Chapter 3202 (Three Thousand Two Hundred and Two) Finding Trouble
He only listened to the first part of his subordinate’s report to him, and he had no idea what his subordinate said later when he was wandering. So he couldn’t tell his subordinate what he was dissatisfied with, but he was secretly glad that he had lost his temper with his subordinate because of his irritability before, so that his dissatisfaction again would not seem so abrupt.

The subordinate showed the information to Tie Wandao for the second time, and as he had said before, he reported the situation to Tie Wandao again. When the subordinate talked about the part that Tie Wandao had already heard during the first report, Tie Wandao listened carefully to what the subordinate said and found that some individual words used were different from the first time, but what he said was indeed the same as what was reported to him the first time.

At this time Tie Wandao thought: The first part is only different from what I heard for the first time in a few words, but what he said is indeed the same thing as before. It seems that he should not say anything else in the second part. This way I can rest assured and I won’t miss out on what he reports to me, and I won’t cause any consequences because I didn’t understand what he reported to me in time.

Tie Wandao felt that he had to find fault after listening to it. If he didn’t find fault, he couldn’t explain why he didn’t even say “oh” when listening to his subordinate’s report. So he asked his subordinate: “Did you say that just now?”

After his subordinate said “yes…”, Tie Wandao continued to find faults and asked his subordinates if they had said it word for word. Since he did not hear the latter part of the report when his subordinates first reported it to him because of the empty swimming phenomenon, he did not dare to find faults easily in the specific content. If he pointed out the problem specifically and found something that did not match, it would be equivalent to causing trouble for himself and arousing the suspicion of his subordinates.

He felt that no matter what, he had to act in front of his subordinates as if he had heard the contents of both reports very clearly.

Therefore, when his subordinate said “almost” uncertainly, he quickly said “Don’t think I don’t know”, and told his subordinate that he knew exactly what his subordinate said twice. Then, in order to show his dissatisfaction with his subordinate’s first report, he said to his subordinate: “Say it again, is it word for word?”

When his subordinate answered, he stuttered. He could see that he was very scared. He felt that he didn’t dare to look at his face for a short time. He was sure that his subordinate had obviously felt that he was dissatisfied with his first report. After hearing what his subordinate said, he decided that under such circumstances, he could ask his subordinate how he reacted when he first told him. He thought that when he asked, he must give his subordinate the impression of “questioning” rather than “inquiring”.

Therefore, Tie Wandao said, “Do you remember how I reacted when you first told me this?” He spoke in a low voice, which was chilly and a bit weird.

After he said this, he felt quite satisfied with his tone, thinking that his subordinates’ main reaction after hearing this would be fear of punishment rather than curiosity about why he asked this.

He was really shocked when he heard his men say that he didn’t react at all and that they didn’t hear him make any sound.

(End of this chapter)