Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 7402 (Seven Thousand Four Hundred and Two) - A Misinterpretation
The gray-handed man said, "How can you say that seriously?"

The brown-handed man laughed and said, "Just make sure you take it seriously."

The gray-handed man asked, "How do you define taking a serious and earnest attitude?"

The man with the brown hands said, "Your attitude now is a bit serious."

“But I didn’t say those six words. I was just talking to you about something else. Actually, I just didn’t laugh as obviously as you did, and I wasn’t being serious either,” Grayhand said.

The brown-handed man asked with a smile, "Why aren't you smiling as much as before?"

The gray-handed man said, "Why would I be laughing so obviously? To be honest, I suddenly thought of a lot of vague things just now."

The brown-handed man asked, "About the past?"

“Yes,” Grayhand said, “so my feelings at the time were somewhat complicated.”

"You want to joke with me, but at the same time you're thinking about some situations that you still can't quite put your finger on?" the Brown-Handed Man asked.

The gray-handed man replied, "That's right."

The brown-handed man said, "Should we not have brought this up?"

"It's not exactly an opening," said Grayhand. "Didn't we just end up here in the middle of a conversation?"

Brown-Handed Man asked, "But won't that have some consequences?"

"What impact can it have?" Grayhand asked.

“Like how you feel right now,” the brown-handed man said.

“Actually, if we put it that way, many things people say can affect how others feel, so it won’t make a difference if we do it this time,” said the Gray-Handed Man. The Brown-Handed Man said, “However, won’t this create a very bad impression?”

The gray-handed man said, "It's not that serious. I mean, it's not that serious for me. But what about for you? That's a question for you to answer."

“Didn’t I just say that to you with a smile?” the brown-handed man asked. “You heard the laughter too.”

“I know you’re saying this to me with a smile, but you can’t necessarily convey all your feelings directly through your voice, can you?” Grayhand asked.

The brown-handed man said, "Are you trying to say that my feelings just now were actually rather subtle?"

“I’m not sure if that’s what I meant,” said the gray-handed man.

“Actually, even if you said that, there wouldn’t be any problem,” the brown-handed man said.

"What do you mean by 'problem'?" Grayhand asked.

"That's pretty much what 'speaking off-topic' means," said the brown-handed man.

Grayhand said, "You mean, even if I say your feelings just now were rather subtle, it wouldn't be a biased statement?"

The brown-handed man replied, “Yes. Actually, when I asked you in this tone just now, ‘Why aren’t you smiling as much as before?’ I was smiling, but the feeling wasn’t one-dimensional.”

"How complicated were your feelings at the time?" Grayhand asked.

“To put it simply, I also had some vague thoughts at the time,” the Brown-Handed Man said. “It seemed to be a scene from a long time ago, but I can’t quite put my finger on it. However, these things flashed by so quickly that I didn’t notice them at first. Then you said to me in this tone, ‘Honestly, I suddenly had a lot of vague thoughts just now.’ After hearing what you said, I realized that I had also had some vague thoughts before, although when I said it, I didn’t think of ‘a lot,’ but I did have some.”

The gray-handed man said, "You wouldn't be thinking about it more and more after hearing what I said, and then you think that you had more vague ideas before, would you?"

The brown-handed man said, "I can't even explain what happened myself."