Chapter 364: Enjoyment = Wasting Life?
Chapter 364: Chapter 364: Enjoyment = Wasting Life?
The weather today was very pleasant. Faye Yardley, full and content, lay on a rocking chair under the thatched shelter, rocking back and forth with her eyes closed, enjoying a rare moment of leisure.
A fishing rod was in her hand, but she had no particular expectations about what she might catch.
After all, it was impossible to fish up a Silver or Golden Treasure Chest.
As for wooden and Iron Treasure Boxes, her need for them had greatly diminished.
Just a moment ago, she had specifically made three servings of Grandma Hayes’s Sorrow Relieving Tea and listed them on the trading market.
After all, drinking this tea could eliminate all negative emotions, which was actually quite useful.
Whoever managed to grab them would depend on whether anyone saw them and needed them.
Any blueprint could be exchanged for one serving of Sorrow Relieving Tea. Someone would probably be willing to make the trade.
After rocking for a while, Faye Yardley found she couldn’t relax and enjoy this wonderful time; a sense of guilt for wasting it crept over her.
She put her things away in the warehouse and let Willow Yardley handle them, then thought for a moment before calling Franklin Yardley.
"Mr. Franklin, it’s been a few days. Has anyone learned anything from the Skill Books Mr. Kyle’s group brought back?"
"Faye, they’re useful. But it hasn’t been long, so no one has completely mastered a skill yet. However, the fastest learners are already over 80% of the way there. The progress is very encouraging."
"Excellent. The new residential area is finished. Have you and Thorne gone to look it over? Arrange for the researchers and their families to be in the new neighborhood closest to the lab."
"Understood. Are more new personnel arriving on the island soon?"
"Yes, get ready to welcome them." Faye Yardley thought for a moment, then asked, "With so many people on the island, have there been any conflicts?"
Franklin Yardley thought for a moment and said, "When people live together, there are bound to be some squabbles and disagreements, but nothing major. So far, there haven’t been any irreconcilable conflicts."
"Oh," Faye Yardley said. "That’s good. This time, I’ve found a lot of help for Thorne; he should be pleased. It should make things easier for you, too. Oh, right. Since the Skill Books are proving to be effective to some degree, contact Mr. Kyle and have him acquire more."
"Okay, Faye, don’t worry. Everything on the island is normal. If anything goes wrong, Mayor Thorne and I will let you know immediately."
After hanging up, Faye Yardley glanced at Leah Chandler’s name in her friends list. As she watched, the name slowly faded away.
She immediately opened the small group chat. Sure enough, Kyle Lewis was in there, crying his heart out.
After watching the group chat for a while, once she saw that Kyle Lewis’s emotions had more or less stabilized, Faye Yardley sent him a direct Gift: @Kyle Lewis, this is what Ms. Chandler asked me to give you after she chose to leave the sea.
For a long time, he didn’t accept the Gift, but Faye Yardley knew he was there and had seen her message.
It was a conflict between mother and son; as an outsider, she couldn’t say much. All she had to do was pass on to Kyle Lewis what Leah Chandler had given her.
Whether he actually accepted it or not was out of her control.
After a long while, Kyle Lewis finally spoke: o(╥﹏╥)o Why? I even showed her your island, Leader. The living facilities are all there, the people are friendly, everything is thriving... Why did she still choose to go to Logan Langdon’s island in the end? That island has nothing, you even have to provide your own housing...
He went on and on, repeating the same things he’d said before. He just couldn’t understand why, when there was a clearly better option, his mom was so dead set on choosing the other one.
He was biased towards Faye Yardley because he felt he understood her; she was more laid-back and wouldn’t try to control people. As for Logan Langdon, Kyle was also in the group chat he created, and he felt there were too many demands. It was a bit suffocating.
No one in the group could answer that question, so they could only remain silent.
Finally, Zephyr Sterling replied: Kyle, you’re an adult now. As long as a person can take responsibility for their own decisions, they’re mature. If you want to know why, then first accept the Gift your mother had Yardley pass on to you. The answer you’re looking for might be inside.
Perhaps Zephyr Sterling’s words gave Kyle Lewis a way to save face. Seeing that he had accepted the Gift, Faye Yardley stopped paying attention.
Faye Yardley felt a tug on the fishing rod in her hand and immediately reeled it in. Holy cow, had she just caught the ancestor of all crabs? A single crab was as big as a starting raft.
After pulling it up, Faye Yardley said excitedly, "Willow, come quick! We’re having grilled crab right now."
"Coming!"
Lucy White was also jumping up and down excitedly to the side. "It’s up, it’s up! I want a big claw!"
"Okay, but one of its claws is bigger than your whole body. Can you finish it?"
"Uh-huh, I’ll definitely finish it all!"
A big catch was truly a joyous occasion.
Of course, a crab this big had to be taken apart before being eaten.
Faye Yardley also sent half of its body to her older brother.
As for the eight legs, she naturally kept them to eat her fill.
As her Constitution went up, so did her appetite.
Faye Yardley ate a quarter of the crab roe and one large claw all by herself, and it felt just right.
Moreover, the meat from such a huge crab wasn’t tough at all. Not only was it fresh and sweet, but it was also tender and juicy.
"Let’s make congee with the leftover crab meat tomorrow morning."
"Okay."
Eamon felt like he had fallen in love with crab. He never knew it could be this delicious.
Cole Kensington, however, reminded her, "Faye, for a crab this big to appear here, there might be even larger sea creatures nearby. Should we go down and take a look? We might find some kind of energy source."
"An energy source? Sure. We just finished eating, so it’s a good time to go for a swim in the sea to digest."
Hearing this, Lucy White immediately raised her hand. "I want to go!"
Faye Yardley tossed her a Water-Repelling Pearl. "Alright, you can go too."
"Faye, let me go down with you guys this time and try my luck. If there are more of these giant crabs, I’d like to catch a few more."
"Sure." Faye Yardley knew that Eamon could move freely in the seawater on his own.
It was just that he’d been spending so long in the raft’s cultivation room taking care of the plants, she had almost forgotten that he could fight.
Of course, it went without saying that his combat abilities were a bit weak.
The cleanup was left to Willow Yardley, while the others jumped into the sea one after another.
Even Blackwood leaped in to join the fun.
It was only then that Faye Yardley learned that Blackwood wasn’t afraid of water.
’Wait, if I remember correctly, your true form is a copper statue, right? How can you swim?’
Bella ran across the surface of the sea, while Blackwood followed the four humans, diving deep below.
A school of small fish, like a moving cloud in the sea, swam toward them. As they passed through the group, several fish vanished, disappearing directly into Blackwood’s mouth.
Faye Yardley watched Blackwood, feeling truly amazed.
’Maybe I should take out that special fishing rod I’d forgotten about in the warehouse. It would be fantastic if I could get another Blackwood.’