I, Azure Commander!

"Whoa-!"

Xili let out a low cry, and the saliva in her mouth stopped flowing. She felt as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and looked at Lin Xiao pitifully: "Commander... I like you the most. Can you touch Xili's belly?"

"Ha ha……"

Lin Xiao shook his head and chuckled. He stopped teasing her and announced the punishment that had been decided long ago.

Although Yudachi felt uncomfortable when he heard that he couldn't eat meat for five days, he thought it was much better than not being able to eat meat for the rest of his life. In addition, he could still eat meat tonight and during the festival tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, so he didn't feel uncomfortable anymore. He cheered and wanted to pick up the crispy meat that had just been served...

As a result, of course, Tiancheng hit her hand with a spoon. She looked up and made eye contact with Tiancheng, then immediately shrank her neck and took her hand back.

Tiancheng has always cared about these things. According to the rules at the dinner table, children are not allowed to pick up their chopsticks first. They have to wait for the commander to say start, and they can only pick up their chopsticks after the commander picks up his chopsticks first.

Lin Xiao also knew that the children were hungry. They had just been playing outside for a whole day and had just wasted so much time. It was already getting late.

Nodding to Peter Strasser who was sitting opposite him, Lin Xiao said, "It's almost time. We are all family here, so there's no need to be so formal. Let's just start eating."

Originally, it was just a meal with the ship girls at home. Apart from sitting at the big round table, it was no different from eating in the cafeteria together on weekdays. It was not a very formal thing.

This was a bit of an exaggeration. Peter Strasser couldn't help but look up at him, curled his lips, and said nothing.

The expression "one of our own" is somewhat ambiguous. It is unclear whether this guy really didn't notice or was taking advantage of her.

But it doesn't matter. She comes here to eat and drink for free, so she won't lose out.

Looking at the children around her cheering, they started to pick up the food on the plates hurriedly. It was a lively scene. She rarely saw such scenes. It was a little noisy...but it felt good.

I don't know when a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth. As a veteran among the ship girls, Peter Strasser's life has always been very monotonous and boring. It's all work, and she doesn't know many friends. Occasionally, when a few old friends meet, they are mostly filled with emotion, recalling the days when they risked their lives to fight the Sirens and managed to get into the safe waterways today.

It's not lively at all, and it doesn't have the vitality of young people.

But if you say that you are old... Peter Strasser seems to feel a little unwilling. After all, there is no such thing as old or not for a ship girl. She looks the same for many years, both in appearance and personality. At most, she has become more mature and stable as time goes by.

If you want to talk seriously, it’s probably just that she hasn’t lived her life to be young... Maybe, she should give it a try?

Chapter 78: The Ship Girls at the Table

"Commander, eat this!"

"Ah~"

Lin Xiao opened his mouth, and the dog sitting on his lap brought the freshly cooked meat to the commander's mouth. He took a bite and was a real foodie. He had the perfect timing. The meat was fresh and of good quality, so it tasted pretty good.

The gouzi who had just made a mistake naturally tried his best to please the commander. He was busy for a long time but didn't eat much. It can be said that he made a great sacrifice. This was contrary to Lin Xiao's original intention. So after eating the piece of meat, he put down the loli in his arms and put her on the seat next to him.

"Okay, okay, I'm almost done eating. You haven't eaten anything in half an hour. You must be hungry, right? Let's eat quickly."

"Uh-huh!"

Yuli's eyes lit up, and he reached out and grabbed a plate. He picked up the whole plate of beef with chopsticks, put it in the colander and threw it into the pot.

Tiancheng wanted to lecture her on this, but then he thought that the child was also hungry, and Lin Xiao stopped her in time. He just shook his head and ignored her and continued drinking his tea.

Unlike Xiao Tiancheng, she didn't eat much. She spent half of her meal time drinking tea. Her main job when sitting at the dining table was to help Xiao Tiancheng prepare hot pot.

There was a big Tiancheng on the left of Xiao Tiancheng, and an Akagi on the right. The two of them put the cooked meat slices into Xiao Tiancheng's bowl. Xiao Tiancheng was so busy eating that he stuffed his mouth so full that he could barely keep up with the other's movements.

Kaga shook his head helplessly, picked up a piece of meat gracefully, and slowly enjoyed the process of eating hot pot.

That detached look made Lin Xiao a little dazed for a moment...

There's nothing wrong with that. This seems to be how Kaga should be, and it completely fits her character and personality. It's just -

How did you say that? I almost didn't recognize you after putting on the clothes.

There is a huge difference between this normal Kaga and his performance that day.

Kaga also noticed Lin Xiao's gaze, and seemed to know what he was thinking. His face slightly blushed, and he looked away unnoticeably.

Since then, they rarely even spoke to the commander on weekdays. They really didn't know whether they had lost or gained.

If it were for other ship girls, maybe it would be a win overall, but for her and Akagi, if they had known that the current commander was not averse to those things, with Akagi's ability, it would only be a matter of time before they could take down the commander, and there would be no need to rush.

Helpless, now all we can do is wait for the embarrassment between the two sides to slowly fade away, and then find an opportunity to break the window paper...

Kaga ignored him, so Lin Xiao looked away and followed the path. Prince Nuremberg and Prince Heinrich were sitting on the left and right of Peter Strasser respectively. Heinrich was relatively cheerful and chatted with both of them. Although they said they were eating, he seldom picked up his chopsticks and spent most of the time chatting.

And what about Nuremberg?

The shy and cute girl basically just buried her head in eating, except for occasionally chatting with Peter Strasser who took the initiative to talk to her. However, she didn't eat much, so she took small bites of the food in the bowl like a little squirrel, which was both cute and made people laugh.

Lin Xiao picked up a loli who came over, picked up the meat with chopsticks and put it into the pot, while continuing to observe the ship girls at home.

Sheffield was eating with an expressionless face. Hatsuharu and Yumu Arimaki stayed with the others. The kids were chatting while eating. They preferred snacks such as brown sugar rice cakes and cream buns to the meat and vegetables for hot pot, and they ate a lot of them.

Sky Eagle was still as elegant as ever. Sirius looked at Lin Xiao from time to time while eating. When his eyes met Lin Xiao's, if Lin Xiao hadn't stopped him, he would have stood up on the spot and trotted over to ask if he had any instructions.

Lafite had a bottle of Lafite in his hand, and after taking two sips he started drinking. Logically speaking, children shouldn't drink alcohol, but no one cared when Lafite drank. No one, whether the adults in Tiancheng or Baiying, would say anything.

After all, everyone knows that Lafite is "old but cunning". He looks like a child, but in fact he knows everything as clearly as a mirror.

Then, it was Little Gaga and Lexington. Lexington was having a good meal and chatting with Yorktown and St. Louis who were sitting next to him.

Gaga was hanging out with a few other kids, eating and playing at the same time, which was actually just fighting. He got all covered in sauce and was soon scolded by his sister. After being quiet for a while, he started making trouble again.

Except Benson, the other bunnies in Benson's class are all making trouble with Xiao Jiajia. These kids have always been like this, very lively and naughty.

In comparison, Xiao Xiang and Lei Dian from the Sixth Drive were much more obedient. They would just glance over here from time to time while eating, and talk in a low voice together. Lin Xiao always felt that they were slandering his tall image behind his back for no reason.

Nagato was taking care of Mutsu, Jiang Feng was eating quietly, Azuma and Mikasa were sitting together, chatting with the senior... Needless to say, Big Brother was eating at an almost unbelievable speed. She, Yudachi and Kodamuro together had eaten almost half of the amount.

As he watched, he withdrew his gaze, moved the meat in the chopsticks around in the seasoning dish, and brought it to the mouth of the loli in his arms.

"Thank you, Commander!"

The child seemed flattered. Even though it was obvious that he was trying to suppress his voice, it was still a little loud, which scared Lin Xiao.

I looked down and saw it was Shimakaze.

As for the newly built ship girls, their favorability is relatively low, which is normal. However, under the influence of the overall environment, although the time they have been in contact with Lin Xiao is much shorter than that of other port ship girls and their commanders, their favorability actually increases very quickly. Take Shimakaze for example, her favorability seems to be around 70 or 80.

No matter who it is, as long as they are children in the family, Lin Xiao likes them all, and Shimafeng is also very cute. Lin Xiao watched her eat the meat, then picked up another piece. With his free hand, he touched Shimafeng's head, but was careful not to touch her ears.

It's time to eat now. It wouldn't be good if Shimakaze suddenly ran out of strength and collapsed in his arms... Well, that's not right. Actually, if you think about it carefully, it doesn't seem to be a big deal?

Anyway, I will bring the delicious food to her mouth.

Continuing with the previous behavior, looking down, Helena and Baltimore are sitting together, with Sims and Harman next to them. Oh, and Horror is there too. She seemed to have bent down to pick up the chopsticks just now. The cute child wiped the chopsticks with a tissue. Although she was eating, she was still wearing the iconic eye mask. It seems that she has never taken off the eye mask except when she was sleeping.

There were some other ship girls, Duke of York, Gridley, Juno, Long Island, Ark Royal, as well as Craven, McCall and others. In short, he looked over one by one, and finally his eyes stopped on Noshiro and Yukikaze.

Noshiro is the elder sister of Sakura Empire and the secretary ship of Minato. She is now taking care of Prince Snow and helping her pick up food from time to time. However, Yukikaze seems a little absent-minded. Although he likes Noshiro very much, he still...ah, the commander is looking over here!

Lin Xiao quickly retracted his gaze, otherwise Prince Xue would come over and compete with Shimakaze for the position...

"teacher?"

Just when Lin Xiao looked at all the ship girls on several tables, a childish voice came from the side, full of innocent curiosity.

Chapter 79: Lolis waiting in line to be fed

"teacher?"

Lin Xiao was busy feeding Shimafeng when he suddenly heard a childish voice from the side. He turned around and saw Anchorage looking at this side curiously, looking at Shimafeng who was sitting in Lin Xiao's arms with some envy.

"Teacher...what are you doing?"

The innocent girl turned her head away curiously, looking at Shimakaze and Lin Xiao with a dull gaze.

"..."

Lin Xiao didn't say anything and stopped moving his hands. Shimakaze also didn't say anything and stopped chewing.

"..."

Anchorage didn't say anything else, but just kept looking at the two of them with pure eyes without any distractions. His expression was dull and very cute.

However, this extremely innocent look obviously brought great pressure to the two of them.

Shimakaze felt that the meat fed by the commander was no longer tasty. After hesitating for a while, he finally jumped off Lin Xiao's legs. His long rabbit ears trembled and he said, "Well, Commander, I'm almost full... Benson and the others are calling me, I'll go over first."

After saying that, she turned around and ran away in a hurry.

Lin Xiao held his forehead with a headache. Although Shimakaze was obviously trying to accommodate Anchorage, as a commander he couldn't just stare at a loli and feed her all the time.

Anchorage looked at Shimakaze who was walking away, and suddenly his expression became a little lost, with a look of QAQ on his face, as if he felt something.

"Teacher... Anchorage, did you do something bad?"

They are all good kids...

Lin Xiao sighed sincerely, as expected, the children in the family are all angels, and Anchorage is also an angel!

"No, Anchorage, come, come to the teacher."

He waved to Anchorage, and Anchorage immediately showed a look of surprise like a little squirrel seeing food, and then walked over quickly. Before Lin Xiao could react, he imitated Shimakaze and sat on Lin Xiao's lap.

"..."

Lin Xiao was stunned for a moment. Although it seemed that there was no problem, in fact, there was a huge problem!

My Anbao, you are not a child like Shimakaze...

Although she may not be as mature as Shimakaze mentally, Anchorage's physical development is very good, even better than some heavy cruisers and even aircraft carriers and battleships. When she sat on Lin Xiao's thigh, the heavy weight was completely different from the delicate body of the little loli.

When An Bao imitated Lin Xiao and leaned back, he couldn't help but take a breath and said, Turtle, this is not the way to play!

Feeling the feeling that was similar to Sirius, or even more substantial than Sirius, Lin Xiao was overwhelmed for a moment. The attention of many ship girls around was also attracted, including Peter Strasser, the Director of the Maritime Administration. Lin Xiao "inadvertently" made eye contact with her, and noticed the mockery and a bit of "contempt" in the other's eyes, and the twitching of the corners of his mouth never stopped.

He had no choice. After all, there were so many outsiders and children looking at him with innocent eyes. He couldn't show any abnormality and could only bite the bullet and feed Anchorage like he was feeding Shimakaze.

Fortunately, An Bao was still very obedient. He nestled quietly in Lin Xiao's arms with a happy smile on his face, which made not only the children but even the older girls envious.

It's great that they can act like children and act cute to the commander without any worries. If they can do this, they will definitely get the ring in no time.

Fortunately, the continuous "special treatments" attracted the attention of many children. Before long, the little lolis gathered around. Even if their bellies were already full, they still asked the commander to hold them and feed them in a baby voice. Then, of course, the plot that everyone loved to see happened. He would pick up a little loli, rub some meat on her, rub her face and touch her head, and then put her down after feeding her, and then pick up the next one.

The little lolis lined up in a long queue and were fed one after another. By the time the round was finally over, the other ship girls had almost finished eating.

If you count carefully, except for eating a little at the beginning, Lin Xiao didn't have time to eat much afterwards.

Fortunately, Nengdai felt sorry for him and sat over to the back and started cooking for him. Lin Xiao fed Loli and Nengdai fed him.

Peter Strasser saw all of this. At first, he looked at Lin Xiao with contempt, but later he slowly turned into an auntie smile. It must be said that this scene looks very heartwarming. Is this the feeling of the ship girls in the port area?

In this way, it is not difficult to understand why, compared to the free ship girls, the port ship girls always have happy smiles on their faces and always praise their commanders to everyone they meet.

The warmth and security of a home is something that is difficult for free ship girls to experience.

A little bit envious...

She let out an imperceptible sigh, but it was just something she could think about. It was almost impossible for a ship girl like her to join any port.

Firstly, he couldn't find a suitable port area. Secondly, the burden on him was too heavy and too important. The director of the Maritime Bureau of such an important area could not be easily replaced. There were too many things involved and it was very troublesome to hand over the work.

Even if he really wants to abdicate, he must find a suitable successor at least one year in advance and start handing over work content and some secret information in advance. Only if everything can run normally after one year can he abdicate.

Just thinking about it was troublesome, so even though he had always felt very tired, his life was very monotonous, he had no direction, and his days were always very confusing, Peter Strasser had never considered finding a port area or a commander.

If I have to say, it's probably a bit like those unmarried people who are older. It's not that they are giving up on themselves, but they just seem to stop thinking about those things.

After a lot of trouble, Lin Xiao finally fed all the little lolis at home. He breathed a sigh of relief. Who said that being a commander was an easy job?

Even if he is a lazy person, doesn't he have to be busy all day to maintain the mental health of so many ship girls? It's very tiring, okay?

We are all workers. Commanders also have to go to work. There is no difference. It is equally hard.

Thinking about it, Lin Xiao couldn't help but laugh. If those stupid netizens heard this, it wouldn't be strange if they greeted their relatives directly...

Being a commander is of course hard work, but for every bit of hard work, I enjoy it ten times more than you do. Hey, are you angry?

Even after finishing the hot pot, no one had to stay to clean up. Saint Auntie would naturally arrange for employees to come and deal with it. After everyone had eaten their fill, they prepared to go home...

Chapter 80 I saw Noshiro-neeki sleeping with the Commander!

"Goodbye then?"

At the entrance of the hot pot restaurant, Lin Xiao waved to Peter Strasser who was turning to leave. Although she wanted to keep him, she was a free ship girl after all. It was already the limit for her to chat and eat with them. If she stayed in someone else's port, it would be unacceptable.

So, she must have insisted on going back.

Peter Strasser didn't even look back. He just raised his hand and waved, "See you tomorrow."

I have to say that she is in a pretty good mood now. Playing like this occasionally feels more interesting than she imagined. What activities will there be on New Year’s Eve tomorrow, including the New Year’s Day the day after tomorrow?

Thinking about it carefully, it seems that there is really a sense of anticipation...

"Oh, really, I smell like hot pot. I have to wash these clothes when I get home..."