Gao Ran's words lagged behind, and everyone was silent for a while, and Gao Lan first had an obvious reaction.

I saw that her attitude towards Gao Ran suddenly became much kinder - although she was not hostile before, she was indeed deliberately alienated from Gao Ran, but at this moment, she seemed to want to get closer to Gao Ran, and she was a little more friendly and cordial at this time than before.

She said to Gao Ran in a gentle tone: "Ran'er, you know that your mother is the head of the Gao family, so naturally everything must be taken by the Gao family. Over the years, I have indeed neglected you, but you should also be considerate of me!"

In the end, I could still hear the slight reproach in her words......

Gao Ran couldn't help but think of the numbness of goosebumps, but he also responded with a light smile: "The child naturally understands." It's just that, maybe it's because our mother and daughter have been so estranged over the years, so my temperament, my mother obviously doesn't know ......"

As he spoke, Gao Ran brought the topic back to business. I saw that she was still smiling, but she continued very resolutely:

"I'm a person who likes to talk about things, especially things that touch on principles, that is, no matter how close you are, you can't get the slightest preferential treatment from me. I will always meet my own needs first, and then, if I have the resources to spare, will I consider whether to help others?

"I knew that my mother wanted me to help the Gao family. It's not that I don't want to help with this...... But what's the matter, if I help the Gao family, it will go against my own original intention, and it will conflict with my own purpose. Therefore, I can only prioritize my own purpose first......"

"So, do you want to be the enemy of the Gao family?" Gao Qi interjected again, adding some inappropriate voices to Gao Lan's intentions.

Gao Lan immediately glared at Gao Qi with a slight warning, and when Gao Qi saw it, he reluctantly put away the momentum that was about to go toe-to-toe with Gao Ran just now, and obediently closed his mouth and said no more.

"Ran'er, you go on. Gao Lan calmly instructed.

The implication is to tell Gao Ran that she knows that she still has something to say, so that she doesn't have to care about Gao Qi's attitude and continue to explain what she wants to say clearly.

Gao Ran knew that against Gao Lan, she could neither use the same trick against Fu Wenxuan - reminding him to consider his own selfishness before thinking about fighting for the Fu family, nor could she use the same trick against Yun Zhen - using his own life and her real power that could severely damage the Yun clan to deter, so as to force him to compromise with her.

After all, her identity is still the Gao family, and the Gao family has never really neglected her from beginning to end, so it is reasonable that she should not openly act against the Gao family, let alone openly threaten the survival of the Gao family.

If she did that, then she wouldn't just be an enemy of the Gao family. Acts of rebellion like hers are tantamount to being an enemy of the world's recognized "moral order."

If that were the case, she would be the target of the public: the forces would no longer see her as their common "enemy" – an "enemy" that blatantly challenged their moral bottom line, no longer out of interest but also out of desire to preserve their deep-seated beliefs. And reasons like this are definitely the most appropriate and the most reasonable reasons for them to unite against her. - As for how to share the post-war gains, and especially who is the most worthy to stand on the moral high ground and win the hearts of the people as a sign of moral belief in the end...... It's negotiable......

In Gao Ran's opinion, if things really developed to this point, then even if they joined forces, they might not be able to exterminate Tiange and Medical Valley, but if it lasted for a long time, it should also cause a lot of trauma to Heavenly Pavilion and Medical Valley. If that's the case, then even if the Medical Valley will still support her, but the Heavenly Pavilion may not be the case—after all, not all the forces in the Heavenly Pavilion today are completely decided by Qiu Yueze, it's just that his influence is still the greatest......

The enemy of the enemy can be a friend - this can be both a help and a resistance to Gao Ran. The key is how she balances the parties.

So, even if she can't be sure that the parties won't see her as an enemy, she must not allow them to see her as a more threatening enemy than their own adversary. Otherwise, wouldn't it be tantamount to pulling all the parties who were still enemies of each other into the same camp? Wouldn't it be tantamount to forcing them to temporarily join forces to deal with her in order to eradicate her, which was their greatest threat in common?

It was not easy for her to temporarily suppress the Yun family and the Fu family, the most influential among them, and she couldn't handle the problem of her own family, the Gao family, at this juncture. What's more, there are still so many "audiences" watching at this time, she can't take a wrong step. Otherwise, it's not just a matter of losing all your efforts......

Gao Ran calmly thought about the "benefits" and "harms" that all the forces that might be present today, and they each might be most concerned about before he opened his mouth to continue what he had not said before:

"Mother, you also know that those who do great things have to focus on the overall situation in everything, and everything is based on the overall situation. And this overall situation, in my opinion, can't be limited to just seeing our Gao family itself.

"You think, in the current situation, the Gao Fu family is evenly matched, and the Yun clan, if it is not completely split internally, then its overall power is still slightly stronger than any of us.

"Besides, even if the Gao family and the Fu family can work together, even if we can really destroy the Yun family, the 'legitimacy' of our domination of the world is difficult to justify. And if the legitimacy is insufficient, then there will be an endless stream of so-called 'righteous people' in the world we govern who will continue to rebel against us.

"If that is the case, then the people in this world will inevitably be miserable, and our Gao family will inevitably have to continue to send troops to suppress those resistance forces that will only become more frequent and full of 'justice' due to the lack of 'orthodoxy' and the increasing instability of the people's will, and then continue to wear down our own forces. If that's the case, then the continued decline of the Gao family is inevitable.

"And this, let's think about it on the bright side. But mother, don't forget, you will think about the Gao family, won't the head of the Fu family who joins forces with you think about the Fu family?

"As the head of the Gao family, once you join forces with the Fu family to gain power, will you not be afraid of the threat of the Fu family to you? If you will, then why won't the master of the Fu family die? At that time, no matter whether the Gao family chooses to be the 'master' or choose to be the 'deputy', as long as the Fu family is still there, the biggest hidden danger that can threaten the Gao family will always exist. And the Fu family is bound to look at the Gao family in the same way.

"I'm afraid, at that time, it is more likely that before the Gao family thinks about how to suppress the endless resistance of the people, the first thing they have to consider is how to eradicate the Fu family? Of course, the Fu family will inevitably have the same consideration.

"Therefore, joining forces with the Fu family to deal with the Yun family, no matter who wins the power in the end, it will be difficult for the Gao family to have a good end.

"However, this does not mean that if we abandon the Fu family and choose the Yun family instead, we will be able to protect ourselves.

"Choosing the Yun clan and choosing to continue to submit to its rule, of course, will not be questioned and threatened by 'legitimacy', but once the biggest threat to the Fu family is eradicated, at that time, the Yun clan will no longer be able to live in harmony with the four great families in the past. At that time, the Yun family will inevitably learn a lesson, and in order to prevent the emergence of the next 'Fu family', it is bound to start from within the family for various seemingly reasonable reasons, weakening the power foundation of a big family like the Gao family little by little, until the entire family of the family only exists in name only, with empty titles, but no longer has real power and power.

In this way, the Gao family still can't protect themselves.

Therefore, in today's dilemma and difficult situation, there is only one choice that can truly protect the Gao family. ”

Gao Ran deliberately paused, glanced at the three people who were staring at her with bated breath at this time, and then said slowly: "The Gao family must choose the third way - on their own. ”

"On your own?" Gao Lan and Gao Qi questioned in unison.

Although Gao Yu didn't speak, the eyes she cast also expressed her same doubts to Gao Ran. It's just that her doubts are slightly different from those of the two, Gao Ran feels that Gao Yu seems to be just questioning the feasibility of her proposal on a case-by-case basis, but she is not as nervous as the two of them about the success or failure of this matter.