Chapter 2862

If not for the matter of Su Nan, he wouldn't have cared whether the other party was a mysterious person or some other random nobody.

Wang Cen could afford not to care, but now he couldn't afford not to care even if he wanted to — the bloody reality was laid out right before him, leaving him no room to argue.

Wang Cen was the type who utterly loathed being put on the back foot; even if he fought tooth and nail for it, the current outcome was beyond salvaging.

If it had been anyone else, he wouldn't have been in such a tangled state of mind — because being led by the nose by the other party meant he had to obey their commands one hundred percent. If there was a pit of fire ahead, would he jump in too?

What worried Wang Cen most was another point: not only would he fail to realize his plan of perishing together with everyone in Archaeology Team One, but Archaeology Team One would emerge unscathed, and his sacrifice would end up making a wedding gown for this mysterious person — that would truly be the greatest joke in the world.

Facing Wang Cen's question at this moment, Wang Wang Canghai merely gave a cold snort, thinking to himself that he had tried to tell the other his identity earlier and been refused to listen, so naturally he couldn't tell him now.

"Same as before — who I am isn't important. What matters is the situation of the Su Nan you're concerned about. If you truly want this matter to settle down, first, from here on out everything must be done according to my commands."

Wang Cen's heart skipped a beat; he knew everything had fallen into place just like that.

This also confirmed the guess he'd made in his heart earlier — but what could he say?

Since things had reached this state, the only thing he could do was obey the other party's commands. Su Nan had done it for him, and he had to do it for Su Nan. Those few shots earlier hadn't discouraged Su Nan at all — instead, the other had truly used this method to save him.

Wang Cen now felt a hundred kinds of regret. Perhaps he shouldn't have been so soft-hearted earlier; if only he'd been more decisive. If those few shots hadn't all hit the stone in front of Su Nan, if just one bullet had struck Su Nan's arm or grazed his cheek as it flew past—

Kongpaye Society would have made the other give up completely on the spot. But now, not only had his plan failed, he'd actually made things worse by trying to be clever.

At this moment Wang Cen no longer even bothered to hide the hatred in his heart. Clenching his back teeth, he continued, "And the second?"

Saying that was tantamount to having already agreed to the first thing. A man like Wang Wang Canghai couldn't possibly fail to read the intent the other was expressing at this moment, and he nodded in satisfaction.

He went on: "Second, you need to make a call to Su Nan. Don't worry — this time he'll definitely pick up. I've already made that promise to him. The you right now has become a different person, meaning you no longer hold any obsession with the Wang family, so…"

Before Wang Wang Canghai could finish, Wang Cen cut him off, saying in a vicious tone: "So that way Su Nan will accept all your suggestions and willingly go sell his life for you, right?"

The hatred in Wang Cen's heart had now reached its peak. If Wang Wang Canghai were standing before him at this moment, regardless of whether he knew the other's true identity, he would do everything in his power to kill this mysterious person as he understood him. But there was one thing that was indeed just as the other had said—

Compared to Su Nan, things like the Wang family — he could not care less about any of it. Even if in the end he hoped to use his identity as a Wang family member to perish together with Archaeology Team One, it was because he had previously decided that he had already lost a certain kind of faith, so he would use his life to complete the sacrifice to that faith.

That at least would make the trip Not Heavy.

When it came to Su Nan, the usually ruthless Wang Cen unconsciously turned cowardly. He even wished right now that he were some idiot like Ga Wa.

At least in that kind of situation, he wouldn't be agonizing in his heart, worrying about this and that, looking ahead and behind — he'd just charge in one direction with everything he had. Even if he died in the end, at least it would be cleaner, and he wouldn't have ended up in the mess he was in now.

The smarter a person is, the angrier they become when they have no choice but to be manipulated by others, because they feel that everything from their character to their dignity has been insulted. That was Wang Cen's state of mind right now.

Wang Wang Canghai, however, was dismissive. He said: "Wang Cen, you only flatter yourself as clever. In this world there are plenty of people cleverer than you — like Zhang Lin above the New Moon Restaurant. Even I can't fathom what he's thinking. From what you're saying, it seems like before this you were trying hard to dissect what Zhang Lin was actually thinking. You're not worthy!"

Reality is always cruel. Unable to best Zhang Lin himself, when Wang Wang Canghai saw someone trying to set a trap for Zhang Lin, his first reaction was certainly disdain — and if the other succeeded, it would even arouse his anger.

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