Although Donna tried her best to make dinner as sumptuous as possible, it still couldn't cover up the fact that food was scarce. After all, food on the island was rationed, no matter how much you bought.
When Donna and Nini brought various foods to the table, they had already changed into their best clothes at home to show respect.
Charles looked down at his somewhat worn coat. Compared with them, he looked like a beggar.
The dinner went smoothly. For Winnie, Charles tried his best to act like a normal person, just like an ordinary father visiting his daughter's friend's house. Both the host and the guests enjoyed the meal.
After dinner, Charles sat in their house for a while, chatted with the two of them enthusiastically, and finally left with Shanshan.
The moment the door closed, Donna and Nini both breathed a sigh of relief and privately expressed their impressions of Charles.
"Shanshan's dad is so fierce, just like a bad guy."
"The Governor looks really scary, his eyes are like a living spider!"
By the time the father and daughter came out, it was already night outside. As the holes in the ceiling were blocked one after another, Hope Island became dim.
But for Charles and Winky, it didn't matter whether there was sunshine or not. They were walking on the empty streets because of the curfew.
As they walked, Shanshan grabbed Charles's prosthetic fingers and shook them gently, forcing Charles to guess how much strength she would need to crush the steel.
"I won't guess. No matter how much I say, you will definitely say that I guessed wrong." Charles smiled as he looked at his daughter who wanted to cheat.
"Why would I cheat? Guess what."
"Shanshan, please spare my arm. It will be very painful to reinstall the prosthesis." Charles put his hand on his daughter's shoulder, hugged her and continued to walk forward.
"Does it hurt? Mom said you're a masochist who's not afraid of death." Shanshan said jokingly.
Hearing this, Charles had a complicated expression, "I'm not a superman. I'm also afraid of pain and death, but I know that some things are more terrible than death and pain, so I have to do it."
When Charles felt that the atmosphere was a little heavy, he quickly changed the subject, "What do you want me to do with you tomorrow? Just tell me, I'm always here for you."
"You can say anything you want! Well, let me think about it." A sly smile gradually appeared on Shanshan's face.
"Hey, what do you want to do? I'm a well-known figure in Earthsea, don't be so out of place..." Charles was halfway through his words when he suddenly turned his head and looked at the trash can in the corner behind him. "Who! Get out here!"
In an instant, Charles, who had just been a good father, immediately turned back into the captain of the Narwhal.
The two trash cans shook slightly, and a chubby fat woman emerged from the trembling trash cans. She was Donna's neighbor Jasmine.
As Charles' heart moved slightly, hundreds of tentacles rose between him and Jasmine, instantly wrapping around Jasmine. Then all the tentacles pushed forward like waves, bringing the fat woman directly in front of him.
"Why are you following me? Who sent you?"
Once Charles, who had experienced life and death for many years, got serious, the aura he exuded was simply not something a little girl could resist. Jasmine was so scared that she almost cried.
"You are the Governor, right? There is a young man who is being tortured in the Relic Research Institute! But he is really a good man, he was wrongly accused! He even saved me before. Please help him!!"
The other party's words were incoherent, which made Charles confused. Fortunately, Shanshan was there. She reached out and tapped her head lightly, and then tapped Charles' temple. The whole process of the incident appeared in Charles' mind.
A few months ago, this woman rescued an experimental subject who escaped from the Relic Research Institute. Although he was eventually caught by the three police departments, this woman could never stop thinking about him and tried every means to save the boy who she fell in love with at first sight.
Tonight, when Donna borrowed food from her house, she learned that the Governor of Hope Island was at her house. Jasmine immediately had an idea in her mind. She wanted to save the wronged boy by pleading with Charles! !
When Charles knew the purpose of the fat woman in front of him, his tense body gradually relaxed. He thought that his base could have been infiltrated by some special organization, but it turned out to be just this little thing.
To Charles now, whether the young man was wrongly accused or not is a trivial matter.
Charles glanced at Jasmine and continued walking back with his daughter.
"Come on, Winky, let's go back to the Governor's Mansion. By the way, do you remember the two little men I gave you? Are they still there?"
"They escaped when the death ray appeared, but I caught them back. I also caught more. I'll take you to see them later. They're quite interesting."
Seeing Charles walking away without paying any attention to her, Jasmine completely collapsed and fell to the ground crying. "Governor! He is really wronged!!"
For the next period of time, Charles did not go back to Ancha Island. He stayed on Hope Island and stayed with Shanshan every day, as if he wanted to fill the missing fatherly love for her.
Sometimes Shanshan needs to help her mother, and at that time, Charles feels like the lonely old man in the old TV public service advertisements.
Although the time is short, Charles seems to have adapted to this kind of life.
It was another morning. He first checked the various documents on the bedside table and learned everything about the surface and the sea. Then he stood up from the bed and went to have breakfast.
During the meal, Charles was startled when he saw that Shanshan did not suddenly appear in front of him as usual, so he knew that she was not free.
"It's been so long, Anna should have calmed down, right? She's angry now, I should try to comfort her, but the more I think about it, the more awkward it feels."
"Hey! This woman is really crazy! It's the end of the world, and she still cares about emotional issues. Can't this kind of thing be solved after saving Earthsea?"
As Charles used his knife and fork to cut the bacon on the plate, the fat woman's voice from that night echoed in his mind again. "Governor! He is really wronged!!"
While chewing the bacon with a salty and burnt taste in his mouth, Charles thought to himself, "I have nothing to do right now, why don't I go take a look?"
Originally, he only needed to say a word and the people below would help him do it, but Charles wanted to go and see for himself.
125-1=124
(End of this chapter)