"Thank you."
George still respected Xinghe, so he did not make things difficult for her. He led his men away to give them some privacy. Shi Jian by then had realized the gravity of the situation. He and his men looked at Xinghe in silence.
Xinghe met their gazes and said directly, "The top officials decided to send all of you to a small island. You will have a good life there, and they will not harm you."
Shi Jian was not so easily fooled, he demanded, "Why should we be forced to live on this island and be escorted there in this manner like we're fugitives?"
"I am sorry, I had no idea they would come to this kind of decision. They wanted to separate you all from normal human society."
"Why?" Shi Jian asked in agitation, but as he did so, the answer already came to him.
"They want to punish us for our sins?" he asked with a gloom over his face. Xinghe did not answer, but the meaning was clear. Shi Jian and the guys' faces darkened.
