Unless, of course, the Jiufang family possesses the strength to fight five against one, enough to deter both sides from attacking them.

But the truth is, they don't have the ability, so they have to choose sides in advance.

The Lin and Bai families are too opportunistic and cunning to be trusted partners, so they have no choice but to choose the Shen family.

Jiu Fangjing's expression changed several times. He wanted to say something, but he held back when he saw Shen Nanxing, who remained silent.

He didn't want to be at a disadvantage, even though before he came his father told him that there must be someone behind the Lin and Bai families, someone who could rival the Shen family, so he had to bow his head when necessary.

They had to get on the Shen family's bandwagon to avoid being tricked by the Lin and Bai families in the end.

Shen Nanxing kept staring at the sea, as if there was something interesting in it, but his expression was so calm that it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Jiang Nian'an nestled in his arms, holding a bag of chocolate balls in her hand, eating them with relish.

Both of them remained calm and composed, but Jiu Fangjing was extremely anxious and hesitated to speak.

Only after Yunhua and the others had finished skewering the meat and waved in their direction, indicating that they could start grilling, did Shen Nanxing slowly speak, "What exactly are you trying to say?"

"I!"

Jiu Fangjing was furious. He had made himself so clear, yet this guy was still pretending to be confused!

He clenched his fist tightly, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then, suppressing his anger, said, "We want to take sides."

"Want to take sides?"

"yes!"

Jiu Fangjing nodded, feeling relieved; the guy had finally reacted.

"You must have been to the Luo family before you came here, right?" Shen Nanxing asked him again.

Jiu Fangjing was confused by what he heard, but he still nodded and said, "Yes, I have been there."

He not only went there, but also invited Luo Yi to come with him to find Shen Nanxing, but Luo Yi refused.

He guessed it was because the Luo family was already part of the Shen family's group, and they didn't need to make a special trip like him.

"Didn't Luo Yi tell you why he didn't come?"

Jiu Fangjing was taken aback. "Didn't you say? Does this have anything to do with whether Luo Yi comes or not? Besides, aren't they already your people?"

"This has nothing to do with Luo Yi, and you're wrong about one thing: they're not one of our people."

The six families united as one to fight the enemy. Separately, each family operated independently; there was no distinction between them.

"No, we've come this far, and you're still going to tell me all this nonsense?"

Jiu Fangjing scratched his hair in frustration.

Shen Nanxing ignored him and instead looked down at Jiang Nian'an, saying, "Are you hungry? Let's go get something to eat."

"Wait, Second Young Master!" Jiu Fangjing reached out to stop the two who were about to leave, his face full of determination. "Please give me a definite answer."

What's the problem between the Lin family and the Bai family?

Jiang Nian'an looked at Jiu Fangjing and sighed. She had already figured out the problem, but this young master was still clueless.

"What do you mean?" Jiu Fangjing was taken aback.

Jiang Nian'an sighed again, looked at him and asked, "Is the Jiufang family going to be the first of the six families to split into one?"

Jiu Fangjing had already inquired about it before he came.

He knew Jiang Nian'an's identity and knew that even if he offended Shen Nanxing, he couldn't afford to offend Jiang Nian'an, otherwise Shen Nanxing would rather smash the ship than let them board.

So what should have been an angry interrogation turned into a cautious inquiry: "I don't understand what you mean, can you explain?"

The Lin family and the Bai family were the first to split into six families, so how did it suddenly become the Jiu Fang family?

The pot was huge; it hit him so hard he felt dizzy.

Shen Nanxing glanced at him and for the first time realized that the Jiu Fang family members weren't very smart.

Is it because I'm too stubborn that my mind works too slowly?

“Take these words back with you, and your father will understand what they mean.”

If he sends you to me again later, tell him that it's fine not to join this team; we don't need your strength.

After saying that, he put his arm around Jiang Nian'an's shoulder and walked towards the barbecue grill. It has to be said, the barbecue smelled really good.

"Bro, what's going on? Didn't you reach an agreement? They didn't agree?"

After Shen Nanxing and Jiang Nian'an left, Jiu Fangling quickly walked to Jiu Fangjing's side and asked in a quiet but urgent voice.

"Let's go back and talk about it first."

Jiu Fangjing shook his head, frowning without saying anything more.

"Alright."

Jiu Fangling nodded and asked no more questions, then followed Jiu Fangjing, whose expression was solemn, back.

"Brother Chen, do you think he's genuinely stupid or just pretending?"

Jiang Nian'an turned back to look at the two people who were gradually walking away, and narrowed her eyes slightly.

If Brother Shen had agreed to him directly, it would mean that the Shen family intended to split into six families.

If the Jiufang family were to spread the news of their successful alliance, it would undoubtedly give the Lin and Bai families a plausible reason that they were forced by the Shen family to side with the Bi family.

Then everything they are doing now will become reasonable, and the only one at fault is the Shen family.

If they do something even more horrific in the future, all we need to do is bring this up, and there will always be some stupid fool who can't see the bigger picture and blame it all on the Shen family.

Old Master Long could offer some explanations on their behalf, but given the current situation, a few words of explanation won't be enough to change people's minds.

Currently, it seems only the survivors in Beijing are faring relatively well; survivors in other areas are struggling in misery, compounded by the other monsters created by the mastermind behind it all...

Suffering needs an outlet.

Even if the apocalypse has nothing to do with the Shen family or the person behind it, it doesn't matter if there's a ready-made outlet for their emotions.

"He may not have really thought of it, but his father certainly did."

Given Jiu Fanghong's personality, he's probably only thinking about it as a possible backup plan, hoping it will give him an extra trump card. He might not have the guts to actually reveal it.

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