Elder brother's garrison

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Little Veneto took the fork handed to her by Big Veneto. Holding the fork handle, she gazed at the food on her plate with reverence and focus, then carefully twirled a bite of spaghetti and put it into her mouth.

Little Veneto closed his eyes and chewed with all his might.

It took a full half minute for Vineto to swallow what was in his mouth.

"How are you feeling?" David Neto asked quickly.

"...It felt like ordinary food."

“That’s right… our cafeteria can’t afford a top-notch chef…” David Neto put down his tray and smiled somewhat sheepishly. “Well… compared to the food at the newbie naval base, it’s probably a bit inferior…”

“No, that’s not it. While the reputation of the chefs is good, the food here isn’t bad either.” Veneto looked at the fork in his hand, shook his head, and murmured, “When I said ‘ordinary’… I wasn’t referring to the taste, but the effects…”

"Efficacy?" David Neto tilted his head, holding the plate.

"Do you usually drink milk?" Veneto suddenly asked again.

"Huh? Me? Uh... I'd probably drink it if I had some... but I've never specifically bought milk before..."

"What about papaya? Do you like it?"

"Papaya? What's that?"

"A type of fruit."

"I've never heard of it..."

"Then chicken soup or crucian carp soup, or something like that..."

"This kind of food rarely appears on our naval base's menu."

"..."

Vito the Elder honestly answered Vito the Younger's questions.

After receiving several answers, Little White Veneto frowned, looking at Big Veneto's plate with a strange expression.

“It seems you usually eat very ordinary food…” said Vinetto.

“Well…” David Neto was embarrassed and didn’t know how to answer.

"Do you usually do yoga or similar exercises?" Veneto asked again, not giving up. "Or maybe aerobics, or wear shapewear..."

“No…” David Neto shook his head.

“…” Little Veneto then lowered his head, rested his elbows on the table, covered his eyes with his hands, and looked very disappointed.

Although it was unclear what had happened, Viña Veneto seemed to sense a sense of emptiness in Viña Veneto, as if his last hope had been shattered.

"Um... excuse me... why are you asking me these questions?" Vitor asked Vitor, looking down at Vitor.

“I was thinking…” Little Veneto opened her mouth, but halfway through her sentence, her lips moved, and in the end, she let out a long sigh, “Sigh… never mind… it’s nothing, don’t worry about it, I was just asking casually, it’s no big deal, don’t worry about it, I’m really fine… don’t worry about it.”

In his short sentence, Veneto repeated the phrase "don't worry about it" three times.

Chapter 2752 An Unexpected Person Appears

Even though I said not to worry about it three times... it only makes people worry even more...

Seeing what Veneto was doing, Vieto the Elder couldn't help but want to ask more questions.

But before Vito could even ask a question, Vito Jr. jumped up from his chair.

“Forget it, let’s not talk about this for now.” Little Veneto looked at Big Veneto seriously. “It’s nice to be with you guys, but it’s almost time. I have to get some food for Rome and the Empire to take back.”

"Eh? Oh... well, shall I take you to the cafeteria window?"

"No need to trouble yourself, I don't need help with this." Little Veneto shook her head, picked up the remaining half glass of milk with a complicated look in her eyes and drank it all in one gulp. Then she picked up her plate, greeted the other Veneto-class ship girls at the table, and left on her own.

The Veneto-class ship girls watched helplessly as little Veneto, carrying her tray, joined the queue at the cafeteria window.

Her figure was so petite and delicate.

With a slight jolt of the crowd, little Veneto's figure was instantly swallowed up by the long queue and disappeared from sight.

"Pfft." A suppressed laugh came from behind David Neto.

“Littorio, that’s very rude of you,” Vitorio said helplessly as he turned around to Littorio.

Just now, when Admiral Lu Lin's family's Veneto was there, these younger sisters were keeping their heads down and not saying a word.

As soon as they left, Littorio started chuckling softly, which was rather odd.

“No, Veneto, I wasn’t laughing at what was happening over there.” Littorio covered her mouth, lowered her hand, took a deep breath, and then smiled at Veneto, saying, “I was just thinking about something happy.”

"What happy thing?"

"That's what the other Veneto just told you."

"Hmm? Are you asking me what I want to eat?"

"Yes."

"What's there to be happy about?" David Neto asked, looking bewildered.

Big Vinetto still doesn't understand why Little Vinetto asked her these questions, so of course she doesn't know what's funny about it.

“Well… Veneto, you really are blinded by your own involvement.” Littorio looked at the elder Veneto with a sigh, her gaze shifting slightly downwards to the elder Veneto’s chest. “The reason the other Veneto asked you these questions is, of course, because she’s curious about how your body grew to be the way it is.”

"Huh??" Vivienne was taken aback. She followed Littorio's gaze and looked down at her chest, then blushed. "You... don't, don't joke around like that!"

David Neto blushed and hugged his shoulders.

“Admiral Lu Lin’s Veneto is a very excellent ship girl. Why would she pay attention to these strange things? You must have misunderstood her… This kind of thing… this kind of thing…” Veneto muttered, her face growing redder and hotter with time. “And, and also, we are clearly ship girls! A ship girl’s appearance and figure are determined the moment she steps out of the construction device, and they won’t change at all until the ship equipment is dismantled—so these things have nothing to do with what we eat! Littorio, you’re overthinking things again!”

“If you say so, then so be it.” Littorio shrugged. “Then let’s just say it’s Veneto from Admiral Lu Lin’s family who’s concerned about your diet and health.”

“Hmm…” David Neto gently pouted one side of his mouth.

“But then again, it is indeed a happy thing,” Littorio added.

"...What other twisted logic are you going to spout?"

“That’s not a fallacy.” Littorio looked at the crowd. “...I’m genuinely happy. It turns out that even as a top-tier ship girl from Admiral Lu Lin’s family, our other sister is willing to sit with us, chat with us about casual everyday things, and show this approachable, even cute side of herself—I feel like I’m not as afraid of her as I used to be.”

"Oh……"

David Neto, still half-asleep, turned his gaze toward the crowd.

Under the watchful eyes of Littorio and Vinetto, Vinetto quickly returned carrying three lunch boxes.

"Huh? The queue's moving so fast?" Vitor looked at Vineto in surprise.

"Hmm... I met a very tall ship girl with black hair while I was queuing. She saw me in line, grabbed my hand, pushed my waist, and gave me her seat." Little Veneto nodded to the four ship girls in front of her and said, "As expected of Admiral Nia's naval base, even getting food in the cafeteria makes me feel friendly."

"Uh... is the black-haired ship girl you mentioned named Ark?"

"It seems to be this one. She even invited me to visit her dorm sometime."

"...Oh, I see..."

"Well, I just came back to say hello. I'm heading back now." Veneto lifted the three lunchboxes in his hand. "Rome and the Empire are waiting for me. I'm off."

The moment Veneto lifted the lunchbox, the aroma of fresh food wafted into his nostrils.

"...Huh? You bought spaghetti bolognese too?" Veneto asked with delight, as if he had found a kindred spirit.

“…Uh…um…” Little Veneto paused for a moment, subconsciously put the lunchbox behind her back, and nodded silently, “…Then I’m leaving, let’s talk again next time.”

After saying that, Vineto picked up three lunch boxes and quickly left the cafeteria.

The Veneto-class ship girls watched as little Veneto's figure disappeared outside the door, then turned their gaze to the dining table where only four people remained.

The cafeteria was still noisy.

The dining table remained quiet.

After a while.

David Neto counted on his fingers, looking at the remaining noodles on his plate, and spoke.

"Um... actually, Veneto from Admiral Lu Lin's family seems to be quite kind... right?"

"Mmm." The Empire nodded like a squirrel.

“At first I was a little afraid of this Sister Veneto, but after spending time with her, it seems that she is a very considerate person when she is not in a fighting state.” Roma said to Veneto, patting his chest slightly.

“Next time you have time, please invite her to our restaurant again,” Littorio said. “Admiral Lu Lin’s ship girls are all very easy to get along with, and I would also like to talk to another Roman and another Empire ship girl.”

"Having gotten used to the easy-going Veneto, this dignified Veneto seems quite nice too."

"What do you mean by being easy to bully! I have a lot of authority too!"

"Then why don't you go and practice a few more times with the other Veneto?"

"Please allow me to refuse—"

After a brief chance encounter at dinner, the Veneto-class ship girls from Nia's family suddenly realized that their relationship with the Veneto-class ship girls from Xiaobai's family seemed to have been brought much closer in one go.

……

Time comes to night.

As night fell and the full moon hung high in the sky, Luo Lian, lying on her bed in Nia's dormitory, finally slowly opened her eyes.

Luo Lian hadn't had such a comfortable sleep in a long time.

The fatigue accumulated from working late into the night seemed to vanish with this sleep. When Luo Lian woke up, she felt relaxed and full of energy, with boundless strength inside and out.

"Hoo... um—"

Luo Lian stretched on the bed, rubbed her eyes, sat up, reached for her glasses on the bedside table, and gently put them on her nose.

Through the lens, the world became much clearer.

The room was dimly lit, with stars twinkling outside the window.

The quiet night is like a quietly flowing river, exuding a mysterious and tranquil atmosphere.

Luo Lian blinked, lifted the covers to look at her clothes, then got out of bed, stretching her arms and legs as she turned on the room lights.

The lights were flashing.

The dimly lit room was illuminated in an instant.

Luo Lian looked around and then realized that she was the only one in the room.

"Uh-huh?"

Luo Lian looked around at her surroundings for a while, then glanced at the draft paper that had disappeared from the desk, and closed her eyes to sniff the air.

Seemingly sensing something strange, Luo Lian pushed open the dormitory door and looked down at the floor of the corridor outside.

There were faint burn marks on the floor, which had already been cleaned.

"I see." Luo Lian nodded, turning back to look at the empty room and talking to herself.

It seems that Xiaobai decided to wait until I woke up before submitting the answers to the second set of research questions together. So, she first used her invincible memory to memorize the answers, then burned the draft paper. She also used some methods to let me sleep until now to recover my strength. Finally, in order not to disturb my rest at night, Nia thoughtfully left the dormitory and went to another place with Xiaobai.

Luo Lian quickly sorted out what had happened around her while she was asleep.

After clarifying the situation and the goals for her next move, Luo Lian thought for a while, then walked out of the dormitory, turned a corner, and headed straight for Xiao Bai's dormitory room next door.

It's already this late, so Xiaobai and Nia can't possibly be sleeping outside. Therefore, Nia must have gone to Xiaobai's room.

Luo Lian raised her hand and knocked on the door.

"Little White, Nia, are you there?"

"……%￥……"

A muffled answer came from inside the door, and soon a series of footsteps arrived at the door.

Judging from the stride of the footsteps, the person opening the door is probably between 1.75 and 1.8 meters tall, which doesn't seem like Xiaobai's typical height...

It must have been Nia who opened the door.

Luo Lian muttered to herself, instantly drafting a conversation with Nia in her mind.

The door was quickly pushed open.

"Nia, I..." Luo Lian looked up and spoke to the person behind the door, but she stopped speaking the moment she saw the person in front of her, and her eyes widened.

The person who appeared in front of Luo Lian was Missouri, who was wearing sexy pajamas.

Missouri saw Luo Lian standing at the door and gave her a faint, expected smile.

A night breeze blows.