He took a step back, intending to let Atlanta calm down, but after seeing his action, Atlanta exploded instantly!

"Commander! This is too much!"

The girl with short pink hair suddenly rushed over, her hands firmly grasping Huang Chen's neck.

The latter knew he was in the wrong and did nothing. He just dragged the girl helplessly, a little afraid that she would fall.

"That's too much! How can the commander bully Juno like this? She's obviously looking forward to you so much..." Atlanta grabbed Huang Chen's throat and kept muttering.

"Everyone clearly wants you to come back, Juno clearly always calls your name when she wakes up, everyone clearly remembers you and misses you..."

Atlanta kept talking, but his words became slower and softer.

"During the last festival, Juno was saying, 'I wish the Commander was here too.' When we saw the sunset at night, she was also saying, 'I wish the Commander could see me.' When we were on a mission, she always said, 'If I give you more likes, I can go to the next place to find the Commander...'"

Atlanta gently released his hand, then sniffed and became speechless.

Huang Chen also felt a wave of sadness. He gently patted the girl's arm as she stretched it out in front of him and said softly, "I know. I miss you all too."

"You know, you know what!" Atlanta retorted subconsciously, but her tone dropped again.

Huang Chen grabbed the girl from behind and brought her to the front. Looking at her slightly red eyes, he said softly, "I know."

Atlanta pursed his lips, not knowing what he was thinking about. After a long while, he whispered, "Do you really know?"

"I know." Huang Chen said, gently holding the girl in his arms.

Atlanta's face suddenly turned red. She quickly broke free from Huang Chen's embrace, then straightened the hair by her ears and said, "I know, it's good to know. I actually, just now..."

However, after talking for a long time, he couldn't say anything.

Juno chuckled and said, "Sister Atlanta was just too happy just now."

"Who, who is happy?" Atlanta immediately raised his hand and knocked on Juno's head. The latter stuck out his tongue and winked at Huang Chen.

Only then did Atlanta look at Huang Chen and said softly, "Welcome back, Commander."

Chapter 984 Clues

After walking two more steps along the gravel path, a small playground appeared in front of everyone.

Shentong's gaze swept over the playful and laughing little creatures, and a smile suddenly appeared on his face. "So this is the kind of place? It certainly looks like a place the Commander would like."

Hearing this, Seattle's face suddenly showed a strange expression. She touched her chin and explained, "It's mainly because Xie Tan and his group are always hanging around these places..."

However, before she could finish her words, her face turned into an expression of excitement.

He quickly walked forward a few steps and began to search for the commander.

New Jersey followed behind her, his eyes also sweeping over the little ones and the amusement facilities, then revealed a puzzled expression, "I don't seem to see Honey."

"And even the three commanders were not seen." Kawauchi stepped forward and said.

Seattle frowned, unsure of what to say.

Minister Washington speculated, "Could it be that Xie Tan and the others have changed their gender?"

Although this was her guess, judging from her expression, she herself did not particularly believe this statement.

As influential figures known to all the commanders and free ship girls of Lan Island, the three Xie Tan brothers are not likely to change so easily.

Instead of guessing what kind of personality changes those three guys had, it would be better to guess what kind of big pit they fell into on the road.

New Jersey crossed his arms thoughtfully and guessed, "Maybe Honey doesn't like places like this..."

But she couldn't finish her words. Honey doesn't like it? How is that possible? There are so many little ones here, and Honey might be like a fish in water.

Everyone was suddenly confused.

Shentong looked at Xuefeng, who was thinking about heading to the amusement park, and Anchorage, who had already run over to start playing games. Suddenly, he thought of something and looked at Seattle and asked, "You mentioned before, which companions are still on Lan Island?"

"Which companions?" Seattle was a little confused, not knowing why the other party suddenly asked this question, but he still answered politely, "It's Atlanta seniors and others."

"Atlanta and the others..." Shentong put away his folding fan and continued to ask, "What about little Santiago?"

"Of course she is here too." Seattle smiled, but soon his expression turned ugly. He whispered, "But Santiago got lost during a previous voyage, and no one knows where she is now."

"Don't worry about that. Santiago has already returned to the port." Shentong comforted them. Looking at everyone's puzzled eyes, he slowly expressed his guess, "Even if little Santiago is here, then she should come to this amusement park often, right?"

"Yes!" Seattle's eyes suddenly lit up and he understood what Shentong meant.

Since little Santiago would come here to play, there is no reason why the commander would not recognize her. Since he recognized her, she must have returned to where everyone lives.

"It turns out I should have gone back and talked to the seniors in Atlanta first."

Seattle murmured, his words filled with inexplicable emotion. He had originally said that he wanted to see the commander first, but now it seems that he is one step behind his predecessors in Atlanta.

Shentong smiled faintly, opened his folding fan, covered half of his face, and said, "This is just a guess, I need some evidence."

"Evidence, evidence." Seattle shook her head. In her opinion, this kind of thing has already been concluded, so there is no need for any evidence.

Besides, it's hard to find any evidence for something like this, right? Do we even need to find the three Xie Tan brothers?

However, Shentong didn't seem to think so.

She stood at the edge of the playground and looked around. Suddenly, she walked towards one of the little kids, took out a piece of candy, asked a few questions, then walked back and said with a smile:

"That's true. They said little Santiago was taken away by a tall commander. That must be the commander."

Seattle blinked, then immediately walked towards a nearby path with a bright smile on his face, "Then hurry back to find the Commander."

New Jersey, Kawauchi and others called Anchorage and Xuefeng, who were having fun in the amusement park, to follow them.

Washington hesitated for a moment, but still followed with his secretary.

Shortly after everyone left the amusement park, three commanders in white naval uniforms slowly walked over.

Xie Tan, the leader, frowned slightly and said slowly, "I feel that our previous thinking was not right. Now that I have met such a powerful senior, I should learn from him seriously. How can I just leave like this?"

Jia Xu nodded. "That's jealousy. A moment of jealousy almost made us miss the opportunity to learn and improve. We need to reflect on this."

He Zhu finally said, "I think so too."

Xie Tan walked to the edge of the playground, quickly scanned it, and then frowned, "It's gone! Not only Major General Huang, but also little Santiago."

"Failed?" Jia Xu asked, but quickly shook his head. "No, although Xiaosheng looks a little childish, she is always very wary of the commander. We can't even touch her head, let alone hug her like Major General Huang just did."

"Then there's only one possibility..." Xie Tan speculated, "Has Major General Huang already launched an offensive against Xiaosheng's sisters? He truly is a role model for our generation."

As he spoke, he looked in a direction not far away, with a look of longing in his eyes.

"Let's go take a look, maybe we can learn something."

Jia Xu and He Zhu both nodded.

……

"That's how it is. Finally, I came to Lan Island. In a few days, I have to go to the front line again."

Beside the sofa, Huang Chen explained his experience in some detail, then looked at Atlanta beside him and said helplessly, "That's enough, I really can't drink anymore."

"Oh, oh. Sorry." Atlanta was stunned. She quickly put away the teapot and sat aside to watch. Suddenly, she asked, "Commander, do you want to try coffee? Actually, I am quite confident in making coffee by hand."

"Coffee..." Huang Chen touched his already round belly and shook his head helplessly, "Tomorrow, tomorrow. It's getting late now, it's not suitable for coffee."

After saying that, he looked at San Juan who was standing beside him, twitched his eyelids as well, and said, "We don't need any more cookies. It's almost time to eat."

San Juan withdrew his hand, still looking as if he wanted to say something but hesitated.

Huang Chen quickly added, "Tomorrow. Eat tomorrow."

Hearing this, the girl's face suddenly turned into a smile.

However, Huang Chen touched the non-existent sweat on his forehead, and sighed in his heart that Atlanta and San Juan were really like sisters.

He shook his head, patted little Santiago's head, then stood up and said, "Now that everyone is here, let's go over to my place for dinner."

Chapter 985: Searching

Huang Chen actually didn’t quite know the way.

After all, it was his first time to come to Lan Island, but it didn’t matter that he didn’t know the girls, as long as they knew them.

After telling Atlanta a little about where he lives now, the girl with long pink hair immediately brightened up. "It's those apartments on the east side of Lan Island, right? No problem, leave it to me!"

Then he led the way in a hurry.

To be honest, looking at the girl's excited look, he even suspected that she was the same person who jumped up and grabbed his throat before.

Thinking of this, he touched his neck somewhat unnaturally.

Atlanta was walking in front. When he saw Huang Chen's movements out of the corner of his eye, he was stunned for a moment, then slowed down his pace and walked side by side with Huang Chen.

"Does it still hurt?"

"what?"

"Right, around the neck..." Atlanta said in a low voice, "I was a little too excited just now, so, right..."

She kept talking as if she wanted to explain, but after talking for a long time she couldn't find a more appropriate adjective.

How should I describe what just happened?

She actually doesn't know either.

Was he angry because he saw Juno injured, or because he saw the commander who had disappeared for a long time?

Atlanta can't say either.

All I know is that my heart was beating very fast at that time, and then some things happened as if without going through my brain.

Seeing the girl's tangled look, Huang Chen was stunned for a moment, then a smile appeared on his face, "I know, it's okay."

He reached out and touched Atlanta's head, his soft hair wrapped around his fingers, every inch as silky as satin.

Although she is a light cruiser and always calls herself the older sister, Atlanta is not actually slim and can even be said to be a little petite.

Huang Chen could just put his big hand on the girl's head, "After all, we are reunited after a long separation, and I am sorry for everyone."

"That's not what I meant," Atlanta whispered.

"I know. Actually, I was actually a little happy when you did that just now." Huang Chen rubbed the girl's head and continued to explain, "How should I put it? It's like beating is love and scolding is love. Once you look at me with an expressionless face, it will scare me."

After all, true heartbreak doesn't come from making a big fuss, and true disappointment doesn't come from shedding tears... Some random thoughts flashed through Huang Chen's mind, and then he quickly erased them.

"Beating is... kissing is... scolding is... love?" Atlanta repeated Huang Chen's words in a somewhat strange tone, and then looked at him with a strange expression.

Huang Chen didn't realize anything at first, but then he noticed that the girl's gaze seemed wrong, as if she was thinking of something strange.

His heart suddenly skipped a beat, and he reached out and rubbed the girl's head fiercely, "What have you thought of now?"

"Ah, this..." Atlanta was startled and hurriedly ran out of Huang Chen's hands, holding her head and complaining, "This way I lose all my dignity as a sister."

"You've been gone for a long time. It's been gone since you started to have all these weird thoughts in your head." Huang Chen said.

He found that this girl really had some talent in extracting the key points of a paragraph.

Atlanta held his head in his hands without saying a word, but just ran quickly to the front and continued to lead the way.

Instead of returning to the playground, the group walked along a small path directly to the dormitory area for guests.

Lan Island does not look big from the outside, but its actual scale is quite astonishing. As a rear base, various supply resources and so on need to be guarded and managed by dedicated personnel.

Huang Chen didn’t know what kind of path Atlanta took him on, but he passed through many areas that looked quite imposing along the way.

Reno followed Huang Chen, also looking around with curiosity.

Huang Chen was a little surprised. He stared at the girl and asked, "Did you just get here too?"

"Ah, me?" Reno was stunned, then scratched his head a little embarrassedly and explained, "Actually, I seldom go out. I usually stay at home to pack my things."

Hearing their small talk, San Juan came up from behind and said, "Reno is getting moldy from staying at home all day."

Huang Chen immediately laughed cheerfully, "How can it get moldy so easily?"

Reno was a little embarrassed. He used his small hand with gauntlets to straighten his hair and said defensively, "There's nothing interesting to see outside."

San Juan continued, "We can't stay at home every day. At least we need to go out and breathe some fresh air every day..."

Huang Chen shook his head with a smile, looking at the gradually familiar environment ahead, and said cheerfully, "This is about here, right?"

Sure enough, after turning a corner, a low building appeared before him. He smiled and waved, then stopped Atlanta and Juno who were still walking ahead, and said, "Okay, this is it."

"So this is the building." Atlanta stopped and looked back, looking a little dissatisfied. "It seems a little small."

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