At a Random video store, Belle was sitting on the sofa, scrolling through new posts on interknot, occasionally laughing out loud at the content.
"Mmm, mmm-mmm!"
Eous was lying on Belle fair thigh, not understanding what she was laughing about.
Just then, Wies pushed the door open and entered. Looking at his younger sister giggling foolishly on the sofa, he smiled wryly.
"Belle, Are you slacking off or looking for commissions?"
"Brother, I'm definitely looking for commissions!" Hearing Wise say that, Belle pouted dissatisfied, then stood up and proudly presented her phone to him. "Look, these are the commissions I carefully selected today."
"Is that so? I was actually hoping you were slacking off. Let's push these commissions aside for now."
"Huh? why?"
"Because..."
"Because I'm here."
Taking over for Wise, Jiang Ge walked in behind him with a cheerful laugh.
"Oh, it's you," Belle was somewhat surprised to see Jiang Ge arrive. She peered behind him, and after confirming he was alone, she sounded both annoyed and a little disappointed. "Looks like your strange agents didn't come."
"No, they didn't. Don't be upset, little sister Belle."
"Hmph, don't call me that!"
Belle said with clear distaste, while Wise looked on, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
Jiang Ge didn't get angry either, he just smiled faintly. After all, her attitude towards him was somewhat understandable.
During the early stages of "Good Enough," Jiang Ge often needed to go on missions personally. However, the characters he drew and had to portray weren't always like Acheron or Silver Wolf – types who could enter the hollow on their own. So, at those times, he needed to rely on the cooperation of aphaethon or "Good Enough" would have fallen through long ago.
Belle also encountered quite a few "beneficial" characters. For example, Argenti, who constantly praised her, even though he would occasionally suddenly ask if she believed in Idrila the aeon of beauty and others like Kafka, Black Swan, and similar types she also encountered.
This, consequently, led to an unexpected incident.
"Jiang Ge, before we discuss the commission, I want to ask you something."
Just as Jiang Ge was about to chat with Wise, Belle suddenly pulled him into a corner. Then, she lowered her voice, as if to ask something in secret. Jiang Ge couldn't help but laugh.
"don't worry 'Good Enough' can definitely get you the information you're after."
Belle cast a quick glance at Wise, who had been left standing to the side. Her older brother's expression was hard to read as he watched his sister chatting so familiarly with another man. But Belle paid him no mind and continued in a low voice, asking:
"Miss Kafka — what has she been busy with lately?"
"Huh? That…" Jiang Ge's smile faltered, and his gaze toward Belle grew a touch complicated. "I'm not exactly sure."
"What's wrong? What's there to be 'not so sure' about? Ugh, forget it." Belle frowned slightly. Seeing Jiang Ge hemming and hawing without saying a word, she sighed. "Then what about Miss Black Swan's whereabouts?"
"That… I'm not so sure about either."
Jiang Ge wiped at the sweat on his forehead, his eyes shifting evasively — which only made Belle more suspicious.
"This you're 'not so sure' about, that you're 'not so sure' about either? Didn't you just say 'Good Enough' could get me the information I wanted? And they're your own agents, aren't they?" Belle puffed up her cheeks in frustration. "I just wanted to get to know them a bit outside of work! Don't tell me you don't trust me?"
"How could that be? It's just that… those two ladies are very busy, so—"
"Just tell them Phaethon! Miss Kafka even said before that she really wanted to meet me!"
"Stop— please, just stop…"
A flustered and sweating Jiang Ge covered his face and turned away. Seeing him like this, Belle had no idea what had gotten into him.
Noticing the awkward atmosphere, Zhe tilted his head and asked curiously from the side,
"What's wrong, Belle? Jiang Ge?"
"Nothing, brother, it's just…"
"It's just that your sister asked if she could hit on me."
That one sentence plunged the entire room into silence.
"It's just that your sister asked if she could flirt with me."
The moment those words left his mouth, the entire room fell silent.
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