Ye Qiu forcibly pried open the elevator door, then stepped out and pretended to be puzzled as he looked at Xu Batian, saying, "What's the matter?"

Xu Batian said, "Did you drop your stuff?"

Ye Qiu was momentarily confused, then looked down at the fallen bills at his feet and shook his head, "These aren't mine. I don't have the habit of dropping money."

He bent down to pick up the money and then handed it to Xu Jiao, saying, "Found them here, they should naturally be yours."

After saying this, he glanced at Xu Batian, "Nothing else, right? If there's nothing else, I'll leave."

He spoke, and left once again, his heart filled with confusion, thinking to himself, "What's going on with this Xu Batian? At this point, shouldn't he be persuading me to join them and, after some tough negotiation, I ultimately decide to join? How come the script is not following that path?"

Ye Qiu arrived once more in front of the elevator. The elevator doors quickly opened, and Ye Qiu entered. Seeing Xu Batian still not intending to speak, he sighed inwardly. As the elevator doors slowly closed, a hint of disappointment flashed in Ye Qiu's eyes as he thought, "Seems like I need to come up with new ways to get into Xu Batian's core."

Just as he was preparing to return and think of other ways to join, the elevator door suddenly opened, and he was surprised to see Xu Jiao standing at the entrance: "Are you going down?"

Ye Qiu almost blurted out that her dad had called him back, which would surely have raised Xu Batian's suspicions.

"No, that's not it," Xu Jiao said, "My dad asked you to come, said he wants to talk to you."

Ye Qiu felt delighted inside but appeared puzzled: "Called me to talk? About what?"

"Come quickly with me, you'll know when you talk," Xu Jiao replied.

Ye Qiu nodded and quickly followed Xu Jiao toward Xu Batian's office, his heart sneering, "He couldn't hold back, could he? Haha, still called me."

But thinking about the earlier scene, Ye Qiu quickly refocused his mind, worried that Xu Batian might want to discuss something else with him, which would mean his earlier joy was wasted.

Knock, knock, knock.

After arriving at Xu Batian's office with Xu Jiao, he knocked on the door and got a reply, then Xu Jiao led Ye Qiu into Xu Batian's office.

The office was grand and imposing, full of grandeur, located on the eighteenth floor, and the huge floor-to-ceiling window gave a clear view of the bustling street scenery outside.

Ye Qiu admired it for a moment, then approached Xu Batian, saying, "You wanted to see me?"

Xu Batian glanced at Ye Qiu, saying, "Sit down and let's talk."

Ye Qiu nodded and then sat in front of Xu Batian.

Xu Batian said, "You're a smart person, and I don't want to waste words. Let me be straightforward; I'm inviting you to join my team and work for me. Would you be willing?"

Ye Qiu frowned, "I've already made myself very clear before."

Xu Batian said, "I checked your background; you currently have no job, and during this time, if you help me out, I'll give you a million."

"Your task must be dangerous and illegal, right?"

"Oh, why ask?" Xu Batian replied.

Ye Qiu said, "With your standing, Xu Boss, it's unlikely you'd be doing anything good."

Xu Jiao nudged Ye Qiu, and Xu Batian was momentarily taken aback, then burst into laughter, "You guessed right, it's indeed not something good."

Xu Batian frowned, saying, "How about this, you do this for me, and I'll give you five million!"

"I'm not interested in money."

"I'll give you ten million."

"Money is just fleeting clouds to me."

"Thirty million."

"Sometimes money is too much to know how to spend."

Xu Batian narrowed his eyes, "You do this for me, and afterwards I'll give you fifty million."

Ye Qiu smiled slightly, "Fine, I'll do it."

"Haha, weren't you saying money is clouds and doesn't matter to you?" Xu Batian showed a hint of joy, "I thought you didn't care about money."

Ye Qiu smiled slightly, "Who wouldn't care about money? It's just that the price you initially offered wasn't enough to move me."

"Haha, how straightforward," Xu Batian found Ye Qiu increasingly appealing, and now thought that once this was done, Ye Qiu would be tied to him, and he would find a way to make Ye Qiu completely join his core and work for him.

Besides, seeing the relationship between Ye Qiu and Xu Jiao, he was secretly considering how to match them. However, the thought disappeared when he remembered Xu Lei's existence.

"Alright, what do you need me to do?" Ye Qiu asked.

Xu Batian smiled slightly and then handed a bank card to Ye Qiu, saying, "Here's five million, your down payment. I'll give you the rest later."

"Aren't you afraid I'll take the money and run?" Ye Qiu asked.

Xu Batian said, "As long as you don't run out of Huaxia, I'll inevitably find you, and even if you leave Huaxia, it's not out of the question for me to find you."

Ye Qiu nodded silently. Xu Batian was a big player in the underground forces in Yn, but his influence in the entire underground forces of Huaxia was not to be underestimated either.

"Truly generous." Ye Qiu contentedly put away the bank card, not turning down freely given money.

"Alright, now that you've agreed with me, we're on the same side. Go with Jiaojiao to our racers' base to have a look and pick a race car."

Watching Xu Batian wave them off, Xu Jiao quickly pulled Ye Qiu out of Xu Batian's office.

After Ye Qiu and Xu Jiao left, the smile on Xu Batian's face slowly faded, and he frowned and sank into thought.

Then he took out his phone, dialed a number, and said, "Prepare to probe Ye Qiu, and send someone to investigate Ye Qiu's background thoroughly to see if he's an undercover cop."

After hanging up, Xu Batian thought to himself, "Hope you're not an undercover sent by the cops, or else I'll make sure you die an unpleasant death."

...

"Achoo."

While driving the car with Xu Jiao to Xu Batian's racers' base, Ye Qiu suddenly sneezed, feeling annoyed, "Who is the old fool cursing me or plotting against me now?"

Ye Qiu knew that it must be Xu Batian wanting a million ways to eliminate him, so it's highly likely he's sending people to investigate him now.

However, Ye Qiu wasn't worried at all, since his entire clean record had already been sealed by the national security department; any investigation would come up short.

Yet all the negative things and bad deeds Ye Qiu had done were left exposed because that's how you create the image of a thug, to not be discovered by Xu Batian.

.

The car, guided by Xu Jiao, slowly drove toward Xu Batian's racers' base.

On the road, Ye Qiu was thinking now of his current strength, though quite strong, yet facing many people, especially those armed with guns, could be tricky. So he pondered the need to further enhance his skills.

Then he contemplated for a moment and summoned the system.

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