Lily secretly hid in the corner of the corridor, carefully listening to the movement in the distance, and there was a slight uneasiness on her rat face.
"What on earth are they talking about? Can Sister Monster cheer Mr. Charles up?"
Just as Lily was wondering whether she should get closer to eavesdrop, she felt something like a hard brush rubbing against her hair behind her.
Lily was startled by the noise. She turned around quickly and saw a big furry face in front of her. It was the one that had licked her with its tongue.
"Ah! Heihei! I didn't expect that you still recognized me after not seeing me for so long! That's great!!" Lily jumped up happily.
"Meow~" That was one of the two cats Lily had raised before she died. The kitten had grown up and was so fat that it didn't look like a cat anymore.
After the mouse and the cat played intimately for a while, the excited Lily jumped onto Heihei's neck and touched his soft black fur with her little paws. "Let's go, we haven't seen each other for a long time, let's go out and play."
The fat black cat was very human-like. It seemed to understand what Lily said and quickly ran towards the Governor's gate.
Soon, Lily rode the cat to the street of Hope Island. Since she left, the appearance of the entire Hope Island had changed dramatically.
Walking in it, you feel like walking on the streets of England, the island of machinery.
Brick-sized cameras, large radios carried on shoulders, and steel prosthetic limbs with gears that appeared on civilians, mechanical instruments began to enter the daily lives of the islanders.
What surprised Lily the most was that he saw a TV among a group of people.
The picture is in black and white and looks a little blurry, especially the big butt behind the screen, which is big enough to fit an adult.
Although this TV has many shortcomings, it indeed has the same functions as the TV in Mr. Charles' mobile phone.
Those magical tools on the surface were gradually replicated on Hope Island.
Just as Lily was looking at the machine in front of her in surprise, a chubby little hand next to her reached out to her.
"Huh~!!" Heihei's black fur suddenly stood up and he showed his claws and fangs at the hand.
Hearing the noise, Lily turned her head and saw a snotty-nosed green-haired little boy who retracted his hand in fear.
"I know you. You are Mr. Feuerbach's son, right? By the way, what is your name?"
"You can call him Slug, that's his nickname." A lazy voice sounded from behind.
When Lily turned around, she saw Feuerbach standing behind her, holding a long object in his hand and chewing on it.
"Oh! Mr. Feuerbach! Long time no see!" Lily looked up at him.
Smiling, Feuerbach half squatted down and touched Lily's little head with his hand. "You are really resurrected. I thought James was lying to me."
"Yes! I'm resurrected! I'm so happy. Actually, I don't want to leave you all." Lily smiled sweetly.
"Welcome home, Lily, but are you starting to like metallic dyes now?" Feuerbach ran his hand over her hair again.
Lily shook her head. "No, my hair has been this color since I came back. I haven't dyed it."
"Never dyed it? Then this is not bad either, it's shiny gold and very cute."
As the two were talking, Lily's eyes fell on the food in Feuerbach's hand.
"What's that in your hand? Why haven't I seen it before? Is it delicious?"
Feuerbach handed the long white strip in his hand to Lily and said, "Try it. It's the core of the banana tree. I was the first to invent this way of eating it."
It nibbled off a small piece of the crispy banana core, and the white mucus on it stretched out into long threads.
"This thing is not sweet at all and it's sticky. Why should I eat this?"
Feuerbach took the banana core back, bit off a piece and said while chewing: "Although it doesn't taste good, it is equivalent to giving Hope Island an extra export of food. Just think about how many bananas Hope Island has to plant in a year, and how many banana cores can be collected? Most importantly, these foods are given away for free. If we sell them to other islands, how much can we get in exchange-"
When Feuerbach said this, he suddenly paused and the smile on his face froze.
After a few seconds, the smile on his face reappeared. "Lily, how did you survive? Did the captain use any special method?"
Lily shook her head. "I don't know. When I woke up, I was lying in Mr. Charles' arms."
"Do you know what happened to Mr. Charles during this voyage?"
Lily still shook her head. "I asked Mr. Charles, but he didn't tell me. He seemed to be in a bad mood recently, so I didn't ask again."
Having said this, Lily looked at Feuerbach with a hint of doubt.
"By the way, Mr. Feuerbach, why weren't you on the Narwhal at the time?"
"Hey, I just got injured, and it was very serious. The captain asked me to recover on the island. Look at the scar on my stomach."
As Feuerbach spoke, he lifted up his clothes, revealing the hideous wound on his abdomen that was stabbed by Charles.
"Wow! It's such a long one. It must be painful, right?"
"What's the point of being hurt? By the way, is the captain still in the Governor's Mansion?"
Lily nodded. "Yes, he is here, but he is very sad now. Sister Monster is comforting him. We should not disturb him."
"Okay, I got it. Come to my house when you have time. My son seems to like you very much." Feuerbach stood up and turned to leave. The moment he turned around, the smile on his face instantly became unusually cold.
"Goodbye, Mr. Feuerbach!" Lily kept waving at the back.
After saying goodbye to Feuerbach, Lily sat on Heihei's body and continued walking on the street. There were some new snacks on the roadside stalls and she wanted to buy some to try, but she had no money. She could only look at them a few more times to satisfy her craving.
As she walked, Lily came to the cemetery. After thinking for a moment, she jumped off Heihei and walked in.
"Good afternoon, ship doctor grandpa." Lily shouted loudly to Latos' tombstone.
"Ship Doctor Grandpa, I can revive you, maybe you can too!"
"Wait for me to find a way, and I'll help you revive. Do you think this is okay?"
After saying something to the tombstone, Lily took Heihei to the next door of the cemetery.
The warm sunlight shone obliquely on the mound, on which a layer of green grass and yellow flowers had grown. That was Lily's own grave.
When it saw that the candle doll in front of the tombstone had dried up, a sweet smile appeared on its furry face.
"There are so many things here. It seems that many people still like me. I am so happy."
(End of this chapter)