Liu Han was no fool; he shook his head at Qiu Jingwen.
"Qiu Jingwen, I was just saying, don't take it seriously. Getting a set of factory uniforms is easy, we can still get them even without our people."
As he spoke, Liu Han reached out and patted Qiu Jingwen on the shoulder, his tone softening.
"Alright, this place is too close to the road in your factory area, and there are a lot of people coming and going to and from work. Let's go over there to talk. I've already scouted this spot. There's a stream over there, and we can sit down by the stream and talk slowly without anyone bothering us."
Qiu Jingwen had no idea what Liu Han was up to, but he needed to figure out the other party's real purpose in finding him, and what kind of ridiculous task he was going to be given.
He had thought it over. If it was a mission to gather intelligence or cause sabotage, he would never accept it. At worst, he would kill the other party and then commit suicide or turn himself in.
Of course, according to Qiu Jingwen's plan while taking a bath at the bathhouse last night, he did not want to kill Liu Han near the Hongqi Factory, nor would he choose to kill him today.
During yesterday's torrential rain, he had a minor altercation with Liu Han, which was witnessed by Liang Damin, the head of the security department.
I didn't go to work today, and it wasn't a normal day off. If I rashly killed Liu Han now, the police could easily identify him as Qiu Jingwen during their investigation and list him as one of the murder suspects.
In his plan to eliminate Liu Han, he would first meet with Liu Han today to see what Liu Han wanted him to do, and then arrange a time and place outside the Hongqi Factory area to kill him.
Thinking of all this, he gave Liu Han a gentle smile.
“Liu Han, as you know, I’m the workshop director, and I have a lot of things to do. Today isn’t my normal day off. I thought about it last night, and we decided to leave the Hongqi Factory’s territory. We could go to the county town and find a teahouse to sit down and have a long talk, but definitely not today. I don’t have much time today.”
After hearing this, Liu Han looked at Qiu Jingwen and said loudly:
"Qiu Jingwen, are you trying to mess with me? I just observed for a moment, and there's a small path over there that leads to a stream. It's quiet and deserted there, and you can hear the sound of the stream. No one will hear us talking. I've been a secret agent for so many years, I have that kind of common sense. It's not just for your safety, but also for mine. Although I---but---".
Although there was a twist, Qiu Jingwen didn't understand.
He frowned as he looked at Liu Han:
"Old Liu, what do you mean? What's your predicament? What do you mean by 'although---but'? Why only say half of it?"
"Don't ask anymore, I'll tell you later. Come on, let's go to the stream and sit down to talk slowly."
“Today is really not going to work, Liu Han. Haven’t you realized you’re getting old? Do you know that yesterday on the road, our security chief spotted us? He could tell that we had a struggle. Although he didn’t see your face clearly, with the observational skills of a security chief like Lao Liang, he must have noticed that our relationship was unusual.”
"So what? How did you explain our meeting to him back then?"
"Of course I made up an excuse to brush it off."
"That's right, you're a smart person, a natural-born agent, you can't even handle this kind of thing."
"Old Liu, how about this, tonight, I'll go with you to the stream, and then we can sit down and have a good talk."
"No, it has to be now. Didn't your teacher teach you in the training course that orders from superiors are paramount? I am your superior, and the mission is urgent."
Liu Han was, after all, a veteran spy; he wasn't stupid.
Putting aside the fact that Qiu Jingwen had received training and, although he was a teenager back then, excelled in all subjects, just considering his age, Qiu Jingwen was not yet fifty years old, while I am almost seventy.
If he agrees to meet Qiu Jingwen in the mountains that night, it might not be difficult for the other party to kill him.
When Qiu Jingwen saw Liu Han using his superior to pressure him, he stared at the scar on the other man's face and smiled with some disdain.
"Liu Han, stop trying to pressure me with your superior position. What kind of superior are you? Where have you been all these years? You haven't even given me a single penny of operating funds, and now you're trying to assign me some ridiculous task?! Do you think I'll agree to that?"
Liu Han didn't take it seriously, but looked at Qiu Jingwen and sneered.
"Cobra, stop talking nonsense. You have to agree whether you want to or not. My matter is quite urgent."
"Tell me, what's the matter that's so urgent?"
"Come with me to the stream. I have an important task for you. Otherwise, within two days, I'll make sure everyone in the entire Hongqi Factory knows you're a spy, and I guarantee the police will break into your house with their men."
Qiu Jingwen stared at Liu Han for a long time without responding.
Two men, eyes locked, silence spoke volumes.
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