Elder brother's garrison

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"What a pity, the admiral missed the most exciting and thrilling part."

"I'm not going to look anymore, I'm not going to look anymore!" Xiaobai quickly typed a reply, "Also, why are all your photos in your albums my pictures...?"

"Isn't it normal for ship girls to collect photos of their admirals?"

"Uh……"

"Admiral, please rest assured that we have never shown these photos to anyone else, nor do we intend to show them to anyone. Moreover, we have kept them safe until they were deleted in Wisconsin."

"...There's no need to deliberately tell me about the preservation..."

"Sigh, the admiral in the photo is cute, but he's still not even a tenth as cute as the real person."

"I have to go to work!"

"Alright—then Missouri will continue to help Washington organize the wine cellar."

After saying goodbye to Missouri, Xiaobai quickly closed the private chat interface.

In the Iowa-class chat group, the ship girls were still chatting about their daily lives. Wisconsin posted a lot of photos of flowers and plants without realizing it. Illinois said that she had just finished a game with Hindenburg and was preparing for a best-of-three series. Missouri was still forwarding a lot of video links and message links...

Xiaobai stared at the chat interface, recalling what Missouri had just said to her. Her finger hovered over the chat history for a moment before she finally sighed and turned off her phone for the time being.

Xiao Bai felt that her mind was being completely absorbed by the Iowa-level chat group today.

This is not good.

I can't just casually add ship girl groups like that anymore...

Xiao Bai put down her phone and was about to get up and walk to the window to get some fresh air.

However, at this moment.

Suddenly, Xiaobai heard a faint, suppressed sob and the rustling sound of toilet paper being crumpled into a ball, which made her stop in her tracks and freeze in place.

Ok?

What's going on?

Xiao Bai subconsciously turned his head to look at the source of the sound.

Then, Xiaobai's eyes widened in shock.

Because that faint, suppressed sobbing sound was coming from Lexington, who was sharing the room with him!

At this moment, in Xiaobai's view, Lexington was sitting at her secretary's desk, wiping away tears. In one hand she held a letter of self-criticism, and in the other she held a wad of tissues. Her beautiful eyes were moist and bright, and tears welled up and slid down, pattering onto her hands and the tissues. Her cheeks were flushed red from holding back her sobs, and soft sobs came from her crystal-clear lips and red nose. Her whole body trembled slightly with each sob.

Xiao Bai was shocked when he saw Lexington like this.

what?

Lexington cried?

Ah? ?

This was the first time Xiaobai had ever seen Lexington show such a vulnerable expression. For a moment, Xiaobai thought he was hallucinating and stood there dumbfounded, staring at Lexington without moving.

But finally, after who knows how much time had passed, Xiaobai snapped back to reality.

"Lexington?!"

Xiaobai hurriedly dropped everything she was holding and ran to Lexington's secretary ship desk. She looked at her hands in a flustered manner, and finally carefully placed them on Lexington's arm and gently shook them.

"Lexington, are you...are you alright? What's wrong? What's...what happened?"

"What kind of immense grievance could possibly make you like this..."

"You...you...don't stay silent, say something..."

Little White frantically circled around Lexington.

What puzzled Xiaobai even more was that when Lexington, who was already on the verge of crying, saw Xiaobai approaching, her emotions did not calm down. Instead, she didn't say anything, but suddenly hugged Xiaobai tightly, and then cried even louder.

Chapter 3836 You wrote so well!

Little White nestled in Lexington's arms, feeling the soft touch against his face and hearing the suppressed sobs around him. Little White froze, unsure of what to do.

Xiaobai considers herself to have experienced a lot in her life and seen a lot of things.

Time travel, saving a lost era, leading a fleet in a fierce battle against the Deep Sea Dean, exploring the unknown ocean, capturing a world-class boss...

Any one of these experiences, taken individually, is an epic achievement that shines brightly, enough to bring glory to the garrison and make their ancestral graves emitting auspicious smoke.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be any crisis or challenge in this world that could shake Xiaobai's heart in the slightest.

But even with all her achievements, when faced with Lexington's cries, she suddenly felt a strong sense of déjà vu, as if she had suddenly returned to the first few days after becoming an admiral, a time when she was helpless, confused, and bewildered by everything.

What should I do?

Lexington was perfectly fine just now, what happened to upset her now...?

The newbie doesn't understand.

Xiaobai has absolutely no idea how to do it.

Lexington had never shown such emotions in front of Shiro, to the point that Shiro subconsciously thought Lexington was a ship girl who would never cry. Now that Lexington was suddenly crying with tears streaming down her face, Shiro could do nothing but be held in Lexington's arms and have his brain completely shut down.

……

Fortunately.

During certain special periods, there are still people in the naval base who can be relied upon.

last of the last.

Although Little White was stunned and could only serve as Lexington's pillow, Lexington's unusual crying still attracted the attention of Prestige and Counterattack, who were working nearby.

When the two maids, one big and one small, followed the sound of crying and pushed open the office door, they saw Lexington and Little White hugging each other, with Lexington's face covered in tears. Reputation stood there stunned for a few seconds, while Counterattack stared wide-eyed, covering his mouth as if he had seen something he would be silenced for incredulousness.

"Lexington, do you need any help?"

Reputation quickly recovered. She first glanced at Counterattack, who was standing there covering his mouth, then walked over to Lexington's side.

“Reputation…you, you’ve come…” Lexington sobbed, tears still streaming down her face. She reached out her hand to Reputation. “You, you help me…”

"Okay, I'll help you."

With her eyes lowered, Renown gently lifted Lexington's arm and helped the little white creature in Lexington's arms to sit up.

Lexington sat in the chair and hugged Renown's waist, and Renown continued to cry in his arms.

When Little White stood up from Lexington's arms, she looked at Reputation, who was being embraced by Lexington, with a confused expression.

"Reputation, Lexington, she suddenly started crying, I, I don't know what happened..."

"Master, please rest assured, I'll take a look." Renown nodded to Little White, then lowered her head to comfort Lexington. After a few whispered words, she suddenly seemed to notice something, taking a letter of apology from Lexington's arms. Renown looked at the letter in her hand, her brow furrowing slightly in confusion. "Master... what is this..."

“It’s a self-criticism,” Xiaobai said from the side.

"A letter of self-criticism?"

"Well, Chongqing and I did something wrong yesterday, so I have to write a self-criticism to Lexington..." Xiaobai lowered her head, clasped her hands together, and briefly summarized her situation.

"..." After listening to Xiaobai's words, Shengwang nodded thoughtfully, then glanced at the corner of the apology letter in Lexington's arms, a look of understanding flashing in her eyes, "I see."

"Huh? What? I see."

"Master, could you please wait outside for a moment?"

"Huh? Me?" Xiaobai pointed to himself.

“I’m very sorry, but I need you to excuse yourself for the time being.” Reputation bowed to Little White. “As for the offense Reputation has caused you, please punish him personally after things have settled down in Lexington.”

"Hey, hey, no, no need to be so formal..." Xiaobai quickly waved her hand, looking at the three people in the room with a confused expression. Even though her eyes were full of doubt, out of trust in Shengwang, she could only slowly lower her hand and whisper, "Shengwang, you mean... it's better if I'm not here, right...? Well, then I'll go out and wait for you... Call me in when you're done..."

After Xiaobai finished speaking, he walked to the office door, glancing back several times before finally leaving.

Reputation was, after all, a longtime friend of Lexington's, and she and Lexington were also her sisters-in-law. Given this context, it's understandable that they would have many emotional issues.

Xiao Bai's figure disappeared into the office.

Reputation gave Counterattack a look.

In retaliation, she immediately and quietly closed the office door.

After closing the door, Reputation lowered his head and gently patted Lexington's trembling shoulder.

"Lexington, the master has already gone out."

"Ugh... um..." Lexington trembled twice in Renown's arms.

"..." Reputation didn't continue speaking; she simply closed her eyes silently and gently placed her hands on Lexington's shoulders.

Lexington continued to cry in Reputation's arms for a while longer. Whether it was because she felt more secure in Reputation's arms or because Little White had gone out, Lexington's emotions finally began to stabilize.

Under the watchful eyes of prestige and retaliation, Lexington's cries gradually subsided into low-frequency sobs.

With red eyes, she slowly pulled away from Shengwang's embrace, wiping her eyes, her gaze still brimming with tears.

“Lexington, I haven’t seen you cry like this in at least two years,” Reputation said, looking at Lexington.

“Reputation… um…” Lexington looked a little dejected after crying. She rubbed her eyes and looked up with a pitiful expression. “Thank you… you always come just in time.”

"I'm late this time." Reputation shook her head and picked up the letter of apology in her hand, which was now soaked with patches of Lexington's tears. "Master has always loved and respected you, so I don't think she would do anything to really hurt you... So, is this why you're crying like this?"

“…Hmm…” Lexington touched her eyes with her fingers and nodded.

"...A letter of self-criticism?"

"Hmm...it's Xiaobai's letter of self-criticism."

"I think so too." Reputation nodded. "It's just a piece of paper..."

“Reputation, take a look too!” Upon hearing this, Lexington immediately looked up at Reputation with teary eyes and said, “This was written for me by Little White…”

"What could possibly be in this that would make you like this..." Shengwang lowered her head, flipping through the letter of self-criticism. When she first saw the first two pages, she murmured softly, "It's just ordinary repentance, nothing particularly noteworthy, and besides..."

The murmurs of reputation stopped when we turned to the third page.

Shengwang's gaze as he looked at the self-criticism suddenly changed.

"...Looking back on every dawn and dusk of my admiral career, besides the ship girls who are always by my side, there is always a lady silently standing behind me..."

"...She personally straightened every single brick and tile of the garrison..."

"...She was the mother of the entire naval base, a hero in a girl's eyes..."

"...She persevered, she made a promise, she carried everything forward, she often hid her tears behind a smile..."

"..."

Vast amounts of emotion, vast amounts of catharsis.

Although the language is rather ordinary and the rhetoric is not particularly artistic, only after reading it word for word can one feel the extraordinary sincerity of the emotions conveyed throughout, as if someone were whispering in one's ear, penetrating to the core.

To Shengwang's utter surprise, aside from the brief opening, the rest of the self-criticism was a torrent of poetic praise and love for Lexington.

You can't just look at this stuff...

Especially the ship girls who went through the two most desolate years at the naval base...

As she looked at the reputation, she rubbed her forehead, her eyes reddening slightly.

“Sigh… How could she write such shameful things…” Reputation put down the letter of apology in her hand, took a deep breath, and said to Lexington, “Lexington, you should teach her how to write a proper letter of apology.”

“Ugh…” Lexington covered her eyes and nodded.

"So, you've watched it all?"

"Um……"

“No wonder…” Reputation sighed, patting Lexington on the shoulder. “So how are you feeling?”

“I…I didn’t expect…that Xiaobai would think of me like that…” Lexington covered her face and whispered, “Actually…I’m not as good as she says…”

“What she said… isn’t wrong.” Reputation thought for a moment, then shook Lexington’s shoulder. “But… you’ve really worked hard, Lexington. The people at the naval base owe you a thank you.”

"Waaah..." Lexington covered her eyes, tears welling up again.

This time, Reputation didn't go to comfort Lexington; she just looked at Lexington silently, her gaze soft.

Counterattack cautiously approached, glancing at Lexington and then at Reputation.

"Sister... Sister..." Counterattack cautiously tugged at the hem of Reputation's clothes.

"During work hours, you must call me Head Maid."

“Yes, Head Maid!” Counterattack nodded quickly. “I…can I also see the Admiral’s letter of apology?”