Li did not move, nor did he change his expression much, looking at the two as if he had said nothing out of the ordinary. He did not want to pressure them into fear or anger or any other possible reaction. He wanted them to naturally react to his words so that he could gauge exactly how complicit they were with this as well.
It may be that they did not know at all about the slaves, that perhaps Chevrette just snuck them there, but Li seriously doubted that.
"I knew it!" Ada's husband stood up, his knees wobbling. He pointed an accusing finger at Li. "I thought your strength far too unnatural. You are with the duchess, are you not? An undercover hero come to bring reckoning upon our sins."
