Elder brother's garrison

Richelieu, holding his broom, watched Little White's departing figure with a lost look in his eyes.

What used to be a job for one person is now being done by two.

After that, Xiaobai didn't have any further in-depth conversations with Richelieu. She and Richelieu cleaned the playground together quietly. Occasionally, when they encountered a problem that needed to be solved, Xiaobai would give Richelieu a look, and Richelieu would often guide Xiaobai with gestures and eyes. The two of them cooperated exceptionally well.

Time passed unconsciously.

The sunlight gradually peeked down from the clouds.

The ship girls, who were originally in charge of cleaning, yawned as they walked out of the dormitory. As they stretched and carried their cleaning tools to the playground, they spotted Shiro and Richelieu.

"Huh?? Huh? Huh? Huh??? Admiral Lu Lin?? What are you doing here??"

When the ship girls in charge of cleaning saw Shiro doing the work of collecting garbage, they were all so frightened that their faces turned pale. They quickly dropped their tools and ran to Shiro and Richelieu, desperately snatching the garbage bags from them. Then, while apologizing to the two of them, they pushed them out.

"I'm so sorry! We were too lazy last night! I'm so sorry!"

"We...we'll start cleaning right now! Admiral Lu Lin, please, please don't touch these things, waaaaah...the Commander will scold us if he finds out!"

"Admiral Lu Lin, please, please sit here!"

"It's okay, it's okay, I just came to help..." Before Xiaobai could finish speaking, the ship girls hurriedly pushed Xiaobai and Richelieu to a bench at the edge of the playground, and then enthusiastically returned to the playground with cleaning tools and quickly started cleaning.

Looking at the lively figures on the playground, Xiaobai glanced at his somewhat dirty palms, then turned to Richelieu and gave him a smile.

"Oh dear, our jobs have been taken away."

“…” Richelieu sat down next to Little White, she pressed her hands together, blinked, and nodded, “…”

"Ugh, cleaning is so tiring," Xiaobai continued.

“…” Richelieu’s expression was complicated.

“It takes quite a bit of time for one person to do all this work,” Xiaobai added.

“…” Richelieu rubbed his thighs with some hesitation.

"I'll be more careful next time. Producing less trash will make things easier for the cleaners, right?" Xiaobai nodded and said.

“...Admiral Lu Lin.” Richelieu finally couldn’t hold back any longer. She turned her head and looked cautiously at Xiaobai.

"Huh? What's wrong?"

“You…” Richelieu didn’t know what to say for a moment. She opened her mouth, but the courage she had just mustered quickly disappeared, and her voice became much softer. “I… um… excuse me… are you… unhappy?”

"Hmm? What's wrong?" Little White tilted its head.

“It’s just… you don’t want to see me cleaning…” Richelieu asked cautiously, “so that’s why you’re using this method to persuade me not to do it next time… is that right?”

"..." Xiaobai blinked. "Is that what you think?"

"……Well……"

"No way! Labor is the most honorable thing." Little White waved his dirty hands. "Richelieu, as long as you do something you like, I won't stop you. The reason I want to work with you is simply because I also like cleaning, it's that simple."

Chapter 2734 The Special Admiral's Movements

Richelieu breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing Xiaobai's explanation.

Great……

It seems that Admiral Lu Lin wasn't angry at being seen secretly cleaning Nia's house...

“Admiral Lu Lin, I don’t really know why I did this…” Richelieu patted his chest and said to Xiaobai apologetically, “This morning when I woke up and saw the mess on the parade ground, I just had this urge to clean it up. Before I knew it, I was already dressed like this, cleaning the square…”

“After all, you worked as a maid in the naval base for two years. Habits aren’t something you can change overnight. I understand, I understand.” Xiaobai nodded with a smile, then casually asked Richelieu, “Moreover, Richelieu, how did it feel after cleaning the training ground?”

"Much more refreshing."

Does "feeling refreshed" refer to one's mood?

"Ah."

"That's fine." Xiaobai pursed her lips. "As long as you're happy, that's better than anything else."

“…” Richelieu stared at Xiaobai’s smiling face, stunned for a moment, then her heart pounded twice. Suddenly feeling flustered, she quickly lowered her head and whispered, “…Thank you…thank you for your kindness, Admiral Lu Lin…”

"I didn't do anything." Xiaobai raised her hand and looked at the dust on her palm. "Okay, I'm going to wash my hands. I won't bother you anymore."

Xiao Bai clapped its hands, turned around and left the bench, heading straight for the wash area.

It was nearly six in the morning, the time when the ship girls habitually woke up early. One by one, the sleepy ship girls woke up, stretching and walking out of their dormitories, greeting each other with good morning. As more and more ship girls went out, the atmosphere in the temporary naval base became a little more lively.

"elder sister----"

With a lively, affectionate shout, a pink and black figure appeared from behind Richelieu.

Jeanbart emerged from behind the bench and hugged Richelieu tightly.

"Sister! Good morning! How did you sleep last night? Your dear little sister is awake!" Jeanbart hugged Richelieu as if they hadn't seen each other for a long time, rubbing his face against the back of Richelieu's neck. "Oh dear, sister is wearing the maid outfit from the day before yesterday again. Are you playing some kind of special Prey game? Hehe, sister smells so good. Waaah, it's a pity sister came to Chapter 8 too late, I can't stay in the same room with sister, otherwise I could hug sister to sleep—what a pity, sniff sniff sniff—let my dear little sister smell sister's scent a lot!"

Jean Bart nuzzled Richelieu's neck, but after a long while, he still didn't receive a reply from Richelieu.

Finally, Jean Bart looked up with curiosity, peering over to look at Richelieu's face.

"Sister? Are you alright? Wow! Sister, your face is so red! It's as red as a ripe apple—no, as red as a young girl burning with overwhelming love!" Jean Bart exclaimed.

"No, don't talk nonsense!"

The response to Jean Bart was, of course, Richelieu's furious, pale hand.

……

Several hours passed by in the blink of an eye.

Noon arrived quickly.

"Ah... um... I slept so well..." Veneto rubbed his eyes and pushed open the door to Shiro's dormitory. Leading his three equally sleepy sisters, the four of them muttered to themselves as they walked out of Shiro's room. "What exactly happened last night? How did I end up waking up in Admiral Lu Lin's bed... uh? Eh??? Commander???"

After leaving Xiaobai's room, before Veneto could even get a good look at the scenery in the corridor, she immediately spotted Xiaobai, Luo Lian, and Nia, who were leading the ship girls from yesterday, standing at the dormitory entrance, chatting with smiles on their faces.

When these people saw the four Veneto sisters emerge from Little White's room, they all turned to them with smiles.

"Veneto, you're finally awake?"

Did you sleep well last night?

"We're getting ready to head to the Admiral's Guild."

"..."

Little White looked at the Veneto sisters with a doting smile, as if they were sleepy children.

The four Veneto sisters stared blankly, mouths agape, at the admiral and ship girls standing in front of the door, feeling an overwhelming sense of embarrassment.

The feeling of being caught red-handed by your own admiral walking out of someone else's admiral's room... that's truly unique and exhilarating.

"Commander... I... I... I..." Veneto's face flushed red instantly. She hurriedly waved her hands at Nia, stammering, "No, no, it's not what you think, it's not what you think..."

"I really envy your relationship with Bai Jingting, Veneto."

Nia showed no anger at the fact that the four Veneto sisters were constantly trying to get close to Shiro. On the contrary, when she saw the Veneto-class ship girl walking out of Shiro's room, Nia not only wasn't angry, but even showed some encouragement and envy.

What was the commander thinking that made him make that expression...?

Caught red-handed, Veneto looked at Nia awkwardly, and after a long while, could only manage a dry, forced smile.

"Um... Commander... Good morning..."

"Good morning, Veneto."

"..."

For Veneto, it was truly an impressive morning, in every sense of the word.

After the ship girls finished washing up, Xiaobai and the other two led yesterday's ship girl team away from the temporary naval base and headed to the Admiral's Guild.

"Xiaobai, I heard from the ship girls at the naval base that you went to clean the training ground this morning. Is that true?" On the way to the Admiral's Guild, Nia asked Xiaobai curiously, as if she had remembered something.

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

“Xiaobai, you don’t need to do this yourself…” Nia quickly said with concern, “My ship girls have their own rotating cleaning duties…”

"It's nothing, I just had a sudden urge," Xiaobai said with a smile. Then, she pursed her lips at Nia, "What's wrong? Did your ship girl tell you about this?"...

"Um……"

"The banquet last night was very late, but they got up very early today. And I just picked up some bottles and jars on the playground; I didn't do anything too strenuous, so please don't scold them for it," Xiaobai added.

“…Since Xiaobai has said so…” Nia muttered.

Xiao Bai withdrew his gaze with satisfaction, then secretly glanced at Richelieu at the back of the group.

Richelieu had already changed back into her battle attire. She felt Xiaobai's gaze, and for some reason, she quickly lowered her head, her face flushing a deep red.

Standing next to Richelieu, Jean Bart quickly sensed her sister's unusual behavior. She frowned, looked at Richelieu's expression, and then looked thoughtfully in the direction of Little White. Back and forth, back and forth, back and forth... her beautiful big eyes rolled around in their sockets like little electric motors.

Jean Bart instinctively sensed a hint of something going on.

"Sister, could it be that you and the Admiral are involved in something...?"

"Freeze said."

"Well……"

Jean Bart was turned away again by Richelieu's sister, and immediately pouted angrily, grabbing Richelieu's arm.

"It was clearly the first time Chuansheng had an admiral, and the first time he had a sister. It should have been double the happiness, but how did it turn out like this?" Jean Bart muttered.

"..." Listening to Jean Bart's mutterings, Richelieu's face fell with a sense of guilt.

Richelieu found it difficult to explain her feelings to Jean Bart. She opened her mouth several times, but seeing Jean Bart pouting beside her, the words she wanted to say seemed stuck in her throat. In the end, Richelieu sighed and lowered her head.

Although everyone had their own ulterior motives along the way, they arrived at the gate of the Admiral's Guild in a relatively peaceful manner.

As soon as Xiaobai and his group arrived at the entrance of the Admiral's Guild, the ship girl maids who were guarding the gate quickly stepped forward, respectfully approached Xiaobai and his group, and bowed to Xiaobai.

"Admiral Lu Lin, welcome."

"Hello everyone."

"Admiral Lu Lin, are you here to see Steward Luo?"

"We won't trouble Miss Yingying today. We're just here to accept a regular mission." Xiaobai shook her head and smiled at the ship girl maids. "Ah... you don't need to follow us. We can go to the mission area ourselves today."

"This..." The ship girl maids looked troubled. "Admiral Lu Lin, let us take you there. Chief Steward Luo instructed us to do so."

"Did Miss Yingying instruct you to do this?"

"……Yes."

"Alright then." Xiaobai smiled helplessly. "Then I'll have to trouble you again today."

"Thank you, Admiral Lu Lin!" Upon hearing Xiao Bai's words, the ship girl maids relaxed and smiled warmly. "Admiral Lu Lin, please come with us."

The ship girl maids led Xiaobai and her group into the Admiral's Guild.

In the mission acceptance area of ​​the Admiral Guild, many Chapter 8 Admirals were selecting expedition missions. When they saw Xiaobai and her group being led over by ship girl maids, the Admirals present all showed surprise and fear.

"What?! Isn't this the admiral of the special ship girl?"

"Weren't they still clearing land in the 8-2 sea area yesterday? How come they're here to take on missions today?"

The Admiral's Guild in Chapter 2735 does indeed regularly send out many missions to the Admirals.

The missions issued by these admiral guilds are varied and numerous, but they can generally be summarized into three main types: "collecting deep-sea metals in the sea area", "conducting sea exploration in a specific area", and "going to a specific area to defeat a specific type of enemy".

The rewards for these missions aren't very high, and the steps to complete them are relatively tedious. If you're just looking for a bonus reward while on a daily expedition to hunt fish, then picking up a few missions along the way isn't a problem. However, if you're in a naval base during the pioneering phase of a new sea area, the steps involved in exploring the sea area are already enough to keep the ship girls busy. Taking on any more troublesome missions would be pure foolishness.

At least the admirals in Chapter 8 wouldn't do that.

In Chapter 2736, the admirals watched as Xiaobai and her group walked past them, led by the ship girl maids, and were finally led into a private room.

"I heard someone say yesterday that the admiral who has special ship girls went to clear 8-2?"

"Yes, I heard the news too."

“I can also confirm that I saw them in the 8-2 sea area yesterday.”

"Hiss—since everyone knows this, then it's strange. Why are they abandoning perfectly good sea areas to come and take on missions?"

"Who knows...maybe he doesn't want to explore today and wants to go back to 8-1 to farm fish."

"No, no, no, none of you know." Just as the admirals were discussing among themselves, a short admiral spoke up mysteriously, "I know why they came here today!"

"Hmm? My friend, please elaborate!"

In an instant, all eyes were drawn to the short admiral.