Elder brother's garrison

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“Hello, my name is Ni…” Nia quickly shook hands.

“No need for introductions, I already knew on the way here.” Luo Lian interrupted Nia and shook hands with her.

"Lianlian is my good friend, everyone should get along well," Xiaobai said with a smile.

Luo Lian looked at Xiao Bai, and a gentle and lovely smile immediately appeared on her face. She nodded to Xiao Bai, and then looked at Nia, her expression changing as if she had suddenly returned to calm.

"Ah... speaking of which, I really do want to eat something." Seeing Luo Lian and Nia talking about this, Xiao Bai also rubbed his belly.

Just as Nia was about to say that she wanted to do something for Little White, Laffey and Javelin, along with the four Fubuki sisters, rushed up in a flash, supporting Little White as they chattered and walked towards the middle of the yard.

"Admiral, Admiral, we have food here!" The destroyers carried Xiaobai back to their table, and Xiaobai did not resist.

"How can we eat the leftovers from a destroyer?" Nia sighed helplessly. "I'll go make something to eat, or... Miss Luo Lian, would you like something to eat?"

As Nia spoke, she looked at Luo Lian beside her.

"Huh?" To Nia's surprise, when she shifted her gaze from Xiaobai to where Luo Lian had been, she did not see Luo Lian herself.

Nia looked around in a daze. All that was left beside her were Saratoga Constellation, CV16, and two other ship girls from Admiral Luo Lian.

"Excuse me, where is Miss Luo Lian..." Nia looked at cv16 with a puzzled expression. Just as she was about to ask something, the sound of a door being knocked open quickly attracted Nia's attention.

Nia instinctively looked in the direction of the sound source.

Luo Lian was standing in front of Nia's decompression room, holding a screwdriver in her hand. She stood in front of the wide-open door, quietly looking at the interior decoration.

"Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh with with a with with with with a good of a good things!"

Admiral Nia's shout, which seemed to be about to burst out of her throat, instantly pierced the entire courtyard and soared into the sky.

Chapter 693 My realm is above yours!

Nia had never screamed like that in her entire life.

At that moment, Nia felt her heart pounding rapidly like a ball being pounded, and blood rushed to her head. With the sudden increase in temperature, her mind went completely haywire.

"Miss Luo Lian!" Nia ran to Luo Lian's side at a speed she had never used in her life, and slammed the wide-open door shut with a loud thud.

After finishing all this, Nia, panting heavily, turned her gaze to Little White, who had been taken away by the destroyer.

Xiaobai was sitting on the other side of the courtyard, surrounded by several destroyers. Nia's own cries seemed to have attracted Xiaobai's attention, but the destroyers were just too much of a troublemaker. As Xiaobai looked in Nia's direction, Laffey quickly snuggled into Xiaobai's arms and covered Xiaobai's eyes with her little hands.

Xiao Bai assumed it was just the destroyer playing around and didn't forcibly remove Laffey's little hand from her eyes, letting them play as they pleased. Therefore, Xiao Bai didn't see the interior decoration inside the room.

Nia looked at Raffi lying in Xiaobai's arms with tears in her eyes.

—As expected of our own destroyer, it really is on our side. Laffey is truly amazing.

With a huge weight lifted from her heart, Nia finally breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around and looked at Luo Lian beside her.

Luo Lian remained remarkably calm, staring directly at Nia without showing any panic despite the shock of seeing the outrageously elaborate decor of the decompression room.

"Miss Luo Lian...did you see everything?" Nia asked cautiously.

"Six cushions, three dolls, one hundred and thirty comic books, seven hundred and one indoor stickers, ten CDs, eighty-six figurines..." Luo Lian said calmly.

"Ahhhh! No!" Nia quickly moved in front of Luo Lian, covered Luo Lian's mouth, and begged Luo Lian with pleading eyes not to continue.

The two exchanged glances, and Luo Lian nodded before Nia slowly released her hand.

"Miss Luo Lian, how did you find this room..." Nia was troubled, but also had many questions.

“When you came in just now, your eyes turned in this direction three times while you were talking to Xiaobai. You were also thinking about other things while you were talking to Xiaobai. I felt there might be something mysterious about you, so I came to take a look,” Luo Lian said.

“Hmm…” Nia lowered her head, looking speechless. “I remember locking it…”

Luo Lian waved the screwdriver in front of Nia: "As an admiral, these are necessary tools."

"A screwdriver is actually a necessary tool?!"

"Just kidding. Actually, I've been using this lately, so I've been carrying it with me." Luo Lian said calmly, looking at Nia. "But you, does Xiaobai know about the things in your room?"

"Ugh..." Nia covered her face, her voice quickly turning into a sob, "I was wrong..."

"No need to apologize." To Nia's surprise, Luo Lian did not kick her while she was down. Instead, she simply shook her head, turned around, picked up the lock from the ground, and quickly and skillfully put it back on the door.

"Miss Luo Lian, won't you tell Xiao Bai about this?" Nia asked Luo Lian, taken aback.

Luo Lian shook her head: "It was my fault for opening the door without permission. Now let's get down to business. Take me inside to have a look later."

"Ah? Miss Luo Lian, are you still going in?" Nia asked, somewhat surprised.

"Mm." Luo Lian nodded.

Nia's expression was somewhat subtle.

To be honest, Nia secretly built this decompression room without telling any of the ship girls in the naval base. It's like a world that belongs only to Nia. Moreover, the interior decoration is both bold and perverse, and Nia is indeed quite embarrassed to show it to others.

Luo Lian saw through Nia's thoughts, and she reached out and waved to Warspite, who was standing in the distance circling CV16.

Warspite sensed her admiral's call and quickly went to Luo Lian's side.

Luo Lian reached out her hand to Warspite, who then took out a comic book from her ship's rigging and handed it to her.

Luo Lian handed the comic book to Nia.

Nia looked down and saw that on the cover of the comic book, the main character of the ship girl was posing in a perfect pose. The comic book was beautifully packaged and quite thick. It was a comic book she had never seen before.

—Could this be the third volume of Shipgirl?

Nia thought to herself.

Nia also collects the manga of Yuru Kantai Collection and enjoys reading it. Seeing this familiar art style now, Nia couldn't help but feel a little excited.

She opened the comic book to the first page and glanced inside.

"Pfft." Then, Nia quickly covered her nose, and blood seeped uncontrollably from between her fingers, flowing down to the ground in streams.

“This…this is…” Nia stared blankly at Luo Lian in front of her, her nose bleeding.

Luo Lian took back her comic book and, right under Nia's nose, pulled open her clothes and stuffed the comic book into her clothes, close to her skin.

Luo Lian glanced at Nia and gave a calm smile.

However, Nia sensed an invisible pressure emanating from that smile.

This...this is the gaze of someone of the same kind! Moreover, the opponent's level and combat power are higher than mine!

Nia, covering her nose, looked at Luo Lian, speechless for a moment, and could only stand there blankly like a wooden statue.

"Admiral, why are you bleeding?" Just then, Gao Xiong, who was passing by, saw Nia covering her nose. She quickly ran to Nia's side, took out a white handkerchief from her pocket, and was about to wipe Nia's face.

"Ah, no need, Gao Xiong. The bleeding has stopped. I was just a little excited." Nia let go of her hand covering her nose and smiled at Gao Xiong. "I'll just wash my face in a bit."

Kaohsiung looked at Nia with some confusion, then at Luo Lian standing in front of Nia.

"Miss Luo Lian, I..."

"Just call me Luo Lian."

“Okay, Miss Luo Lian, um, I’ll go heat up some food for Xiao Bai first, and then I’ll take you in later, okay?” Nia said to Luo Lian.

Luo Lian nodded, indicating that there was no problem.

"Oh, speaking of which, how about Miss Luo Lian joins us for breakfast?"

"Thank you, I've already eaten." Luo Lian shook her head.

Nia breathed a sigh of relief, but her gaze lingered on the screwdriver in Luo Lian's hand for a moment, unsure of what to say.

Nia hasn't figured out Luo Lian's personality yet. If Luo Lian is left here alone, she might just pick the lock and go inside again.

Luo Lian saw through Nia's thoughts, so she handed the screwdriver to Nia to indicate that she was fine with it.

Nia took the screwdriver, bowed to Luo Lian, and then ran into the kitchen with a nosebleed all over her face.

Seeing that her admiral was full of energy and seemed to be fine, Takao was relieved. She bowed to Nia and then left.

Luo Lian stood obediently at the door of the room and waited.

After a while, Nia, who had washed her face, came out of the kitchen with a few bowls of porridge. She walked over to Xiaobai, who was playing with the destroyer, put down the porridge, chatted with Xiaobai for a few words, and then walked towards Luo Lian.

After delivering the comics, Warspite felt there was nothing more for her to do, so she returned to CV16 at the courtyard gate to continue observing the ship girl who looked remarkably like Lexington.

Nia returned to Luo Lian's side, who was alone. After a short silence, she glanced back at Xiao Bai and, after confirming that Xiao Bai wasn't looking in her direction, opened the door to the decompression room.

As soon as the door to the decompression room opened a crack, Luo Lian slipped inside like a ghost.

Nia quickly opened the gap a little more and gritted her teeth to squeeze through the crack in the door.

Once inside the room, Nia quickly closed the door, followed by a series of locks. Only after doing all this did Nia lean against the door and breathe a sigh of relief.

—That's so exciting!

Normally, Nia would never dare to enter this house when Xiaobai is in the yard. But now Xiaobai is eating in the yard and even bringing others to visit this "Xiaobai Museum." This feeling of dancing on the edge of a knife is really too exciting.

Nia, who was leaning against the door, felt all her strength drain away. She opened her eyes and looked at Luo Lian.

“Um… Luo Lian…” Nia was about to say something when Luo Lian swiftly reached into her clothes, took out the comic book from before, and handed it to Nia.

Nia squatted in the corner, gratefully accepting the comic book, and then excitedly turned to the first page.

Those terrible shots and plot, full of artistic flair, rushed into Nia's eyes in an instant, like a heavy hammer hitting her head, making Nia feel like she was floating.

—This, this is such a terrible, yet so artistic thing.

Nia looked at the comic book with tears in her eyes, feeling happy for the first time that she was alive.

"I never imagined Miss Luo Lian was... this kind of person," Nia murmured to herself as she looked at the comic.

Nia had assumed that Luo Lian would be the kind of serious and rigid girl, and that if Luo Lian discovered her behavior, she would most likely be reported.

People really are creatures that can't be judged by their appearance...

As Nia pondered this, she looked up at Luo Lian.

Luo Lian was clasping her hands together, constantly looking around the room. She was turning around in circles, her eyes full of stars.

"Um... Miss Luo Lian?"

"You're really amazing." Luo Lian said, admiring the interior decoration while not holding back her praise for Nia.

"...Miss Luo Lian, do you like it very much?"

"Ah."

“These things aren’t very rare. If you want to make them, Miss Luo Lian, you can create a room just like this.”

Chapter 694 The Follower

After hearing Nia's words, the little stars in Luo Lian's eyes faded for a moment.

She let go of Nia's hand and glanced at her with a hint of helplessness.

Luo Lian's expression was quite gentle now, completely different from the cold and hard feeling she had before entering the room, and she seemed more approachable.

Seeing Luo Lian like this, Nia didn't feel much pressure.

"I can't do this," Luo Lian said to Nia.

"Huh? It can't be done?"

“If I made a room like this, I would never want to leave it in my life,” Luo Lian said to Nia.

Luo Lian spoke calmly, as if joking, but Nia, who had been watching Luo Lian's expression, saw the emotions in Luo Lian's expression.

Luo Lian was not joking at all; this person really would stay in his room forever and never come out.

Thinking of this, Nia, who once again felt the gap between their levels, touched the comic book in her hand and couldn't help but feel a little discouraged.

"If you like this comic book, I'll give it to you," Luo Lian said to Nia.

"Huh? Is that okay?" Nia, who was holding a comic book, said with surprise.

"Yes, I have many more books."

"Ah, thank you, I'll give you the money..." Nia said as she closed the comic book, looking at the cover of the book to find the price tag.

However, no matter how hard Nia searched, she couldn't find the price tags on the books.

“This is a comic created by my team,” Luo Lian said to Nia.

“…Huh???” Nia exclaimed in surprise.

"The comic is yours for free." Luo Lian said, walking up to Nia and giving her a gentle smile. "But in return, could you reserve a room for me in your courtyard for the time being?"

"Ah, that's absolutely no problem! I have plenty of empty rooms in my courtyard, Miss Luo Lian, please feel free to stay here."