The moment his eyes met Ye Yuan's.
Mu Qiang nodded awkwardly, then lowered his voice and asked:
"Uncle, did the Long family tell you why they couldn't take back my friend's island?"
Speaking of this matter, even Mu Qiang's uncle from the Mu Family found it rather strange.
The call he had received had merely asked him to step in and persuade his nephew.
But from the information his nephew had given him now,
he realized it as well.
Things did not seem to be as simple as he had imagined.
"Long Aolin told me that your friend had leased the island for twenty years.
He said it wasn't appropriate for him to interfere in Pinghai County's affairs.
That was why he asked me to persuade you. But now, it seems things aren't that simple!"
"Yeah, Uncle, think about it. If the Long family could take the leasehold from my friend,
would they really come to you so humbly?
I know you and that person from the Long family don't exactly get along."
Mu Qiang did not know much about the affairs of his elders.
Nor was he familiar with Long An's uncle.
But that did not stop him from analyzing things. After all, he knew Long An very well.
If things were really as the Long family claimed, and they simply did not want to interfere in Pinghai's affairs,
then that would be a damn joke.
Now, it seemed there could only be one explanation.
The Long family could not obtain the leasehold rights to Ye Yuan's Fishing Bay Island with their own influence.
Or rather, if the Long family wanted to obtain the leasehold rights here,
the price they would have to pay would far exceed the compensation stipulated in the wager.
That was why the Long family