Fearing that they would inadvertently blurt out the secret, everyone had been using all their mind power to come up with awkward excuses. The five beasts could handle this better, but finding all kinds of excuses almost killed those socially-inept mercenaries.
"City lord, please ignore what we said before. We… had no other choice." Those mercenaries were embarrassed. They wished they could slap themselves to death on the thought of the excuses they had made.
They had just randomly blurted out excuses when they were out of their wits!
"Yes, it was all in good health."
"Also, I don't have a wife yet…"
Shen Yanxiao was between smiles and tears when she heard those explanations but most of all, she felt moved.
