Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 697 (Six Hundred Ninety-Seven) Ambiguity

"I don't know!" said the man whose throat was pointed at by Ran Xianke.

Just as Ran Xianke was about to say the next sentence, he felt someone coming from behind. He was startled, but he did not immediately recognize her in disguise.

Tie Hongyan knew that he would not be able to recognize her quickly, so she told him who she was.

After he looked at her carefully and confirmed it, he hurriedly called out "Acting Chief", immediately threw away the sword in his hand, and stuffed a piece of cloth into the mouth of the blue-armored man who had said "I don't know" before. In this way, the two blue-armored men were speechless. He hurriedly explained: "The chief has been in seclusion, and temporarily handed the blue-armored criminals to me for disposal."

Tie Hongyan asked, "We are just dealing with the blue-armored man, why are you so flustered?"

Ran Xianke forced a smile and said to Tie Hongyan: "It's the first time, so it's inevitable to be nervous."

"Oh? Just because of this?" Tie Hongyan asked.

"It's inevitable to be nervous when doing something for the first time. Please forgive me on behalf of the clan leader... forgive me." Ran Xianke spoke vaguely, his palms already sweating.

Tie Hongyan looked into his eyes and said, "Are you so nervous just because it's your first time?"

Ran Xianke's heart was beating fast, as if her gaze had pierced through his disguise like a sharp sword. He dared not look directly into her eyes, and immediately turned his head to look to the side and nodded.

This small action exposed his inner panic more clearly to her.

Ran Xianke regretted avoiding her gaze before. He wanted to pretend to be calm, but he also knew that it was difficult to hide his nervousness, so he just forced himself to control himself and try not to do those more suspicious actions. Tie Hongyan asked: "What are you afraid of? Let me ask you, how many blue-armored people did the clan leader ask you to deal with?"

Ran Xianke was startled again, but he forced himself to pretend that nothing had happened. He looked at the space between her eyes, pointed at where the two men in blue armor were lying, and said, "Please look, Acting Clan Leader, these two... these two people were the ones the Clan Leader asked me to deal with." He didn't expect that he would not be able to say this fluently and his voice would tremble.

"Even if you don't tell me, I can guess who these two people are, but what I'm asking is how many blue-armored people the clan leader wants you to deal with in total." Tie Hongyan said.

Ran Xianke was vague again: "It's just... these two people... it's just... both of them."

Tie Hongyan said, "That's strange. Is it so difficult to tell the actual number of people? It's not like there are dozens or hundreds of people. You can't tell if there's one more or one less at a glance. You're like this with so few people?"

Ran Xianke guessed from her words that she might have known about several people, but he still thought that as long as she didn't say it explicitly, it didn't mean that she already knew about it, so he wouldn't say it directly. So he asked tentatively: "Has anyone told the acting clan leader about this?"

Tie Hongyan had already felt that it was a waste of time to have such a conversation with him, but since he was going to beat around the bush again, he would see what he was up to, so he just asked, "What do you think?"

Ran Xianke wanted to say that he thought she didn't know, but he was afraid of sounding like he was looking down on her, so he could only answer, "I think... I think the Acting Clan Leader knows."

Tie Hongyan then asked: "Then guess how many people I know?"

Ran Xianke was so nervous that he didn't know how to react in his favor, so he pointed at the two blue-armored men lying on the ground again and said, "Then... the acting clan leader must know about those two people. This is not my guess, and there is no need to guess anymore. I have already told the acting clan leader."

(End of this chapter)