This was unexpected news for Charles. "They don't dare to go up?"
"Of course! Mom has records. Ever since the door at the top of the rock formation was opened, the probability of encountering gods at sea has become much smaller! They all hid in the sea!!"
Charles stroked his chin with his hand, looking thoughtful.
"All the gods are hiding? What are they afraid of? The source of the purple light on the surface, 002? Or is there a being on the surface that is more powerful than 002? What could it be? 001?"
Charles thought about this question for a long time and had a vague guess in his mind, but now he was not sure. When he came to his senses, he found that his daughter was already holding a book and reading.
The facial features that she had when she was reading had disappeared. Now her face was covered with fluorescent green eyes. With the help of so many eyes, she read very efficiently. She turned to the second page every few seconds.
Charles said awkwardly: "Sorry, I came here to accompany you today, but I accidentally got distracted again."
"It's okay. I'm very happy as long as you stay by my side." All the eyes on Shanshan's face disappeared in an instant and turned into a bloody mouth. The mouth opened and swallowed the book.
"Let's not talk about those unhappy things. Let's talk about your friend. How did you get to know her?" Charles tried to bring the topic back to normal.
"When my mother was at the top of the world, she saw that I was a little bit stupid, so she let me play with other human children and learn about human language, behavior and logic. That's when I met her. It's been a long time. I was just born then, and now I'm almost 4 years old after the Chinese New Year."
"Oh~ So that's how it is. Then we can be considered childhood sweethearts."
Charles nodded in understanding, but then his expression froze and he suddenly felt very unhappy. "Is your friend a boy?"
"Nini is a girl, but what does this have to do with men and women?"
Shanshan looked at Charles with eyes wide open with curiosity. Slowly, a smile appeared on her face, and then her laughter gradually grew louder, and finally she was laughing so hard that she fell forward and backward. "Haha! The book says that every father has a natural hostility towards his son-in-law. It turns out to be true! Hahaha!"
Charles opened and closed his hands, with a hint of embarrassment on his face. "Ahem! That's not what I meant. I don't mind you finding a boyfriend, but you're still too young, only 3 years old. Wait until you grow up."
The twinkling smile gradually faded, and she slowly leaned on Charles' shoulder, and the happiness on her face slowly faded. "Dad, do you know why I want you to stay with me?"
"Why?"
"Because I'm growing up too fast, my personality and my thinking logic are maturing rapidly. As people grow older, they become more and more insensitive to emotions. I'm afraid that in a few years I'll be like them."
"When my mindset becomes that of a 40-year-old, 50-year-old, 60-year-old, or even older, I won't be able to feel your emotions anymore."
"No matter how much I look like a human, I am not a human. I am afraid that when I grow up, I will think through everything and eventually leave you. I don't want to become like that. I wanted to stop studying, but I really can't do it."
At this point, Shanshan raised her head and looked at Charles, and said with a hint of desire in her voice: "Dad, can you stay with me? Please."
Charles felt as if a string in his heart was plucked, and he suddenly felt uncomfortable. He stretched out his trembling right hand and placed it on the other's shoulder.
Shanshan looked confused and continued in a low voice, "I felt that I must have been alone at that time. I probably didn't even have any kind of people. I'm not a human, nor am I a monster from other Earthsea. I've looked up a lot of information, and I've also gone to Earthsea to look for many monsters. There are all kinds of monsters, but they are just different from me."
Just at this moment, cheerful footsteps were heard on the street. Charles looked up and saw boys and girls playing. School was over.
Charles reached out and gently stroked Shanshan's smooth hair. "You don't have to care about being like others. No matter what you are, you are Shanshan, and you are my daughter."
Hearing this, Shanshan smiled sweetly. She happily opened her arms and threw herself into Charles' arms. "I know you care about me, but you are just not good at expressing it!!"
Charles hugged her with a look of confusion as he felt he didn't know whether to laugh or cry. He actually was complained about by his own daughter one day.
At this time, behind the chimney on the roof not far away, Anna peeked at the father and daughter in the distance, and a smile gradually appeared on her face. "That's more like it."
"Shanshan.? Who is this gentleman?" Nini looked at the fierce-looking man in front of her timidly.
"Nini! It's time to go home from school!" Shanshan pulled Charles up from the bench, "This is my dad! The captain!"
There seemed to be a hint of boasting in Shanshan's voice, but this somewhat childish behavior made him feel a lot for a moment.
"Really?" Nini expressed her doubt. "But you two don't look alike at all? You are so beautiful, and he..."
Charles is in a good mood now and even jokes. "Fortunately, she looks like her mother."
"Nini!!" Donna, with an anxious expression, suddenly rushed over from the side and stood in front of her daughter.
She looked at Charles in front of her nervously. The tall man in front of her had a fierce look on his face, and looked like a pirate who plundered the sea! ! How did such a person get to the island
"Mom Nini, don't be afraid. He is my father and also the governor of Hope Island." Shanshan explained to her softly.
Although Donna didn't believe Charles, she believed in Shanshan unconditionally. When she learned that the man in front of her was the Governor of Hope Island, she hurriedly and warmly invited the two of them into the house.
Seeing Shanshan winking at him with his right eye, Charles agreed to the other party's invitation. Faced with Charles' sudden visit, Donna was obviously not prepared at all. She hurriedly asked her good neighbors and friends to borrow some food.
Sitting on the soft sofa waiting for the host's dinner, Charles looked at the portraits of Nini and Donna on the wooden cabinet next to him, "Your friend is really young."
"It's better to be younger. Children's minds are the purest. I don't like dealing with people who have too many thoughts. They are dirty." Shanshan returned.
(End of this chapter)