Chapter 457: The Calm Before the Storm
After getting the news that Yixian confirmed Changchun's departure.
Su Xia jumped out of bed without even putting on her shoes. She ran barefoot to the door in two steps, closed the door, and then locked it.
The door was locked, and Su Xia could finally rest assured. She walked slowly to the bed, then quickened her pace a little when she remembered that she was not wearing anything. Finally, she lay down on the bed, covered herself with the quilt, and let out a long sigh of relief.
Su Xia looked at Yixian, who had his head buried in the pillow, looking ashamed to see anyone.
If it were someone else, like Missouri, Wisconsin, etc., especially Saratoga, the sister-in-law's interests and hobbies were a bit strange, and she would definitely think that similar things were super exciting and interesting. But if it were Yixian, with her ladylike personality, she would definitely not think that such things were a good experience or interesting topic of conversation.
Su Xia wanted to say something to Yixian, saying that she would never lie, but now she was left with pity. He looked at Yixian tenderly, gently stroking her long hair. Probably because she usually tied it up, it looked a little frizzy when it was loose, like a vine. He comforted her, "It's okay, Changchun doesn't know anything."
Yixian didn't react at all.
Su Xia leaned over and hugged Yixian, saying, "It's all my fault that I didn't lock the door and made Yixian so embarrassed."
"It's none of the admiral's business." Yixian finally spoke.
Su Xia smiled, Yixian was so reasonable.
"Okay, let's get up quickly." Su Xia said, they can't relax yet, "Wait until Changchun comes back."
"Yeah." Yixian felt a headache.
Su Xia took the clothes from the armchair beside the bed.
"Wait." Yixian reacted, "I didn't tell Changchun that you were here, Admiral. What should I do if Changchun comes and sees you?"
"It's okay." Su Xia separated the clothes and put Yixian's clothes and underwear beside her. He put on his clothes and pants. "Changchun is careless and won't pay attention to those details... If there is anything, leave it to me . But you have to remember to cooperate with me."
"Okay." Yixian also started to put on his clothes. "I also want to ask, why did the admiral suddenly poke me just now?"
Su Xia explained that he was not playing a prank, but wanted to remind her of her cooking skills.
Yixian's focus: "The admiral seems to be very good at lying."
Su Xia didn't know how to answer, so she just pinched Yixian's face.
The knocking sounds on the door started again, followed by the sound of the doorknob turning. However, the door was already locked and no matter how hard the doorknob was turned, it wouldn't open.
"Changchun is here to get some water." Su Xia saw Yixian put on his clothes, "Shall I go open the door?"
"Yeah." Yixian straightened his clothes. Except for his hair still hanging down, there was no problem.
"Sister Yixian."
"Sister Yixian, why did you close the door?"
Su Xia put on her slippers this time and walked to open the door at a leisurely pace. On the way, she heard Changchun's voice coming from her. When she opened the door, she saw Changchun holding a cup in one hand and raising the other hand high, ready to knock on the door. She said, "Okay, open the door... Changchun, why are you knocking on the door?"
Changchun saw Su Xia, his eyes widened, and asked, "Admiral, why are you here?"
"Why am I here... I stayed here last night." Su Xia replied.
"But..." Changchun looked around, blinked, subconsciously took a sip of the water that she was going to give to Yixian, and patted her face. Did she see it wrong just now? Was she confused? "But I didn't see you when I came here just now."
"I didn't see you either." Su Xia said, "I was out when you just came."
Changchun is naive, but not stupid. She looked at Su Xia suspiciously and asked, "Where did you go?"
"Who are you? Why should I tell you where I went just now?" Su Xia pinched Changchun's cute face and ruffled her hair. The little girl with white hair and red eyes is the best in the world. "Changchun, give me a hug, and I will tell you what I did just now."
Changchun is not a tsundere. The little girl is bolder than anyone else and is also one of the most powerful admiral-control enthusiasts in the garrison. She opened her arms at that time.
Su Xia hugged Changchun. Little Changchun was so cute.
"Admiral, can you tell me now?" Changchun has a good memory.
"Okay." Su Xia said, "But first tell me what you are doing here with a glass of water?"
"Oh, right." Changchun remembered that he had to get some water for Sister Yixian, so he ran to her and said, "Sister Yixian, here's some water for you...but I accidentally drank a little just now."
"It's okay." Yixian took the disposable water cup.
Changchun looked at Yixian eagerly as she finished drinking the water and asked, "Sister Yixian, do you still have a fever?"
"Much better." Yixian replied, "Thanks to Changchun for bringing the water."
"It's still red. It must not be healed yet." Changchun said, "I will go to the Vesta to check it out later."
"I see."
"Sister Yixian should not be afraid of seeing a doctor." Changchun said seriously, with the corners of his mouth curled up, proud of her ability to use idioms, "I will accompany Sister Yixian to see the female kitchen god later."
"Thank you for your hard work, Changchun." Yixian helped Changchun tidy up her long hair that had just been messed up by Su Xia.
Hehe. Changchun smiled foolishly after being praised, and forgot about Su Xia's sudden appearance in the room.
Yixian was busy combing her hair, then she tied it up and put a hairpin in it. She was used to that hairstyle, and it was the only hairstyle that matched the cheongsam.
"Admiral, do you know?" Changchun pulled Su Xia's pants.
"What." Su Xia asked knowingly, and probably guessed what Changchun wanted to say.
"Sister Yixian seems to be ill." Changchun said, "Do you know?"
Su Xia looked at Yixian. After such a long time, her complexion had returned to normal. She pretended to say, "Her face looks a little red."
"Maybe he has a fever." Changchun said.
"Can a ship girl also have a fever?" Su Xia asked. Of course he knew that a ship girl would also feel uncomfortable, but she was not sick like a human. To check, you must find a special ship girl.
"If the ship girl has a fever, it means the turret or boiler is heating up." Changchun said, "Does the admiral know about the Mutsu?"
Su Xia cooperated and said, "Is there any problem?"
Changchun told the story of the historical incident in which the No. 3 turret of the Mutsu became overheated.
"Is the ship girl so sick?" Su Xia said exaggeratedly, thinking that Mutsu must have sneezed a lot today.
"Yes, yes, yes. So you must see a doctor." Changchun said, "Admiral, come with me to accompany Sister Yixian to find the Kitchen Goddess."
"The admiral has to work." Yixian interrupted. As the person involved, she knew what happened to her. There was nothing wrong at all, no matter the turret, boiler , ammunition depot or anything else. "We can just go to Changchun."
"I want to go." Su Xia said, "Yixian is sick. How can I, as the admiral, just sit there and watch? No matter how important the work is, it is not as important as Yixian."
"Admiral, please don't join in the fun." Yixian tied up her hair and returned to her old self.
Next, they left the room together.
Changchun and Zhaohe had no idea about the admiral staying in Sister Yixian's room last night. Haiqi did not comment. Only Yingrui looked at the two of them. His eyes fell on Yixian and thought, "No wonder Sister Yixian got up so late today." His eyes fell on Suxia and thought, "Anyway, Suxia was a little scared."
Since she got up early in the morning, she naturally had breakfast early as well, and finally went to the office early. When Su Xia arrived at the office, she found it was empty, with no one in the room. She looked at the time and it was not yet nine o'clock.
There was nothing to do, Su Xia wanted to make some tea, but he didn't have the skills, so he decided to leave it to Victory. He didn't choose to play on his phone, browse forums, or read novels. Now he prefers to read books, and his goal is to become a qualified admiral as soon as possible.
Victory arrived at the office before nine o'clock and found Su Xia had already arrived and was sitting behind the desk reading a book. She was surprised and said, "Why did the admiral come to the office so early today?" She couldn't believe her eyes and took out her mobile phone to check the time. She was not mistaken, it was just nine o'clock.
Su Xia put down the book and said as a matter of course: "What's so strange about it?"
"Strange, really strange," said the Victory. "Didn't you sleep at Indiana's last night?"
Victory clearly remembered that when she, Reputation and Counterattack returned to the British residential area, Indiana held the admiral's hand.
"No," Su Xia said, "I didn't sleep at Indiana's place last night."
"That's what I was saying..." Victory said, "If the Admiral slept at Indiana's place yesterday, how could he have come to work so early this morning?"
"Why not?" Su Xia asked.
"Needless to say." Victory said. Indiana was definitely on the list of the sluts in the garrison. Not everyone could wear that set of demon prison. "The admiral rejected Indiana and went back to the Sea View Tower to sleep alone? It's good to take a break once in a while, don't be listless all day."
Su Xia hesitated to speak, but after thinking for a while, she spoke and said, "You didn't go back to Guanhai Tower to sleep alone."
"Where did you sleep?"
"I don't want to tell you." Su Xia had a blank expression.
"He must have slept with some little loli."
"I don't know." Su Xia didn't mind the misunderstanding of Shengli. She had slept with Xiao Zhai, Xiao Hua, Xiao Luo, and Yu Yu. The little girl's body was soft, and she was used to being complained about for being the best pillow in the world. What's more, she was not ashamed but proud of it.
"Then it must be Yixian."
Su Xia stopped talking.
"What a good girl," Victory said with emotion.
"Victory, you're a bit of a gossip." Su Xia said, and when she noticed that Victory was looking at her with a frown, she quickly changed the subject, "How do you think the rewards given by the KanColle headquarters should be divided?"
Victory glanced at Su Xia and knew that he was trying to change the subject. After all, she was an older ship girl who was sensible and knew when to advance and retreat. She did not point it out and took the opportunity to back off: "Let me think about it."
Victory took the kettle to fill it with water to boil for tea. During this time, he carefully considered the distribution of the equipment given by the Ship Headquarters. While the kettle was working, he put forward his own ideas about what equipment to give to whom and handed it over to everyone as soon as possible so that everyone could be familiar with the equipment.
The game must consider playability. If it is too complicated, no player will like to play it. In reality, if there is no playability, you will not play it if you can't afford it. If you give a ship girl new equipment, unless it is the same type of equipment, the ship girl cannot use it directly. She must learn it after a period of time.
Su Xia listened carefully to Victory's opinions. Victory's level was quite high and he hardly had any chance to refute or supplement them.
Since Renmin had already been told last night to put away the barbecue grills and other things on the beach this morning - Renmin was the perfect head maid and didn't need to be told countless times - there was no need to worry about that matter today.
L20 came to the office at 10 o'clock. As soon as she arrived, she was busy eating snacks and drinking black tea. She had reason to guess that she came to work just for the snacks and black tea.
Ella, Sable, Habakuk, and Chirsagi came to the office at half past ten to say goodbye to them. They were about to leave the naval base and return to the headquarters of the ship girls.
"Aila, why don't you stay?" Su Xia tried to ask. In the game, you can be a long-term admiral, but now you can't do that anymore. Aila is someone who can be an instructor, how can you let her go so easily?
Ella's answer: "You ignored me before, but now you can't afford me."
"I was wrong, okay?" Su Xia said softly without any hesitation, "Give me a chance, okay?"
"No chance." Ella waved her hand, "I'm working well at the KanColle headquarters now."
After seeing off Ella and others, on the way back to the office, Su Xia asked about the replacement of the secretary ship.
"L20 really doesn't work." Su Xia said.
"Agreed," said the Victory.
"Agree." As the secretary ship, L20 naturally followed them to see off Ella and others. She had figured it out long ago.
"I still mean the same thing." When passing by a tall banyan tree, Su Xia jumped up and tore off a leaf. He found Victory and L20 looking at him. He thought that his behavior just now was like that of a junior high school or high school student. He coughed and said, "What do you think?"
L20 was sure that the admiral was not asking her, so she continued playing with her phone.
"I have no objection ." Victory did not dare to interfere in the selection of secretary ships. "When will the admiral start?"
"After National Day."
“Now it’s after National Day.”
"I mean after the seven-day National Day holiday."
"There is no seven-day holiday for National Day now." Shengli said, "and why should we wait until after the seven-day holiday for National Day."
Su Xia thought about it. The situation in the garrison was different from those companies outside. Life in the garrison was work and rest every day. The Victory was going to start the exercise in a few days, and L20 would also participate in the exercise. By then, he, the admiral, would be left alone.
"Okay then... let's get started." Su Xia said, "Let's go back and discuss the details, then we can issue a notice and replace the secretary ship."
Su Xia looked at the sky. There was not a single cloud in the blue sky, and a bald eagle was soaring in the sky.
