405 Human Motives (1/2)

When humans took the initiative to do something that they did not want to do, they definitely hoped for a reward.

Food and water were necessary for a human to live. Hobbies and interests were things that humans did to bring joy to their lives. Working and starting a business earned material possessions while getting married and having kids were to reproduce.

In other words, it was impossible for there to be any behavior in the world with no motives.

If one could not understand something at first, one would find out the reason for that behavior as soon as one turned around to look at the person's motive. Even for those whose minds worked in strange ways, the most one could say was that they were after something different than the rest. Therefore, Ye Shuang had been feeling that the girl's behavior was out of the ordinary since she was captured.

The person had taken Master Five's granddaughter so that he would have a hostage, making this place a mousetrap. Sending the girl there naturally meant that they were monitoring the situation. If someone pulled any tricks, the mole could alert them right away.

If that was the case, why did the girl seem calm since she was captured? She was even following Master Five's order, whereby she did not even inform them about the situation over there.

The only possible answer was that it was unnecessary.

Why was it unnecessary? There were two possible options if studied the question. One would be that nobody was counting on her. However, that was impossible because she would not have been sent there if nobody was counting on her. The other option was that it was unnecessary for the girl to take the initiative to report the situation. As long as she was there, it was only natural that the other party would get the news that they were expecting.

”Perhaps nobody noticed any communication methods, such as a secret signal, flag semaphore, Morse code, or some sort. Something must've gone wrong as soon as there's no news after a certain time.” Ye Shuang sat before Master Five. ”Or perhaps she has some device in her for eavesdropping. It's easy to inject those little things into your skin nowadays. There are so many ways of doing it, unlike the countable methods back in those days.”Find authorized novels in Webnovel，faster updates, better experience，Please click visiting.

Master Five did not drink the tea. Perhaps he was concerned and could not calm himself for a cup of tea. Instead, he held the pipe in his hand and began smoking. The suffocating smoke very soon spread all over the house. ”Is that only speculation?”

Ye Shuang was anxious, but she explained patiently anyway, mainly because she had no one on her side. The possibility that she might encounter those people aside, even if she wanted to enter that storage room, she would need permission from Master Five's underlings. ”Master Five, you said that the girl has been quiet and obedient since she was captured. I spoke to her earlier and found out that it was rather easy to get her to speak. She spoke without me baiting her.”

”Although my intention was to test her, I realized that she was also testing me after chatting with her for a while. Maybe she thinks that I'm easily fooled since I'm an outsider compared to your underlings who are strict.” Ye Shuang was careful with her words as she spoke in all seriousness. ”That girl was trying to get me to talk about our plan. In a nutshell, she's asking why you captured her out of nowhere, Master Five. I understand that people are curious. However, now that she's been captured, being curious is just asking for trouble.

That girl's intelligence must have been off the chart since the organization had sent her on purpose and she had dared to smile adorably before Master Five, who was furious. At least she would not be asking about useless gossip, which would have been unprofessional.

”Therefore, it shows that she wasn't just asking for nothing. The answer that I give must be useful to her. Meanwhile, the information will only be useful if she manages to send it out.” Ye Shuang glanced at Master Five. ”I have no idea how she's sending the information out, but I can think of six to seven possible ways of doing it off the top of my head. Brother Han said that we can only be prepared if we plan based on the worst-case scenario. I think it makes sense—what do you think, Master Five?”