Shipgirls and Salted Fish Commander, Port Survival Guide

He wanted to know how the ship girls felt about him, or more precisely, what their in-game affections would look like in real life.

Taking the Eastern Empire faction as an example, in the game, apart from a few newly released characters, all the other characters have already reached the 'love' affinity level.

To be precise, most of the ship girls Jing Su have had their affection level raised to love.

Unlike players who prioritize power level, strength, or story, Jing Su doesn't care about strength or character roles when playing games. If you had to say, he's a player who prioritizes character affection. The greatest joy in playing games is watching his characters gradually increase their affection for him.

However, although Jing Su doesn't have a specific target for building favorability and basically trains whoever comes along, building favorability still requires a certain level of intensity.

The usual leveling map is map 11 or 12, but Jing Su is a hoarder and is somewhat reluctant to part with experience books, so Jing Su's usual leveling map is map 9.

Leveling up here is inefficient and wastes resources, but for Jing Su, who just wants to increase her favorability, this place is a perfect spot since it doesn't require high strength.

However, there is a crucial prerequisite for gaining favor with the character—you must first have the character.

Before the transmigration, the ship girls Ji'an, Huanchang, and Longwu Feiyun were newly built and hadn't had time to raise their affection. Zhenhai had also just joined the port area through an event greeting card, and her affection hadn't been raised much.

Therefore, when Jing Su was talking to them just now, she could clearly feel that these girls were not particularly enthusiastic towards her. Although she could feel the girls' joy when they met, compared to Yi Xian's feeling of wanting to stuff herself into Jing Su's arms, they did seem rather reserved.

"Commander, what should we do now?"

After everyone left, the two stood for a while, and then Changchun, who couldn't wait any longer, asked a question.

"Uh... I don't know either." After a moment of silence, Jing Su rubbed her forehead and said helplessly.

I was so focused on solving the problem that I forgot to ask about the situation of my wedding. Now, I've managed to send everyone who knows about it away, and even if I wanted to ask, I don't know who to ask.

"How about we ask Sister Yixian?" Changchun asked uncertainly.

"Well, I think it's better not to tell her about this for now." Recalling what Hu Ben had said, Jing Su wiped away her cold sweat and said.

Only then did he realize what terrifying information Hu Ben had just revealed.

The bride was originally named Yixian, but that was changed later!

If Yi Xian found out about this, even if she was unaware of it at first, she would be furious.

"Changchun, who is mainly in charge of our faction now?" After thinking for a moment, Jing Su asked. Apart from the few new characters mentioned earlier, there weren't many characters in the Donghuang faction whose favorability he hadn't maxed out. Considering Yi Xian's attitude towards him, anyone could be in this position, but to be able to mobilize so many characters to work together, their status was obviously not low.

"This? I don't know. Usually, it's Sister Yixian who handles things. Aren't the others just supposed to fight?" Changchun said, pondering with his head down.

As one of the absolute main forces of the Donghuang camp, Yixian always took Changchun with her wherever she went. It's not surprising that the oblivious Changchun didn't know who the number two person in charge of the port area was.

"I see. Let me think." Seeing that she couldn't get any useful information from Changchun, Jing Su recalled who was most likely to be the number two person in charge, based on the situation in the game.

First, this character needs to have prestige in the Eastern Huang camp that is no less than that of Yi Xian, so that she can keep order when Yi Xian is not around.

The Eastern Empire faction has a clearly defined leader, and when that leader is in charge, decisions can be made with a single word. However, the Eastern Empire faction also has a rather special situation—it has too few large ships.

Whether due to historical factors or certain red lines in reality, the Eastern Empire faction has very few members, and they are mostly small ships, with very few ship girls who can actually take charge.

Other factions, even those like Sardinia with fewer ship girls than the Eastern Empire, have several capable ship girls in charge.

Therefore, after excluding Yi Xian, the person in charge, it is not difficult to select influential ship girls, especially after adding the factor of favorability.

After what had just happened, Jing Su wondered if the wedding was also a prank by Hu Ben and his group, otherwise it wouldn't have come so suddenly.

After all, during the time she spent with Yi Xian, Jing Su could feel Yi Xian's feelings for her, but whenever they were about to take things further, there was always a sense that something was wrong.

It's just that I feel like something's missing.

“Favorability, influence, etc., there really is one!” As he was thinking, Jing Su suddenly remembered that he did have a ship girl in the Eastern Empire whose feelings for him had developed to the extreme.

"If the game really has that much influence, then she can indeed get married, and it seems that she even took the initiative to propose the wedding."

After spending time with Jing Su, her brain suddenly went blank, and a chill ran through her heart.

"Changchun, let's go back to the cruise ship now, as far away as possible." He grabbed Changchun's little hand and made a move to walk back.

Although her voice reveals her to be a very bold and cheerful person, Jing Su is inexplicably worried. If she marries this girl, her position in the family will be in jeopardy.

"Huh, why?" Changchun was a little confused when Jing Su suddenly took her hand, not quite understanding why Jing Su would suddenly have such a big change in attitude.

"There's no time to explain, let's get going. If we get blocked, we really won't be able to leave."

"Hey, am I that scary? Is it beneath you to have me as your groom? Why are you so resistant? Huh? What, am I not good enough for you?"

"Hmph, come here quickly, let me see if your figure has changed while you were gone."

Chapter Thirty-One: Let's Go!

"Come on, Commander, fill it up, bottoms up!"

Glug glug, ha~ so refreshing!

Haha, this is definitely the best way to drink!

In the tastefully decorated little room, a small table was placed on the bed, and a man and a woman sat cross-legged beside it, chatting intermittently, but mostly the woman was talking while the man was keeping her company.

Changchun, standing not far away, watched the two people on the bed expressionlessly, gulping down her juice. She wanted to say something, but couldn't get a word in edgewise. All she knew was that Sister Binjiang had talked about many topics that even she felt a little embarrassed listening to. She really didn't know how Sister Binjiang could talk about them so naturally.

'Sister Binjiang is really something. She seems so calm and composed on the surface, but I never expected her to be like this in private. Waaah, can I really listen to these cheesy pickup lines?' Forcibly suppressing the urge to turn around and run away, Changchun was also somewhat impressed by Binjiang. Did she completely ignore him and not care about being a third wheel at all?

Changchun originally thought he was the most formidable force in the Donghuang camp, but now he realizes there are other experts out there.

Changchun Binjiang, just from the name you can tell. Many of the things Binjiang said might leave Jing Su completely confused, but those from Changchun would understand. Now she understands why Jing Su had pulled her away earlier. Even as a girl, she felt a little embarrassed listening to what Binjiang said. It's amazing that Jing Su could keep listening.

'Hey, the commander probably doesn't understand, right?' Changchun thought to himself with a hint of smugness as he looked at Jing Su's bewildered expression.

Can't understand? How could you not understand? Not to mention that the dialect of the three northeastern provinces is relatively easy to understand, Jing Su himself went to university in Binjiang.

"I went to university in Binjiang, and now I hear the cheesy pickup lines from Binjiang."

Jing Su was completely dumbfounded; her brain had simply shut down, and she hadn't reacted at all.

Before he arrived, he had guessed that Binjiang had a rather fierce personality, but he never expected him to be so direct.

If Yixian is a gentle and refined girl from Jiangnan, then Binjiang is the epitome of boldness. Yixian would never say those corny pickup lines.

If the two of you were to get along, given Yixian's personality, she would most likely just quietly stay by your side, her eyes filled with tenderness and affection, as if you were her everything, quietly accompanying you and offering gentle care.

As for Binjiang, she believes that if you like someone, you like them. What's the point of being indecisive? If you like someone, just go for it, say it openly, and have a passionate romance without considering rejection. Or, in Binjiang's view, "I've treated you like this, so try rejecting me."

Therefore, when Binjiang learned that Jing Su had returned and would soon be joining the Donghuang camp, he immediately planned tonight's wedding. Although doing so was somewhat unfair to Yi Xian, a good husband was more important than a good best friend. Besides, as long as she got things done, Yi Xian would have many more opportunities in the future.

Binjiang knew that given the situation in the port area, it would be extremely difficult, if not impossible, to have the title of commander exclusively. Since that was impossible, the title became extremely important. The Donghuang faction was already weak, and by doing so, he was contributing to the future development of the port area.

Binjiang consoled himself in this way.

After three rounds of wine, the five flavors of food are over.

No matter how numb Jing Su is, if Bin Jiang keeps pouring bowl after bowl of water into her, even a block of wood would eventually bloom.

"Hey, Commander, you've got a pretty good alcohol tolerance. You've drunk almost half a case and you're not even batting an eye." Under the influence of alcohol, Jing Su gradually loosened up, going from being silent at the beginning to making small talk later on.

"Heh, Binjiang, I'm not bragging, but back in my college days, this was my alcohol tolerance." Jing Su said, raising one index finger.

"A dozen? That's all?" Binjiang raised an eyebrow, surprised that someone dared to boast about their drinking capacity in front of him.

"That's not enough. We'll drink more than this tonight."

"A box? That's not much. Back home, this is only enough for a dish of peanuts."

“You keep drinking, you little brat! You seem so smart, how come you're so bad at guessing things?” Jing Su suddenly yelled, then slumped onto the table.

"Hey, Commander, you're already done? Hey, are you still awake?" Binjiang was delighted by Jing Su's action of slumping over the table, but to be on the safe side, he still called out a few times.

"Zzzz"

"Hehe, I've finally gotten you drunk. Now we can move on to the next step, hehe." Binjiang dialed a number. "Haitian, the plan is in place. Get ready to change our son-in-law's clothes."

After saying that, Binjiang got up and quickly left the room.

Not long after Binjiang left, Jing Su, who had been lying there like a corpse, suddenly sat up, covered her throbbing head, got up and ran to the corner of the room, shaking Changchun, who was sleeping soundly, "Changchun, wake up."

"Hmm~ Commander, did you come to visit Changchun?" Changchun asked groggily.

"There's no time to explain, let's go quickly, or it will be too late."

"Huh!?" Changchun suddenly woke up with a start.

"oh oh."

Seeing that Binjiang had been drinking for a long time without turning red or out of breath, while her own brain was throbbing and she felt like she was about to fly to heaven, Jing Su quickly pretended to be asleep.

"Ugh, Sister Binjiang definitely added something to the juice just now," Changchun said angrily, rubbing her throbbing head.

"Regardless of whether anything was added or not, it'll be too late if we don't leave now," Jing Su urged.

"Oh, but Commander, why are we leaving? Don't you like Binjiang?" Changchun asked.

"Um, I like it." Jing Su thought for a moment and said.

Yeah, why did I run away? Just because of the wedding? Does that count as running away from my wedding?

"Maybe it's because your sister Binjiang is too fierce." Recalling how Binjiang looked like she wanted to devour him, Jing Su felt a chill run down his spine. He really wasn't good at dealing with girls like that.

To be precise, while spending time with Binjiang just now, Jing Su felt that she was somewhat sorry for Yi Xian. Although she suppressed the thought as soon as it popped into her head, she realized that she and Yi Xian hadn't even confirmed their relationship yet, and thinking like that would be quite scummy.

If Binjiang knew what Jing Su was thinking, he would definitely roll his eyes at her. "I don't care, so why should you care?" But unfortunately, he got carried away while drinking and forgot to say it out loud.

Actually, the reason why I'm having such a good time is because someone must have informed Yixian. Although Binjiang is the second-in-command of the Donghuang camp, Yixian is the absolute person in charge. Many things cannot be carried out without Yixian's approval.

"Commander, where are we going?"

Just as Jing Su stepped out of the room, she was stopped by a girl with a strong artistic temperament. Binjiang had planned for so long, how could they not be wary of Jing Su running away halfway?

According to her, tonight you have to go into the bridal chamber whether you want to or not.

Chapter Thirty-Two: Exquisite Beauty

"Wow, Commander, your skin is great, and your face shape is good too. Wow, you even have abs! When did you start working on them? You have such a great body."

Completely bewildered, Jing Su was manipulated by Hai Tian like a puppet on strings.

Dot here, rub there.

"Sister Haitian, are you done yet? It's been so long." Changchun, who was standing to the side, couldn't stand it anymore. This wasn't makeup; it was clearly an excuse to take advantage of her.

'Damn it, I never knew Hai Tian, ​​who usually only likes reading, was like this in private! Yi Xian said this is called something like "hoof," Waaah, I'm so envious... oh no, I'm so annoyed!'

The girl's soft, white fingers brushed against his skin, each touch sending electric shocks through Jing Su's body, making her feel numb all over.

"Alright, alright, it'll be quick soon." Urged by Changchun, Haitian wasn't in a hurry. Not to mention that they hadn't seen each other for so long, after tonight, Jing Su would be Donghuang's son-in-law. It wouldn't be easy to find such a good opportunity to take advantage of him openly again.

However, Changchun's words did bring Jing Su out of her daze. For some reason, her head felt dizzy as soon as she entered the room. At first, she thought she was confused because of the alcohol, but now she realized that there was an unknown fragrance in the room.

"Haitian, it's been so long, won't Binjiang be urging us?" Although she had regained consciousness, she was still in a daze. Seeing Haitian's little hand about to touch her abdomen, Jing Su had no choice but to bring up Binjiang in her desperation.

"Hey, you woke up so quickly? Damn it, that swindler Akashi actually sold counterfeit goods." Seeing Jing Su make a move, Hai Tian muttered softly, but his voice was so low that even Chang Chun couldn't hear it, let alone the drowsy Jing Su.

"Relax, relax, it'll be almost done. Just a few more strokes on your eyebrows, and you'll have sword-like eyebrows and starry eyes. Commander, you have a great natural look, you don't really need makeup. Now, just a few strokes and you'll be absolutely stunning to every girl you go out with."

'So that's why they dragged out the trial for so long just now, they must have been taking advantage of me, they must have been taking advantage of me, damn it!' Changchun thought viciously.

Since Jing Su woke up, Hai Tian quickly finished her makeup and then changed her clothes.

For the Eastern Huang camp, the wedding naturally had to be in the Eastern Huang style. Wearing Hanfu was quite troublesome. In any case, Jing Su felt that if she were to do it all by herself, she wouldn't even be able to recognize what each part was for in half a day.

In fact, Hanfu was originally everyday clothing in ancient times, and it wouldn't be too troublesome to wear under normal circumstances. However, today Jing Su is going to wear a wedding dress, and Binjiang specifically instructed that it be made to the highest standard, so naturally, some effort has to be put in.

"Hmph, not bad, Commander. You look great in your clothes."

After a flurry of activity, Jing Su, dressed in a red robe and looking bewildered, emerged.

Haitian and Changchun nodded repeatedly.

"Commander, let's hurry up, Sister Binjiang must be getting impatient." Changchun tugged at Jing Su's sleeve and called out.

"Ah."

Jing Su looked at Chang Chun with some surprise, thinking that this girl usually tries to get close to him whenever she has the chance, but now she's taking the initiative to drag him to the wedding venue.

In fact, Changchun has come to terms with it. She is a ship girl, and her thinking is different from that of Jing Su, a normal person. The current Jing Su feels awkward when she is with Hai Tian and the others, but in Changchun's opinion, why should she feel awkward? Everyone gets along so well, isn't it good to have fun together?

Shyness is fine; it can enhance relationships, and if you know how to play, it can be quite enjoyable. But why should there be any awkwardness? They are ship girls; what do human societal ethics have to do with them?

For example, almost all the ship girls in the port area unanimously oppose monogamy. Perhaps this is the norm in human society, but in the port area, if monogamy were to actually occur, that would be the real source of chaos.

Once implemented, the port will truly never have a peaceful day again. According to Sister Yixian, the port is in, and will remain in for a long time, a contradiction: the ever-increasing need for commanders among the ship girls versus the fact that there can only be one commander.

There are indeed ship girls who want to monopolize the commander, and there are quite a few of them. Almost every ship girl has thought about this to some extent, but considering the situation in the port, it is clear that this is impossible.

So if Changchun knew what Jingsu was struggling with, she would definitely roll her eyes, 'My dear Commander, you've already given away so many rings, and now at the last minute, even we ship girls don't care, but you're getting all conflicted! Just like Sister Yixian said, men are all big pigs!'