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Chen Xiaojun sat quietly beside Zhu Yanfeng, the hem of his robe falling to the floor, hiding every subtle movement he made.
His eyelids were lowered slightly, as if he had no interest in this sharp-edged confrontation before him. Only when Chen Zhang threw out those three options for leaving did his eyes lift for an almost imperceptible instant.
Second uncle's methods... Chen Xiaojun murmured inwardly, observing with a trace of cold detachment.
The conditions Chen Zhang proposed were, in essence, naked incorporation and control.
Unlike Chen Xiaojun's past approach of using more generous "treatment" and "development prospects" to absorb people softly, what Chen Zhang displayed now was absolute dominance after an iron-blooded crushing on the battlefield, when the overall situation had already been decided.
He did not leave Tan Yashuang and Tang Hengyu much room to fantasize about "treatment," much less paint any specific rosy picture of what life would be like after submitting.
What he offered was a real choice after their room for survival had been sealed off—either submit to the new order and become one part of it, or be exiled completely to the margins of survival and left to fend for themselves.
This was far crueler than the "enticement" Chen Xiaojun had expected, but it also suited the Chen family's position better as the victor and rebuilder of order.
What could not be gained on the battlefield should not be expected in greater measure at the negotiating table.
Chen Zhang was drawing the bottom line clearly: now that the dust had settled, the ruler of Huagai District's Underground World could only be the order represented by the Chen Family Allied Forces. Other forces either merged into it or disappeared.
With methods of Vertical and