I'm in the azure sky, and I have an anti-fraud app.

"One, two, three..." Baltimore counted the rhythm, and the two gradually synchronized their movements.

Levi felt the muscles in his arms gradually tense up, and sweat trickled down his forehead. He glanced at Baltimore and noticed that her expression was focused and serious, as if she were completely absorbed in the training.

However, upon closer inspection, it becomes clear that Baltimore didn't actually put in much effort; all his attention was focused on his main gun.

"Ahem... Commander, give it your all!" Baltimore suddenly said, his voice carrying a hint of encouragement.

Baltimore, after being discovered, forcibly suppressed his impulse: "Commander, whoever doesn't coordinate well loses, okay?"

Li Wei nodded and increased the intensity. The two moved faster and faster, and the spring of the resistance band made a "squeaking" sound, as if cheering them on.

"Alright, last group!" Baltimore shouted, and Levi took the opportunity to swing his main gun. Baltimore's arm immediately slowed down by half a step, and his movement showed a noticeable lag.

Baltimore put down the exercise equipment and smiled sheepishly, "I lost this time."

"Then you'll have to accept the punishment."

“No problem, I’ll punish myself.” Baltimore made the same ruling, her athletic shorts vanished, and the core compartment and jelly rippled in the air, exuding the sweet scent of the ship girls after their workout.

Baltimore walked up to him and gently patted him on the shoulder: "Commander, shall we settle this with a single round?"

Li Wei nodded: "Okay, I'll do as you say."

Baltimore led him to a yoga mat and gestured for him to sit down. She herself sat opposite him, the two of them facing each other, their knees almost touching. The muzzles of the main guns and the core module were also almost touching; they could even feel each other's heat.

Baltimore's voice trembled: "Let's do some stretching to relax our muscles."

Li Wei also extended his hands, and their palms gently touched. Baltimore's palms were warm and soft, with a slight sheen of sweat.

“Commander, relax and follow my rhythm,” Baltimore said softly, beginning to lean forward slowly.

Li Wei followed her movement, slowly leaning forward. The distance between them gradually closed, their breaths almost mingling. The main gun and the core module also mingled. Sweat or some other liquid became the messengers exchanging information.

“Commander, your muscles are a bit tense,” Baltimore said softly, her voice tinged with concern. “You should come more often so I can give you some pointers.”

"I've probably been too busy lately and haven't been exercising much." Li Wei smiled, feeling the scent of Baltimore gently brush against his cheek. He pressed down on the kiss forcefully: "Baltimore..."

"Commander, I admit defeat this time..."

Chapter 435 The Garden: Honey's Radishes, Delicious!

"Plantations? Why did this suddenly come to mind?"

"Of course it's because it's fun!" Garden snuggled up to Levi. "Honey, look, in the botanical garden we can plant all sorts of beautiful flowers and plants, and even some vegetables and grains, and enjoy the food we grow ourselves!"

"Just thinking about working and harvesting together with my honey... mmm..." Garden kissed Li Wei: "My honey will be so happy, right?"

Li Wei said that eating fruits and vegetables that you grow yourself might be very fulfilling, but they take at least a few months to mature.

"Did you come up with this idea yourself? Why does this idea... seem so unlike White Eagle's?"

"What do you mean by 'not so much of a White Eagle'?"

Li Wei touched the garden's large cotton candy, and the garden, without any hesitation, puffed out its chest for the commander to enjoy.

"I have a feeling this is more like a suggestion that the Eastern Huang ship girls would make." Li Wei knew the Eastern Huang style all too well. He opened the plan and proposal and sure enough, he saw the names of the Eastern Huang ship girls in it.

"Suggestions: Binjiang, Longwu... I knew it."

The garden girl fawned over Levi, calling him "honey~"

Li Wei was powerless against the big bunny's affection, and besides, there really wasn't a botanical garden in the port area, so building one wouldn't be a problem: "Alright, alright, then it's approved. Let's go build the botanical garden."

"Okay~"

Garden kissed Levi on the cheek again: "Honey, come join us~"

Li Wei: "I'll hold the inauguration ceremony once it's completed."

"Okay~"

……

The botanical garden covers a considerable area in its planning, but the amount of construction work was not too large; the largest part was probably the laying of underground pipes. The entire project was completed easily in just two days.

After the inauguration ceremony, Li Wei symbolically scooped up a handful of soil under the tree at the entrance with a shovel, signifying his participation in the construction of the botanical garden.

"Honey, come on, come on, let's plant some vegetables!"

Garden held up a handful of seeds with great enthusiasm: "Radishes, eggplants, pumpkins, cabbages... what does Honey want to plant?"

"Let's plant carrots, rabbits should eat carrots."

Li Wei took the radish seeds, scattered them into the soil, leveled the soil, and then watered them.

"What?! What do you mean rabbits should eat carrots…" Garden made a cute face: "Honey, I'll bite you! With a honey, why would we need carrots?"

Li Wei was speechless: "I was just talking about food, what are you thinking?"

"Hmph, you know what I'm thinking~" Garden realized she'd been tricked: "Don't laugh at me, or I'll bite your radish~"

Li Wei felt his main gun go cold.

……

sunset.

"Phew... I've been busy all afternoon, planting so many... When will they grow?"

Li Wei poured cold water on the garden's hopes: "It'll probably take at least half a year."

Garden pouted: "Is there any technology that can make the radishes grow right now?"

Li Wei: "How about we just go buy a few radishes?"

"Oh, come on~, you're just teasing me." Garden looked at the fruits of her and the Commander's labor that afternoon: "Hehe, it's not just radishes, we've planted so many kinds of vegetables and fruits. In just a few months, we'll be able to eat food and vegetables we've grown ourselves~"

Li Wei: "Seriously, do you want to eat radishes tonight?"

Garden: "Of course~, but I want to eat not only carrots, but also the Commander's big carrot~"

Li Wei: "You can eat anything."

He led the garden toward the restaurant near the botanical garden, kneading the garden's large jelly-like fruit along the way, preparing for his "evil plan" to come.

"Give me a plate of cold radish salad, a plate of stir-fried radish, and a bowl of radish soup." Li Wei ordered three radish dishes right away: "Oh, and give me three more radishes, washed clean. One should be this long, and the other two can be a little longer."

Long Wu said he didn't quite understand, but he did as instructed.

Garden immediately understood what Li Wei meant, gave her commander a charmingly coquettish look, and bit her lip without refusing.

“Come on, let me feed you carrots.” Li Wei led the garden into the private room: “Since you like carrots so much, let me feed you properly.”

The first carrot was fed directly into Garden's core. It was a carrot of medium size. Garden wrapped her black stockings around herself and smiled sweetly at the commander, making his heart flutter.

"Honey's big carrot~, mmm~"

Li Wei couldn't help but stand up: "You little devil!"

"Hoo hoo... honey, there's still space here?" Garden gestured for Li Wei to hurry up, otherwise Long Wu would see their little secret soon.

Li Wei decisively picked up the largest radish and sent it into the Garden's cargo hold. Just like in the core compartment, the Garden also used black silk to cover the radishes in the cargo hold, preventing them from being moved out.

"Hmm... Honey fed me two carrots~, phew... I feel so full~"

Li Wei: "How is it? Is the radish tasty? Although you didn't grow it, since it's now in the core module and cargo hold, it can probably be considered related to you, right?"

"Hmph...you can't taste it like that, can you?" Garden opened her little mouth and licked her lips. "Honey, you can still enjoy another radish here~"

Li Wei fed the smallest but relatively thickest last carrot into the garden's mouth, then put a mask on her, making it impossible to see the garden's secrets from the outside.

"Ugh! Ugh... Ugh!"

Garden couldn't make a sound after its mouth was gagged: "Mmm mmm!"

The door to the room was pushed open, and Long Wu had already prepared two dishes and a soup: "Commander, Miss Garden, please enjoy."

"Thank you."

After presenting Long Wu, Li Wei devoured the dish. Even though all three dishes used radish as the main ingredient, they tasted completely different. The stir-fried hot dishes were crisp and refreshing, the cold dishes were light and refreshing, and the radish soup was also superb.

"Well!"

The garden was so anxious that even the radishes in its cargo hold were shaking: "Ugh ugh ugh!"

"What's wrong? Are you in a hurry because you can't eat?" Li Wei smiled. "Don't worry, there will be plenty of food for you later."

A dozen minutes later, Li Wei called Long Wu in again, and Hua Yuan volunteered, "Could you please cook these three radishes as well? Try to keep them as fresh as possible, okay?"

“Of course, no problem.” Long Wu readily agreed: “Please wait a moment!”

"Here, try your own radish." Li Wei placed the shredded radish that Empress Longwu had brought into the garden entrance: "How is it? How does it taste?"

Garden gave Li Wei a coquettish glare: "Honey, you want some too!"

"This radish carries my scent!"

Chapter 436 Noshiro's Fitting Room Project

Following the garden, the ship girls discovered a new way.

If carrots have been used, cucumbers can be used instead.

If cucumbers have been used, eggplants can be used instead.

If you want to, there are plenty of fruits and vegetables you can use as an excuse.

After tasting it several times, Li Wei had to announce that he would no longer accept any invitations from the botanical garden in the near future.

If this continues, Li Wei seriously doubts whether the botanical garden will even be able to grow the corresponding plants. He estimates that before many will even grow, the ship girls will have used them all up.

Noshiro slipped into the command room through the thin frost of early winter, placed a warm matcha latte on the table, and her black stockings made a soft rustling sound as they rubbed against the floor: "Commander, it's already mid-November."

Li Wei didn't even look up. "Hmm."

The humanoid shipborne radar locked onto him from behind. Noshiro wrapped her arms around his neck, the scent of plum blossoms falling from her hair and her body heat seeping into his skin through her shirt: "Commander, don't you feel the atmosphere of the New Year is already approaching?"

Li Wei: "...There's still a month and a half until New Year's Day, right?"

But thinking about it, it makes sense. Almost a year has already passed in this world; it feels unreal.

A year ago, he was just an ordinary office worker; now he's the husband of multiple ship girls.

Noshiro approached Levi and asked, "Commander, what are you thinking about?"

Li Wei casually rubbed a handful of Noshiro's black chocolate with his fingers: "Thinking of you."

Noshiro: "Ugh~, I was right in front of the Commander, and he said that... Hmm? How about we just do it in the office... I don't mind~"

Li Wei held Noshiro in his arms, playing with her black chocolate stockings: "I think you just want the second half of the sentence, right? You little glutton, do you really want to do something exciting in the office?"

Noshiro deliberately stepped on Levi's main gun: "Commander, to be honest, with so many ports and so many ship girls, we need to start thinking about this now, okay? Otherwise, we'll be in a real mess later."

Li Wei: "If you want new clothes, you can just go and buy them anytime."

Noshiro playfully stuck out her little tongue.

Commercial street, clothing stores.

Noshiro immediately took a liking to the cheongsam in the store and led Li Wei inside.

"Commander, take a look at this~"

The sandalwood clothes hanger rippled like silk in the warm light, and Noshiro's fingertips lingered on the buttons of a dark blue cheongsam. The fabric felt like brushing against the surface of a moonlit sea, reminding her of a night stained red by the fire of a main gun.

"Give it a try if you like it."

"Ok!"

Noshiro gestured to the Commander to help her remove the clothes. The girl held the clothes up to herself and asked, "Commander, don't you think this color looks like the sea in the port area?"

"Hmm...it doesn't quite look like the sea, but it does look a bit like you."

"uh-huh?"

"It's all water down there."

"Ugh!" Noshiro lightly stepped on Li Wei's foot. The thoughtful girl even took off her shoes, her bare feet outlining the curves of her ankles through the fabric of her suit pants, making Li Wei feel no pain at all, only pleasure.

Jianwu, the proprietress of the cheongsam shop, greeted us with a smile, holding three identical cheongsams in different colors: "Noshiro and Commander have good taste. This dress is one of my most outstanding designs recently."

Noshiro stepped into the fitting room with the cheongsam in her hand: "In that case, I'll give it a try."