Chapter 556: The Approaching Crisis
There were lightning and thunder, it rained all night, and it was windy all night. It was the next morning.
This was the cafeteria in the morning. Su Xia was holding his plate and preparing to go to the food pick-up area when he saw a warmly dressed blonde girl coming towards him - it rained last night but it had stopped this morning and the temperature had suddenly dropped a lot - he paused, pretending he saw nothing and took a detour.
Su Xia used the tongs to put bread into the plate, a croissant and two seaweed cakes, and a Portuguese egg tart. That was about it for the carbohydrates. Delicate carbohydrates are very high in calories. She would also need some vegetables and fruits later. Of course, meat was indispensable, otherwise where would she get the protein.
Ji Ling ran to his side, followed behind him, and said, "The Admiral stayed in the room of the big sister last night?"
Su Xia really didn't want to answer, but finally said, "Yes."
"Um," as a girl, she knew a little about what it meant to be embarrassed. She looked around carefully. No one was around. The nearest person, Feiying, was several meters away, staring at a basket of big soup dumplings, hesitating whether to take them or not. "Have you slept yet? Have the Admiral and the Big Sister slept yet?"
"What's the kid asking?" Su Xia changed the subject, "Would Ji Ling like to eat fried eggs?"
"No." Ji Ling chased after Su Xia, "Admiral, don't change the subject."
"Where are the salted duck eggs?" Su Xia asked again.
"No." Ji Ling stuck out his tongue in disgust, "I hate salted duck eggs the most."
"Why?" Su Xia asked. He took a fried egg. He also hated salted duck eggs.
Ji Ling shook his hands and replied, "It's so salty."
Su Xia said as a matter of course: "Salted duck eggs must be salty."
"It just doesn't taste good." Ji Ling touched the salted duck egg, but he would never take it.
"Then let me take you to eat something delicious." Su Xia suddenly said, the corner of his eye fell on the few people who were chatting in the middle of the dining area. The corners of his mouth curved up, with a smile on his face, and he gently held Ji Ling's hand.
"What's delicious?" asked Jingling.
"You'll know when you get there." Su Xia replied.
"Where does the admiral want to take me..." Ji Ling was confused. What on earth did the admiral want to do? Why did he go to the dining area? At this time, seeing London, the flower maid Shropshire and Houston sitting together, she struggled hard, "Admiral, I was wrong. I will never ask again, and I will never be naughty again."
"I don't understand what you are saying." Su Xia dragged Ji Ling to sit opposite London.
London was very surprised to see Su Xia running over with Ji Ling: "Admiral, why are you and Ji Ling running over here?"
"I want to ask how your cooking skills have been improving recently. You have researched a few new dishes. Can you beat Yixian?" Su Xia said.
"Just a little short." London was completely unaware, or rather, he was very self-aware and knew that he was not as good as Yixian.
"I just want to say that it's not enough for one person to work in isolation. Everyone has different tastes, and sometimes it's helpful to listen to other people's opinions... Look, I found a taster for you." Su Xia put her arm around Ji Ling's shoulders.
"No, I'm not. I didn't." Ji Ling shook his head desperately.
London's eyes lit up as he looked at Jiggle.
"Leave it to me." London nodded affirmatively.
Houston vaguely sensed something, but didn't say anything, because she also needed a taster.
Su Xia handed Ji Ling to a few people and left. He patted his admiral's uniform, took back the plate that he had put aside to prevent Ji Ling from running away, glanced back at Ji Ling who was hugging Houston's shoulders, and smiled. I didn't want to care about you, but you came to me, so don't blame me for being rude.
Veneto had already started eating. Seeing Su Xia coming in late with a plate of food, he asked, "Where did the admiral go? Why did he take so long?"
Su Xia told what had just happened.
“Serves you right,” Veneto said.
Roma was still in shock. She wanted to ask the Admiral and her sister if anything happened last night. Anyway, it was already midnight when she finished watching the game, and her sister would have urged her to go to bed, but she didn't this time. She went back to her room and tried to listen in the corner, but she couldn't hear anything.
Only Empire didn't care at all. He ate breakfast while reading a novel on his mobile phone.
Su Xia ate the croissant with chopsticks without any image, and looked at Ji Ling from a distance, trembling like a quail, and said, "I hope she will behave herself after learning this lesson."
"That should keep her quiet for a week." Veneto thought for a moment, "And then, the admiral treated her like that, be careful she'll take revenge on you. That girl is very vindictive."
"Revenge me, how do you want to retaliate against me... Just come, I will stop you if you want me." Su Xia noticed that Veneto had picked up the coffee cup. "Veneto, do you drink coffee in the morning, too?"
"Well," Veneto asked, "what's the problem?"
"Not very good." Su Xia replied.
"What's wrong?" Veneto asked.
Su Xia shook his head. He didn't know what was wrong with drinking coffee in the morning.
After Su Xia accompanied the Veneto sisters to finish breakfast, he went to the office. Then the expedition had already begun and the matters of the Engineering Bureau were resolved. Of course, there must be a lot of trivial matters in such a large garrison, but he didn't need to care about them. Without work, he could only study. He spent the whole morning in various studies.
Su Xia spent his lunch break in the izakaya. He first played shogi with everyone. He was not very good at shogi and didn't want to play anymore after losing two games in a row. He then played Gobang with everyone. No one was his opponent. Finally, he took a nap on Fuso's lap. When he woke up, he found that Fuso was gone. There was a pillow under his head. And beside him were Tianjin Feng, Shimakaze, Yangyan, Lan, and Longxiang...
Su Xia continued to study in the afternoon when he had nothing to do at work. As an admiral who changed career path late, he had a lot of lessons to make up. He studied until tea time. After eating snacks and drinking black tea, he suddenly felt unmotivated and decided to walk around, under the pretext of inspecting the garrison.
The company did not accompany Su Xia. As I said before, one should not be too independent and should give others some opportunities.
Because it rained yesterday, the temperature dropped today. A coat was just right. The annoying cicada sounds disappeared. Su Xia felt perfect. He left the office building and took a look at the broadcasting building. He didn't dare to go there casually. At this time, the exercise must be over and there would be nothing to watch. He subconsciously walked to the activity room building, but didn't go in in the end.
Passing by the teaching building, Su Xia saw Rodney and a group of lolis surrounding the stairwell.
Of course Su Xia would not miss it and walked over at that time.
Firefly was the first to spot Su Xia and shouted, "Admiral."
"Yeah." Su Xia clapped her hands towards the fireflies and then opened them. When the fireflies rushed over, she hugged Loli and picked her up. "What are you doing here?"
"Teacher Rodney assigned us to clean the classroom," said Firefly.
The white-haired girl who was standing next to Firefly turned around and shouted, "Hello, Admiral."
"Trust is good." Su Xia said.
Reliance, formerly known as Hibiki, is the second ship of the Akatsuki-class destroyer.
There are not many commendable achievements in history. It has the nickname of "Phoenix", a lucky ship. Unlike other lucky ships, it is lucky that it can miraculously survive every time it is severely damaged. It is said that the real reason for its auspiciousness is that it escapes disaster by entering the canal every time it attacks. For example, it was unable to sail due to a mine when leaving the port, and returned to the port and entered the canal, and did not participate in the Kikusui Operation and escaped disaster. Finally, after the end of World War II, it was received by the Soviet Union as a compensation ship and renamed Reliance.
The trust strength in the game is not bad, because the skills are very compatible with Firefly, and she always attacks with Firefly. In this way, even if there is no intersection in history, the two of them as ship girls are now best friends.
Even if the strength is just average, as long as it's cute it's enough. I believe she has two sets of costumes, a maid outfit and a cheongsam, each one is cuter than the other.
As Xinlai discovered Su Xia, everyone else also discovered Su Xia and greeted her.
"Admiral, why are you here?" Rodney saw Su Xia.
Su Xia said calmly, "I just happened to be passing by while inspecting the garrison."
Rodney smiled. As an adult, she certainly wouldn't believe his lies so easily. In fact, even Loli wouldn't believe it. She was sure that he was just wandering around out of boredom.
"I remember you are a teacher in the school." Su Xia said.
"English teacher," said Rodney.
Anyway, English is a very important language. Many papers are basically in English, although the translation is definitely not as good as the original language, and computer language is also English.
Apart from the British and American shipgirls, not many other shipgirls can speak English, so they need English teachers. It must be mentioned that because the admiral is Chinese, the shipgirls basically know Chinese and don't need to learn much. Of course, a Chinese teacher is also necessary, and the Chinese teacher is not from the fishery administration.
Su Xia laughed. The English teacher Rodney was a joke.
"Sweeping the fallen leaves?" Su Xia asked.
"Yeah." Rodney said, "You can see, it rained all night last night and there were a lot of fallen leaves... There are many places that cannot be cleaned by machines. It's too much for Reputation and Counterattack to do everything. It's just right to find something for those little guys to do."
"That's right." Su Xia asked, "But why don't you clean it in the morning?"
"The ground was all wet in the morning," Firefly interrupted.
Su Xia reacted.
Rodney distributed brooms outside, and Su Xia also put down the Firefly. All the brooms and dustpans in the stairwell were distributed. "Who is still without tools now?"
"I don't have any." Lan raised his hands and said, "Does that mean I don't have to sweep the floor if I don't have any tools?"
Su Xia noticed that Shi Yu, who was standing on the outskirts of the crowd, was laughing secretly.
Just think about it, and you will know that Rodney will definitely not let anyone go, so he said, "Follow me and do what you see."
Lan's shoulders drooped immediately. It was obvious that he couldn't be lazy when following Rodney. He would have not hidden earlier.
"Now assign the tasks," said Rodney.
"I, I clean the area behind the teaching building." Shi Yu suddenly raised his hand and said, "It's fine to be alone."
"Is it enough for one person?" Rodney asked. The area behind the teaching building was quite large.
"I'd like to apply to clean with Shi Yu." Bai Lu raised her hand.
"Two people only clean up such a small amount?" Some people complained. To some extent, what is worrying is not the lack of cleanliness but the inequality of cleanliness.
Shi Yu immediately said, "Sister, go clean somewhere else. It's okay, I can clean it by myself."
Bai Lu hesitated, thought about it and finally agreed: "Okay."
Rodney assigned all the tasks, and all the lolita dispersed after receiving their tasks. Some went to the gymnasium, and some went to the square. In just a few minutes, only a few lolita were left who were responsible for the area near the teaching building.
Rodney didn't leave. He looked at Su Xia and said, "Admiral, please continue to inspect the garrison. I have to get busy too."
"Go ahead. Don't worry about me." Su Xia said calmly.
After watching Rodney and Lan walk away, Su Xia went around to the back of the teaching building, only to see Shi Yu holding a broom in a daze. When he noticed Shi Yu appeared, he immediately started sweeping the floor.
Su Xia looked at the squinting loli and said, "Shi Yu, you can do it."
"I don't understand what you're saying, Admiral." Shi Yu stopped brooming and squinted at Su Xia. It was getting colder today , so it was just right for her to wear a hooded dress. The hood covered her head, leaving only her little face exposed, which was very cute.
"By actively applying for tasks, you can choose easy tasks. Otherwise, it would be uncomfortable if you are assigned difficult tasks." Su Xia said.
"Cleaning here is not a good task. The good task is cleaning the square." Shi Yu retorted.
"You know it's hard to clean here, but the square is easy to clean, which means you know where is easy to clean." Su Xia said, "In that case, why don't you choose a place that is easy to clean... It's weird."
Shi Yu lowered his head: "I don't understand what you are saying, Admiral."
"Everyone cleans together. You keep an eye on me and I keep an eye on you. There will definitely be no chance to slack off. This is the premise." Su Xia thought for a moment and said, "I took the initiative to apply for a task that is neither good nor bad. I avoided a difficult task and everyone's opposition. But the main purpose is to avoid my sister Bai Lu."
"Why should I hide from my sister Bai Lu?" Shi Yu asked.
Su Xia replied: "Because Bailu is always full of energy. Not only does she work hard, she also pushes Shiyu to do her job. She is also helpful. After she finishes her own work, she will definitely help others. In contrast, Shiyu doesn't want to work and just wants to slack off."
"Am I right?" Su Xia shouted, "Shi Yu."
"Admiral, you are judging others by yourself," Shi Yu said.
"Just judge others by your own standards." Su Xia stretched out her hand towards Shi Yu, "We are one family."
Regardless of whether Shi Yu agreed or not, Su Xia hugged her. He really liked that squinty-eyed loli who was afraid of trouble and liked to slack off. She looked too much like him. Whether it was the slack-eyed part or the squinty-eyed part.
When Su Xia rubbed Shi Yu's cute face and taught her the little tricks of slacking off that she had learned from working for many years, he didn't know that the cunning Ji Ling had just escaped from the clutches of London and vowed revenge to find her big sister, the real big sister.
