"Xu Lei, what are you up to?"
As soon as the call connected, Xu Lei heard Ye Qiu's concerned voice.
"Nothing much, have you reached your destination?"
Xu Lei asked.
"Yeah, I'm here. I'm about to head out for so errands. I probably won't be back today, don't wait for for dinner."
Listening to Ye Qiu, as if he were advising his wife, Xu Lei felt a bit dazed, then nodded: "Okay, got it."
"Alright, I'm busy, gotta hang up. Xu Lei, give a kiss..."
Hearing Ye Qiu's last words, Xu Lei snorted, but in the end, she still gave Ye Qiu a kiss.
After hanging up, Xu Lei held the phone, lost in thought.
...
After hanging up, Ye Qiu's face was filled with a blissful smile.
Lin Jie, who was beside him, enviously said: "Look at you all happy. So, Xu Lei is fine, everything okay?"
Ye Qiu nodded: "Ye Qiu is all good."
"That's good." Lin Jie replied.
Ye Qiu then said: "But it seems Xu Lei knows about Xu Batian's identity, and..."
"What? She knows!"
Lin Jie was taken aback and then asked: "And what?"
Ye Qiu said: "And it seems Xu Lei doesn't have any resistance, doesn't seem to object!"
"What, no resistance?" Lin Jie's eyes twinkled for a mont, his brows tightly knit together.
"And I..."
Hearing Ye Qiu's words, Lin Jie beca anxious: "Co on, man, can you finish a sentence? And what?"
Ye Qiu looked at Lin Jie, sowhat apologetically said: "And I told Xu Lei about my identity."
"What, you told Xu Lei about your undercover identity?"
Lin Jie was shocked.
Ye Qiu shook his head: "No, I didn't, but now Xu Lei probably knows that I aim to get close to Xu Batian, and intend to take action against him."
Lin Jie breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, but then his brows furrowed again. He said: "This could be troubleso."
Ye Qiu nodded, also feeling the difficulty of the situation.
After a while, Lin Jie said: "Can't Xu Lei leave the villa? I an, bring her out first and then send her away, so that when the ti cos..."
"Impossible."
Ye Qiu directly interrupted Lin Jie's words: "Xu Batian has deployed many subordinates around the villa. If we want to take Lei openly, it's very difficult. If we want to take her secretly, we have to clash with Xu Batian's n, and then we'll be exposed."
Lin Jie nodded, "In that case, it's really troubleso."
Ye Qiu nodded: "Yeah, this is quite difficult."
Both Lin Jie and Ye Qiu fell into silence.
After a long pause, Lin Jie said: "Forget it, let's take it one step at a ti. For now, let's finish today's task first."
Ye Qiu nodded: "That's all we can do."
...
Today, Xu Batian assigned Ye Qiu and Lin Jie a task: before the ultimate mission, let Lin Jie lead Ye Qiu to familiarize himself with the surrounding terrain and the route to the delivery point in the Golden Triangle.
Lin Jie and Ye Qiu were driving an off-road vehicle, well-equipped.
At this mont, they had already left the city, heading towards the border.
"Be careful when you reach the border area."
Lin Jie said.
"Oh?" Ye Qiu looked puzzled.
Lin Jie replied: "Those drug traffickers, they are all desperados, and they all have guns, so don't be careless. If you're not careful, they will shoot you in self-defense. They are very vigilant."
Ye Qiu, hearing this, tightened his expression, nodded: "I understand."
Seeing Ye Qiu's tense face through the rearview mirror, Lin Jie smiled slightly and said: "But you don't have to be too nervous. As long as you don't provoke them, make them feel no threat, they generally won't attack you."
"Unless you do sothing that makes them feel threatened or sound the alarm, they won't act against you."
Listening to Lin Jie's words, Ye Qiu nodded: "I understand."
As they spoke, Lin Jie's vehicle moved closer to the border, even spotting the checkpoint leading out of the city and into the wilderness.
"Will they let us through?"
Ye Qiu looked at those uniford personnel, puzzled.
From what he understood, these people were usually very strict.
Lin Jie chuckled and said: "Don't worry, these days, as long as you have money, everything can be settled. Xu Batian has handled it for us."
"Isn't this bribery?" Ye Qiu frowned, looking at those uniford guys.
"What else can we do? This is how society is..."
Lin Jie looked at those uniford guys ahead, a hint of ruthlessness flashed in his eyes: "But after the mission, they'll be brought to justice."
Ye Qiu nodded, and as Lin Jie's vehicle approached those uniford personnel.
The uniford personnel looked at Lin Jie and Ye Qiu, and then unexpectedly said to Lin Jie: "Passage fee."
Ye Qiu was stunned to hear this; he hadn't expected such people to be so blatant, openly asking for money.
"Didn't I already give you?" Lin Jie was clearly puzzled, asking in confusion.
"I'll say it again, passage fee."
The uniford personnel said coldly.
Lin Jie gritted his teeth, eventually said: "How much?"
The uniford personnel extended a hand with fingers!
Seeing this, Lin Jie took a deep breath, then reached for the ergency money he had prepared and handed it over.
The uniford person nodded satisfactorily, smiled, and then allowed Lin Jie and Ye Qiu to leave.
"What's going on, didn't Xu Batian arrange everything? Why do we still have to pay?" Ye Qiu asked in confusion.
Lin Jie harshly slamd the steering wheel: "These bastards, after the mission is over, we'll make sure they are all thrown in jail."
He then looked at Ye Qiu: "It's greed. Xu Batian's money surely went to the higher-ups, but that guy wanted to pocket so for himself. Otherwise, do you think I'd pay such a small amount, and he'd let us through?"
Ye Qiu suddenly understood, nodded, and said nothing more.
After the previous incident, Lin Jie seed very angry, not saying a word along the way while Ye Qiu also sank into thought, looking around in silence.
As they passed through the checkpoint, the concrete roads outside gradually disappeared, turning into dirt roads.
Later entering the forest, it turned into winding mountain roads.
In general, it got harder to traverse.
But Lin Jie seed to always find a route, driving the vehicle straight ahead without being hindered by anything.
"Have we left Huaxia's territory now?"
Ye Qiu earlier spotted a border marker sowhere.
Lin Jie nodded: "Yes, we have left Huaxia's borders. If we commit any cris now, the laws of this country no longer apply to us."
Ye Qiu nodded upon hearing this, then asked: "Which country have we entered now?"
Lin Jie's gaze flickered, looking around, and said: "The destination of Xu Batian's ultimate mission, the Golden Triangle."
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