Elder brother's garrison

"Okay, sure!" The blond admiral nodded, about to say something, when his eyes inadvertently caught sight of a little white figure standing on the beach.

The blonde girl's body froze instantly.

She squinted and carefully peered at Xiaobai from afar for several moments: "Hmm? This figure is a bit... but what about the hair... um... it should be her..."

Upon confirming this, a surge of joy, almost overwhelming her, instantly rose to her sweet face.

Chapter 438 The Origin of Ship Girls

"Admiral?" The ship girl next to the blond admiral looked at his face when he didn't react for a long time.

The once quiet and reserved admiral's face now blossomed with the joy of meeting his dream lover.

"Ah, it's nothing." The blonde admiral snapped out of her daze after being reminded by the ship girls. She smiled and shook her head at her ship girls. "You guys go to the other side of the sea first. I'm fine."

"Oh... then Admiral, you'd better be careful."

"Okay, see you later."

The blonde admiral's ship girls then reluctantly headed towards the sea, turning back every few steps, before rushing towards the already fiercely contested battlefield.

After waving goodbye to his ship girl, the blond admiral took a deep breath, patted his chest, and then pulled out a small mirror from his pocket, admiring himself in it.

"Ah... I wasn't paying much attention when I went out today..." The blonde admiral looked at herself in the mirror, a little regretful. She reached out and touched the ends of her hair. "A few split ends..."

In the mirror, a blonde girl with rosy cheeks, red lips, and white teeth wore a sweet expression, looking as healthy as a red apple hanging on a branch.

The blond admiral tucked the small mirror back into his clothes, straightened his collar slightly, and slowly walked towards Xiaobai's direction with his hands behind his back.

Little White, who was alone on the beach, soon noticed someone walking towards him.

A pretty blonde girl with her hands behind her back and a strange smile on her face approached him and stopped beside him.

At first, Xiao Bai thought that this person was just passing by and did not know him. However, when the blonde girl walked up to him, she stopped and bowed slightly. She brought her gentle smile to Xiao Bai's side and looked him up and down from all sides while smiling.

It's like a young girl in the throes of first love meeting her dream lover.

Xiao Bai watched as the blonde girl in front of him circled around, as if she had seen some treasure, and he became curious as well.

"Um...excuse me, who are you...?"

"Don't you recognize me?" Before Xiaobai could finish speaking, the blonde girl opened her mouth with a big smile.

The girl's voice was delicate and sweet; Xiao Bai couldn't recall ever hearing such a voice before.

"Uh..." Xiaobai listened to the voice and looked at the smiling girl standing in front of him, and for a moment he didn't know how to reply.

People generally say that human memory is usually unreliable, but Xiaobai's memory is much more reliable than that of ordinary people. Even so, Xiaobai has never heard such a delicate voice before.

Xiaobai even looked up and lingered on the face of the blond admiral in front of him for a while.

This admiral is outstanding in appearance; even if she weren't Xiaobai, she should be quite memorable. However, Xiaobai still has no impression of her.

"..." Xiaobai felt embarrassed.

The blonde admiral and Xiaobai remained silent for a while. After what seemed to Xiaobai to be a considerable amount of time, she straightened her back thoughtfully.

"Ah...so you don't recognize me anymore." The blond admiral's tone was somewhat desolate.

"Eh?"

"That's true, after all, someone like me..."

"Eh?! Eh?! Eh?! Eh?!" Little White panicked, quickly interrupting the blond admiral in front of her, gesturing rapidly with her hands in the air, "I didn't... I didn't..."

"Haha." Seeing Xiaobai's reaction, the blonde admiral was instantly amused. She covered her mouth and gently shook her head. "Just kidding. It's better if you don't know me. I don't want to be remembered like that."

"That kind of look?" Xiaobai was taken aback again.

At this point, the blonde admiral's overly lively expression faded. She bowed slightly to Xiaobai and asked gently, "Admiral Lu Lin, did you have a good time on Colorado Island?"

Even though everyone was wearing an admiral's uniform, after the blonde admiral made that gesture, Xiaobai could sense a remarkably elegant and refined air about her.

“…Oh, I’m quite happy…” Xiaobai answered subconsciously, then paused for a moment.

She looked up and gazed at the blond admiral's face.

“…Huh? Could it be Miss Ella?” Xiaobai asked.

"It's been a long time, my friend." Ella smiled gently at Xiaobai, tacitly agreeing with Xiaobai's words.

Xiaobai was shocked.

The pale face of the sickly man lying on the bed in my memory, looking as if he was about to die, gradually overlapped with the healthy and sweet girl in front of me.

No wonder Xiaobai didn't remember her. The way Ella looked like she was dying lying in bed back then, and the way her voice sounded like it was about to crack from dehydration, were completely different from the Ella of today. Even if Xiaobai had a great memory, there was no way he could connect the two of them.

"Oh, it's Miss Ella..." Xiaobai looked at the girl in front of him with surprise and smiled at her, "It's been a long time, Miss Ella."

"I missed you so much!" Upon hearing Xiaobai call her name, Ella opened her arms and hugged Xiaobai tightly, rubbing her face against him. "Why did you leave after that? I couldn't even see you all one last time. I missed you so much!"

Ella's hug was quite comfortable. Although at first glance it seemed like she was rubbing against Xiaobai quite hard, she was careful to make sure Xiaobai wasn't uncomfortable. Underneath, a subtle feeling of tightness mixed with the girl's body fragrance made Xiaobai feel quite at ease.

It took Ella several minutes to calm down. She released Little White and coughed a couple of times, embarrassed, "Ah, I was a little out of line..."

"It's alright." Xiaobai shook his head. "Miss Ella, you've also come to participate in the Deep Sea Activity Period?"

"No need to call me Miss Ella, just call me Ella." Ella nodded. "Okay, I'm here."

As Ella spoke, she reached out and took Xiaobai's wrist, smiling broadly as she walked towards the back of the beach: "Are you also waiting for your ship girl? It's not good to stand here, the sun is so hot it hurts. Let's go to the little shop in the back and rest for a while."

Whether it was a coincidence or something else, Ella led Shiro straight into the open-air restaurant where Shiro and Deep Sea Musashi had first met a few days ago.

The waiter's eyes lit up when he saw Xiaobai and Ella approaching. He led them to a table near the door and asked as they sat down together, "Would you two like to order?"

"What would you like to order?" Ella turned around and asked Xiaobai with a smile.

"Uh... juice will do," Xiaobai replied.

"Two of each juice, one with ice and one without," Ella said to the barista.

"Okay." The shop assistant left.

Xiao Bai looked at Ella in shock: "Buying so many?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to drink juice, Xiaobai?" Ella asked.

"...I just need orange juice or peach juice."

"Choosing things is such a hassle, it's much better to buy them all and try them one by one." Ella waved her little hand, and a kind of heroic spirit emanated from her body.

Xiao Bai looked at Ella with a wry smile.

She recalled the gathering on Corola Island, where the admirals around her commented on Ella. Many people said that Ella's identity was unusual and that she seemed to have a significant connection with a high-ranking figure.

Judging from this lifestyle, she might really be a noble being like a little princess.

"Ella... who are you?" Xiaobai asked quite bluntly.

"What kind of person is this?" Ella looked at Xiaobai curiously.

Who are your parents?

"..." Ella looked at Xiaobai's innocent expression and couldn't help but smile.

The admiral who saved my life is really naive, asking about my background with such an innocent attitude. If it weren't for my naivety, and someone else had asked that question, my favorability rating would probably have plummeted.

"My mom and dad are just simple researchers, studying ship girls," Ella answered Xiaobai honestly.

"Oh……"

“But my grandfather seems to have some influence.” Ella smiled at Xiaobai.

"Oh……"

"My grandfather's ancestor was the one who invented the ship girl construction device."

"Huh?!" Xiaobai's eyes widened in shock as he looked at Ella.

Ella seemed to have gotten used to being looked at like that, and she looked at Little White with a serene smile.

"Were the ship girls made by Miss Ella's grandfather?"

“No, they were my grandfather’s ancestors. And they didn’t make them; they just made the construction devices,” Ella replied with a smile.

Xiao Bai nodded, still somewhat shaken.

Ship girls are noble beings who saved humanity. Without them, humanity probably wouldn't have survived long during the Cultural Revolution; they would have perished along with civilization under the iron hooves of the deep sea. It is precisely because of this that humanity understands just how important ship girls are to them.

If someone invented the ship girl construction device, that person would be grateful to the entire world. It wouldn't be impossible for them to be revered as a spiritual symbol of humanity's salvation.

From this perspective, Miss Ella, as her descendant, is indeed a little princess.

At this point, the restaurant staff placed glasses of colorful juice on Xiaobai's table, and the spacious table was soon filled with glasses.

—Muxi really has the guts to target this kind of person.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai's expression became somewhat subtle.

Mu Yu probably knew about this, and she must have been furious.

"Speaking of which, back on Colorado Island, I really thought I was going to die like that." Seeing that Xiaobai didn't react, Ella lowered her head and picked up a bottle of juice in front of her to drink.

"..." Xiaobai felt that it wasn't just a feeling; when she found Ella, she genuinely felt that Ella was about to die.

“Thanks to you for saving me, I survived.” Ella said slowly. “I originally wanted to go to your naval base to formally thank you, but my health deteriorated afterward. I stayed in a sanatorium for several months before I slowly recovered. After I recovered, my grandfather wouldn’t let me go out and made me stay in the naval base until the deep-sea activity period began, at which point my grandfather allowed me to come out.”

Chapter 439 Who is the Spicy Fruit Traveler?

"I never thought fate would bring us together again." Ella loosened her grip on the straw and smiled at Xiaobai.

Ella seems quite happy about meeting Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai could only smile at Ella meaningfully.

While this fatalistic view may seem romantic, it's actually quite unreliable.

As an admiral, it's practically a given that Xiaobai will conquer the Deep Sea during the Deep Sea event period, so it's not surprising that he'll encounter Ella, who is also an admiral, here.

"Hey, speaking of which, Ella, how long have you been an admiral?"

"Six or seven months, I guess."

"Eh? Back on Colorado Island, you hadn't been an admiral for very long either?"

“Yes,” Ella nodded.

Most new admirals are still struggling in the first chapter after six or seven months in office. New admirals like Nia, without Xiaobai's help, would likely take a year or two to get ahead. Unexpectedly, Ella was able to go straight to the main battlefield of the event after only six or seven months. Xiaobai can't help but marvel at the advantages of having resources.

"That's amazing!"

"Even if you're amazing, you're still better than me." Although Ella was a little princess, she wasn't arrogant at all. She didn't react with pride at all when she heard Xiaobai's exclamation. Instead, she waved her hand dismissively and smiled at Xiaobai, "You're the best in the world, right?"

"Oh, you know?"

“I definitely need to know who saved me,” Ella said, looking at Little White again. “But what’s wrong with your hair and eyes?”

"what?"

"I remember when you saved me, you had black hair and black eyes. How come you look like this now?"

"Uh... I dyed my hair..."

Where are the eyes?

"...colored contact lenses."

"Wearing colored contact lenses frequently is bad for your eyes, you should take them off."

"...No, I was wearing colored contact lenses before." Xiaobai could only make up a lie and explain in her grief.

The ancients were right: once you tell one lie, you have to keep telling more lies to cover it up. That's exactly what Xiaobai is doing right now.

Ai stretched out her hand and paused in front of Xiaobai for a moment, as if seeking Xiaobai's permission to touch her. Only after Xiaobai did she reach out her hand to Xiaobai's hair.

Ella ruffled Little White's hair, a hint of amazement flashing in her eyes.

Xiao Bai's hair is incredibly smooth, as if it's been trimmed and maintained every moment. It's neat and white, and touching it feels like touching a gentle breeze.

"...Do I look a little strange?" Xiaobai asked.

"……No."

"That's good."

"She looks more like an angel now."

"what?"