Elder brother's garrison

"You've changed them all?" the admiral asked.

"correct."

"All replaced?"

"Yes, they've all been replaced."

"Holy crap." The admiral was stunned. "She's being kept by an admiral from a higher-level sea area?"

"Why is your mind filled with thoughts of being kept by a sugar daddy? That's vulgar," Luo Yin said with a laugh.

I've said it more than once: it's easy to exchange merit for money, but difficult to exchange money for merit.

A commander with such a large number of merits must not be an ordinary person.

"Excuse me, excuse me, so you mean..."

“What I mean is, she’s definitely not the admiral from the first chapter,” Luo Yin said. “And she’s definitely not as simple as the second or third chapter; she’s at least from the fifth chapter or later.”

"Such a young person??"

“That’s why her background is even more terrifying, something neither you nor I can afford to mess with,” Luo Yin said. “Got it? That’s why I don’t care about her at all now.”

Luo Yin said, "In their eyes, someone like me is just a fleeting cloud, not worth their attention. Since they don't care about me, why should I bother with the psychological trauma?"

"Oh……"

"Moreover, I have indeed started preparing the strategy for the second chapter of the sea area," Luo Yin said. "With so many merits, I only need to fight a little more to fully arm my ship girls, and then I will have a place to stay when I go to the second chapter of the sea area."

The admiral in front of Luo Yin sighed and looked at the sea with some envy: "So you're saying you should thank someone for scolding you?"

"Haha, I won't thank you, but I don't really hate you," Luo Yin said with a laugh. "Besides, isn't there someone even worse off than me?"

"Ah, that's true." The admiral in front of Luo Yin and Luo Yin looked behind them.

A male admiral with tousled blond hair sat to one side, his handsome face showing signs of exhaustion from lack of sleep.

He bit his nails, his dark gaze sweeping over Luo Yin and the admiral beside him.

“Ian,” Luo Yin said, looking at Ian. “What I just said was also for you to hear.”

"Are you mocking me?" Ian looked coldly at Luo Yin.

"I'm telling you to give up those thoughts of revenge," Luo Yin said. "You're no match for her. You need to understand, no matter how many schemes and tricks you devise, someone like her can easily defeat you with just her fists..."

“I know!” Ian growled, glaring at Luo Yin with hatred, veins bulging on his neck. “I respect that you are stronger than me, and I’ll call you Brother Luo again because you stood up for me back then, but don’t worry about what happens next.”

Chapter 264 A Young Girl's Feelings Are Always Poetic

Luo Yin shook his head.

Ian has a somewhat twisted personality. He was spoiled from a young age and, relying on his power and money, looks down on everyone else.

"Of course I can't control it," Luo Yin explained calmly. "I'm not qualified to control it."

I've said everything I need to say; it doesn't matter whether Ian listens or not.

Ian stomped his foot hard, leaving several deep footprints in the sand.

"I did nothing wrong!" Ian growled, as if releasing pent-up anger and malice. "What's wrong with the strong discriminating against the weak? It's our right! Why should she interfere with me!"

"Expelle me from the Admiral's Guild?" Ian looked up, his eyes filled with hatred. "Do you know how I've been these past few days?"

Luo Yin remained silent.

Ian's jaw was dislocated, and he was thrown from the Admiral's Guild onto the street. When he woke up, before he could even understand what had happened, he was told that he had lost his eligibility to join the Admiral's Guild.

It would be incredibly shameful for a fourth-level admiral, who was about to set off for the second chapter of the sea, to be expelled from the admiral guild.

He now even has to ask other admirals to bring supplies from the admiral guild to his ship girls.

Ian had never been treated like this before, which is why he hated it so much.

The ungrateful Xiaobai and her ship girl, and Nia, whom he always disliked.

These past few days, Ian has been constantly consumed by the flames of anger, making it difficult for him to sleep.

He knew that Xiao Bai had a special identity and that Xiao Bai was exceptionally strong, but he just couldn't stand it.

Ian glared fiercely at Xiaobai and Nia on the other side of the beach with what seemed like an eyeball bulging out of its socket, as if he could grind the two women to dust with just his gaze.

“Nia…this is the second time. The second time!”

Ian gritted his teeth, his voice coming out like a torn disc from his throat.

Luo Yin and the admiral beside him looked at Ian with slightly surprised eyes.

It seems Ian just revealed some special information?

the second time?

Luo Yin narrowed his eyes.

Ever since Ian met Nia in the first chapter of the ocean, he has disliked her in every way. It seems that it's not just because the strong want to bully the weak.

What happened between these two people?

Luo Yin withdrew his gaze.

Forget it, what does it have to do with me anymore? It's best to stay out of it, or I'll get myself into trouble, and this time no one can protect me.

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Xiaobai and Nia watched as Veneto and the others disappeared into the depths of the sea.

Xiaobai took out two cushions and placed them under her and Nia's bottoms before sitting down on the beach.

Just as expected, the Empire lazily stretched out its body and rubbed against Little White's leg.

Pachina gently stroked Xiaobai's other leg and slowly lay down.

While skillfully activating the Admiral's Network connection to the Empire, Xiaobai reached out and combed the Empire's beautiful hair.

These past few days have deepened the tacit understanding between Xiaobai, Empire, and Pachina.

They were together almost 100% of the time, and if one of them made a simple gesture, the other two would know what it meant.

Nia sat down, hugging her legs.

She looked at Xiaobai and thought for a while: "Xiaobai, I feel that your maternal instincts have been growing stronger lately."

"what?"

"These past two days, you've felt like my mother."

"Is that right?"

Nia nodded.

Xiao Bai looked at the two people lying on her lap.

The Empire has recovered very well these past few days. Sukhbaatar often praises Xiaobai's admiral network, saying it is even better than she imagined. Apart from occasionally feeling sleepy and falling asleep as soon as her head hits the pillow, the Empire is now not much different from a normal ship girl.

Since that day, pachina has returned to her taciturn self.

Pachina couldn't lie to herself, so she remained silent when faced with things she didn't want to talk about.

“You two children are very close to you,” Nia said.

"Well, we're together every day after all," Xiaobai said.

"Have you considered giving them wedding rings?" Nia asked.

Xiao Bai gave Nia a reproachful look: "How can girls get married?"

"Oh..." Nia listlessly drew circles on the sand in front of her with her index finger.

After a while, Nia said quietly, "I was planning to give Cleveland a wedding ring."

"Huh?" Xiaobai looked at Nia in surprise.

Xiao Bai was surprised that Nia actually liked this kind of thing.

"Nia, you..."

"Don't get the wrong idea. I only consider Cleveland as family." Nia looked at Xiaobai with a surprised smile.

"Then why did you give Cleveland the wedding ring?" Xiaobai asked.

"Little White, don't you know? There's a saying circulating among the admirals."

"what?"

"Ship girls who receive wedding rings will become stronger."

"Is there this kind of saying?"

"have it."

“But it’s wrong to give a ship girl a wedding ring just for something like this,” Xiaobai said.

Nia blushed and glanced at Xiaobai.

“The ship girl who becomes stronger after receiving a wedding ring is because she likes you,” Nia said. “Whether it’s romantic love or just simple liking, just like the ring on your Fubuki’s hand, you didn’t give her the ring because you wanted to marry Fubuki, did you?”

Xiao Bai paused in stroking the Empire's beautiful hair.

Fubuki does indeed have a wedding ring on her hand. It's one of the only two rings that Shiro's brother gave to the destroyer. The other one is on his concubine, Kusanagi.

However, after the brother gave the two of them their wedding rings, he was investigated by the military police. But let's leave that aside for now.

Nia held up her hand and gestured on the beach: "Little White, ship girls are creatures driven by emotions. For them, having their longings reciprocated is the greatest happiness."

Nia said, "Neither humans nor ship girls can fight at 100% forever. For various reasons, they all have their good and bad times. But ship girls who get the wedding ring will be in even better condition."

Xiao Bai looked at Nia and nodded repeatedly.

Nia probably meant that giving a wedding ring to a ship girl who likes her can boost her morale and reduce periods of low spirits.

That does indeed make a few points.

Xiao Bai recalled the garrison.

The ship girls who received the rings are indeed incredibly strong, especially Bismarck.

Her own strength far exceeded what her ship equipment could support; Bismarck was practically an invincible symbol in the naval base.

If that's all there is to it, then Xiaobai really should prepare to send out a few wedding rings.

After all, if the ship girls' strength can be improved, they will be safer in the future.

"Thank you, Nia." Xiaobai smiled at Nia. "I understand. I'll think about the wedding ring carefully."

Nia smiled and nodded.

She was telling the truth. It was a conclusion reached by many admirals that ship girls who received wedding rings would become stronger. However, there was one thing she didn't mention.

Ship girls, being beings who prioritize emotions, generally cannot distinguish between romantic love and affection between men and women.

For ship girls, gender is not important. If the wedding ring is hastily given without understanding the situation, the little white girl might grow into a woman overnight and open the door to a new world.

But for some reason, Nia was a little reluctant to tell Xiaobai about it.

—Ah, Nia might be a bad girl.

Nia covered her face, a flush rising to her cheeks.

Xiaobai, on the other hand, is already considering wedding rings.

Xiaobai considers herself too young to understand the so-called emotion of love. For her, it's more of a vague feeling of affection than love.

I do have some positive feelings towards Bismarck, Saratoga, Tirpitz, Lexington, Enterprise, Changchun, Fubuki, Veneto, and even Deep Sea Yamato.

The ship girls at the naval base are beautiful, have sweet voices, and always side with Shiro. Shiro really likes them.

However, Xiaobai wasn't quite sure what they thought of her.

If I were to offer them wedding rings, would they refuse?

Xiao Bai pondered for a moment.

Why don't we go back and ask?

Xiao Bai thought to himself.

Just then, Xiaobai felt the Empire on her leg open its eyes.

Empire looked at Xiaobai with a strange look of doubt in his eyes: "A wedding ring?"