Elder brother's garrison

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After drinking a few cups of herbal tea, Jinqi's mental state clearly returned to normal, and she never showed that same irrational state in front of Xiaobai again.

The ship girls around Xiaobai gathered together, watching Jinqu and Xiaobai chat. Seeing the satisfied smile on Jinqu's face, a smile of watching lambs being led into the tiger's den appeared on their own faces.

During this time, Saratoga also explained to the ship girls about how she met Gotten, Shiro, and herself. After learning about Gotten's miserable past and tragic life, as well as her incredibly sincere spirit of dedication, the ship girls, while feeling sorry for Gotten, also gathered together and started their own little plans.

"Such a lovely young lady, why don't we capture her and bring her back to our naval base?" After hearing Jinqu's story, Fubuki's big eyes were filled with tears.

For Fubuki, the naval base is the best place in the world. A kind-hearted girl like her should enjoy life in the naval base instead of struggling hard outside.

“You idiot Fubuki, how can you use the word ‘catch’?” Changchun said to Fubuki. “Jinqu-neechan is a good person. You can only catch bad people.”

"So, Changchun, what do you mean?"

“That’s called ‘please’,” Changchun said.

The ship girls pondered for a while and realized that, apart from the wording, there was no essential difference between the two actions.

"Bismarck sister." Thinking of this, Fubuki raised her hand and waved to Bismarck, who was standing in the distance.

"What is it?" Bismarck had been watching Jin and Shiro, but when she heard Fubuki's greeting, she slowly walked over.

"How about we capture Sister Jinqu... uh, no, take her back to the naval base?" Fubuki asked.

“No.” Bismarck shook her head. “She’s a government-owned ship girl; we can’t arrest her.”

"Why can't we catch it?" Fubuki asked, puzzled.

“It involves a lot of adult issues,” Bismarck said to Fubuki. “It’s troublesome.”

Unlike other destroyers, Bismarck was known for her unwavering resolve and incorruptibility. Upon hearing Bismarck's refusal, Fubuki and the other destroyers, along with Saratoga, had no choice but to lower their heads in resignation.

"I'm going back now, nothing else." The iron-willed Bismarck wasn't good at comforting people. After seeing that his words had made the destroyers a little disappointed, he simply decided to leave and give them a quiet space.

"Oh... goodbye, Bismarck." Fubuki gave Bismarck a small bow.

Bismarck nodded and walked back in the direction of Little White.

"What are we going to do now? We can't just bring Jinqu back to the naval base and make the admiral happy." Fubuki and Nagaharu exchanged a glance and sighed helplessly.

Upon hearing this, Bismarck, who was walking back towards Xiaobai, twitched her ears and stopped abruptly as if a pause button had been pressed.

"Judging from the expressions on the Admiral's face while chatting with the ambitious older sister, the Admiral doesn't dislike her after all."

"The admiral has always been like that."

"The admiral was always very happy when the new older sister joined the naval base in the past."

"That's true, the admiral really enjoys salvaging ships."

"It's a pity I teased the admiral just now; he might be too embarrassed to salvage the ship now." Among the destroyers, Changchun lowered his head regretfully.

"As a ship girl, you should actively help the admiral solve his problems..."

"What should we do?" all the ship girls sighed in unison.

Then Bismarck returned.

"Bismarck, my sister?" Fubuki was sighing when she saw Bismarck return. She asked Bismarck curiously, "Is there something you want to ask Fubuki?"

Bismarck nodded: "How do we retrieve it?"

"……what?"

Bismarck pointed to Jinqiu, who was chatting with Xiaobai, and asked, "How do we get her?"

"Huh? Bismarck, didn't you say..."

“It’s alright. You’re just kids, adults can’t control you,” Bismarck said matter-of-factly.

The ship girls exchanged smiles, realizing that although they didn't know why, it seemed Bismarck had already sided with them.

Bismarck is the only senior ship girl in this expedition. If she nods, it means that everything will become legal and reasonable.

"Bismarck is the best!"

"Thank you, Bismarck!"

"We will definitely do our best to help the Admiral capture Sister Jinqu and bring her back to the naval base!"

The ship girls cheered.

At the same time, for some reason, Jin Yu, who was having a heart-to-heart chat with En Gong, whom he had been longing for, suddenly felt a chill down his spine, as if he were being watched by something, and he subconsciously began to tremble.

"Miss Jinqu, are you feeling unwell?" Xiaobai asked with some concern when she saw Jinqu's shoulder suddenly twitch.

"It's alright, it's alright, thank you for your concern. You don't need to call me Miss, just call me Jinqu." Jinqu quickly waved her hand to indicate that she was fine. "I'm a ship girl, you know, I'm in great health."

"Oh, I see. Well then, Jinqu, you can call me by my name too." Xiaobai pointed to herself, "My name is Lu Lin."

"Ah... Can someone like me call you by your first name?" Jinqu looked at Xiaobai with some hesitation.

"I'm just an ordinary person," Xiaobai said, reaching out to grab Jinqu's wrist and placing her other hand on Jinqu's palm. "We're friends, right?"

Jinqu watched as Xiaobai placed her hand on his palm and couldn't help but feel touched.

“Thank you…” Jinqi’s eyes reddened.

"On another note, ambition."

"Ah, I'm here!" When Jinqu heard that Xiaobai was about to start a conversation, her heart skipped a beat, and she looked at Xiaobai nervously.

Having been a public ship girl here for a long time, I've encountered many admirals. As I've met more admirals, my previous notion that admirals were high and mighty has faded.

As a government ship girl with decent training levels, Going Ahead has encountered quite a few admirals who wanted her to join their naval bases in the past six months because of her good training levels.

That's just how admirals are; they want to possess any beautiful wild female characters they see. This is a common problem among admirals all over the world.

To be honest, although being a government ship girl finally allowed her to enjoy the benefits of military ship girls, the salary wasn't much. Otherwise, she wouldn't have had to fish on the yacht for dinner. The admirals who extended olive branches to her naturally offered several times more than she was currently receiving, but she was only focused on finding the admiral who had helped her, so she rejected them all.

Jinqu looked at Xiaobai nervously.

—My benefactor wouldn't want me to join her garrison, would he?

Yes, my benefactor is also an admiral, so naturally she'd want to collect any unclaimed ship girls, right? While I'm weaker than her ship girls, I'm at least strong enough to protect myself. Even if she only recruits me as part of her ship collection, that's probably possible...

Thinking about this, a subtle sense of ambition began to stir within me.

Why did Jinqu keep seeking out the admiral who had helped her? Jinqu had never considered it; she originally thought she simply wanted to sincerely thank her and catch a few more glances. However, now that she had seen the admiral who had helped her, Jinqu still felt something hanging in her heart, something that hadn't settled.

—Could it be that I've always wanted to be the ship girl who benefactors me?

As Jinqu thought this, his face began to slowly turn red.

After becoming a government ship girl, the Entry-level ship girl receives military benefits and can use the repair pool for free. She can also purchase quick repair devices at normal prices and receive free equipment.

Those things are not far away for Jinqu, and Jinqu has long realized that those things are not as precious as he previously thought. Perhaps to his benefactor, they are just slightly more expensive items that he can hand over with a flick of his wrist, not so precious that a ship girl would offer herself in gratitude.

Jinqu understood these things, but he still wanted to find his benefactor.

She just wanted to repay the favor, to express her gratitude, and to show her benefactor how well she could live because of her help. Perhaps it was just a small help to her benefactor, not even one percent of her net worth, but for Jinqi at that time, it was enough to save his life and dignity.

Ah, perhaps deep down I really do want to be my benefactor's ship girl.

My benefactor wanted me to call her Lu Lin, but I didn't want to.

Why don't you want to call out?

Maybe it's because he felt that if he really called her that, he would never have the chance to call her Admiral again.

Thinking this, Jinqu excitedly looked up at Xiaobai's face.

Jinqu is already waiting for Xiaobai to say the question: "Do you want to become a ship girl in her naval base?"

“We…” Xiaobai said slowly, looking at Jinqu.

"Eek!?" However, before Xiaobai could finish speaking, Jinqu behind him was startled and let go of Xiaobai's hand in fear, taking several steps back.

Xiao Bai was taken aback, then turned around curiously to look behind him.

A short distance behind Xiaobai, the four Fubuki sisters, Changchun, Saratoga, and Bismarck were all together. They all looked at Jinqu with fierce eyes that seemed to be eyeing their prey, and a rather terrifying aura was emanating from them.

Jinqu was probably startled by that look in his eyes.

"Bismarck?" Little White asked Bismarck curiously, "What are you doing?"

Upon hearing this, Bismarck quickly regained her composure. She shook her head, glanced at the still somewhat shaken Jinqu, said nothing, but walked up to Jinqu, gently patted her shoulder, and nodded to her with a serious expression.

The patted shoulder made the Enterprise look somewhat frightened as Bismarck walked back to the destroyers and led them back into the cabin.

— He felt that he might be being threatened.

To the ambitious, Bismarck's serious gaze seemed to say, "If you dare join our naval base, I'll tear you apart."

Chapter 611 The Wedding Ship Arrives

The conversation between Xiaobai and Jinqu didn't continue. After gazing deeply into Bismarck's eyes, Jinqu's mind was filled with Bismarck's red eyes, and as he thought about it, he had a feeling that he might be beaten by Bismarck.

Thinking about it too much made Jinqu's face turn a little pale.

Seeing that Jinqu didn't look well, Xiaobai didn't bother him any further. After telling Jinqu to get some rest, she went back to find her own ship girl.

Jinqu watched as Xiaobai walked into the cabin, sighed softly, and then leaned against the railing and sat down on the ground.

Jinqu hugged his legs, and unconsciously felt a little sad.

—That's true. It's not really appropriate for a ship girl like me with no real strength to go and freeload off someone else's naval base.

No wonder other ship girls stared at her with those scary looks.

After a brief moment of dejection, Jinqu sat alone at the bow of the boat, feeling lonely, helpless, and feeling the sea breeze blowing.

The traveler had been gone for two hours; it was lunchtime.

After making thorough mental preparations, Jinqu slowly crawled back into the cabin.

The yacht's cabin is quite spacious; even with many people already inside, it doesn't feel crowded at all.

A dining table stood in the middle of the cabin, and Xiaobai's ship girls were gathered around the table, chatting away.

Jinqu quickly found Shiro's position among all the ship girls.

Xiao Bai was chatting with several destroyers around her, occasionally covering her mouth and smiling, looking very happy.

There was a sense of disappointment in the lack of ambition.

When Xiaobai spoke to Jinqu, he wasn't as relaxed as when he spoke to the destroyer. Jinqu realized that he had indeed lost.

"Hello, Senior Jinqu." Just as Jinqu sighed, a voice suddenly rang out behind her.

Startled by the sudden sound, Jinqu quickly took a step to the side and then looked behind her, still shaken.

A ship girl who looked like a young lady from an aristocratic family was standing behind him, smiling as she carried a pot of stewed fish.

Those were ship girls that Jinqu had never seen with Xiaobai before.

This should be the ship girl that Xiaobai brought aboard, but after boarding, her whereabouts are unknown. She was never seen among the ship girls who had gathered together before.

I didn't expect that she had been cooking all this time. Jinqu thought to himself, and subconsciously glanced at Missouri's hand.

A wedding ring is shining brightly.

Huh?! It's a wedding ship!

Jinqu stared at Missouri in surprise, feeling his whole body begin to stiffen.

She always thought Bismarck was the boss here, but it turns out the guy in front of her was the real boss?

The ship girl turned around and looked at herself, but was still in a daze. She couldn't help but smile at her and said, "Senior, may I ask if Missouri can go in?"

"Ah, I'm sorry." Jinqu quickly made way for the ship girl named Missouri to walk up to Xiaobai.

Missouri nodded to Progressive, then walked up to Little White.

"Admiral, grilled fish." Missouri placed a pot of fish in front of Xiaobai.

"Oh, thank you!" Xiaobai looked at Missouri in surprise. "Missouri, you can cook?"

"My skills are naturally inferior to those of Senior Akagi, I hope the Admiral will not find it offensive," Missouri said with a smile to Shiro.

"No way, Akagi is very capable when it comes to cooking. I wouldn't use Akagi's level to judge others," Xiaobai said with a smile, then picked up her chopsticks, took a piece of fish, and put it in her mouth.

"Pfft—" Xiaobai covered her mouth, looking at Missouri with a surprised expression.

"What does the Admiral think?" Missouri asked.

"—It's so delicious I feel like the world is ending, it's so good I could cry." Xiaobai looked at Missouri with emotion, "Missouri, I never knew you were such a good cook..."

“Missouri only knows a little bit about this,” Missouri said, tapping his chin with his finger. “If I had to say, it’s the onions. Missouri put onions in.”