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"Was it really Tess?" Renee asked again, finding Stefan's response a bit strange. It sounded like he
was trying to hide something from her. "Why couldn't I get in touch with Tess? Did she tell you who
drugged me?" Renee had been trying to contact Tess, but Tess seemed to have gone missing. Renee
could not reach Tess' phone, and Tess no longer came to Everheart Manor. If Tess did get the list of
ingredients of the poison, she would certainly come to remedy her mistake, but instead, she was
avoiding Renee.
"Tess... has some family issues. Maybe she's just been too busy to get in touch. Give her some time,
then ask her," Stefan said lightly, but in truth, he knew that Tess had been forced to leave Beach City.
He didn't hold her responsible for what had happened, and had given her some money and asked her
to leave Beach City forever. He had also prohibited her from telling Renee anything about what had
happened that day.
"Okay." A sigh escaped Renee, and she stopped asking about it. It looked like Stefan had spent a lot of
effort to keep the incident from Renee, so she knew that it wasn't as simple as he said it was. It didn't
matter though- Renee had ways to find the truth.
On that day, Stefan flew to the South Sea in a private jet with an investigation team. When they
reached the island, they started talking to the local fishermen about the stone.
"Oh, the Southern Oceanic Stone. It's real! It's said that the pearl is the tears of the clam spirits. There's
only one in a thousand years, and it's at the bottom of the South Sea. Only people who are good at
diving have the chance to find it if they sing the clam spirits' favorite song..." A fisherman told Stefan
and the others solemnly, then added, "But even after so many years, we fishermen haven't seen it."
"Clam spirits? Songs?" Stefan's eyes widened and he was speechless. The names of the items were
already ridiculous, and it seemed like the methods to get them might be even more so."I'm sure you don't believe me, Mister, but it's true. Some of the fishermen here have heard songs from
the bottom of the sea when they go out to the sea at night. It's said that the clam spirit is waiting for its
lover, which is why it sings!” The fisherman said seriously. Generally, fishermen living on an island
believed in spiritual beings since their catch of the day was usually based on their luck and safe return.
They felt safer if they had a deity to believe in.
"Yes, I don't believe it, but I still want to give it a try." Stefan frowned as he looked at the vast ocean,
then said seriously, "I won't know if it's real if I don't give it a try."
"Mr. Hunt, I'll find the best swimmer in this village right away. We'll go now!" Elijah had accompanied
Stefan on this journey, and though he found the story ridiculous, he would support Stefan
unconditionally.
novelbin"No, that's unnecessary," Stefan refused Elijah's suggestion. He seemed to have a plan.