All of them continued to make their case loudly and they were filled with sincerity. It was as if the Chang family had already become the only thing that could save them.
Nobody wanted to give up this chance. Without a first tier family to lead the way, there was no way any of them could go up against the Long family.
Chang Zaiyuan's eyes remained half closed. He placed both hands on the wooden chair and didn't say anything.
His expression looked like he didn't care about any of this, and didn't seem to have heard anything they said and didn't know what they were saying.
"Mr Chang, if the Long family continues to be so domineering and really ends up taking over the north, then everybody will be mere ants to them!"
"Exactly! How many powerful families have disappeared over the past year? This all happened because of the Long family!"
"They're too ambitious and they will swallow all of us too!"
They continued to persuade Chang Zaiyuan, saying that they were willing to contribute their best fighters, that they were willing to pay any price as long as they could survive this. They felt that anything was worth it as long as they could fight against the Long family.
This was now a matter of life and death and their families might perish anytime, so everyone had to tread carefully.
And nobody could afford to hold back anymore.
"All of you here," Chang Zaiyuan suddenly opened his eyes and started speaking. Everyone immediately kept quiet and didn't dare to say anything. "Why have all of you come here to look for me?"
His face was expressionless and his voice was hoarse. He looked around and saw that everyone dared not look him in the eye and quickly lowered their heads.
"The Long family can go ahead and be ambitious. What has this got to do with my family?” asked Chang Zaiyuan. "The feud you have with the Long family has nothing to do with the Chang family, no?"
"Why should I stand on the same side as all of you and offend someone who's so difficult to deal with?"
He spoke very slowly, but each word seemed to knock hard on everyone's heart. They felt like their breathing was quickening and even their blood started to flow faster than before.
Everyone fell silent and looked at each other, as if they were all waiting for one of them to explain this situation.
But nobody was willing to.
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