Chu Jing gave a faint acknowledgment and swiftly put away her knife.
She walked over to the man on the far left and stopped, a gentle smile gracing her face.
The man swallowed hard and began to stammer.
"W-we didn't have a choice. If we don't do what they say, they'll kill our female beasts and children... We... we really have no other option."
The two men beside him nodded frantically, their faces filled with grievance and helplessness.
"Yes, yes! It's the same for us! They're holding our loved ones hostage. If we don't follow their orders, our families will die!"
"Who do you think you're fooling?"
Xuyue's low voice drifted from the shadows of a nearby tree.
"A brute like you, with that thuggish face and foul stench... you expect us to believe a female beast would willingly be with you? Who would fall for such a story? Do you take us for fools?"
Hearing this, Chu Jing furrowed her brow slightly.
