Elder brother's garrison

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Putting the necklace back on, Nanxing was clearly deeply moved. Her slender fingers gently fiddled with the pendant, lost in thought.

Just then, Duan Shuiliu scooped several thick pieces of fried pork chops out of the oil.

Under the expectant gaze of everyone, Duan Shuiliu skillfully cut the pork chops with a cleaver and arranged them on a plate that was as big as a human face. He then garnished them with shredded water spinach and pickled vegetables before turning around and presenting the meal full of fried pork chops to everyone.

The air was filled with the rich aroma of crispy, meaty meat.

"Oh my! It looks so delicious!"

Yubari and the Kitchen Goddess stared at the mountain of fried pork cutlets piled high on the table and exclaimed in amazement.

Duan Shuiliu sat down opposite everyone. She took out empty bowls and a rice cooker, distributed the bowls and chopsticks, served hot rice to everyone, and handed it to each person.

After doing all this, Duan Shuiliu untied his apron and picked up his chopsticks.

"Eat."

Duan Shuiliu picked up a pork chop, put it in his bowl, and said to everyone.

Everyone quickly picked up their chopsticks.

This is pork chop rice made by the captain of the military police himself. There are very few people in the world who have the good fortune to enjoy such a delicacy.

Xiao Bai picked up the pork chop and took a bite. He found it crispy on the outside and tender on the inside, with a rich meaty aroma and juicy flavor, making him extremely satisfied.

"Sister Duan's pork chop rice is always so delicious," Xiaobai exclaimed to Duan Shuili.

"Eat more if you like it," Duan Shuiliu said while eating.

"Hmm!" Xiaobai took a bite of rice, swallowed it, and said to Duan Shuiliu, "Speaking of which, Sister Duan, didn't you treat the medical ship girls to a meal before? Is there still room in your stomach?"

"I only treated them to the food; I didn't eat any myself."

"Hey... what are we eating?"

"It's also pork chop rice."

“Oh…” Xiaobai looked thoughtfully at the group of people eating and chatting at the table, and then at the pile of fried pork cutlets stacked up like a mountain, “Then it seems that the nurses have enjoyed an experience that ordinary people can’t.”

Duan Shuiliu looked up at Xiaobai but said nothing.

Xiao Bai felt a sense of closeness, as if she were back home, while eating with Duan Shuiliu, and she enjoyed the meal exceptionally well.

As for the huge plate of fried pork chops that Duan Shuiliu fried, although the quantity was indeed terrifying, fortunately, Chao Dahe also had the qualities of a big eater, and in the end, she ate it all without wasting a single bit.

After finishing his meal, Duan Shuiliu chatted with everyone for a while, then got up, said that he still had work to do and told them to remember to wash the dishes before leaving.

It was only at this moment that Xiaobai realized that Duan Shuiliu wasn't just idle today; she had clearly been very busy lately, but today she had deliberately put everything aside to spend time with Xiaobai and Nanxing.

She really made Xiaobai cry her eyes out.

Following Duan Shuiliu's instructions, Xiaobai and his group, along with Nanxing, washed the bowls and chopsticks and put them back in the dish cabinet before leaving the cafeteria kitchen.

The atmosphere in the cafeteria was lively and bustling.

When Xiaobai and her group appeared, they noticed that most of the white-clad ship girls present were blushing. They seemed to want to congratulate Nanxing, but were too shy to say it outright due to their girlish reserve, and could only cast excited and shy glances at her.

As for the other black-clad ship girls, upon seeing Xiaobai and Nanxing appear together so intimately, their faces flushed slightly, they coughed twice, and involuntarily lowered their gazes.

For a moment, the entire cafeteria was both quiet and restless.

The novice present found this situation utterly incomprehensible.

However, in the end, Xiaobai didn't dwell on the reason why this happened.

She simply assumed that the ship girls present were overjoyed to see their long-lost admiral.

Chapter 3195 Marriage Ship or Not

The group left the cafeteria and returned to the outdoor garden.

Nanxing hadn't come out for a while. She felt very stifled in her bedroom during those days. Unfortunately, her physical condition at that time prevented her from using her phone or going online. Staying in the room without moving felt like being in prison.

Finally seeing the light of day again, Nanxing saw the clear sky and the garden full of plants and flowers, and her eyes were immediately filled with longing.

"Sister Nanxing, speaking of which, how are you planning to catch up in the world rankings?" Xiaobai asked Nanxing. "Your world rankings have dropped from the top ten to the thirties or forties recently. It must be quite a struggle to climb back up suddenly, right? Do you need my help?"

Upon hearing Xiaobai's words, Nanxing looked at Xiaobai and shook her head.

"No need, I can fight my way back on my own." Nanxing said to Xiaobai, "Although I haven't participated in the exercises these days, I've still entrusted the daily expeditions to the secretary ship as usual. I've accumulated a lot of challenge tickets for the exercises, enough for me to get back into the top ten."

Due to the rules of the event.

Nowadays, both admirals must be present for any exercise. It was precisely because of this that Nanxing was unable to conduct the exercise as usual after the ship girls' health deteriorated to the point where they could no longer go out.

However, the event does not stipulate that the admiral must be present when earning challenge tickets, so Nanxing can still entrust her family's secretary ship to temporarily take her place and lead the fleet to earn challenge tickets.

Nanxing now has nearly 10,000 challenge tickets, demonstrating his deep foundation.

Hearing Nanxing's words, Xiaobai finally felt relieved and smiled at Nanxing.

"Since that's the case, I'm completely relieved. Sister Nanxing, you need to get back into the top ten soon!" Xiaobai said.

"Okay." Nanxing nodded. "I'll be quick."

After saying this, Nanxing was silent for a while. She looked at Xiaobai carefully and then opened her mouth again.

"After I get back into the top ten... is it possible...?"

"Hmm? What can I do?"

"...Can I come to your place to see you again?" Nanxing asked softly.

"Of course!" Xiaobai smiled. "If Sister Duan is free, remember to invite her too. I'll treat you all well."

"..." Nanxing looked at Xiaobai's smile and nodded slightly.

It's getting late. After breakfast, Xiaobai and the Kitchen Goddess need to return to the temporary town hall as soon as possible.

Nanxing escorted Xiaobai and his group back to the gate of the temporary garrison.

"Admiral Nanxing." Before leaving, the female kapok and Yubari called out to Nanxing as if they were telepathically connected.

“I’m here.” Nanxing looked at the two of them.

"Regarding the surgery we just had..." Vestal and Yubari looked around, and after confirming that no one else was around, they lowered their voices and whispered, "Although our goal this time is to turn you back into a human... as we said before, you have only just acquired your ship equipment, and your body cannot immediately undergo ship equipment removal surgery... If you want to remove your ship equipment, you will need at least a few months of adaptation period... During this time, you must be careful to hide your identity as a ship girl."

"I will," Nanxing said, grasping the bracelet on her wrist and nodding.

"Well, then I'll have to trouble you to hold on for a while using your ship girl body," Vestal and Yubari said with a smile. "I hope it won't cause you too much trouble."

“Troublesome…” Nanxing murmured.

"what happened?"

“…No.” Nanxing looked at Xiaobai, thought for a moment, and said to Xiaobai, “Actually, I feel quite fulfilled.”

"Yes, as long as it's fulfilling." The goddess of the hearth and Yubari smiled.

Nanxing nodded slightly, her gaze quickly shifting to Chaoda and then slowly settling on the ring on Chaoda's left ring finger.

Nanxing stared at Chao Yamato's ring for a long time before finally looking away and exchanging glances with Chao Yamato.

“She’s not a ship girl, right?” Nanxing suddenly turned her head and said to Xiaobai.

As soon as Nanxing spoke, everyone present was stunned for a moment.

The next second, the goddess of the hearth and Yubari's gazes suddenly tightened.

Kazuya instinctively took a step back and quickly looked around.

Nanxing's gaze was calm. Although she revealed the identity of the super-Yamato, she did not continue to show any bad behavior. She just quietly looked at everyone, her eyes fixed on Xiaobai, as if confirming the answer with Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai looked at Nan Xing with some surprise.

"Sister Nanxing...you..." Xiaobai looked at Nanxing with some hesitation, then sighed and asked, "...How did you know?"

“The ring on her hand,” Nanxing pointed to Chao Yamato’s left hand, “that ring is the same style as the bracelet on my hand.”

"Huh? You're relying on this?"

“Hmm.” Nanxing nodded. “She’s not your marriage ship, but she has this kind of jewelry on her, which proves that she also has the need to conceal her aura, just like me… You said before that this thing can conceal not only the aura of a ship girl, but also the aura of the deep sea, so… I think she’s probably not a ship girl.”

"How do you know that the Super-large isn't my wedding ship?"

“I’ve seen how you interact with your marriage ship,” Nanxing said. “It’s different.”

"Oh..." Xiaobai nodded helplessly, scratched her head, and smiled at Nanxing, "Okay."

Is she from the deep sea?

“Yes, she is the Dean of the Deep Sea… It was more than a year ago, when the top ten admirals were assigned by the Admiral Headquarters to go to Ella’s house to protect her family during that black-level joint mission.” Xiaobai introduced to Nanxing, “Super and she were the Deans of the Deep Sea during that mission. After something happened, she joined my naval base and became my family.”

Nanxing listened to Xiaobai's words without showing any surprise on her face.

After listening to Xiaobai's words, Nanxing looked at Chao Yamato.

“So it was you that time,” Nanxing said. “You have a very different temperament now, and I couldn’t see your face clearly back then. Although your figure is similar, I didn’t recognize you.”

Upon hearing this, Chao Dahe immediately lowered his head in embarrassment.

Back then, the super-large and... well... how should I put it?

Strictly speaking, he is still a deep-sea dean who constantly refers to himself as "this concubine," commands tens of thousands of deep-sea troops, and puts on a pretentious, arrogant posture, attempting to bring humanity a painful memory.

However, that is not the super-large and original personality.

That was just a pose that Super Yamato was putting on to make its image more in line with "Deep Sea Yamato".

The real Yamato, despite possessing a mature, aloof, and voluptuous body befitting a noblewoman, still harbors the soul of the little deep-sea girl from hundreds of years ago who longed to follow Yamato forever.

Lovely.

Her true personality is obedient and docile, soft and submissive, at least to Shiro and Yamato.

That experience on the sea has now become a "cringeworthy black history" that Chaodahe wishes he could delete immediately. When this cringeworthy experience is brought up again, Chaodahe can only feel embarrassed.

“Back then, Super Yamato was our enemy, but not anymore,” Xiaobai said to Nanxing.

"Yes." Nanxing nodded and said to Xiaobai, "She's doing well now."

"Sister Nanxing doesn't seem surprised at all..."

“I’m mentally prepared.” Nanxing said, then paused for a moment before continuing to address the crowd, “...I won’t tell anyone else about this.”

"Ah, thank you very much, Sister Nanxing." Xiaobai smiled.

Hearing this, the female hearth goddess, Yubari, and the three others breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, when Admiral Nanxing obtained the ship equipment, it meant that she and the Admiral were getting closer.

Now, she shares this secret with the other ship girls in the newbie naval base—a secret that can't be known to outsiders...

After saying goodbye to Nanxing, Xiaobai and his group left the temporary garrison and headed home.

On his way home, Xiaobai couldn't wait to open the Admiral Forum and browse through the messages.

At this time, most of the discussions on the Admiral Forum were still about Nanxing.

"Report—Former top ten admiral, Miss Nanxing, has now dropped to forty-seventh in the world rankings!"

"Probe again and report again!"

"Miss Nanxing has conceded 216 times in a row. If it weren't for her extremely high hidden MMR, she would probably have fallen out of the top 500 by now."

"Can you all stop kicking someone when they're down? Miss Nanxing is clearly not feeling well and can't participate in the exercise. By launching an exercise against her at this time, aren't you taking advantage of her vulnerability?"

"There's a Boiling Sheep, but I won't say who it is."

"Don't worry, if it weren't for Admiral Nanxing's popularity, do you think she would have lost how many games after being AFK for a week?"

"I don't care, whoever dares to launch an exercise against Admiral Nanxing, I will challenge them, and the main goal is to make them give back their points."

“The Southern Guards came as soon as they smelled it.”

"Nan Weibing, that's enough. Admiral Lu Lin is going to Admiral Nan Xing's house every day. Why don't you stop him?"

"It's just making reasonable use of the exercise rules, nothing more to say."

"You think this is a real game? Any score you get through this kind of trickery is fake, no matter how high it is."

"Breaking news—my uncle, who works at the Admiral's Guild, told me that Admiral Nanxing's medical examination results are in, and he's reportedly in excellent health!"

"..."

Xiaobai turned off her phone, held it tightly, and frowned.

"You can laugh all you want. Once Nanxing is done tonight and starts practicing and ranking up tomorrow, you'll all know how amazing she is," Xiaobai muttered to herself.