Today's tutelary fort remains peaceful.

Lexington blinked. "Does the Admiral want me to go?"

"I..." Xue Cheng hesitated and was about to answer when Lexington's fingers gently pressed on his lips.

"I've already received the Admiral's kindness. As for going together..." Lexington chuckled and said, "Yixian specifically invited the Admiral. Wouldn't it be inappropriate for me to go with him?"

She looked at Xue Cheng, who seemed a little guilty, thought for a moment and said, "If the Admiral feels embarrassed, let's eat snacks with Lexington next time."

snack……

Xue Cheng's eyes suddenly became subtle, and he remembered Baiqi that night.

Yixian’s farmyard.

Under the dense grape trellis, the slender and fragile-looking T Cruiser came over holding a large round table. She gently put the table down and looked up at the top of her head. The vines were already full of green fruits.

"We can eat it in autumn, right?" Cruiser T muttered to himself.

"I'm afraid that's not possible." Battle Patrol 1913 came over with several stacked plastic stools. She put the stools in place, wiped the sweat from her forehead, and seeing that there was no one else around, she simply pulled open her collar a little and fanned the inside of her collar with the fan pinned to her waist.

"Yat-sen built the grape trellis just for the coolness at that time, and he didn't deliberately choose the grape variety. So even if the grapes were ripe in the fall, they would still be sour."

"Sour... not bad, I like sour food." Cruiser T looked at it a few more times, looked away, and said expressionlessly.

"..." Battlecruiser 1913 looked at Cruiser T's expression, which seemed to be angry with someone, and put his fingers in front of his nose, jokingly saying, "Hey, where did the vinegar bottle fall over? It's so sour."

Cruiser T came back to his senses and looked at the grinning face of Battlecruiser 1913, his cheeks flushed. "What nonsense! Who's jealous?"

"Hmm?" Battlecruiser 1913 raised an eyebrow. She looked around and said in surprise, "I don't think I mentioned the word 'jealous'. Why do you think of that? Could it be that... Cruiser T is really jealous of someone?"

"Tsk, you're so sharp-tongued." Cruiser T glanced at her, crossed his arms, and said, "Why didn't I realize before that you have some Wisconsin skills? Hmph, that's fine. Next time there's a quarrel with people from other factions, I'll let you go."

136. Self-doubt

Battlecruiser 1913 didn't seem angry. He raised an eyebrow and feigned surprise, saying, "Huh? You're not going to refute the jealousy thing, so you admit it?"

"No matter what I say, you'll think I'm jealous, right?"

T Cruiser rolled his eyes at her and said, "I don't want to bother with you. Who would be jealous of a playboy like that? He's not handsome, he doesn't have muscles, and he doesn't have any special skills. He'd be hard to find if he were thrown onto the street. Humph, you're the only ones who treat him like a treasure."

Battlecruiser 1913 covered half of her face with a fan, trying hard to suppress her smile, but her crescent-shaped eyes betrayed her deeply.

Yixian came out of the room carrying a plate of food. She looked at the quarreling cruiser T and the smirking battlecruiser 1913, hiding her face behind a beauty fan, and said helplessly, "What's wrong with you two? If you have time to bicker here, you might as well wash your hands and help me serve the food."

Watching the two of them walk into the house, Yixian placed the dish on the table and said casually, "By the way, prepare a set of bowls and chopsticks. The admiral will be here soon."

Battlecruiser 1913 responded casually, but cruiser T showed a look of shock and said at a loss, "Wha-what? The admiral is coming? When did this happen? Why didn't you notify me in advance?"

Yixian blinked, looking at the T cruiser that suddenly became flustered, and said curiously: "Why do we need to notify you in advance? The Admiral is not a guest. As long as he has time, he can come anytime he wants."

"If I had known the Admiral was coming, I would have dressed up nicely before going out..."

Cruiser T looked at the fashionable 1913 battlecruiser and Yixian in a plain long dress, then looked at his own shorts and T-shirt that he had casually put on before going out, and fell into a panic.

"I, I need to go back and change my clothes!"

"Don't be silly." Battlecruiser 1913 held her back and gently poked her forehead with his finger.

"How long does it take you to go there and back? How long will it take you to pick out clothes and put on makeup? Are you going to keep us waiting for you?"

"But, but..." Cruiser T felt a little aggrieved.

"Well, you're not one of those little girls who haven't gotten their oath rings yet."

Although she was also an inexperienced girl, Battlecruiser 1913 acted like an experienced person and tried to persuade them.

"Why did the Admiral give you the Ring of Promise? Wasn't it because T Cruiser was cute, had a great figure, and had a good temperament? Why is it that now you act like a little girl who just fell in love, worried about everything and lacking confidence?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Cruiser T did not respond, but Battlecruiser 1913 fell silent.

Why did the T cruiser become like this? It was because the previous admiral had always been distant and distant towards her, and now that she had returned, so many people had already surpassed her, which had caused her to doubt herself.

In fact, this kind of anxiety is not only shared by T Cruiser, but also by me.

"Hey, don't think too much." Cruiser T patted Battlecruiser 1913's shoulder, took her hand and held it in his palm, comforting her softly.

When Xue Cheng walked into Yixian's house, he saw Yixian sitting at the table under the grape trellis, his chin supported by one hand. The T cruiser and the 1913 battlecruiser were leaning against each other. Both of them seemed to be in a low mood, with their hands clasped together, looking like blooming lilies.

"Huh?" Xue Cheng rubbed his eyes. It was only the second day since he cracked down on the underground industry of the garrison. How come lilies were blooming in his own back garden?

How long has it been? Could it be true, as Lexington said, that the most effective way to eradicate the underground industry is...

Thinking of this, Xue Cheng shook his head, drove away the evil thoughts in his mind, coughed lightly and said: "Hello everyone, I just went to Santi to do something, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting for a long time."

"Nothing, we've just finished getting ready." Yixian turned around and smiled faintly, "Admiral, go wash your hands and get ready for dinner."

Xue Cheng responded and looked at the two people on the T cruiser curiously, but was met with two pairs of rolling eyes.

What did I do wrong? Xue Cheng was puzzled. Could it be that they also had a share in the matter of the notebook and the custom-made article?

After washing his hands and helping Yixian bring the dishes to the table, Xue Cheng, who had been drooling for a long time, could finally eat.

"Come to think of it, are you three the only ones here today?" Xue Cheng asked casually while eating.

"She went back to Department E in Chongqing to look for her real sister. After all, she learned some great cooking skills from Yixian, so she always wanted to show off to those close to her."

Cruiser T used chopsticks to pick at the rice in the bowl, looking like he had no appetite.

"Danyang also went to see her sisters. Ninghai and Pinghai went to the restaurant opened by Z16 and said they wanted to try German food."

"Is that so... Ah, Yixian, thank you." Xue Cheng picked up the bowl and took the food Yixian brought. He looked at T Cruiser's lack of interest and asked curiously, "What's wrong with you? Is it too hot to eat?"

"It seems so, but it's not because of the hot weather." Battlecruiser 1913, whose mood had recovered, chuckled, "It's because there's a fire in her heart."

"Angry?" Xue Cheng looked confused.

"How dare you say that?" Cruiser T bit his chopsticks angrily and turned his face away deliberately not to look at him.

"..." Xue Cheng thought about it. During these days since he came back, only Yixian, Chongqing and Danyang communicated with him more. The rest were the Ninghai sisters who had gone out with him once. There could only be one source for the inexplicable anger of Cruiser T, right?

"Well..." Xue Cheng organized his words and said carefully, "I know what I've done these past two days has caused some complaints within the garrison, but there's nothing we can do about it, so I hope you can understand me."

Cruiser T glanced at him. "What do you mean by understanding? You should be aware of what you've done, right?"

Xue Cheng smiled awkwardly and said, "Well, I know it's not just men who need notebooks and custom writings, but that kind of stuff is circulated too widely in the garrison, and it's easy for those children to see things they shouldn't see. What if..."

"Wait." Cruiser T interrupted Xue Cheng and asked in confusion, "What are you talking about? What is a notebook? What is a custom document?"

"Huh?" Xue Cheng was stunned for a moment. "Aren't you angry with me because I unplugged the Tirpitz and Dafeng lines?"

"What are you talking about?" Cruiser T became more and more confused as he listened, and battlecruiser 1913 and Yixian also looked confused.

Seeing them like this, Xue Cheng realized that he seemed to have misunderstood something, and hurriedly explained what he had been doing in the past two days. However, he did not notice that as he spoke, T Cruiser's face became darker and darker.

137. Coolie

"Pa." A pair of chopsticks was thrown at Xue Cheng's face.

Cruiser T's beautiful eyes widened, her two beautiful eyebrows trembling constantly, and her canine fangs, which gleamed with a cold light, were grinding under her slightly open pale pink lips, as if she wanted to bite someone.

"I'm sorry!" Xue Cheng apologized decisively. It wasn't just the girl in front of him who was angry. Even the 1913 battlecruiser who was innocently implicated had an expression that looked like he wanted to hit someone.

Xue Cheng thought about it and realized that if he just took the beating and didn't run away, even if the other party was a girl, she might not be able to bear it.

"In the eyes of the admiral, are we the kind of people who would look at that kind of thing?" Battlecruiser 1913 narrowed his eyes, with a dangerous glint in his pupils.

"That's not what I meant." Xue Cheng said with a wry smile.

"Then what did the admiral say just now?" Yixian smiled softly, and did not seem to be at all abnormal. However, in this atmosphere, Yixian's reaction at this moment was obviously abnormal.

Xue Cheng quickly explained: "Because when I first came in, I saw that the T cruiser and the 1913 battlecruiser seemed a little unhappy, so..."

T Cruiser glared at him fiercely. "So? Just an apology and you're done with it?"

"As long as you can forgive me, just tell me what the conditions are." Xue Cheng said tactfully.

Although he didn't know why Cruiser T and Battlecruiser 1913 were in a low mood before, Xue Cheng knew very well that they were not actually that angry about his presumptuous speculation.

After all, they weren't children. Even if they did read the book, what was the big deal? Their current attitude was probably just an attempt to raise the price.

Although Xue Cheng saw through this, he had no intention of exposing it. Girls occasionally acted like they were just trying to create opportunities for them to spend time together. After all, he had too many girlfriends. Even if he spent every day with one of them, a whole month wouldn't be enough...

"The library received a batch of new books yesterday, but since I'm the only one in charge, they've been sitting there and I haven't had time to sort them out."

Cruiser T crossed his arms and glanced at Xue Cheng. Seeing that he was looking at him with a smile, his eyes seemed to have a light that saw through everything. He quickly lowered his gaze and didn't meet Xue Cheng's gaze. He coughed lightly and said, "Admiral, please help me organize the books. Let's forget about today's matter."

"Do you want to be a laborer?" Xue Cheng said, rubbing his hands together. "No problem. This kind of job that doesn't require any brainpower, only physical strength, is perfect for me!"

After dinner, Xue Cheng chatted with Yixian and the others for a while. When the T cruiser stared at him for the fourth time, he stood up and said goodbye, and went to the library with the girl.

"Come to think of it, now that the Internet and electronic products are so developed, why do we still need to build a library in our garrison?" Xue Cheng asked curiously on the way to the library.

The library of the garrison is located on the commercial street. When it was originally built, Lexington thought that the library should not be built in such a noisy area. However, considering that there were not so many people in the garrison and it was convenient for transportation, he decided to build it there.

According to Cruiser T, the library in the naval base is now rarely visited, and she, the only administrator, is sometimes even less busy than Leipzig.

"The rise of the internet has certainly impacted paper books somewhat." T Cruiser sighed. "However, considering everyone's different reading habits, I believe libraries still have a purpose."

"That's true." Xue Cheng touched his chin. He remembered Tirpitz's book. Didn't Hood specially order the physical book because of his reading habits, and he ended up running into it?

"Hmm?" Xue Cheng suddenly thought of a question: "You just said that few people come to borrow books anymore? Then why are you still getting new books?"

Cruiser T looked at him and said unkindly, "Just because there are not enough people borrowing books, should we stop adding new books? What if someone wants to borrow a new book?"

Xue Cheng looked at the girl, whose tone was a little fierce, and said helplessly, "But the library of the garrison is limited in size after all. It's impossible to collect all the new books released on the market. So, if the book they want to borrow is not in the library, what should you do?"

"That's impossible." Cruiser T suddenly smiled smugly. "I've left contact information for those who frequently borrow books from me, and I'll ask for their opinions before I buy new books."

"For example, CV-16 likes detective novels, Shiki prefers Japanese light novels about youth romance, Ms. Hood seems to be more fond of works about love triangles, and Ms. Teikoku seems to prefer serious literature..."

"No wonder."

As they were talking, the two had already arrived at the library. Xue Cheng looked at the sign with the word "Library" on it, then at the building, which covered an area no less than that of the cafeteria. He suddenly had a bad feeling: "You mentioned some new books before. How many new books are there?"

"It's nothing." Cruiser T smiled slyly, "Admiral, go in and take a look and you'll know."

Following the T cruiser into the library, a cool breeze hit Xue Cheng in the face. He breathed a sigh of relief. Before he could say anything, he was shocked by the pile of cardboard boxes in the corner: "So many?!"

"The number of books this month is actually not that bad. There were more last month." T Cruiser said seriously, but there was a gloating look in her eyes.

Xue Cheng was left staring blankly at the mountain of cardboard boxes. Cruiser T returned to the lounge, changed into an administrator's uniform, picked up the record-keeping form, and returned to the boxes. He said with a smile, "Come on, Admiral, move the books in. I'll handle the sorting and recording."

Xue Cheng hesitated for a moment, then asked tentatively, "Well, what do you think of the option of us moving together..."

"no way!"