Shen Tang wore her suspicion plainly on her face.
Even a mermaid had eyes. No matter how poor his social skills were, he could still read the meaning in her expression. He also understood that showing up to pledge himself to Kang in the middle of its war with the Southwest Allied Army would make anyone with a working brain suspicious of his intentions. To win their trust, he had to be honest. The mermaid said, "I know Lord Shen doesn't trust me, but I can't offer a pledge of loyalty just yet, so I have no way to prove my innocence."
Was this a sincere surrender or a feigned one?
Shen Tang set the matter aside for now and asked, "May I ask what grudge your ancestors held against Luo Yuan?"
The mermaid replied, "Oh, he slept with my grandma."
Shen Tang: "..."
That one sentence left her utterly at a loss.
If she hadn't spent years as the person in charge, honing her ability to control her emotions, the mermaid's words would have made her lose her composure. He'd blurted out something so explosive—did he really feel no need to hold back around her? Gu Chi clenched a fist to his lips and coughed uncontrollably.
The mermaid looked around at everyone's reactions, confused.
"I mean, he slept with my grandma, nearly angered my grandpa to death, and my father killed himself out of shame. The grudge between our families is huge. I have to avenge it." Weren't people out there supposed to be touchy about this sort of thing? Wasn't what Luo Yuan had done proof enough that he wanted to kill him?
Shen Tang: "...There's nothing wrong with wanting revenge."
She was more concerned about why the mermaid shared a surname with Luo Yuan.
Were the mermaid's