Daily life with the ship girl

"Let's talk about work later. I will put your matter on the agenda as soon as possible. However, Richelieu, you looked so handsome when you were serious just now. You looked like a knight."

Invisible flirting is the most deadly. Li Ran had no idea what he had just said, and it just hit Richelieu's fragile defense.

At this time, he walked in front of Richelieu, waved to Pinghai and the others, and then shouted:

"Ping Hai!"

"Admiral, it's the admiral, Guogan, look, it's the admiral, he's back."

"Okay, I got it. Stop shaking me, Sister Pinghai." Guo Kang watched Pinghai shaking her shoulders excitedly. She couldn't break free and could only beg for mercy.

"Sorry, I'm too excited." Pinghai quickly let go, she was so happy. You know, Li Ran meant more to him than just an admiral, especially after going through the experimental transformation, Pinghai's feelings had changed unconsciously. Originally, he regarded Li Ran as a brother-like character to her, but the admiral had been gone for more than a week, and every time before she went to bed, she always felt that she missed him a little.

By the time the ship docked, Li Ran and Richelieu had been waiting at the dock for a long time. They watched Ping Hai and four others walk down, including the representatives of the geographical survey team.

Li Ran stepped forward and asked:

"they are?"

Richelieu explained: "The geographical expedition, Lexington should have told the admiral about it."

"Oh." Li Ran nodded, then greeted the people from the geographical expedition team and said:

"Everyone, would you like to rest in my house first? Thank you for your hard work in sending Pinghai and the others back."

A representative of the geographical survey team came forward. He was a middle-aged man with a full beard and a pipe in his mouth. He looked at the ship girls standing behind Li Ran with a very respectful look. He motioned for the crew to wait for a moment, then walked off the ship and asked:

"I suppose you are the admiral of Miss Rodney and the others?"

"Well, hello, my name is Li Ran."

"Barna." The middle-aged man exhaled a puff of smoke and said:

"We have something else to do, so we won't bother you, Admiral. We'll come back another day. I hope you won't mind."

"Of course, we can also talk about the development of the three islands then."

When Barna heard Li Ran say this, he was a little surprised:

"I didn't expect the admiral to be so perceptive."

"Nothing, just a simple geographical survey. You won't mobilize a large army, right? The level of armament of your merchant ships has surpassed the scale of some big merchants' ships."

"I'm sorry, Admiral, but I hope you don't misunderstand me. We don't want to fight for your territory."

"I understand. I hope you can come with sincerity next time. There's no need to be secretive. I don't like pretentious things, and I hate trouble."

Barna didn't know who Li Ran was. He felt that Li Ran seemed to know the identities of him and others, but it didn't seem like that. He could only nod solemnly and said:

"Admiral, we will definitely visit you in a proper manner next time. I'll take my leave today."

"Please." Li Ran nodded.

Reputation heaved a sigh of relief. She had originally wanted to find a time to report, but she hadn't expected that her admiral had already noticed it. After the geographical survey team's fleet had gone far away, she stepped forward respectfully and asked:

"Master, Renown wants to ask a question."

"But it doesn't matter."

"How did the master know something was wrong?"

"It's the size of the ship, and also, their style."

"style?"

"Didn't you notice? When you got off the ship, it should have been very noisy, but the crew was surprisingly quiet, and lined up in an orderly manner on the deck. Their behavior seemed to be specially trained."

"If the master can find it, then there is no need to spend so much time analyzing the reputation."

"No, there are some specific situations that you still need to tell me. Let's not talk about these for now. Let's go back first. Lunch will be waiting for you."

Chapter 223: Let them live out their own colors

When Li Ran saw Ping Hai and others coming back, he was not in a hurry to ask about their reputation. Whether the so-called geographical survey team was true or false, or half true and half false, he was no longer afraid. He already had so many ship girls around him to accompany him.

"Reputation? Did the expedition only go to Island C?"

"Well, it seems that they have taken a fancy to the natural advantages of the circular wharf of Island C. By the way, Rodney and I have left a copy of the geographical survey data."

As Reputation spoke, he took out a thick stack of information from his arms.

Li Ran's scalp tingled as he watched. It looked like it must be a very troublesome matter. He waved his hand:

"Put it away first and send it to my office after dinner. I'll take a look at it in the afternoon when I have time."

Reputation nodded and stepped aside.

Richelieu and Rodney were also talking, and Pinghai didn't make too much noise. It seemed that after understanding his feelings, he paid more attention to his image in front of the admiral.

Guo Kang looked at Pinghai's current performance, which was totally inconsistent with her cheerful mood just now, and felt a little worried in her heart.

The group chatted and laughed as they returned to the tutelary fort.

"Admiral, we've been waiting for you." Lexington was polite at this time, and the aura of the secretary ship made the voices in the living room suddenly quiet down.

Rodney and Shengyu stopped laughing as soon as they entered the garrison, and so did Pinghai and Guokang.

Reputation naturally took on the role of head maid and opened up the main seat for Li Ran. The first seat on Li Ran's left was vacant, but the secretary ship Lexington was already seated in the second seat on the left.

And Emden immediately noticed this detail.

As an excellent Prussian instructor-type ship girl, she was very familiar with some etiquette norms. And judging by Li Ran's hair, skin color and other features, she knew that the etiquette norms that Li Ran followed were very similar to those of the Xia Kingdom, that is, the right was respected.

Today's seating arrangement also confirmed Emden's guess. She pretended to be calm and said to Bismarck:

"Why is that seat empty?"

"Ah, that position is the admiral's initial ship Firefly." Bismarck said.

"The initial ship?" Emden was a free ship girl after all, so there were some things she didn't understand too well. She pushed her glasses:

"Bismarck, did you always arrange the seats like this before?"

"No, in fact, apart from those few seats, everyone's seats are not fixed. The Admiral doesn't like too many messy rules. These are just our tacit understandings." Richelieu sat down on the other side of Emden at some point, and said as if nothing had happened.

"I see." A trace of contemplation flashed in Emden's eyes.

Leipzig sits next to Nuremberg, while Nuremberg sits next to Emden.

Some small details on the seats have begun to highlight the tacit understanding formed unintentionally by the ship girls of Xiguang Island, and the small group is inevitably formed.

However, since there weren't too many conflicts at the moment, everyone chose to ignore it.

As for Li Ran, he was completely unaware that the seating arrangement had begun to send out unstable signals. He was just thinking that the position of the dining table was a little funny. It seemed that it was necessary to build some new buildings. Oh, he finally remembered what he had forgotten. He forgot to get the architectural drawings from Chen Yao. No wonder he felt that something was left undone.

"Admiral?" Lexington looked at the reputation and poured herself a glass of red wine. She thanked him, then looked up and saw her admiral with a look of annoyance. She asked quickly:

"Is there something troubling you?"

"It's okay, I just remembered something I forgot to do, but it's no big deal." Li Ran waved his hand. At this time, Helena and the others would also come with Firefly.

"Admiral, Admiral, Firefly is so hungry." Firefly ran over and sat on Li Ran's lap without caring about everyone's thoughts.

Li Ran rubbed her long golden hair lovingly, and then said:

"Let's take a shower up there. Everyone is hungry, so hurry up."

"Well, Admiral, you don't have to wait for me, Sigsby, let's go upstairs and take a shower." Firefly nodded sensibly, then jumped down and pulled Sigsby upstairs to take a shower.

"Let's eat, everyone." Li Ran watched Firefly go upstairs, then said this.

Li Ran didn't realize that his subconscious actions had already highlighted the special status of Firefly. He simply wanted to start eating when everyone was present.

However, sometimes the simpler the idea, the greater the misunderstanding it will cause. There is nothing we can do about it. Sometimes maturity is not a good thing. People who are too mature often don't know how to think about problems with naive ideas.

This is even more true for the existence of ship girls. The admiral is their meaning, so even in their spare time, they will think about how to make the admiral pay more attention to them. This is the case with Bismarck. Although Li Ran happened to resolve his knot, such problems will probably not decrease in the future.

Li Ran didn't understand what kind of existence the admiral was, just as he still didn't understand why the ship girls said those confusing words.

There wasn't much trouble at lunch, and everyone was talking and laughing. After all, as long as the admiral was there, all the ship girls would feel at ease, especially after they knew that Li Ran didn't like trouble. Whether it was lunch or dinner, no one would mention anything that would spoil the fun.

Leipzig also clearly noticed that although the ship girls of Xiguang Island were all harmonious with each other at lunch, beneath the superficial harmony between the women, perhaps they all had some little thoughts of their own.

When she thought of this, she sighed deeply in her heart:

That's why I don't want to look for an admiral. I work hard because I want recognition, and I work harder than ever because I long for recognition. Maybe this is really a bit stupid.

But why do I envy them when I see them like this?

why?

Leipzig looked at the food on her plate and felt confused, so she simply stopped thinking about it. Being negative was not her way of dealing with things. After cheering herself up, she moved her fork and started eating.

The way they eat is not pretty or elegant, but it is not a formal banquet, so no one cares too much.

After all, Li Ran was the only man present, and no one disliked this man.

Li Ran stopped eating when he was 70% full, because the Western food made by Lexington was a bit large and a little greasy. It's not that it didn't taste good, but it didn't suit Li Ran's eating habits. He wiped his mouth and looked at Reputation who was still standing quietly behind him. He was about to say something, but thought of Reputation's settings, so he gave up.

After going through so many things, Li Ran has come to understand that the ship girls all have their own way of survival. If he interferes with them based on his personal will, although they will obey, they will definitely not be happy.

So, let it be.

Li Ran thought so and let them live out their own colors, because he never wanted to see Bismarck's tears again, even if they were tears of joy.

Chapter 224: Attack from Unknown Seas

After lunch, the afternoon was filled with trivial matters, nothing much to say. Time suddenly came to night, and Li Ran still couldn't cook dinner. After dinner, Li Ran looked at the ship girls who cleaned up the dishes consciously, and he felt that such a life was really peaceful.

Before I knew it, I had already spent half a year in this world.

Li Ran was thinking to himself, and then Bismarck turned his eyes away in a strange way:

"Admiral?"

"what?"

"If you have time, go for a walk."

Bismarck's words were like a bolt from the blue. Not only Li Ran did not expect it, but no one expected that Bismarck, who was usually very frugal with words, would suddenly say such words in a serious tone.

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, and then felt that the atmosphere in the living room would be very bad if it continued like this, so he quickly said:

"Okay, I just happen to have some work matters to discuss with you."

"Work." Xiao Zhai still wanted to go, but when she heard Li Ran say that, she gave up the idea.

The others actually knew it well, but since Li Ran and Bismarck's relationship had suddenly progressed to this level, it was normal for them to take a walk.

So, under everyone's meaningful gazes, Li Ran left the garrison with Bismarck nervously.

As for Saratoga, she was already gnashing her teeth.

Seeing his sister like this, Lexington walked over and rubbed her head:

"Stop it, Bismarck and the Admiral are lovers now."

"Sister, but..."

"What but?" Lexington's tone was soft but calm, so calm that it made Gaga feel uneasy, and she didn't dare to continue.

Richelieu saw all this and sighed in her heart:

It's Shura Field, Admiral, what will you do in the future?

……

Li Ran was led out of the garrison by Bismarck's hand. He naturally grabbed Bismarck's hand as he tried to escape, and said:

"Bismarck, let's go to the lake on the island and take a look."

"Admiral, am I wrong to do this?"

"No, I'm very happy. This is the first time Bismarck has asked me out."

"That's good." Bismarck said as if nothing had happened, but if you look closely, you will notice that her cat ears are moving happily.

Walking towards the lake on the island, it was midsummer and there were glowing insects flying around in the grass and bushes, and the atmosphere was simply wonderful.

Just when Li Ran was about to relive that feeling with Bismarck, he suddenly heard several dull artillery sounds coming from not far away.

"What is this?" Li Ran and Bismarck looked at each other, and then immediately received a communication from Helena:

"Admiral, can you hear me? Radar detected four deep-sea fleets attacking our port from four directions. Please give the order."