Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 698: Sophistry

Tie Hongyan said: "Just talk about the number of people."

Ran Xianke didn't dare to say it directly, so he raised his left hand and used two fingers to indicate "two".

"Is that the number you guessed I knew?" she asked.

He nodded.

"So what is the actual number of people the patriarch has entrusted to you?" she asked.

Ran Xianke did not use his hands to compare directly, but said: "The Acting Clan Leader should know the actual number of people."

Tie Hongyan said: "You should just say the number of people."

"Acting clan leader..." He still refused to speak directly.

"Number of people." Tie Hongyan said.

Ran Xianke then hesitantly raised his left hand again, using two fingers to indicate "two" as he did before.

Tie Hongyan said, "The clan leader has given you two people to deal with, right?"

He nodded.

"But that's not what I understood." Tie Hongyan said.

"Ah?" Ran Xianke's heart trembled, and he asked, "How many people did the Acting Clan Leader know about?"

"Three."

"Oh." He stood there, not knowing what to say next.

"Let me ask you again, how many blue-armored people did the clan leader ask you to deal with?"

"The acting patriarch is right." said Ran Xianke.

"Tell me the number of people." Tie Hongyan said.

Ran Xianke was too nervous to speak, and said in fear: "Acting clan leader..." Tie Hongyan said: "I just want to hear the actual number of people from your own mouth."

Ran Xianke looked worried and said, "These are the three people that the Acting Clan Leader mentioned. Please listen to my explanation, Acting Clan Leader, and don't misunderstand me for deceiving you. From the beginning to the end, I never said that there were two blue-armored people that the Clan Leader asked me to deal with. At first, I just said that the two blue-armored people were; later, I just gestured with my fingers, and the two fingers were actually pointing to the two blue-armored people; at most, I nodded too casually, but nodding doesn't mean anything... Please don't misunderstand me, Acting Clan Leader..."

She knew that he was obviously making excuses, but she didn't say anything directly about his deception. She just asked, "The clan leader asked you to deal with three blue-armored people in total. There are only two here. Where is the other one?"

Ran Xianke didn't know what to do, but suddenly he thought of another way. He pretended to be calm again and replied, "It has been dealt with."

Tie Hongyan felt that he was still deceiving her and asked, "How was it dealt with?"

He replied: "I just burned it."

She asked, "Where are the ashes?"

He said, “It has been thrown away.”

"Why don't the three of us burn them together? Wouldn't it save time to discard the ashes together?" Tie Hongyan said.

Ran Xianke said: "This is my first time doing this, I have no experience. Next time if there is a task like this, I will burn it together!"

"You burned it here?" Tie Hongyan asked.

Ran Xianke nodded.

"Has it just finished burning?" Tie Hongyan asked.

Ran Xianke nodded again.

"Is this the fuel you use to burn the blue-armored man every time?"

Ran Xianke said "hmm".

Tie Hongyan said, "Experience is something that comes with practice. This is your first time, and you really don't know that you can smell the odor here for a while after the fuel you use to burn the blue-armored man is burned."

Ran Xianke then realized that there was something wrong with his reaction. His heartbeat was getting faster and sweat was already coming out on his face, but he still pretended to be calm and argued, "Oh, in fact, it has been burning for a long time, and the smell has long dissipated. This... Even if it is the first time, I know there will be a smell. Even if I have never burned it myself before, I have seen others burn it."

(End of this chapter)