Chapter 2999: A Sudden Flash of Insight? Or Still Putting on an Act?!

This left them with no choice at all. Su Nan harbored complaints in her heart, muttering nonstop—if things had gone according to her original idea, she should have completely severed all these ties.

What mysterious person, Zhang Lin, the archaeological team, and the Wang family—none of it had anything to do with them anymore. Su Nan had waited all these years precisely for an opportunity like this.

To shake off everything without any scruple, because even if the Wang family hadn't been completely destroyed, they were now hiding in some corner, not daring to do anything.

Such a fine opportunity had been laid out before them just days ago, yet they hadn't made that proactive choice. Worse, because Su Nan was worried about Wang Cen, she had no choice but to drag herself into it as well.

Thinking of this, Su Nan unconsciously shook her head, and Wang Cen naturally could hear the complaint and dissatisfaction in her tone.

He immediately followed up: "I'm sorry. I was too muddled at the start—I used to think there was still a chance to turn things around. I never imagined I'd drag everything down with me."

This was the third time Su Nan had frozen in place. This time she was thoroughly convinced of one thing: Wang Cen had truly changed. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, he could never have produced such a strong sense of guilt over this matter.

Since the other party had already stated his thoughts so directly, Su Nan naturally wouldn't harp on it, so she said at once: "Forget it, let the past be the past. At least we still have a chance now."

Wang Cen on the other end of the phone nodded heavily. "Right, we still have a chance now."

In truth, Wang Cen knew perfectly well he was simply deceiving the other person. What chance was there? The chance had been squandered clean by him long ago.

The price Wang Cen had Zhang Lin agree to pay for everything was his own life. In other words, once this matter was over—or even in the midst of it—he would have to charge to the very front without a second thought.

Very proactively serving as cannon fodder for the Second Archaeological Team—that was the only way to buy Su Nan's life. Doing so was born of helplessness, but likewise because he himself had burned every bridge before.

On this point, Wang Cen had no desire to excuse himself. Perhaps it truly embodied those four words: he got what he deserved. He had to pay the price.

Otherwise, Zhang Lin and the others would have no way to account for things either. That was the cruelty of reality, and its coldness.

Wang Cen believed that using this method could make Su Nan accept every outcome, and then he wouldn't need to worry about all this messy business anymore.

He never expected that the next moment Su Nan would actually say: "Wang Cen, can I trust you?"

Wang Cen was stunned on the spot, and laughed bitterly: "You're still hung up on that thing from before, aren't you?"

Su Nan, however, spoke with great bluntness: "Don't change the subject. I know everything you did before was nothing but an act—just to force me to leave that place quickly. But now things have changed. Are you sure your life can really be saved? Or is this just another play you're putting on?"

Wang Cen almost instinctively sucked in a cold breath. Su Nan wasn't as clever as he was—that was certain—but he had never imagined she had such a sensitive side.

By normal logic, Su Nan shouldn't be able to guess any of this right now, but it was precisely a woman's sensitivity that planted such a thought in her heart.

This led her to voice her doubts without the slightest hesitation, asking the other party point-blank whether he was simply deceiving her.

That's right, it was indeed a kind of deception, but Wang Cen certainly wouldn't tell her the truth. All the effort he had put in was to make her accept everything willingly—there was no other reason.

Yang Lu, standing to the side, listened and shook her head repeatedly. In truth, she had also noticed that Su Nan wasn't very clever. When Su Nan first arrived at the Second Archaeological Team, her acting was extremely clumsy!

And the excuse she gave herself was nothing special—entirely underwhelming. On that basis, Yang Lu's assessment of her was basically set in stone and wouldn't change in the slightest.