Elder brother's garrison

But at this time.

No one noticed.

Just as the ship girls were having a heated discussion.

In a corner of the bar, a lone ship girl put down her half-finished drink.

The lone ship girl silently gazed at the other ship girls in the bar for a while, pondered for a moment, then decisively got up, walked to the bar, paid for her drink, and left.

"A second medical ship girl has appeared... It seems I need to report this to my superiors..."

Soft murmurs drifted from the ship girl's mouth, scattering through the bustling bar and becoming an unnoticed background sound in the lively atmosphere.

The ship girl's figure gradually disappeared at the entrance of the bar.

-

By paying fifty yuan for a hand-pulled pancake, Xiaobai finally gained the privilege of letting the Kitchen Goddess stay at Yubari's house for two days.

That evening, after the Goddess of the Hearth enjoyed her hand-pulled pancake, Xiaobai and Changchun took her away from the small town and returned to the residential area opposite the Ship Equipment Research Center.

"Wow, is this where the proper staff live?" The female Kitchen Goddess stared in amazement as she saw the Yubari family's apartment complex. "It's so close to the workplace, and the complex is so luxurious. It must cost a lot of money to live here."

"Hmm...actually, it's not expensive at all."

"Huh? It's not expensive!??"

"Yes, because it's a residential area specifically for staff... These researchers working at the ship equipment research center are valuable talents, so of course the housing prices in their area are cheaper."

"Ugh... Damn it... Why am I not..." The goddess of the hearth bit her lip and lowered her head with a troubled expression.

"Haha..." Xiaobai turned around and smiled at the female stove god.

Even Xiaobai himself wondered why the Goddess of the Hearth wasn't a researcher at the Ship Equipment Research Center, but instead a security guard without any official position.

"Um... speaking of which, Miss Vestal, it's a bit strange for me to ask this... but Miss Vestal, is it really alright for you to stay at our house?" Xiaobai asked the Vestal. "Miss Vestal, do you have ship girl patients coming to your house every day who want to be treated by you?"

"Them? Hmm... don't worry about them." The female kitchen god thought for a moment, then shrugged at Little White. "I left a note on the front door saying I'd be gone for a few days before I left."

"Oh……"

"Besides, those ship girls seem to have their own way of communicating with each other. The news that I'm taking a break for two days should reach them soon, right? It's okay, it's only for two or three days." The Vesta comforted Xiaobai. "Anyway, I promised you, right? And I've been treating them for free for so long, so no one will say anything if I take a few days off."

"Yes, that's right." Xiaobai nodded.

"...However, I am a little curious..." Changchun turned his head and asked the female stove goddess curiously after hearing her words, "Sister female stove goddess, didn't you say that you earn very little salary? Then why don't you charge a little bit of money when you treat those civilian ship girl sisters?"

Upon hearing Changchun's words, Xiaobai turned his head slightly to look at the female Kitchen Goddess.

Changchun's question was also something that Xiaobai was curious about.

"..."

However, the goddess of the hearth remained silent.

"Miss Kitchen Goddess?"

"Ah...yes, I heard you."

"...Is it a question that's inconvenient to answer?"

"Well, not really..." The goddess of the hearth grinned, took a deep breath, and looked up at the night sky. "Hmm... I've actually thought about whether I should charge a little fee when repairing ship girls' equipment. After all, if I only charge a little, it won't put much financial pressure on those civilian ship girls, and I can live a life where I can eat hand-pulled pancakes every day."

"..."

"But... never mind." The goddess of the hearth sighed and stretched.

"Why?"

"Hmm... If there's a charge... then wouldn't that mean I'd have to take responsibility for the treatment?... If the treatment fails then... I'll be very frustrated." The female Stove Goddess grinned at Xiaobai and Changchun, saying, "Just as I thought, it's best to keep it easy."

Chapter 1690 The Lost Sisters (4000 words)

The female stove goddess spoke these words very calmly and with a relaxed expression, but in the eyes of Xiaobai and Changchun, her words suddenly carried some weight.

Xiao Bai and Chang Chun fell silent.

Talk about it.

According to what the Vesta Goddess had told her before, every few years a heavily damaged ship girl with damaged equipment would come to her seeking treatment. In the past twenty years in Kyoto, the Vesta Goddess should have handled about ten such cases.

Then, recalling what the Vestal had told her before—that her success rate in healing heavily damaged attacking ship girls was only 70%...

Xiao Bai felt that this success rate data was not something the female Kitchen Goddess made up out of thin air, without any evidence, or just said based on her feelings.

That is to say...

Thinking of this, Xiao Bai's gaze towards the female Kitchen Goddess flickered slightly.

It turned out to be the case.

Xiao Bai sighed almost imperceptibly.

Sigh... responsibility...

Xiao Bai silently gazed at the female Stove Goddess. Although the female Stove Goddess did not say anything after that, Xiao Bai felt that the petite and barren figure of the female Stove Goddess in his eyes suddenly began to grow taller.

"Miss Kitchen Goddess".

"Ok?"

"It's a rare treat for you to come to our house, what would you like to eat tonight?"

"Huh? What's going on? Why are you guys suddenly being so nice to me?"

"It's just normal hospitality... Please tell us if there's anything you'd like to eat. After all, you're a guest of our home, Miss Stove Goddess, and we'll try our best to satisfy you," Xiao Bai said with a smile to the Stove Goddess.

"...Anything is fine?" The goddess of the hearth was taken aback.

"Ah."

"Then... is it okay to eat the sizzling, oily beef chunks grilled on a hot plate, which you sometimes see on TV in the subway station?" The female Kitchen God swallowed hard, gesturing with her hands in the air as she cautiously asked Xiaobai.

"Beef chunks? Uh... Miss Stove Goddess, are you talking about steak?"

"Yes! That's it! Is that okay?"

"Frying steak..." Xiaobai pondered for a moment, then tilted her head to look at Changchun, "Changchun, do you know how to cook steak?"

“Yes! Missouri taught me when we were at the naval base. As for the materials, I bought some yesterday when I was renovating Yubari’s house and put them in the refrigerator. I can try it tonight!” Changchun clenched his fist and replied earnestly to Xiaobai.

"great!"

Upon hearing this, the goddess of the hearth immediately raised her arms and cheered.

It's already 8 PM.

Unlike the seaside where the newbie town hall is located, the city nights are almost devoid of stars. The tranquility of the night is gone, and even the clear night sky is slightly yellowed by the bright lights.

Back at the Yubari family home.

As soon as I opened the door, the sound of an evening drama playing on the television in the living room reached me.

"Huh? Admiral? You're finally back?" As soon as the three of them entered the house, Yubari, wearing blue slippers, a white lab coat over a light green shirt and shorts, popped her head out of the living room with an ice pop in her mouth. "New Jersey and I have been waiting for you guys for ages after work. If you had come back any later, we would have had to consider ordering takeout—wait, Admiral? Who's that girl behind you? She looks kind of familiar!"

Yubari, who was chewing on an ice pop, looked in surprise at the female hearth goddess behind Shiro.

"Ah... her." Shiro led the female hearth goddess to Yubari and smiled at her, "Speaking of which, I didn't have a chance to tell you yesterday. She's the female hearth goddess I've been looking for all day yesterday!"

"Huh? The goddess of the hearth?" Yubari's eyes widened, and the popsicle in her hand slipped from her grasp and fell from mid-air. "This is the goddess of the hearth? So suddenly?"

There was a snap.

The goddess of the hearth swiftly stepped forward and caught Yubari's popsicle before it fell to the ground.

"Hello! I am the goddess of the hearth! May I eat this?" The goddess of the hearth asked Yubari earnestly, holding up an ice pop.

"Um... if you don't mind..."

"Slurp slurp slurp... Mmm! This is so sweet!" The female hearth goddess didn't even wait for Yubari to finish speaking. After Yubari nodded, she stuck out her pink little tongue and couldn't wait to lick the half-melted popsicle. After a few licks, she trembled with happiness.

"...Admiral, did you manage to steal a ship while you were out on a date with Xiao Changchun today?" Yubari asked Shiro with a puzzled look.

"Ah... haha, it's not what you think..." Xiaobai smiled sheepishly, "Actually, I met Vestal yesterday at the ship equipment research center, but we just made an appointment to meet today."

"Huh? Ship Equipment Research Center? Admiral, didn't you say she wasn't there?"

"yes……"

"Then why did you find her at the Ship Equipment Research Center, Admiral?"

“…Well…” Xiaobai gave a wry smile, “You might not believe it, but the Goddess of the Hearth didn’t work as a researcher at the ship equipment research center. Instead, she worked as a security guard for twenty years.”

"Security guard?!" Yubari exclaimed in surprise, staring blankly at the goddess of the hearth who was intently licking her popsicle. "Oh... no wonder this child looked familiar at first... Eh... so she's a security guard... no wonder you didn't find her in the database when you were checking it, Admiral... wait, so yesterday when you said you were stopped by a security guard at the door of my office, you were actually referring to the goddess of the hearth?"

"Yes."

"Wow... Admiral, you're so dramatic..." Yubari exclaimed in amazement, then her gaze shifted to the goddess of the hearth licking an ice pop. She bent down towards the goddess and extended her hand, "Hello! Goddess of the hearth, my name is Yubari!"

"Oh! Hello!" The goddess of the hearth quickly shook hands with Yubari. She stared at Yubari's face for a while, then smiled at him, "I've seen you on the billboard at the Ship Equipment Research Center! You're a very capable doctor, aren't you!"

"Hahaha," Yubari laughed three times. "It's alright, it's alright. You're amazing too. We're all family now."

"A family?" the female kitchen goddess asked curiously.

"You weren't rescued by my admiral... um!?" Yubari was only halfway through her sentence when Shiro quickly stepped forward and covered Yubari's mouth.

"Yubari, the goddess of the hearth hasn't agreed to join our naval base yet..." Shiro put down his hand and said to Yubari with a wry smile.

"Huh?" Yubari blinked, looking at the goddess of the hearth with a puzzled expression. "Not yet?"

"Not yet..." Shiro explained to Yubari, "Anyway... explaining the story of the goddess of the hearth all at once is quite complicated. Let's go sit in the living room first, and then I'll explain it to you."

"Oh... okay." Yubari squirrel nodded.

"..."

Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief, then subconsciously glanced a few times at the cool clothing under the white lab coat in Yubari.

In Xiaobai's impression.

Yubari has always been a girl who likes to wear a white lab coat over a white shirt and brown trousers. Her attire is very simple, so much so that despite her tall and slender figure, she doesn't have much ability to attract the attention of the opposite sex.

But it was only at this moment that Xiaobai realized that Yubari wasn't without assets; she just looked slim in clothes but had a muscular physique underneath. Underneath her white lab coat, Yubari's figure was accentuated by her curves, long legs, slender waist, and perfectly proportioned breasts. Large swathes of her healthy skin were exposed, radiating a youthful and vibrant aura.

"anyway……"

"what?"

"Yubari, do you usually dress this revealingly when you're in the studio?" Shiro asked Yubari cautiously, her eyes darting around with a mixture of worry and shyness.

"Uh—no, no! I was dressed properly when I was in the lab!" Yubari noticed Shiro's gaze, her face flushed, and she quickly pulled her lab coat over her body, stammering as she explained, "It's because the heating at home is so good, the previous outfit was a bit too hot to wear at home, so I changed into this one! Besides, this is a swimsuit! I've only worn it a few times at the naval base!"

"Oh...I see." Xiaobai nodded with some relief. "Then, that white coat is..."

"As a researcher, of course, I can't be without my white coat at any time!" Yubari patted his white coat, tilted his head back at Xiaobai, and explained proudly.

"……"noob.

Yubari's persistence is truly remarkable.

Since Changchun is currently the only person in Yubari's family who can cook, he feels a sense of responsibility to take on this task in a time of crisis.

After everyone entered the house, Changchun, who had already cheered himself up, simply said to everyone, "Please look forward to it, I will do my best!" Then he went into the kitchen. Before long, the sounds of the stove lighting up, the cleaver cutting ingredients, and the clattering of pots and pans filled the kitchen.

While Changchun was cooking, Xiaobai and the Kitchen Goddess entered the Yubari family's living room.

in the living room.

New Jersey lay silently on the sofa, her blonde hair cascading down her back. On the coffee table beside her was an empty bucket of fried chicken that she had finished eating at noon that day.

"New Jersey spent the whole day testing ship equipment data at the ship equipment research center today. She must have been tired, because she came back and has been resting on the sofa ever since," Yubari said to Shiro with a smug look. "Ah... I never get tired of testing the Iowa-class ship equipment. As a researcher, I've had a blast these past two days."

"Wow... New Jersey didn't go to bed without showering again, did she..." Xiaobai sighed as she looked at New Jersey sprawled on the sofa. She quickly ran to the sofa, helping New Jersey up while urging her, "New Jersey, even if you're a ship girl, you should still get into the habit of showering after exercising all day..."

"Hmm..." New Jersey squinted, being helped up from the sofa by Xiaobai. "Admiral... I'm so tired..."

"Sigh... Even if you feel tired, you should still take a shower... Okay, go take a shower in the bathroom. We have guests at home, and we'll be having dinner together later. If you keep lazing around on the sofa, people will laugh at you." Xiaobai felt like a little mother at this moment, patiently instructing and guiding New Jersey as she pushed him up from the sofa. "New Jersey, quickly greet the guests. This is Miss Stove Goddess."

"Hmm..." New Jersey squinted, her head tilted as she was helped up from the sofa by Xiaobai. She slumped back against Xiaobai as if she had no bones, her full and soft body lying motionless in Xiaobai's arms. "Hmm... I'll just lie here for a little while longer."

“...Really…” Xiaobai was ultimately not cut out to be a mother. After New Jersey had been cuddling with her for a little while, hugging Xiaobai’s waist, even Xiaobai couldn’t bring herself to push New Jersey away. She could only helplessly let New Jersey lie on her body and sighed, “Okay… just for a little while, but you still have to say hello. Quickly greet Miss Stove.”

"I don't mind... She trained all day, right? Just let her rest like this, no need to force herself to greet me." The female Stove waved her hand and smiled at Little White and the female Stove on the sofa.

"Hmm..." Just then, New Jersey nuzzled against Little White's shoulder, opened his squinty eyes a little, looked at the goddess of the hearth, and exchanged a glance with the goddess of the hearth who was watching them.

then.