Elder brother's garrison

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When Xiaobai called President Ergou to tell him about this, almost simultaneously, President Ergou's foul language came from the other end of the phone.

The sound lingered for three days.

It continues uninterrupted.

Chapter 3457 This time it's really home

Xiao Bai and his group ended up staying at the Mu family compound for a few more days.

During these few days, the Mu family took care of Xiaobai and her group's food, clothing, and daily necessities in a meticulous manner. They even provided luxury cars for transportation. Every day, as soon as they opened their eyes, a dedicated travel planner would come to their door to explain the scenic spots and local delicacies of the day to the three of them.

Because Linsheng City is a small city, it is almost entirely controlled by the Mu family, so its entertainment industry is not suppressed like that of the nameless small town of Ella. Therefore, there are still quite a few places to have fun.

Xiaobai and his friends had a great time and enjoyed their food these past few days.

The Mu family members seemed to have a surprisingly good impression of Xiaobai.

During her stay at the Mu family's residence, almost every day when Xiaobai and the ship girls returned to the Mu family compound, elders of the Mu family would personally come to visit Xiaobai. These people looked at her with kind eyes and satisfaction, asking about her well-being. The way they looked at Xiaobai was as if she were not an outsider, but their own granddaughter or daughter.

Even the old master of the Mu family would greet Xiaobai with a smile and chat with him every day. Apart from occasionally asking about the recent situation of Chairman Er Gou, he would mostly talk about things that old people like to talk to children about, such as the ever-changing technology, the stable and affluent life, the wonderful family atmosphere, and his sons, daughters, grandsons and granddaughters who were quite disappointing in his eyes and far inferior to Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai occasionally plays mahjong with the elders in the Mu family, sometimes walks their birds, practices Tai Chi, watches health programs, and plays Go and chess. She feels like she has become a star in the Mu family.

But this seems to be just a feeling, and Xiaobai isn't sure if it's true.

In any case, three days later, the house that Xiaobai had bought in Linsheng City was finally finished.

It was a rather ordinary, rather inconspicuous house, hidden in a remote neighborhood, on a floor of a residential building.

It's only a few dozen square meters, with just two bedrooms and a living room.

Xiaobai led the ship girls to the city center of Linsheng City and entered her own small house. Inside, it was a bare shell with almost no decorations. The walls were bare, and the floors and ceilings were almost completely undecorated. As for furniture, there was none at all.

—With a novice's purchasing skills, this is probably the best house they can afford.

—Fortunately, although the house was a bit dilapidated, it was still a safe haven.

After spending some time setting up the teleportation anchor, Xiaobai and his group left their house and returned to the Mu family compound. They said goodbye to the Mu family members one by one and prepared to leave.

Before leaving, Muna Hana, with tears in her eyes, held Xiaobai's hand and patiently asked if the Mu family needed to help renovate the house she had bought. She assured Xiaobai that as long as she nodded, she could transform the dilapidated little house into the most luxurious and well-equipped entertainment area in the entire city of Linsheng in no time.

Such a renovation naturally startled Xiaobai. She quickly said that it was unnecessary and repeatedly confirmed that she hoped the Mu family would just pretend that the small room did not exist. Then, she left Linsheng City in a flustered flight and headed to the next planned teleportation point.

Sitting on the train, Shiro felt as if his bones had been removed, and he slumped limply into Daiwa's arms, exuding an aura of dejection.

Hancock stood by the table, holding the gifts from the elders of the Wood family, eating the special snacks inside while looking out the window at the scenery of Linsheng City.

Hancock's eyes reflected the scenery outside the window, scene after scene flashing by.

"Admiral, it's quite nice here," Hancock said to Little White.

"Haha...yeah...that's what you think..." Xiaobai smiled wryly, rubbing her forehead as she got up from Chao Yamato's arms and said to Hancock, "That's fine, as long as you like it...as long as you like it..."

"Where is our next stop?" Hancock asked Little White again.

After these stops, Hancock felt her horizons had broadened considerably, and she became somewhat interested in her admiral's world travel plans.

Could the place we're going to next be even more exciting, with even more secrets hidden inside?

Hancock was thinking, but then she suddenly realized that when she asked the question, the little white dog in front of her was lying motionless on the chest of the giant, seemingly lost in thought.

"Admiral?"

"...Ah, I'm here."

Xiaobai, supporting herself on Chaodahe's shoulders, got up from her embrace. Her expression was somewhat subtle as she smiled slightly at Hancock.

"Next stop... well... the next stop is... an ordinary small city."

"A small town..." Hancock listened to Xiaobai's words with some interest. "Is it like this place, and the nameless town at the last stop, a place guarded by a mysterious family?"

"No."

"Is there some kind of secret base or secret organization there?"

"Not at all."

"Is there a deep sea over there?"

"Of course not, it's very peaceful over there."

"There's a ship girl research institute?"

"No."

"Economically developed?"

“Just ordinary.”

"Cultural heritage?"

"Ordinary."

"If there's nothing there, why should we go over there?" Hancock finally couldn't help but ask.

Little White listened to Hancock with a smile, scratched her cheek shyly, and spoke to Hancock.

"Because that's my hometown."

Hancock froze on the spot, her mouth agape, momentarily stunned.

Oh yes.

After spending so much time with Xiaobai, Hancock almost forgot that Xiaobai was, after all, a human being.

……

So even the admiral has a mother.

A few days later, the train passed through an ordinary small city. Xiaobai and his group got off the train and walked out of the train station with the rest of the crowd.

Although the street in front of me has changed a little, it is still largely the same as the one I visited last time.

Xiaobai's hometown isn't a first-tier or second-tier city, nor is it a cultural ancient city or a transportation hub. Everything here is ordinary. The only special thing about it is that Xiaobai was born here.

Stepping out of the train station, Xiaobai looked nostalgically at the flow of vehicles and people on the street, while the group of ship girls searched left and right behind her.

"Admiral, we weren't blocked at the train station this time," the ship girls said.

"After all, there's nothing here." Xiaobai smiled.

"Admiral, didn't you tell your parents before you came back?" the ship girls asked again.

"I didn't tell my parents."

"Eh? Why?"

"Because I'm not even sure if I'm currently on leave where I can visit family... When I came here to plan the placement of the teleportation anchor, it was just a spur-of-the-moment decision... Whether I'll actually use it in the future is another matter entirely." Xiaobai muttered to herself, "After all, an admiral can't just go home whenever he wants... Even if he can go home occasionally, there still needs to be a tracking system, right..."

As Xiaobai spoke, the ship girls beside her exchanged glances several times.

"So, Admiral, what's the plan for the teleportation anchor point?" the ship girls asked.

"Hmm... let's buy a house." Xiaobai thought for a while and said, "Buy a house, set up an anchor point, that'll do."

"Oh..." The ship girls nodded in unison, seemingly wanting to say something but then stopping themselves.

After leaving the train station, Xiaobai skillfully navigated the city where she had lived for over a decade, and quickly found a secondhand house for sale in a satisfactory location.

Although Xiaobai had little experience in buying a house, she knew the city very well. In her more than ten years of living there, she had memorized almost every brick and tile in the city. With these memories, it wasn't too difficult for her to find a decent house.

The house purchase process is progressing very quickly.

Xiaobai booked a room at a hotel in the city.

Xiaobai gave the ship girls the order to act freely.

She herself sat on the hotel bed, cupping her cheeks and looking out at the street scene.

Although the ship girls were free to move around, they still chose to stay by Shiro's side.

"Admiral."

"Ok?"

"You haven't seemed very cheerful since you came to this city."

"Ah... well..."

Xiao Bai gave an awkward laugh.

Actually, Xiaobai didn't feel that she was in a bad mood; she was just a little conflicted.

Isn't it because I can't go home...?

The ship girls looked at Shiro's profile, exchanged glances, and pondered for a moment.

“Admiral… although you said we can’t greet your uncle and aunt.”

"But... it should be okay to just look at it from a distance, right?"

The ship girls asked cautiously.

Xiaobai was taken aback by the ship girls' suggestions.

Yes.

Can't I just look at it but not go in?

What a brilliant idea!

After much deliberation, Xiaobai realized that the ship girls' words made more sense, and she finally went out.

As expected, Xiaobai arrived near her home. She and the ship girls found a spot with a wide view, but it was very far away. They sat on the steps and looked out at their home.

Xiaobai and the ship girls waited while looking at the small house in the distance, chatting occasionally.

"Speaking of which, I haven't seen what your uncle and aunt look like yet..."

"Admiral, Admiral, what's it like to have parents? Does it warm your heart?"

"Having an admiral warms my heart; isn't that similar to having parents?"

"It's really interesting that humans have an infancy period. I never knew that such a tiny thing could grow into such a big person."

"I've heard that maternal love is like the feeling Lexington had for the Admiral."

"..."

The ship girls chatted away, one sentence after another, while Xiaobai listened to their conversation and looked into the distance.

It's afternoon.

In Xiaobai's memory, this time was roughly when her mother went out to buy groceries in the afternoon.

Sure enough, in everyone's eyes, a few hundred meters away, the door of Xiaobai's house was pushed open, and a tall, mature woman exuding maternal aura walked out of the house.

The moment the woman stepped out of her house, she paused for a moment, then looked thoughtfully at Xiaobai.

one second.

two seconds.

three seconds.

The woman suddenly laughed at the distance and waved her long, slender, snow-white arm toward Xiaobai.

"Oh, Xiaobai, when did you guys get back?"

"..."

Hundreds of meters away, the ship girls and Shiro, who were chatting on the steps, stared wide-eyed.

Chapter 3458 The Gap Between Mother and Daughter

Xiaobai and the ship girls sat on the steps, staring blankly with their mouths slightly open, watching as Xiaobai's mother, with a warm and gentle smile on her face, jogged up from hundreds of meters away.

The ship girls and Shiro watched Shiro's mother in the distance, their hearts filled with awe.

what?

So, have we been discovered?

This place is a good 500 or 600 meters away from Xiaobai's hometown.

While ship girls' eyesight and hearing are not a problem to look around at such a distance, human eyesight is limited to 700 or 800 meters. Even if the distance between them were halved, our group would only appear as a few blurry colorful dots to White Mother, right?

"Admiral... has Auntie... discovered us?"