KanColle does not allow me to work from nine to five

"Then Mr. Liu Cheng, are you injured?" Tianying asked with concern.

"Fortunately, it's just a minor injury."

"That's not good." Littorio pushed aside the people surrounding Liu Cheng and said, "Okay, let Liu Cheng take a shower and rest. I can see that you are very tired."

Liu Cheng nodded. He was indeed very tired. After dancing for so long and fighting with Ron,

The battle of wits and courage exhausts both the mind and body.

"The shower room on the ship is next to the engine room, please follow me." Bolzano mustered up the courage to stand up and said.

"Okay, please lead the way."

Liu Cheng said goodbye to everyone politely and followed Bolzano.

Littorio looked at Liu Cheng's back and murmured, "You always give people unexpected surprises. You are really a treasure that can never be fully explored. Unfortunately, it would be too inhumane to ask for those details in this situation. Zara, I'll leave the evening's affairs to you."

"Understood." Zara forced a smile and gestured, saying, "I will make Liu Cheng explain the cause and effect clearly tonight."

Bola clenched her fist and said, "Sister, don't be polite to Liu Cheng. You should use some means when necessary and use torture when necessary. He is not injured. Humph, he even tied with Ron. What a boast."

"Since you're so curious, why don't we go and ask together?"

"I'm not going. Whoever wants to go can go."

"You."

Zara looked at her sister who was not very frank and sighed silently in her heart.

What happened today gave Zara a strong sense of crisis. Pola had a secret crush on Liu Cheng, which was normal. Pola was her most important sister, and the two had many similarities in personality and hobbies. Littorio and Bolzano were very close to Liu Cheng, which was also normal. They were all colleagues in Sardinia, and they didn't necessarily like him. They might just admired him. After all, Liu Cheng was so outstanding.

But now, not only is there Tirpitz who has taken the lead, even Ron, who has just known Liu Cheng for one day, has become like this. Ron was so obviously provocative when they left. How could Zara not realize that the person she likes is outstanding and has special talents, so of course he will be liked. But aren't you a little too likable?

"What's wrong with me?" Paula said, "I just won't go today. Anyway, I won't leave my sister."

"I won't leave Bora either."

Zara said, holding her sister's hand, making up her mind.

Chapter 41 Your Mind Cube is saying, I like you

Liu Cheng's fatigue was relieved a lot after taking a hot bath and eating a few slices of pizza. He didn't expect at first that he would stay on this ship for so long, so naturally all his spare clothes were left on the Volcano. Now his clothes were taken away by Bolzano for cleaning. He had no choice but to wear a bathrobe and lie lazily on the steel bed in the room, not wanting to move.

However, although Liu Cheng's body did not move, his brain was still thinking constantly. After all, he had experienced so many things today and obtained a lot of information. Of course, he needed to think carefully and summarize.

The biggest gain today is naturally the trust issue that Prince Eugen inadvertently mentioned. Although we still haven't figured out the purpose of Tirpitz's doing this, from the words and deeds of Hutten and others, especially Ron's final cautious words, an important message has actually been revealed - Tirpitz's purpose must involve Iron Blood, and may even be related to all the ship girls of Iron Blood, otherwise Prince Eugen and others would never be so cautious, and even force such a test in front of the Sardinian ship girl.

So, Tirpitz should not just want me to join the Iron Blood? However, according to the information obtained in the past few days, if you want the ship girl to accept a human to join, it does require some trust that breaks through the inherent impression.

Liu Cheng moved slightly on the bed and wanted to give up thinking about this kind of riddle problem. He just wanted to enjoy his rest time after get off work comfortably. Anyway, he had not obtained the key information yet. Even if he did not get it, he could ask Tirpitz directly later and she would understand. It seemed that his life would definitely be entangled with the ship girls.

If you think about it this way, it’s actually pretty good?

There was a knock on the door. Liu Cheng turned over in bed and said weakly, "No need for midnight snack. I had a full meal last night."

The knocking on the door paused, then continued.

"I'm not wearing any clothes. Let's talk tomorrow if you have anything to say."

"It's me." Zara's voice came from outside the door.

"Ahem, I'm actually wearing a bathrobe, and the door isn't locked. What's our relationship? Just come in if you need anything. No need to knock."

Zara couldn't help but smile, then quickly stopped smiling, opened the door with a serious expression and walked in.

Liu Cheng lay on the bed without getting up. He just turned around and saw Zara, who was wearing a home halter dress, walking to his bed. From this angle, he could just see her flat belly, her extremely contracted waist, and her perfectly shaped towering breasts. Zara's beautiful eyes were gazing at Liu Cheng with amusement.

This angle was really awkward. Liu Cheng struggled to sit up and asked, "What's the matter with you coming here?"

"What's the matter? It seems you forgot. I told you a long time ago that I would interrogate you thoroughly tonight."

Zara sat down beside Liu Cheng's bed, holding his shoulders and letting him lean against the head of the bed: "No need to sit up, just lie down and rest... Let me take a look, um, there is no fever."

Zara pursed her lips as she stroked Liu Cheng's forehead with her slender hand. She had originally wanted to appear as a stern interrogator to express her dissatisfaction, but for some reason, when she saw Liu Cheng's listless look, she couldn't harden her heart at all.

"Actually, I still have a low-grade fever."

"Have it?"

"Shipgirls don't get sick. You don't have much experience. If you don't believe me, touch her again."

"No..." Zara touched the man's forehead again. She saw Liu Cheng

Her black eyes, shining like stars, suddenly came to her senses. She bit her lip and said, "You stinky brother, you lied to me again."

"I didn't lie to you." Liu Cheng held Zara's soft hand and said, "I had a low-grade fever just now, but I got better immediately after you touched me, Zara. The medicine worked, you really are my miracle doctor."

Zara felt sweet in her heart, but she immediately pulled her slender hand away from Liu Cheng's and said with a stern face: "Be serious, don't think I will let you go just because you say good things about me. Tell me the truth!"

Liu Cheng had no choice but to become serious and said, "Tell the truth, you must tell the truth."

"Explain."

"I've already talked about Tirpitz..."

"We'll talk about this later." Zara said, "Let's talk about what happened with Ron today. Even if Ron showed mercy, how could a human being beat a ship girl? And what did she say about satisfying expectations? What's going on? Tell the truth."

Liu Cheng looked at Zara's face, which was serious, fair and selfless, but Liu Cheng could vaguely sense Zara's uneasiness under this disguised expression.

"Are you jealous?"

"You're jealous." Zara tapped Liu Cheng on the head and said, "Don't change the subject. Explain it to me."

"I'll tell you, I'll tell you." Liu Cheng said honestly, "Indeed, what I said before was a little bit artistic. I couldn't beat Ron. The way I passed her test was mainly to attack her heart."

"Heart attack?"

"Well, I heard Ron's voice and saw her obsession." Liu Cheng explained, "Pola once told me that the mind cubes of the ship girls are releasing complex high-dimensional information all the time. I may not only be able to communicate freely with the ship girls, but also understand the information released by these mind cubes. So I used this as a breakthrough to enlighten Ron and also gained her friendship."

Zara said in disbelief: "Can you understand the high-dimensional information of the Mind Cube?"

“It turns out that it should be.”

"Then what is the information of my mind cube? Tell me."

Liu Cheng grinned and said, "It's not that easy. If I can actively understand this information, wouldn't it be equivalent to having the ability to read minds?"

Zara thought for a moment and asked, "Then how did you understand Ron's Mind Cube at that time?"

"At that time..." Liu Cheng said as he recalled, "I was unconscious and Ron carried me on his shoulders. I saw everything in a state of half-awake and half-asleep. Maybe that was the prerequisite for me to receive information from the Mind Cube."

Zara’s personality is one of seriousness and responsibility, so she said, “Then let’s try to restore it?”

"You can try." Liu Cheng said with an embarrassed look on his face, "Do I want to be carried on your shoulders again?"

"I don't think so. In theory, it should be enough to just touch it."

"Yes." Liu Cheng said quickly, "That makes sense. The information of the Mind Cube cannot be perceived by me out of thin air."

So Liu Cheng seized the opportunity to hold Zara's flawless slender hand and pretended to feel it.

"How is it?" Zara couldn't help but her heart beating faster.

"No, it just feels comfortable like before." Liu Cheng said, "Is it because the contact area is not enough?"

Zara glared at Liu Cheng: "What do you want?"

"Try to make contact with a larger area. Hug me. Give it a try."

"You stinky little brother, are you trying to trick me again?"

"It's not a trick, but I really want to hug you." Liu Cheng said truthfully, "If I can hug you, Zara, all my fatigue will disappear."

Zara bit her lip and said, "Then try it, but don't let your imagination run wild."

"Well, business is the most important thing."

As Liu Cheng spoke, he held Zara's round shoulders with his hands trembling a little. The beautiful face and perfect body of the beauty were right in front of him, how could his heart not be swayed? Finally, Liu Cheng took a deep breath, slowly moved his hands down to hold Zara's slender waist, and after feeling her body tremble as if she was electrocuted, he held her delicate body tightly in his arms.

"How is it? Did you feel it?" Zara's voice trembled a little.

"Maybe it needs to be simulated a little more." The round and firm thing pressed tightly against Liu Cheng's chest, and his lips were a little dry. "Yes, there is one more thing. You have to be half asleep and half awake."

As he spoke, Liu Cheng exerted a little force, hugged Zara's unresisting body and laid on the bed sideways. The two looked into each other's eyes and could feel each other's heart beating violently.

Zara's cherry lips parted, exhaling hot and rapid breaths: "How...how is it, do you feel it?"

"I feel it." Liu Cheng gently put his hand on Zara's forehead and said, "I heard your Mind Cube talking. What was it saying... I heard it clearly. It was saying..."

"I like you."

Chapter 42 Your first kiss was not Tirpitz, it was me, Zara

The drumsticks struck the bells and Liu Cheng's voice buzzed in Zara's mind, refusing to dissipate. A warm current flowed up from the tailbone and rushed along the spinal cord straight into the brain. Zara's eyes were blurred and her delicate body almost softened into a ball of spring water. There was no need for any extra words. She knew that she had completely fallen into the arms of the man in front of her and could not and did not want to leave.

Zara's face was as beautiful as the rosy clouds, and she said with a breath as sweet as orchid: "Did you hear it, or did you want to say it?"

"That's what I heard, and that's what I wanted to say." Liu Cheng looked at Zara's breathtakingly beautiful face and said softly, "I'm sorry that I made you worried about what happened today. I should have told you in advance."

Zara's heart was beating like a drum, but she still

She deliberately pouted her lips and said coquettishly, "What is there to tell me? I am not related to you."

Liu Cheng just smiled, and touched Zara's smooth back dishonestly with his hand. After feeling her body tremble, he said, "We are already in a relationship where we hug each other and sleep in the same bed. Who do you think you are to me?"

Zara drooped her eyelids and said deliberately, "I don't know."

"Don't you know that I know?" Liu Cheng gently stroked Zara's smooth forehead, sniffed her charming body fragrance, and said emotionally, "I know that Zara and I are more than just friends. I like Zara, and Zara likes me too. She likes me so much that she can't help herself. She won't reject my excessive actions, and she will be jealous when she sees me with other women..."

Zara knocked Liu Cheng on the head and interrupted him: "Who likes you so much that he can't help himself?"

"Then Zara." Liu Cheng grabbed Zara's hand, looked into her eyes and asked, "Are you willing to be my lover?"

"Little fool~"

Zara broke free from Liu Cheng's hand, and hugged him by the neck, her eyes as gentle as water, "Of course it has been a long time ago."

Liu Cheng was stunned for a moment, and then his heart was filled with joy. He liked Zara, her appearance, her personality, her gentle but warm and generous appearance, and her playful eyes when she was jealous. He was not blind or deaf, so how could he not see Zara's feelings for him? Maybe the two of them didn't know each other well enough, but was it important? The beautiful relationship had just begun. How could they continue to get to know each other better without becoming closer?

"Zara..."

"and many more."

Liu Cheng wanted to touch Zara's cheek, but was interrupted by Jia Ren holding her hand. She smiled and said, "There are some things I need to confirm first. What is your relationship with Ron?"

"Of course we are friends."

"Oh? So what are the expectations and promises she mentioned?"

"Well..." Liu Cheng pulled the corner of his mouth and decided to tell the truth: "I treat her as a friend, but I can feel that she seems to treat me as more than just a friend... She kissed me on the cheek."

The smile on Zara's face began to become dangerous and playful: "She kissed your face, and you still only regard her as a friend?"

"I saw her loneliness and paranoia, so I mainly feel pity for Ron. We are truly friends at the moment."

"At the moment? Does that mean it may not happen in the future?"

Liu Cheng quickly said, "This is my serious statement. We may end our friendship in the future."

Zara narrowed her beautiful eyes, and her gaze became a little sharper: "What about Tirpitz? Is he also a friend?"

Liu Cheng was silent for a moment. He knew what he should say now, but in the end he still said: "Not just friends, I have a good impression of her, and she should feel the same way about me."

Even though she had prepared herself mentally, Zara still felt a tightness in her chest after hearing Liu Cheng's words. She said sharply, "You really don't even pretend. You just confessed to me, and now you say you have a crush on someone else. Is this your attitude?"

"I know what to say to make you happy, but I don't want to lie to you, if..."

Liu Cheng said, trying to withdraw his hand from Zara's waist, but Zara held him down with her body. The beautiful lady looked at Liu Cheng deeply with her yellow eyes and said, "There is no if. I want to know what happened between you and Tirpitz. I want to know everything."

"..."

The two of them just stared at each other for what seemed like a long time. In the quiet room again, they could even hear each other's breathing and heartbeats. Finally, under Zara's firm gaze, Liu Cheng slowly said, "Actually, the matter between me and Tirpitz is very simple..."

Of course it was simple. There was no grandiose love, but just talking about everything every day after the first acquaintance. Besides work and entertainment, there was someone who could share the joys and sorrows of life with each other. The seeds of love slowly took root and sprouted until they grew into a towering tree that could not be ignored. In the process of narrating like this, Liu Cheng himself understood that the affection that seemed to be just a friendship was actually deeply rooted.

"Tirpitz and I are just doing this simple daily routine."

"But the simpler it is, the more touching it is. I don't like you for any grand reason." Zara held Liu Cheng's face and said more firmly, "I am the one who is with you now."

"Yes... it's you."

"She has known you for half a year, so I can be with you longer."

"I know, that..."

"What she can't do, I can do."

"I understand, but..."