The boat reached the shore at 11:50 a. m., and it brought a signal transmitter, a new generator, flowers, priests, and the police.
The police took statements from the witnesses in the study room and arrested Rachel.
Allen felt a little depressed after coming out of the study.
Natalie Wheeler walked up to him and asked, “Are you okay?”
“Natalie, Stephen is my friend, so I can’t leave the island for the time being. Are you willing to stay here with me?” Allen said euphemistically.
Natalie nodded.
Stephen might be Eli’s future business partner, and it was not appropriate for Eli to leave at this time too. If Eli didn’t leave, she naturally wouldn’t leave either.
Allen smiled lightly and held Natalie’s hand, “Are you hungry? Let’s eat something first. We may be a little busy in the afternoon.”
“Okay.” As soon as Natalie turned around, she realized that Jasper was standing behind her with only a few centimeters away. He was so close that she almost ran into him. She was frightened and she took a step back to dodge him.
“Why are you feeling guilty?” Jasper Milton said in a low voice.
“What do you mean? You creep behind others so quietly, it is only inevitable that I would be scared.” Natalie retorted and she rolled her eyes at him.
Jasper sneered and ignored her, as if he didn’t care at all.
His attitude, on the other hand, was confirming that she was guilty.
Natalie rolled her eyes at him again. She had no choice but to suffer in silence.
Jasper did not look her in the eyes. His eyes were locked on Allen, “I’ll stay here tonight. I’ve told Stephen that I’ll stay with you to accompany him.”
Allen didn’t say anything.
Natalie was speechless as well.
“I’m just here to inform you of this. I’m hungry, let’s eat,” Jasper said and turned to leave.
Natalie and Allen looked at each other, and both of their expressions were strange.
Allen smiled and said meaningfully, “He’s very interesting.”
Interesting? Natalie laughed in her heart. Allen must have misjudged him. It was obvious that he was an overbearing person.
“I ate a lot during breakfast, so I’m not very hungry now. I want to go to the beach to catch some crabs, could you come with me?” Natalie said softly.
Allen’s smile became brighter, “Get the bucket. We should be able to catch a lot of crabs by the sea. We might even find other things like sea urchins.”
Natalie recalled the memory of when she lived on the lone island with Jasper.
The sunset, evening breeze, beach, bonfire, crab, fish and wild pork. Especially the wild pork, the thick sauce was such a perfect match with the tender rib.
She had never eaten such delicious food since.
Thinking of that wonderful memory, Natalie’s lips subconsciously curved upwards, with a layer of feminine beauty and gentleness, “Let’s catch some crabs. I’ll call Eli.”
Looking at her smile, Allen’s heart was moved and he held Natalie’s hand.
Natalie thought that Allen had something else to tell her, so she looked at Allen in confusion.
Allen pulled her into his arms and lifted her.
“Why are you…” Natalie was about to refuse.
Allen interrupted with a smile, “Let’s catch some crabs.”
After that, he put Natalie down.
Natalie smiled helplessly. Allen was really childish, she said, “Let’s go.”
They went to the beach. Allen took a bucket with two small shovels in it, and each of them wore rubber gloves.
Crabs would escape once they sensed danger. If they were close to the sea, they would run into the sea. If they were far away from the sea, they would hide into the sand. The ones that ran slower would be caught.
As Stephen suffered from gout, he rarely ate seafood. Hence, there were a lot of crabs here.
Natalie remembered the scene when she and Jasper were catching crabs by the sea.
Jasper put a fishing net at the bottom of the sea and it caught a lot of fish and crabs. Crabs were naturally salty, and the freshly-caught ones were exceptionally delicious.
If not because of her illness, she was willing to live such a peaceful life with Jasper on the island forever.
However, there was no ‘if’ in this world.
Natalie caught a crab and looked at it with a silly smile.
“Let’s not go back for lunch. Shall we grill some crabs to eat here?” Allen asked Natalie.
“Okay, but you have asthma, so you should stay away from the smoke. You should continue to find more food, and I will make a fire and grill the crabs. I will call you over to eat when they are done.”
“Look at the two of us, what a dynamic duo!” Allen took out the lighter and handed it to Natalie, “Thank you for your hard work.”
“It’s not hard at all, ” Natalie was in a good mood and she said with a smile.
She asked Eli Wayne to find some dry branches. She made a circle with a stone by the sea. There was a stone in the middle of the circle. The dry branches were placed on both sides of the stone. She lit up the branches, put the crab on the stone in the middle, and pressed on it with a long branch. After five minutes, she put another crab on it.
After a while, the five crabs were already grilled and placed on the big leaves that were picked by Eli.
“It smells so good and delicious. I’m hungry.” Eli sat next to Natalie and reached out to grab the grilled crab.
“Be careful. It has just been grilled and it’s very hot. You can have it when I’m done grilling the second batch. Then, the temperature will just be right,” Natalie reminded her.
Eli lay down apologetically. She looked at the blue sky, white clouds, enjoying the sea breeze, “It’s such a wonderful day.”
Natalie smiled and looked at Eli, “When Jasper and I were on the island, there were wild boars, wolves, pheasants, wild bamboo sprouts, mushrooms, wild vegetables. Jasper had his pistol, so we were not afraid of wild animals and it was very safe. We also built a house on a treetop near the sea. Even when it rained, we didn’t have to worry. We could have lived a lifetime over there.”
Eli looked at the smile on Natalie’s face.
She understood why Natalie was in such a good mood now. It was because she was thinking of the happy days in the past.
She didn’t believe that Natalie didn’t love Jasper.
Eli grabbed a crab and broke it in half. Hot steam came out of it.
“Eli, isn’t it hot?” Natalie asked worriedly.
Eli put the peeled crab on the leaf and blew her red palm, “Natalie, sometimes love is like this hot crab. If you refused to let go, you will end up hurting yourself, so it’s better to give up.”
“I understand. Silly girl, wait a minute.” Natalie walked into the forest. After a while, she brought a cactus and put it on the leaf. Then she crushed it with a branch, and applied the juice on Eli’s palm.
“Juices which are extracted from aloe veras, cactus or green tea leaves work well on burns when they are combined with sesame oil, ” Natalie said to Eli.
“It seems like many people forget the hurt once the scar is healed,” Eli sighed.
Natalie’s eyes flickered slightly, but she didn’t say anything. She was focused on grilling the crabs, but her thoughts were drifting far away.
It was until there seemed to be a person sitting next to her and a familiar scent floating her way that she seemed to snap out of her thoughts.
She looked up and saw Jasper sitting on the seat where Eli was sitting. Eli had walked away, but she hadn’t noticed…