"Even though you don't want anything, I still want to give you something."

Xu Batian thought for a moment: "Directly giving you money seems a bit too tacky. How about this, I'll give you a 0.2% share of my company, how about that?"

Upon hearing Xu Batian's words, Ye Qiu and Lin Jie were instantly stunned.

Before infiltrating Xu Batian as an undercover agent, Ye Qiu had done some research on his business empire.

Xu Batian, while secretly a leader of underground forces, was publicly the president of a listed corporation.

Moreover, his corporation was ranked among the world's top 500, and within the top 30 in Huaxia.

What does that mean? Nearly trillion-dollar assets.

And a 0.2% share, though it sounds small, translates in Xu Batian's company, under Wan Yi's assets, to several billions, nearly tens of billions.

Now Xu Batian, without hesitation or stinginess, just offered it to Ye Qiu.

This shocked Ye Qiu while making him suspicious, not knowing what Xu Batian was up to.

Unable to figure it out, he turned his gaze to Lin Jie.

Lin Jie's expression was also uncertain, meeting Ye Qiu's eyes, his mind racing.

But after pondering for a while, he couldn't come up with anything and shook his head at Ye Qiu, indicating he didn't understand either,

Seeing Lin Jie also puzzled, Ye Qiu's expression was full of confusion.

He then looked at Xu Batian, and when he saw Xu Batian smilingly watching him, he also gave a slight smile, hesitated for a moment, and said, "Mr. Xu, isn't this a bit too much, making me feel a bit overwhelmed."

Xu Batian chuckled: "I've told you to call me Uncle Xu, not Mr. Xu."

Ye Qiu was taken aback, then hesitated for a moment, and said, "Uncle Xu."

"Hmm."

Xu Batian nodded with satisfaction, then said to Ye Qiu: "You shouldn't feel overwhelmed, nor feel it's too much, it's all you deserve. You killed Wang Biao, I could even give you 1%."

"But..."

Ye Qiu wanted to say something more, but Xu Batian waved his hand: "Enough, there's no need to say more, it's decided."

Seeing Xu Batian had made the decision, Ye Qiu nodded helplessly: "Alright then."

Xu Batian said: "That's better, oh right, I forgot to tell you, Xu Lei is here."

"What, she's here?" Ye Qiu was surprised, then delighted.

Xu Batian said: "I brought her to an apartment in Switzerland, she's waiting for you now, you should go."

Ye Qiu immediately got up, then quickly left after saying a word to Xu Batian.

Watching Ye Qiu's back, Xu Batian shook his head, then looking at Lin Jie who was about to leave, frowned, and suddenly shouted: "Lin Jie."

Lin Jie's body stiffened, then turned to look at Xu Batian, "What's up boss?"

Xu Batian said: "Why are you always exchanging glances with Ye Qiu? Are you hiding something from me?"

"The two of us!"

Lin Jie didn't know what to say for a moment.

Xu Batian then said: "I remember your relationship with Ye Qiu wasn't that good, so why does it seem so amicable now? What's going on between you two?"

Hearing Xu Batian's inquiry, Lin Jie didn't know what to say for a while,

Seeing Lin Jie hedging, Xu Batian frowned and ordered: "Speak!"

Lin Jie was startled, hesitated for a moment then said: "Sigh, alright Boss Xu, I'll be honest, actually, actually, I, I..."

"What about you?" Xu Batian's expression grew even more serious.

Lin Jie seemed to find it very difficult to speak, finally gritting his teeth and said: "Actually, I like Ye Qiu!"

Gah.

Upon hearing this, Xu Batian almost fell off his chair, rubbed his eyes, and looked at Lin Jie in disbelief: "You, what did you say?"

Lin Jie's face reddened a bit and said: "Actually, Boss Xu, I like men." Saying this, he stole a glance at Xu Batian, carrying a hint of allure.

Xu Batian suddenly shuddered, backing away quickly, but then thought of a serious question and asked Lin Jie: "Then what about Ye Qiu? What's his orientation?"

Lin Jie seemed somewhat wistful, and said: "He likes women, so he always rejects me, but I, sigh, but I really like him."

"Whew."

Hearing Lin Jie's words, Xu Batian breathed a sigh of relief. He was planning to marry Xu Lei to Ye Qiu, if there was an issue with Ye Qiu, he'd have to stop it.

"Hey that's not right, didn't you like women before? I remember you flirting with women several times."

Xu Batian asked with a puzzled expression.

Lin Jie said: "That was all to cover up, I was afraid of being found out."

After saying that, he glanced at Xu Batian with joy in his eyes: "I hope you can keep this secret for me, boss."

Xu Batian nodded, understandingly, and said: "Of course, I will keep this under wraps for you."

After saying that, he thought for a moment, then said: "But you, although you like Ye Qiu..."

At this, Xu Batian shivered, his skin crawling, and continued: "You must never have any ideas about him, nor do anything, understood?"

"I understand, Boss Xu." Lin Jie sighed a bit wistfully.

Xu Batian shook his head, later feeling that being with Lin Jie made even him, a veteran in the field, accustomed to life-and-death, feel his scalp tingle, hastily waved at Lin Jie: "You can leave now."

"Yes."

Lin Jie slowly retreated, but after he left, Xu Batian's expression became serious, touching his chin and said: "No, there's something wrong here. Lin Jie has been with me for so many years, why did I never notice? If he's truly gay, there's no way he could have hidden it completely."

Xu Batian gazed out the window, into the starry sky, lost in thought.

...

"Whew."

After coming out of Xu Batian's room, Lin Jie let out a sigh of relief, then thought back to what he had said earlier, feeling a bit sick, wanting to vomit.

"Ugh, I really went all out for the mission."

Lin Jie felt a bit wronged, but thinking that it was all for the mission, he just shook his head.

"Ugh, wait, did I forget something?"

As he was about to leave, suddenly the same question Xu Batian had came to his mind, he'd been with Xu Batian for almost ten years, if he really were gay, there would surely be some signs, why was he never found out?

And only today did he tell the truth when Xu Batian asked.

Lin Jie fell into deep thought, his brows tightly furrowed.

"Ugh, take it one step at a time, hopefully by the time the mission ends, I'll still be alive."

Lin Jie shook his head, deciding to put this matter at the back of his mind, not realizing it was this oversight that cost him his life just as he was about to receive honor and retire when the mission ended.

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