Little Barren Island was in turmoil.
Because of the returnees, the people of Little Barren Island were no longer united.
Their attitudes toward the returnees clearly divided them into two distinct factions.
One faction supported carefully verifying the identities of the returnees. The other, led by Old Master Zhong, believed the returnees should be treated kindly, since they were all their relatives.
The crux of the matter was that they were relatives. If they were not, things would not have come to this.
Although I felt they were being somewhat arbitrary, they did not seem entirely wrong, either emotionally or logically.
But I understood even more clearly that undercurrents were surging beneath the surface. The appearance of these three returnees was very likely just a test—a test of our attitude toward returnees and what measures we would take. If we showed them tolerance and acceptance, or even treated them as heroes of Little Barren Island like Old Master Zhong did, and agreed to let them manage the clans, then we would be in serious trouble!
"Mr. Jiang, what do we do now?" After Yu Gui saw the others off, he came back to see me. He and Liu Lan said they had something to discuss with me alone, so Liu Lan found an excuse to leave the room.
I lit a cigarette. "For now, we can only adapt to whatever comes our way and proceed cautiously. Notify your people in each family to keep a close watch on these returnees. You hold considerable status in your families and even have a certain degree of influence, so you must stabilize the situation at critical moments. Let me know immediately if there is any news. I'll be the one putting out fires."
Yu Gui gave a bitter smile. "I'm afraid that if