Elder brother's garrison

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"Hahaha! Now it's just the two of us left to discuss tactics!" Admiral Haoding laughed happily.

"It's not funny at all, Admiral Haoding!"

Zhao Kuo, the admiral, went berserk.

Xiao Bai watched with a smile the close interaction between Admiral Zhao Kuo and Admiral Hao Ding, listening to their contrasting ideas on expeditions. For a moment, he felt as if he were watching a comedy show, finding it endlessly entertaining.

The relationship between Admiral Zhao Kuo and Admiral Haoding... remains as good as ever.

Little White was watching with a smile.

suddenly.

A sweet aroma wafts towards you.

A glass of chilled juice and a small dish of sunflower seeds were brought to Xiaobai's table from behind.

Xiao Bai looked back.

Loki was standing beside him without him noticing.

"Please use."

Loki spoke slowly to the little white creature who had turned around.

"Ah...it's Miss Loki!"

Xiaobai was pleasantly surprised.

Loki nodded, glanced at the mess on the table, and simply stood next to Little White.

"Thank you, Miss Loki."

Xiao Bai said with a smile, then picked up the juice glass and took a small sip.

After their adventure deep into the ocean, Xiaobai felt that his friendship with Loki had grown significantly, and he gradually began to take Loki's presence by his side for granted.

Take one bite.

It has a sweet and sour taste.

Very cool.

4500-word steamed egg custard

Chapter 1625 Mounting

In a large office filled with the aroma of books and ink, a black-haired girl wearing red-rimmed glasses sat upright at her desk, holding a calligraphy brush and meticulously copying her writings onto the spread-out Xuan paper.

The office is very big.

The ceiling is covered with many vertical black and white calligraphy and paintings, like waterfalls exuding the fragrance of ink, which obscure the empty office space with overlapping shadows, making it look like a magical secret realm.

The girl's movements were very small, with half of her body almost still. The brush in her hand seemed to come alive, moving meticulously across the rice paper, drawing out just the right strokes of ink.

An elderly man with a white beard, his hands behind his back, was standing in front of the girl's desk.

The white-bearded old man was in good spirits. He stood in a very subtle position, neither too close to disturb the girl's writing nor too far back to prevent himself from seeing the words on the paper.

The white-bearded old man stared at the words on the girl's desk, holding his breath and suppressing even the slightest sound of his breathing, unwilling to let it out.

Not far behind the white-bearded old man.

On a soft sofa.

Another blonde girl in a sailor uniform stared with mischievous eyes, holding an open reference book while cautiously glancing over here.

Time slipped away second by second under the pen of the girl wearing red-rimmed glasses.

The subtle sound of the ink-stained pen tip moving across the paper was especially noticeable in the quiet office environment.

at last.

Time flowed to a certain point.

The girl wearing red-rimmed glasses paused slightly as she held the pen.

Subsequently.

On the spread-out Xuan paper, the ink strokes meticulously drawn by the girl seemed to slowly shimmer with a hazy golden light, as if special effects had been added.

The golden light shone even brighter, illuminating the girl's face and coating her glasses with a beautiful gold.

"Success!!!"

In the distance, the blonde girl sitting on the sofa saw this scene and excitedly raised her hands above her head, letting out a clear, uncontrollable shout.

The white-bearded old man quickly turned around, glared at the blonde girl, and made a shushing gesture.

"what……"

The blonde girl shrank her shoulders, quickly covered her mouth, and stopped making a sound, bowing down with an embarrassed expression.

The white-bearded old man looked at the girl with red-rimmed glasses with concern. Only after confirming that the girl with red-rimmed glasses was still staring intently at the table and had not been disturbed by the blonde girl's shouts did he feel relieved.

The girl with red-rimmed glasses paused, then continued writing with her brush, adding a few more strokes to the rice paper. She then put down her brush and looked at the white-bearded old man with a slightly tired expression.

“I’m done,” the girl said to the white-bearded old man.

"Great! Quick, let me see!"

Upon hearing this, the white-bearded old man was so excited that he almost jumped up from the ground. He hurriedly walked to the writing desk and eagerly looked at the girl's desk with red-rimmed glasses.

"Please." The girl with red-rimmed glasses picked up the Xuan paper and handed it to the white-bearded old man.

"Oh dear! No, don't pick it up, you'll ruin the paper!" The white-bearded old man quickly bent down, carefully picked up the girl's work with red-rimmed glasses, and laid it back on the table. "Just look at it like this, just look at it like this..."

The white-bearded old man's already sharp eyes shone even brighter after examining the girl's work with red-rimmed glasses. His lips trembled as he muttered some words on the paper in a whisper that only he could hear, before finally slapping his thigh in excitement.

"Wonderful! Wonderful!" The white-bearded old man's face flushed with excitement. "Such an ingenious rune structure, such a beautiful and wasteless arrangement of runes, a textbook example of precise rune application—I can't believe this is a work written by someone who has only been learning rune knowledge for less than two weeks!! Luo Lian, you are truly a rune genius, one in a hundred years!"

The girl wearing red-rimmed glasses was none other than Luo Lian, who had spent two weeks learning about runes underground.

The white-bearded old man and the blonde girl behind him are none other than Grandpa Ella, who has been carefully teaching Luo Lian these past few days, and Ella, who is accompanying her in her studies.

“When I was dismantling and assembling the construction equipment, I actually had some exposure to rune knowledge. Perhaps because of those experiences, it was relatively easy for me to formally learn about runes.” Luo Lian didn’t show any joy at being praised. She simply nodded as if it were a matter of course and asked Grandpa Ella, “Speaking of which, how is the rune logic I wrote?”

"Exquisite! Elegant!" Grandpa Ella gazed at Luo Lian with loving eyes. "Although you haven't been studying runes for very long, your work shows your skill level. Based on your exquisite rune logic, I'm certain that in terms of talent and skill, there's no one in my family who can surpass you!"

"Is that so..." Luo Lian pondered for a moment, then looked up and nodded at Grandpa Ella. "Yes... Thank you for your guidance these past few days."

"Great!!" No sooner had Luo Lian's voice fallen than Ella, who had been hiding behind the sofa, perked up again. She tossed aside her book, jumped over the sofa, and excitedly ran towards Luo Lian and her grandfather. "Grandpa, Grandpa! Has Luo Lian finished her studies? Is it over? Does that mean I don't have to tutor her anymore? Can I finally go out and play with Xiaobai? Grandpa, Grandpa…"

With each sentence Ella spoke, she tugged at her grandfather's arm and shook it affectionately, her eyes filled with the boredom and anticipation of being confined for so many days.

"Sigh...you silly girl." Grandpa Ella looked at the spoiled Ella and was helpless for a moment. He raised his hand and patted Ella's head, saying to her earnestly, "You little rascal, you've been spending two weeks with Luo Lian, and you haven't noticed her progress every day...sigh, you've been learning rune knowledge since elementary school, and now Luo Lian's expertise is enough to be your teacher. Even if you're shameless, you should at least chat with Luo Lian more and learn something good from her..."

"Hehe! Grandpa, you don't know this, do you!" Ella's face immediately lit up with a sly smile upon hearing this. "Who said I don't chat with Luo Lian usually! Every time you finish class, I chat with Luo Lian. Luo Lian and I are very close!"

After saying that, Ella ran to Luo Lian's side and reached out to hug Luo Lian's arm.

"Luo Lian, don't you think so?" Ella said to Luo Lian with a cheerful smile.

"Mm." Luo Lian nodded seriously and gave Ella a thumbs up.

"Huh? What do you usually talk about?" Grandpa Ella asked, surprised.

"Little White!" Ella and Luo Lian looked at Ella's grandfather and exclaimed in unison.

"..." Grandpa Ella.

"Hehe, if Luo Lian hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that Xiao Bai had so many interesting stories from her childhood!" Ella hugged Luo Lian's arm, sticking out her tongue and laughing with a satisfied look on her face. "I asked Luo Lian so many times that sometimes I even felt annoying myself..."

"It's okay, I'm enjoying it." Luo Lian gave a thumbs up and nodded seriously.

As long as it's a topic related to Xiao Bai, Luo Lian can talk about it with great enthusiasm for two weeks, or even two years.

"This...sigh." Grandpa Ella looked at Luo Lian and Ella, thought for a long time, and then smiled helplessly, "Never mind..."

The "Little White" they're talking about... must be the same Admiral Lu Lin who could write rune language so well last time.

If Luo Lian is a true genius of runic languages, then that little Lu Lin is a once-in-a-century prodigy...

Fine.

Judging from this situation, it seems that his granddaughter has already established a good relationship with Admiral Lu Lin and little Luo Lian. This will make it much easier to persuade Admiral Lu Lin to come and learn the rune language in the future, which is a good thing.

Grandpa Ella looked at Ella with a helpless expression.

"Luo Lian's rune skills... the only thing that can be improved is her proficiency. I have nothing more to teach her." Grandpa Ella said, looking at the Xuan paper on the table. "Although the learning time was short, this training has indeed come to a successful conclusion."

"Yay!! I! I'm finally saved!" Ella excitedly hugged Luo Lian and jumped up and down several times. "Finally, I can go outside! I can see the sky, the sea, breathe the air, and see Little White!"

“Speaking of which… I did receive news from the surface the day before yesterday that the deep-sea extermination operation was coming to an end.” Grandpa Ella paused for a moment to think it over. “Well… it just so happens that little Lu Lin has finished her studies. Since there’s no danger on land, let’s go up there and meet the top ten admirals who are stationed here.”

"Huh? So fast? Grandpa, didn't you say this event would take at least a few months, or even more than half a year to finish?" Ella looked at her grandfather in surprise.

"Well..." Grandpa Ella stroked his white beard and smiled smugly. "Although I don't know the specifics, as far as I know, the event ended early because your little Lu Lin on land led her ship girls to dominate the battlefield."

"Wow! As expected of Little White!" Ella's big eyes crinkled with laughter when she heard Little White's name. She raised her hands high and excitedly said to her grandfather, "Then, Grandpa, let's hurry up and get to land!"

"Don't rush, don't rush..." Grandpa Ella stroked his beard inscrutably, walked to Luo Lian's writing desk, and smiled at Luo Lian. "Little Luo Lian, before you leave, regarding this set of rune logic you wrote... I wonder if you could give it to me? I want to frame it and add it to my collection later."

“…My strokes aren’t that refined…but of course it’s fine.” Luo Lian nodded. “If you don’t mind.”

"Yay!" Grandpa Ella jumped up like a playful old man, picked up the artwork from Luo Lian's desk and put it on his own desk. He took out his framing tools from under the desk and quickly framed it, hanging it on the ceiling closest to his desk. Finally, looking at the finished vertical scroll, he was very satisfied and excitedly raised his hands: "Haha! Then I won't be polite!"

Scholars all love calligraphy and painting.

Ella's grandfather loved her too, of course.

Chapter 1626 I Love Learning

After Grandpa Ella framed Luo Lian's calligraphy and found several maid ship girls to lead him, Ella, and Luo Lian out of the underground and into the restaurant where the top ten admirals were having a meeting, they were discussing the clearing operation of the deep-sea territory.

"How many times have I done this? Admiral Haoding, your reckless tactics are irresponsible and dangerous!" Admiral Zhao Kuo shouted at Admiral Haoding, his face flushed red.

"Admiral Zhao Kuo, as the saying goes, a short pain is worse than a long one. If a huge deep-sea territory is left there and not dealt with in time, problems are bound to arise. We must trust our invincible ship girls!" Admiral Haoding patted Admiral Zhao Kuo on the shoulder.

"I don't believe you for a second!"

Zhao Kuo, the admiral, was so angry that he jumped three feet high.

"Let's fight! Let's fight!" President Er Gou, with his arms around Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling, tried to incite the fighting.

"..." Duan Shuiliu lowered his head and carefully wrote the meeting minutes.

“Zzz…” Admiral Nanxing fell into a deep sleep.

Xiao Bai held a chilled orange juice, biting the straw, drinking the juice while watching Zhao Kuo and Hao Ding like it was a show, and occasionally talking to the maid Loki standing next to him, looking completely detached.

"Uh... this is..." Grandpa Ella, who had just arrived at the restaurant, stared blankly at the chaotic scene inside.

Aren't the top ten admirals having a meeting?

This restaurant feels as bustling as a wet market.

but.

Grandpa Ella had some doubts.

But Ella, who was standing next to Grandpa Ella, and Luo Lian, an outstanding graduate, immediately spotted Xiao Bai.

"noob!"

"noob."

Two clear calls, one high and one low, echoed throughout the restaurant.

The arguing Admirals Haoding and Zhao Kuo, along with Xiao Bai who was watching the scene, were all taken aback and turned to look at the restaurant entrance.

“Pull out the leeks VII Nine Huh? What is this…”

"Little White! I'm free!" Ella opened her arms and ran towards Little White with all her might.

"Ah, it's Ella!" Xiaobai quickly stood up from his seat, caught Xiaobai who ran over, and then looked at Luo Lian behind Ella, "And Lianlian! And Grandpa Ella! Have you finished with your business underground?"

"Yes, I'm all done!" Ella jumped up and down happily. "Luo Lian has finally finished learning the rune language! I don't have to stay underground to tutor him anymore, I can come up and play now!"

"Wow—" Xiao Bai looked at Luo Lian with admiration, "You've finished learning so quickly..."

"Little White, I'm back." Luo Lian gave Little White a thumbs up.

"So, this gentleman is..." Admiral Zhao Kuo listened to Xiao Bai and Ella's conversation, his gaze shifting to Grandpa Ella at the restaurant entrance. He was immediately startled, quickly got up from his seat, and hurriedly went to Grandpa Ella, bowing and extending his hand, "Old man, you must be the head of this household! It's a great honor to meet you. I am Zhao Kuo!"

"It's Admiral Zhao Kuo! I know, I know!" Grandpa Ella was unusually excited today. He tightly grasped Admiral Zhao Kuo's outstretched hand and shook it vigorously. "Hahaha! Talented young men emerge! Talented young men emerge! Very good, very good—but I'm very sorry, although you have all been guarding this place, I have been staying underground these past few days and have not been able to come out to properly entertain you. I have truly failed in my duty as the head of the family, and I hope you will not blame me..."

"Hahahaha! Not at all!" Admiral Haoding strode up to Ella's grandfather and laughed loudly, "Old man, we all know your identity. The crisis of the event has not been resolved yet, so of course you can't just show up at will! There's no question of blame!"