Time passed little by little, and as the hole in the top of the greenhouse let in sunlight again, a new day began on Hope Island.
The islanders began their busy day, not paying any attention to what had happened the night before.
On the balcony of the Governor's Palace with a parasol, Charles and Elizabeth, wearing only white pajamas, looked down at everything in front of them.
Elizabeth yawned lazily and took a sip of coffee from the white ceramic cup. "Charles, has the whole night passed? It went by so fast."
"What's the matter with coming to see me today?" Charles turned his head and looked at the sexy mature woman with a hint of laziness on the corner of her mouth.
"I missed you." Elizabeth leaned her head gently on Charles' shoulder.
Charles smiled gently, and he stretched out his right hand and gently stroked Elizabeth's long, bright white hair with a hint of curl.
"Icha Island is very far from here. Is that why you came here?"
Elizabeth's bright red lips came up to him, she gently hugged Charles' neck, and passed the warm coffee in her mouth directly to him. "Is it not possible? Is Anna not so kind at this point? She must be too bothered to come, right?"
Charles swallowed the coffee with a hint of sweetness in his mouth, "You haven't slept all night, aren't you sleepy? Do you want to catch up on some sleep first?"
"I'm not sleepy now. I even feel more energetic." Elizabeth's eyes were a little aggressive.
Just when Charles didn't know what to say, the other party's attitude suddenly softened.
She touched Charles's eyes, which were different on both sides. "I heard you were blind? Are these two new?"
Charles recalled the heavy things that happened during this period, and an inexplicable emotion flashed in his eyes. "That was a long time ago. Compared with some recent events, this is just a small matter."
"What? Did something happen?" Elizabeth asked in surprise.
"Nothing, just some crew matters." Charles shifted his gaze away and looked towards the busy street below the balcony.
Seeing that Charles didn't want to talk about it, Elizabeth was considerate and changed the subject directly. "How are you finding the surface exit?"
"Well, we found it. The Pope of the God of Light is sending people to open the door." Charles said calmly.
"Why don't you look so happy? I thought you would be very excited about something like this." Elizabeth gently lifted her long silver hair and asked with some surprise.
Charles rested his arm on the balcony railing and took out his cell phone. As he swiped quickly, the photos in the album appeared in front of him.
The gradually blurry memories became clear again in Charles' mind.
"To be honest, as my concerns about this sea grow, I suddenly feel that there are things that are more worthy of cherishing than the obsession of returning home."
"Then why are you still looking for a surface exit? Wouldn't it be good to live with us?" Elizabeth leaned her head gently on Charles' shoulder.
"But I still don't want to give up! This sea has taken away a lot of things from me. I have already paid too much. I have spent twelve years for this goal. I just want to go up and take a look, even just a glance will do, and..."
Charles paused for a moment before continuing, "Also, I want to try to see if I can get back something that the sea has taken away."
“When you have something with you every day, you will always subconsciously ignore it, but when you lose it, you will realize how important it is to you.”
Elizabeth looked at Charles in surprise. After knowing him for so long, she had never thought that such words would come out of his mouth.
"Forget it, let's not talk about this. Since you're not sleepy, get dressed. I'll take you to a place where there are some new things you haven't seen before. This is also related to the future cooperation between our two islands."
Charles said, then turned and walked towards the bedroom.
As he was about to take off his pajamas, he felt Elizabeth pressing against him.
"Am I included in your concerns in this ocean?"
"Of course. Not only you, but also your wives." As Charles said this, the heavy atmosphere became cheerful.
"I really can't say no. Some girls are just too cute. Since you have Anna, you can understand how I feel, right?"
Charles didn't say anything else. He hugged Elizabeth and kissed her gently. Their travel plans were postponed again.
Charles spent a very comfortable time in the following period.
But for some reason, Charlton always felt that Elizabeth's enthusiasm was a little too much.
If he didn't know that Elizabeth would not be a cannibal like Anna, he would have thought that she was going to eat him.
"Don't you miss your lovely wives?" Charles said to Elizabeth who was holding his arm as they walked down the street. He didn't know why women always liked to go shopping. It was obvious that there were no clothes in the entire Hope Island that Elizabeth could wear.
Elizabeth, who is two meters tall, stands out wherever she stands. Coupled with her unique bright white hair and purple rose eye mask, the islanders around her frequently cast strange looks at her.
"It's okay. I can see them anytime I'm on the island, but I can't see you anytime. Look over there."
Following Elizabeth's fingernails that were dyed crimson, Charles saw that it was a small earthen slope, with the sunlight from the hole in the shed shining obliquely onto it.
Various green plants and a short tree grow on the slope.
It was a common thing on Hope Island, but it was very rare to Elizabeth.
"It's really beautiful, isn't it? This kind of scenery can only be found on your island. It can't be seen on other islands."
As he watched the leaves of the dwarf tree sway gently in the breeze, Charles murmured, "There are more scenes like this on the surface of the earth than on the water of the Earth Sea."
As they watched, they saw a little boy of about seven or eight years old carrying a small bucket and holding a large umbrella, and was about to rush into the sunshine.
Charles quickly took two steps forward and stopped him. "Are you trying to kill yourself? You dare to go out in the sun?"
The man who was missing two front teeth didn't care at all. He raised his umbrella to Charles proudly and said, "I have this."
"What's in your bucket? What are you doing there?"
"There's shit in the bucket. The banana tree eats shit and grows faster. That tree is mine!"
(End of this chapter)