Chapter 3351: Pushing Their Luck? They Don't Deserve It!

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Lin said leisurely, "I know you're still worried about the official side? And whether the Dihuibu Society will actually give you a chance? Am I right?"

Mr. Wang took a deep breath. At this point, he got straight to the point—say whatever needed saying, no need to hold anything back. He understood such a simple truth perfectly well.

So the next moment, Mr. Wang summoned his courage and said, "That's right, Mr. Zhang. This has indeed been my worry all along. I'm afraid you'll go back on your promise. Even though I trust your character, the official side is absolutely unreliable. I can't hand my people over to them."

Zhang Lin gave a mocking smile and said, "Relax. I've never said you'd be at their beck and call. The officials are merely a formality. What you really need to obey is my orders. Now that I've said this, you should be able to put that big stone in your heart to rest, right?"

Hearing Zhang Lin's words—which amounted to an indirect promise—sure enough, the next moment Mr. Wang let out a long sigh of relief.

This was exactly the promise Mr. Wang had wanted just now, nothing more. That was why he would have felt it was far too harsh if Zhang Lin had taken the initiative to hang up at that moment.

But now, with everything turning out well, Mr. Wang could accept it calmly. At least Zhang Lin hadn't kept arguing with him about what had happened before, and had instead pushed that topic aside.

Then, seeing him bring up the current situation, and Zhang Lin giving his promise right away—what more could he possibly hope for?

This was Zhang Lin's greatest grace, and Mr. Wang believed it without the slightest doubt. Naturally, in response to such grace, Mr. Wang would repay the kindness.

The next moment, Mr. Wang hurriedly pledged, "Mr. Zhang, just tell me what you want me to do. I and the Wang family members I lead will absolutely charge ahead without hesitation."

Zhang Lin gave a faint smile. He first cast a glance at the situation over at Archaeology Team One. Although the atmosphere there was very tense, it hadn't yet reached the point of action. He decided to let things ferment a while longer.

The main purpose was still to make these people see the situation clearly. Zhang Lin had neither the time nor the energy to deal with this kind of thing over and over again.

Under this premise, once something similar happened, he would let the matter ferment endlessly to an extremely extreme situation, and only then step in himself.

At that point, Zhang Lin believed many problems could be resolved, and it would also help their subsequent actions.

Whenever something similar was about to happen again, whether the instigators or those who suffered passively, they would all recall everything that had taken place today. At that time, they should understand what the right thing to do was.

Unless they wanted to invite Zhang Lin's wrath once more, or some other messy situation, they had to wholeheartedly follow the original orders. In fact, Zhang Lin was just short of laying the orders out plainly and telling them directly.

It's just that Zhang Lin didn't want to do that yet. On one hand, he was worried that Wang Wang Canghai's side would copy the same trick; on the other, he feared other deviations might appear.

Zhang Lin had to take all these things into account. He wasn't the kind of hotheaded fool who charges ahead blindly without thinking—that was never Zhang Lin's style.

And the current situation was the optimal choice Zhang Lin had made. He kept Archaeology Team One in this standoff state, which not only brought certain benefits for later, but also let Archaeology Team Two stabilize completely. Of course, before this, Wang Cen had also purged the unstable elements from his own team.

The people remaining in the team now could be said to be absolutely loyal to Wang Cen. As long as they carried such loyalty toward Wang Cen, then likewise, they wouldn't harbor any other ideas about Archaeology Team One.

As long as this condition was met, Zhang Lin could be completely at ease. But Fatty was definitely an unexpected twist—Zhang Lin hadn't expected the other party to pull such a stunt.

But just like with Wu Tianzhen, he understood Fatty's intentions were good, only the method was relatively foolish. However, Zhang Lin wasn't Wu Tianzhen; he had no obligation to indulge Fatty time and time again.

In fact, this time, if the Wang family were to step in directly, he would even use the opportunity to give Fatty a warning—and such a warning would absolutely be unforgettable for life.

This was certain. It wasn't that Zhang Lin couldn't tell close from distant, but aside from Yang Lu herself, no one else had any right to push their luck with him.

Even Yang Lu was deliberately restraining herself, let alone these people. Zhang Lin was more certain of this than anyone. Since he could stick to his own view, and his way of handling things hadn't changed at all, then this matter became astonishingly simple.

Zhang Lin could use this incident itself to make a lot of moves, and once things went off course, afterward the Kendingye Society would surely have various parties making different noises.

He had long been prepared for all this. Ultimately, everything laid out in the open was still for Wang Wang Canghai to see. As long as the other side figured out how to respond, and truly understood what they should say to Zhang Lin afterward—

—then Zhang Lin could adjust his plan. Only now, Zhang Lin himself wasn't holding out much hope for that, because Wang Wang Canghai had told him in the most realistic way that even if it meant walking a dead end, charging straight at Archaeology Team Two, he still refused to passively submit to Zhang Lin.

This was the mindset of someone who had stood at the top for a long time. Perhaps it was precisely his former lofty position that gave him such an illusion, and he couldn't bring himself to discuss these things with Zhang Lin.

In truth, Wang Wang Canghai believed that when he had gone to discuss cooperation with Zhang Lin earlier, he had already set aside all his pride. The pity was that Zhang Lin simply never gave him the chance, and even mocked him to his face.

Therefore, Wang Wang Canghai kept muttering to himself that he absolutely couldn't be blamed—it was Zhang Lin who forced him into today's predicament. If not for Zhang Lin's existence, perhaps by now someone else would have long controlled the entire situation and found a balanced compromise.

In Wang Wang Canghai's view, what Zhang Lin cared about most was not the incident itself, but precisely these people's lives. This was the point where the two clashed most, and it could also be defined as a difference in values.