"No, think about it, Shanshan has been here for so long, his mother must be very worried. Shanshan definitely doesn't want her mother to worry." Donna, who was making breakfast, explained to her daughter beside her.
Hearing this, Nini showed a trace of embarrassment on her face, but in the end she knew that her mother was right.
Listening to the conversation outside, Shanshan stared with wide eyes and thought for a while, then picked up a simple pencil from the table next to him and started drawing on a piece of paper.
Soon, a portrait appeared on the paper, an eyeball with cross-pupils and twisted tentacles. It was a self-portrait of Shan Shan, a very simple self-portrait.
"Shanshan, what are you drawing? It's so ugly." Nini asked curiously as she walked into the house.
Shanshan stopped writing and handed the strange painting to Nini, "This is for you."
Nini reached out to take it, but no matter how she looked at it, she had no idea what was drawn on it.
"Hmm... Thank you! In that case, I'll draw one for you too. I'm much better at drawing than you."
Nini drew two little girls sitting on mushrooms, surrounded by a group of little people.
As her painting was finished, Donna's breakfast was ready.
"Goodbye, Shanshan." Nini stood on the door frame with the painting in her hand, saying goodbye to her friend reluctantly.
"Close the door and lock the windows. I'll be back in two hours. Be obedient."
After Donna instructed her daughter several times, she took Shanshan and walked towards the bottom of the Crown of the World under the sky full of spores.
The air was filled with floating powder. There were few people in the village, and farmers generally did not go to the fields on rainy days. They usually waited until the next day to sweep the spore powder on the ryegrass into the fields.
"Are you tired? Do you want me to carry you and carry you?" Donna asked Shanshan.
Shanshan looked back reluctantly and shook his head, "I'm not tired."
When Dongna heard this, she didn't try to persuade her too much and just pulled her to continue walking.
Two people, one big and one small, were walking on the road between the farmlands. Everything in the world below the Crown of the World was worse than that above, but this road leading directly to the dock was well and straight.
After walking on the street for a while, both of them had their hair covered with fluffy gray spore powder.
Donna took off her patched top and wrapped it around Shanshan, who was only wearing a dress. "You may not understand since you live up there, but don't let your skin come into contact with this stuff too much, otherwise if you get a little bit of skin broken, mushrooms will grow there."
Shanshan looked at her straight, and finally said, "Thank you."
Donna looked at the cute girl in front of her with a smile. Somehow, the more she looked, the closer she felt to her.
Recalling the conversation between her daughter and Shanshan last night, Dongna half squatted down, touched her head with her hand and said, "Go back and tell your father that you can go ashore when you have made enough money. It's useless to make more money if you are gone."
Twinkle nodded. "I thought so too. I'll tell my dad."
"So good, come on, let's keep walking." Pinching Shanshan's cheek with her fingers, Dongna pulled her and continued walking.
Dongna seemed to have found someone to confide in, and she threw out everything that was suppressed in her heart. Shanshan, who was being pulled by her, listened in a daze.
"My husband always said that without people transporting goods at sea, people on other islands eat and use whatever they want, but it's none of our business."
"Men are always like this, always thinking about unrealistic things. As a result, he died at sea and there was no body left."
For a moment, Shanshan felt that she understood a lot, but also understood nothing. However, she became more determined to stop her father from going to sea.
Before they knew it, they had arrived at a huge hanging basket nearest to the Crown of the World, where a large group of farmers were waiting patiently. They were all planning to live there.
It is easy for farmers to come down from the Crown of the World, but it is more difficult to go up. There is a shed next to the hanging basket. There are some policemen wearing masks and holding pens in their hands, strictly verifying the people who go up.
"Come on, let's line up. What's your mother's name and where does she live?" Donna pulled her towards the farmers.
Shanshan didn't answer. She suddenly let go of Dongna's hand and ran forward, "Mom Nini, you go back. I can go home by myself."
"Wait, Shanshan, you can't get through like this!!" Donna hurried over and wanted to grab her back, but she didn't expect Shanshan to be so fast that she ran to the huge iron basket in a moment.
At this moment, Donna was surprised to find that the people in black uniforms did not stop Shanshan at all and let her jump onto the basket.
"Does Shanshan's family have a high status?" Dongna thought about it and didn't say anything. It's good that she has gone up there. The security there is much better than down there.
As the mechanical turntable next to it made a harsh friction sound, the large iron basket began to rise slowly.
"Shanshan! Go home directly after you go upstairs and don't run around anymore!" Donna's voice made everyone present look over. Her face turned slightly red and she turned and left.
Standing on the slightly shaking iron basket, Shanshan waved his hand slowly and watched Donna disappear in the spore powder.
At the moment Donna disappeared, Shanshan also disappeared into the iron blue. This anomaly scared the other people in the same basket.
When the light appeared in front of Shanshan's eyes again, she had already appeared at the door of the Governor's Mansion.
After walking through the door, Shanshan asked the maid who was cleaning at the door: "Where is my mother?"
"The Governor is in the library."
Shanshan's figure flashed and appeared in front of the library.
As soon as she opened the door, she saw a huge, deformed, rotten head appear on the wall, and it seemed to be talking to Anna.
The appearance of Shanshan interrupted the conversation between the two. "Mom, can we ask Dad not to go out to sea? I don't want to be without Dad."
Anna gently hooked her little finger and hooked the soft long hair in front of her behind her ear, "Shanshan, you go out first, Mom has something to do."
Shanshan looked at the giant rotten face on the wall, nodded, and disappeared on the spot in an instant.
"Is this your daughter? Why don't you introduce her to me?"
Anna smiled sweetly. "You can try it. Winky loves playing with new friends the most."
The rotten face looked at the smiling face on Anna's face, and it spoke again: "Forget it, I think the aura on her is a bit dangerous."
"Now that we have finished talking about small talk, can we get back to the topic and continue with our transaction?"
(End of this chapter)