Drawing Closer

Meanwhile, Jiebo was also deep in thought.

Earlier, Siliwu had roughly told him the outcome of the mysterious space. He had not gone into much detail, merely instructing him to keep a close eye on Angel.

Perhaps Angel was the one who had stolen the mysterious item from that island.

When Siliwu conveyed those words, Jiebo had noticed that something about his tone was strange. It seemed that even Siliwu himself did not believe Angel could have done such a thing.

But then why had Siliwu still specifically instructed him to do this?

With a turn of his mind, Jiebo basically understood Siliwu's intentions, especially since he had emphasized at the end that this was an order from Florence, the Sea God. Clearly, his mentor was using this task to keep him away from the turmoil within Deep Sea Song during this period.

Jiebo could hardly disregard his mentor's goodwill. Since he had accepted the task, he naturally had to carry it out, so he immediately had White invite Angel over.

From his probing just now, Jiebo had not found anything suspicious about Angel. Of course, perhaps he had been influenced by his preconceived judgment. He had never believed Angel was the one who had plucked the peach, so he could not detect any hidden trickery.

Because he had already accepted this as fact, and even Siliwu had come to the same conclusion, Jiebo had not probed too deeply after their initial meeting. Instead, he brought Angel into the inner hall.

This time, Jiebo had invited Angel over, and the probing was merely going through the motions. His true purpose was simply...

"Draw closer... to me?" Angel looked at Jiebo in surprise. Jiebo wore a calm expression as he sipped red wine.

"Yes. This is a task my mentor gave