Daily life with the ship girl

"Kilin, the admiral likes you." Guo Kang blinked and said with a smile.

"Well, let's go move the grill." Keeling's face suddenly turned red, causing everyone to laugh again.

Li Ran felt in a good mood. He walked side by side with Bismarck:

“This kind of life is really good.”

Bismarck was very happy to see that Li Ran was smiling more and more these days. After all, seeing an admiral with a gloomy face for a long time would affect one's mood.

Bismarck also liked the admiral who was a little different these days. She said:

"Admiral, the way you look now, everyone will be very happy if they come back."

"Really?" Li Ran listened to Bismarck's words, holding his head with both hands and said:

"If you hadn't told me, I would have forgotten. They've been gone for three days. I don't know when they'll be back."

"It should be soon." Bismarck looked at a flower nearby where several colorful butterflies were resting. A breeze blew and the butterflies flew up. The sunlight shone through their gorgeous appearance. She couldn't help but look in the direction of the butterflies towards the clear sky, and a hint of tenderness flashed in her eyes.

"Well, when they come back, I will definitely prepare a full banquet for everyone."

"What is a Man-Han banquet?"

"A full banquet is..."

While Li Ran and the others were busy, U47, who had been wandering around, returned to the port pier. Then she poked her head out from the bottom of the sea and found that everyone was gone. Just as she was about to continue diving, she saw a golden carrier-based aircraft flying over. She looked up at the direction where the aircraft came from and found the silhouette of a ship approaching from afar on the horizon.

The overwhelming number of carrier-based aircraft, with their buzzing roar, attracted everyone's attention. Bismarck suddenly became nervous and was about to release the reconnaissance plane, but he heard Gilling shouting in surprise on the exclusive channel:

"I saw Sister Lexington and the others. They are back, Admiral, they are back!"

Chapter 122: Post-War Joy

When Li Ran heard what Jilin said, he was stunned for about three seconds, and then he immediately ran back.

"Admiral, you..."

Bismarck paused in the middle of her words because she was relieved. Her return proved that the attack should be going smoothly. She followed Li Ran's steps and ran towards the dock.

Bismarck took Li Ran for a morning run these days, and the physical strength of the ship girl was much more unscientific than that of ordinary people. She quickly caught up with the breathless admiral and said:

"Admiral, you need to exercise more."

Li Ran nodded:

"Of course, I will train harder in the future. I really wish I could grow a pair of wings and fly over there now."

"From then on, I asked the admiral to get up for a morning run every day."

"No problem, let's go over there quickly."

"Ah."

Li Ran and Bismarck ran side by side. When they arrived at the dock, Keeling and Guo Kang were already waiting at the dock.

"Admiral, you're finally here. You're so slow." Jilin waved his hand, then made a retreat gesture and said:

"As slow as a snail."

Li Ran waited until he had regained his breath before threatening her:

"You, you are so disrespectful, is your butt itchy again?"

"You big pervert." Jilin's pretty face flushed. During these three days of training, she was sometimes spanked on the butt by Li Ran at the end of her training because of being naughty. She felt so embarrassed when she thought about it now.

Li Ran looked at Bismarck, who seemed to be smiling but not laughing, and didn't dare to joke too much. He changed the subject and said:

"Do you think they have taken down Mishima when they came back this time?"

Bismarck was also a little unsure. Although she had confidence in her sisters in the port area, the deep sea of ​​the three islands combined was dozens of times larger than her own. However, she still chose to believe that this return was a triumph:

"I believe they have returned triumphantly this time."

Li Ran nodded. She watched the ship approaching from afar and saw several familiar figures on the bow waving at her. She was very excited at this moment. You know, this time was different from the last time when he was worried about the ship girls returning to the port. Her mood changed unconsciously. She was worried before, but now she was looking forward to it.

The ship on the horizon finally entered the port dock a few minutes later. A seagull fluttered across the sea, then circled, and finally landed on the sail above the Sihai Trading Company's ship.

Li Ran watched the ship drop anchor. The anchor fell into the water and splashed a small amount of waves. Then the gangway was lowered and familiar figures walked down.

Leading the way was Lexington, the secretary ship of Dawn Island, followed by Saratoga and Richelieu, then Helena and Peace Sea, followed by Brooklyn and Ranger, then Prince Eugen, then Vauquelin and Firefly.

Seeing the admiral waiting at the dock, all the ship girls of Xiguang Island couldn't help but get excited, but they did not disrupt their formation.

Lexington waited until everyone got off the boat before she walked up to Li Ran with a serious look on her face. The report said:

"Xingguang Island Secretary Ship Lexington, Operation Dawn has been successfully completed, please review it, Commander!"

Li Ran looked at Lexington with some confusion, but he looked at Brooklyn and the Raiders, as well as Bai Nuoyan and Admiral Hipper standing on the bow, and understood what Lexington meant. After all, it was the first large-scale action triumphal ceremony of the garrison, so it had to be more serious. He regretted not wearing a formal admiral uniform, but it did not affect Li Ran's handling of this kind of scene. After all, he had been a marine, so he saluted like a Chinese soldier:

"Thank you for your hard work, and congratulations to everyone on your triumphant return!"

This salute etiquette was something that none of the ship girls had expected, and Bai Nuoyan saw it for the first time. She looked at this man of mysterious origin, who was standing tall and straight like a pine tree. This simple gesture actually made him look a little handsome.

Lexington obviously didn't expect Li Ran to take it so seriously. She was a little at a loss, but she still returned the greeting.

After Li Ran returned the gift from Lexington, he put down his hand, breathed a sigh of relief and said:

"Don't be so serious. Everyone is back, and I haven't made lunch yet. How about this, let's have a beach barbecue party as a gift for your triumphant return!"

"Great!" Firefly shouted immediately, then ran over, threw himself into the admiral's arms and said:

"Admiral, Firefly misses you so much."

Li Ran felt warm in his heart. Firefly was his first ship. To be honest, he didn't seem to have spent time with her since the port affairs became busy. Thinking of this, he picked up Firefly and held her high up and said:

"I missed you too, Firefly. Are you feeling better now?"

"Alright, Admiral, go a little higher, and fly."

Bismarck looked at Li Ran and was indeed serious for no more than a minute. She sighed, then looked at Prince Eugen and said:

"Prince Eugen, don't you want to say hello to the admiral?"

When Li Ran heard Bismarck say this, he finally noticed the ship girl who had been silent. The petite ship girl with blue twin ponytails said with some doubt:

"She is the Prince Eugen you mentioned, Bismarck?"

"Yes." Bismarck showed a rare gentle expression. She recalled the experience deep in her memory of fighting side by side with Eugen and sinking the so-called glory of the Royal Navy, the Hood, in the Denmark Strait.

Seeing that Prince Eugen didn't dare to speak, Firefly's eyes rolled around and she said with a smile:

"Sister Prince Eugen, didn't you tell me that you wanted to meet the admiral? Don't be shy."

Li Ran looked at Prince Eugen and found that her cheeks were red, but she still mustered up the courage to introduce herself:

"I am the heavy cruiser von Tegett...Prince Eugen. I am glad to be your escort...I will protect you well...Please give me your instructions."

Li Ran looked at Prince Eugen, who was a little shy but dared to look him in the eye. She looked like a weak-looking but strong-hearted ship girl. Then he thought of Prince Eugen's nickname - German Snow Wind, and then glanced at Bismarck, put down the Firefly, and said:

"Welcome to my port. Please give me your guidance in the future. My name is Li Ran. If you don't mind, I will be your admiral."

"Hipper." Bai Nuoyan looked at the scene on the dock and said in a somewhat unhappy tone:

"She is your sister, right?"

"Yes."

"Can you dig it up?"

"Impossible. Prince Eugen and Bismarck are better. To be honest with Blücher, Prince Eugen's position in his heart may not be as high as Bismarck's."

"Okay, I'm just talking. Let's go down. This time I must squeeze this damn European admiral hard."

"Admiral, do you dislike me?"

"No, Xixi, you are the cutest, how could I dislike you."

"Take your hands off my chest or I'll get mad."

"At worst, I'll let you touch it back."

"Ahem, Admiral, be serious. That man is looking over here."

"Hmm?" Bai Nuoyan withdrew her hand in dismay, then looked at Li Ran's ambiguous face and shouted in displeasure:

"What's that look in your eyes, you damn European seal."

Li Ran shrugged. After all, this was not a game. He had been in this world for so long that he had a general understanding of it. There was a failure rate in construction. A naval base had as many as 20 to 30 ship girls, and as few as one or two. If there were battleship girls and battlecruiser girls, they could be exposed, not to mention aircraft carrier girls. They would be criticized by the naval advocates.

Li Ran's current lineup is luxurious. When he heard Bai Nuoyan say this, he said helplessly:

"I can't do anything about it. When luck comes, it can't be stopped."

"You can brag about it, let's calculate the ship requisition fee, the wages of my sailors, and the cost of ship repairs. Hmm, not much, not much, just over 400,000 Ocean Coins."

"Pfft, no way, it's so dark."

"Hmm? You don't want to pay me back? Then give me a piece of land on the three islands you conquered. I want to build a holiday villa."

"no problem."

Lexington and others watched the two admirals discussing the shameless deal and pretended not to know.

The matter at the dock came to an end. After the building, Li Ran was about to ask everyone to prepare the utensils and ingredients for the beach barbecue, but he saw Helena coming over with a look of wanting to say something but stopping. He was a little puzzled:

"What's wrong? Say something."

"Admiral, um, my sister Brooklyn and the Raider have a small request."

"Hmm?" Li Ran was stunned for a while, looking at the black-skinned ship girl and the attacker's cheerleader outfit, nodded and said:

"what is the problem?"

"Um, Admiral, can you let them stay in the port for a few days?"

"Sure, I thought it was some kind of problem. After all, they helped you this time, so it's okay for me to let them stay for a few days."

"That's good. Admiral, I'll get busy then."

Li Ran nodded, then watched Helena run back and talk to Brooklyn. He was a little confused and always felt something was wrong.

But he didn't have time to think about it, because Lexington, Saratoga and Richelieu came over. He looked at Richelieu holding a spear house in his hand:

"Is this the Ship Spear House?"

Richelieu nodded:

"The Azure Fairies' ship's spear house. We evacuated all of them from the three islands this time, and we were worried about leaving the Azure Fairies there, so we brought them back."

"Well, then you guys should settle down. By the way, let's talk about this operation tonight. This is a celebration party, so let's not talk about work."

"Admiral?" Saratoga asked suddenly, somewhat curiously:

"Why do you feel different?"

Li Ran touched his nose:

"Really? Haha, maybe you've been away for three days and I feel like a bit of a stranger to you."

"No, sister, you should be able to sense the admiral's change as well."

"Indeed, the Commander is indeed a little different."

"Huh?" Li Ran was a little surprised and was about to continue asking, but he saw Pinghai and Guokang talking. He talked to Lexington for a few more words and then walked towards Pinghai's position.

"The admiral is coming, Pinghai." Guo Kang saw Li Ran coming over, and then gently pushed Pinghai.

"Admiral, hey, Pinghai is back." Pinghai still looked full of energy, but a little disappointed. She actually envied Firefly for being able to act coquettishly in the admiral's arms without restraint.

Li Ran didn't say anything, but walked forward and gently hugged Ping Hai, then said:

"I miss you, Pinghai."

"Tsk tsk tsk, your admiral is such a scumbag." Bai Nuoyan and Hipper were helping Prince Eugen with some tools, and she didn't want to give up the idea of ​​poaching, so she said to Prince Eugen:

"You might as well follow me instead of this scumbag. Look at your sister. It's so nice for the sisters to be reunited. Why did they separate?"

"Ahem, Admiral Bai Nuoyan, please... please respect yourself. Eugen will not betray the admiral." Although Prince Eugen looks soft, once the Shield of Argus has made up her mind about something, even her two sisters cannot change it.

Hipper secretly held her forehead, her admiral was really persistent. She covered Bai Nuoyan's mouth as she wanted to talk:

"Admiral, if you continue to instigate my sister like this, I will tie you up."

"Well." Bai Nuoyan quickly raised his hands to indicate his surrender.

The Xiguang Island Pier was filled with joy due to the triumphant return of the Xiguang Island shipgirls...