Hearing Xavier speak, everyone turned to him. They did not dare to continue talking in front of the Martial Alliance Master.

If the other party did not speak, you could pretend that he did not exist.

But if he spoke, you would have to think twice.

“If the two of you can’t come to a compromise that you’re satisfied with, why don’t we call a truce and come back tomorrow?”

Xavier could not sit back and watch the two families fight. If that happened, not only would lives be lost, but it would also cost them a lot of money.

Therefore, he planned to drag the matter out first.

“No need.”

However, to Xavier’s surprise, Cole and Steve objected to that.

“Why?”

Xavier asked.

You guys can clearly argue until tomorrow morning. What’s the point of negotiating?

“I have an idea. I just haven’t said it yet.”

Cole answered first.

Everyone was stunned.

“Still the same as before?” Xavier frowned.

He was referring to the request that Cole wanted an exchange with their lives. It sounded ridiculous.

Xavier resisted the urge to chase Cole away.

“I guess.”

Cole gave an ambiguous answer.

Jayden sneered. “What do you mean by that?”

“Simple.”

Cole stood up and looked at Steve. “Get Simone Owens to come out and fight a life-or-death battle with me. If she wins, I will lose my life. If I win, she and Chris Hayes lose their lives.

“This way, our deathmatch will affect only the parties involved last night. It won’t affect others, and the impact will be minimal.

“What do you think?”

Jayden was in disbelief.

He wondered if his ears were playing tricks on him.

What’s the difference between this and suicide?

Simone Owens is a famous Connate-realm martial artist.

You’re just a boy who lives off a woman. Even if you really have some tricks up your sleeve, do you think you can defeat Simone Owens?

Xavier’s face darkened. “Are you joking?”

“No.”

Cole said seriously.

Xavier’s face darkened.

Is this boy messing with me?

Cole had just gotten out of trouble, and now he wanted to go to the arena of the life-or-death battle?

If Xavier had not initiated this negotiation himself, he would have suspected that the Williams family was making fun of him.

“Miss Williams, what do you think?” Xavier looked at Cara.

In his anger, Xavier even changed the way he addressed her.

Cara did not say anything. “Just listen to Cole.”

“Really?”

Xavier was furious.

“Yeah.”

Cara nodded.

There was still no reaction.

Xavier’s face was ashen.

He had already given her two chances to stop the Hayes family from agreeing. Why didn’t Cara change her mind?

If I really agree…

Cole would definitely die!

“You’re stubborn.”

Xavier shouted angrily and turned to look at the two of them. “What do you think?”

“We…”

Jayden was overjoyed.

Isn’t this the best time to kill Cole?

But at this moment.

Steve suddenly interrupted him. “Let’s think about it.”

His face was expressionless as he looked at Cole.

Before Jayden could say “yes,” his words got stuck in his throat.

It was like a duck whose neck was stuck, looking comical.

This time, he looked at Steve in disbelief.

Why would he reject such a rare opportunity?!

Is Steve out of his mind?

Xavier narrowed his eyes slightly. After Steve’s advice, he seemed to sense something different.

“Why did you want to consider it?”

Cole was the one who asked this.

“Do you think I should agree to your request?” Steve smiled.

Cole shrugged. “Why not?”

“A life-or-death battle is a martial artist’s freedom to choose their own life. We have no right to make the decision for Elder Simone,” Steve said.

Jayden was about to curse.

Simone Owens was a veteran expert who had been in the Connate-realm for many years. Of course, she had lost to Hugh the previous day, but if she had to deal with Cole, she would not even need to use one hand.

Why didn’t he agree?!

“Not a bad reason.”

Cole nodded. “Then why don’t you call Simone Owens?”

Cole had originally planned to be aggressive.

However, facing someone like Steve, he gave up.

There was no need.

Hearing this, Steve nodded. “Sure, I’ll go outside with Uncle to make a call.”

“Then, Grandpa Xavier, we request a pause.” Cole turned to look at the white-haired Xavier.

“Sure.”

Xavier nodded. His expression was not as gloomy as before, but it wasn’t very good either.

This negotiation today was too strange.

In the corridor of the Bamboo Pavilion Residence.

“Give Elder Simone a call.”

Steve said to his trusted aide, who was standing behind them.

The confidant nodded and called Simone Owens.

When his confidant turned around, Jayden was furious.

“Why didn’t you agree?”

Jayden questioned Steve.

Steve smiled. “Uncle, it’s not unreasonable for my father to suppress you.”

Steve admitted that his words were tactful.

From the looks of it, his father was more than capable of suppressing Jayden.

“What did you say?”

Jayden did not expect his nephew to mock him. It left him stunned.

“Uncle, don’t you want to think about it?” Steve explained patiently. “Why did they do this?”

“Why did they do that?”

Jayden frowned. “He must have thought that he was invincible and arrogant. He thought that Simone Owens was an expert of the same level as him, so he wanted to fight to the death.

“To wash away his shame.”

When Jayden said the last few words, he even became forceful.

He seemed to be very confident.

Steve was speechless.

He suspected that his uncle was playing the role of a fool, but he had no evidence.

They were too similar.

He finally understood why his father did not keep his uncle by his side.

He had thought that it was for his uncle to watch over him, but now he understood…

His father wanted him to watch over his uncle.

If his uncle was placed beside Chris Hayes, there would have probably been one more person kidnapped by the Williams family today.

“Uncle, let’s not care about Cole’s motive first. Let’s not care about why Cara wanted to see Cole die without batting an eyelid. Let’s not care about why Cole suddenly went crazy and wanted to die. Let me ask you: when negotiating, should you agree to the opponent’s request immediately?”

Steve had already put aside all the unreasonable things.

He only wanted to say something that Jayden could understand.

In their usual interactions, his uncle was not such a stupid person. Cole might have agitated him today.

“I shouldn’t.”

Jayden nodded.

“Then let me ask you again. Is the matter worth it to exchange one life for two lives?” Steve raised his eyebrows.

Jayden said, “It’s not.”

“That’s good.”

Steve nodded.

Making Jayden say such things was enough.

At this moment, Simone answered the call.

“It’s connected…”

The confidant walked to them with the phone.

As for the scene of Steve teaching Jayden a lesson, he pretended not to see it.

“Good afternoon, Elder Simone.”

Steve took the phone and smiled.