I, Azure Commander!

In comparison, Prince Heinrich was undoubtedly much more generous and cheerful. He walked straight up and gave Peter Strasser a bear hug. Of course, due to some reasons related to the size of the bridge, even if the two hugged each other, it felt as if they were a long distance apart.

Perhaps, this is the so-called "distance in people's hearts"?

Lin Xiao drank tea with a smile, admiring the "scenery" in front of him.

"Yeah, it's been a long time since we last met. I didn't expect that our next meeting would be like this..."

Peter Strasser's voice was somewhat emotional and seemed to carry a bit of resentment as she looked at the two old friends in front of her, her juniors.

They, who were once ignorant, have now joined the port area and have their own families, but she... is still like a lonely old widower, sitting in her office all day long and working overtime.

There are times when I really have the urge to quit my job, but when I calm down and think about it carefully, I feel that there doesn’t seem to be anything I can do even if I quit. Will I be able to travel alone?

It sounds good, but actually, after traveling to several places, I only feel more lonely and confused... KanColle cannot be confused. Being confused means losing direction, mental instability, and even the possibility of mental outburst.

In addition, being in such an important position, it would be inconvenient for me to resign, so I ended up staying and working here until now.

I was already used to it, but two juniors suddenly jumped out and joined Hong Kong... I felt a little unbalanced in an instant.

Of course, after all, I am not the type who is easily impulsive. Although I have many feelings, I will not do anything extreme under impulse. I still work overtime, I did not resign, and I did not just find someone to be the commander.

"Haha, I didn't expect that either. Xiaotie, too, right?"

As Heinrich spoke, he released the ship equipment, and Lin Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

Xiaotie, with his white teeth, Xiaotie is so handsome!

However, it was not a good idea to place such a huge ship equipment in the living room, so Sheffield quickly reminded Prince Heinrich to put the ship equipment away.

Prince Heinrich just wanted Peter Strasser to meet his old friend Xiaotie, and after being reminded, he immediately locked Xiaotie up again.

Fortunately, she moved quickly. If she was a little slower, Xiaotie would have moved a few times and the coffee table in the living room would have been in danger...

When old friends want to see each other, naturally they have a lot to talk about. The main thing is to recall some things they have experienced together in the past, exchange feelings, and talk about recent developments. Slowly, the conversation began, and Nuremberg started to talk more. He was no longer so shy and integrated into the topic.

Lin Xiao was not in a position to join in, so she just listened quietly. After drinking a cup of hot tea, she stopped Sheffield from pouring the tea and asked her to get some snacks. They all chatted while eating melon seeds.

As the conversation progressed, they slowly started talking about recent developments. Peter Strasser also became excited and started sighing and complaining, telling about his painful experience of working overtime every day.

As a result, Prince Heinrich immediately said: "Why don't you resign and come to our port area? Our port area is relaxed and you don't have to do any work."

As soon as these words were spoken, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became a little weird. Even Lin Xiao was a little stunned. He had only joined the port for a few days, and he was already helping the commander to salvage the ship?

Of course, Prince Heinrich's words were somewhat joking. Apart from that, she had no intention of helping the commander salvage the ship. After all, her favorability towards Lin Xiao was only about 60 at most, and she probably just wanted to stay with her old friend forever...

That's why I said this half-jokingly.

Peter Strasser coughed twice and changed the subject unnoticeably. He did not answer but instead asked them how they felt after joining the port area.

"What do you feel... Actually, it seems like you don't feel anything?"

Prince Heinrich himself was a little confused about this question.

Although I did join the port area, I didn't feel much of a difference. Maybe it was because there were too many shipgirls in the port area? Compared to the commander, I spent more time with the shipgirls. It seemed no different from before... Oh, if I really had to say something, there was one thing. First of all, I didn't have to go to work or do any sorties. Their commander was very lazy. He had so many powerful shipgirls under his command, but he rarely went to trouble the Siren. Because he was not short of money, he rarely took on commissions.

The most obvious feeling in the port is that she has more friends than before. Everyone is a companion in the port. It is not like before when she was the director and the people around her were subordinates... It always felt as if there was a barrier between them. In comparison, life is much more comfortable now, and it feels much more natural to communicate with the ship girls around her.

But other than that, I really don't feel anything...

As for her opinion of the commander, he is of course a good person and treats them well, but he seems to be quite busy... I don't mean busy at work. Although he occasionally writes novels, which can be considered as doing serious work, most of the time he is actually slacking off with the ship girls at home. He likes to hang out with little lolis and play various games the most. He is very different from her previous impression of the commander.

If a normal commander finally got a ship girl, he would definitely care about her from morning to night, and would want to stick with her all the time, just thinking about improving her favorability as soon as possible so that he can give her a ring and make her his wife.

This girl from their family, on the other hand, just left it alone after getting the ship. Not to mention improving her favorability, she barely even saw him a few times. It must be because there are too many shipgirls. I heard that in their port area, the shipgirls took the initiative to improve the commander's favorability and wanted to give him a ring...

Although Heinrich had thought before joining the port that she would feel uncomfortable if she was always pestered by the commander, the disparity between the actual situation and the reality was so great that it did make her feel a little lost.

Of course, she is a cheerful girl and would not care about such a small matter. As long as she lives a happy life, that is better than anything else.

At least in general, life after joining the port area is indeed much richer and more interesting than before...

Chapter 68: A married "daughter" is like spilled water

After listening to Heinrich's narration, Peter Strasser felt like an old father who was worried about his child... uh, an old mother who was finally relieved.

She felt relieved knowing that Nuremberg and Heinrich were living well here.

Although we are all friends and acquaintances, that's all. They want to find a future and settle down in a port area. It's also their choice. Now she still remembers the past relationship and is very enthusiastic when she sees her, and the commander ignores her. In the future, as she stays in the port area for a long time, her relationship with the commander will get better and better. Maybe next time you see her, she will just stay beside the commander and act coquettishly, and won't hesitate to pay attention to you.

A wave of the hand is just a greeting, but there is no longer the same intimate feeling as before.

What is this called? Once a daughter is married off, she will be like spilled water, and her elbows will turn away immediately... It really makes me feel a little sad.

After reminiscing about the past, Peter Strasser immediately turned his gaze to Lin Xiao, coughed lightly, and said slowly: "So, why did Commander Lin Xiao specially invite me here?"

"What's the word?"

When Lin Xiao heard her say that, he was immediately displeased. He immediately changed his playful expression, put on a stern face, put down the teacup in his hand, and said in a loud voice: "What do you mean by this, Director Peter? I know that you have a deep relationship, so I specially invited you to my home to be a guest, just to let you have a good chat. You are so kind and have done such a good deed, how can you slander someone's innocence out of thin air?"

"What's the truth?" Peter Strasser obviously couldn't believe Lin Xiao's antics. He rolled his eyes at him and then asked.

"This is the truth. It couldn't be more true!"

……

"In that case, I'll take my leave now." The two looked at each other for a long while, and Peter Strasser suddenly stood up and pretended to run away. However, he had just taken two steps when Lin Xiao's slow voice came from behind him: "My wife will be here soon."

Peter Strasser gritted his teeth, paused, sat back on the sofa, glanced at Lin Xiao who was smiling, and took a deep breath.

"That's right, Heinrich and Nuremberg, you have joined a port area like this, at least you don't have to worry about being bullied by outsiders."

This person is really shameless. Not only is he thick-skinned, but he is also a rogue. He has many tricks up his sleeve and is very skilled at them.

She thought he was an honest man at first. How blind she was.

Peter Strasser was really speechless, but his life was in the hands of others, so he could only stay and eat melon seeds together, and continue chatting with Heinrich and Nuremberg.

As we chatted, we found out why they joined the port area so quickly.

The commander's own good conditions are of course the main reason, another important reason is that he wants to meet more iron-blooded ship girls, especially Nuremberg. She has always wanted a sister. When she heard that there was Leipzig in Commander Lin Xiao's port, she was immediately attracted. Heinrich was similar. He was attracted by the legendary Emperor Ron's Persian cat, and with the "arrangement" of several predecessors, he was deceived into the port.

Peter Strasser naturally called Lin Xiao shameless, but this guy actually put on an innocent look, saying that he had never mentioned inviting them to join the port from the beginning to the end, and that he was confused when they suddenly called him commander... Bah! Bastard!

Who would believe this kind of nonsense?

Peter Strasser, who was angry, turned around to comfort Nuremberg and Heinrich, but they didn't seem to appreciate it. Heinrich even asked her not to speak ill of his commander. The little angel Nuremberg hesitated and kept praising his commander.

Well, she really deserves to be the port ship girl... I heard that all the port ship girls are like this, not long after joining the port, they completely revolve around the commander.

But she didn't know that Lin Xiao was truly innocent. He was also a victim at the beginning. When he saw Prince Heinrich and Nuremberg were also on the ship, he was really confused. He had no idea what was going on. It even took him a long time to accept the fact that the two had joined the port area.

However, Peter Strasser was obviously very dissatisfied with him at this time and absolutely refused to listen to his explanation. Even after he explained, he would not listen. Lin Xiao was a lazy and Buddhist man and did not want to explain so much. Instead, Nuremberg and Heinrich helped to make things clear, which made Peter Strasser very embarrassed.

Fortunately, my wife arrived at the right time and eased her embarrassment.

"Commander, are you looking for me?"

My wife was wearing casual clothes, but she walked very gracefully, showing the temperament of a lady from a noble family. She walked up to the crowd and bowed slightly to Lin Xiao.

What a beautiful ship girl!

Even Peter Strasser, who is also a ship girl, couldn't help but sigh like this. She had also seen another Azuma in this world. The two were indeed very similar in appearance, but their temperaments were very different.

My wife is also a gentle and kind person, but she always gives people a feeling of being difficult to approach, as if she is subconsciously separating herself from others and immersed in her own world. That kind of gentleness with a smile on her face is more like the indifference that keeps people away.

But the person in front of him was obviously different. Her generous and graceful demeanor made her look like an impeccable lady.

Perhaps, this is the difference between the port ship girls and the free ship girls...

"Hello, Miss Azuma, it's an honor to meet you."

She regained her usual seriousness and solemnity and took the initiative to greet the other party.

"Um... hello, is this Director Peter?" My wife obviously knew the director in charge of this sea area, and Lin Xiao had also mentioned to her before that Director Peter wanted to meet her and invite her to the training ground.

"It's me. I've heard of Miss Azuma's name for a long time, so I wanted to come and visit her today."

My wife nodded and chuckled slightly when she heard this. Her smile was reserved and her expression was generous. She was not shy or arrogant at all.

There is no doubt that she is indeed an impeccable lady.

Lin Xiao had no interest in listening carefully to the subsequent conversation. He was not used to the roundabout way of communicating among such educated people. After all the politeness, what they wanted to talk about was nothing more than that little thing… So he sat down next to Nuremberg, rubbed her hair when she looked nervous, and then helped her get a can of soda from the tray in Sheffield's hand, opened the lid and handed it to her, and then took another bottle directly, then leaned back on the sofa, shoulder to shoulder with Nuremberg, sizing up the girl's interesting expression.

After a while, the conversation between the two finally came to a conclusion. My wife pursed her lips and smiled, and gave her answer very firmly - as long as the commander said a word, she would do anything. If the commander didn't say anything, then I'm sorry, although we had a great conversation just now, I don't know you and I don't want to go with you.

Chapter 69 Let Me Go Through the Back Door

From Heinrich and Nuremberg to my wife, Peter Strasser finally understood that it was impossible to reason with these port girls. If you ask them something, you have to look at the commander first, and the commander will nod before you speak. Why do you want to ask me for anything? Go and talk to my commander. If he nods, I will nod.

So she wasted all this time in vain?

Forget it, I'm tired, let's destroy it.

For a moment, I really wanted to give up, but luckily, having been the director of the Maritime Administration for so long, and after long periods of high-intensity work, my ability to withstand stress was maxed out. I finally managed to keep my composure, and did not have an outburst on the spot, causing my image to collapse.

"Well, my dear Commander Lin Xiao, you can finally tell me now, right? What exactly do you want to do with me?"

"Actually... I don't have any purpose. I just think that the director works hard every day, so I want to find an opportunity to help you relax. It just so happens that the holidays are coming up these two days, and the director doesn't seem to have any plans in the near future. If you don't mind, why don't you spend the New Year with us?"

"No... Never mind, let's talk about this later."

Peter Strasser wanted to refuse outright, but when the feeling of frustration passed, he did not give a decisive answer.

Donghuang’s Spring Festival…

Actually, she is not a ship girl of Donghuang, so she doesn’t have any special feeling towards Donghuang’s festivals. How should I put it? She just doesn’t have that kind of sentiment…

But after all, I am now in Area C, in this festive atmosphere. If I really were to stay alone in the office on the holiday, or stay at home in a daze all day, looking at the lively scene outside, I would feel a little empty.

What else can be done?

Although he is the director of the Maritime Administration, he actually has few real friends. Everyone is in a superior-subordinate relationship. Who would want to celebrate the holidays with his boss?

The few friends I really know well are now in other people’s ports and have become port-area shipgirls…

His eyes swept over Heinrich and Nuremberg. As ship girls from the port area, and their commanders were from Donghuang, of course they would have a happy new year, right?

If you think about it carefully, although it is not good for a free ship girl to always stay with the port ship girls or any commander, it may cause some unnecessary misunderstandings, but if they are just celebrating a festival together... Besides, you can say that this is part of the job. Anyway, Commander Lin Xiao and his port are the focus of observation, so it seems that this is not impossible to explain.

Of course, this is one thing, and what tricks this kid has in mind for him is another. The other party is just trying to play the emotional card. Peter Strasser is experienced and naturally cannot fall for such a trick.

"Sister Peter, um...can we celebrate the festival together?"

However, even if Peter Strasser wanted to put the matter of the festival behind him for the time being, how could Lin Xiao let her do as she wished?

Nuremberg lowered her head, and while speaking she carefully looked up at sister Peter. Her hesitant look was so adorable that people wanted to hold her in their arms and love her dearly.

"That's right, don't be shy, Peter, let's play together and have some fun."

Prince Heinrich walked forward, patted Peter Strasser on the shoulder, and then hugged her with an excited look on his face.

They hadn't seen each other for a long time, so of course they wanted to celebrate the holiday with their old friends. Of course, Lin Xiao's instructions were also a very important reason.

"I think you should stay here tonight, since you have finished your work. The commander said he would treat us to hotpot tonight."

"Well... we're having hot pot tonight, and tomorrow is New Year's Eve, so we'll have a reunion dinner together, hehe..."

Nuremberg smiled somewhat implicitly, and the two of them obviously had no intention of giving Peter Strasser any chance to say no.

Despicable commander!

What else could Peter Strasser say? He sighed helplessly, "Okay, okay, I'll go with you, okay? But you don't have to find someone to 'besiege' me anymore. Just tell me what you want to say. No matter what it is, I'll promise you, okay?"

She was really convinced. What was going on in this port? From the commander to the ship girl, none of them were easy to deal with! And they were particularly keen on tricking her, the director of the Maritime Bureau!

To be honest, she had worked in the Maritime Administration for so long, but she had never seen a port area like this before.

While compromising helplessly, Peter Strasser glanced at Lin Xiao who was still looking innocent at the side, and his heart was filled with rage.

Oh, if she couldn't beat him, she would have to give this bastard a fucking punch in the face even if it meant losing her job, to let her know what a beating from a ship girl is like.

To be honest, Lin Xiao did want to trick her into going to a place to eat hotpot in the evening - that is, the hotpot restaurant that he had just asked Aunt Sheng to buy yesterday. By then, everyone in the place would be his own, and he could surround her and then slowly talk her into reason.

But seeing that the other side's defense was broken, it doesn't make much difference to say it here...

So, with an innocent look on his face, Lin Xiao took the juice handed over by Sirius and handed it to Director Peter, who was "helped" to sit down opposite him by Prince Heinrich. He cleared his throat and said, "Actually, I really just felt that Director Peter was working too hard, and wanted to treat Director Peter to a meal so that we can celebrate the festival together and relax..."

It’s hard, the fist is hard!

Peter Strasser almost bit his teeth off, looking like he wanted to eat someone. If Heinrich hadn't held him down, he would have probably taken off his shoes and jumped over on the coffee table to fight Lin Xiao to the death.

"But since Director Peter is so enthusiastic and wants to reciprocate, it would be difficult for me to refuse. Otherwise, wouldn't that be disrespecting Director Peter?"

Peter Strasser twitched his lips and didn't bother to pay attention to him. Why didn't she realize that he was so shameless before?

"Actually, it's not a big deal. I just want to ask Director Peter to do me a small favor..."

"What's the deal?"