Chapter 2694: Self-Appointed Kindness! A Fatal Mistake!

If she brought up this matter again at this moment, it would turn into another lengthy discussion, which would undoubtedly help Ake deliberately change the subject — Yang Lu Si didn't want to do that, so since that was the case, she should immediately continue the previous topic.

Then she looked at Ake again; as for the things she had just thought of, they could be dealt with later, and Ake, once more fixed by that gaze, couldn't help but shake his head with a bitter smile.

"Captain Yang, didn't you say we'd set out in the evening? If that's the case, then you don't need to know about my affairs either."

Ake very smoothly pushed the matter aside, but how could Yang Lu Si possibly accept that routine?

Countless people before her had tried every possible way to make excuses in front of Yang Lu Si, because what Yang Lu Si focused on was precisely the crux of the matter.

Perhaps at this moment Ake had his own thoughts, and wasn't harboring any other ill intentions — this Yang Lu Si could understand.

But understanding is one thing; at this moment Yang Lu Si had to get things clear, which was also a sign of being responsible for every member of Archaeology Team Two. As the leader of Archaeology Team Two, she bore far more responsibility than the leader of Archaeology Team One, Wu Tianzhen.

After all, in this team the only one who could serve as the main combatant, or the core, was Yang Lu Si alone — perhaps Shen Qiong could barely manage it too, but ultimately it was Yang Lu Si alone who led Archaeology Team Two forward, and this was beyond dispute.

Neither Yang Lu Si herself nor anyone else had ever refuted it; if they even questioned this point, they wouldn't deserve to stay in Archaeology Team Two.

Even if outsiders held inexplicable attitudes toward Archaeology Team Two's corresponding command authority, it was precisely because they hadn't watched the livestream for long that they presumptuously thought they understood many behind-the-scenes manipulations, and discussed these matters from a conspiratorial perspective.

But their starting point was fundamentally wrong; relatively speaking, as long as her own team remained stable internally, Yang Lu Si had never paid attention to these external matters.

The key was that the authorities still existed; Yang Lu Si believed the authorities would certainly help her resolve all problems and calm things down.

No matter what outsiders said from afar, as long as they didn't show up on site to disrupt Archaeology Team Two's progress, there would be no deviation. Speaking of which, one had to mention the Wang family again — the existence of people like the Wang family had already made Yang Lu Si extremely annoyed.

If the batch of Wang family members Gawa brought were appearing for the first time, Yang Lu Si absolutely wouldn't be that furious, nor would she have used extreme measures from the start, even if the other party tried to eliminate her.

Actually, the cause of all this still came from the group Cold Wind brought, including Wang Cen who was still bouncing around lively in Archaeology Team One right now.

Looking at the current Yang Lu Si, she simply didn't want Ake to turn into another Wang Cen from the start, or rather, that he would simply harbor a hesitant attitude, follow the archaeology team without ever thinking of doing anything for the team itself — regarding the latter, Yang Lu Si could understand.

But if he wasn't going to do anything, why follow at all? Yang Lu Si could tell that Ake spoke with great bravado, but from a realistic standpoint, he still wanted to follow Archaeology Team Two.

If that's the case, then he shouldn't be evasive with her, but should lay everything out on the table; only then could all problems be resolved relatively thoroughly — that was the fundamental point.

Without such a fundamental point, what would be the point of discussing what comes next?

Holding this thought, Yang Lu Si looked at Ake with a determined gaze; she didn't even bother to explain much in words, and at the same time believed Ake understood the intent her eyes were conveying.

The atmosphere instantly turned awkward; Ake had originally thought Yang Lu Si would certainly go along with it, or at least let the matter drop and not bring it up again.

Because bringing it up again had no meaning — if the essence of the matter hadn't changed, then what was the use of knowing the hidden truth behind these things?

That was Ake's thinking; he felt that even if he spoke, it would just be a pile of useless words that couldn't serve any decisive purpose — but it was precisely this kind of thinking that led him into a misconception.

This was the same principle as Zhang Lin's response at New Moon Restaurant — if those things being told in advance had no meaning, or if that so-called popularization couldn't bring any real benefit to the archaeology team.

If Zhang Lin had chosen to keep his mouth shut, then Archaeology Team Two would probably have suffered countless casualties long ago; sometimes things that seem useless in the present — no one can determine what role they might play later.

This was the main reason Ake now had to say these things, but Yang Lu Si also had to admit Ake had one point right — if they continued to wait, until Zhang Lin of New Moon Restaurant gave the corresponding answers, they could naturally obtain all the answers.

And Ake also admitted that although he possessed those long poems, the so-called Heaven-Bestowed Singers' only real asset was precisely these.

But ultimately, he felt that Zhang Lin being able to have people find him before all this proved the other's ability was far stronger than his by more than a little; under this premise, Ake chose to submit to Zhang Lin's arrangement — meaning he would no longer think about all that messy stuff.

He would even keep his mouth shut about what came after; Yang Lu Si seemed to see through Ake's current choice, and immediately shook her head, then said: "Ake, do you think that not speaking now counts as the greatest help to us?"

Ake was stunned when he heard this; the reason he had such an expression was that at the very beginning he had assumed Yang Lu Si's persistent questioning meant she simply hadn't seen through his thoughts — but now that Yang Lu Si had seen through everything in one sentence, it proved she had already seen through these things earlier, so why insist on pressing him?

Wasn't this deliberately making things unpleasant for herself?

And in an instant Ake pressed his palms together and said loudly: "Captain Yang, a monk does not speak falsehoods — I can only speak the truth. Indeed, that's the case. I feel that with that person from New Moon Restaurant around, there's no need for me to do anything more. But if the time gap is very long, perhaps I would say a bit more — but right now all this seems to have lost its original meaning."

Yang Lu Si's gaze gradually turned cold, because she always felt Ake was deliberately making excuses — a normal person wouldn't make similar mistakes.

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