At the time, Zhang Tieniu had wanted to argue back, but all of a sudden, he felt that any argument would be especially powerless. This really was the truth. He had no way to fool the other party unless he had truly never done such things in the first place.
"Isn't there a saying? People die for wealth, birds die for food. What I did was perfectly logical. Don't pin all of this on me. I have a family to support too, and I need to eat my fill. If all of you blame me, it'll only make me feel like I'm some kind of beast."
"Am I really that rotten and beyond redemption? I don't think so. Forget it, just let me off this time. From now on, I'll do my best to make sure this never happens again. You're magnanimous people, so can't you forgive me? To put it bluntly, I..."
"I'm also quite an honest person. I would never do something so utterly devoid of conscience. After all, throughout my life, I've always believed that if you do something so unconscionable, then forget ordinary people—even Old Man Heaven himself wouldn't be able to forgive you."
Only moments after he finished those few sentences, everyone felt deeply helpless. At that moment, Saint Lord Taichu could only say to Zhang Tieniu, "Have you got something wrong? I'm speaking to you seriously right now."
"Is it interesting for you to keep beating around the bush with me here? To put it bluntly, little brother, if I didn't still have the slightest bit of hope in you and think you could change, why would I stay with you?"
"Shut your mouth. Don't say another word. If you dare do this sort of thing to these ordinary people again, I truly won't