Elder brother's garrison

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"Ah, okay!" Xiaobai quickly sat up straight and nodded, bowing to President Ergou. "Thank you for your hard work, President!"

"...You're the one who's had the hardest time, aren't you?"

President Er Gou stood up, gently rubbed Xiao Bai's head, then yawned and leaned against Helena as they waved to the crowd and left.

Xiao Bai blinked, watching the departing figure of President Er Gou, pondering what President Er Gou had just said, and scratched his head in slight confusion.

"Admiral, how was the meeting?"

As Xiaobai was watching President Ergou leave, he suddenly heard someone sit down beside him. Xiaobai turned around and saw Wisconsin plop down in the seat where President Ergou had been sitting, staring at Xiaobai with bright eyes and asking a question.

Because of the large number of ship girls Xiaobai brought in, she had been sitting at a table not far away since morning. There, she was being taken care of by the black-clad maids. Her food, drink, and leisure were on par with the admirals'. More importantly, she didn't need to participate in the cryptic discussions, making her life much more relaxed.

"Overall, it's quite a delicate situation..." Xiaobai smiled at Wisconsin, "How's it going over there? Are you feeling bored?"

"It's actually fine here, the food is pretty good, it's just a bit inconvenient that I can't sit next to you," Wisconsin muttered softly.

The sound of footsteps was faint and scattered.

The ship girls from Changchun, Missouri, Iowa, New Jersey, and other cities also came over one after another.

"Admiral, we're here."

"That admiral who was so energetic just now really had a lot of presence. He seems like a very kind-hearted admiral."

"I heard from the other admirals that he's the fourth-ranked admiral in the world, right? Surprisingly, he seems quite reassuring. What do you think, New Jersey?"

"……trouble."

The ship girls chattered amongst themselves.

Xiaobai smiled as she looked at the ship girls in front of her, feeling much better.

Although the ship girls' conversation wasn't as substantial as the discussion on the table earlier, Xiaobai still preferred this relaxed atmosphere of chatting with her own ship girls.

The main advantage is that even beginners can understand it.

Xiao Bai gave a wry smile and subconsciously glanced back at the dining table.

At the dining table, Admirals Ren and Ling fell fast asleep as soon as the meeting ended. Next to them, Admiral Nanxing, who had been almost completely silent throughout the morning meeting, stood up and quietly organized his notes.

what.

This is a good opportunity.

When Xiaobai saw this, his eyes lit up and he quickly stood up.

It seems that Xiaobai's movements were a bit too exaggerated.

The instant Xiaobai stood up.

Admiral Nanxing, who was quietly tidying up her notes, suddenly shuddered. She subconsciously looked up at Xiaobai and their eyes met for a moment.

"Ah, Nan..." Xiaobai raised his hand and waved at Admiral Nanxing, just about to speak.

But Xiaobai hadn't uttered the third word yet.

Admiral Nanxing suddenly lowered his head, picked up his laptop, and scurried out of the restaurant.

"……"noob.

Chapter 1469 Invitation to Be a Fellow Path

Admiral Nanxing packed up his notebook, then ignored Xiaobai's calls from behind and fled the dining area without looking back, as if his life depended on it.

To completely avoid beginners.

Admiral Nanxing did not return to his room via the route he had come from. Instead, as soon as he stepped into the corridor, he began to walk briskly through the interconnected passageways without stopping for a moment.

Admiral Nanxing wandered aimlessly, going up stairs whenever he saw one, passing through doors whenever he saw one, and turning corners whenever he saw one.

It wasn't until Admiral Nanxing had made several turns, climbed countless floors, and passed through countless rooms, finally arriving at an unfamiliar place that even Admiral Nanxing himself didn't know where he was, that his pace finally slowed down.

As he slowly descended, Admiral Nanxing glanced back nervously. Only after confirming that Xiaobai hadn't followed did he breathe a sigh of relief and begin surveying the surrounding corridors.

Admiral Nanxing remembered that he had gone up several floors in a row, and now he was not on the top floor but still quite a distance from the first floor.

The corridor on this floor was not empty. One side of the corridor had windows that let in plenty of light, while the doors and windows of the rooms on the other side were open or closed. Every now and then, several maids in black would come out of the rooms with open doors, tidying up their clothes and closing the doors as they walked down the stairs in twos and threes.

It seems.

Admiral Nanxing has most likely arrived at the dormitory floor of the black-clad maids.

Seeing the black-clad maids emerge from the room, Admiral Nanxing relaxed somewhat.

Admiral Nanxing walked to the window on one side of the corridor, placed the notebook on the windowsill, and then took out a pack of square women's cigarettes from her pocket. She picked out a new cigarette with her index and middle fingers, tilted her head back, and stared blankly at the sky outside the window.

There are no obstructions to the view from the high-rise building, and the view of the sky is breathtaking.

The sky was crystal clear, the clouds were white, the sky was blue, and it was empty—perfect as a backdrop to while away the time.

A cup of tea, a pack of cigarettes, and a patch of sky to watch the day unfold.

Admiral Nanxing gently held a cigarette between his lips, then looked down to find his lighter and patted his pockets lightly.

The pocket feels flat to the touch.

Nanxing Admiral's eyes widened for a moment, then a hint of discomfort flashed across his face.

Suffered.

I think I left the dining area in a bit of a hurry, and I was so focused on tidying up my notes that I left my lighter there.

Admiral Nanxing, with an unlit cigarette dangling from his lips, glanced at the rows of maids' rooms at the other end of the corridor, wondering if he should just ask any maid for a light.

"Admiral Nanxing, are you looking for this?"

Then, just then, a pair of small white hands appeared behind Admiral Nanxing like a timely rain, and then a lighter was slowly extended from behind him.

"grateful."

The admiral, Nanxing, who was thirsting for a cigarette, saw the lighter handed to him from behind. Without thinking, he subconsciously thanked the person and picked up the lighter.

However, when Admiral Nanxing saw the model of the lighter in her hand, her brows furrowed involuntarily.

Ok……

This lighter.

It seems to be the one I forgot on the table?

Admiral Nanxing stared blankly as he looked at the white hand that was being offered to him.

Xiaobai was standing alone behind him, holding a lighter high and looking at him with a kind smile.

"You're welcome!"

Xiao Bai smiled gently at Admiral Nanxing.

Admiral Nanxing was stunned for a few seconds.

"!?"

Then, the eyes of the Admiral Nanxing, which had been in a daze, suddenly brightened. She opened her eyes wide, grabbed the lighter that had been taken from Xiaobai's palm, and gasped as if she had seen a ghost. She took several steps back until she was pressed against the wall with nowhere left to retreat, and then she barely managed to stop.

Although Admiral Nanxing didn't say anything.

But those bewildered and shocked eyes vividly conveyed the feelings of "How did you get here?" and "Please don't come any closer!"

Say something.

Seeing Nanxing's expression and realizing how afraid she was of him, Xiaobai's feelings were quite complicated.

Clearing up the misunderstanding is urgent.

"Hahaha..." Xiaobai lowered his hands, smiled wryly at Admiral Nanxing, and said, "Well, just now, I saw that you forgot to take your lighter when you left, so I came out to look for you..."

"..." Admiral Nanxing glanced down at the lighter in his hand, then looked up at Xiaobai standing in front of him, "...Thank you."

Although Admiral Nanxing wasn't too keen on meeting Xiaobai face-to-face at this point, Xiaobai had come all this way just to bring back the lighter he'd left behind, so he should still be thanked.

Admiral Nanxing pressed the lighter twice, lit the cigarette, and took a small puff.

"...Well, actually I have something else to say. It's about what happened last night, I..." Xiaobai felt the atmosphere was quite nice. She lowered her head, poked her two index fingers together, and whispered.

"Cough, cough, cough—"

Admiral Nanxing was startled by Xiaobai's words. She couldn't catch her breath and seemed to choke herself. She covered her mouth and coughed incessantly. Puffs of white smoke seemed to be blowing out of her mouth and nose in time with Admiral Nanxing's coughs, looking like a steam engine.

"Hey? Sister Nanxing, are you alright?" Xiaobai immediately panicked.

"Cough cough... um, hmph hmph..." Admiral Nanxing covered her mouth and shook her head. She calmed herself down, took a deep breath, and then looked away, not daring to look directly at Xiaobai. "...I... will keep it a secret for you."

"Keep it a secret... uh..." Xiaobai looked awkwardly at Admiral Nanxing's profile, "Although it's really nice that you're keeping it a secret for me, Admiral Nanxing... but..."

"I understand."

"……what?"

"As long as it's voluntary on both sides... that's fine." Admiral Nanxing covered his mouth, looking at the sky outside the window. "However... I still hope that next time you can... close the door."

"……"noob.

Listening to Admiral Nanxing's speech.

Xiao Bai blushed for no apparent reason.

"Cough cough cough." Xiaobai coughed lightly a few times to get rid of the embarrassment in her heart. Then she took a deep breath and waved her hand at Admiral Nanxing. "Admiral Nanxing, that... things are not what you think. I did not do that kind of thing with New Jersey yesterday... um, you mean... things that Admiral Nanxing is imagining."

"?" Admiral Nanxing looked at Xiaobai, a hint of confusion in his eyes.

“Last night, it was like this… have you heard of rune script, Admiral Nanxing? You know, those characters written in the ship girl construction device, with some kind of magical function.” Xiaobai gestured as she spoke to Admiral Nanxing. “Last night, before I brought New Jersey back, she ate a piece of Deepsea Dean Metal, and her body was filled with a strong Deepsea aura. To dispel that Deepsea aura, I wrote some rune script on New Jersey that can diminish the Deepsea aura—yesterday, it was probably because the door wasn't closed properly that you, Admiral Nanxing, stumbled upon it. It was a misunderstanding… we really didn't do anything strange…”

In order to clear his and New Jersey's names, Xiaobai honestly told Admiral Nanxing about his and New Jersey's affair from beginning to end.

Admiral Nanxing listened to Xiaobai's words in a daze.

"Well, that's roughly what happened yesterday."

After Xiaobai finished speaking, he clenched his fist and nodded confidently to Admiral Nanxing.

"..."

Admiral Nanxing stared at Xiaobai with suspicion in his eyes.

“That’s really true!” Xiaobai said to Admiral Nanxing, “My relationship with New Jersey is very simple!”

"...Then," Admiral Nanxing's gaze shifted to Xiaobai's face, "you two have never kissed...and never touched each other's bodies?"

Xiao Bai was taken aback, then lowered his head awkwardly.

"Uh...this..."

"..."

The gaze of Admiral Nanxing towards Xiaobai now held not only suspicion but also a hint of scumbag-like disdain.

"..." Xiaobai slapped his cheek hard, looked up at Admiral Nanxing, and said, "How about this? Admiral Nanxing, close your eyes for a moment!"

"?"

"Just for a moment, just a few seconds."

"..."

Admiral Nanxing closed his eyes.

Xiao Bai swiftly pulled out a calligraphy brush and half-used ink from his ship's equipment space.

"Alright, Admiral Nanxing, you can open your eyes now." Xiaobai said to Admiral Nanxing, holding a calligraphy brush.

Admiral Nanxing opened his eyes and looked at Xiaobai.

Upon seeing the ink and brush suddenly appear in Xiao Bai's hand, a look of astonishment flashed across Admiral Nanxing's eyes.

"these are……"

"In short, Admiral Nanxing, what do you think?"

Xiao Bai walked to the window, picked up the notebook that Admiral Nanxing had placed there, and wrote down several rune characters from the dictionary on one of the pages.

"This rune is radiance, this one is mist, this one is rotation, this one is..." Xiaobai wrote down several rune characters in succession and infused each one with mental power.

The runes, infused with spiritual power, shone with dazzling colors on Admiral Nanxing's notebook. Admiral Nanxing was somewhat surprised and shocked as he looked at the various characters on the notebook that seemed to have come alive and possessed their own magical abilities.

“…Magic?” Nanxing covered her mouth.

For those who have never encountered this kind of knowledge before, runic script is indeed a magical, almost magical kind of knowledge.