Chapter 584: No Hope
With the tip-off from Shokaku, Suxia could easily find Zuikaku who was out and wait on the path she must pass.
In order to make it appear as if the two people's meeting was purely accidental rather than intentional, Su Xia, holding onto the stone railing on the side of the ring road, pretended not to see Zuikaku and concentrated on gazing at the blue sea. The sea breeze blew up the waves, which hit the huge reefs on the coast, splashing countless crystal water.
Su Xia waited for Zuikaku to come up and say hello. After waiting for a long time, Zuikaku's voice still didn't come. She hurriedly observed Zuikaku out of the corner of her eye and found that the short-haired girl not only had no intention of approaching him, but from her hesitant look, she seemed to be ready to leave.
If he didn't know that Zuikaku liked him 200%, he would really suspect that Zuikaku hated him and was deliberately avoiding him. After thinking about it, he decided to take the initiative and take the initiative into his own hands.
Su Xia stretched pretentiously and moved away from the railing, and was stunned as if she had just noticed Zuikaku.
Su Xia raised her hand high to greet Zuikaku.
To be honest, Zuikaku is feeling very conflicted right now.
Of course she likes the admiral, and wants to take a walk or date with him, and is happy that she can meet the admiral even when she goes out for a walk. Lucky Crane is Lucky Crane. She once imagined that she would defeat the invading enemies again and again, and successfully capture the admiral. When that time comes, who dares to laugh at her green-haired crane?
But she was also a little worried. She was not prepared yet and didn't know what to do if someone disturbed her again.
Otherwise, just pretend you didn’t see it and wait until next time when you are ready.
In any case, the admiral had noticed her and greeted her in advance, and she could no longer pretend not to see it.
Zuikaku raised his hand and waved.
Su Xia walked towards Zuikaku and said, "Why is Zuikaku here alone?"
"I remember Xianghe is on a day off today... You two sisters are not together today." Su Xia continued.
"We are not together all the time," said Zuikaku.
"Okay." Su Xia smiled and didn't ask any more questions because he knew everything.
Su Xia looked at Zuikaku. The girl was the same as usual, with pretty chestnut short hair covering her ears. Her face was delicate and pretty without makeup, and her eyes were big. Even though everyone laughed at her, she still liked the color green. At this moment, she was wearing a shirt with shorts and a lake green jacket. She said, "Zuihe looks so beautiful today."
Zuikaku raised his eyes, glanced at Suxia, lowered his eyelids, and said, "When have I ever been dressed poorly?"
"You dress beautifully every day." Su Xia said with a smile.
Zuikaku was in a bad mood today, and she snorted and twitched the corners of her mouth.
"Let's go down together?" Su Xia suggested.
"Isn't today Monday?" Zuikaku didn't answer Suxia directly, "You don't need to go to work."
"I've been busy from morning till afternoon and finally got the job done... I'm just taking it easy." Su Xia said, thinking that helping everyone is also the admiral's job. Not only to help Shokaku, but as long as Zuikaku is still ridiculed as a green-haired crane, the port area will not be filled with laughter.
"Even if you've finished your work, you can't just run away," Zuikaku said.
"Indeed." Su Xia stared at the girl, and she seemed to be a little concerned about whether he had discovered something. "I was originally planning to go back after seeing the scenery, but I met Zuikaku... I wanted to take a walk with Zuikaku... No one can stop me. Whoever wants to do the work can do it. I'm skipping work."
"Don't do that." Zuikaku said, "Don't make me look like that... how to say it, a vixen who seduces the king to skip the morning court. Then everyone will laugh at me."
"I volunteer... I want to take a walk with Zuikaku." Su Xia said emotionally. Admittedly, because of Shokaku's mission, this sentence was not entirely a lie. Those who can't get what they want are always in turmoil. There is no doubt that Zuikaku is the one who can't get what they want, although the reason why they "can't get" is mainly because they are always interrupted by various reasons.
"Even so..." Zuikaku said subconsciously.
"Zuihe, stop talking." Su Xia interrupted Zuikaku, "I just asked Zuikaku if he wanted to go for a walk with me."
"Since you've said that... let me walk with you." Zuikaku said, "Where to?"
She didn't want to go to a crowded place to be laughed at, interrupted or cheated on again.
"Let's just walk along the ring road around the island." Su Xia looked at the ring road around the island leading to Guanhai Tower.
"Yes." Zuikaku agreed readily.
In this way, the two people walked side by side.
Su Xia stood on the seaside of the ring road, peeking at Zuikaku from time to time. Zuikaku was of Oriental height and build, and her shoulders were much shorter than his. He liked to walk with Zuikaku because she was not like Missouri, Richelieu, etc., who were only slightly shorter than him. What's more, Zuikaku's height really made him feel pressured.
As a girl, Zuikaku is the most sensitive to sight and had already noticed Su Xia's gaze.
Su Xia saw Ruihe lower his hand, with slender fingers and neatly trimmed nails, and he grabbed her palm.
"What are you doing?" Zuikaku asked, and after saying that and struggling slightly to make his attitude clear, that was all.
"Hold hands." Su Xia clenched Zuikaku's hand to prevent her hand from slipping out of his grasp, and said as a matter of course, "Isn't it natural for the admiral to hold the hand of the wedding ship and the husband to hold the hand of his wife?" As he spoke, he let go of Zuikaku's hand, then grabbed it again, this time interlocking their fingers.
Zuikaku was silent.
"Isn't Zuikaku practicing archery today?"
"I don't want to practice."
"I remember that the bow Zuikaku usually used was different from the bow used by the Royal Ark."
"Of course they are different. We use Japanese bows, and they use English longbows."
"What's the difference?"
"The Japanese bow is longer, about 2.2 meters, while the standard length of the English longbow is about 2 meters. The bow is also held differently. The Japanese bow is held at the lower arc of the bow, which is about one-third of the length of the entire bow. The English longbow uses the Mediterranean style of stringing."
"oh."
"Oh what? Do you understand?"
"I think I understand, but I don't really understand... By the way, does Zuikaku know how to use that kind of bow? An English longbow."
"Yes, but not very good at it. Definitely not as good as Ark Royale."
"What about the compound bow?"
"Not really. I don't like compound bows."
“It’s powerful.”
"No matter how powerful it is, it is not as powerful as a gun."
"Akagi Kaga, Soryu Hiryu, Shokaku and Zuikaku... I remember Shinano also likes archery... Taiho doesn't seem to like archery, Hiyori and Shunyō may or may not play, but Shokō and Zuiho... No, no, Shokō and Zuiho play with swords... As a light aircraft carrier, they actually like to play with swords... Who is the best among you?"
“No comparison.”
The two walked and chatted until they reached the seaside embankment. Su Xia was a little anxious. It was pleasant to walk and chat with the girl you liked, but it was not good if there was no progress in the business. He remembered that he had asked Missouri to find a few actors to help Zuikaku grow up, and he didn't know why no one showed up yet.
Passing by the American residential area, Su Xia saw Helena climbing up the steps from the beach to the seaside embankment in a sexy bikini. Helena liked to stay in her sister St. Louis's diving equipment store. It was nothing for her to be here at this time. She said, "Are the Admiral and Zuikaku taking a walk?"
"Yes." Su Xia said in cooperation.
" What's the point of taking a walk?" Helena took Su Xia's hand and narrowed her eyes at her. "Admiral, let's go swimming."
Zuikaku stood nearby and clenched his fists.
"No." Su Xia said pretentiously, "I want to take a walk with Zuikaku."
One of the unspoken rules of the garrison is that you cannot disturb other people's dates with the admiral. In fact, the main reason is that it is useless to disturb them, but Zuikaku is an exception. Helena looked at the short-haired girl and said, "Zuikaku, can you give way? I'll let the admiral walk with you another day. Today, you can swim with us first... It's rare that the weather is so good today."
Zuikaku hesitated, not knowing how to reject Helen. At this time, she noticed Su Xia looking at her and said, "What are you looking at me for?"
"Helena is asking you." Su Xia said.
"Why am I asking you?" Zuikaku said, "Just go if you want to."
"I'll listen to you." Su Xia said.
"Listen to me..." Zuikaku noticed that Su Xia's eyes kept looking at Helena's chest. No man could resist Helena's perfect teardrop shape. She pouted and said sympathetically, " I know you want to go from your eyes. Go ahead."
"What's wrong with my vision?" Su Xia admitted honestly, "I just took a look."
Helen smiled like a flower.
Su Xia looked into Zuikaku's eyes and said, "I just asked Zuikaku if he wanted to take a walk with me?"
"You want to swim with Helena, right?" Zuikaku said with his head down.
"If you don't object, then I'll go swimming with Helena." Su Xia said tentatively. He hoped that sentence would make Zuikaku angry. As long as Zuikaku still knew how to be angry, there would be hope.
"Go ahead." Zuikaku was beyond help.
Soon after, Suxia and Helena were walking on the beach toward the diving gear store in St. Louis, where Suxia's swimsuits were found.
"Did Missouri ask Helena to come here?" Su Xia asked, "I didn't expect Helena to be such a good actress."
"What Missouri?" Helena asked. "What's the play?"
"Stop pretending." Su Xia noticed Helena's serious expression and was silent for a moment, "Didn't Missouri look for you?"
"No." Helena asked, "What's the problem?"
"No, nothing." Su Xia didn't know what to say. At this time, he found Zuikaku standing under the dense trees on the seaside embankment, looking at them. He was ready to stimulate Zuikaku. He grabbed Helena's palm and pulled it towards him, "Helena, cooperate with me."
"Huh?" Helena was confused.
Su Xia embraced Helena and kissed her lips gently, and her hands gradually became restless.
Su Xia let go of Helena and looked at the seaside embankment again, only to find that Zuikaku was gone.
"Admiral, you're incredible! It's broad daylight now." Helena fixed her hair and straightened her bikini that had been torn apart.
"It's too late to explain." Su Xia said, "I have something to do and I'll leave first."
"Hey, you want to leave?" Helena grabbed Su Xia's wrist, "You want to leave just because you've aroused my interest?"
"You are not allowed to leave until you are satisfied." Helena is not that easy to deal with.
Su Xia was a little confused: "Huh?"
When the bright autumn sun was covered by clouds and the sea breeze blew the lush crowns of the Banyan tree, Su Xia found it. She walked out of the seaside embankment, holding a branch she had picked up from somewhere and waving it as she walked. Zuikaku, whose eyes were dull, said, "I thought about it and decided to take a walk with Zuikaku."
"Yeah." As long as the admiral knew to come back, it was enough. Zuikaku was satisfied.
Then, the interruptions kept coming, over and over again, and these were the actors Missouri had found.
Zuikaku didn't even have a single outburst.
Su Xia was sure.
Zuikaku could not be saved.
