Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1693: The Donghuang Shipgirl Who Never Returned to Her Homeland
Lin Lan turned around and saw a graceful woman in a deep red high-slit dress that looked like a cheongsam. She had a faint smile on her face and appeared behind them at some point.

This tall, unfamiliar woman had an exquisite black butterfly hair accessory tucked into her short black hair. Her burgundy eyes stared straight at him, like a senior artist evaluating an exhibit with unsparing appreciation.

"Ah! Sister Jianwu, when did you get behind us?"

Fu Bo, who was beside Lin Lan, saw this queen with a cold and arrogant temperament, ran up happily, and called out the name of the Donghuang ship girl in a very affectionate manner.

"Hehehe~ You didn't deploy your ship suits, so it's normal that you didn't notice me... But it seems that Miss TB has already noticed me."

The Donghuang ship girl named Jianwu smiled elegantly, stretched out her hand to pinch Fu Bo's cheek, glanced at Ling beside Lin Lan out of the corner of her eye, and spoke softly.

"Jianwu..."

The moment Fu Bo called out the name of this Donghuang lady, Lin Lan recalled the experience of this Donghuang heavy cruiser girl who had a troubled life on Blue Star.

At that time, Donghuang originally planned to place orders with Royal and Iron Blood to purchase warships, but the order to Iron Blood was aborted because of the war between Royal and Iron Blood.

For this reason, the budget was changed to place an order with the Austro-Hungarian shipyard, and in the cooperation, the original destroyers were upgraded to new armored cruisers.

Unfortunately, due to the outbreak of World War I, the Austro-Hungarian Empire was defeated and divided, and these half-built battleships were eventually dismantled.

The elegant and beautiful lady in red before his eyes was one of the Donghuang ship girls who had never been able to return to her homeland.

Hearing him call out his name softly, Jianwu lowered his head slightly, chuckled, and formally introduced himself to him:
“Nice to meet you. I am Jianwu.

"The commander is also from Donghuang, so I think he already knows about my past experiences. But you don't need to worry about it. Just focus on me now."

After Jianwu finished introducing himself, Fubo also added to him with a smile:
"Commander, you may not know this, but Sister Jianwu is a fashion designer. From now on, everyone will have new clothes!"

"Oh?"

Hearing this, Lin Lan looked at Jianwu in surprise, who was looking at her with confidence.

There are many ship girls in the port who are good at fashion design, such as Roma who is in the Iris temporary port.

But there are very few ship girls who are good at designing oriental-style clothing.

Just by looking at Jianwu's gorgeous and exquisite crimson cheongsam dress, he believed most of Fubo's words.

"Haha~ Fashion design is just a personal hobby."

Of course, as a Donghuang ship girl, Jianwu chuckled modestly after hearing Fu Bo's boasting, and then said to him confidently:
"But if the Commander asks, I don't mind sharing my philosophy of perfect clothing design with everyone in the port area."

After that, before Lin Lan could speak, Jianwu raised his hand and straightened the collar of his commander's uniform:
"Commander, this navy uniform is too old. It seems that I should consider designing a new uniform for you as a gift before you officially build it."

Facing Jianwu's intimate behavior, Lin Lan responded with a smile:

"Then I will be looking forward to it. Please take good care of me in the future, Jianwu."

After the two of them finished interacting, Santa Fe also came forward lively and asked Jianwu angrily:
"Sister Jianwu! Why didn't you wake me up when you came to the training ground? The commander caught me slacking off in class!"

I had said before not to expose this matter, but this stupid light cruiser girl
But he took the initiative to bring it up at this moment, causing Lin Lan to burst out laughing.

Jianwu glanced at Santa Fe and replied with a chuckle:

"When you came to class this morning, you had dark circles under your eyes. Anyone with eyes could tell that you had stayed up all night last night." "So we thought, instead of letting you participate in the simulation exercise in this state, it would be better to let you get a good night's sleep so that you won't be late for the actual combat exercise in the afternoon."

Santa Fe touched his eye sockets, muttered with a bitter face:
"Are the consequences of staying up late so serious?"

After speaking to his fellow White Eagle Light Cruiser, Jianwu turned his gaze to Lin Lan:
"As the commander just said, the White Eagle's fellow carrier-based aircraft have already spotted your arrival.

"In order to welcome the commander, Changfeng has already gone to the cafeteria and is preparing to personally prepare a Donghuang feast for you... the share of the Buri logistics team has also been taken into consideration.

"Although this is a dream world, everything here feels incredibly real, so Commander, we don't need to enter the training grounds anymore. We can go directly to the cafeteria to eat."

As Jianwu finished speaking, the sister in Caiburi suddenly cheered with bright eyes:

"It's the real Donghuang cuisine burin! It's said that eating it will make your clothes explode!"

After the colorful sister said this, the other Bries also shouted lines like "bursting clothes" and "legendary kitchen utensils", making Lin Lan unable to suppress the smile on her face.

And since Jianwu said that Changfeng prepared the banquet for them, it seems that Changfeng must be a good cook like Longwu and is quite reliable.

At least he will never be as naughty as Fubo and Feiyun.

Thinking of this, he also smiled at the Brie sisters:
"Donghhuang cuisine is not as exaggerated as in the anime. Besides, if the clothes really burst, I, a fashion designer, will be heartbroken."

"Grumpy."

Although Jianwu said this, his tone and the sweet smile on his face showed that he didn't mind Lin Lan's intimate title.

At this time, the sonic boom of carrier-based fighter jets flying low over the training ground also came from directly above the training ground.

"Let's wait here for a moment. The hero who first discovered the commander's arrival is about to come out."

Jianwu looked towards the training ground, smiled and spoke to everyone, then asked him:
"Amagi came here this morning. According to her, the commander should go to the Iris temporary port in the Teaching Country today.

"According to the time in the real world, it's still morning. How come the commander is here?"

Facing Jianwu's curious eyes, Lin Lan simply recounted without reservation the whole story of how he met Tiancheng yesterday and caught up on his sleep in the courtroom after arriving at Iris.

Knowing that he would attend the banquet after waking up, Jianwu sighed unwillingly:

"It's a pity that the clothes in the dream can't be brought into reality, otherwise I really want to design a dress for the commander to attend the banquet."

"It doesn't matter. When we return to the home port, I will build you as soon as possible. When the banquets held by various camps are held, I will definitely wear the dress you designed for me."

Feeling the reluctance in Jianwu's voice, Lin Lan also made a promise to comfort him.

After receiving his assurance, Jianwu's reluctance disappeared:

"Thank you for your trust, Commander. I will have to design new clothes for you and your companions in the port area in the next few days."

It was at this time that the White Eagle aircraft carrier they had been waiting for finally walked out of the simulation exercise field.

(End of this chapter)