Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 7378 (Seven Thousand Three Hundred and Seventy-Eight) You're Pretending

The brown-handed man laughed and said, "I don't need to be perfunctory in this situation."

The gray-handed man said, "I know, that's why I only meant what I said, to assure you that you're not using such words to brush me off, and I wasn't testing you. Do you need me to continue stalling for you?"

Brown-Handed Man said, "No need. Actually, I never had any need to delay from the beginning. It's just that you created the effect of delaying without consulting me."

"Is this considered a blame?" Grayhand asked with a smile.

“Of course not,” the brown-handed man laughed. “The delaying effect has already been achieved, and in my opinion, it’s perfect. I’d almost say you’ve done a great job.”

"So, who were you trying to make clearly feel this?" Grayhand asked.

“You’ve asked the same question again,” the brown-handed man chuckled.

The gray-handed man said, "You're not going to give the same answer as before, are you?"

The brown-handed man pretended to have forgotten and said, "What answer did I just give?"

“Here we go again,” said the gray-handed man.

"What's coming?" the brown-handed man continued deliberately.

“I’ll just watch you put on an act,” the gray-handed man said.

"Me, pretending?" the brown-handed man laughed.

"Why are you smiling so obviously?" the gray-handed man said.

"Even a wide smile won't work?" the brown-handed man asked.

"It's not that it's impossible, but it will affect your appearance," said the gray-handed man.

"Tell me exactly how I pretended?" the brown-handed man asked deliberately.

The gray-handed man laughed and said, "Playing dumb, pretending to be confused when you know the truth."

"Really? In that case, could you tell me what answer I just gave?" the brown-handed man said with a smile.

"Oh, you mean I should proceed to the next step even though I know you're faking it?" the gray-handed man asked. "Yes," the brown-handed man chuckled, "wouldn't that make it much easier to proceed to the next step?"

The gray-handed man laughed and said, "Indeed. But I've thought of another way, which is also easy to proceed to the next step."

"Another way? What way?" the brown-handed man asked.

The gray-handed man laughed and said, "Of course, it's when you voluntarily stop pretending to be stupid."

The brown-handed man chuckled, "It seems you're more eager to move on to the next step right now. Who wants to move on to the next step more quickly, who's more proactive in changing the status quo, isn't that right?"

"It makes it sound like you don't want to move on to the next step right away," the gray-handed man laughed.

"I'm not as eager as you are. I'm fine with anything," the brown-handed man laughed. "Whether you answer my question or not is up to you."

"That was a clever move," Grayhand laughed.

The brown-handed man laughed and said, "The moment you take the initiative to speak, it makes you seem even more capable."

The gray-handed man laughed and said, "What was your answer to me just now? You said to me in this tone, 'I don't know who to tell.'"

"I didn't expect you to suddenly start mimicking what I just said again," the brown-handed man laughed.

The gray-handed man laughed and said, "Why don't you give your opinion?"

"What are you evaluating?" the brown-handed man asked.

"Does it look like it?" the gray-handed man asked.

“You didn’t ask me for my opinion just now,” the brown-handed man laughed.

"Later I said I'd let you give your evaluation too," said the gray-handed man.

The brown-handed man laughed and said, "That's why I'll give my evaluation later. There were good reasons why I didn't give my evaluation earlier."

Grayhand said, "Why bother with sufficient reasons when discussing this kind of topic in a place like this? It's like we're being too formal."