Chapter 15 Pretending to Be Real_3

They had now adopted a "threat first, politeness later" strategy: Brother Sun had first seized control of the situation with hooligan tactics, followed by Brother Huang stepping in to play the refined gentleman, offering a softer approach—by playing good cop and bad cop like this, they were more likely to resolve the conflict.

Once Huang Donglai had said this, the villagers all started to question things, turning to look at the inn's shopkeeper in unison. After all, he was the one who had called them out, so if there was a price to pay, it should be on him.

The shopkeeper thought to himself that this "faux Huang Donglai" spoke in an educational manner and seemed to make some sense, which made communication possible, and thus he asked, "You say...you are Sun Yixie, Huang Donglai?"

As he thought and asked this, he did not stop to consider whether his own previous words and actions made any sense.