I was terrified! Raising a colossal star beast in the Beast Taming World

Chapter 232 Manluo's Shocking Secret

"I……"

Lei Ying opened her mouth, but for a moment she didn't know what to say.

Seeing that Lei Ying actually looked completely at a loss, Manlu couldn't help but laugh, her eyes brightening again: "Alright, alright, I'm not as fragile as you think."

"I've finished asking my questions, now it's your turn."

The moment she uttered those words, a sudden realization dawned on Manluo's mind.

Perhaps it was Lei Ying's unrestrained and free spirit that deeply attracted this datura flower, which could only bloom quietly in the netherworld, causing her to unknowingly and irrevocably tie her heart to her.

Before she could fully savor the delicate emotions she had just begun to understand, Lei Ying pulled her out of her flow state of self-conquest.

"What I want to ask is..."

Lei Ying's tone was unusually troubled, as if she wasn't sure how to phrase it: "It's just that I feel like you're not the Manluo I used to know today. How should I put it, there are some things about you that feel very wrong to me, and you're not like your usual self."

Manluo said softly, "Lei Ying, what you might be referring to is awkwardness."

Lei Ying immediately clapped her hands, expressing her strong agreement: "Yes, yes, that's the word. It's... seeing you cry like that after losing to Muyue, I felt really awkward watching you. The Manluo I know isn't the kind of weak person who cries and whine after losing a match."

"Then, when you defeated me, you weren't in a good state either. I don't think you're the kind of person who gets excited during a battle and then acts like that."

"I always feel like... you're hiding something that's bothering you."

Lei Ying rattled off a long string of words, and as Manluo listened, her heart was already overflowing with emotion. However, she maintained a calm facade, only glancing at Lei Ying out of the corner of her eye: "So, you came here specifically to see me today?"

"Well... I feel like you might need my help with something."

Lei Ying blinked, her tone so frank it was almost taken for granted: "I was a little worried, so I came over. I wanted to ask you what happened that's bothering you, and if I can help you."

Hagiret, you bastard...

Lei Ying's words moved Manluo to tears.

Just then, the screen suddenly changed, cutting to the entrance scene of Moonlight Academy and Blue Garden.

Mutsuki and Yuki appeared side by side, instantly igniting a deafening roar of cheers from the audience.

The final has begun.

However, Lei Ying only glanced at the screen briefly before turning her attention back to Manluo, showing no intention of letting her off the hook just because the finals were starting.

In her heart, listening to her friends' troubles was far more important than watching a final match.

Manlu remained silent for a long time.

She had to admit that Lei Ying really understood her.

She did indeed have a trouble she found difficult to talk about. But it was precisely because it was difficult to talk about that it was a trouble. What kind of trouble would it be if it were something she could easily say out loud?

She sighed softly to herself.

She had originally thought Lei Ying wanted to ask how to advance to the Ultimate Beast Tamer, but unexpectedly, this was what she asked.

If she had known this would happen, she shouldn't have so readily promised to answer Lei Ying's question.

Manluo pursed her lips, then turned her gaze to the screen, looking at the two figures entering side by side.

"Lei Ying, for the finals... do you have someone you're supporting?"

She suddenly asked a seemingly random question: "Mutsuki, or Yuki Yuuyu?"

Lei Ying was slightly taken aback.

Asking them who they support to win the championship was a truly novel question for both of them.

She didn't care whether Manlu was deliberately changing the subject; there was still plenty of time, so she wasn't in a hurry.

So she answered with a smile almost without hesitation, "Of course I support Xue Youyou. Didn't I tell you before that she's my type?"

Upon hearing this, Manluo felt as if her heart had been gently stabbed.

If she could, she really didn't want to hear the words "Xue Youyou" from Lei Ying's mouth or from anyone else's mouth again.

But she continued the conversation: "Then guess who I support?"

Lei Ying raised her hand and touched her chin, analyzing seriously, "Hmm, the one on the left made you cry. The one on the right... seems to have bullied you. This question is a bit difficult."

She said this with a deliberately sarcastic tone, which made Manluo's eyelids twitch, and she almost flipped the table on the spot.

"However, the one who made you cry, you can get revenge when you become stronger."

Lei Ying paused, a sly smile appearing on her face: "As for that thing that made you arrogant... we can't let you go back to being arrogant, can we?"

Manluo finally broke down completely at those words, and retorted fiercely, "It's not impossible!"

She suddenly realized that Lei Ying's suggestion was absolutely brilliant.

This is truly intolerable!

She wants the cow back!

She's so angry!

Manlu ground her teeth in frustration, trying to calm herself down, before continuing, "What if it were before the loser's bracket final? Who do you think I would support then?"

Lei Ying was stunned for a moment.

Before the loser's bracket final... that was when Manlu didn't know she had fallen for Xue Youyou.

Lei Ying tried to put herself in Mu Yue's shoes and tentatively guessed, "How about Mu Yue? After all, she's the one who beat you, and you certainly wouldn't want her to lose to someone else. Otherwise, wouldn't that mean there are two people ahead of you in the rankings all at once, right?"

Manlu nodded, then shook her head: "The answer is correct, but the process is wrong."

Lei Ying was even more curious now: "What's the reason? It can't be that you developed Stockholm Syndrome from being abused by Mutsuki, can it?"

Manlu rolled her eyes and said irritably, "Are you implying something about yourself?"

Lei Ying gave an awkward laugh and quickly denied it, saying, "How could that be? I just have some experience in disciplining others."

"What could be the reason? I really can't guess."

Lei Ying surrendered.

Manluo looked at Lei Ying quietly for a moment, as if weighing something in her mind.

After hesitating for a long time, she finally spoke slowly in an extremely serious tone: "I can tell you, but you have to promise me that you won't tell anyone about this."

"What a hassle..." Lei Ying muttered.

As soon as she finished speaking, Manlu stared at her.

stare------

"Okay, okay, okay..."

Under Manluo's almost coercive gaze, she reluctantly swore an oath in the name of a beast tamer.

After Lei Ying solemnly finished making her vow, Manluo took a deep breath, then leaned over and pressed her lips close to Lei Ying's ear.

Her voice was so soft it was almost inaudible, even trembling slightly: "Muyue, she is my mother."

"What?!"

Lei Ying's eyes widened suddenly, as if struck by lightning. Her delicate body trembled violently, and she almost jumped off the sofa.

She really just wanted to ask Manluo what was bothering her, but instead she heard some incredibly shocking gossip.