"I didn't force them. Everything was voluntary."
The emotionless tone of Shiyi inevitably made the members of the Wild Dogs Gang resentful.
Although they were given a choice, their only real option was the first one, especially for those who were physically disabled.
Even if they returned to their hometown, they would be helpless without support, without a place to live, let alone farmland. Basic life would be tough.
In contrast, in Drunk Universe, there were accommodations – small rooms for two people and larger rooms for four, with coal basins to ward off the cold in winter.
They had three meals a day, each filling and with decent nutrition, as well as monthly wages. They couldn't find a better place than this.
Even if they were treated like this and were controlled, forced to become obedient puppets, they could only choose to stay.
They preferred to submit to others than to go hungry.