Chapter 3362: Hearing You Admit It With Your Own Mouth! Only Then Can I Truly Rest Easy!

Under these circumstances, this is the most powerful option for them. If Zhang Lin unilaterally chose to hide certain things, especially matters concerning their cooperation—

—then Mr. Wang would certainly grow suspicious. Not only would that do no good for what came next, it might even accelerate certain shifts in the situation. As for whether such a shift would be good or bad, no one could say clearly. Right now, Zhang Lin had to deliberately guard against Wang Canghai's side playing tricks.

At the same time, the situation with the First Archaeology Team needed to be stabilized quickly. Whether or not they descended to Cloud Top Tiangong, if internal problems emerged now, then once he arrived at the New Moon Restaurant, he wouldn't be able to focus most of his energy on the Second Archaeology Team.

That would be when Zhang Lin would truly unleash his fury. He believed that was not the outcome Wu Tianzhen wanted to see, and he was also certain that if anyone else saw this point clearly, they would regret it beyond repair.

At the very least, Fatty would absolutely feel that way once that moment came. This was also connected to resolving the Wang family's matters now. Zhang Lin didn't want to personally call Fatty and speak with him directly, telling him to stop doing foolish things.

Because the outcome of this matter was already destined. When the corresponding facts were laid out before one's eyes, there was no point dwelling on useless things. This was what Zhang Lin wanted to tell them.

Yet precisely at this critical juncture, the Wang family had once again become like this. So Zhang Lin wanted to go with the flow. Since Mr. Wang had already thought about purging the Wang family before this—

—then Zhang Lin decided to go all in. Using this method actually helped the other party, and this was exactly what surprised Mr. Wang. It was as if Zhang Lin had calculated everything. He swore he had absolutely not told the other party about this matter.

But now Zhang Lin had so casually laid everything out, and this was the last result Mr. Wang wanted to see. Yet even so, he had to accept it.

Because Mr. Wang knew he had no chance to resist. Everything was laid out before him; he had long since handed his fate over to Zhang Lin to arrange.

Every time he thought of this, Mr. Wang would heave a sigh. After hearing Zhang Lin's reply, Mr. Wang thought for a long while, then shook his head.

Then he said, "Mr. Zhang, although I understand, there are still some things I need to hear from your own mouth before I can truly feel at ease."

It had to be said, this moment revealed Mr. Wang's cunning and craftiness. He did not let the matter simply continue. If at this point he were still acting like an extremely clever person, once Zhang Lin said these words, he wouldn't need the other party to explain.

Then both of them would be in a state of tacit understanding when discussing what came next. That would certainly be beneficial for now, but if after this matter ended, Zhang Lin went back on his word, then by that time Mr. Wang wouldn't even have a chance to cry.

He had staked everything, including the fate of the entire Wang family—things he had never dared to imagine before. Having paid such a painful price, if he didn't get what he wanted, then clearly he would have no face to continue leading the Wang family afterward.

At that time, even if no one within the Wang family defected, Mr. Wang would still pass his position to a trusted confidant, and then—whether it was by taking his own life to atone, or by leaving the Wang family forever and living under a different name—

—either way, it would no longer be the current Mr. Wang leading everything. These were the outcomes he could imagine in his heart, and regarding such outcomes, Mr. Wang had wavered countless times in his mind.

His inner struggle, his doubts, his indecisiveness when facing matters—all of this was absolutely not for himself, but for the entire Wang family.

No matter how brilliant that confidant was, he had actually failed to see the most core point in all this. If he had realized it, he would never again look at Mr. Wang through colored glasses. At the very least, under these circumstances, he shouldn't keep dwelling on those things.

Because Mr. Wang had given much for the Wang family. He had given up everything, all so the Wang family could go further. This was an extremely precious quality—at the very least, ordinary people couldn't reach such a state.

But Mr. Wang had precisely achieved it. Perhaps this was exactly the point where all Wang family members should feel ashamed, except they didn't know it now. Of course, this was what Zhang Lin wanted to see. If the Wang family members themselves didn't realize how foolish their actions were, and what had actually happened before this—

—then Zhang Lin had the obligation to give them a wake-up call. Even if he couldn't make them feel guilty, their most basic conscience could at least be awakened. But taking a step back—if even on this basis these people still had their conscience awakened, based on this point, Zhang Lin would also change his previous strategy.

In other words, he would no longer consider the Wang family's feelings. However, Zhang Lin felt this was unlikely. After all, in any team, no matter how extremely brutal, there would always be good people.

They knew what they should do next, knew what they were about to face. This was reality.

And facing such reality, they always thought more than others. So in any similar team, it was impossible that not a single usable person could be found. Zhang Lin was more certain of this than anyone.

That was why Zhang Lin wasn't anxious at all. He felt this matter had to be taken slowly. There was no way to gobble it all down in one bite, nor any way to see the end at a glance. He could only take it one step at a time.

Perhaps this description sounded rather helpless, but only Zhang Lin himself knew that what seemed helpless was actually the best way to solve the problem. At least within this window, there were many things Zhang Lin could handle.

He didn't need to look at anyone's face. This was the initiative he had fought for through all this elaborate effort over such a long time. From any angle, this was not an especially easy thing to do.

Looking at the present, upon hearing what Mr. Wang said, Zhang Lin couldn't help but smile helplessly and shake his head. He had no way to refuse Mr. Wang's request.

He also knew the other party had no peace of mind. It had reached such a point that they even wanted him to make a verbal guarantee directly. Normally, Zhang Lin might have just blown up at the other party, because at this stage Mr. Wang simply had no qualification to negotiate terms with him.

But under equal-footed competition, perhaps Zhang Lin would leverage his anger to negotiate some conditions with the other party. Yet now it was meaningless precisely because Mr. Wang had no qualification to negotiate terms with him.

Therefore, any anger at this point was pointless. It would only give Zhang Lin a fleeting sense of bullying the weak, and he had never had any interest in oppressing the weak. On this premise, Zhang Lin didn't want to dwell on it any further.

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