Chapter 811: 806. Internal Chaos (Seeking Subscriptions and Monthly Tickets)

At this moment, a trace of fatigue appeared between Qiaosilin's pretty brows; she had truly expended too much mental energy lately, having to face all sorts of matters.

"Seen Zhang Ran's methods now? As expected, he is still as troublesome as ever, still as unfathomable as ever," Qiaosilin said with a bitter smile.

At this time, she no longer possessed her usual composure.

Jiasen smoked his cigar without speaking; could he not feel what Qiaosilin was talking about?

It was just that he currently did not know what to do for the time being.

"Our main priority now is to ferret out those who want to stab us in the back. This way, not only can we make thorough preparations, but we might even use them to counterattack Zhang Ran in the end." Seeing her brother remain silent, Qiaosilin did not mind and continued speaking on her own.

Upon hearing this, Jiasen could not help but take another deep drag of his cigar, then said, "Do you think I don't know this? Otherwise, what have we been doing all this time? But have we found anything?

Nothing at all? We even nearly exposed ourselves. Once exposed, those who still support us now might not necessarily continue to do so; it would be a blessing if they didn't end up hating us by then."

Jiasen's expression shifted gradually, "And I suspect this is Zhang Ran's deliberate doing. In reality, those people we imagine don't exist at all; it's all to scare us. After all, we haven't fallen yet, and we haven't even shown signs of decline. Announcing they won't participate is already the limit of what these people can do."

Qiaosilin had, of course, thought of this point, and the probability was even higher than the possibility of these people existing, but did they dare to believe it just like that?

"What is the use of saying these things? Would you believe it?" Qiaosilin said.

Jiasen stood up impatiently; this was their current predicament, and also the insidious nature of Zhang Ran.

It was to keep them in a state of suspicion where no one could be truly trusted; it could be said that from the very beginning, he had shattered their internal alliance, causing them to fall into mutual suspicion.

Even if they knew Zhang Ran was doing this on purpose, and even if they believed there shouldn't be anyone choosing to turn against them right now, what if?

In all things, one fears the "what if"!

Once it really happened, and they were unprepared, then it could truly be a fatal blow!

At that time, they wouldn't even have the chance to regret it!

But continuing to investigate wasn't the answer either, because once it leaked out and became known to others, those who were truly supporting them with all their might would be completely disheartened.

Choosing to leave them then would be normal, and joining Zhang Ran's side was even possible!

Such a choice was incredibly difficult for anyone to face.

This was only because they were facing Zhang Ran; if it were anyone else, the siblings wouldn't be like this, because they could handle it themselves.

Even if they couldn't handle it, they would still know the specific situation of the opposition—who might betray them, who might give up, and who would support them.

The siblings both had a clear idea in their hearts.

But now?

They truly had no bottom line, because they didn't know what cards Zhang Ran still had hidden up his sleeve.

In the past, they knew Zhang Ran liked to keep his trump cards hidden and liked to constantly increase the cards in his hand.

Were there still others like Taylor?

These questions were all difficult problems plaguing the siblings.

Jiasen paced back and forth in the room, his mood growing increasingly irritable, "What exactly should we do now? Investigating is wrong, not investigating is also wrong. What are those people doing? Why is it so difficult for them to find out some information?"

Now he began to blame the people handling the tasks.

Qiaosilin watched him with cold eyes; as Jiasen grew agitated, she became calm instead.

"What is the use of you being anxious now? Do you want to defeat Zhang Ran with anger?" Qiaosilin said coldly.

Jiasen also knew his current emotions were wrong, but he really couldn't control himself. He irritably grabbed his hair, then sat down abruptly on the sofa, panting heavily.

"Let me put it this way: even if those people couldn't find anything now, I wouldn't believe it, because that would seem too simple," Qiaosilin continued.

Once these words were out, Jiasen became even more irritable; his heart, which he had forced to calm down, began to boil again.

However, looking at his sister's still-calm eyes, he also knew he couldn't go on like this.

Immediately, Jiasen stopped talking and just lay quietly on the sofa, clearing his mind.

In fact, when it came down to it, Jiasen would always have a guilty conscience when facing Zhang Ran, because everything they currently used was obtained by exploiting and betraying Zhang Ran.

However, Jiasen had, after all, been in charge of the Rhode Family for so many years; he still possessed the capability and psychological fortitude, but it was only because he was facing Zhang Ran that he appeared this way.

After about a quarter of an hour, Jiasen had calmed down and asked once more, "Then what should we do?"

He had already asked this question several times, but this time, his voice sounded somewhat calm, lacking the restlessness from the beginning.

"The purpose of what Zhang Ran has done has actually been achieved, because no matter what, we can no longer trust all the remaining people.

Regardless of whether they exist or not, and regardless of whether we have found evidence or not, this thorn will not be removed until the matter is over," Qiaosilin said.

Jiasen did not speak, but in his heart, he agreed completely.

"So what we need to do now is very simple: assume all these people are Betrayers and use this mindset to lay out our plans," Qiaosilin said coldly.

Jiasen was stunned, then said, "This is simply impossible. Even if Zhang Ran has heaven-defying abilities, he doesn't have the capacity to pull off such a thing."

Qiaosilin said, "I know that, of course, but since we don't know the specific situation, we need to prepare for the worst.

However, the things they need to do must still be done; it's just that for these matters, we need to make the worst-case preparations, and at the same time, we need to keep some things in mind and not trust them completely.

Furthermore, we must create countermeasures for them; in this way, we can temporarily put this aspect aside."

Jiasen smiled bitterly; Qiaosilin made it sound nice, as if the matter were resolved just like that.

But was that really the case? Clearly not. To say nothing else, just like this, all their plans would need to be scrapped and redone, and it would require wasting even more resources.

At the same time, it also meant that many things could not be handed over to others to do. Things that originally only required a small cost might now require three times, or even five times as much, and one would still need to be careful about being deceived.

These were all potential impacts.