Chapter 2018

The other point is that Wang Canghai might have already arranged for people, intending to put Zhang Lin to death this time. But regarding these two points, Zhang Lin firmly believed neither would happen.

Wang Canghai was such a person who cherished his life; how could he risk his life to confront him at this point in time? That was pure fantasy.

That is the first point.

Secondly, even if Wang Canghai were stupid, he should understand what kind of power he was controlling. If Zhang Lin were so easy to deal with, Wang Canghai wouldn't have been retreating step by step, even losing until now, with absolutely no choice left.

And among all the circumstances, Wang Canghai had grasped a point he considered most important: that after meeting Zhang Lin, everything would return to a state he could accept. But just based on what Wang Canghai thought in his mind, one could determine the extent of his childishness.

That Zhang Lin was not easy to deal with was already acknowledged by everyone. After all, from the very beginning, it wasn't just one person working against Zhang Lin; many people were mixed up in it.

But Zhang Lin had to admit that Wang Canghai was, by comparison, the most difficult one to deal with, yet such so-called difficulty ultimately had a limit.

Such a limit also led to Zhang Lin never truly taking Wang Canghai seriously.

This was also the point that angered Wang Canghai the most, but no matter how angry he was, when his strength was insufficient, he had to choose to endure.

Regarding this matter of endurance, Wang Canghai had done a decent job; at least in the current situation, although Wang Canghai was impulsive, he hadn't burned his bridges.

However, Zhang Lin knew very well that the reason he hadn't chosen a plan of burning his bridges wasn't because Wang Canghai was capable of great endurance; anyone's patience has a limit, and the reason Wang Canghai hadn't done so was simply because he lacked the courage.

Zhang Lin believed in one principle: the longer one lives, the smaller one's courage becomes. And for someone like Wang Canghai, he must have been a small figure originally. Under this premise, for him to reach where he was today, there must have been several gambles where he risked his life.

It was precisely because Wang Canghai won those gambles that he was who he was today; this is a reality that all small figures cannot escape.

And based on this reality, none of the choices Wang Canghai made truly surprised Zhang Lin. Based on this, dealing with Wang Canghai now was absolutely a piece of cake for Zhang Lin.

At this moment, looking at the person sitting in the coffee shop, a smile curled at the corner of Zhang Lin's mouth.

He knew this person was definitely Wang Canghai, but the other party had 100% undergone a disguise.

This middle-aged man's appearance was definitely not Wang Canghai's true face. Although Zhang Lin was very interested in what Wang Canghai actually looked like, since Wang Canghai had done this, it showed he was still unsure of himself.

Seeing this, Zhang Lin felt even more at ease.

The next moment, he didn't walk into the Xinyue Hotel but headed straight for the coffee shop. The moment he opened the door, the middle-aged man looked at Zhang Lin with burning eyes, a smile also appearing at the corner of his mouth, even though the two were already in a state of tension over the phone.

And in the previous games, Wang Canghai had retreated step by step and must have hated Zhang Lin to the bone, yet it didn't reflect the old saying: "Enemies meeting face-to-face are especially jealous."

At this moment, Wang Canghai at least maintained this calm attitude; even if it were faked, it was acceptable to Zhang Lin.

Perhaps Wang Canghai also felt a sense of mutual appreciation in his heart. Zhang Lin had to admit that in the current era, the only person who could compare to him regarding matters within tombs was this Wang Canghai before him.

And many of the things Wang Canghai had done previously tended to align with his own, which was exactly the opposite of Zhang Lin. No matter how Zhang Lin viewed Wang Canghai specifically, it couldn't change the fact that they would eventually become enemies, just like now.

Zhang Lin had also told himself in his heart that if Wang Canghai hadn't done those things in the past, including not targeting him repeatedly afterward, Zhang Lin might have changed his mind and truly become friends with Wang Canghai.

After all, there weren't many people in this era who could barely keep up with his train of thought. Whether it was Yang Lu or the Celestial Master Zhang Tian from the first archaeological team, it was difficult for them to keep up with Zhang Lin's train of thought on a certain baseline.

They couldn't be 100% on the same channel as Zhang Lin.

Although Wang Canghai hadn't achieved it either, that was ultimately Zhang Lin's deliberate doing. If Zhang Lin had told Wang Canghai the exact words he said to those two...

The other party would have understood the truest situation within it immediately. This had been verified before, so Zhang Lin was not surprised by this.

It was just that now the two were in a state approaching life-or-death, and neither could turn back. Zhang Lin would not regret this matter, and as for whether Wang Canghai regretted it, Zhang Lin didn't care. Anyway, for him, Wang Canghai's final result was already destined.

Within this destined result, Zhang Lin didn't care what process was taken.

Wang Canghai stared at Zhang Lin for a long time. Until Zhang Lin sat down in front of him, five minutes had passed, and he still hadn't said a word.

It seemed that Wang Canghai at this moment just wanted to judge what kind of person Zhang Lin was through this scrutiny.

……. ===== CHAPTER 2019 =====