The dim light from the paper lantern in his hand was reflected on the fat man's face, making his dark eyes look even more empty and weird.
The darkness inside seemed to be a little deeper.
"Don't say such things casually." He said, "You are hysterical. How can you mistake a fish for a human being?"
This attitude of refusing to admit anything is indeed very strange.
Even the players themselves don't understand why they are so obsessed with self-deception and refuse to give in on this matter.
But the fat man's words the next second made the air suddenly quiet again.
The players wondered, what was he planning
"But - considering that I brought you here, as long as your mental state is normal in the end, and you are willing to return the stolen items and admit your mistakes -" the fat man spoke slowly, his expression seemed very kind, "the people in our village can all forgive you."
"We can let bygones be bygones. I'm sure the other villagers will give me some leniency. Old Li, don't you think so?"
Old Li's expression was obviously frozen.
His expression remained terrifying and sinister, staring at the players fiercely, as if he couldn't wait to eat their flesh and blood. However, when the fat man asked him, he showed a rather resentful and reluctant expression. His Adam's apple rolled a few times, making a dry and hoarse sound. But after a brief pause, he still responded.
"Look, we are both willing to reconcile."
The fat man said with a smile.
"Even though his entire family was wiped out and he was the only one left, he was still willing to reconcile. He is really generous. We can't learn to be this generous."
The man in the suit spoke politely, but his words were very poisonous, stabbing Lao Li accurately like a steel knife.
Although it was Lao Li's own choice, after killing his daughter, in order to ensure a smooth ceremony and avoid being blamed, it was ridiculous that a man who killed his wife and son wanted to "reconcile" so lightly at this time.
Sure enough, after the man in the suit mocked him, Lao Li's eyes opened wider, as if they were about to roll out of their sockets, bloodshot, and looked extremely scary. But it seemed that he was concerned about the fat man, so he endured the insult. He took another step back without saying a word, lowered his head, and covered up his sinister and resentful expression.
The fat man could still laugh, probably because the target of the man in the suit's sharp tongue was not him.
"Harmony brings wealth."
"and… "
His eyes fell on those "mermaids".
To be more precise, it fell on the "mermaid mother" on Yuan Yuxue's back.
Under the fat man's gaze, her body began to tremble again. Her tail was stretched straight and stiffly stuck to Yuan Yuxue's back. Her transparent nails seemed to be silently and more forcefully pinching Yuan Yuxue's shoulders.
She seemed very scared.
It was hard to tell whether he was afraid of the villagers who were enslaving, oppressing, and even skinning and sucking their marrow, or if he was afraid of something else.
"What can they offer you?" the fat man asked sincerely, "If it offers you what I can also give you. Even better, easier and without risk?"