Chapter 4881 (Four Thousand Eight Hundred and Eighty-One)

“Then didn’t you think that he could cheat you again during this period of time?” asked the man with gray hands.

That person said, “Now that I’ve heard what you said, I think about it… You’re right… Yes… It’s possible… He could have cheated me again at this time, but… But I didn’t think of it at the time. But… It’s not a bad thing for me not to think of it, after all… After all, what happened later… It really seemed… It seemed to be similar to what he said.”

“Did later events confirm what he said?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

The man said, “Actually…actually I don’t know how to say it’s confirmed…or not confirmed. I can only say my own…feelings…I think it’s very likely…can be confirmed.”

The Gray Hand Man asked, “How did he react after you said that?”

“He kept laughing and talking to me… letting me speak… and continuing to speak…” said the man.

“Did you say that?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“I just felt that I couldn’t do what he said, so… I didn’t say it right away.” said the man.

“How is he?” asked the Gray Hand.

“He said I dare not speak again.” The man said, “He said that I am an idiot… I call myself a Tiecang person… I call myself a person, but… I dare not even speak… It is an insult to the word ‘person’.”

“You didn’t dare to speak at that time, mainly because you believed what he said?” Gray Hand asked. “Yes.” The man said, “Even though he had just deceived me once before, but… but at this time, when I heard him say that he wanted me to speak, I still felt that… no matter what, I couldn’t do what he said.”

“Is it because you didn’t think that he might be cheating you again at this time?” asked the man with gray hands.

“Yes.” The man said, “I was very scared at the time, but… I really didn’t think about cheating him. Now that I think about it, actually… my reaction at the time was really wrong… I was cheated so badly by him before, but at this time, I believed everything he said… without thinking whether he was setting a trap for me again… Why did that happen?”

“Now that you think about it, what might be the reason?” asked the Gray Hand Man.

“Maybe… maybe I was focused on… not being able to do what he said?” the man said.

“If he really cheated you, and if it is actually beneficial for you to do what he said, when you know this situation, will you choose to do something that is disadvantageous to you in order not to do what he said?” asked the man with gray hands.

“Now that I recall that time… I feel… I feel that it should be like this.” The man said, “What you said makes me think… that my situation at that time might have been related to something.”

“Tell me what you think now.” said the man with gray hands.

“It’s… related to what you said.” The man said, “I think… at this stage, after being cheated more than once… I may have a consciousness deep in my heart that I didn’t even notice… That consciousness is… whatever he guides me to do, I must… do the opposite… I must never give in… No matter whether what he guides me to do is harmful to me or not… I… can’t do it.”

(End of this chapter)