Chapter 441 - Pliable (1/2)

Chapter 441 - Pliable

TL: LifeisaJourney

Liu Gan gestured for the others to start walking.

“Aren’t you afraid that I’m a bad uncle, that I might kidnap you to sell? How can you just trust me like that?” Liu Gan started asking after he walked with Wan’er for some distance.

“You do look like a bad uncle,” Wan’er laughed at Liu Gan’s rhetorical question.

“I don’t think I look like a bad uncle?” Liu Gan answered indifferently. He kept an eye out for Wan’er. He was leading the way, but he couldn’t lose this important NPC. All their efforts would be in vain if they lost sight of her now.

“It is because you are handsome!” Wan’er giggled at Liu Gan.

“You are a young child, how do you know who is handsome or not?” Liu Gan was surprised by her answer.

“Young pervert!” Ana had a disdainful expression.

“Who would’ve thought that our Lord Liu would have a gentle side!” Stratos interjected.

“Haven’t you heard of the song lyric, ‘even those with hearts of steel can be refined to become pliable’? Do you understand what that means?” Ana started to hammer down on Stratos.

“What does that song lyric mean? I don’t believe I’ve heard of it before,” Stratos shot back at Ana.

“You don’t even understand that? Let me explain the technology behind the process of metal refinement in ancient China. Start with melting raw material in the furnace. Afterwards the melted material is called a bloom, the blacksmith would hammer the bloom into bars. This step of forging requires constant hammering and then immediate quenching in water. By heating and hammering out the impurities, the metal will become pliable and durable. Assassins can wrap their swords around their bodies. The most flexible sword could be wrapped around a finger. That is what it means to be pliable!” Ana started explaining.

“So that’s what it means to be pliable? I thought you meant that moment when the man and the woman melt into each other’s embrace,” Stratos continued to jeer, nitpicking the words.

“Tch! Is that the only thing you can think of in that small brain of yours? So after I explained it to you, do you know the song’s lyric now? It was about how a man’s heart of steel can be refined through repeated obstacles and changes, until the heart becomes like a treasured sword, both flexible and durable. I definitely don’t mean the general public like you. The man who has the heart of steel is definitely Lord Liu!” Ana finished her spiel. She glanced over at Liu Gan to see his reaction.

Men and women were not that different on how they handle love. Ana thought she was different from other women. As a strong-willed woman, she still had a crush on that type of bold man.

“Ah… even if you worship Lord Liu, no need to belittle us?” Stratos complained.

“Yeah! He’s right!” Star Yu chimed in on the protest.

Liu Gan didn’t lower his guard listening to this casual conversation. Beyond the loud voices nearby, Liu Gan’s ear picked up a distinct rhythmic footstep. It was as faint as the first time he had heard it. It was charging in from the distance, but Liu Gan frowned at the unwelcome guest. It didn’t take long for Star Yu to notice the Crocodile rushing in, and shout to alert the other two. It seems that there was only one Crocodile appearing in the park.

This Crocodile creature appeared at the most inappropriate times. Right as he was about to complete this side task of taking Wan’er to the bathroom, it showed up and interrupted them.