Daily life with the ship girl

"Are you sure?"

"Well, Kent told Reputation himself, and Reputation believed it. I don't think the Admiral would doubt Reputation either."

"Well, if your reputation is confirmed, then there should be no problem. By the way, where is she?"

"She and Omaha have gone to the canal. She will probably be able to see you before lunch."

"Don't worry, it's more important to repair the canal. By the way, don't worry about resources. Your safety is the top priority. I don't want you to compromise because of resources."

"I understand." Helena nodded. She knew that this was the reason why so many sisters felt at ease about Li Ran.

However, she suddenly remembered something:

"Admiral, there is one more thing. The Deep Sea that attacked us this time did not have much difference in organization from usual ones. However, the combat capability of the Golden Patterned Deep Sea was indeed very strong, and we suffered a lot."

"Still can't find out where the other party came from?"

"We didn't have enough intelligence, and the Deep Sea that attacked us this time seemed to want to retreat after being defeated, but we didn't want to leave any hidden dangers, so we wiped them all out, so..."

"It's okay, just annihilate them and put the investigation aside for now. I have something more important to tell you now."

"More important things? Please speak, Admiral."

"I want to make money, a lot of money. It may sound cheesy to say this, but the port area is in a bit of trouble right now, so I have to collect enough money, otherwise it will affect our future development."

Li Ran did not hesitate. After all, he might have to be subtle about this matter to outsiders, but his ship girls were all family members. If he was subtle, it would not be worth it to cause the same misunderstanding as last time with Lexington and the others.

Li Ran decided to get straight to the point and was prepared to be despised by Helena.

But Helena just nodded:

"So what does the Admiral want me to do? Gather information about those merchants? This is also my job, and I have no choice but to do it."

"Don't you think my purpose is too vulgar?"

"No, money is necessary. Capital and resources are necessary for the garrison to continue operating. Money is also needed to consume materials. The admiral has rejected cooperation from the maritime merchants before. I also thought that the admiral would not like us to mention making money."

"Well, actually there was a reason for that. I also liked money, but at that time I didn't trust outsiders, so I refused. Now I think about it, sometimes I really act recklessly."

Li Ran said this, scratching his head a little embarrassedly. He looked at Helena a little embarrassedly and showed a helpless smile.

Helena looked at Li Ran's bloodshot eyes and felt a little distressed. She walked up quickly and hugged her admiral tightly.

Helena's action made Li Ran's body stiffen.

"Admiral, please rely on me and everyone else in the future. The tutelage is your home, and it is everyone's home as well. We certainly don't want you to bear all the responsibilities alone. We can't guarantee anything, but I think everyone hopes that you can take care of your body."

"Uh, that, Helena, I understand." Li Ran felt the amazing touch of Helena, and he was a little distracted, but then he was moved and dispelled the charm in his heart. He just gently placed his hand on her back and responded to her:

"I promise this is the last time I stay up all night."

Chapter 260: Kent

"Sister Reputation?" Galatia had just finished replenishing her resources. She looked at Reputation and stopped at the door and greeted her.

She found that Shengren did not respond, but was looking in a certain direction. She followed Shengren's gaze and saw her respected senior Helena hugging a strange man. She was stunned for a moment, then realized that it should be Helena's admiral.

Although Galatea was a little far away, she gave Li Ran a score in her heart:

Well, he looks good. At least he's sunny, not like those fat, paunchy admirals I've seen before. His hands are not unruly and he has a gentlemanly demeanor. He's okay, about 70%.

"Second sister? Why are you here?" Lin Xian just came out at this time and greeted her:

"Sister Shengwang, you are here too."

This time, Reputation finally turned around, and looking at Galatea's ambiguous face, she coughed:

"Well, are you all replenished?"

"Well, Sister Shengwang's tutelary fort is really impressive. Many of the equipment there are I have never seen before."

Lin Xian looked at Galatea who lowered her head, and thought she was in trouble again, so she quickly said to Shengwang:

"My sister won't cause you any more trouble, will she?"

"Nothing happened."

At this moment, Li Ran and Helena let go of each other and walked towards the repair dock side by side.

It is worth mentioning that the current Xiguang Repair Dock is divided into two parts, the original U-shaped channel dock, and the ladder-shaped supply dock.

Before setting out, Helena and her crew replenished their supplies at the trapezoidal supply dock. The two docks were connected to each other, and the waterway dedicated to the expedition at the trapezoidal supply dock was below sea level. The gates were usually closed. Only for expeditions like the one last night would the ship girls in the port area set out from the expedition waterway.

Otherwise, during normal training, they would leave directly from the dock.

Back to the topic, Li Ran and Helena walked over, saw Reputation and the others, and then saw two unfamiliar ship girls. He remembered that Helena seemed to have said that she did not come back alone this time. In addition to meeting Brooklyn and Striker, she also met other ship girls. However, because of the attack at that time, he did not ask much.

Now that I have seen it, I would like to ask, since guests are guests, we should behave like hosts.

"Helena, are these the ship girls you mentioned who came back to the garrison with you?"

"Well, next to Renown is the second ship of the Linxian class, the light cruiser Galatea, and over there is the Linxian."

"Hello, I'm sorry that you guys have to help us so much since you just arrived."

"It's okay. Well, Senior Helena, I don't know how to address you." Lin Xian was more sensible than her three younger sisters. She nodded politely to Li Ran and asked.

"Well, hello, my name is Li Ran, just call me by my name." Li Ran looked at Galatea and Lin Xian and found that these two ship girls who were reduced to anti-aircraft dog food in the game looked more beautiful and intellectual in reality.

"Hello, Senior Li." Galatea felt that calling him by his name was disrespectful, and she knew that her sister must be struggling as well. She suddenly had an idea. Since Senior Helena was a senior, then Helena's admiral was naturally a senior as well. So she directly called Li Ran that.

When Lin Xian heard her sister say this, she was stunned for a moment, and then she realized that this title was not very rude. After all, for the E country's ship girls, etiquette is what they value more.

This is also the reason why the four sisters resolutely decided to return with Helena after being defeated by Helena. After all, after being defeated by Helena, they already had the intention of becoming Helena's knight squires.

This is a trait similar to Richelieu's chivalry, and is deeply rooted in the minds of the E-country ship girls who possess the ancient spirit of chivalry.

Li Ran was stunned for a moment, but seeing the two unfamiliar ship girls looking so serious, he looked at Shengwang as if for help, and saw Shengwang nodded.

"If you don't mind, then you can call me senior. By the way, what about the others?"

"Master, Omaha and Kent are entering the canal, Yixian went to the training ground at the East Pier with Aurora and Penelope, Brooklyn and the Raiders are also there."

"Is that so? Let's go back to the port first. If Yixian is here, I'll call them back at lunch. As for the repair dock, I'd like to trouble you to stay and look after it."

Li Ran thought for a while and decided that since Lin Xian and Galatia had not yet gone to the Eastern Harbor, he might as well take them back to the garrison for a tour first.

"Well, then I'll stay here first. Helena, you have to take good care of Lin Xian and the others." After all, she is the ship girl of Country E, and she has some good feelings towards the four sisters of the Lin Xian class. She certainly hopes that the ship girls of her country will not be subject to so many restrictions in her own port area.

"Understood, Lin Xian, Galatia, if you don't mind, please come with me and the admiral to the mansion for a visit."

Helena extended the invitation. She knew that the four sisters were very keen on training, so they ran to the training ground immediately after replenishing their supplies. However, after just experiencing a battle, she still hoped to let them relax.

"Sorry to bother you, senior." Lin Xian glanced at her younger sisters and found that her second sister, who was usually the most noisy, did not object this time. She nodded and agreed.

Reputation watched Li Ran and others leave the repair dock. She was about to go to the heavy cruiser repair room and the light cruiser repair room, but she saw Kent, holding the little tiger, standing aside and crying silently.

"What's wrong, Kent, why are you crying?"

Reputation was a little flustered, and hurried forward, then looked at little Kent, who was hesitant to speak, and asked with concern:

"Are you injured?"

"Sister Shengyu, who was that man just now?"

Kent asked timidly in a weak tone.

"That guy just now was my master, Admiral Li Ran. What happened?"

"The admiral of the prestigious sister?" Little Kent hugged the little tiger tightly. She was confused at the moment, but her intuition told her that this person was the builder.

"Sister Reputation, I'm tired." Kent smiled apologetically and trotted out of the repair dock.

"Kent?" Shengwang watched Kent run out. She couldn't stop him even if she called him. She sighed and then became a little confused.

What happened to Kent?

Unable to figure it out, Shengyun walked to the door of the light cruiser repair room and gently opened it. Seeing Omaha lying on the edge of the repair pool, looking up at the ceiling in a daze, she walked over and said:

"What's wrong? Omaha."

"Prestigious Senior." Omaha came back to his senses, then quickly sat up straight, and said a little embarrassedly:

"I'm sorry to have caused trouble to you, Senior."

Reputation shook her head. She was actually also injured, but thanks to the quick-acting repair fluid, she did not need to enter the channel.

I wanted to let others use the repair fluid, but they refused.

"Senior, Lexington, why didn't Saratoga return to the port with us?"

Omaha thought of the two aircraft carrier girls who sent her and others back to the port. They were outstanding in appearance and had good temperament, but they just sent her and others to the port pier and left again. She was a little puzzled.

"They went to inspect the sea conditions around the island. We cannot be sure that the attack last night is over. We must avoid another sneak attack from the deep sea during the day."

"I see." Omaha thought thoughtfully. They were hired ship girls and had no admirals, so they didn't really understand how the naval base operated, which was why they had this question.

"Let's not talk about this. How is your recovery?" Shengming asked as she walked to the side and took a small bucket of repair fluid. This was a concentrated liquid that could speed up the recovery of injuries. It was not as effective as a whole bucket of repair fluid, but it could still play a certain role. When Omaha turned his back to her, she gently poured a small bottle of concentrated repair fluid into the repair pool.

"Yeah, much better. Senior Renown's repair room is much better than those public repair rooms. The ship's equipment has also been repaired. The speed and efficiency are very high."

"That's good." Reputation calmly put the empty bottle back into his arms, then stood up and said before leaving:

"I'll be waiting for you in the rest area outside. Come find me when you're done entering the canal."

"Yeah." Omaha nodded and said, then she felt that the injuries that had just been recovering slowly seemed to be flooded with a warm feeling, and she felt that the recovery speed was a little faster.

Illusion?

Omaha wiped his body gently and smiled:

That’s great, Senior Shengwang is such a gentle person.

Chapter 261: Lin Xian's Request

Li Ran and Helena were walking side by side in front, followed by Lin Xian and Galatea. The two ship girls were whispering to the backs of the two people in front.

Galatea whispered to her sister:

“Sister, what do you think is the relationship between Senior Helena and Senior?”

"I don't know. Why do you care about this?" Lin Xian frowned and said in a low voice:

"Don't gossip. It's rude."

Galatea stuck out her tongue, then took her sister's arm and whispered coquettishly:

"I'm just curious. After all, Senior Helena is such an outstanding person, why would she choose such an ordinary-looking person as the admiral?"

Lin Xian was stunned for a moment and wanted to scold her sister, but then she changed her mind and realized that Li Ran did look mediocre in terms of looks, appearance, and military rank. However, the rank of major general was not in line with Senior Helena's strength. She was a little puzzled, but unlike her sister, she didn't speak without restraint. Instead, she scolded in a low voice:

"This is Helena's choice. Don't criticize others behind their backs in the future. There may be circumstances that we don't know about. I will pretend that I didn't hear what you said today. Do you understand?"

"Oh." Galatia stuck out her tongue, then looked at Helena and Li Ran and saw that they didn't act too intimate, which made her very confused. Just now when she saw Helena and Li Ran hugging each other, she thought they were lovers, but it seems that is not the case.

"How strange, sister." Galatea's gossip fire was burning in her heart. Seeing that her sister was not really angry, she thought that her sister was also very curious, so she continued in a low voice:

"Senior Helena is not Senior Li's wedding partner. Look, they don't even hold hands. It's so weird. Does Senior Li not like Senior Helena?"

"Well, this, I should like him, maybe..." Lin Xian was stumped by her sister's question for the first time. There was nothing she could do. After all, a mercenary ship girl didn't have an admiral, and she couldn't experience the feeling of living with an admiral day and night. She was unfamiliar with emotions like love.

"How strange, does Senior Li have another wedding ship? I heard from the sisters in the South China Sea war zone that after some admirals have wedding ships, some of them will become henpecked. It seems that the admiral's wedding ship is very jealous or something like that." Galatea began to talk about the gossip and interesting stories she had heard.

"Ahem..." Lin Xian looked slightly embarrassed. She pretended to be angry and flicked her sister's forehead.

"Stop gossiping. This is their private matter. We are their guests. Please don't be so rude."

"It hurts..." Galatea covered her head and continued to hold her sister's arm. She knew she couldn't continue talking because they had arrived at the garrison.

"Please take a seat, Helena, please entertain me. I'll go to the kitchen to prepare some snacks. I think you must be hungry."

The hunger that Li Ran mentioned is a human concept. For ship girls, they are actually not particularly dependent on food. They are not like humans who would be in danger of dying if they don’t eat or drink water for a few days.

However, in order to save energy, they would still eat real food. After all, although their bodies could support those ship equipments that looked small but were actually incredibly heavy, they would still be injured if they were hit by the deep sea.

Eating some ordinary food on a regular basis can prevent their ship equipment from wasting too much unnecessary resources.

"Admiral, do you need my help?" Helena looked at Li Ran and yawned. His face looked a little haggard, and the red bloodshot in his eyes undoubtedly told her that her admiral might not have slept all night last night.

"It's okay, you guys take a seat first, I can still handle it."

Li Ran waved his hand, then walked out of the kitchen, took down the apron hanging on the wall, and walked into the kitchen under the surprised gazes of Lin Xian and Galatia.

"Senior Helena? Senior Li, can he cook?" Galatea was a little dumbfounded. The four sisters had never seen the admiral cooking personally when they visited many garrisons in the South Seas war zone, but what they saw before them overturned her perception.