Shiranui Asuka carefully considered what Xiao Qi had said, unwittingly sinking deep into thought.
Should I abandon Xie Yujiao now?
When Shiranui Asuka remained silent for a long while, Shuten Doji was puzzled.
"Xiao Xiang, aren't we leaving?" Shuten asked tentatively.
But A-Xiang's brow remained tightly furrowed as she pondered something.
"Ugh, what a pain..." Shuten Doji sighed and slowly turned around. The monsters behind him followed him over.
Cowherd looked at the man before him without a trace of fear.
"Brother."
Shuten took a cigarette from inside his clothes and offered it to Cowherd.
Cowherd accepted it and put it between his lips. Shuten promptly took out a lighter and lit it for him.
"Could you do me a favor? Let things slide with this woman for now?" Shuten asked, pointing at Xie Yujiao.
Cowherd quietly took a drag and said, "Brother, if you were in my shoes, and someone had tortured the woman you loved to death, would you just let it go?"
Shuten knew he was somewhat in the wrong.
In all his years as a leader, he had never been so clearly in the wrong.
In their world, one was one, and two was two.
If you were wrong, you owned up to it. If you took a beating, you stood firm.
Trying to persuade the other man to back down now only made Shuten the unreasonable one.
Besides, the man before him wasn't harming innocents, nor did he want Xiao Xiang's life. He only wanted revenge.
Shuten turned to glance discreetly at Shiranui Asuka again, as though hoping for an order, but she was still pondering something in silence.
"Ah..." Shuten let out a deep sigh. "What a pain... Brother, I know you're in the right, but I have my own difficulties. If you won't