how cunning I was. The third time, I made a small move to convince you that I was genuinely ill. Once again, you chose to believe, only to find out I was setting up an even bigger scheme, leading you to confront me in anger. Once more, you couldn't fathom my true intentions. With truth and lies mixed together, how can the enemy possibly guess what you're really thinking?"

times Gordon had pretended to be gravely ill, realizing he had seen through all

had understood his past schemes, Gordon continued, "Now, consider the next time I fall ill. Will

could someone be fooled three times and not learn their lesson? Of course,

Sophie stopped mid-sentence.

Wolf,' and in less than a minute, his question had ensnared her again. She was like the villagers in the story, once again duped

think the same thing. What

this, Sophie was almost too

plan so far ahead from