The scarred man looked utterly sincere. "In desperation, this was the only solution we could think of. We had no other choice."
"If you want to take the medicinal herb back, young master, I won't complain. After all, we were the ones in the wrong."
Those words at least sounded reasonable, but Xu Tong wasn't fooled by a few glib remarks.
"I heard everything you said earlier. You've seized someone else's estate, and you're planning to stay here for the long haul."
"How do you explain that? Did you make up this whole story to coax me because you think I look easy to deceive?"
The scarred man hurriedly said, "Young master, you can ask around. The Liu Family are no decent people either. They're far worse than us."
"They've spent years bullying men and abusing women. No one in Black Tortoise City dares cross them."
"What we're doing could even count as ridding the people of a scourge. Besides, I have no ill intentions. I only want to cure my wife."
He sounded so earnest that Xu Tong didn't know what to do for a moment.
After thinking briefly, he turned to A Ting. "Since you're from Black Tortoise City, you must know whether he's telling the truth."
Xu Tong already half believed him. After all, A Ting was from Black Tortoise City, and she was right here. She might be blind, but there was nothing wrong with her ears, and she could speak.
If these people dared lie to him, their lies would soon be exposed.
Judging by their demeanor, they wouldn't dare spin lies to him at a time like this.
Sure enough, A Ting nodded slightly. "They aren't lying about that. The Liu Family really are a rotten lot."
"A while ago, when their young master