Elder brother's garrison

Hmm... that's a really iconic profile picture.

As Xiaobai was thinking, the Wisconsin star in front of her suddenly emitted a sharp, explosive sound.

"What? Admiral? How did you get in! How did you know our group number?!" Wisconsin looked incredulous.

"I wouldn't really say I know..." Xiaobai smiled at Wisconsin, then glanced at New Jersey, "Someone pulled me in beforehand."

"What?! Someone actually pulled the Admiral in advance!" Wisconsin was even more shocked. She held her head and gasped, "Then...then...Admiral, you didn't see it..."

"No, I only clicked 'agree' because you said I could join the group."

"Ah... then I can rest assured..." Wisconsin patted her chest and let out a long sigh, as if she had lifted a heavy burden from her heart.

Xiaobai looked at Wisconsin, scratched her cheek, and smiled.

To this day, Xiaobai still doesn't seem to understand why Wisconsin doesn't dare to let him join the group directly...

but……

Of course, Xiaobai wouldn't ask on his own initiative.

After quickly scanning the group chat, Xiaobai put her phone inside her clothes and spoke to the ship girls.

"Don't mind me in the group chat, just chat whatever you want."

“Understood, Admiral,” Iowa and Missouri said with smiles.

"Sister Iowa, is this how you recharge a membership for this chat app?" Illinois asked Iowa, holding up her phone.

"Huh? Why did you buy a membership in Illinois right away?"

"Hmm... I think this is pretty cheap after all." Illinois looked at her phone, rubbing her chin as she spoke. "The salary card the naval base gave me the day before yesterday has finally arrived. I didn't check how much it was, but it seems like there's quite a bit of money."

"Oh... just click here, click here, and click here again. You should have a payment app here too, right?"

"Okay, thank you. How long should I buy it for?"

"Well... let's do what we can afford, but I suggest starting with a yearly subscription."

"I see, then I'll buy a small one for a hundred years first..."

"Huh? Wait a minute!!!"

Before Illinois could even pay, the other women immediately pressed the button on her phone.

As Xiaobai ate her breakfast, listening to the lively sounds of the Iowa family's ship girls behind her, her smile deepened.

After having breakfast, Xiao Bai prepared to go to the Admiral's office building for work.

Before Xiaobai left, Chaoda called out to Xiaobai.

"Admiral, can I take the day off today?" Chao Dahe asked Xiaobai somewhat embarrassedly.

"Hmm? Sure." Xiaobai agreed to Chao Yamato's suggestion without even thinking. "But what are you going to do on leave?"

“Back to Chapter Eight…” Chao Yahe began, her hands clasped together, her fingers nervously intertwined. “Yahe-nee just called me… asking me to come back and visit.”

"Oh..." Xiaobai looked down at Chao Yamato's fingers and smiled slightly. "Then you should go back and spend more time with Yamato-neechan. After the missile ship girls are remodeled, I'll go back to spend time with Yamato-neechan too... Oh, right, if Yamato-neechan wants to come back, you can just bring them back with you."

Actually, Shiro hadn't been separated from Akami and the others for very long.

After all, Xiaobai often saw Deep Sea Yamato in Chapter 8.

Before leaving Chapter 8, Xiaobai even went to see Deep Sea Yamato.

It had only been a few days since the two last met, yet Yamato's voice, appearance, scent, and touch still resonated vividly in Shiro's ears, nose, and hands.

However, Super Yamato is very dependent on Deep Sea Yamato, so she always has to go back to visit Deep Sea Yamato every now and then to replenish Yamato's energy.

Xiaobai didn't mind seeing Deepsea Yamato a few more times. Although she also wanted to take this opportunity to go back and see Deepsea Yamato again, she thought that she still had a lot of things to do during the day, and it would seem a bit pretentious to go back like this. So she could only regretfully ask Super Yamato to pass on her greetings.

After saying goodbye to Xiaobai, Chaoda opened the vortex portal on the spot and left.

The ship girls and deep-sea deans in the living room continued eating their breakfast, completely ignoring the deep-sea aura released by the vortex portal.

……

When Xiaobai arrived at the office during work hours, besides Lexington, there was another familiar figure in the office.

Yi Xian was holding a document and standing in front of Lexington's secretary ship desk, chatting with Lexington.

Lexington, holding a pen, kept talking to Yixian with a smile.

The sunlight streaming through the window fell on Yi Xian, highlighting her slender and well-proportioned figure, especially her long, straight legs, which stood upright and close together at the slit in the hem of her cheongsam, their snow-white color faintly visible.

"Oh? Yixian, good morning!" Xiaobai exclaimed with delight as soon as she saw Yixian.

Yi Xian stopped talking upon hearing the sound, turned her head, and looked at Xiao Bai who had entered the room.

"Good morning, Admiral." Yi Xian, holding the documents, bowed slightly to Xiao Bai.

"I didn't expect to run into Yixian here." Xiaobai walked forward with a smile. She smiled at Lexington first, then continued to ask Yixian, "Yixian, have you been here for a long time?"

"Admiral, I just arrived too." Yi Xian looked down at Xiao Bai and said gently, placing the documents in her hand on Lexington's desk. "Yesterday, Madam Lexington ordered us to write self-criticisms, and I handed them in on behalf of those people yesterday."

"Oh...you've all finished writing?"

"It's a great pity that, apart from me and Chongqing, the other four girls only wrote less than half of their self-criticisms," Yi Xian said to Xiao Bai.

“Yixian, as I just said, those little girls’ self-criticisms only need to be perfunctory,” Lexington said with a smile. “Even your self-criticism with Chongqing doesn’t need to be so lengthy.”

“I did not handle yesterday’s matter properly, and that is why I must write a self-criticism,” Yi Xian said to Lexington.

"Sigh...you're always so stubborn about these strange things." Lexington shook her head with a smile, then said to Yixian, "Speaking of which, how's Frederick's situation after we went back yesterday?"

“She’s very stable,” Yi Xian said to Lexington. “I happened to have some time this morning, so I chatted with her for a while during breakfast.”

“It seems you two get along well.” Lexington put down his pen and placed his palm on the documents. “I will review all these self-criticisms, so don’t worry, Yixian.”

Yi Xian bowed slightly to Lexington, then looked at Xiao Bai one last time.

"Admiral, if you have time, you can come visit me," Yi Xian said to Xiao Bai. "We all want to see you more often."

"Ah, sure!" Xiaobai nodded with a smile. "The osmanthus cake you made last time was delicious. Could you ask Chongqing to make a little more?"

"..." Yi Xian looked at Xiao Bai quietly, placed one hand on her chest, nodded slightly, and then left Xiao Bai's side.

A fragrance like that of lotus flowers filled the air.

After Yixian left, Xiaobai came to Lexington's side.

Lexington picked up the topmost letter of apology and began reading it with great interest.

As he watched, Lexington suddenly covered his mouth and chuckled softly.

"Lexington, what does it say in here?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

“This was written by Chongqing.” Lexington put down the letter of self-criticism and smiled at Xiaobai. “Chongqing said she shouldn’t have made osmanthus cake yesterday because the moisture from the sea made it taste bad. She should have made some more moisture-resistant cakes.”

“…It’s absolutely amazing.”

"That girl from Chongqing is still as innocent and carefree as ever." Lexington turned a page of the self-criticism and smiled as she read the rest of the text. "Some people are just born unaware of danger and heavy atmospheres, and are naturally cheerful and free-spirited. Chongqing must be one of those people... When you went out together yesterday, Chongqing was probably one of the ship girls who were least afraid of Frederick, right?"

"Hmm...it seems so." Xiaobai nodded.

Lexington put down the letter of self-criticism and looked at Xiaobai.

"So, Xiaobai, have you finished writing your self-criticism?"

"It's done, it's done!" Xiao Bai hurriedly took out his self-criticism from his ship equipment space and solemnly handed it to Lexington.

Xiaobai is still waiting for Lexington to open the letter of self-criticism and read it.

However, Lexington smiled slightly at Xiaobai while holding the letter of apology, and then placed Xiaobai's letter of apology at the bottom of her desktop files.

“First come, first served, right?” Lexington said with a smile.

“Indeed, indeed…” Xiaobai scratched his head and said to Lexington.

"Xiaobai, you go to work first. There's not much work today. I'll watch this for a while," Lexington said.

"Ah."

Xiao Bai responded and went to her desk to begin working.

There wasn't much pressure at work today. Xiaobai finished her work in a short while. After finishing, Xiaobai turned her head to look at Lexington on the secretary ship's desk.

A breeze blew in through the window, ruffling a few strands of Lexington's hair.

Lexington was a real treat.

She enjoyed the gentle breeze blowing in from the window, sipping hot tea while reading her self-criticism, her eyes filled with tenderness, and a doting smile appearing on her face from time to time.

Chapter 3833 A Few Things About the Iowa Level

Xiao Bai glanced at the amount of remaining documents on Lexington's desk.

Although Lexington did assign the ship girls a challenging "apology letter task" yesterday, she wasn't like the kind of teacher in human society who never corrects winter break homework. Regardless of the content of the apology letters the ship girls ultimately submitted, she would carefully read and meticulously review each one.

"Lexington, where are you looking?" Xiaobai asked.

"Hmm... I just finished reading Chongqing's report." Lexington's gaze remained fixed on the document in front of her. She smiled, picked up her half-finished cup of tea, took a sip, and slowly began to speak. "Xiaobai, do you know what? Chongqing actually wrote a whole 10,000-word reflection on her cooking. Not only did she clearly explain the process of making osmanthus cake and the improvement plan, but she also said that she would definitely bring a more suitable cake next time. I don't know whether to praise her or say something else."

"...So, it's okay if the self-criticism is slightly off-topic?"

Well, that depends on the specific circumstances.

Lexington put down her teacup, then put down the self-criticism she wrote in Chongqing, and finally picked up the one below to read.

As he watched, Lexington suddenly covered his mouth and laughed.

"Zhao He's self-criticism is really full of nonsense."

"..."

Seeing Lexington's intrigued expression, Xiaobai silently withdrew her gaze.

Xiao Bai's own letter of self-criticism was at the very bottom. Judging by Lexington's reading speed, it would probably be quite a while before he got to read his own...

Since there's nothing else to do right now...

After thinking for a while, Xiaobai simply took out her phone and opened the chat app.

Xiao Bai is going to check out the newly joined "Iowa-class Admiral Group", which is now renamed "Happy Family".

What are the Iowa-class ship girls talking about?

When Xiaobai opened the group chat, she found that the chat content had been scrolled through for quite a while. She had only left the dormitory for a short time, and the number of messages in the group had already reached seventy or eighty.

The Iowa-class ship girls... seem to really enjoy online chatting.

As Xiaobai thought about it, she subconsciously clicked on the record in the upper right corner of the screen and adjusted the record to the time period after she joined the group.

Group Assistant: New group member Xiaobai has joined the group chat.

Group Assistant: New group member Xiaobai is already friends with four other users in this group! Come chat with her and share your daily life!

Group message notification: New group member Xiaobai has become an administrator of this group.

A smiling girl is bound to have good luck: Come on, put a green hat on her head!

Duck is so slippery: Sigh, Wisconsin is abusing the group owner's privileges again.

A smiling girl is bound to have good luck: What's wrong! Anyway, you guys were the ones who wanted to bring him in, so giving the admiral an administrator position is perfectly reasonable!

Duck is so smooth: Okay, okay, whatever you say.

Duck is so smooth: (A doting, comforting emoji of the group admin going berserk)

A smiling girl is bound to have good luck: So, Admiral, why aren't you saying anything?

A smiling girl is bound to have good luck: Xiaobai Xiaobai Xiaobai Xiaobai Xiaobai

Admiral's Feeder: The Admiral should be at work right now, so it's best not to disturb her in Wisconsin. (Smiles)

Duck is so smooth: I think Missouri is right.

A smiling girl is lucky: This is too much, too much (trembling). I, the group admin, am already being cyberbullied by you guys on my very first day in the group. My hands and feet are freezing in this hot weather. I forgot what happened next.

1786****123: Hmm? Am I the only one who doesn't have a friend who is the admiral?

A smiling girl is bound to have good luck: Illinois, you haven't added the Admiral as a friend either. We all have the Admiral as a friend. Why don't you add him later?

1786****123: Sister Wisconsin, could you help me with this? I'm not very good at adding friends.

A smiling girl is bound to have good luck: I'm out for a morning run, why don't you look for Sister Iowa and Sister Missouri? Forget about New Jersey, she's probably taking a nap at this hour.

Duck is so slippery: I'm helping Sister Hood wash the dishes, I'll be right back.