Daily life with the ship girl

"Are you afraid of me?"

"No, Commander, after all, this requirement..."

"It's okay. This request doesn't matter. By the way, have you decided on the repair cost? Can you buy some raw materials? If you can, then we don't need the money. Let them use the necessary raw materials to compensate. Gaga's injury can't be delayed any longer. If the money is not enough, I will find another way."

Li Ran thought for a while and thought that Lexington must have thought of the repair barrel because of Gaga's injury. In fact, this was also what he was concerned about. If his own ship girls could not avoid being attacked, he would have to prepare more repair barrels for emergencies, so that he would not have to worry about their safety every time.

Lexington wanted to say something, but was stopped by Li Ran, who waved his hand:

"It's a happy decision. By the way, Chief Ruoduoruo, will the raw materials of this repair fluid be expensive?"

Ruo Duoruo tilted his head and thought for a moment:

"I'm not sure. The Ruoduo tribe has been in seclusion for too long and has lost contact with the outside world. You should ask those humans for details."

Li Ran thought about it, and said to Lexington:

"Come on, let's go talk to Bai Nuoyan about the repair fee. You have to do this job well."

Lexington nodded hurriedly. She was touched but also felt a little guilty. After all, Saratoga was her sister, but not Li Ran's ship girl.

Li Ran took Lexington to Bai Nuoyan, who was talking to a few fairies. She was very excited when she saw Li Ran coming over:

"Admiral Li, could you please ask these fairies in your port area to do me another favor?"

Li Ran was a little surprised. He said:

"of course."

Bai Nuoyan was delighted and said to Li Sanyan:

"Uncle Li, take that thing out."

Li Sanyan nodded:

"Please wait a moment, Miss."

Li Ran was a little curious about Bai Nuoyan's seriousness, but he saw that it would take some time for the other party to get the things, so he said to Bai Nuoyan:

"This is Lexington, the aircraft carrier ship and my secretary ship."

A trace of surprise flashed across Lexington's face, and Bismarck was also stunned. Firefly was about to ask how Lexington became a secretary ship, but Pinghai quickly covered her mouth and whispered in her ear:

"Hush, since the admiral has done this, we can ask him any questions in private."

Bai Nuoyan nodded quickly, looked at the gentle Lexington, and politely extended her hand:

"Hello."

Lexington was a little overwhelmed, but she was always a calm person. Although she was shocked that Li Ran suddenly set her as a secretary ship, she was a little confused, but the commander's order made her quickly enter the stunning state. She reached out and gently held Bai Nuoyan's hand:

"Hello."

After the two of them had finished greeting each other, Li Ran spoke:

"As for the repair costs, my secretary ship will be fully responsible. By the way, I want to purchase some raw materials. The leader of the Ruoduo Fairy Clan will discuss the details with you. I wonder what Miss Bai thinks."

"Of course," Bai Nuoyan was a businessman, and transactions meant profits, and she had always wanted to get in touch with Li Ran, so that in the future she might be able to become the first maritime merchant in this newly opened sea area. Moreover, she discovered along the way that although Li Ran's island did not seem to be as neatly planned as other garrisons, the timber resources on this island were considerable. She guessed that there might be mineral resources, and she would be able to import some logs and ores from here in the future. Even if she resold them, the profits would be considerable.

Li Ran didn't know what Bai Nuoyan was thinking, otherwise, he would have made a lot of money no matter what.

Li Ran was not interested in the amount of these transactions. He handed the matter over to Lexington and walked over to the group of ship girls who were playing with the fairies. Seeing that Quincy and Juno also liked the fairies, he subconsciously said:

"Or, you can stay."

In an instant, Pinghai and Firefly were shocked, Quincy was a little confused, and Juno looked nervous and hesitant.

The arrogant Juno is not someone who can be easily saved. She snorted:

"No way, how can you salvage a boat like that? You're not subtle at all."

Li Ran felt a little embarrassed and scratched his head:

"It's my fault. I blurted it out subconsciously. Don't blame me."

Juno saw Li Ran was instantly scared, she curled her lips:

"Hehe, I didn't expect a pervert like you to be shy. I've thought about it and it's not impossible for you to stay for a few more days. As for whether you should stay or not, it depends on your performance."

Li Ran was stunned. Didn't I tell you it was an unintentional mistake? Why did you take it seriously? Also, Quincy, what's with your OvO expression? Are you being cute or are you really an idiot?

Li Ran took a look at Juno and found that the cat ears of this tsundere ship girl were actually quite cute. He thought that it would be nice if he could salvage the ship, right?

Then he sighed helplessly. Looking at Ping Hai and Firefly with expressions of "Admiral, you are awesome!", he couldn't help but laugh at himself in his heart:

It seems that I said something strange again.

Chapter 33: Ship Equipment Carrying Thoughts

Lexington and Bai Nuoyan reached an agreement on a preliminary cooperation transaction. She gathered her flaxen hair by her ears and felt her carrier-based aircraft patrolling the nearby waters. When they did not detect any enemy, she secretly breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the sunset not far away. The red sun was shining on the vast sea. The scene was beautiful.

She felt the sea breeze on her face, and felt that perhaps it was right for her not to choose the admiral hastily all these years.

Lexington slowly withdrew her gaze and turned around to see Li Ran talking to many fairies. She thought that if she could meet someone like the commander, her future life would be pretty good.

Bai Nuoyan looked at Lexington's profile. The aircraft carrier girl was now staring at the man named Li Ran. She couldn't help but feel a little jealous. The man didn't know what blessing he must have earned in his previous life to be recognized by such a smart and gentle girl.

Li Ran seemed to notice someone's gaze. He raised his head and saw Lexington's extremely gentle eyes, which made him feel warm in his heart. It was the first time he felt at ease after being in this world for a few days. He responded with a smile, which made Lexington roll his eyes.

Little did they know that the flirting between the two of them had stunned the guys from the Sihai Chamber of Commerce. All their eyes were fixed on Li Ran, filled with envy, jealousy and hatred!

Li Ran felt that the gazes of these people were a bit piercing, but he didn't care. Gazes can't kill people. This is my ship girl. He thought, walked to Lexington and said:

"So, are you done talking?"

Lexington looked at Li Ran. Her commander had finally started to take on the role of admiral. She said softly:

"Well, Miss Bai is willing to use raw materials as compensation for our repair costs this time. Chief Ruoduoruo has already led the fairies to select materials. By the way, the things Miss Bai wants to repair are very extraordinary."

Li Ran was a little curious. He turned around and looked at Bai Nuoyan, who was holding an alloy box that was more than two meters long. He asked:

"Miss Bai, what is this?"

"Ship equipment." Bai Nuoyan's words surprised Li Ran. He watched Bai Nuoyan carefully put down the box. She said to the small leader of the Ruoduo Fairy Clan:

"Mr. Patriarch, can this ship equipment be repaired?"

Ruo Duoruo walked around the box, knocked on it, frowned and said:

"There should be some ship equipment like a ship-slashing sword inside. The mechanism outside is the work of the goblins. This mechanism is a bit troublesome and is locked."

Bai Nuoyan was a little nervous. This ship outfit was given to her by a ship girl who liked her when she failed the admiral assessment and left the admiral academy. However, because she failed to awaken the initial ship, she also lost the opportunity to awaken the admiral's personal network. The ship girl got the news from somewhere and gave her this ship outfit without saying a word for safekeeping.

Over the years, she had tried to open it many times, but she found that the alloy box was too hard and even diamond tools could not cut it. She had been carrying it with her all the time. Later, someone said that only fairies could open the box. She looked at Ruo Duoruo and decided to give it a try. A trace of apology flashed across her face. She said:

"I didn't hide it on purpose. After all, I tried many ways to open the box, but I just couldn't open it. I thought it was broken."

Ruo Duoruo took out some strange tools from somewhere and knocked on the box.

Li Ran was attracted by Ruo Duo Ruo's actions. He saw that the fairies and the ship girls could take out tools out of thin air. He asked Lexington:

"I've always had a question. Regarding your ship equipment, how do you..."

Lexington smiled. She didn't say it to the admiral's face, but said through the exclusive channel between the admiral and the ship girl:

"As for the ship suit, it is actually in the soul subspace of each ship girl. As long as the ship girl does not sink, the ship suit can be recalled at any time. However, this alloy box is a very magical thing. It can block the connection between the ship suit and the ship girl. In other words, the ship suit that Miss Bai got was given to her by a ship girl for some reason. It is of great significance."

Li Ran seemed to understand, but Lexington still looked at her commander with some confusion. She continued to explain:

"For a shipgirl, a shipsuit is not just a weapon, but also a companion. If one day a shipgirl can put a shipsuit in a box like this and give it to an admiral, it proves that this shipgirl only recognizes that person in her life. I don't know why Miss Bai didn't become an admiral, so the shipgirl was afraid of turning into a deep sea, so she sealed her shipsuit and gave it to her as a gift for safekeeping."

Li Ran was silent. He thought for a while:

"I am now somewhat glad that I became an admiral. If a ship girl were to remember me in this way, I would probably feel guilty."

Lexington sighed:

"Commander, it's easy for a ship girl to find an admiral, but the fact that she can find someone worthy of entrusting her ship equipment to shows that Miss Bai is very important to that ship girl."

Li Ran nodded. Indeed, he didn't say anything else because Ruo Duoruo had already found the mechanism of the box.

Ruo Duoruo used the Thousand Machine Knife in his hand to scratch the surface of the box, and some patterns slowly emerged. Then he pressed a mark on it, and some strange mechanisms popped up. Bai Nuoyan was stunned.

"Huh, this should be a Soul Blocking Box made by a master of the Zero-Face Elf Clan. Little girl, you should return this ship suit to its original owner as soon as possible. The ship girl who gave you the ship suit may have fallen into confusion because of you, and she is not far from deep-sea transformation."

Bai Nuoyan was originally smiling happily, but when she heard Ruo Duoruo's extremely serious tone, she was stunned and her face turned a little ugly. She asked:

"Abyssalization?"

Ruo Duoruo sighed:

"Little girl, you didn't become an admiral?"

Bai Nuoyan was silent, she felt a little lost, and said:

"That's right, I failed to awaken my original ship."

Ruo Duoruo felt something strange, and his tone was a little strange:

"No, if you can't wake up the initial ship, then the ship girl will not give this thing to you. Just wait a moment and you will know."

Li Ran and the others were also curious. They were all watching Ruo Duoruo's actions. They saw him climbing up and down on the box, knocking and hitting it, and then the box opened completely little by little, revealing the thing inside.

When Lexington saw the thing, she was shocked and said:

"This is the transformation core of the heavy cruiser!"

Ruo Duoruo nodded, but he added, "Not only the transformation core, but also the things underneath. Little girl, you have to get this thing by yourself."

Bai Nuoyan looked at the thing. Although she didn't become an admiral, she had heard of the transformation core. There were six cores in the box. Her hands trembled slightly. How could it be? How could she be so stupid? She just boasted at that time and didn't do it. She thought...

Li Ran and Lexington looked at Bai Nuoyan's cheeks covered with tears and couldn't help but be silent. Pinghai and Firefly were attracted by Li Ran and others, and walked over with Juno and Quincy, then walked in and saw Bai Nuoyan picked up the ship-cutting sword placed under the core.

"The knife of longing." Ruo Duoruo showed admiration and said to Bai Nuoyan:

"Little girl, this ship girl has been waiting for you, waiting for you to take this ship outfit back and become her admiral."

Bai Nuoyan was already crying. Li Sanyan felt very sad seeing his young lady like this. He wanted to hand her a tissue, but he saw his young lady throwing herself into his arms and crying loudly:

"Uncle Li, why is she so stupid, so stupid!"

Li Sanyan sighed, patted his young lady on the shoulder, looked at Li Ran and others apologetically, and said:

"I'm sorry to make you laugh. The young lady has been carrying this thing ever since she failed in her application for the admiral position. I didn't expect that this thing was actually the ship uniform of the ship girl. I didn't expect that the ship girl was so outstanding, why did she do this? Maybe only the young lady herself understands."

Lexington's face was a little stern. As a ship girl, she was very sensitive to ship equipment. She said in a serious tone:

"Miss Bai, the thoughts on this ship-slashing sword are already very weak. I hope you can go back and see that ship girl as soon as possible. Whether you can become an admiral is not decided by the admiral academy. As long as you get the recognition of a ship girl, you can become an admiral. I don't know why you didn't awaken the original ship. I think it has something to do with this ship girl. If you don't want her to become a deep-sea, you should go back and see her."

Bai Nuoyan quickly stopped crying. She raised her head from Li Sanyan's arms and said helplessly:

"I don't understand, I really don't understand. It's impossible for me to become an admiral. Why is she still so stupid?"

Li Ran looked at Bai Nuoyan and felt a little angry for some reason. He said:

"Bai Nuoyan, wake up. Whether you can become an admiral or not is not determined by an exam. As long as there is a ship girl who recognizes you, you will already be an admiral at that time. If you really want to be an admiral, then go meet her. Don't let yourself regret it, and don't hurt her!"

When Bai Nuoyan heard Li Ran's words, she tightened her grip on the ship-slashing sword, and her hand was accidentally cut by the sharp blade. She was at a loss:

"you're right!"

Li Sanyan sighed. She knew why her young lady had given up the idea of ​​applying for the Admiral Academy again so easily. In the past few years, she had been silently carrying the Four Seas Chamber of Commerce, a chamber of commerce that was about to decline. He sighed:

"Miss, you can go back now. I will take care of this boat."

Li Ran knew the seriousness of deep sea transformation. After all, the ship girls were so cute. If they turned into the deep sea, it would be a very unhappy thing for him. He didn't know that Bai Nuoyan had such a deep connection with the ship girls. He was originally a little hesitant about the escort commission, but now it seems that he may have to help both morally and logically.

And when he looked at the ship girls such as Lexington, Bismarck, Firefly, and Pinghai, he suddenly realized how lucky he was to be recognized by them as an admiral. He thought about it:

"Bismarck, Pinghai, Firefly, can you escort Bai Nuoyan's fleet?"

Bismarck nodded calmly and said:

"can."

Although Ping Hai didn't know what was going on, he still said with full energy:

"Leave it to me."

Firefly walked up to Li Ran and pulled his hand:

"Admiral, are you going to help Miss Bai Nuoyan find that ship girl?"

Li Ran was silent. He said:

"No, some things should be left to her to do. Miss Bai, I, Li Ran, will take over your company's escort commission."