Elder brother's garrison

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It is now late at night, the sky is dotted with stars, and the night is quiet.

The Admiral's Guild was not far from the Central Building where the banquet was held. After walking for about ten minutes, Xiao Bai could already see the towering Admiral's Guild with the naked eye.

The Admirals' Guild does not operate 24 hours a day.

Like the admirals, it strictly adheres to the working hours of 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Now that the night is long, the admiral's guild has naturally closed for the day, and the lights in the entire tall building have been turned off.

However, when Xiaobai arrived at the Admiral's Guild, she found a ship girl attendant already standing quietly on the steps, holding a half-burnt candlestick, waiting for her.

"Admiral Lu Lin, you've arrived."

When the ship girl attendant saw Xiaobai, she quickly approached, the dim candlelight illuminating her bright and delicate face.

"Hello," Xiaobai greeted the ship girl attendant. "Were you waiting for me?"

"Yes." The ship girl attendant nodded. "The governor sent me to pick you up."

"Oh ho," Xiao Bai replied.

In the message Luo Lian sent her earlier, she said that she was on the top floor of the Admiral's Guild.

This wasn't Xiaobai's first time visiting the top floor of the Admiral's Guild. She had already gone there once before, led by Divine Eagle, when she first arrived at Chapter Eight and reported for duty.

—The top floor of the Admiral's Guild is naturally the office of the two true power holders of Chapter Eight, Mu Yu and Lin Qing.

In other words, Luo Lian is currently with them.

Xiaobai followed the ship girl attendant into the dimly lit Admiral's Guild Hall, his eyes fixed on the ship girl's back.

The dim candlelight wasn't dazzling; the interplay of light and shadow accentuated the ship girl attendant's beautiful figure. The attendant respectfully led Xiaobai to the elevator door, pressed a series of numbers on the elevator, swiped a card, and after a short while, the elevator doors opened.

The brightly lit elevator doors were wide open, seemingly belonging to a different world from the dimly lit lobby where Xiaobai was.

"Admiral Lu Lin, you may come in."

The ship girl attendant blew out the candles and turned to invite Xiaobai.

Xiaobai nodded and followed the ship girl attendant into the elevator.

The elevator doors closed and it slowly ascended.

Xiaobai stood in the hall, curiously examining the faces of the ship girl attendants.

"Um...Admiral Lu Lin?" The ship girl attendant was a little embarrassed by Xiaobai's gaze. She blushed slightly and asked awkwardly, "Is there something dirty on my face?"

"...No, not at all." Xiaobai laughed. "You're the ship girl who checked my ticket in area 8-1, right?"

"...Admiral Lu Lin, you remember me?" the ship girl asked in surprise.

"I remember you said a lot of good things about me."

"Where, where..."

The ship girl hurriedly waved her hand, looking somewhat lost and with her head down, clutching the stray hairs by her ears, which were so red they looked like they could emit smoke.

The elevator quickly ascended to the top floor.

"Admiral Lu Lin, please go in." The ship girl attendant said to Xiaobai with a blush on her face.

"What about you?"

"I'm not going in," the ship girl attendant shook her head.

"What a pity..." Xiaobai sighed.

The elevator doors opened, and Xiaobai stepped out, looking at the familiar scenery before her.

As Xiaobai arrived at the top floor, the elevator doors behind her made a closing sound and then hummed as they sank down.

Xiao Bai stood still, looking at the direction her head had turned in surprise.

Sure enough, in Xiao Bai's view, Luo Lian was sitting upright on the sofa in the living room, with a cup of coffee that had gone cold in front of her.

Directly opposite Luo Lian, Mu Yu and Lin Qin sat side by side.

Mu Yu sat with her legs crossed, playing on her phone, while Lin Qing sat with her legs together, her hands folded on her thighs, quietly closing her eyes to rest.

The fact that Luo Lian was with the two governors did not surprise Xiao Bai.

To Xiao Bai's surprise, besides himself, Luo Lian, and the two governors, there was another person in the reception room.

"Hello, Admiral Lu Lin."

Beside Luo Lian, Ning Lu was holding a coffee cup and greeting her very enthusiastically.

This enthusiasm is as familiar as that of an old friend.

It was as if nothing had ever happened.

Xiaobai looked at Ning Lu, who was first surprised, then her brows furrowed, then relaxed, then furrowed again, then relaxed again...

"Ah, isn't this Little White Sister? You've kept us waiting!" Finally, Mu Yu, who was engrossed in his phone, noticed Little White's arrival. He quickly put down his phone, stood up with a smile, and greeted her, "Good evening, Little White Sister! It's been a while since we last met, and I've heard you've made quite a stir in Chapter Eight!"

"..." Xiao Bai ignored Mu Yu, who was greeting her, and quickly went behind the sofa. She put her hands on Luo Lian's shoulders and stared at Ning Lu.

Xiao Bai first checked Luo Lian's condition.

Luo Lian didn't seem to have received any bad treatment. She just sat quietly on the sofa. When Xiao Bai's hand was on Luo Lian's shoulder, Luo Lian even raised her hand to touch the back of Xiao Bai's hand.

Xiao Bai's gaze was almost piercing into Ning Lu's body, relentlessly searching for information on her.

"Hehe." Ning Lu grinned at Xiaobai, holding a coffee cup in her hands, letting Xiaobai scan her.

Xiao Bai looked at Ning Lu, and as he looked, his gaze became suspicious.

"...So, who exactly are you?" Xiaobai asked Ning Lu. "Why are you here?"

"Hehe, didn't expect that, did you?" Ning Lu put down her coffee cup, puffed out her chest, and said loudly to Xiao Bai, "As you can see, Admiral Lu Lin! In fact, besides being an admiral, the editor-in-chief of a newspaper, and a gossip reporter, I have another identity, which is a double agent!"

"A double agent...?"

"Xiao Bai, she is Mu Yu's subordinate." Just then, Luo Lian finally turned around and said to Xiao Bai.

"Huh???" Xiaobai was genuinely surprised this time. She stared at Ning Lu with wide eyes, then turned to look at Mu Yu. "So Miss Ning Lu is Mu Yu's subordinate??"

"Sorry." Ning Lu scratched her head at Xiao Bai.

"Hehehe, surprised, aren't you? Unexpected, right!" Seeing Xiaobai's astonished expression, Mu Yu stood up abruptly and said to Xiaobai with great pride, "That's right, Ning Lu is my subordinate whom I've been vigorously developing! She's a pawn that I, the Governor of the Pacific, have placed next to you! How about that? Pretty cool, right?!"

"..." Xiao Bai stared blankly at Mu Yu.

So... Ning Lu wasn't Ke Yuan's person, but Mu Yu's?

In other words, Miss Ning Lu is on his side?

She's not an enemy, but one of our own? But she clearly...

Upon hearing the news, although her mind was a little confused for a moment, something in Xiaobai's heart finally relaxed a lot.

Xiao Bai lowered his head, covered his head, and took a deep breath.

"----well"

"Little Bai, why do you look so old-fashioned?" Mu Yu asked Little Bai.

"...Isn't that all because of you..." Xiaobai lowered her hand, looked up at Mu Yu helplessly, and said, "Since Miss Ning Lu is your subordinate, Mu Yu, why didn't you tell me sooner like Miss Luo Yingying from Sister Lin Qing's family..."

“Hey, isn’t it the same?” Mu Yu shrugged when he heard Xiao Bai’s complaint. He stood up with his coffee cup in hand and turned to look at the night sky outside the window. “Little Bai, you don’t understand. There are reasons in this matter that are hard for ordinary people to empathize with. It is because of these reasons that I can’t tell you the truth.”

Mu Yu's silhouette looked particularly desolate.

"What's the reason?" Xiaobai pressed.

"The reason is that he wanted to give you a surprise," Luo Lian bluntly exposed from the side, "but he made a mistake, and the surprise is gone, leaving only shock."

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Luo Lian ruthlessly exposed Mu Yu's lies.

"Ouch—" Mu Yu also collapsed instantly like a deflated balloon.

"So it was for this strange reason after all..." Xiaobai sighed as if she had already guessed it. She looked at Luo Lian to confirm, "So, the reason why Mu Yu didn't tell me about this was because he wanted to wait until everything was completely over before telling me?"

"Yes."

"Where did Namuyu go wrong?"

“I found out.” Luo Lian pointed to herself.

“Uh…” Xiaobai paused for a moment, then gave a wry smile.

"That's right, the surprise I prepared with so much effort was just exposed like that." Mu Yu pulled out a handkerchief from somewhere, pretended to cry, and covered her mouth and nose. "I was planning to wait until you, Little White Sister, had almost forgotten about Ning Lu before visiting you with Ning Lu. I wanted to take advantage of your shock and confusion after the truth to boost our intimacy level. But before I could even complete my plan, Luo Lian showed up at my door."

"...Even if you did that, it wouldn't increase my intimacy level." Xiaobai complained helplessly, then looked down at Ning Lu and Luo Lian sitting on the sofa. "So how did Lian Lian find out about Miss Ning Lu?"

"Well..." Ning Lu held her coffee cup, a rather troubled smile on her face, "Oh dear, after I came out of the lobby, I was thinking of going to report the battle results to the governor, but I didn't expect to be followed without even realizing it..."

"It wasn't stalking, I was just curious about you, so I followed you to see what was going on," Luo Lian corrected from the side, looking down at her hands as she spoke.

“Admiral Luo Lian, what you did can’t be called stalking, can it?” Ning Lu put down her coffee cup, opened her arms to Luo Lian with an air of seriousness, and said, “Although it’s a bit of an exaggeration, I’ve been a gossip reporter for so long, I know a thing or two about investigation and counter-investigation. I can guarantee that even a real professional spy wouldn’t have an easy time following me!”

"It's alright," Luo Lian said.

"Admiral Luo Lian, I'm serious, are you interested in joining my newspaper?" Ning Lu asked, her eyes shining. "With your superb tracking skills, do you think there's any secret in Chapter Eight that we can't get our hands on?"

“I’m not really interested in this, but if you want to learn, I can teach you.”

"Admiral Luo Lian, you're so generous!" Ning Lu patted Luo Lian's shoulder and gave her a thumbs up with a smile.

"Uh... so the two text messages Lianlian sent me before were..." Xiaobai blinked and leaned down to ask Luo Lian in her ear.

“Yes, the first message I sent you, telling you to come here quickly, was when I saw Ning Lu go to the top floor of the Admiral's Guild alone.” Luo Lian nodded and said to Xiao Bai, “At that time, I thought the people who really wanted to harm you were Mu Yu and Lin Qin, so I told you to come over quickly and confront them face to face.”

"So you didn't let me bring Nia, right?"

“After all, it’s a confrontation with two governors, and the pressure on Nia might be too great.” Luo Lian nodded. “It’s for her own good not to let her come.”

"And the second one..."

“The second message was sent to you after I calmed down.” Luo Lian blinked. “After all, I thought about it seriously. Putting aside Governor Linqin, Mu Yu shouldn’t have the guts to target you.”

"why?"

"His aunt is your sister-in-law."

"Reasonable."

"Hahahaha!" Mu Yu, who was standing to the side, also waved his hands to Xiao Bai and said with a laugh, "That's right, I am absolutely loyal to Xiao Bai. How could I possibly plot against Xiao Bai? Besides, this kind of thing is not even a small matter for Xiao Bai, right?"

"I'll keep those words to myself for now." Xiaobai stared at Mu Yu, her eyes filled with doubt. "But Miss Ning Lu is clearly your subordinate, so why is she involved in such an ambiguous relationship with Ke Yuan? The person who told Ke Yuan about Nia and me, no matter what, was Miss Ning Lu, right?"

Even though the situation is now clear, Xiaobai still doesn't understand this.

"Ahem..." Upon hearing this, Mu Yu quickly raised her hand and coughed twice guiltily, "Little Bai, there's actually a very deep reason behind this..."

"It was Mu Yu who instructed Ning Lu to tell Ke Yuan," Luo Lian continued to expose.

"Cough cough cough cough—" Mu Yu almost collapsed like a deflated balloon.

“Lianlian’s suspicion that you are an enemy is not without reason…” Xiaobai looked at Muyu and sighed deeply.

"Little White Sister, no, let me explain, it's not what you think..."

"Okay, you explain it." Xiaobai nodded.

"Huh?" Mu Yu was taken aback.

"What?" Xiaobai tilted her head.

"Hiss...wait a minute, according to the usual procedure for a man and woman arguing, when I said that, shouldn't you, Little White, be covering your ears, shaking your head and saying 'I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it'?" Mu Yu clenched her fist to cover her mouth, staring at Little White with puzzled eyes, and said thoughtfully, "Then at least I would kneel on the ground and swear to the heavens, kowtow to you twice, and finally, when you're not paying attention, I would use my family's secret technique of clinging to your leg, and after we continue this stalemate for two or three rounds, you would finally agree to listen to my explanation..."

"What kind of person do you take me for..." Xiaobai sighed, "You're not allowed to touch Erlin's leg now, or I'll kick you away."

"Sit down."

Just then, Ringo, who had been resting with her eyes closed, finally opened them and spoke to Xiaobai and Muyu.

Upon hearing Ringo's voice, Xiaobai and Muyu took their seats.

Mu Yu sat back down next to Lin Qing, while Xiao Bai sat between Luo Lian and Ning Lu.

Ringo leaned forward slightly and poured Shiro a steaming cup of coffee.

"Would you like some sugar?" Ringo brought out a box of snow-white sugar cubes and asked Shiro with a small pair of tweezers.

"Ah."

"How much?"