Chapter 6084 (six thousand and eighty-four) four times
“You put the thing in a clean place halfway through. When he punished you, was the reason he gave that you didn’t do exactly what he said?” asked the man with gray hands.

“You all know it already, so do I need to say more?” asked the man with brown hands.

The Gray Hand said, “It seems easy to guess.”

“Not bad. You seem to be very good at guessing things about him.” The brown-handed man said with a smile.

“Aren’t you?” the Gray Hand asked. “Very good at it.”

The Brown-Handed Man said, “Not bad. I’m pretty good at guessing things about you.”

“If that’s the case, I’m also good at guessing things about you,” said the Gray Hand Man. “Do you know why I say that?”

The brown-handed man said, “Isn’t what happened just now enough to explain the problem?”

The Gray Hands said, “What does that prove? Are you good at guessing things about me?”

The brown-handed man said, “Yes, let’s say what I just said is about him, but it can also be said to be about you, right?”

The Gray Hand said, “That’s right.”

The brown-handed man said, “So you guessed it right about me.”

The Gray Hand said, “What do you think? Don’t tell me you don’t agree with this.”

“Why would you disagree?” The brown-handed man said, “Let me continue to tell you about the thing I just carried.”

“Is there anything new happening later?” said the man with gray hands.

“Yes.” The brown-handed man said, “I didn’t expect this either. I’m not breaking my promise by saying this, am I?”

“Of course not. With me, there’s no such thing as going back on your word,” said the man with gray hands.

“Yeah, it’s not in front of him, right?” said the brown-handed man.

“Then tell me.” The Gray Hand Man said. The Brown Hand Man said, “A few days later, I did something else that didn’t satisfy him, so he brought up the issue of me carrying things on my back. Although he had punished me on the day I carried things on my back, when he brought it up again, it made me feel like he wanted to punish me again.”

“Being punished twice for the same thing?” asked the man with gray hands.

“Is it new?” said the Brown-Handed Man. “Not really. I did something that did not satisfy him before, and he punished me four times.”

“Was it a punishment that day?” asked the brown-handed man.

“The first time was that day,” said the Gray Hand Man.

“What about the other three times?” asked the Brown-Handed Man.

“The second and third times are within this month.” said the man with gray hands.

“What about the fourth time?” asked the brown-handed man.

“The fourth time will be in five months.” said the man with gray hands.

“What happened five months later?” asked the Brown-Handed Man.

“He said that the thing I did before that didn’t satisfy him had a follow-up impact on him five months later, causing the failure of his new job.” said the Gray Hand Man.

“Is it such a big impact?” asked the Brown-Handed Man.

“It’s not that big of an impact.” Gray Hand said, “In fact, his new business could have been successful, but in order to gain more benefits, he took the most risky approach and failed.”

“Is there any necessary connection between his failure and what you did five months ago?” asked the brown-handed man.

“I can’t find any necessary connection. But he said that if I had done that thing to his satisfaction five months ago, perhaps he would have been more confident when he took the riskiest approach. He said that the more confident he was, the easier it would be to do it well five months later.” said the man with gray hands.

“Did I punish you again just for this?” asked the Brown-Handed Man.

(End of this chapter)