Charles did not neglect the affairs of the two huge forces in the distance. He checked the telegrams every day and followed them closely.
He believed that he was definitely not the only one doing this in Dihai. A war of this scale had not happened in the past hundred years. No matter who won or lost, the situation in Dihai would change dramatically.
Cat Island in the South China Sea is very far away from the British Isles. According to their current sailing speed, it will take at least one or two months. He judged that at least during this period of time, the sea will be unusually calm.
Charles took advantage of this time to tidy up his island, as he knew that there would not be many such good opportunities in the future.
To be honest, being a governor also requires learning. Fortunately, there is an experienced person like Bandage to help.
Just as Charles was busy in his room, Lily ran in with a large group of mice.
Seeing Charles working, she squatted in the corner and waited quietly.
Charles didn't want to pay attention to her, but her anxious look was impossible to ignore.
"What's wrong? Is there something wrong?" Charles put down the pen in his hand.
"Mr. Charles, are you done? If you are not, I can wait."
"Now that you're done, what's up?" Charles' eyes moved away from the unprocessed documents.
Lily's eyes lit up immediately and she rushed over excitedly. "Mr. Charles, I have prepared a gift for my brother, but there are so many of his family members here today. Can you help me deliver it?"
As Lily spoke, the mouse next to her pushed out a 30-centimeter-long whale stuffed toy.
"Didn't you say you were going to give me a gun?" Charles walked over, grabbed the stuffed toy in his hand and squeezed it.
"It's better not to do that. If my brother plays with guns when he's young, he'll still like playing with guns when he grows up. That's too dangerous."
Lily said as she jumped onto Charles's outstretched hand and the two of them opened the door and walked out.
"where is your house?"
"It's not far away. We'll be there soon."
Lily's house was indeed not far away. After walking out of the Governor's Mansion, Charles saw Dr. Oliver's house within a few minutes.
This is still the central area of the island. Looking at the exquisite villa with a small courtyard in front of her, Lily's father's salary alone is not enough to cover all these expenses.
"Did you help your father?" Charles looked through the window and saw Dr. Oliver happily chatting with his friends while holding a wine glass.
"Well... I secretly gave all my salary to my father. Mr. Charles, don't talk about this anymore. Take the whale in quickly. It was the custom on the Coral Island before that gifts should be placed under the table and opened before going to bed."
After touching Lily's furry head with his hand, Charles grabbed the whale and walked towards the gate. His body slowly changed from deep to shallow, and finally disappeared completely into the air.
In the bustling hall, the invisible Charles saw a table piled high with gifts, and Dr. Oliver in the distance, making friends with the crowd.
The middle-aged man looked very high-spirited, and couldn't stop smiling. It was obvious that the past few years were like a dream to him, with good things happening one after another.
Charles quickly put the doll down and jumped out of the window, feeling a little uncomfortable with the itchiness on his body.
"Mr. Charles, did you put it in?"
Charles nodded as he reached into his clothes and scratched.
"That's great! Mr. Charles, my brother will definitely like my gift, thank you! I'll help you scratch it!" Lily said as she crawled along Charles' trouser legs and into his clothes.
"Alright, alright, you're making me even more itchy." Charles pulled Lily out of her clothes by the rat's tail.
Just as they were about to leave, they saw an unexpected scene. Two people were walking on the street in the distance. One of them was the girl Lily, the grown-up girl Lily.
Charles was not surprised at Lily's appearance, mainly because there was a tall boy next to her.
Lily looked at him from time to time, her eyes revealing tenderness, sensitivity, and even shyness.
Looking at their hands holding together, Charles suddenly found it interesting.
"They...they..." Lily had a complicated expression on her face.
"It seems that you have found a boyfriend." Charles touched her furry head with his hand.
Looking at Lily's beautiful face in front of her, and then looking down at her own furry mouse body, Lily's little ears drooped unconsciously, and her furry face was full of bitterness.
Just at this time, Lei Lili secretly glanced at her lively home, whispered something into the boy's ear, and then ran quickly pulling her boyfriend.
Seeing this, Lily suddenly jumped off Charles' hand and followed with a group of mice.
In order to prevent these rats from causing any trouble, Charles stepped on the wall next to him with his right foot and jumped directly onto the roof to follow.
Soon Charles saw Lily and her boyfriend coming to a remote alley. Both of them had blushes on their faces, were breathing rapidly, and were getting closer and closer.
Just as the atmosphere in the alley was becoming more and more ambiguous, with a burst of rat calls, a large group of colorful rats rushed out aggressively, baring their fangs and claws at the two of them.
Lily was frightened by these scary rats, and the boy next to her was not much better, he ran away screaming.
Soon the mice scattered towards the corner, and Lily, panicked, ran away in panic.
As soon as I walked out of the alley, I heard her crying loudly. She was obviously scared by the rat.
Charles walked to the corner, looked at the mouse Lily and said, "Isn't this a bit too much?"
"I just don't like seeing them do that. It makes me feel uncomfortable." Lily lowered her head.
Charles reached out and held her in his hand. "Are you jealous?"
Lily curled up into a ball of fur. After a few seconds of silence, she said gloomily, "Mr. Charles, do you think I will be a mouse for the rest of my life?"
"No, don't worry, I will help you find a solution." Charles comforted his gunner.
"But I find that I seem to be getting more and more accustomed to my identity as a mouse. I love grinding my teeth now. I feel uncomfortable if I don't do it for a day. Look at that Lily, she is so pretty and beautiful, and she smells so good. Many boys peek at her, but they never peek at me like that."
"Don't think too much. Everything depends on human effort. We will always find a way." Charles led a group of mice out of the alley.
Lily stretched out her curled body and said with a hint of envy in her eyes: "Mr. Charles, what do you think love feels like? The drama says that this feeling is..."
"Don't ask me. Wait until you turn back into a human and have a talk and you'll know."
"Then Mr. Charles, can you fall in love with me?"
Charles was amused by the mouse's innocent words. "You and I are not related in the same way."
“Why isn’t it the same thing?”
"You'll know when you grow up."
"I'm not young anymore. I'm 15 this year."
(End of this chapter)