Elder brother's garrison

Standing at the exit of the train station, Xiaobai looked at the scenery in front of him and couldn't help but sigh.

Hancock's gaze shifted slightly to Little White, but the next second, a roaring engine that seemed capable of tearing apart the peaceful daily routine abruptly drew her attention to the distance of the road.

In the distance, on the peaceful and serene street, a brown-green SUV rumbled toward them.

The SUV, with its powerful engine and imposing presence, was like a roaring wild horse charging into a flock of sheep in the quiet and peaceful town.

Passersby cast gentle yet curious glances their way.

Hancock stared at the SUV until it roared up to them and came to a screeching halt right in front of Little White.

The SUV door opened with a snap.

A young girl in a white dress, with a beautiful face, blonde hair, and blue eyes, couldn't wait to jump off the car by stepping on the door frame and rush towards Xiaobai with her arms outstretched.

"Little Bai! Long time no see!"

Xiao Bai was hugged tightly by the blonde girl, and then the two spun around amidst the girl's happy laughter.

The girl's pretty little feet, clad in sandals, landed on the ground. She placed her hands on Xiaobai's shoulders, her clear blue eyes slightly narrowed as she looked at Xiaobai's face with a tender, affectionate smile.

"Ella, long time no see!" Xiaobai greeted the girl in front of him with a smile.

“Yes, it’s been so long! I’ve missed you so much!” Ella said eagerly. “My grandfather has also been saying he wants to see you. He even said that if you change your mind and want to learn runic script, he will immediately groom you as his next successor!”

"Ah, well, there's really no need for an heir..."

Xiaobai and Ella exchanged a smile.

Ella finally shifted her gaze from Xiaobai to the ship girls beside her.

"Huh? Little White, you've changed so many ship girls again! I remember this one! Her name is Changchun, right?" Ella looked at Changchun with a smile on her lips. "I recognize you! You're a very famous missile ship girl!"

"Miss Ella, hello, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Changchun quickly placed his hands on his lap and bowed to Ella.

Ella smiled and nodded, then shifted her gaze to Hancock.

Ella's gaze held a mixture of surprise and curiosity.

"This person... is someone I'm meeting for the first time."

"She's Hancock, a ship girl who recently joined our naval base," Xiaobai explained from the side. "She came with me this time to broaden her horizons."

As Xiaobai introduced them, Hancock bowed deeply to Ella.

"Oh I got it!"

Ella nodded to Hancock, her gaze then shifting to the oversized figure beside her.

When Ella's gaze fell upon Chao Dahe, her affectionate expression momentarily turned strange and bewildered.

"Um...this person...looks familiar..."

Looking at the oversized and subtly familiar face, Ella felt some memories about to awaken.

Chao Dahe also lowered his head awkwardly, rubbing his hands together, his face turning bright red.

"Ahem, she's also one of my ship girls," Xiaobai said.

"Hey, hey, hey, stop looking at the others and look over here!" Just then, a delicate and clear voice called out to Ella, causing her to shift her gaze from the super-dwarf ship to the last ship girl.

What came into Ella's view was a petite ship girl with a small pink bun on her head.

Although this ship girl is petite, her smile is unusually friendly, as if she is very familiar with Ella.

“This is…” Ella stared at the ship girl, blinking her eyes.

"She is the goddess of the hearth."

"The goddess of the hearth... oh, the goddess of the hearth... Eh??!!" Ella suddenly exclaimed in surprise, turning to look at the smiling Little White. "What, the goddess of the hearth?! Is she the goddess of the hearth that my mom and dad saw before?! Little White, you actually found her and even subdued her!"

"What do you mean by 'subduing'? You little brat, you have no manners at all." The female Kitchen Goddess put her hands on her hips and said with a smile, "I am, after all, your elder! Little girl, even your grandfather served me tea back then, and I even held you when you were a baby!"

"Uh..." Ella trembled slightly, withdrawing her hands and looking at the goddess of the hearth somewhat awkwardly. "Auntie, goddess of the hearth... hello... I was just being rude..."

"Pfft." Xiaobai covered her mouth and laughed.

Xiao Bai reached out and pressed and rubbed the top of the female Kitchen Goddess's head.

“Ella, the goddess of the hearth hasn’t come over in a while, so I brought her along to reminisce this time,” Little White said to Ella. “You’re my friend now, and in terms of seniority, you’re not much lower than the goddess of the hearth.”

The female stove goddess pouted, letting Xiaobai's palm press and stroke her head.

"Oh, oh, oh..." Ella bowed respectfully to the goddess of the hearth before carefully averting her gaze and turning to Little White with a smile. "Little White, did you come all this way here because you ran out of rune material from last time?"

"No, there's still quite a bit left."

"Huh? What's this...?"

"I'm here to buy a house."

"Huh? Buying a house?!" Ella was stunned, her surprise turning into delight and excitement in an instant. "What! Little White, have you decided to live here permanently?! Great, great!! That means we can see each other every day! Wow, wow!!!"

Ella happily took Xiaobai's arm immediately, her blissful expression suggesting she was already envisioning the next forty or fifty years of her life.

"Well, actually I don't plan to live here long-term... but I do want to buy a house here, just for vacations and travel. It doesn't need to be big, just something will do," Xiaobai explained.

"Oh... I see." Ella said regretfully, but her mood quickly improved. "But it's okay, as long as there's a house here, it means you'll be coming here often, right, Xiaobai?"

"perhaps……?"

"Alright, alright, I'll take care of the house for you, Xiaobai!" Ella pulled Xiaobai along, her eyes sparkling with happiness, her face beaming. "Where in this city do you want to buy a house? I'll handle it for you!"

Chapter 3453 Wow, this water, this house!

Besides Ella herself, two ship girls and a human driver got out of the off-road vehicle.

Upon seeing Xiaobai, the ship girls and human pilots around Ella bowed to him with utmost respect.

Ella pulled Xiaobai along and quickly went up to them, excitedly telling them Xiaobai's idea.

Upon learning that Xiaobai wanted to buy a house in an unnamed small town, the ship girls and human drivers barely hesitated. They quickly took out their phones, dialed the relevant personnel's work numbers, and began working on Xiaobai's house purchase.

Logically speaking, this nameless little town does not allow outsiders to purchase real estate.

But Xiaobai was definitely an exception for this city. So, under the staff's operation, before Xiaobai and his group even got into Ella's SUV, the human driver received a phone call. He held the phone, said "uh-huh" twice to the other end, and then hung up and turned to speak to Ella.

"Miss, Admiral Lu Lin's property has been purchased, and someone will deliver the property certificate shortly."

"Okay, okay!" Ella nodded, and then asked Xiaobai with a smile, "Xiaobai, how about we go take a look at your new house?"

"Okay, sure." Xiaobai nodded and said to Ella, "How much is this house? I'll transfer the money to you."

"Admiral Lu Lin, consider this house our way of thanking you." Before Ella could reply, the driver said with a smile, "When the clan chief heard that you wanted to buy a house here, he was so happy that he personally went to supervise the process. Otherwise, your property wouldn't have been sold so quickly."

"Wow...this isn't a good idea."

"Okay, okay, there's nothing wrong with that." Ella put her arm around Xiaobai's arm, affectionately wrapping it around her white dress, her smile practically splitting her lips. "Xiaobai, if you're willing to live with us, even if it's just to set up a house, we should be thanking you! After all, you're the world's number one admiral! Having you around gives us a real sense of security!"

"what……"

"Young Master Duo?" Hancock, sitting in the back of the SUV, listened to Ella and Xiaobai's conversation in front of her and suddenly paused, asking the ship girl beside her.

"Huh? How much?" The three from Changchun looked at Hancock.

"Where is the Admiral ranked in the world?" Hancock asked.

"Ah...right, we forgot about that part." Changchun smiled at Hancock's puzzled expression and then said, "Our admiral is the world's number one admiral, and the naval base you joined is also the world's number one naval base. I don't think anyone told you that before, right?"

"..." Hancock fell silent this time. She sat quietly in her seat, her hands gently crossed over her lap. After a long while, she stammered, "...I heard people say before that you are just a very powerful naval base...no one said you are number one..."

"Now I know."

"Um……"

……

There weren't enough seats in the SUV for everyone, so the two ship girls from Ella's family gave up their seats for Xiaobai and his group, and everyone squeezed in to barely fit.

Ever since Ella was kidnapped by Osmanthus, Ella's family has been very concerned about her safety.

After all, she is a genuine princess of the family, and whenever she goes out, she is protected by ship girls who are almost always by her side.

These two ship girls from the Ella family originally only served as Ella's bodyguards. If Xiaobai were by her side, Ella's safety would naturally be the best in the world, and the two of them would be somewhat redundant. It would be better to make room for them and return to the family base by other means of transportation.

The SUV carrying Xiaobai and his group rumbled away from the street and sped towards the sea.

Gradually, the off-road vehicle left the ordinary streets and arrived at the exquisite and beautiful bay.

On the beach by the bay, stand rows of independent sea-view houses.

On the white sand beach, the light blue seawater laps against the surface in layers. Patches of green plants are planted on the beach, and the detached villas face the sea, creating a picturesque scene.

The group got off the bus on a street near the bay and followed a cobblestone path from a beach to the sea-view house in front of them. The ship girls looked at the beautiful scenery and couldn't help but exclaim in admiration, even though they were used to seeing the sea.

"Wow……"

"This house is so beautiful, it's a sea view property!"

"Humans are really amazing, they actually built houses in places like this!"

The ship girls covered their mouths, their eyes filled with amazement.

"Little White, Little White, look, are you satisfied?" Ella pulled Little White along, showing off one arm as she rushed towards the sea-view room, bending down and smiling at Little White.

“Ella…actually, the house I mentioned before was just a small room of a few dozen square meters in any residential building…” Xiaobai smiled wryly at Ella, “You’ve brought me a whole villa, isn’t that a bit of a waste…”

“No waste, no waste at all! This whole area of ​​houses was originally our family’s vacation home! It was meant to be a reward for the hardest-working employees each quarter!” Ella said happily. “These places are usually empty, so giving them to you, Little White, not only do us no harm, but we also get a small favor in return!”

"..." Xiaobai looked at Ella and smiled helplessly.

Xiao Bai almost forgot that Ella also had this rich woman aspect...

makes sense.

Compared to the favors bestowed upon the world's number one admiral, a house is indeed well worth it.

Although Xiaobai felt that Ella probably didn't do this just because of a favor, but rather because she liked him, since Ella had said so, Xiaobai felt it was better to accept it gladly.

"Ella, thank you." Little White said to Ella.

"Hehe! Don't be shy! I'll give you as much as you like!" Ella happily hugged Xiaobai, not minding at all that the fabric of her white dress clung to Xiaobai's body, and the soft, delicate body of the young girl was clearly visible through the fabric, showing a tender, youthful touch on Xiaobai's body.

Xiao Bai patted Ella gently on the back, and the two parted with smiles, walking into the sea-view room.

Ella's driver didn't come in; he stayed in the SUV outside, waiting for Xiaobai and the others.

The ocean view room is decorated in a very stylish and trendy way, with a full range of furniture, perfectly meeting the needs of a move-in ready vacation.

After a brief tour of the room, the ship girls were full of praise, saying that it was indeed the most beautiful house they had ever lived in.

The area where the nameless town is located has a tropical monsoon oceanic climate with indistinct seasons, mild summers and winters, small annual climate range, high average temperature, abundant water resources, and beautiful scenery. It is indeed theoretically a good place for a vacation.

The main reason this place hasn't become a resort destination is because Ella's family lives here. As a result, the city's development has been deliberately suppressed by higher authorities, and propaganda and tourism have been completely stifled. An airport was never built, and the scenery near the train station is simple and ordinary. It is through these disguise measures that this place has become a treasure trove belonging only to Ella's family.

The same applies to Linsheng City, which belongs to the Mu family.

"Ella, are you sure you want to give me this house? You won't regret it?" Xiaobai walked around the room a few times, stood outside the sea view window to look at the scenery, and then turned back to ask Ella, who had a smile on her face.

"Yes, no regrets!" Ella agreed readily, even adding confidently, "It's okay if you don't come often, Xiaobai. Our family will take good care of this house for you, ensuring you can move in anytime you want!"

“Someone will help take care of it…” Xiaobai’s expression was somewhat complicated when he heard this.

"What's wrong? Little White, don't you want someone to help you manage things?" Ella asked curiously.

"Um... Ella, there's something I'd like to ask you." After thinking for a while, Xiaobai finally spoke to Ella.

"What is it?"

Can I entrust this house to you for management?

"Huh? Huh??? Me???" Ella pointed at herself in surprise, her expression shifting in an instant from astonishment, shock, confusion, sudden realization, understanding, to pure joy and bliss. "Little, Little White, you mean... this house will be for the two of us from now on?!"

As Ella finished speaking, her voice trembled slightly, her cheeks turned noticeably red, and she began to breathe heavily, her hands clasped to her chest.

Ella seems to be enjoying the next few decades of her life.

Xiao Bai felt that Ella seemed to have misunderstood something.

“Ella, no, um, what I mean is... I actually want to renovate this house…”

"Hmm? Modification?" Ella asked curiously. "What kind of modification?"

“It’s like this…” Xiaobai looked at Ella and thought for a while, then leaned close to Ella’s ear, “I prefer to do some private modifications to the house. If possible, I hope no one will enter the house normally. Of course, if needed, I will send someone to take care of the house. When I’m not here, can you help me supervise?”

"Oh..." Ella's expression cooled down after hearing Xiaobai's words. She nodded with some regret but also understanding. "I understand, Xiaobai, you mean you don't want others to enter your house, right..."

"Hmm... isn't this request a bit unreasonable?"