Elder brother's garrison

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Xiao Bai poked his head into the dormitory and quickly got a clear view of the situation inside.

Right in Xiaobai's sight, Luo Lian, the hero who solved the problem, was lying quietly on the bed, sleeping peacefully and soundly.

Beside Luo Lian's bed, three ship girls stood cautiously in the corner. One held a calming incense, another held a light feather fan, and the third carefully tidied Luo Lian's sleeping face. The three of them made no sound, and the atmosphere in the dormitory was like that of a royal concubine's sleeping environment.

Upon seeing Xiaobai and Nia enter the dormitory, the three ship girls quickly put down what they were holding and quietly bowed to Xiaobai and Nia.

Nia smiled and waved to the ship girls, then pointed outside the door.

The ship girls understood immediately, holding the items in their hands, and tiptoed out of the dormitory.

Xiao Bai walked to the bedside and looked down at Luo Lian's sleeping face intently.

Luo Lian is a girl with a very strong personality, and this strength is also integrated into her daily life. Xiao Bai often heard Yan Zhan complain that Luo Lian had not slept for three or four days several times in the second chapter because of her research.

This principle applies to research projects, and it's equally true when solving research problems.

Solving the scientific research questions was far from as easy and pleasant as Luo Lian described.

Even for someone as talented as Luo Lian, solving scientific research problems so quickly would require tireless effort day and night.

"Ugh……"

Xiao Bai squatted by the bed, looking at Luo Lian's sleeping face, and sighed softly.

Xiao Bai has told Luo Lian to get some rest several times, but judging from this, Luo Lian is probably secretly staying up all night again to solve the research problems as soon as possible...

It would have been fine to go slower.

Xiao Bai reached out and gently touched Luo Lian's cheek. Her Admiral Network was constantly spreading out, transforming into a gentle, invisible stream of water that slowly seeped into Luo Lian's body.

As Xiao Bai's spiritual power dissipated within Luo Lian's body, transforming into a gentle warm current, Luo Lian's breathing became more steady as she slept, and her expression became much more peaceful.

"We absolutely cannot let Lianlian stay up all night to solve this third set of research questions." Xiaobai stood up and muttered to herself, "Last time, I went to sleep right after finishing the research questions. Special ship girls are powerful, but if Lianlian gets sick from exhaustion, it would be a huge loss..."

As Xiaobai finished speaking, he turned to look at Nia.

Nia covered her mouth, looking at Little White cautiously.

Little White smiled at Nia.

"Nia, it's alright. I just injected some spiritual energy into Lianlian's body. Although it's not particularly useful, at least Lianlian is sleeping soundly now. As long as we don't speak too loudly, we won't wake her up."

"Oh...oh oh..." Nia nodded quickly and breathed a sigh of relief.

Xiao Bai bent down and pulled the blanket up over Luo Lian.

After doing all this, Xiaobai turned her head to look at Luo Lian's desk.

Compared to the mess of previous visits, Luo Lian's desk was very clean now, with only a neat stack of manuscript paper on it.

The manuscript paper was a full finger's thickness.

Xiao Bai walked to the desk, picked up the stack of manuscript papers on the table, and quickly flipped through them.

"Phew... I've memorized it all." Xiaobai closed the manuscript and let out a long sigh. "The solution steps for the second set of scientific research questions are much more complicated than the first set. No wonder Lianlian spent so much time solving them."

"Xiaobai, are we going to the beach at 8-1 now?" Nia asked from the side.

"No rush." ​​Xiaobai smiled at Nia. "Our progress on the second set of research questions far surpasses that of everyone else on the beach. No one will be ahead of us. Even if we don't go today, we'll still be first tomorrow. So I want to go to the sea with Lianlian to input the second set of questions into the research construction machine."

"That's fine then..."

"But just to be on the safe side... although I feel a little bad for Lianlian, it's better to deal with this manuscript this way." Xiaobai lowered her head and tore the manuscript into shreds.

A crisp sound of paper tearing rang out.

Soon, Xiaobai tore the manuscript paper in her hand into tiny pieces all over the floor.

"Nia, do you have a lighter or matches?"

“I don’t smoke… but I do have a flint…” Nia walked to the desk, bent down and took out a flint from the storage cabinet under the desk, and handed it to Xiaobai, “Xiaobai, here you go.”

"Ah."

Xiao Bai took the flint and steel, carried the torn manuscript paper to shreds out of the dormitory, and squatted down in the corridor to set the paper on fire.

Flames burned, and the pleasant scent of ink filled the air. The manuscript paper rapidly turned into charred powder, which drifted away in the wind.

After finishing off all the manuscript paper, Xiaobai clapped his hands and returned to his dormitory.

Next, we just had to wait for Luo Lian to wake up.

……

Time passes minute by minute.

As time passed and the clear sky gradually darkened, dinnertime arrived at Nia's temporary garrison.

In the cafeteria.

The Veneto-class ship girls from Nia's family sat together, each holding a plate of food.

"Sigh... Rome, the daughter of Admiral Lu Lin, is really pitiful. I can't even bear to watch her training process." Veneto said to his sisters, twirling the handle of his spaghetti bolognese with his fork.

"In a sense, Admiral Lu Lin's Rome is no less powerful than her sister's..." Littorio rested his chin on his hand, biting a toothpick as he looked out the window, "to be able to endure that kind of brutal training... that's really not easy."

"That's right……"

The Veneto-class ship girls lowered their heads in unison.

"...Oh, you're here."

Then, at that moment, a soft call rang out from behind the Veneto-class ship girls.

The ship girls froze instantly, turning around to look behind them.

Then, Veneto from Xiaobai's family came up with a glass of milk and a clean plate. She sat down in the empty seat next to another Veneto quite familiarly and greeted the other ship girls.

"A few hours have passed, Rome, the Empire, Littorio, and Veneto."

"Veneto... how are you... uh, um, have you finished your training with Rome?"

"Yeah, it's over."

"And Rome?"

“She can’t come right now, so I found her a place to lie down.”

"..."

silence.

It was a deathly silence.

The Veneto-class ship girls of Nia's family lowered their heads, looking like primary school students waiting for a teacher's home visit, feeling extremely uncomfortable.

Chapter 2751 What did you eat to grow up like this?

The reason why Admiral Lu Lin's Rome was unable to come to the cafeteria... Nia's Veneto-class ship girl knew the answer perfectly well.

"Oh, I see... Then Rome over there must get some rest..."

After struggling for a while, Nia's Veneto could only manage a dry, attempt to lighten the mood and prevent it from becoming too awkward.

“Don’t worry, Rome is very healthy. Although she can’t move right now, she’ll be full of energy again after just ten minutes of rest.” Veneto wasn’t worried about Rome’s health at all. As she spoke, she placed the clean plate on the table, tapping her fingers lightly on the glass of milk, and cast a somewhat helpless glance at Nia’s Rome. “My Rome is still as clumsy as ever. No matter how many times I tell her, she can’t change. I wish she could be as steady as your Rome in the future.”

“…Uh, um…” Nia’s Veneto-class ship girl gave an awkward laugh, not daring to respond.

"Speaking of which, what about the other empire?"

“The Empire? I just sent her to accompany Rome,” Veneto said, straightening his posture.

Isn't she coming for dinner?

“She doesn’t like to eat; she prefers to sleep, daydream, and stay in the quiet of Rome. So when I get back, I’ll just pack two dinners for her and Rome,” Veneto added.

"Oh... I see..."

The Veneto-class ship girls nodded in agreement as they listened to Veneto's words.

The conversation has ended.

The atmosphere returned to an somewhat awkward state.

Nia's ship girls lowered their heads and ate their meals silently, while Xiaobai's Veneto quietly drank her milk.

The cafeteria was bustling with people and noisy, but the table of the Veneto-class ship girls was unusually quiet.

“Speaking of which,” Veneto from Xiaobai’s family said suddenly, putting down his half-finished milk glass.

"Um—cough cough cough...please, is there anything I can help you with?"

The other Veneto, startled by Veneto's voice, almost choked and quickly pounded her chest several times.

“I don’t have anything particularly important to say…” Veneto looked at Viña Viña’s face, her gaze wandering around for a moment, her fingers tracing circles on the cup, before she finally mustered her courage and spoke seriously to Viña Viña, “Well, actually, there’s a question I’ve been wanting to ask you.”

"Huh? A question?"

Veneto from Nia's family froze, turning her head to stare blankly at her other self.

From Veneto's perspective at Nia's house, little Veneto's expression at this moment resembled that of a lost traveler wandering in an endless sea of ​​sand, waiting for a guiding light.

So even ship girls of this caliber would show such a troubled expression when looking at other people?

What kind of problem is troubling the top-tier ship girls of the world's number one naval base...?

Wait, wait—compared to this, do I really have the right to answer her question?

In terms of strength, experience, and qualifications, he was completely outmatched by Veneto from the Lu Lin family. What strengths did he have that could help her solve her problem?

Could she be about to ask me some questions about the end of the world, or about a brutal war...?

This is a question I can't answer on my own...

If I can't answer, I might be resented...

Thinking of this, David Neto nervously gripped the fork in his hand.

Although she didn't know what Veneto Jr. wanted to ask, out of her biological instinct for self-preservation, Veneto S. instinctively wanted to avoid the question. However, just as Veneto S. was about to refuse, the scene of Veneto Jr. and Rome's exercise suddenly flashed through her mind again. The cannons were roaring and pounding the sea as if they were free, and the scene was like a living hell...

No...no!

If I reject her, there might be even worse consequences...

"Please...please ask. If...if it's a question I can answer, I'll do my best to answer you!" Viennese put down her fork, suppressing her nervousness, and said as calmly as possible, "However...even a ship girl of my caliber might not be able to answer your question..."

"Oh...that's great." Hearing what Vienneto the Elder said, Vienneto the Younger didn't pay any attention to the second half of her sentence. Instead, she breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Vienneto the Elder with great emotion. "I was worried that you would refuse to answer my question, so I was hesitant about whether to ask you or not. Now that I've heard your assurance, I feel much more at ease."

“Ha…haha…” Vitor Neto chuckled awkwardly. “So, what question would you like to ask…”

“Hmm…” Little Veneto lowered his head, looked at Big Veneto’s plate, and began to ponder.

David Neto waited anxiously, feeling like he was sitting on pins and needles.

“My question is… what do you usually eat?” Little Veneto pondered for a long time before looking up and asking very seriously.

"Huh?" Vitor Neto was stunned. "What?"

“I’d like to know what you usually eat,” Veneto repeated.

"...You...you want to ask this question?" David Neto never expected this, and at this moment she couldn't even believe whether her ears were working properly.

“Yes, this question has been bothering me ever since I first met you.” Little Veneto said, his gaze unconsciously drifting downwards, lingering for a moment on Big Veneto’s full chest and the exposed deep, milky-white cleavage, his voice becoming ethereal and mysterious, “…I really want to know.”

"Uh……"

"Can't you tell me?"

"No, no, no... This, this isn't something that can't be said... I just didn't expect it to be this question..." Big Veneto quickly waved his hand. She looked at Little Veneto's sincere expression in surprise, and confirmed with her several times before finally understanding that Little Veneto was not joking.

—So she just wanted to know what she usually eats…

This question is much easier than the philosophy, military strategy, or politics I had imagined.

“Well… I don’t really eat anything special.” Davide Neto breathed a sigh of relief. She looked down at her plate, thought for a moment, and said, “As for me… I’m not picky about food. I usually eat whatever the cafeteria makes. But… if I have a choice of dishes… well… I’ll probably prefer pasta.”

“Pasta…hmm…” Little Veneto nodded, looking thoughtfully at Big Veneto’s plate, her eyes fixed on the noodles and meat sauce. “So that’s it…”

Young Veneto's gaze was far too blatant; his eyes seemed to be digging into the spaghetti and stirring it.

“If you’re curious… um… if you don’t mind… would you like to try some?” Big Veneto picked up his plate and asked Little Veneto cautiously.

"Is that alright?" Little Veneto looked up and asked in surprise.

"...It's not anything fancy or expensive."

"Thank you very much."