Presumption

After Zhang Heng returned to school, he sent Shen Xixi a WeChat message to make sure she was safe.

Shen Xixi replied with a "Negotiating" after a quarter of an hour. "Thank you, don't worry," she added after a pause.

Zhang Heng knew that Shen Xixi was no longer in danger but he didn't know what her discussion with Arc of Light was all about. With her personality, it was obviously impossible to make her hand over her people to them just like that. Otherwise, the war wouldn't have even happened in the first place.

Zhang Heng was wrong this time. Shen Xixi and Arc of Light had completed negotiations quicker than expected. Before the war even began, Arc of Light have achieved its goal. After the union's collapse, they no longer cared about the four "murderers," the excuse they used to start the war. They had to make sure that they put a good ending to the show, on the surface at least.