"Tell me, your cargo is all living people. Where are you sending them?"
"I..."
Dalke hesitated. He knew the truth would come out sooner or later, but he really didn't know which choice to make.
"Speak..."
"I know you're formidable, but I advise you not to meddle in this affair. Pretend you know nothing about this. Consider it a plea from me, for your own good." Dalke had long lost the swagger of his former self and now could only beg the young man before him to let him go.
"Just the words you said to Leng Yue are enough for you to die a thousand times. I've kept you alive until now just to get to the bottom of this matter. If you refuse to speak, you can prepare to feed the fish in the ocean."
"No, no, no, I'll talk, I'll talk..."
Then, from Dalke's mouth, Xiaofan learned the general course of events.
