Elder brother's garrison

"You haven't wiped the tea off your face yet. How can a girl not pay attention to her appearance?" However, the next second, something surprising happened. Lexington didn't mention the plagiarism at all. Instead, she took out a white handkerchief and gently wiped Luo Lian's face. "Don't be so careless next time you drink tea."

"Hmm... I understand, thank you." Luo Lian said obediently, her head lowered.

"Hmm, look up and let me see. It's clean now. Hmm, it's beautiful." Lexington smiled gently at Luo Lian and then put the handkerchief away.

Lexington turned to the admirals standing behind her: "Ah, are you talking about the name? I gave it to you. Isn't it nice?"

With a few thuds, several admirals whose legs were too weak sat down on the floor.

“Good…good…it sounds so good…” The admiral’s face turned pale. He murmured as he looked at Lexington and Luo Lian, his lips trembling.

He's now using all his brain cells to understand the current situation.

What happened? What's going on? What's the situation?

Luo Lian knows the world's number one naval base? And they have a pretty good relationship?

I'm crazy

God, you're trying to kill me!

"Luo Lian, who are these people?" Lexington asked Luo Lian.

“Former teammate,” Luo Lian said simply.

“Oh————” Lexington looked at the group of admirals with great interest.

"I...I...we'll take our leave...we'll take our leave!" How could these admirals dare to stay any longer?

Are you kidding me? If you know the world's number one naval base, what merits do you need? Are you here to mess with people?

Forget about revenge; these people now even want to leave the artificial city and return to their peaceful naval base to never come out again.

All the admirals walked stiffly toward the door.

"Stop," Lexington said calmly.

Just like when someone shouted "One, two, three, freeze!", everyone's body stiffened.

“…Ah, don’t be so nervous, I mean no harm.” Lexington smiled gently.

Only then did the group of admirals dare to turn their heads and look at Lexington.

"The title 'Newbie Naval Base' is for Luo Lian, not for anyone else," Lexington said with a smile to the admiral in front of her. "So, I'm a little reluctant to see anyone else use this name."

Lexington is so beautiful.

She looks even more beautiful when she smiles, and even more, even more, more beautiful when she speaks, like a stunningly beautiful woman who could topple kingdoms, a princess, a dignified and noble empress, a femme fatale whose smile could captivate a city.

But everyone who looked at Lexington now felt a shiver run through their hearts and heads, and tears streamed down their faces.

— I understand, boss. I'll disband, I'll disband, I'll disband, okay?

Chapter 522 The Long-Awaited Deep-Sea Yamato

In the end, Lexington did not make things difficult for the admirals and let them leave.

In reality, as the world's number one garrison, Lexington simply couldn't bring itself to bully these twenty-odd lazybones. After all, no matter how much the lazybones jumped around, they couldn't hurt him in the slightest.

After Lexington withdrew his gaze and stopped looking at the admirals, the group of admirals rushed out of the Admirals' Guild one by one, not daring to look at Luo Lian again.

Luo Lian watched the group of admirals disappear into the entrance of the Admirals' Guild before turning back to Lexington with a sweet smile: "Thank you."

"You're welcome." Lexington pulled out a stool next to Luo Lian and sat down. She looked quietly at Luo Lian's face and finally smiled softly, "You little rascal, you're just using me as a pawn, aren't you?"

"No..." Luo Lian smiled apologetically.

"Never mind, it's just something I did to make things easier for you. I can easily help with this small favor." Lexington didn't dwell on it. She turned to Warspite, who was sitting on the other side of Luo Lian, and nodded politely. "Hello."

"Uh... hello, hello." Warspite was a little flattered that someone of Lexington's caliber would speak to a newbie ship girl like her.

"Could you pour me a cup of tea?"

"No problem, no problem." Warspite quickly picked up the teapot and poured a cup of tea for Lexington, then pushed the teacup in front of her with both hands, looking at Lexington with some nervousness.

"Thank you." Lexington picked up her teacup and took a small sip from the rim.

"Excuse me..." Luo Lian looked at Lexington, who hadn't spoken yet, and after thinking for a while, she finally opened her mouth.

"Just call me Lexington, that's what Xiaobai calls me too."

"Yes, Lexington."

"Then I'll call you Luo Lian."

"Okay!" Luo Lian nodded, then looked at Lexington curiously, "Why did you come so early?"

Lexington didn't just randomly wander around and run into Luo Lian. In fact, after the event ended last night, Luo Lian sent a message to Lexington, expressing her wish to meet with her the next afternoon to discuss something.

Lexington did arrive, but several hours earlier than Luo Lian had expected.

Although the effect was indeed perfect thanks to Lexington's just-right timing, it still gave Luo Lian quite a fright.

“I happened to have some time today, so I came a little early.” Lexington simply smiled at this.

Looking at Lexington's unfathomable smile, Luo Lian couldn't help but label her as a shrewd and calculating person.

"Come on, let's get down to business, Luo Lian." Lexington put down his teacup and looked at Luo Lian. "What do you want to see me about?"

"Hmm." Luo Lian nodded, then took out a credit card from her clothes, slowly placed it on the table, and pushed it in front of Lexington.

"This is?"

"These are the merit points I've earned over the past few days," Luo Lian said. "A total of 1,187,700 merit points."

Lexington raised an eyebrow, her expression slightly surprised: "Did you earn all of this in the last few days?"

"Mm." Luo Lian nodded.

"Impressive." Even Lexington couldn't help but marvel at Luo Lian's skill.

People can't make money; only money can make money. Lexington, who knew how the naval base started from scratch, knew very well how difficult and unimaginable it was for a rookie admiral who had only been a new admiral for a few days to achieve such merits.

It could even be said that even if Luo Lian were to steal or rob, the speed at which she would acquire over a million merit points would definitely not be much faster.

“…Do you want it? I can give you everything.” Luo Lian asked Lexington.

“No need.” Lexington shook his head.

"Oh." Luo Lian slowly put the credit card away without any surprise, then thought for a while and slowly said, "I've rented the land next to your yard."

"You've rented it?"

"Well, in other words, I'll be your neighbor before the event ends," Luo Lian said, nodding.

“I remember there were already people around our yard.”

“Everything can be discussed,” Luo Lian said with a subtle smile to Lexington.

It seems that Luo Lian has reached an agreement with the original owner of the land.

"Oh, that's great! When are you moving in?"

"I moved in last night," Luo Lian said, then lowered her head and murmured, unusually, "Can you keep this a secret?"

"What's the secret?"

"It's about me setting up a team to earn merit points," Luo Lian said.

"Sure, but why do you want to keep it a secret? It's not like it's something that can't be said." Lexington looked at Luo Lian curiously.

"Ah... well... because..." Luo Lian lowered her head, her cheeks flushing slightly, and then she murmured softly, "I don't want Xiao Bai to think I'm a scheming woman..."

Lexington was taken aback. She looked at Luo Lian, and then her beautiful eyes slowly curved into crescent shapes.

Luo Lian is very powerful. If we only talk about courage and intelligence, she is the most powerful person Lexington has ever seen in terms of personal ability.

Even Lexington occasionally thought that if this child were allowed to grow up, he might be able to run a second Rookie Naval Base in the future. At that time, given Xiaobai's soft temperament, it might be very tiring for him to get along with a heroic person like Luo Lian, and they might not even be able to remain friends...

However, it now seems that Lexington was overthinking things.

Lexington looked at Luo Lian's flushed face and slowly put down his teacup: "Okay, I'll keep it a secret for you."

"Thank you." Luo Lian pursed her lips happily.

Lexington and Loretta exchanged a smile.

—Judging from this situation, it's really hard to say whether Xiao Bai or Luo Lian will be the weaker one in the future.

Lexington came straight to the Admiral's Guild after finishing her shift at the main battlefield. The sisters in the courtyard still had things to do, so Lexington couldn't stay there for too long. After chatting briefly with Luo Lian, she left.

Luo Lian watched Lexington leave the Admiral's Guild in silence, then let out a soft breath.

As Luo Lian exhaled, her small goal of one million, which she had mentioned when she stepped into the artificial city, was finally officially achieved.

Luo Lian stretched deeply, then slowly placed her hands on the table, and her whole body pressed against the table like a potsticker.

"War-weariness..."

"I'm here, Admiral."

"Will you hate me?" Luo Lian asked.

“…” Warspite gave a bitter laugh.

On the surface, Luo Lian's ordeal appears to be a good show where the foreman is betrayed by his greedy subordinates, then turns the tables, escapes, and punishes the greedy team members. However, in reality, all of this was deliberately orchestrated by Luo Lian.

The moment Luo Lian stepped into the artificial city, she had already conceived the basics of her plan. She had anticipated team formation, cooperation, recruitment, and even the betrayal of her teammates, and incorporated them into her plan.

Only the betrayal of teammates can give Luo Lian a sufficient reason to withdraw. Therefore, the betrayal of teammates is an essential triggering condition.

Just as Luo Lian once said to Yan Zhan when choosing a hotel.

—They only need to stay for a few days.

Luo Lian's actions over the past three days, including letting her teammates know their daily income, her cold attitude, and her strict work environment, were all designed to create an environment where her teammates felt resentful and wanted to rebel.

In the end, Luo Lian's teammates did not disappoint her.

"The admiral didn't harm them, did he? In the end, the choice between rebelling or not is ultimately in their hands," Warspite said.

"Oh." Luo Lian got up from the table and nodded.

"But Admiral, why did you withdraw so early?" Warspite asked, still somewhat puzzled.

“The profits from the cooperation seem huge, but it’s based on the premise that the Deep Sea Amphibious Ships are endless. In reality, if we continue to fight this way, the third day will be the peak of the profits. Every day after that, because the number of Deep Sea Amphibious Ships decreases, my profits will decrease…” Luo Lian said for a while, then shook her head, “Forget about that. Actually, I just want to go to Xiao Bai’s place as soon as possible.”

After saying this, Luo Lian dusted off her clothes and stood up from the table: "Let's go."

"Okay!" Warspite quickly stood up as well. "Where to next?"

"Let's go to the store."

"The shop?" Warspite was taken aback. "Weren't we going to find the admiral's friend?"

Luo Lian turned around and looked at Yan Zhan.

"You've worked hard for three days, so I should at least buy you some equipment." Luo Lian smiled at Warspite.

War-weary was stunned for a moment, then a feeling of joy rushed to his head.

She walked up to Luo Lian with a smile, and with a silly grin like a husky, gave her admiral a big hug.

"Admiral, I love you the most!"

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At this moment, in the courtyard of the rookie garrison in the alley of the artificial city, Xiaobai was sitting on a stool, thinking carefully.

Opposite her, Deep Sea Yamato was squatting on the steps, holding a bag of dried fish, taking them out one by one, and then throwing them in front of her.

Standing before Deep Sea Yamato, Deep Sea Musashi crouched on the ground, his blood-red eyes fixed on the dried fish in Deep Sea Yamato's hand, like a snow leopard eyeing its prey.

"Holy crap!" Deep Sea Yamato tossed the dried fish to Deep Sea Musashi.

Deep Sea Musashi's body suddenly flew up, rushing to the dried fish in mid-air like lightning. Then, it opened its mouth and snapped the dried fish into its mouth before landing steadily on the ground.

Chapter 523 Keep drawing!

Yamato seems to have some fundamental misunderstanding of the word "sister." Ever since the naval base took Musashi back to their home, Yamato has taken over Musashi's daily life.

Xiaobai had previously seen how Deep Sea Yamato managed to rescue Deep Sea Musashi from Lexington's men, and she thought that Deep Sea Yamato had recognized her as a sister. She even imagined that from then on, she would witness a touching drama between the Deep Sea sisters in the yard.

But to Xiaobai's utter surprise, although Deep Sea Yamato took over, the way he treated Deep Sea Musashi didn't seem like how one would treat a younger sister.

"I'll throw it again~" Deep Sea Yamato tossed the dried fish high into the air.

Deep Sea Musashi jumped into the air and bit the dried fish.