I truly wanted them to release all those Liaison Group members.
After all, if something really happened to them, there would be an irreconcilable rift between us and Yan Rou's faction of Returnees.
In my view, things between us had not yet reached that point.
Moreover, how we handled our relationship with them could also affect the attitude of other Returnee factions toward us. If we handled it well and earned their recognition and support, they could be of great help to us.
But if we became enemies with all these Returnee organizations, the consequences would truly be unthinkable.
I figured that even Old Shu would not want to see such an outcome if he were here.
But what was the system's purpose in suddenly interfering this time? Although Han Yun kept insisting that this had not been ordered by the system and claimed she and Han Ru were good sisters, I felt that she and Han Ru were not the same kind of people at all. The same went for her husband. They seemed more like people wholeheartedly working for the system.
No ghost would believe they had done this without the system's authorization.
But what was the system trying to achieve? It surely was not merely trying to make its presence known. It could not be that boring or shallow. Its goal was probably to create chaos, to drive a wedge between us and the Returnees. It wanted to watch us fight, then reap the benefits.
But if that was really the case, why had Han Yun and the others appeared? They could clearly have done these things in secret instead of stepping into the spotlight, much less coming specifically to "discuss" with me how to deal with those Liaison Group members.
I suddenly realized that I could