Chapter 207: Compensation

In the empty base, there was a deathly silence. Ye Nan, Potts, and Stark were silent, only able to look at this distorted Peter.

Even if Peter was a good person, even if he was kind-hearted, when he faced the fact that he had become an experimental subject and had been cloned, there was still unspeakable anger in his heart.

That anger was so huge that even if all the water in the five lakes and four seas were used, it could not be washed away.

However, Ye Nan was his friend. In his heart, he hoped Ye Nan could give him an explanation, an explanation he could accept, even if this explanation was very reluctant.

"Sorry." Ye Nan moved his lips and said the three words "I'm sorry" lightly.

He deceived Peter, let a spider bite Peter, pushed the plot, and made him become Spider-Man. He didn't regret it, even if he eventually became friends with Peter, there was only a trace of guilt in his heart.

However, Dr. Truss ignored his prohibition and used cloning technology without authorization. He felt he should apologize.

Cloning technology is like a Pandora's box. Once opened, it may bring hope, but it is more likely to bring disaster. This is a double-edged sword, and also a difficult choice. And now, Truss opened this magic box privately and used cloning technology. He needed to take great responsibility.

"Sorry? Haha..." Peter laughed loudly, his laughter miserable. "Is one sorry enough?"

"I treated you as my friend, but what did you treat me as? Your experimental subject?"

Peter punched Ye Nan in the face, knocking him against the wall. "From today on, we are finished."

"Don't be like this, Peter." Potts walked up and grabbed Peter's shoulder. "This is not Ye Nan's fault. It was that Truss who acted privately and cloned your body. This can't be blamed on Ye Nan. Ye Nan was thinking about the development of the ICQ company."

"Peter, Potts is right. You can't blame all the responsibility on Ye Nan." Stark also joined the ranks of persuasion, rarely agreeing with Potts's words.

To be honest, he was very dissatisfied with Ye Nan's actions, but no matter how dissatisfied he was, Ye Nan was also his friend. He didn't want to see his friend and another friend break off relations.

"Let's put it this way, actually Ye Nan made friends with me at the beginning, also holding the idea of profit."

Peter looked up at Stark, his blue eyes full of confusion.

"Do you know? Actually, Ye Nan once attacked my Stark Industries. He used huge capital to encircle me in the stock market. At that time, I was really restless."

"Can you imagine? The only thing my father left me, he actually wanted to take it away. Do you know how uncomfortable I was at that time? I was the same as you now. Therefore, I invested all my technology into Stark Industries, strengthened Stark Industries, and let the shareholders see hope, so they wouldn't give up their shares in Stark Industries because of the ICQ company's offer."

"Then why..." Peter asked. He wanted to say: Then why would you become friends with Ye Nan? But when the words reached his lips, he couldn't say them.

"Not just for the company, but also for the millions of out-of-school children sponsored by the company." Ye Nan looked at Peter and smiled lightly.

"In the cave, when he came to save me for the first time, I thought he was for my Stark Industries. I was still thinking in my heart: how to repay him, how to pay back his kindness."

"But later, the more I interacted with Ye Nan, the more I felt that this person could be made friends with."

"He is a very peculiar person. Facing enemies, he will use every method to strike, various despicable means, and even conspiracies and open schemes. It can be said that he uses everything. But facing friends, he is sincere."

"During the time I made friends with him, not only was he identifying me as a friend, but I was also identifying him as a brother."

"So, friend, don't care about the past. What you should care about is the future. If he dares to do such a thing to you again in the future, don't say you, I will also help you beat him up fiercely." After saying that, Stark added, "I will help you beat him up wearing the iron suit."

Hearing Stark's words, the anger in Peter's heart slowly subsided. He was a soft-hearted person to begin with. Facing his clone, his anger drowned his reason. When reason returned, his anger had already dissipated.

Some people can kill in a fit of anger, but after killing, what follows is endless regret, because they didn't really want to kill, but were dominated by anger.

When reason returned, Peter felt regret for the words "we are finished" he had said.

"Actually, as early as the beginning, when I first saw you, I had bad intentions. I don't know if you still remember when I shook hands with you." Ye Nan spoke slowly, recounting his past.

When shaking hands? Peter recalled carefully. When he first shook hands with Ye Nan, a spider appeared in Ye Nan's hand.

"That spider, was it intentional?" Peter's voice was very calm.

That spider brought him power, made his life produce incredible changes. He wanted to thank that spider, even though he had hated that spider.

"Yes, at that time, the research institute in my Ultimate Evolution Base, when doing experiments, found that Spider-Man's genes would perfectly match human genes, but this matched gene would collapse because of human fragility."

"Therefore, it is necessary to find a person who can withstand spider genes, and you are this person."

Ye Nan said slowly, most of which was the truth, and the false part was the discovery of the spider and Peter, which was not a coincidence, but the result of his operation, a result of deceiving these researchers and not letting them notice.

"So that's how it is." Peter's mouth was bitter, his heart was in a mess. The power he was proud of actually came from an experiment, so what reason did he have to blame Ye Nan?

"Sorry, I..."

Peter wanted to say sorry. But he couldn't say it no matter what. A sense of guilt kept bubbling up in his heart.

"Actually, I was wrong." Ye Nan said sincerely. "I used you at the beginning, indeed with bad intentions. I have never regretted my actions at that time. But I believe that since I got to know you and became friends, my actions have not been unfair to you in the slightest."

"I was indeed wrong." Peter suddenly became free and easy. "Stark is right. I have no right to manage the past. As long as you haven't done anything unfair to me since we got to know each other, it's fine."

"Then, are we still friends?" Ye Nan reached out his hand.

"Yes, we are still friends." Peter also reached out his hand and shook hands with Ye Nan.

Everyone spoke their minds, and the atmosphere immediately became harmonious. Especially Potts, who was afraid that Ye Nan and Peter would cause trouble again, immediately walked to the middle.

"Ye Nan. Didn't you want to give away shares? You can do it now."

Peter was in the ranks of shares Ye Nan gave away. She wanted to use this to let Peter let go completely. After all, it was your own company, and contributing a little blood to your own company was nothing.

"Potts is right." Ye Nan smiled suddenly and called a Terminator to take down two contracts. "This is the equity transfer of the ICQ company."

"I don't want to take yours." Stark suddenly refused. "Unmerited rewards are not accepted, even if it's your gift."

Stark's words made Potts anxious. She wished she could slap Stark immediately to wake him up.

Those were the stocks of the ICQ company! Even if it was just a little bit, it represented that Stark had a place in the ICQ company, represented that his status and wealth had been raised a lot. With the shares of the ICQ company, how would those hearings dare to harass Stark? Stark could ignore them if he wanted to.

"Stark, what kind of tricks are you playing again?" Ye Nan looked at Stark in surprise, looking at this guy who clearly agreed to accept but changed his mind temporarily.

"You wouldn't be disliking these shares for being too few, would you? If you want, I can give you more." Ye Nan said with a joking tone.

"Of course I don't dislike these shares for being too few, I just..."

Before Stark finished speaking, he was interrupted by Ye Nan. "Since you don't dislike them for being too few, why don't you accept them?"

Ye Nan forcibly stuffed the contract into Stark's hand, while taking out a contract and handing it to Peter.

"Peter, this is your share. From today on, you are one of the many shareholders of our ICQ company, and you will have a seat in the future board of directors."

"I refuse." Peter didn't hesitate at all, refusing Ye Nan's shares. "I don't want to accept your shares. I don't have this qualification, nor do I have this ability. I can't make contributions to ICQ."

"You have made contributions before, Peter. This is just a little compensation I give you." Ye Nan said. "Your relatives, they all need these shares."

"Peter, don't just think about yourself, think about them too. Aunt is so old, she can't go out to find work anymore. You probably don't want to see her suffer, right?"

"Peter, you are no longer a child. You can't do whatever you want because of your willfulness. You should consider your family and consider your own future."

"Yes, you are a superhero, you enjoy the worship of thousands, you enjoy the cheers of the public, you are regarded as a guardian god by the public, but don't forget, the one enjoying the worship of thousands and the cheers is Spider-Man, not you. Once you take off that suit, you are nothing."

"Wake up, Peter. You always have to live. Don't throw away your whole life for illusory glory."

"I will find a job myself." Peter looked at Ye Nan firmly. "Definitely."

"You will find a job yourself, but do you know how hard it is to find a job?" Potts also helped to persuade. "The United States is a place that doesn't sympathize with tears. Here, it's always winner takes all. You don't have to accept Ye Nan's gift of shares, but you have to think about your aunt, does she need it or not?"

"This..." Hearing Potts's words, Peter hesitated.

If he were just one person, he could indeed travel all over the world, but his aunt was still there. For his aunt, he had to shoulder the burden.

"Let's do this, Peter. These shares are just compensation for me using you for experiments. Don't refuse him, I will feel guilty." Ye Nan stared at him, handed the contract to Peter, and only then did he smile. "Now there is one last thing left, and that is to accept Aztec radiation. As a member of the ICQ company shareholders, you have the right to enjoy this treatment." ===== CHAPTER 208 =====