Elder brother's garrison

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Xiaobai and the ship girls returned to their meeting room and continued watching the movie.

However, before the movie was over, Nanxing's mother sent another message to Xiaobai, saying that Ji Siyu seemed to have told her parents about Xiaobai saving her, and that she and her parents really wanted to see her now.

When Xiaobai received the news and came to Ji Siyu's ward again, she was surprised to find that all irrelevant people in the ward and the corridor had been cleared out.

The only people in the ward were Ji Siyu, who was sitting on the bed with red eyes, and her two parents who were standing in front of the door, eagerly waiting.

Ji Siyu's parents spotted Xiaobai at a glance.

The moment they saw Xiaobai, they excitedly rushed forward, pretending to kneel down before Xiaobai.

"benefactor!"

"Our benefactor, young lady, you are our benefactor!"

Ji Siyu's parents immediately knelt down before Xiaobai. Her mother cried uncontrollably, and her father sobbed uncontrollably, but they still insisted on saying thank you to Xiaobai again and again in a choked voice.

"Thank you for saving my daughter!"

"Thank you for your help. Our whole family will never forget your kindness!"

"Such a great favor, I will serve you like a slave in my next life!"

"..."

Is it considered a special ceremony in hospitals for family members to kneel in gratitude?

Xiao Bai looked at the middle-aged couple who knelt down to him as soon as they saw him, and a wry smile appeared on his face.

In short, Xiaobai didn't like such formal occasions, so she didn't make the middle-aged couple kneel down to thank her. She simply released the Admiral's Network to calm the couple's agitated emotions.

The calming effect of Xiaobai's mental power on ordinary people is positively or negatively correlated with the degree of trust the target has in Xiaobai and the intensity of their emotions. In the hearts of this middle-aged couple, Xiaobai is the hero who saved their daughter, so their trust in Xiaobai is naturally at its maximum. In addition, they are already overjoyed and satisfied to have found their daughter, so Xiaobai did not have to exert much effort to calm down the excited middle-aged couple.

Xiao Bai finally turned her gaze to Ji Siyu and smiled slightly at her.

……

Ji Siyu's physical examination results came out quickly.

Having been immersed in seawater with a high concentration of deep-sea odor, the results showed that her health was not very good.

This problem is a long-term problem.

Even if she grows up smoothly, her physical condition will likely be the weakest among people of the same age.

However, Ji Siyu's parents were already satisfied with the result and did not nitpick.

For them, the fact that their daughter was able to come back alive with all her body parts intact was already the greatest blessing.

Nanxing's mother told Xiaobai and Ji Siyu's parents that Ji Siyu's physical examination was over. Based on the current indicators, the hospital had done its best to improve her health. The hospital couldn't do anything else for her, but she could be discharged temporarily and go home with her parents.

Ji Siyu's parents were immediately grateful. They had already completed the necessary procedures before coming. Now they just wanted to take their daughter back to their hometown—she also had her own family, with grandparents, uncles, aunts, and other relatives who were all concerned about Ji Siyu's whereabouts.

The discharge procedures were completed quickly.

Ji Siyu arrived with nothing and didn't need to take anything extra with her when she left. However, seeing how travel-worn the family looked, Xiaobai still took out her money to buy Ji Siyu a pink coat.

According to Nanxing's mother, Ji Siyu's family is not short of money. Her parents are both capable people. Although they have almost exhausted their entire fortune because of the search for their daughter, as long as they have skills and abilities, their family will soon become well-off again.

Let's consider this coat as a gift from Xiaobai to Ji Siyu.

Wearing the clothes Xiaobai gave her, Ji Siyu left the hospital with her parents, her head hanging low. Xiaobai, Nanxing's mother, and the ship girls saw them off at the hospital entrance.

"Thank you all so much. I will keep your contact information carefully. Once everything has settled down, I will bring my whole family to thank you in person!" Ji Siyu's father bowed to Xiaobai and Nanxing's mother, his voice sincere.

"There's no need to be so polite, but you can definitely come often," Xiaobai said with a smile.

Ji Siyu's father looked at Xiaobai with emotion, then lowered his head and spoke to Ji Siyu beside him.

"Siyu, say goodbye to your benefactor."

"..." Ji Siyu looked up when she heard the sound. She stared blankly at Xiaobai, her eyes filled with complicated and reluctant feelings, just like a duckling that was about to leave its mother.

"Ji Siyu, stay healthy!" Xiaobai waved and said to Ji Siyu with a smile.

"..." Ji Siyu said to Xiaobai, "...Thank you..."

"You're welcome," Xiaobai nodded.

“…I…I think…” Ji Siyu spoke again.

"..." Xiaobai looked at Ji Siyu and listened attentively.

But Ji Siyu seemed unable to utter the next sentence. She closed her mouth, lowered her head, and thought hard for a long time. In the end, she collapsed and gave Xiaobai a very apologetic expression.

“…Yes, I’m sorry…” Ji Siyu said.

"Sorry?" Xiaobai was taken aback. She pointed to herself. "Did you say that to me?"

"Um……"

"Eh..." Xiaobai blinked, exchanged glances with the people around her, and looked at Ji Siyu strangely, "Why are you suddenly apologizing to me?"

“Because…” Ji Siyu began, her face revealing an undisguised sense of inferiority, “You…you saved me…thank you…but I’m so useless…I’ve been unable to help you at all…I’ve been holding you back…I’m sorry…”

Xiao Bai stared blankly at Ji Siyu, seeing her self-conscious and guilty expression, and suddenly seemed to understand something.

Oh……

Is Ji Siyu trying to say that in the previous human trafficking group, she felt she had hardly helped Xiaobai and had only caused Xiaobai trouble?

Thinking about this, Xiaobai suddenly realized something.

No wonder she's been acting like she wants to say something but is afraid to speak ever since I brought her back. I used to think she was just shy, but now it seems she's quite bothered by the fact that I couldn't help her...

Thinking of this, Xiaobai nodded and smiled.

"How could I not have helped?" Xiaobai said to Ji Siyu, "You did help me."

“But, but I clearly didn’t do anything…” Ji Siyu said, clutching the clothes in her arms.

“You did it. You’ve been doing it all along.” Xiaobai nodded to Ji Siyu, looking at him seriously, and explained, “Although you may feel that you are useless, in my opinion, without you, this human trafficking organization could not have been eradicated at all.”

"Me? What did I do..." Ji Siyu was bewildered.

“Struggle,” Xiaobai said with a smile. “You’ve been struggling all along.”

"...?"

“When you were lured into the human trafficking ring and threatened by Aunt Mei, even though you were terrified, you preferred to throw yourself into the deep-sea lake rather than hand over the phone card. Later, when you came to the hospital, even though Gao Le and Gao Yang threatened you not to talk to anyone else, you still tried your best to leave a message asking for help. Not to mention that you later found an opportunity to take me to find the phone card.” Xiao Bai said to Ji Siyu, “Don’t underestimate these things. For a girl who is powerless and has no one to rely on, this requires a strong will and tremendous courage.”

As Xiao Bai finished speaking, she reached out her hand to Ji Siyu and continued.

“It is because of these traces of struggle that I was able to notice you. Ji Siyu, although I am an admiral, I am not an omniscient and omnipotent person. All the suffering in this world is hidden in every corner. I cannot eradicate it all. If you want me to solve the problem, I always need to see the problem first.”

Xiao Bai said.

"If it weren't for you, I wouldn't have known about this human trafficking group at all. It was your struggle that brought me to my attention, so in that sense, you saved yourself. Those who were captured and taken into the human trafficking group with you were also saved by your courage."

Ji Siyu stared wide-eyed at Xiaobai, her pupils glazed over, trembling slightly.

"Me... me?"

“The power to save others is important, but sending out a distress signal is just as important.” Xiaobai said to Ji Siyu with a smile, “So don’t feel like you’ve wronged me in any way. You are an amazing girl. You did a great job in this matter, better than many, many, many people in this world.”

Upon hearing this, Ji Siyu pursed her lips, lowered her eyebrows, and her eyes quickly filled with tears.

“…Thank you…Thank you…” Ji Siyu said softly, raising her arm to wipe her eyes. Her voice trembled, but it contained a sense of relief that she had finally let go of everything.

"Goodbye!" Little White waved with a smile.

Ji Siyu wiped her eyes, half of her face was not exposed.

Ji Siyu's parents looked at Xiaobai with gratitude, bowed to Xiaobai, and led Ji Siyu away.

Xiao Bai watched Ji Siyu and his family walk away.

But after taking only a few steps, Ji Siyu suddenly stopped. She let go of her parents' hands and turned to look at Xiaobai again.

"Me!!!" Ji Siyu shouted at Xiaobai, as if he had used all his strength and his greatest determination, "From now on!! I want to be an admiral!!!"

"Okay! Keep it up!" Xiaobai smiled and waved.

Upon hearing Xiaobai's response, Ji Siyu was stunned for a moment, then her face lit up with joy. She waved her hand vigorously, her face turning bright red.

Ji Siyu left with her parents.

Xiao Bai sighed deeply, looking thoughtfully in the direction Ji Siyu had left.

Ji Siyu wants to be an admiral?

Hmm...good news.

After becoming a high-ranking admiral and activating the admiral network, the injuries in her body caused by the deep-sea energy will probably heal somewhat.

But can she become one?

Not sure.

Xiaobai got in through connections and didn't pass the exam to become an admiral, so she doesn't know how difficult this profession really is... But logically speaking, for an ordinary human girl, this must not be an easy profession.

But Xiaobai still had a lot of confidence in Ji Siyu.

Because this little girl left a very deep impression on Xiaobai.

Her name is Ji Siyu.

It was a girl that Xiaobai encountered by chance. Even though she was physically ill, cruelly manipulated by fate, and plagued by misfortune, she still let out a faint cry, wanting to take control of her own destiny.

Chapter 3731 Office

After saying goodbye to Ji Siyu and watching the family leave Shenzhen Hospital, Xiaobai felt she had settled a matter, and there was nothing else for her to do there.

Even so, Xiaobai and his group stayed in Shenzhen for a few more days.

It wasn't because Xiaobai was being lazy and didn't want to go back to work at Chapter 8 and the naval base.

The main reason is that since they had rested for the past few days, there was no need to rush back to Chapter 8. Everyone had been busy with Xiaobai for so long, and the ship girls had been focused on Xiaobai's safety the whole way. They hadn't had enough fun, so they definitely wouldn't be able to concentrate on work when they got back. Xiaobai herself didn't care about work or rest, but the ship girls rarely had this opportunity to go out, and Xiaobai couldn't bear to see them too tired. So, she decided to let the ship girls relax and have a good time in Shenzhen for a few days.

There is another reason.

That is, recently, a lot of people have been coming to see Xiaobai.

Since the human trafficking gang incident, this matter has caused a great stir on the internet.

Thanks to the former ten admirals, campaigns such as "anti-gang operations," "national alert," and "restore our beautiful homeland" are emerging one after another in cities. The government is putting in serious effort, and the people are fully cooperating. The momentum is exceptionally strong. It is said that in just a few days, many criminal organizations have been eradicated from various regions.

Xiaobai stopped paying attention to these things after that.

However, it seems that because the human trafficking gang incident became known to the whole nation, the news that Xiaobai came to Shenzhen for vacation and temporarily stayed at the local garrison headquarters has spread in the social circles of some high-ranking government officials.

Therefore.

Recently, while Xiaobai was staying at the Nanxing Garrison, he often encountered all sorts of officials who wanted to visit Nanxing and "incidentally" visit their own officials.

These visiting officials seemed to come from all over the world. Some were local, some were from out of town. They came one after another, in groups. Some were accompanied by a group of young followers or assistants, while others brought their families. They came in private. Compared to Xiaobai, each of them was at least three times older than him. Most of their faces were quite unfamiliar to Xiaobai. Even if a few looked familiar, Xiaobai could only recall that he had seen them a few times on television news when a representative gave a speech. Apart from that, Xiaobai had no substantial interaction with them.

The admiral circle and the human circle really don't have much overlap.

But these people all acted like they were old friends.

When they visited Nanxing, they usually claimed to be "representing the government to reward the local garrison," "thanking Admiral Nanxing for his many years of contributions to the safety of Shenzhen," or "the government recently called for an Admiral's Day of Gratitude, and we set an example." They also prepared many reasonable and legal gifts, so Nanxing and Xiaobai could not find a reason to refuse them openly.

Serving guests is indeed part of the naval base's operations.

After Nanxing led Xiaobai into the reception room, the officials, though appearing calm and composed like monks in meditation, were instantly aroused by Xiaobai's presence. However, Xiaobai could clearly sense their inner emotions through the admiral's network. They pretended to have just learned of this and said to Xiaobai, "So there are other guests at Nanxing's garrison, haha." Then they added, "We came in a hurry this time and didn't prepare a second gift. This is a token of our appreciation, and we hope the admiral won't find it offensive." Finally, they respectfully presented Xiaobai with a gift even more luxurious than the one given to Nanxing.

Yes.

This has almost become a formulaic operation.

Almost all the guests Xiaobai has encountered at the Nanxing Garrison these past few days have been like this.

In their subsequent conversation, they would subtly discuss the outcome of the human trafficking gang's case, asking Xiaobai if he was satisfied with the result. They would also reveal the list of local government officials involved and the various reward and punishment measures. During this time, they would watch Xiaobai's expression with a hint of nervousness. If Xiaobai hesitated even slightly in his answer, or if his eyebrows twitched, or if he even glanced out the window, they would immediately begin to analyze his expression and come up with a second plan.

And after they've finished discussing business, they'll most likely try to casually bring up their so-called "followers," "assistants," and even their sons and daughters, then jokingly introduce their current jobs and positions, praising their unlimited potential and suggesting they're worth nurturing. Finally, they'll have them bow and greet Xiaobai, calling her "Respected Admiral Madam," and then mention that their subordinates or children happen to lack suitable nicknames, suggesting Xiaobai choose one for good luck, and so on...

Let's leave all the other things aside for now.

When it came to naming, Xiaobai became quite interested.

Xiaobai is incredibly skilled at naming things; she's a super, super naming queen.

So in the past few days, Xiaobai has given nicknames to several muscular young men in their twenties, such as "Zhuangzhuang" and "Benben," and to several older women, such as "Cuicui," "Huahua," "Beibei," and "Maomao."

Xiao Bai looked at the expressions of the young men and women who couldn't keep their composure after receiving her naming advice, and nodded with satisfaction.

These people were indeed shocked by their own naming skills.