Elder brother's garrison

Yu Liang...?

Xiao Bai looked at York and Yu Gan's father inside the house, remaining silent for a long time.

"Hello? Hello? Admiral Lu Lin, are you still there?" On the other end of the phone, it seemed that he hadn't heard Xiao Bai's reply, and Z31 asked curiously.

"Yes, I'm still here." Xiaobai nodded, then said, "Z31, thank you for the information. I have some things to do here. I'll talk to you in detail when I get back."

"Okay!"

Z31's cute voice came from the other end of the phone.

Xiaobai hung up the phone, put her phone away, and returned to York and the man's side.

"Miss, you're back." York was holding a bag of things she didn't know what to do while she was with the man. When she saw Xiaobai return, she immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

"Hmm." Xiaobai smiled slightly, looked down at the man, and asked, "Uncle, what's your name?"

"My name... I'm Yu Liang." The man looked up, staring blankly at Xiao Bai.

“Yu Liang… ah.” Xiao Bai took a deep breath and exhaled, “This really is… a coincidence… or rather, an unexpected stroke of luck…”

"what happened?"

"Anyway, can I see your hands first?" Xiaobai asked the man, extending her hand.

"It's possible...it's possible." The man looked at the delicate white hand that was being offered to him with a puzzled expression.

Logically speaking, men would be somewhat resistant and wary of questions and touches from strangers, but for some reason, when he chatted with the girl in front of him, he felt like she was an old friend he could rely on, so he subconsciously began to trust her.

The man stretched out his hand, palm up, and ordered bawuOjiushanliujiuqun.

Xiao Bai gently lifted the man's hands with both hands, closed her eyes, and a wisp of spiritual energy immediately seeped into the man's body, carefully searching within it.

Soon, Xiaobai opened her eyes.

"I see." Xiaobai nodded and gave the man a sunny smile.

"W-what's wrong?" the man asked, puzzled.

"Uncle, you must have gone through a lot of trouble to cure all these ailments," Xiaobai said, putting down the man's hand. "What did the doctors say during the examination?"

"The doctor said it's an organ failure with an unclear prognosis..." The man's eyes dimmed.

"The situation is unclear... Sigh, that's true." Xiaobai sighed, "After all, this is a deep-sea aura at the level of a deep-sea dean. Even admirals rarely see it. How could ordinary civilian machines detect it?"

"Deep, deep sea what?" The man was stunned when he heard Xiaobai's reply.

“Deep-sea aura,” Xiaobai said to the man, enunciating each word clearly. “It’s a unique energy possessed by deep-sea vessels. Ordinary people will experience some degree of physical discomfort upon contact with this energy. Moreover, if it’s a deep-sea vessel at the level of a deep-sea dean, the deep-sea aura surrounding their body is even purer due to the resonance with the ocean. If it accidentally enters the body of an ordinary human who has no resistance, it can cause illnesses such as organ failure.”

Xiao Bai explained.

The man listened, and upon hearing this, his expression changed drastically.

“Dean of the Deep Sea... Could it be…” The man trembled, his face filled with astonishment, “I… I am…”

"You've made contact with Dean Shenhai, haven't you?" Xiaobai asked with a smile. "And... it wasn't just a simple video from afar. You must have been very close to them, almost face-to-face, right?"

"..." The man swallowed hard, looking nervously at Xiaobai's gentle smile. After a short while, he nodded slightly.

"That makes things much easier." Xiaobai smiled with satisfaction. "It's like finding a needle in a haystack, only to have it come to you effortlessly."

"Who...who are you?" The man looked at Xiao Yi in astonishment.

"Admiral, it's me, Admiral." As Xiaobai spoke, he reached behind his back, opened his ship equipment space, and took out a lunchbox.

“Ship girl, I am a ship girl,” York responded from the side.

"Admiral and...ship girls?" the man murmured, his eyes fixed on Xiaobai and York, then suddenly lit up. "So, since you can recognize my illness, could you..."

"If it were an ordinary admiral, they might not be able to do it," Xiaobai replied.

"Uh……"

"However, I'm not an ordinary admiral." Seeing the man's face turn to despair, Xiaobai placed the lunchbox in front of him, filling him with hope again. "Actually, I am... the most powerful admiral in the world."

Chapter 2352 The Divine Doctor Xiaobai

In the man's lifeless gaze, a strong will to survive erupted with Xiaobai's last words.

"You...no, you mean you can cure my illness?"

The man looked at the young girl in front of him, who looked to be only a teenager, and his breathing became rapid.

“It’s not difficult for me.” Xiaobai gently touched the lunchbox and smiled at the man. “But, Uncle, don’t you have any doubts about my identity?”

Xiao Bai is quite aware of her own appearance.

As a young girl, unlike Missouri or Lexington who are mature and reassuring older sisters, it would be hard for strangers to believe me if I suddenly told them I was the world's most powerful admiral without some evidence.

"Doubt..." After hearing Xiaobai's words, the man forced an ugly smile onto his weathered face. "What right do I have to doubt? I have nothing left but my daughter. If you really have ulterior motives, what do you gain from going to such lengths to deceive me?"

That's definitely what men think.

Now, this family has no money, no land, no car, and even the dilapidated little hut in front of them was picked up from someone else's discarded possessions. He has nothing left, and he even has one foot in the grave. Now, the hope of curing his incurable disease is right in front of him. Even without any evidence, all he can do is to firmly grasp this opportunity, nothing more.

In any case, the worst-case scenario is just death.

Could things get any worse?

impossible.

If I were to really die, that would be a good thing.

After all, if he died, his daughter would be "free".

"Don't be so pessimistic. Actually, Uncle, you have something very valuable... or rather, something that can't be measured in money." Xiao Bai smiled as she looked at the man's face, which seemed ready to die a heroic death.

"On me?"

The man looked confused.

The man didn't think he had anything of value left. In fact, his family had already sold off everything they could to make money when he was receiving treatment. Yet the young female admiral in front of him was telling him that he still possessed something of high value, which puzzled him greatly.

If I really had such a thing, I would have sold it long ago to pay off my debts...

Thinking of this, the man suddenly shuddered, his eyes filled with fear.

The image of a young girl appeared in the man's mind.

"You...you mean Yu Gan..." The man's expression changed drastically. He instantly withdrew his hand and coughed violently, his emotions running high. "No, no! What are you going to do to her? If you're after her, whatever your demands, I absolutely cannot agree to them!"

"I wasn't referring to Miss Yu Gan."

"Then, what do you mean?" the man asked, surprised.

“It’s information.” Xiaobai held up a finger and pressed it to her lips. “Some information is very valuable.”

"what's the message?"

"Information about Dean Shenhai." Xiaobai opened the lunchbox in front of the man and gently placed the metal lid aside.

The man calmed down and looked at Xiaobai's lunchbox.

Xiao Bai's lunchbox was pitch black, with a layer of dried coal-like stuff gathered at the bottom.

Xiao Bai stood up, walked to the bedside under the man's gaze, filled a cup with boiled water, and returned to his seat to slowly pour the water into his lunchbox.

The boiling water melted the black coal inside the lunchbox in an instant.

Xiao Bai held the lunchbox and shook it slightly. All the black coal inside melted away, leaving only a dark liquid inside.

"What's so valuable about the information about Dean Shenhai?" The man looked at Xiaobai with a puzzled expression.

"You didn't know?" Xiaobai looked up, "Someone must have bought information about Dean Shenhai from you before, right?"

"Is this happening?"

"Didn't you buy anything?" Xiaobai blinked. "Like videos or something?"

"No... Oh, if you put it that way, it seems like... there was one." The man lowered his head and thought seriously for a while, then looked up and said, "Before, in order to raise money for medical treatment, I put all the things in my house on the second-hand market. Someone did buy my phone. He even came to my house to learn about my situation. After learning about my situation, he said he was willing to pay a high price to buy the ownership of the videos on the phone, so that he could give me more money for medical treatment."

"Is the video about Dean Shenhai on that phone?"

"Yes." The man nodded, his eyes filled with shame. "So much happened at home. I was in such a hurry for money that I forgot to clear the memory of my phone before selling it."

"Is that man named Chen Rui?"

“I don’t know, he never said his name.” The man shook his head, but when he recalled this, a look of gratitude appeared on his face. “We were really short of money at the time, and we were so grateful that this gentleman was willing to buy my video at a high price.”

"How much did he spend?" Xiaobai asked.

"He spent a full six thousand yuan," the man said to Xiaobai, his grateful smile still lingering as he recalled the moment. "I couldn't even get my phone from the scrap metal dealers, and he was willing to take out such a large sum of money to support us. He's such a kind person."

Seeing the "May good people live a long and peaceful life" expression on the man's face, Xiaobai sighed inwardly.

Ugh.

This man probably still hasn't realized that Chen Rui has taken advantage of him...

If he knew that Chen Rui later almost made tens of millions from his video, gaining fame and fortune, and even causing trouble for the Admiral's Guild, how long would his expression of gratitude remain?

"Is that deep-sea video really worth that much money?" The man asked somewhat guiltily when he saw Xiaobai remain silent for a long time.

"Hmm... six thousand yuan..." Xiaobai nodded, "Those who bought your videos definitely didn't lose out..."

"That's good, that's good." A satisfied smile appeared on the man's weak face, but it was quickly filled with apology. "Did you come here for that video too? But that video is no longer in my hands... I have already promised him that I can't say that I was the one who filmed those videos in the future."

"It's okay, I've seen the video." Xiaobai took out a calligraphy brush from behind her back, dipped it in the lunchbox, and then held out her hand to the man. "Give me your hand."

The man responded and slowly extended his hand.

Xiao Bai held the man's hand on her body and wrote the character "正" (zhèng) on ​​the back of his hand with a brush.

The black ink quickly solidified on the back of the man's hand, and as Xiaobai released his hand, it began to emit a faint golden light.

The man stared blankly at the strange golden light emanating from the back of his hand, momentarily stunned.

Since contracting this incurable disease that hospitals couldn't diagnose, he has always felt an unusual coldness in his body. No matter whether he warms himself by a fire or covers himself with a blanket, this chilling feeling is like a bone-deep infection that he can't shake off, and it has become more and more severe over time, now penetrating deep into his bone marrow.

But at that moment, whether it was an illusion or not, when the calligraphy was written on the back of his hand, he felt a warm current rising from the back of his hand, constantly seeping into his body, like a ray of warm sunshine slowly dissolving and dispelling the coldness in his body.

Although his body was still as weak and powerless as before for the time being, this feeling of comfort from the inside out was something the man hadn't experienced in months.

So... so warm...

Could it be... that it actually works?

Can she really cure me?

"This is..." The man withdrew his hand, afraid that the writing on the back of his hand would be crossed out, and asked Xiaobai with a look of surprise, "What is this?"

"Just think of it as a kind of medicine." Xiaobai smiled as she closed the lunchbox, then gently pressed the lid and said to the man, "You need to protect the words on your hand for a while and try not to get them wet. Based on my previous observations, the aura of the Deep Sea Dean that invaded your body was very faint. It's just that it has been there for too long, which is why it has caused such a serious impact on your body. As long as you don't cross out these words, you should be able to recover in about a week."

Xiao Bai put the lunchbox back behind him and tossed it into the ship's equipment space.

The man crossed his arms and stared blankly at Xiaobai.

"Is...that's it?" the man asked, bewildered.

"Hmm? Yeah, what else?" Xiaobai tilted her head.

"No, there's no need for a CT scan, no need for medication, no need for an IV drip, no need for surgery, or no need for those extremely expensive machines?" the man asked incredulously.

"No need," Xiaobai shook her head.

"This...this..." The man stammered, bowing his head with his mouth agape.

The man had spent all his savings trying to cure his strange illness. Faced with a peculiar ailment that even hospitals couldn't treat, he used almost every expensive medicine and treatment available on the market. He even hired a highly paid attending physician. For the first few months, it wasn't just about treatment; it was about prolonging his life. He had to take medicine like food, drink IV drips like water, and live with various scanning machines. His body was thoroughly examined, and doctors almost subtly suggested naming the disease after him...

As a result, when a professional admiral came over, he only needed to write one word on his hand to cure the disease.

So simple?

So rough?

That's...that's it?

So, all that time he's spent, squandered his fortune, racked up a mountain of debt, forced his daughter to drop out of school and work, forced her to smile at strangers every day, and even dragged his whole family to live in this slum-like outhouse in the slums... what was it all for...?

The man was plunged into a period of intense self-doubt.

Chapter 2353 I don't think they are bad people

Even if the man had doubts, the warmth flowing from the calligraphy on the back of his hand was undeniable. This feeling of the cold being gradually dispelled was something he hadn't experienced during his six-month treatment, forcing him to believe that his chronic illness was indeed improving little by little.

Now that things had come to this, the man could only lower his head and give a bitter smile.

"Admiral... what a magical profession..." the man murmured to himself, his eyes filled with self-mockery. "If I had known that being an admiral could be so easy, why would I have... squandered my entire fortune..."