Chapter 2929: Q&A_2

But this also doesn’t make sense, because even though there’s that faint feeling of alienation, she still acts like she’s shopping and hanging out with her best friends, showing no signs of anything unusual on the surface.

This discovery makes Jiawen a bit uneasy, but she quickly realizes that her unease is quite unnecessary. After all, the get-together today will last only about a morning, at most a little walk after lunch. After that, she will quietly disappear from these people’s view, completely severing ties with them.

So, even if there’s something to worry about, it seems it’s not something she needs to care about right now.

The most crucial task at this moment is to safely get through the last few hours.

After that, she just needs to finish the last few meetings and pass the relevant information to the boss, then she can return to Shaven with peace of mind and complete the first step of the Southwest major work.

“Whew…”

She gently exhaled, and Jiawen rubbed her forehead with the habitual posture of the ‘Black Vatican Priest’, easing her fatigue.

After all, shopping itself isn’t tiring, but accompanying other girls shopping without being able to shop to her heart’s content is quite exhausting.

“You’ve worked hard.”

The handsome half-dragon player next to her gave a wry smile and raised his hand to pat her shoulder.

Immediately after, before Jiawen could speak, the two girls ahead ran back with enthusiasm, seriously stating a large clothing store in front is having a promotion! Plus, there’s free basic makeup sets available!

“And so?”

The Silent Brother beside her had a stiff expression and asked in a somewhat trembling voice.

“You mean…”

Jiawen cooperatively raised her head, her voice dry.

“So you all can rest here a bit, really, just a little while and you’re like this, so disappointing.”

Ji Xiaoge made a face, then grabbed Yu Chen, saying with a laugh, “We both want a chance to dress each other up properly, and all the seats inside are full, you guys will just stand like fools, better to rest outside.”

Yu Chen stuck out her tongue as well: “Thank you for your hard work…”

Motan didn’t bat an eye and pressed his hands together: “Grateful!”

Jiawen followed suit and bowed her head, sincerely saying: “You must be angels.”

“That’s settled then, we’ll go play first~”

The action-ready Ji Xiaoge cheered, then dragging Yu Chen’s small hand, zipped away to the large store far in the distance.

The two left on the spot exchanged a smile, simultaneously exhaling a breath of relief.

Then—

“Mr. Cole…?”

Just as Jiawen had relaxed and lazily planned to close her eyes and rest for a while, the man next to her suddenly spoke in a low voice.

“Uh!”

Very much in line with her character, Jiawen’s body shook, then turned to the other, her expression somewhat serious: “You…”

“I’d like to talk about Tan Mo.”

Motan casually smiled, stood up, and strolled away from the bench where they sat, lightly saying: “To be honest, although we’ve known each other for quite a while now, I just never understand his thinking, it’s been bothering me for a long time.”

Jiawen instinctively frowned, stayed silent for a moment, then softly said: “I understand what you mean, but…”

“Maybe we can exchange insights on how to deal with him?”

Motan cheerful interrupted her, smiling: “I’ve always wanted to understand that person, perhaps you’re curious about your mister too? Of course, if you want, you can completely tell him about our conversation today after you go back.”

“After going back… if we recall correctly, Tan Mo and Cole Shuren arranged to meet next time tomorrow afternoon, so it’s still time.”

Jiawen made a mental calculation, but still didn’t immediately agree, only hesitated and said: “I’m not sure if the mister will be pleased.”

“I can assure you, Tan Mo definitely wouldn’t mind you chatting about him alone with me.”

Motan lazily stretched, revealing a reassuring smile: “So you can be at ease, alright? We’d better hurry, we still need to accompany those two ladies shopping later.”

“Well… okay.”

After establishing a certain understanding with ‘Black Vatican’ and ‘Mor’, but knowing almost nothing about Cole Shuren’s leader named ‘Tan Mo’, also wanting to figure out the relationship between them and her boss, Jiawen sighed, ultimately nodding in agreement.

Thus, under Motan’s lead, the two took a turn into a common little alley seen everywhere, and then—

“What… do you mean by this?”

Jiawen tilted her head, looking at the blade gently resting on her shoulder, chuckled wryly and raised her hands, slowly turning to the man who took less than two seconds to circle from the front to her back, stealthily placing the weapon beside her neck: “Honestly, I don’t quite understand.”

“My meaning?”

Motan’s clear and bright purple eyes had lost all traces of a smile, replaced by a killing intent and somber look, softly said: “That’s really simple enough, I just want to investigate who you really are, if I’m offending, I beg pardon.”

Jiawen frowned slightly, slowly said: “I’m simply carrying out commands…”

Whoosh——

“Please, don’t misunderstand.”

The blade left a barely noticeable mark on the ‘Black Vatican Priest’s’ neck, then rested on her other shoulder, the longsword’s owner narrowed his eyes slightly: “If you insist on posing as ‘Cole Shuren’, then I can only use a stopgap measure to let you start over.”

This time, Jiawen remained silent for a full half minute before speaking again: “How did you find out?”

“Okay, as the advantaged party, I can answer one question of yours, but only one.”

The man in front of her faintly smiled, calmly said: “Remember when I said, ‘although I’ve known Tan Mo for quite some time, I just never understand his thinking’? I wasn’t lying, and as one of your main intelligence sources, Cole Shuren likewise never understands Tan Mo’s actions, so you didn’t know after that pleasant gathering, Tan Mo found Cole Shuren before you did, and learned some things from him in an unusual state.”

Jiawen first paused, then shook her head helplessly: “There are people like this, huh…”

“Sorry, you’ve used up your only question.”

Again placing the cold blade against Jiawen’s neck, the Half Dragon Knight named Mor said with a cheerful tone: “Now it’s your turn to answer my question.”

Jiawen kept her hands raised high with a similarly light tone: “Alright, I’m a player.”

“That’s obvious.”

The sword flashed again, and a bloodstain appeared on Jiawen’s shoulder instantly, clearly the questioner was unsatisfied with her answer.

“Truthfully, although telling you outright doesn’t matter, I was actually planning to struggle a bit more.”

Ignoring the sting in her left shoulder weakened by the system, Jiawen suddenly smiled charmingly at Motan and, in an instant, abruptly lowered her right hand raised in mid-air, pulling the trigger of the suddenly materialized [Shadow Spear] in her hand.

Trait [Point Out] activated, target being special ammunition [Lesser Curse Bullet].

Accompanied by a jet-black flash, Jiawen’s form ghostly retreated by about two meters, and at the same time, the especially enhanced [Lesser Curse Bullet] directly pierced the half-dragon’s forehead.

Bam! Bam bam!

And in the next instant, Jiawen didn’t look back, directly firing three blind shots with the Shadow Spear from under her arm toward behind her.

Then—

The cold feeling returned to her neck.

“If you’re done struggling, should we continue our previous conversation.”

Chapter 1389: End