Iron Snow Clouds

Chapter 979 Trauma

He touched the paper on the table again and felt that part of it was not yet dry.

He thought about how when he rushed over with the fish in his arms, Tie Hongyan seemed to have just opened the door and come out of the meeting room, but the subordinate at the door did not look like he had just come out of the meeting room, and that subordinate looked like he wanted to say something to her but had not had time to say it. He thought that Tie Hongyan was probably the only one in the meeting room before, and that subordinate might have just come to look for her.

Before that, just after Wu Xunsheng rushed into the meeting room holding the fish, Tie Hongyan asked the subordinate who knocked on the door: "What's the matter?"

"Reporting to the acting clan leader, the person sent by the clan leader asked me to inform the acting clan leader as soon as possible that the clan leader has come out of retreat and has gone to his own room in Bakong Palace to rest. He will rest until tomorrow and no one is allowed to disturb him during the rest period. The clan leader asked the acting clan leader to meet him in the meeting hall of Bakong Palace at 7:00 tomorrow. The clan leader will officially announce his coming out of retreat at 9:00 the day after tomorrow. When 9:00 the day after tomorrow arrives, the acting clan leader will resume his position as young clan leader." The subordinate spoke very slowly, as if he was speaking word by word.

The reason why this subordinate became like this was because he had suffered a serious trauma. Once before, he spoke too quickly and did not express himself clearly, which caused extremely serious consequences that could never be undone. That incident had a great impact on him. Since then, in order to express himself clearly enough and prevent any consequences from happening again, he always spoke very slowly to others. When reporting important things to people he considered important, he was even more careful, always lowering his head slightly and not looking at other people's faces, in order to prevent being distracted by looking at other people's expressions and affecting his thoughts when speaking.

Some people became impatient and mocked him because he spoke slowly, while others spoke to him less often because he spoke slowly.

Tie Hongyan knew that this subordinate had caused serious consequences due to his failure to express himself clearly, and understood that the trauma in his heart would take time to recover. She had never shown any impatience because he spoke very slowly. Even when she was really short on time, she would patiently wait for that subordinate to finish what he wanted to say word by word.

"I understand." Tie Hongyan said.

"Acting Patriarch, have I explained myself clearly?" the subordinate asked, worried that he had not explained himself clearly enough because he was suffering from severe trauma.

"Clear! Very clear! You always make it very clear!" said Tie Hongyan.

The subordinate heaved a sigh of relief and left with peace of mind. From the moment the subordinate saw Tie Hongyan until he left, Tie Hongyan's expression had always been very normal. The subordinate lowered his head slightly when he spoke, and didn't look at her face much. He had no idea that she had cried before, nor did he think that she was any different from usual.

After learning from her subordinates that Tie Wandao had come out of confinement, she returned to the meeting room.

As soon as she entered, she saw Wu Xunsheng staring at the white paper on the table, and thought: That piece of paper was not put away in time, so it shouldn't reveal anything, right?

When Wu Xunsheng heard Tie Hongyan coming in, he turned his eyes away from the white paper and looked at her. He said to her, "Acting Clan Leader, I just rushed over recklessly and asked you directly, 'Is there any water in the meeting room?' without even calling you first. It was very rude. I hope Acting Clan Leader can forgive me!"

(End of this chapter)