Daily life with the ship girl

While Nuremberg was still struggling, he heard Rodney's exclamation:

"Reputation? What are you doing?"

That’s right, after Bismarck supported Li Ran’s agenda, Reputation also chose to support it.

Reputation was extremely calm, she said expressionlessly:

"As a maid, you need to obey the admiral's decision unconditionally. Of course, trusting your master does not require any prerequisites. Finally, I think that as a ship girl, doubting the admiral is a mistake in itself. Since the issue was raised under the wrong premise, the one who bears the consequences is the one who made the mistake. The admiral is always right. This is common sense, because the admiral has absolute control over the ship girls. Please don't mix too much personal emotions."

Reputation paid no attention to Saratoga's angry look, but spoke bluntly, and then continued to stand quietly behind Li Ran, completely ignoring everyone's surprised looks.

Li Ran's face was also calm, and he had no intention of denying anything.

Lexington's hand trembled slightly, and then he raised his hand as well. At this moment, the meeting fell into an extremely solemn silence.

Chapter 233: Sealed Memories (End)

"elder sister!"

Saratoga spoke in disbelief.

Lexington said calmly:

"This is the admiral's decision. As the secretary ship, I will execute it unconditionally. That's all."

As soon as Lexington finished speaking, everyone present was speechless. Although Li Ran's decision seemed completely unreasonable, as the secretary ship, Lexington was correct in saying this.

"It's so complicated, Sister Helena, how should we decide?"

Sigsby felt that this matter was very troublesome. The older sisters all said some strange words, which were completely incomprehensible.

"Don't worry about it. Just don't raise your hands. Don't raise your hands. The admiral definitely doesn't want the issue to pass."

Helena seemed to understand something and sighed slightly in her heart:

Admiral, you really don't understand girls' minds.

Because of this strange topic, the military meeting had to end early, and of course the secretary ship rotation system was still not passed.

After the meeting, Li Ran returned to the office as if nothing had happened. He said nothing and had no intention of explaining.

Saratoga was almost furious when she saw that everyone acted as if nothing had happened, but she couldn't understand why even her sister was like this.

So, Saratoga ignored everyone's admonishing looks and followed Li Ran upstairs angrily.

Li Ran had just entered the office and sat down when he saw Saratoga coming in angrily.

Then, Saratoga pointed directly at Li Ran's nose and asked:

"Admiral, what on earth do you mean!"

Li Ran was not angry. Rather, it was a good thing that what happened that night did not arouse everyone's suspicion, and it was also a good thing that the secretary ship rotation system was not passed.

Li Ran expected Saratoga to be so angry, but it seemed that Lexington had understood what he meant. Gaga, on the other hand, was a little helpless, but his face remained calm:

"What do you mean?"

"You said that on purpose during the evening meeting!"

"Yes what's the matter."

"you!"

"Saratoga, is there anything else you're hiding? If not, go back to your post. I still have work to do."

"You!" Saratoga was shaking with anger. She couldn't understand why her sister, who was being targeted so much that night and had reputation and Bismarck, would still support such a weak resolution. She couldn't understand.

"Me?" Li Ran sighed. It was still too childish.

"How could you treat my sister like that? Why!"

"What did I do to your sister?" Li Ran was stunned. To be honest, he somewhat understood Lexington's thoughts, but the topic of the evening was just a relative expression of affirmation of Lexington. After all, his own topic was denied, which proved that no one in the port area denied Lexington's intention.

However, Li Ran still couldn't figure out where Saratoga's anger came from.

"You, you, you..." Saratoga was choked for a moment, and then she suddenly realized that the admiral had not done anything to her sister, but why was her sister so scared? Why?

No, it must be the admiral's fault, that's right!

Saratoga thought of the watch she had just seen and the strange photo she was holding. Then, in front of Li Ran's completely confused eyes, she quickly opened the drawer, opened the watch, and then revealed the photo, and asked:

"Then how do you explain this photo?"

Li Ran looked at the object so close in front of him, but he couldn't see it clearly. He stepped back and was stunned:

"what is this?"

"This is yours, how could you not know it?"

"My things?" Li Ran was stunned for a moment, then took the watch from Saratoga's hand and found that it was indeed dropped by Pachina. He didn't know how this thing got into her hands, but how did Saratoga know it was in the drawer?

"That person in the photo is the admiral, right? Who is this woman?" Saratoga looked at Li Ran and saw that his face did not show panic, but rather surprise, which meant that the admiral did not deny it.

"She is my deceased sister." Li Ran's tone was gentle and a little sad.

Saratoga was stunned, then looked at Li Ran, not knowing what to say for a moment.

"Are you surprised?" Li Ran sighed. He finally realized that he had such a strange dream when he first traveled through time. Although there was no memory of his sister in the dream, there was no doubt that his memories of his sister were lost when he traveled through time, and he did not deliberately forget them.

However, after the watch was lost, the tattoo on his wrist also disappeared after using it, but Pachina said that it finally appeared, which proved that his memories of his sister might have been lost when he traveled through time.

Saratoga was of course surprised, but seeing the sadness on the admiral's face, she was not lying. She moved her lips and said:

"If it's inconvenient to say, Admiral, you don't have to say it."

"It's not that it's inconvenient to talk about it, but I don't know where to start."

"What do you mean?"

"There's something wrong with my memory. To put it simply, I lost my memory for some reason."

"Amnesia?"

Chapter 234: Two Months, Everything Changed

Two months passed in the blink of an eye after the Xiguang Island military meeting, and everyone on the island seemed to have forgotten the unpleasantness of the meeting.

However, those who held the secret remained silent until early autumn arrived and the trees on the island began to wither.

Li Ran walked on Xiguang Street, which was already covered with dead leaves.

The only person beside her was the head maid Mingyu, who followed silently.

Li Ran was actually very glad that the ship girls did not delve into it further, or perhaps they all chose to remain silent.

"prestige?"

"I am here, master."

"It's autumn now."

"Ok?"

"Nothing, just complaining. By the way, the number of caravans coming to the port has increased recently. Is there any problem with order?"

"No problem. Richelieu is in charge of the Foreign Affairs Department. However, there have been more and more deep sea attacks from the east recently. We need to pay attention to this."

"That's good. The Fleet Review Ceremony will be held in a month. Do you think I should go to the First Ship Girl Academy?"

"Master should go. Didn't Tirpitz send a letter?"

"Bei Zhai?" Li Ran smiled bitterly and said:

"But why didn't she just come over?"

"I don't know. Bismarck said her sister might be lazy."

"Bismarck is right. Bei Zhai is lazy by nature." Li Ran smiled softly, then watched the breeze blow away the dead leaves and looked into the distance:

"Reputation, Mishima should be doing okay."

"Well, some chambers of commerce have moved into Mishima. Oh, and what do you plan to do with the representative of Sihai Trading Company?"

"No meeting, no cooperation, no compromise." Li Ran's tone turned cold, and then he realized that he was emotional again. He took a deep breath and said:

"The Death Route has now become the Golden Route. She has only just come to me now. Should I say she is too naive? Or does she really have her own reasons?"

"It's not easy for her either. Yesterday, the intelligence department that Helena is in charge of sent back a message that Sihai Trading Company seems to be in big trouble. Master, although you have your own grievances, Miss Bai is innocent."

"Innocent?" Li Ran sneered, then said softly:

"We have different positions. Since she has chosen to stand on her father's side, I must respect her choice no matter what. The enemy is the enemy. Don't forget what happened a month ago."

When Shengyu heard Li Ran mention what happened a month ago again, she immediately fell silent. Although there was no clear evidence that the assassination a month ago was committed by Sihai Trading Company, the poison of the rumor had already taken root in the admiral's heart.

She had heard from Bismarck about the admiral's experience in Qiyun City. The unilateral breaking of the agreement by Sihai Trading Company had crossed the admiral's bottom line. The assassination attempt a month ago had put the admiral in danger again. The person who could send an unknown ship girl to act as an assassin and had the motive to commit the crime undoubtedly pointed to Sihai Trading Company first.

Although Shengyu knew that the assassination was not done by Sihai Trading Company, and she knew that the admiral also knew it, she knew even more clearly that Li Ran's resolute attitude in refusing Sihai Trading Company to make peace again was because the premise of trust between Xiguang Island and Sihai Trading Company had been lost.

And it just so happens that the admiral is a person who doesn't like others to break contracts and betray him.

"I understand."

"Let's not talk about this anymore. We finally have a break today. Let's go to the Island Lake Resort to see if the vegetables Pinghai planted are ripe."

Li Ran took a deep breath and whispered in his heart:

Bai Nuoyan, don't blame me.

He now needs power, very strong power. In order to go deep into the unknown waters and find Pachina, he must get to the bottom of it. So before that, he must make the port strong as soon as possible, strong enough to not be afraid of anyone's threat.

……

At the home port of Xiguang Island, Lexington stood on the shore with a blank expression. In the past two months, more and more businesses have come to the port to seek cooperation, and the pressure on her as a secretary ship has also increased day by day.

So, she hadn't smiled for a long time. As she watched the Sihai Trading Company's fleet go away, a trace of helplessness flashed in her eyes.

She still had a good impression of Bai Nuoyan. Although she felt that the admiral's approach was a bit decisive, the assassination attempt a month ago made her break out in a cold sweat. She could only deprive the most suspected Sihai Trading Company of its qualification to pass the Death Route.

No matter what, the admiral's safety comes first, although she knows that Bai Nuoyan may be innocent, and even if the assassination was really done by Sihai Trading Company, it may not have a direct relationship with her.

Today, Xiguang Island, because of its unique geographical location and being located at the central node between the Far East Theater and the Pacific Theater, is an important area for supply transit. It is also one of the outpost special zones jointly designated by the seven governors for advancing into unknown waters.

Not only has Li Ran's military rank been promoted from lieutenant to major general in just two months, he also holds the same power as the seven governors-general [the right to manage the Death Route]!

Therefore, Sihai Trading Company was suspected of assassinating Li Ran, which was a further blow to the Bai family.

However, Lexington would not make the same mistake again. After the assassination, except for the merchants that had obtained the Governor's special charter, all other merchant caravans had to be diverted to the three islands.

Now it can be said that Li Ran was pushed to the forefront by the seven governors without realizing it.

Lexington knew Li Ran's secret, and also knew why her admiral would rather take on so much trouble. She sighed silently, and then looked to the east, which was the direction of the unknown sea.

"Sister, isn't this too cruel?"

Saratoga had no idea how many times Sihai Trading Company had been expelled. After the assassination, the admiral proposed the three principles of "no meeting, no cooperation, no compromise" and listed this principle as the deadline. Since then, the port area has indeed become stronger, but in the past two months, no one has the smile on their face.

"Cruel?" Lexington murmured, then shook his head slightly:

"Don't forget, the admiral needs power, very strong power, and we are still too weak."

"But……"

"Trust the admiral. Although his current actions are a bit extreme, I think he will change his mind sooner or later."

"Sister, what about Bai Nuoyan?"

"I don't know. The matter of Sihai Trading Company can only be put on hold for the time being. We have more important things to do."

"I really don't understand why humans always hurt each other."

"Jia Jia, you will understand later."

Lexington smiled bitterly. Although the military meeting was over and there seemed to be nothing wrong between her and the admiral, they got along well and cooperated happily. But that was all. She still noticed Li Ran's attitude towards her. He was not as close as Bismarck, but deliberately kept a distance.

Lexington controlled the carrier-based aircraft and escorted Sihai Trading Company away, then sighed softly in his heart:

Once there is a gap in trust, it is like crumpled paper and it is impossible to restore it to its original state.

Bai Nuoyan, do you understand this logic?

Chapter 235: Training Month Assassination Incident