After making his suggestion, Zhen Liu mentally prepared himself for the best and worst case scenarios.
The best-case scenario was that Dante accepted Zhen Liu's batshit insane excuse and allowed himself to be carried further into the wilderness. This way, Zhen Liu didn't get his hands dirty, and it allowed him opportunities to further study both Dante and his horde.
Zhen Liu was fairly certain that the zakos that had been stolen from him would be coming again. At least, that was the impression that he got.
As for the worst-case scenario, where Dante doesn't believe a word coming from Zhen Liu's mouth and attempts to capture or kill him instead, Zhen Liu was more than ready to go down swinging.
More specifically, after Zhen Xing made his thoughts known, he had already placed both of his hands on the handles of his hammer and club.
