"What do you mean, what do I think?"
Lin Feng kept his face blank as he asked the question calmly.
He was playing dumb, laughing coldly to himself.
Joseph tilted his head and studied Lin Feng. He couldn't tell whether the man was genuinely clueless or only pretending not to understand.
"Since you don't seem to understand, Shanhai, I'll be direct."
"I said I could help you deal with the Seventh Faction. After all, they dared to use the Third Faction as a weapon. Whatever their reason, that's unforgivable!"
"But I think our cooperation needs something like a contract to seal it."
"And we'll write that contract in Diona's blood. What do you think?" Joseph smiled, though his words sent a chill down the spine.
Joseph had shown his hand. One of his main goals tonight was to kill Diona.
The two brothers immediately chimed in.
"Exactly, Shanhai! The Seventh Faction used Diona as the spark to set off this powder keg. I don't think she should be allowed to live."
"Besides, her parents stole something from us. They brought their deaths on themselves. And Diona has been taking revenge on us from the shadows for years."
Had Diona really been taking revenge in secret? Whether it was true hardly mattered. Evan and Devent were saying whatever suited them, turning the accusation back on her.
Diona had been trembling the whole time, but those words made her furious. Her anger even overwhelmed her fear.
She raised her head and met Devent's and Evan's gazes, her eyes blazing.
"Shameless! What do you mean my parents stole something from you?!"
"You're the ones who killed them to keep that thing a secret!"
Diona bristled, but in the next instant, a pair of icy eyes swept toward her. Her eyes widened, and she