Elder brother's garrison

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"..."

Reputation looked at Counterattack, then glanced at Lexington who remained unresponsive, before handing Counterattack the letter of apology she was holding.

They seized the opportunity to counterattack as if it were a treasure.

She quickly lowered her head and began to read.

She turned the first two pages with great interest, but as she read on, she began to tremble all over.

"Waaaaah... Waaaaah!!!"

Tears streamed down her face as she retaliated.

She retaliated by holding the letter of self-criticism and bursting into tears.

"How touching!"

"Admiral, you wrote so well!"

Chapter 3837 Family for a Lifetime

Before she could even finish reading the entire self-criticism, she was so moved by the text in the middle that she burst into tears, tilting her head back and sobbing uncontrollably.

slam-la-

She retaliated with a series of wailing sounds, tears streaming down her face, two small waterfalls of tears even creating several faint rainbows in mid-air.

Reputation reached out and took the letter of apology that Counterattack was holding.

"Fight back, but mind your image," Reputation reminded him.

"Waaah—yes—but sister, this self-criticism is really touching—" Counterattack tried to suppress her emotions several times, but still couldn't control herself.

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

"Yes, Head Maid—" Counterattack nodded in agreement while crying.

Seeing her sister become like this after reading the letter of apology, she could only sigh softly and hand the letter back to Lexington.

Lexington accepted the letter of apology, hugged it to her chest, and gently sniffed.

The way he treated it with such reverence made it seem as if the letter of self-criticism was some rare and priceless treasure.

“I never imagined that Master would write such cheesy things in a letter of apology,” Reputation said to Lexington. “This letter of apology is like it has magic now.”

“That’s right… Little White… I did hear that she did well in humanities at school, but I didn’t expect her to be so good at writing essays…” Lexington gently wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and sighed softly, “If this is Little White’s normal level of performance, then it’s a real waste for her to be an admiral. She would be much better off as a free and romantic human poet…”

"So, you seem quite satisfied with the contents of this self-criticism?"

"This is a thank-you letter from Xiaobai." Lexington pressed the letter of apology to his chest, looked up at Reputation and said, "Although it's a bit hard to say what to say about this being tucked inside the letter of apology... but I'm still very, very satisfied with the thank-you letter itself."

"..." Reputation nodded slightly, her gaze towards Lexington becoming much more reassured. "In that case, keep it safe, Lexington."

"Ah, but, but we can't save it!" Just then, a voice mixed with a faint sob reached between Lexington and Renown.

Lexington and Shengwang looked over upon hearing the sound.

All they could see was Fan Hui wiping his red nose, his eyes wide and watery, as he quickly raised his hand at the two of them.

"Fight back?"

“Lexington, Head Maid, I’m sorry to interrupt your conversation, but… but…” Counterattack quickly bowed to the two of them, then stared at the letter of apology in Lexington’s arms. She shifted her weight on her feet expectantly, then spoke as if gathering her courage, “I, I think! Since the Admiral has written something so good, everyone in the naval base should see it!”

"...Counterattack, what are you saying..." Reputation looked at Counterattack.

"Head Maid, I... I'm serious!" Counterattack quickly added, "I can feel the Admiral's sincerity hidden in this thank-you letter. Although I'm not the one being thanked by the Admiral... But! Even as an observer, seeing the contents of this letter gave me a great sense of satisfaction! And a heartfelt emotion! So I think there must be many others in this naval base who feel the same way I do, and this thank-you letter should be shown to them too! Don't you think the Admiral wrote it very well, sister?"

In the end, Counterattack looked at Prestige with a hopeful gaze.

Reputation remained silent for a moment.

"...I don't deny that this article is excellent...but now it's working hours, you should call me head maid."

"Ugh! Head Maid!" Counterattack immediately deflated like a wilted eggplant, and quickly lowered her head.

“A counterattack? This letter was ultimately written by our master to Lexington, and neither of us has the authority to deal with it,” Reputation continued.

"Ugh... I know, I know..." Fanbull hung his head.

“Reputation, don’t be too harsh on Counterattack.” Lexington interjected at this moment, her gaze falling on Counterattack’s slightly regretful face. After a moment of contemplation, she handed the letter of apology to Reputation. “Actually… if Counterattack feels that the others in the naval base should also see this letter of thanks, I think it would be a good thing to let them read it.”

"...Lexington?"

“After all, I was truly moved after reading this letter of thanks,” Lexington said. “It would be even better if this feeling could be shared with the rest of the base.”

"……"prestige.

"Renown, do you think the emotions contained in this thank-you letter have the value of being passed on?" Lexington looked into Renown's eyes, his tone revealing a hint of expectation and inquiry.

"..." Reputation looked into Lexington's eyes, then lowered her gaze to look at the letter of apology that Lexington had handed her, and finally nodded slowly, "Without a doubt."

“In that case, let’s spread the word.” Lexington smiled at Reputation and placed the letter of apology in his hand.

"Do we need to make thousands of copies and then distribute them to every ship girl in the naval base?" Renown inquired.

“Then no need.” Lexington shook her head. She thought for a moment, looked at the letter of apology and said, “We can just make a few copies and put them in the library for interested ship girls to borrow. It’s best not to make too many copies, and not to make the news too public. Just keep it circulating in a small circle, so as not to seem too pretentious.”

“I understand.” Reputation nodded, and continued, “Then what about the wording in this self-criticism report…”

Not a single word changed.

"Reputation understands." Reputation nodded again.

"Thank you, Lexington!" Upon seeing that Lexington had adopted her idea, Counterattack immediately bowed gratefully to her.

“Counterattack, you reminded me that it would have been better to publish this thank-you letter.” Lexington looked at Counterattack with a gentle gaze.

"So, Lexington, may we now invite the master in?" Reputation asked.

"Wait a minute, let me compose myself..." Lexington quickly sat back down in her seat. She took a deep breath, opened her mouth, her eyes reddened, and then covered her mouth to calm herself down for a while. "...Hmm...the aftereffects have subsided quite a bit...I should be able to call Xiaobai in now."

Prestige and Counterattack nodded in agreement, walked to the office door, and opened it.

Outside the door, Xiaobai stood nervously and awkwardly behind the door.

"Reputation? Counterattack? How's it going in Lexington..." Little White seemed to have been waiting anxiously here for a long time. As soon as she saw Reputation and Counterattack, she hurriedly asked.

“Master, everything is alright now.” Reputation nodded slightly to Little White. “This is not a bad thing, but you can ask Lexington for details. Reputation will not bother you two any longer.”

"Ah... I see..."

Hearing what Shengwang said, Xiaobai felt somewhat more at ease.

Xiao Bai's gaze swept past Sheng Wang and lingered on the face of the one who was striking back.

Xiao Bai paused for a moment after seeing that Counterattack's eyes had become red and swollen for some reason.

"Huh... I'm going to retaliate with my eyes..."

"Ah, ah! No, it's alright! Master, Counterattack is fine!" Counterattack quickly covered her eyes and shook her head.

"But……"

"Master, Counterattack is going to do what Lexington arranged! Counterattack takes his leave!" Counterattack quickly bowed to Little White, then, as if afraid of being seen with the tear stains on his face, ran to the other side of Reputation.

After bowing to Xiaobai, Shengwang and Fancheng left one after the other, leaving Xiaobai standing alone at the office door.

Xiaobai looked at the departing figures of Reputation and Counterattack with a slight sense of confusion. After a while, she remembered that the important Lexington was still in the office, so she quickly went inside.

In his office, Lexington was wiping his eyes and tidying up the documents on his desk.

Lexington, who had just finished crying, still had beautiful, moist eyes. Her eye sockets were slightly red, and there were faint traces of tears on her cheeks, which had been wiped away.

Like a child who has done something wrong, Xiaobai cautiously walked up to Lexington.

Lexington looked up and met Little White's gaze.

After a brief exchange of glances, Xiaobai quickly looked away apologetically.

“Lexington…that…you…you…”

"..." Lexington looked at Little White's frightened appearance, a slight smile appeared on her lips, and she called out, "...Little White."

"Ah, I'm here!"

Xiao Bai immediately stood at attention.

"Come here." Lexington loosened his collar and waved his snow-white hand at Little White.

"Oh..." Little White obediently walked over.

Lexington reached out and took Little White's arm, then pulled Little White into her embrace and gently patted Little White's back.

Little White snuggled closer to Lexington.

"Lexington...I...did I do something wrong...I'm so stupid...I've thought about it for so long but I still don't know what I did wrong..." Little White asked softly, "Um...I didn't know I would make you cry...If I had known it would turn out like this...Lexington, please tell me what I did wrong...I...I promise I won't do it again..."

“No, you didn’t do anything wrong.” Lexington gently patted Xiaobai’s back, nuzzled Xiaobai’s cheek with her chin, then looked closely at Xiaobai’s face and smiled gently at her, “Xiaobai… anyway, thank you.”

"Eh?"

"I'm fine, I'm really fine. I wasn't crying because I was angry, I was crying because I was happy."

"Really……"

"Yes... I haven't been this happy in two or three years."

"……what……"

Little White and Lexington embraced tightly and remained silent.

The faint sound of breathing and the rustling of clothes could be heard from time to time in the air.

After a while, Lexington gently pushed Little White away from her arms a little.

"What an adorable child." Lexington gazed at Little White's cheek, stroking his face with eyes full of loving affection. "Little White...we'll be family for life."

Xiao Bai blinked, looked at Lexington, and nodded subconsciously.

"……Um."

Chapter 3838 Just the mission in Lexington

While Lexington was having a heart-to-heart talk with Little White in the office, Reputation and Counterattack had already left the office building.

Before leaving the office building, Shengwang and Fanzhen went to the mailroom and made several copies of Xiaobai's apology letter.

"Fight back."

After leaving the office building, Reputation looked towards Counterattack and called out.

"Head Maid! I'm here!" Counterattack immediately stopped in place and addressed Reputation.

"...Even though it's during working hours, if there's no one else around, you can still call me 'sister'." Reputation's gaze softened as she looked at the counterattack.

"Hey, okay, okay... Reputation Sister..."

When she saw that Reputation's gaze softened, she immediately clung to him like a docile kitten.

The gaze that met the resounding reputation was full of trust and reliance.

Reputation reached out and adjusted the maid's hair ornament on Counterattack's head before continuing to speak to Counterattack.

"Just now... as a maid, you did a lot of offensive things in front of Lexington, but fortunately, it wasn't a public occasion, and Lexington has a rather special relationship with us, so I won't pursue it," Reputation said softly to Counterattack. "But next time, if it's in front of the master, you still need to be careful about your words and actions. As maids, we should never talk too much about the person we serve, and we certainly shouldn't lose control of our emotions and cry in front of the master."

"Ugh... I understand, sister..." Counterattack lowered her head.

"I need to go to the Deepsea Maids' place later to hear their report, so I'll leave the task Lexington just asked us to to you," Reputation said to Counterattack.

"Hey! Shall I try?"

"I see you're very interested in this."

"Ah...it's that obvious..." Retaliation seemed to have her little secret exposed, and she lowered her head somewhat embarrassedly.

Reputation smiled slightly at the counterattack.

"I'll leave this matter entirely to you. I'll head over now."

"Please rest assured, sister!" Counterattack immediately addressed Reputation, "Ah, no! Please rest assured, head maid!"

Reputation dusted off Counterattack's shoulders, then turned and walked away with an air of elegance and grace.

She watched her sister's departing figure with longing, and only after her reputation disappeared from the transfer did she take a long breath, then clench her fists and strike a pose full of fighting spirit.

"We must make sure our counterattack is done well!"

After finishing his counterattack, he immediately ran towards the naval base's library.