Elder brother's garrison

"Huh? Did I scare you?" The excited Xiaobai was slightly taken aback, and subconsciously loosened the force he was applying to the goddess of the hearth.

Sensing that Xiaobai's strength had diminished, the goddess of the hearth darted out from under Xiaobai like a nimble red squirrel, darting several steps in the laboratory before finally stopping against the wall furthest from Xiaobai.

The female Stove Goddess pressed herself tightly against the wall, panting heavily as she looked at Xiaobai and Changchun. Her chest heaved violently, and her eyes were filled with the wariness and panic of a small animal.

"I...I...I'm warning you all! Human trafficking is illegal! If you get caught, it's not just a simple matter of going to jail and becoming an old lady! The consequences are very serious! If you realize your mistake now and turn around and leave, I...I can pretend nothing happened! There's no end to suffering, but turning back is the shore!" The female kitchen god swallowed hard, panting, and nervously shouted to Xiaobai while trying to appear calm.

The pounding of her heart felt like it was about to leap out of the goddess of the hearth.

Looking at the female Kitchen Goddess who resembled a frightened little animal, Xiaobai's expression was somewhat embarrassed.

"Ah...it seems so."

The encounter with the female Stove Goddess was so rare that Xiao Bai was afraid she would run away in a flash. For a moment, he couldn't control his behavior and emotions. It wasn't until Chang Chun reminded him that Xiao Bai realized he had lost his composure.

"Thank you, Changchun..." Xiaobai whispered to Changchun, then took two steps toward the female stove god by the wall, bowing her head apologetically, "Um... Miss Stove Goddess... I'm so sorry about just now..."

"You! Don't come any closer!"

"..." Xiaobai quickly stood still.

Oops.

It seems that my recent lapse in behavior has given the goddess of the hearth a rather bad first impression...

Xiao Bai was filled with regret.

"Is this... Miss Stove Goddess?" Seeing the inexplicable estrangement between Xiaobai and the Stove Goddess, Changchun called out to her, "Miss Stove Goddess... um, although I've only just arrived and don't know what happened between you and my Admiral... but I want to say that my Admiral has no ill intentions towards you, Miss Stove Goddess. I wonder if Miss Stove Goddess... could you please listen to my Admiral explain the whole story?"

Speaking of it.

Changchun quickly took out the pass that Yubari had given him from his clothes and took two steps toward the female hearth goddess.

"Also, this is a pass that can prove my admiral's legitimate identity..."

"Just put it on the ground!" Seeing Changchun approach, the Kitchen Goddess's heart skipped a beat, and she quickly shouted to Changchun.

"Oh well!"

Changchun was not surprised by the female stove goddess's reaction. She placed the pass on the floor two or three steps away from the female stove goddess, and then retreated to Xiaobai's side.

The female Stove Goddess stared at Changchun suspiciously, then glanced warily at Xiaobai, who was acting like a child who had done something wrong and had entered a self-criticism mode. Only then did she thoughtfully shift her gaze to the pass on the floor.

The female Kitchen Goddess calmed herself down a bit, carefully took two steps forward, dragged the pass to herself with her toes, picked it up, and quickly leaned back against the wall.

in fact.

If Xiaobai and Changchun were just ordinary thieves, given the Goddess of the Kitchen's experience, after what just happened, she wouldn't bother arguing with them; she would have already taken them down with a few punches.

The reason the Goddess of the Hearth is now allowed to continue listening to Changchun's words is mainly because she was just astonished by Xiaobai's physical abilities. Only after realizing she couldn't gain an absolute advantage through force did the Goddess of the Hearth begin to heed Xiaobai and Changchun's advice.

The goddess of the hearth carefully examined the handwriting on the note and the stamp of Yubari Laboratory on it.

Only after confirming that the stamp and handwriting on the pass were not counterfeit did the goddess of the hearth finally relax a little.

Although Xiaobai was still somewhat unclear about what he had just done, at least from this pass, it was clear that Xiaobai was not a thief attempting to steal data, but a guest invited by the laboratory owner.

The female kitchen goddess is a very dedicated security guard.

Given the dedication of the female kitchen goddess, this single permit would be enough for her to retract her hostility towards Xiaobai.

The female stove goddess secretly glanced at Little White.

Little White looked obedient, awaiting the judgment of the Kitchen Goddess.

"..." The goddess of the hearth's breathing gradually became steady.

Ok……

After calming down and thinking about it,

Although that strange girl just did something incredibly perverted to me... I don't seem to have suffered any real harm from beginning to end...

"You...aren't thieves?" The female Kitchen Goddess frowned as she held the pen on the pass and asked Xiaobai and Changchun.

"No! I am the official admiral, and also the owner of this laboratory, the admiral of Dr. Yubari," Shiro explained to the goddess of the hearth.

"Admiral..." The female hearth goddess held the pass slip in her hand, lowered her head and murmured softly. Then she looked up at Little White with a puzzled expression. "Then what did you mean by talking to me just now, saying you've been looking for me for so long? Did you come here to find me? But in my memory... I shouldn't know you."

"Ah...about this matter..."

Seeing that the female Kitchen Goddess was finally showing signs of wanting to communicate and chat with him properly, Xiao Bai finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Bai patted his chest, trying his best to appear harmless to the female stove goddess, and then spoke to her.

"Um... I'm so sorry about earlier... Anyway, I'll tell you the whole story, Miss Hearth Goddess..."

"Would you like to hear it?"

Chapter 1663 The Assist Master

"...You speak first, I'm listening." After calming down, the female hearth goddess did not show much resistance.

Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief. She turned around, brought over a chair, sat down properly, took a deep breath, and spoke to the female stove god.

"Well... let's start from a month ago."

It was a good thing that the female Stove Goddess was willing to listen to his explanation, and Xiao Bai also told her the truth he could as much as possible.

Xiaobai told Vestal about the emergency mission he received from the Admiral's Headquarters a month ago, how he joined forces with the other top ten naval bases to protect the ship equipment research center where Ella's family was located, and how he met Loki, the Dean of the Deep Sea, at the ship equipment research center.

“That’s about it.” Xiaobai sat in the chair and explained the whole story to the Goddess of the Hearth. “Then, through Loki, I learned that the reason she can move freely on land is because a mysterious person gave her a deep-sea aura shielding device. I then asked the current head of the family about this, and that’s how I learned about you, Goddess of the Hearth. We came here to find you so that we could meet you.”

“Loki…” The goddess of the hearth listened to Little White’s explanation, and slowly became engrossed. She nodded, pondered for a while, and murmured softly, “Hmm… Although I have never seen the Dean of the Deep Sea in person, it seems that there is such a thing.”

“Miss Loki told me that she is very grateful to you, Lady Vessel, for your help,” Little White said to Lady Vessel.

"Hmm..." The female hearth goddess stared at Xiaobai for a while with complicated eyes, "...She doesn't need to thank me. It's called a deep-sea aura shielding device, but it's really just a bracelet made from a piece of my ship equipment. It was nothing. In fact, compared to that matter, you seem to get along very well with that deep-sea dean."

"Ah... well... Miss Loki and I do get along quite well..." Little White tapped his finger sheepishly and smiled at the goddess of the hearth.

"Can the Admiral and the Deep Sea Director really get along so well?"

"There are...some special reasons behind this..."

“…I see.” The female hearth goddess covered her mouth and said to Little White, “So, you learned about me from that Dean of the Deep Sea, then went to the old man who took me in and recommended me for a job to find information about my whereabouts, and then came looking for me, right?”

"Um...that...I'm very sorry for offending your privacy, Miss Stove." Xiaobai bowed slightly to the Stove.

"Ha..." The female Kitchen Goddess waved her hand, took a deep breath, and finally relaxed. "I didn't ask that old man to hide my information. Besides, I'm not some reclusive master, just a dedicated security guard. There's no offense involved..."

After Xiaobai explained the whole story of why she sought out the Goddess of the Kitchen God, the Goddess of the Kitchen God accepted the matter calmly without showing any displeasure.

Ok……

Vestal is a relatively easy-going ship girl...

Looking at the female hearth goddess who had finally let her guard down, Xiao Bai felt a sense of emotion.

and.

Only at this moment were Xiaobai's doubts resolved.

No wonder Xiaobai couldn't find any information about Vestal in the Ship Equipment Research Center's database—those registered in that database were all researchers from the Ship Equipment Research Center, or at the very least, frontline employees. But Vestal's current job was as a logistics security guard at the Ship Equipment Research Center. Security personnel weren't part of the Ship Equipment Research Center's staff, which explains why there was no information about Vestal in the database.

Ugh……

This is also a blind spot in the thinking of Shiro and Yubari.

God knows that in the past twenty years, not only has the Goddess of the Hearth not been promoted or received a raise at the ship equipment research center, but she has also failed to reach the pinnacle of her life. She has not even managed to get a researcher position. She has been doing the most tiring and longest-lasting work for the most basic pay. She has persevered under such difficult working conditions until now, and she can't even make ends meet.

This is too tragic.

Xiao Bai gazed at the female Kitchen Goddess and sighed softly in his heart.

"So?" Just as Xiaobai was thinking about something, the goddess of the hearth spoke to him.

"what?"

"Didn't you say you came here to find me?" The goddess of the hearth pointed to her snow-white cheeks and asked Little White with a curious look, "Now that you've found me, what are you going to do?"

“Uh…” Xiaobai was stunned for a few seconds.

Yes.

What should I do next?

Xiao Bai wasn't a person with long-term vision. After learning about the existence of the Goddess of the Hearth and the simplified deep-sea aura shielding device, Xiao Bai had been trying to find the Goddess of the Hearth by any means necessary. As for what he would do under what pretext after meeting the Goddess of the Hearth, Xiao Bai hadn't considered it at all.

In order to ensure the uniqueness of the deep-sea aura shielding device at the newbie naval base, Xiaobai really wanted to bring the female hearth goddess back to his own naval base.

Even a novice like him, in this situation of first meeting and having just accidentally acted infatuated with a woman, would find it extremely inappropriate to say something as dangerous as "Please come home with me" to the female Kitchen Goddess.

In short, we need to come up with clever pretexts...

Inventing pretexts...

Inventing pretexts...

Looking into the piercing eyes of the female kitchen god, Xiaobai froze for a moment.

"Uh... thank... you?" Xiao Bai said to the female stove god.

"Thank you?" The goddess of the hearth lowered her arms, looking curious.

"Hmm... um! Well, Lady Vestal, you helped Loki twenty years ago, right? Although you yourself said it was just a small favor, I'm also Loki's current admiral. Since you did her a favor, I should at least do something in return!" Little White thought hard, his gaze drifting over the empty coffee cup Lady Vestal had used. Then, a thought flashed through his mind, and he said to Lady Vestal, "Like... treating you to a few meals or something!"

"Huh? Time to eat?" The Kitchen Goddess's eyes widened upon hearing Xiaobai's last sentence, her pretty face filled with interest. "...Really?"

"Okay!" Xiaobai put her hand down and nodded.

"Ahem... Strictly speaking, I don't owe that Deepsea Dean named Loki anything, especially since it happened twenty years ago. If you're going to give me any thanks, I won't accept it." The Goddess of the Hearth coughed lightly, then tried her best to maintain her dignified demeanor, instinctively clutching her stomach and straightening her back as she said, "But... if you just want to treat me to a few meals... well, that's fine, I can accept that as a normal favor!"

Great.

The goddess of the hearth lives a life where she can't even get enough to eat, which is wonderful.

"Thank you!" Little White smiled at the female Kitchen Goddess.

"You're welcome!" The female kitchen god slightly shifted her body, then casually asked Little White, "So... when?"

"Huh? What, when?"

"When are you going to treat me to a meal?"

"Ah! Then... let's wait two more days..." Xiaobai said to the female stove god.

"Tomorrow!" Changchun stepped forward and said to the female Stove Goddess, "My admiral and I will be going out tomorrow. If Miss Female Stove Goddess is free at that time and doesn't mind, how about coming with us?"

"Is that alright?" The goddess of the hearth's eyes lit up when she heard this.

"Yes." Changchun nodded with a smile.

"Tomorrow is the weekend! I have plenty of time!" The female Kitchen Goddess nodded excitedly and asked Changchun, "Then let's do it tomorrow!"

"I'm really looking forward to it," Changchun nodded with a smile.

Xiao Bai looked at Changchun with some surprise.

"Changchun... Tomorrow it won't just be the two of us..."

"It's alright." Changchun smiled at Xiaobai without any concern and said slowly, "Miss Vessel is Loki's benefactor, so we can't neglect her in this regard."

“Changchun…” Xiaobai looked at Changchun with emotion.

"Then it's settled, I'll come find you tomorrow!" The female Kitchen Goddess said to Xiaobai and Changchun with great enthusiasm, hands on her hips.

"Um, Miss Stove Goddess, what's the phone number we'll use to contact her?" Xiaobai took out his phone and asked the Stove Goddess.

"I can't even afford food, how could I possibly afford a cell phone?" the female Kitchen Goddess said nonchalantly.

“Uh…” Xiaobai.

This female hearth goddess just seemed to calmly utter some very difficult and tragic words...

"How about this? I'll wait for you at the main gate of the Ship Equipment Research Center tomorrow at noon," the Goddess of the Hearth said to Little White. After a moment's thought, she added, "Hmm... how about 12 o'clock? That's lunchtime!"

"Okay, okay..."

"Then it's a deal!" The female Stove Goddess nodded happily, then picked up the empty coffee cup she had left on the ground, carefully crushed it, and threw it into the trash can next to her. Only then did she solemnly say to Xiaobai and Changchun, "See you tomorrow at noon!"

"Well, see you there or see you."

The goddess of the hearth waved to Xiaobai, straightened her clothes which were a little wrinkled from the interaction, and then skipped away from the laboratory, humming a song as if in a very happy mood, before heading down the corridor.

In the laboratory.

Xiaobai and Changchun watched the female Stove Goddess leave until her figure disappeared from their sight.