But it doesn’t affect Claire’s mood. Even if she is alone, she can have a good time. She used to travel alone. Sometimes she comes with Kate.
So Claire spends the whole day alone. Although she wants to go rafting, she is so afraid of water that she doesn’t go.
At dusk, she caught the steaming ship and sat down panting. Next to her, a woman holding a baby calls out, “you are so lucky. If you miss the ship, you will miss the show on the island. You have to wait an hour for the next ship. This program is the most famous program in our area. A lot of tourists want to watch it...”
This woman may be native, so she speaks dialect. Claire is a little out of touch with the local enthusiasm. She smiles and nods as she looks at the ship.
There are many people on this ship. Maybe as the woman says, all the guests on the ship go to watch that show. It’s the tourist season now, so there are many people.
There are so many people that Claire doesn’t notice the one who is following her all the time.
When she comes to the island, Claire realizes the particularity of the program and why so many people come here by ship. Because the first show on this island is specially for single men and women!
It’s seven o’clock in the evening, and night is coming. Many people don’t have dinner to catch the ship. It has to be said that tourism developers are really attentive. They specially hold this activity in this special environment and special season.
The activity content is eating.
Yes, it’s eating. However, the most attractive part of this activity is that people are divided into two groups. They go to a separate small square to eat.
When you eat, you will be prompted to have someone to eat with you. If you choose yes, a plank in front of you will rise slowly. You will see a person sitting opposite. If you choose no, nothing will change. You still eat by yourself.
A lot of people want to experience it. Even if its purpose is known, many people want to try who they will meet.
Even Claire is excited by the rules of the event.
Claire signs up with interest. There are many positions but the space is not closed. This is for the convenience of those who have not participated in the activity. Although it’s a bit strange to be surrounded for dinner, it doesn’t stop people from trying to experience this chance encounter.
Claire is in line and soon it is her turn. She devotes herself to the atmosphere of the event and does not notice the person who is watching her silently behind her.
When Claire is taken to a separate place by the waiter, she orders as if she were in a restaurant. There are people sitting on her left and right, but they are separated by a plank. She feels a little lonely sitting in that secluded position.
While she is eating, the electronic screen on the table suddenly lights up. It says whether you want to have dinner with another person.
Claire takes part in this activity to experience the new feeling, so she directly chooses yes.
Claire wants to jump up and run.
Leo! How could it be him!
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The readers' comments on the novel: Genius Son Sells his Mom to Dad
The storyline could have been better -- organization and cohesion of episodes could stand improvement, ending could have been more definitive resolving the many conflicts between the protagonists. Of course, the despicable treatment of Leo towards Claire initially, e.g., selling her off in an auction and giving her to the madam of the club as princess is inhuman and a violation to the wife's rights and honor. I was wondering why she did not leave after these maltreatments. Oh, well, the conclusion [if the narrative ends in Chapter 488] is quite disappointing and anti-climactic. Thank you just the same....
The end of the story is wanting, considering how the episodes build up to conflict after conflict and concluding in yet another conflict. But then c'est la vie! Thank you....