Chapter 204

The peace talk location was set at an abandoned factory on the outskirts of the city, and the Starfire Group and Iron Hand Group people stood on both sides of the factory,

leaving an open space in the middle. Lin Guodong's family was arranged in the front row of the Starfire Group team,

and Lin Chen stood beside them, holding the ice blade in his hand, his eyes vigilantly staring at Zhou Bao opposite.

As soon as Zhou Bao opened his mouth, he didn't follow the negotiation points agreed upon before!

"Lin Chen,

peace talks are possible,

but you must hand Lin Guodong's family back to us first! They are traitors to the Iron Hand Group,

and must be dealt with by ourselves,

otherwise we would rather fight to the death!"

Lin Guodong was stunned; he didn't expect Zhou Bao to suddenly change his mind. He just wanted to refute,

when Zhou Bao shouted to the surrounding survivors: "Everyone take a look! It's this family,

who leaked the location of our weapon warehouse before, causing us to lose the resource points,

and now they still want to rely on the Starfire Group to save their lives! Such traitors should be cut into a thousand pieces!"

The surrounding survivors began to whisper, and some looked at Lin Guodong with hostility.

Liu Mei held Lin Xiaoxiao tightly, her body unable to stop trembling. Lin Guodong looked at Zhou Bao's twisted face,

and then looked at the expressions of the Starfire Group members who had not made a clear statement,

and suddenly understood in his heart—his family was not a negotiation representative at all,

but just a pawn in the game between the two sides; now Zhou Bao wanted to push them out as a target, and perhaps the Starfire Group wouldn't really protect them either.

"Zhou Bao,

you are talking nonsense!

It was clearly your own poor management, and you are making us scapegoats!" Lin Guodong refuted loudly,

but no one paid attention. Zhou Bao sneered and gave a wink to the backbone members beside him,

and several Iron Hand Group members immediately raised their guns and aimed at Lin Guodong's family: "Either hand the people over, or we will open fire; at worst, we die together!"

Lin Chen stepped forward, aiming the ice blade at Zhou Bao: "Don't think we dare not take action!

If you dare to open fire, don't even think about leaving here today!"

But Zhou Bao was not afraid at all: "Do you dare? If you take action, you will become the one who provoked the conflict;

how will the surrounding survivors look at your Starfire Group? Besides, traitors like Lin Guodong

deserve to die; you protecting him, could it be that you have already colluded?"

This sentence poked Lin Chen's concerns—the Starfire Group needed to maintain the image of justice,

and couldn't easily take action. Lin Guodong looked at Lin Chen's hesitant expression and fell into complete despair.

He pulled Liu Mei's hand, his voice hoarse: "Don't hold out hope; we are just abandoned pawns, and no one will really help us."

Liu Mei's tears fell, and Lin Xiaoxiao was so scared she cried out.

"Dad,

Mom,

I'm scared,

can we go home?"

Lin Guodong squatted down, wiped his daughter's tears, but couldn't say a word—they had no home long ago.

Zhou Bao saw the desperate appearance of Lin Guodong's family and became even more proud: "Lin Chen, I'll give you one last chance,

hand over the people or start a war? You choose one!" The surrounding survivors also began to persuade Lin Chen: "Forget it,

it's not worth starting a war for such traitors." "Hand them over, and everyone can be stable."

Lin Guodong stood up, looked at Lin Chen, his eyes full of numbness: "No need to choose,

I'll go with them. At least this way, you don't have to start a war with the Iron Hand Group because of us,

Xiaoxiao and Liu Mei... can you take care of them a bit more?" Lin Chen frowned, and before he could speak, Zhou Bao shouted to his subordinates: "Grab him over!"

Two Iron Hand Group members rushed over, wanting to grab Lin Guodong. Liu Mei suddenly blocked in front of Lin Guodong: "Don't touch him!

If you want to grab him, grab us together! Our family, even if we die, we will die together!"

Lin Xiaoxiao also pulled Lin Guodong's hem and choked with sobs: "I'll go with Dad and Mom."

Zhou Bao waved his hand impatiently: "Grab them all! They are disaster stars anyway, and keeping them is also a disaster!"

The Iron Hand Group members stepped forward, wanting to tie the three of them up. Lin Guodong looked at his wife and daughter beside him,

and then looked at the silent Lin Chen and the survivors discussing on the opposite side, his heart only left with cold despair—he finally understood that in this world, people like them who had no power and no influence were destined to only become objects for others to sacrifice, without any room for resistance.