Elder brother's garrison

"Everyone says that the ship girls who go shopping for clothes with the Admiral are the ones he's set his sights on as his future marriage ships, the ones who will receive the Admiral's wedding ring!"

"...Nonsense."

"This is no nonsense!" Chongqing immediately squatted down, placed his hands on the table, and kept talking to Yixian's calm face, "The admiral bought clothes for Changchun! Changchun is the admiral's wedding ship, and even Akashi said that it is very meaningful for the admiral to buy clothes for others, so buying clothes for other ship girls means the same thing!"

"So it was Akashi Den..." Yixian sighed softly.

"Yixian, think about it carefully! Who are the people who bought clothes from the Admiral?" Chongqing said to Yixian with a smug look on his face, resting his chin on his hand. "Changchun is the Admiral's wedding ship, and Anshan and Jinan are even closer to the Admiral because of Changchun. And that mischievous little girl, Kiat, has grown into a beautiful young lady after her refit. When she went back to visit Jilin and played with them, her height always stood out from the crowd..."

"A crane standing out from the crowd" is not used in this way.

“Oh dear, I changed my nationality after being reformed, so my education level is a little lower.” Chongqing blinked one eye and pinched his fingers as he said to Yixian, “Just get the gist of what I mean.”

Chapter 3918, Section 8: The Phone Call

Yixian listened to Chongqing's words without any change in her expression. She silently picked up her teacup and took another sip.

Meanwhile, the person in Chongqing continued talking with great enthusiasm.

"In short, those ship girls who can go shopping for clothes with the admiral are all very likely to become marriage ships! If we follow this logic, it's a reasonable guess that ship girls who receive clothes as gifts from the admiral will become the next marriage ship!"

"..." Yi Xian stared at Chongqing's face for a while, but she didn't speak. She glanced at the brush with ink on its tip.

"Yixian, when you become a wedding ship, remember me!" Chongqing said to Yixian with a smile. "I'm your good sister. When you become successful, don't forget me."

“How could I forget you?” Yi Xian said softly. She picked up the brush, looked at Chongqing’s face that was close to hers, and gently touched the tip of the brush with Chongqing’s snow-white skin.

The ink stain remained on the tip of Chongqing's nose.

"Ouch!" Chongqing exclaimed, immediately covering his nose and taking two steps back.

"Don't make these kinds of jokes again." Yi Xian looked at Chongqing gently and said in a soft voice, "I don't care, but the Admiral might find it annoying to hear these things."

"Oh dear, it's not just me spreading it, the whole naval base is saying it..." Chongqing wiped her nose aggrievedly, finally getting the ink stains off. She said to Yixian, "Besides, the Admiral wouldn't get angry over something like this. She's such a good person, she might even find it amusing to hear this!"

"So you also think this should be a joke."

"Oh dear, you've set me up again!" Chongqing immediately fumed.

"Where are Ning Hai, Ying Rui, and the other three?" Yi Xian didn't answer Chongqing. Her gaze fell on the empty space around Chongqing, and she asked.

“They went to visit Jinan,” Chongqing said. “A couple of days ago, Anshan finished its renovation, and they came to visit us together with Changchun and Jinan. Back then, Jinan and Ying Rui got along very well, and I guess they’re hanging out together again now.”

"That's how it should be."

"Hmm? But you don't have 1999 and Frederick the Great with you today." Chongqing tilted his head and looked curiously at Yixian's side.

“Today 1999 is going back to Chapter 8 training, it’s not her day off. As for Frederick…” Yixian sipped her tea, swallowed the last drop, and said to Chongqing, “I can’t control what she does.”

“That’s true.” Chongqing nodded, pulled up a chair and sat opposite Yixian, smiling as she looked at Yixian’s face. “Yixian, so you really don’t have any intention of becoming the admiral’s marriage ship?”

"..." Yi Xian seemed to have lost even the desire to see Chongqing. She calmly said, "Although my relationship with the Admiral is not exactly distant, the Admiral's feelings for me are more of respect, and my feelings for the Admiral are the same..."

“But the Admiral has grown a lot in the past two years. She’s different now,” Chongqing said. “After all, you’re so beautiful. Don’t you think that as you spend more time together, the Admiral’s feelings for you might change?”

"...Two years is not a long time."

“But it’s not short either,” Chongqing said with a smile. “Yixian, let me ask you something: if the Admiral were to one day present you with a wedding ring and ask to marry you, would you say yes?”

"..." Yi Xian raised her head and looked at Chongqing with a helpless gaze.

"Hehe, I was just being nosy, I was just being nosy, it's my fault." Chongqing immediately stood up, took out half of the pastries from the lunchbox and put them all on the table. Then she put the lunchbox over her arm and said to Yixian with a grin, "Yixian, I'm going to Yingrui's place later, so half of these pastries are for them."

"Ah."

"Then I'll be leaving now!" Chongqing waved, carrying a lunchbox, with a gentle smile, and swayed her body towards the bluestone path. Soon after, she disappeared into the bushes amidst a rustling sound.

Yixian looked in the direction where Chongqing had disappeared.

As the breeze blew, Yi Xian remained in this posture for a while.

After a long while, she sighed softly.

Yi Xian raised her hand, moved her fingers to her rosy lips, parted her lips, and spat out a tea leaf from her tongue.

Yi Xian picked up a tea leaf from the tip of her tongue, placed it next to the teacup, and then looked up at the sky.

A gentle breeze continued to blow, ruffling Yixian's black hair at her temples and obscuring a sliver of scattered sunlight.

A gentle breeze lifted the hem of her cheongsam, and a vibrant green leaf danced wildly in the wind before finally settling against Yixian's snow-white thigh.

The naval base is bathed in sunshine again today.

……

The naval base has indeed enjoyed a peaceful and tranquil period these past few days.

Although there are still quite a few minor things that are worth pondering, overall... well, it's a naval base, with so many ship girls living together, so these kinds of minor things happen all the time, so the naval base is generally peaceful and serene.

Inside the admiral's office of the rookie naval base.

After finishing her duties at the naval base for the day, Xiaobai sat down and wrote three more ship girl biographies. Just as she was about to stretch and lie down on the sofa to play on her phone, she suddenly heard Lexington's voice.

"Xiao Bai, it seems like we've received an urgent message from Chapter Eight."

"Ok?"

Xiaobai was still stretching when she heard Lexington's words, and her body froze on the spot.

Xiao Bai turned his head, looking somewhat bewildered at the location of Lexington.

Lexington sat at the secretary ship's desk, still dealing with work that needed the secretary ship's review. She had only processed a third of the documents when she put down her pen and handed a freshly printed, still-warm temporary document to Xiaobai.

"Lexington, what is this...?"

“It’s about Chapter Eight.” Lexington handed the document to Xiaobai. “It came from the Admiral’s Guild for Chapter Eight, just now.”

"Ah... I see..." Xiaobai stared blankly at the document Lexington handed her. She subconsciously reached out and took the document, looking at the strange appearance of the first page, which had nothing but four large "Confidential Documents" written on it. She couldn't help but ask, "Did Lexington just look at the contents of this document for me?"

“No.” Lexington chuckled, looking away and brushing a stray hair behind her ear with her little finger before continuing with her work. “This isn’t my job.”

"Scope of work?"

"Yes, I'm the secretary ship of the newbie naval base, not the secretary ship of the Chapter 8 Admiral's Guild. This document is sent to the guild leader of the Chapter 8 Admiral's Guild, not something a lowly naval base secretary ship like me can handle."

"..." Xiao Bai held the document and immediately gave a wry smile.

"Lexington, how about... I promote you to secretary ship for Chapter Eight?"

"Hmm? Interesting." Lexington clenched his fist, propped it against his cheek, and tilted his head, smiling. "What about Iowa?"

"Oh dear... no one said the secretary ship has to be alone... our naval base also has a secretariat."

“That makes sense.” Lexington smiled, but shook his head. “But never mind.”

"Hmm? Don't you want to be one?"

“Just being the secretary ship for a naval base already takes all my effort. If I were to become the secretary ship for a large chapter-level guild, I'd never get a break in my life.” Lexington continued, her gaze fixed on the documents in front of her, and chuckled softly. “I’ve finally managed to get some free time recently, and I don’t want to go back to the days of the past two years… so… forget it. Besides, I’d be more at ease if Iowa became the secretary ship for the eighth chapter’s guild.”

"Well……"

Xiao Bai nodded noncommittally.

Iowa did perform very well...

Xiao Bai adjusted his seat and looked at the documents in his hand.

Speaking of which... this eighth chapter file...

After the turmoil in Chapter 8 was mostly over, Xiaobai saw that there was nothing major going on there, and only some routine official duties remained. So she handed over the operation of the guild to her trustworthy subordinates Luo Yingying and Shenying, and then returned to the newbie naval base with some ship girls.

oops……

Although saying this might be a little hurtful, being the guild leader in Chapter 8 is just a "part-time" job for Xiaobai. Xiaobai's real main job is still being the admiral of the newbie naval base.

Since nothing major has happened over there and things are running smoothly, there's really no reason for Xiaobai to stay there for long.

As for Luo Yingying and the Divine Eagle in Chapter Eight...

Although entrusting Chapter 8 to others for help might seem like an insecure, somewhat irresponsible, and inappropriate act to others, Xiaobai did give Luo Yingying some consideration.

As for loyalty...

Luo Yingying is someone left to Xiaobai by Sister Ringo, so her loyalty is definitely top-notch.

Furthermore, Xiaobai had also checked, and Luo Yingying was indeed a good employee who loved her work, was extremely sincere, and did not engage in any favoritism or fraud. Most importantly, Luo Yingying's business skills were quite high among ordinary people. At least, assuming there were no major problems with Chapter 8, there would be no difference between her running the chapter guild and Xiaobai running it herself.

Well... to put it simply, it's just operations and maintenance. Although the workload is heavy, there aren't any major unforeseen events, and everything can proceed as usual.

And it wasn't just Luo Yingying, even Shenying was like that.

Although Miss Divine Eagle is a ship girl, she possesses the professional skills to match the secretary ship of the naval base. At least, Xiaobai is completely at ease leaving things to the two of them.

only……

Xiao Bai looked at the documents in front of him with a troubled expression.

I've only been gone a short time... and they've already sent out documents... could something have happened again?

Chapter 3920 Change

Xiao Bai held the document in his hand, not in a hurry to open it, but gently stroking the edges of the document with his fingers, and pondered for a while.

Because my departure from Chapter 8 was rather sudden, I didn't have time to give Miss Yingying and Shenying a proper explanation. But even so, given their intelligence, they should have known long ago that I returned to the Newbie Town Hall after leaving Chapter 8.

In their eyes, they should be on vacation.

Although Xiaobai is a guild leader with little sense of responsibility, at least she hasn't completely lost any sense of responsibility for Chapter 8; she still retains a little bit.

Therefore, before she left, Xiaobai had already finished handling all the major matters in Chapter 8, and the remaining guild operations were just the minimum level of daily operations.

Given Luo Yingying and Shenying's professional abilities, unless Chapter 8 presents a major issue requiring the authority of a guild leader or the intervention of a newbie-level garrison commander, they would not send a letter to Xiaobai, who is currently on vacation.

In other words...

Has another particularly serious problem arisen in Chapter 3921...?

After Xiaobai figured this out, he looked at the documents in front of him and his expression suddenly became somewhat distressed.

To be honest, Xiaobai was a little reluctant when she accepted the position of guild leader in Chapter 8, because she really didn't want to do any work other than that of an admiral.

Compared to working in Chapter 8, Shiro definitely prefers spending time with the ship girls in the newbie naval base.

This eighth chapter... isn't it a bit too much of a disaster?

How long have I been away from Chapter Eight? Just over two weeks, and Chapter Eight has already encountered a situation that requires my intervention again…

No.

This can't go on any longer.

If Chapter 8 continues to face so many disasters, won't I be forced to become a tool for dealing with difficulties in Chapter 8? To avoid this situation, simply being a hands-off manager isn't enough... I need to find a way to resign from my position as guild leader.

After dealing with this difficulty, let's think of a way to submit the guild leader's resignation to the Admiral's Headquarters...

Thinking this, Xiaobai felt a surge of motivation. She took a deep breath and opened the documents in front of her.

Xiaobai read the document for a while.

The admiral's office was quiet for a while. Lexington, who was working on documents for the secretary ship, put down her pen and looked over with some interest.

"Did you encounter any difficulties with Chapter Eight?" Lexington inquired.

“Ah…” Upon hearing Lexington’s voice, Xiaobai’s mind snapped away from the documents in front of her. She then put down the documents and gave Lexington a suspicious look. “Uh… I’ve finished reading it. The first part of the document is a report on the operational status and revenue levels of Chapter 8, as well as an evaluation of the performance of the admirals in Chapter 8. They are all very ordinary things.”

"So it's just a routine work report?" Lexington said, resting his chin on his hand and raising an eyebrow.

“Not entirely.” Xiaobai shook her head, turned to the last page of the document, and said to Lexington, “This document is a report, but at the very end, there’s a very abrupt paragraph.”

"What paragraph?"

"Here." Xiaobai pointed to the last page and last paragraph of the document, picked it up, and showed it to Lexington. "It says that the entire guild misses the guild leader very much after not seeing him for many days, and hopes that the guild leader will end his vacation soon and return to Chapter Eight for a chat."

“Hmm…it does seem rather abrupt.” Lexington nodded, a hint of surprise in her expression.

"Yeah, this is too abrupt... Although my relationship with the staff of Chapter 8 Guild is fairly good, do we really have such a deep bond?" Xiaobai muttered to himself in confusion, "When I was away from Chapter 8 for so long before to do other things, not a single person in the guild said they missed me. This time, I've only been away for a few weeks, and they're already sending me documents urging me to come back. It's a bit unreasonable."

“Perhaps Miss Yingying is missing you,” Lexington said with a smile.

“Ah, if that’s the case, it’s certainly possible.” Xiaobai immediately nodded with a smile and said to Lexington, “After all, we’re really good friends!”

“Yes.” Lexington smiled, but after a few seconds, her smile remained bright, though her tone suddenly shifted. “However… it’s also possible that Chapter Eight encountered some situations that are inconvenient to state in the documents, but still require your involvement.”

"Huh?" Xiaobai exclaimed in surprise, "There's such a thing?"

"Who knows?" Lexington smiled and picked up her pen, saying to Xiaobai, "Hmm...why don't we go back and take a look today? Xiaobai, you don't seem to have anything on your mind lately, do you?"

"No, I'm very busy too. I have to write three ship girl biographies every day."