I really don't have money for the ship girls.

Ying Tian didn't care what others said, but Ayanami's smile and words just now made him break down a little. Ying Tian couldn't help but think that ship girls, these kinds of lives, also didn't have parents? Looking at it this way, they were quite similar to himself. He thought that this might be one of the reasons why he was so obsessed with the so-called commander.

There was no movement for a long time after that, and Ying Tian slowly closed his eyes. So many things happened today, some indulgence and some restraint, and he was quite tired. The holiday ends tomorrow and he has to go to class.

At that moment, a restrained scream suddenly came from inside the room. Ying Tian immediately woke up and recognized Ling Bo's voice. He immediately jumped off the sofa and rushed into the room.

"What happened?"

Ying Tian was stunned for a moment, because it seemed that nothing had happened inside, and all he could see were snow-white arms and long, white legs.

Then the door was closed.

Chapter 44 The Garrison Command Must Be Neat and Orderly

"What exactly is going on?"

Ying Tian looked around the room. Mercury Memorial was hugging a pillow, her two pink little feet swinging back and forth. Ron must have just taken a shower, wearing someone else's pajamas, the outline of his snow-white thighs faintly visible under the light gauze. St. Louis, needless to say, had her snow-white, round, and firm breasts. Shoukaku stood behind Ayanami, helping the quiet and cute girl fix her hair.

Such a scene was certainly pleasing to the eye, but Ying Tian keenly sensed that there was a trap involved.

“It’s Ayanami. She saw a shadow and thought it was a cockroach, so she screamed,” Shoukaku explained. “The naval base is on an island, which is very humid, so sometimes there are huge cockroaches. Luckily, she just mistook it for a cockroach.”

Ying Tian felt his intelligence had been insulted and was about to lash out when a small hand tugged at his sleeve. It was Aya. She looked up at Ying Tian and said, "I'm sorry."

"There's nothing to apologize for, it's a normal reaction." Ying Tian's heart softened. Seeing a strong and sensible girl like Ling Bo always reminded him of his past self.

"Actually, I'm not like that. I'm not afraid of anything... Maybe it's because I just met the Commander here that I'm a little scared."

"afraid of what?"

“I’m scared…” Ayanami glanced at Ying Tian, ​​her fair and smooth face dripping slightly. “I’m scared that the Commander will hate me because I’ve come to cause trouble for the Commander.”

Ying Tian was taken aback for a moment, then reached out and gently patted Ling Bo's head, saying, "How could that be? I'm just not good at dealing with people, which caused you to misunderstand."

"Well……"

"not comfortable?"

"No, although I don't quite understand the point... I'm kind of happy."

As Ayanami spoke, she stood on tiptoe and nuzzled Yingtian's hand with her little head, looking as cute as a kitten.

Ying Tian looked at the beautiful ship girls around him and put himself in their shoes. Anyone would feel flustered when they came to a strange place, let alone when they arrived in another world where they could not contact their relatives and friends at all. Perhaps he should be more enthusiastic and ease their anxiety.

Moreover, as a man surrounded by so many beautiful women, it should be the women who feel embarrassed. Since the women are willing to swallow their pride and even use such methods to "trick" him into coming here, he should set an example.

Ying Tian considered for a moment and said, "Well, you come from another world, not just thousands of miles apart, but across countless time and space. It's normal for you to lack a sense of security... Of course, I don't think I can provide any sense of security, but I'll be shameless and say this: maybe I should just stay in the room and sleep?"

"I promise I won't look around, but of course, if you don't agree..."

“Sure, of course.” St. Louis said cooperatively as he closed the door. “That’s exactly what we meant. Everyone at the naval base should be together.”

Shoukaku simply asked, "Do you want to sleep on the bed or on the floor?"

"I'm ready to sleep on the floor." Ying Tian patted Aya's head again and asked, "Aya, would you like to sleep with me?"

"it is good."

Mercury Memorial raised his hand and said, "Me too! I want to sleep on the floor too!"

Ying Tian was about to agree, but after thinking for a moment, he said, "No, you have to sleep in the bed."

"Why?" Mercury Memorial pouted in disbelief and said coquettishly, "Commander, you're being unfair."

The sweet and gentle voice of the charming young girl prompted Ying Tian to quickly explain, "It's not that I'm being biased, but do you think the remaining three people can even fit in one bed?"

Upon hearing Ying Tian's words, Mercury Memorial subconsciously glanced at St. Louis, Ron, and Shoukaku, and immediately understood Ying Tian's meaning. Given the size of the three of them, it would be quite difficult for them to sit on the bed, whether they were facing forward or sideways.

"I want to sleep on the bottom."

Ron didn't ask a question; instead, he simply rolled out of bed to show his stance.

"Then that's settled, Ayanami, you sleep in the middle, and I'll sleep on the outermost side... You guys even prepared pillows, you really planned this all along..."

Shoukaku: "Commander, would you like to take a shower?"

"Forget it, taking a shower in this situation would be inconvenient."

Mercury Memorial: "Hmph, you slob, watch out for lice."

"No, I took a shower yesterday and barely sweated today."

Ying Tian sat halfway on the quilt spread on the floor, still somewhat unsure of himself, and asked Ling Bo, "I don't smell bad, do I?"

“The Commander’s scent…” Ayanami sniffed and said, “It’s very reassuring.”

Ying Tian nodded and lay down on the floor: "Okay, then there's no smell. Time to sleep."

Mercury Memorial: "It's just self-deception. Ayanami-chan was just too embarrassed to say it. Actually, she couldn't stand the smell."

"It's okay, it's Ayanami who smells it anyway, you can't smell it."

"Hey, please let them have their way!"

"Can I let you smell it?"

Mercury Memorial sat up abruptly in bed, then saw Ron holding his cheeks and staring blankly at Ying Tian. He was a little discouraged: "Forget it, let's just go to sleep."

"Yes, I'm going to sleep."

The TV was off, but the lights were still on. Even if you lay down to sleep, it was impossible to fall asleep immediately. Everyone chatted, one sentence after another.

"Shokaku, move a little further out."

"If I don't have a high-spec phone, does that mean I don't have to work for a while? Is that game fun?"

"Whose thigh... Ron, your sleeping posture."

"Huh? Did you run over the commander?"

"No... that's showing, please be careful."

"It's alright, Commander. Is it beautiful?"

Ying Tian could not reply.

The idea of ​​a man sleeping with five women sounds romantic and blissful, but as long as one is clear-headed, it's really just that. In fact, with more women, they restrain each other and can't do anything inappropriate.

With the main lights on and only a small nightlight left, everyone's voices gradually quieted down.

Just as Ying Tian was drifting off to sleep, he heard Ling Bo, who was sleeping beside him, whisper, "I'm sorry."

Opening his eyes, he saw the girl's lovely face and pink lips, her red eyes sparkling in the dim light. Ying Tian asked softly, "Why are you apologizing?"

"The candy that Shigure and Yukikaze asked me to give to the commander disappeared after I traveled through time."

"It's not your fault. You're bound to lose things during the time travel process."

"But I promised Shigure that I would take a picture of the commander eating the wasabi and herring-flavored candy inside and show it to her."

"Forehead……"

Ying Tian had never eaten wasabi or canned herring, but he had heard of their fame. Suppressed laughter came from the bed; it wasn't Mercury Memorial, but rather Shoukaku.

"Commander, please don't be angry."

"I'm not angry."

"Shigure and Yukikaze actually like the Commander a lot. They have some resentment and fear... They don't quite know how to face the Commander."

"Um……"

"Commander, don't hate them, and Laffey, Javelin, Hibiki... I'm not very good with words, but I won't cause you any trouble."

"I don't dislike them. I like obedient little girls."

Ying Tian reached out in the darkness, grasped Ling Bo's small, soft hand, and said soothingly, "Alright, go to sleep. Don't think too much. I'm here."

"Um--"

The room gradually fell silent. Ying Tian closed his eyes, but his mind was wandering. He actually had a clear plan for his life: he would not take the postgraduate entrance exam after graduating from university, work from twenty-two to forty, repay society for its eighteen years of nurturing, do some charity work to save some money, and then find a beautiful rural area to farm and retire. He would live as long as he could, and he didn't want to start a family at all, since he was an orphan anyway.

Life is inherently free of attachments.

Things seem different now; in fact, they were already different when the Prince of Wales came into being.

Ying Tian drifted off to sleep, thinking that he was already an adult and life couldn't be any worse.

Chapter Forty-Five: Internal Strife

No, life can sometimes turn out in ways you never imagined.

There's not much to say about the morning. The fact that it triggered the traditional male instincts already made it difficult to move around and made people sneak around. On top of that, the morning sunlight shone on the fair and translucent skin around them, outlining incredibly beautiful and slender curves through the hazy nightgown. Thighs intertwined, long white hair and black hair intertwined, revealing glimpses of skin, half-exposed breasts. The scenery of an ideal world could not be more beautiful than this.

After getting up early in the morning, I quickly slipped away. A certain level of stimulation is enjoyable, but too much stimulation becomes unpleasant.

You wouldn't want your powerful ballistic missile vehicle, poised for launch, to be spotted by a foreign spy satellite, would you?

The second year of university is probably the semester with the most courses in the four years of university. The holiday has just ended, and what comes to mind is two big classes in the morning: linear algebra and university physics.

When Ying Tian returned to the dormitory, her roommates were also getting ready to leave for class.

"Luckily I made it in time. I did a part-time job assisting with an event yesterday, and I ended up working until the subway stopped running at midnight. It was so frustrating." Ying Tian explained to his roommates in a pretentious manner why he didn't come home at night.

To everyone's surprise, Liu Wenlong wasn't surprised at all. He patted him on the shoulder and said, "The fathers discussed this last night. Now, even if you say you're actually a Middle Eastern oil tycoon, we'll believe you."

"No, no, that would mean America would attack me."

"So, among those philanthropists, there were Americans?"

"What a load of American nonsense."

There were no Americans, but there were American ships, very large ships, beautiful rudders, gracefully curved bows, and most importantly, a warm and inviting diesel engine.

After exchanging a few words with his roommates, Ying Tian shared the tamagoyaki (Japanese rolled omelet) that Xiang He had made with everyone, and then they went to the teaching building for class together.

Linear algebra is a bit brain-draining, and physics is even more so. If you miss even a little bit of the lecture, you'll almost fall behind. Ying Tian took notes while listening, not daring to neglect any subject. If his GPA could get him a national scholarship, even just a second-level one, it would be enough for him to work part-time for a month or two.

"Yingtian, someone is waiting for you outside again."

"Oh." Ying Tian heard his roommate's words but continued taking notes without looking up.

"They are people I've never met before."

"Oh, you know, I'm an orphan, so kind people from the community often come to inquire about my situation..."

"Wait a minute, can a child be a member of society? He looks like he's at most a middle school student."

Ying Tian looked up after hearing this and found that the person peeking out of the classroom window was actually Ayanami. The cute and taciturn girl blinked and remained standing in the same spot. It was difficult to get any information from her expression and eyes because the girl was almost completely expressionless.

"Oh, she's the little sister I met at the orphanage."

"She's so young and already dyeing her hair and wearing colored contact lenses, aren't you going to do anything about it? She's so cute."

"Kids always go through a rebellious phase..."

Ying Tian gave a perfunctory reply, somewhat puzzled as to why Xiang He and the others felt comfortable letting Ayanami roam freely so soon after arriving. He took out his phone and found a lot of messages on his chat app, but he hadn't seen them because he was engrossed in studying.

St. Louis: I think I was a bit too confident and something went wrong. I didn't expect Ron and the others to arrive so quickly... I'll talk to you at noon. I said I'd take care of you, but I didn't expect to have to trouble you again.

Shoukaku: Someone knocked on the door. It seemed to be some kind of community manager. We hid first. Rei is a child and not easily noticed, so we sent her to find you.

Rui Die: The property management called me, saying that someone in the community complained that multiple people were living in my house and they are coming to check the fire safety. What's going on? Aren't only those two foreign ladies living here? I went home for May Day and haven't returned to school yet. You should go and explain to the property management.

Upon reading these messages, Ying Tian knew something must have happened. No matter how powerful the ship girls were, they were ultimately unregistered in this world, and their formidable fighting strength might also be a weakness. If they were to clash with the law enforcement of this world… it could very well turn into a terrorist attack…

Oh no, the target of the anti-gang campaign is myself.

Ying Tian quickly replied to Rui Die: It must be a misunderstanding. I'll ask the two ladies.

Then he told his roommate, "I have something to do, could you please take my backpack back for me at noon?" Seeing that his roommate agreed, Ying Tian promptly crouched down and slipped out from the back of the large classroom.

"Commander, I..."

"It's alright, I know everything." Ying Tian took Ling Bo's small hand and walked out of the building. "Is everyone safe? Did anyone get into an argument with the person knocking on the door?"

“No, everyone is safe.” Ayanami hesitated for a moment before saying, “No one got into an argument with anyone… but everyone did get into an argument.”

"what?"

Ying Tian followed Ling Bo into the community through a side gate near the back mountain from another direction. He learned that after someone knocked on the door, St. Louis and the others did not open the door, but quietly hid in the garage connected to the house. The property management did not give up when no one answered the door, but sent people to guard the entrance of the building, seemingly determined to wait for the person.

As Ying Tian approached the garage door, he indeed heard an argument inside.

"What exactly is going on with you guys? You haven't settled the money, and you haven't settled your accommodation either. The naval base trusted you enough to let you come to the commander's world first. You might as well have let me come over sooner. Let's see who dares to put pressure on us then."

"So what do you want? To fight?"