Time passed bit by bit, and Liu Pingjun was sweating as well. In the negotiations with the Xiao Family, they offered Liu Pingjun a considerable amount of money and even promised to help him live abroad after the event was accomplished.
Thinking of the Xiao Family Head's fierce gaze made Liu Pingjun's heart tighten.
The opposing side knew that Ji Yang had some connections. They couldn't solve the matter through normal means, so they opted for a different extreme by planning to kill Ji Yang. In their view, eliminating Ji Yang meant that even if there was someone backing him, at most it would trigger a larger-scale crackdown, which wouldn't greatly affect the already arranged families.
Once Ji Yang was dead, there wouldn't be as many people speaking for him, and everything here could quickly return to peace.