It wasn't easy, but when Zhang Xu saw that these few brothers were all persuading on one side not to continue in this manner and to resolve the current major issue first, he knew his chance had arrived. If he didn't seize this opportunity now, who knows how many more chances he would have to wait for. Thus, he perked up, ready to risk it all, betting everything on this one move.
If he could succeed this time, he would no longer be subservient to others, and once out, he would even have the chance to settle scores with those fair-weather friends.
Embodied by this thought, no matter how tough or exhausting it was, it wouldn't feel that painful. After finding an opportunity, he charged straight ahead, but little did he know he was more unlucky than the others and got caught straight away by one of the lackeys on the side, an individual who usually went unnoticed.