A Direct Confrontation (6)

Ruan Guosheng couldn't wait anymore and called Mark, but he didn't pick up. As the irritation on the shareholders' and clan members' faces became more and more apparent, Ruan Guosheng became impatient.

"Dad, is there a problem?" Ruan Fusheng asked in a hushed voice.

"No, no problem," he said. "Ruan Qishan only has a few guards with him while Mark has so many men with him." Ruan Guosheng firmly believed that nothing would go wrong. They'd planned so thoroughly, nothing could possibly go wrong.

Or, perhaps, Ruan Guosheng was subconsciously resisting the possibility of failure, and so he chose to believe that nothing would go wrong on Mark's side, that this would go through smoothly.

Deluding himself into confidence.

Ruan Guosheng wanted to succeed so desperately. Now that things had come this far, he was staking everything on this plan. He couldn't afford to fail. He must succeed!