Elder brother's garrison

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"Having an old man like that as an elder must be very happy, right?" Xiaobai sat down next to Nanxing, gently placed her hand on Nanxing's thigh, and stroked it lightly, her eyes fixed on Nanxing's cheek. "Sister Nanxing, what do you think?"

"..." Nanxing kept her head down very low, not daring to look directly at Xiaobai.

"Sister Nanxing, you should tell me the truth." Xiaobai gently stroked the skin on Nanxing's thigh with her finger. "This old man, your relationship with him is unusual, isn't it? Who exactly is he to you?"

"..."

Nanxing froze, looking up pitifully at Xiaobai with timid eyes, like a child who had done something wrong.

"...I'm sorry," Nanxing said softly. "Don't be angry..."

"Sister Nanxing, you know I'm not angry." Xiaobai shook her head and said to Nanxing, "I'm just a little curious."

"..." Nanxing lowered his hand, slowly approached Xiaobai, and hugged Xiaobai's arm.

Xiao Bai felt a soft sensation in her arm.

“His name is… Nan Zhaoguo,” Nan Xing said pitifully, “…he is my grandfather.”

Chapter 2904 Unexpected Events

As Nanxing softly uttered those words, a knowing look appeared on Xiaobai's face.

Although the information was shocking, Xiaobai had actually prepared herself mentally when she asked that question. Therefore, when she finally learned the truth from Nanxing, she felt quite relieved.

"I knew it..." Xiaobai rubbed her forehead, looking at Nanxing's face so close to hers, and said to her with a helpless expression, "I knew that old man always seemed to be very familiar with you, Sister Nanxing, and he even accidentally called out 'Xiao Nan' just now..."

"Xiao Nan is... my nickname."

Nanxing lowered her head, hugged Xiaobai's arm, and their ten fingers intertwined awkwardly.

"This is the first time I've ever heard of a family using their surname as their nickname."

"Um... my grandfather's name is... Lao Nan."

"And what about your father, Sister Nanxing?"

"...Dog?"

"What a bias towards girls," Xiaobai said to Nanxing with a wry smile. "So, Sister Nanxing, since you and Grandpa are family, why did you keep it from me all this time?"

"I'm afraid you'll be angry."

"Oh..." Xiaobai turned to look in the direction the old doctor had left, her eyes trembling slightly, then nodded thoughtfully, "So... Sister Nanxing, how exactly did you get the deep-sea energy into your body?"

Nanxing panicked.

Nanxing looked at the bed with a somewhat lost expression, and her arms around Xiaobai tightened involuntarily.

A feeling of unease, tension, and intense guilt and remorse welled up within Nanxing.

Xiaobai could clearly sense Nanxing's emotional changes even without using the Admiral Network.

Seeing Nanxing's emotional shift, Xiaobai could only sigh helplessly.

If... the deep-sea energy within Nanxing's body was injected by Nanxing's grandfather to force him to take action...

Xiaobai will be angry.

Xiaobai will really get angry.

“…Sister Nanxing, if you don’t tell me the truth about this, I will never talk to you again.”

“…No.” Nanxing shook her head immediately upon hearing Xiaobai’s words. She looked at Xiaobai pitifully and whispered, “…I put it in there myself.”

Nanxing's words left Xiaobai, who was already bracing for bad news, stunned and frozen in place.

"Huh? You put it in there yourself?"

"……Um."

"how did you make it?"

"I ground the deep-sea metal into powder, mixed it with rice, and ate some of it."

"..."

"...I ate it with rice..." Xiaobai was at a loss for words for a moment. Helplessly, she asked Nanxing, "When did this happen?"

"Ten days ago."

"Ten days ago... um?"

Xiao Bai murmured the time Nan Xing mentioned, thought back for a moment, and then froze.

Ten days ago, I didn't seem to have seen Nanxing in Chapter 8 yet. At that time, I only seemed to have bumped into Admiral Lian and Admiral Ling on the beach.

"Why ten days ago?" Xiaobai asked Nanxing curiously, thinking about this.

“…Because…I want to see you,” Nanxing said, her head bowed.

"What does it mean?"

“That day, I saw Lian and Ling say that they saw you on the beach, so… I want to see you too.”

"Sister Nanxing, you can come to see me anytime you want."

"I...I didn't know what to say after I saw you." Nanxing lowered her head awkwardly, her hands clasped together on her thighs. "So...I wanted to...find some excuse."

"……"noob.

Nanxing Admiral's explanation immediately silenced Xiaobai.

Xiaobai couldn't quite assess the merit of Nanxing's move.

Just to find something to talk about, Nanxing actually willingly put the deep-sea aura, which is deadly to ordinary humans, into her body...?

She was willing to risk her life just to see me?

"...Sister Nanxing, did you learn from Admiral Haoding that I can treat deep-sea aura entering the body?" Xiaobai asked Nanxing after thinking for a while.

"……Um."

"Does your grandfather know what you've done?"

"...He didn't know before."

When was "before"?

“I told him about this after I successfully contracted the deep-sea aura,” Nanxing said, her head down. “After Grandpa found out about this… he became very angry. He scolded me severely, something he had never done before. The deep-sea aura in my body hasn’t caused serious damage yet because Grandpa has been trying to protect my body with medical means.”

Seeing Nanxing's dejected expression, it seemed he had realized his mistake.

"So, it wasn't that your grandfather persuaded you to get infected with the deep-sea aura so that I would demonstrate how to cure it, Sister Nanxing?" Xiaobai asked.

“…” Nanxing shook his head.

Seeing Nanxing solemnly deny the possibility, Xiaobai finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the weight in her heart was lifted off her shoulders.

As long as the cause of the matter is not this, Xiaobai can still accept it.

"..." Thinking of this, Xiaobai covered her face and took a deep breath.

Well done, Grandpa Nanxing.

If an elder finds out about a granddaughter who's always ready to risk her life, they must give her a severe dressing-down until she never does it again...

"So, Sister Nanxing, you still came to me for treatment later, was it just a matter of convenience?" Xiaobai asked Nanxing, putting down her hands.

"Mm." Nanxing nodded.

"Sister Nanxing... Haven't you ever worried that what if the story of treating Admiral Haoding was a lie, and I actually couldn't treat you at all? What would we do then?" Xiaobai looked at Nanxing helplessly.

"That's what Grandpa said too."

"Oh? Grandpa? How did you reply?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

"I believe you." Nanxing first shook his head, then nodded solemnly, looking straight at Xiaobai.

Xiao Bai was somewhat moved by Nan Xing's gaze.

Nanxing is genuinely believing in Xiaobai.

Xiaobai and Nanxing looked at each other.

The atmosphere in the air became somewhat ambiguous as Nanxing gazed at them.

In the quiet atmosphere, Xiaobai approached Nanxing.

Then, Xiaobai reached out, hooked her middle finger and thumb together, and flicked Nanxing's smooth forehead with a loud thud.

Snapped!

Nanxing was thrown onto the bed by a huge force. She covered her forehead and rolled around in pain.

"Sister Nanxing, this flick on the forehead is my punishment for not taking care of your body," Xiaobai said to Nanxing, who was writhing in pain on the bed. "No matter what, I don't like people who joke around with their lives, not even you, Sister Nanxing, understand?"

Nanxing, who had been rolling around on the bed, stopped what she was doing. She put her hands down, looked at Xiaobai with her eyes brimming with tears from the pain and her forehead red and swollen, and nodded.

"……sorry."

"Okay, I'll accept that." Xiaobai held up a finger to Nanxing, "Don't do it again."

Nanxing, with her forehead bright red, got up and sat pitifully next to Xiaobai.

"Also, if you want to see me in the future, don't worry about those weird reasons. Just come and see me whenever you want." Xiaobai said to Nanxing, "If you, Sister Nanxing, are willing to come to my house, even if it's just to sit with me, I will be very happy."

Nanxing listened to Xiaobai's words, staring blankly at Xiaobai's face, large tears streaming down her face.

These tears are from the pain of being flicked on the head by Xiaobai.

It's not for any other reason.

Xiao Bai smiled at Nan Xing.

Just then, there was a knock on the closed hotel room door.

“Ah, Sister Nanxing (8) IIIling Culin VII Jiu Wu Ba, it seems your grandfather has returned.”

Xiao Bai got up with a smile, talking to Nan Xing on the bed as she quickly walked to the door and opened it.

The door opens.

The person who appeared outside the door was not Nanxing's grandfather, but a ship girl attendant from the Admiral's Guild.

"Huh? You are..." Xiaobai was somewhat surprised to see the ship girl attendant.

"Admiral Lu Lin, this is milk tea that our guild prepared for you and your guests." The ship girl held up the tray in her hand and approached Xiaobai. "Please drink it while it's hot."

On the ship girl's plate, three steaming cups of milk tea exuded a rich and sweet aroma.

"Oh, oh..." Xiaobai stared thoughtfully at the ship girl attendant's face, took the plate from her hand, and said, "...Thank you."

"..." The ship girl attendant bowed to Xiaobai, "...Admiral Lu Lin, let me close the door for you."

"sorry to bother you."

Xiaobai watched as the ship girl attendant pulled on the doorknob, shutting herself out of the room.

Xiao Bai thought for a while, then took the tray and returned to the bedside.

Nanxing, lying on the bed, looked at the milk tea in Xiaobai's hand with some confusion.

"Looks like the Admiral's Guild still cares about me." Xiaobai smiled and placed the milk tea on the bedside table. "Knowing that I was using the room, they even brought me a drink for free."

"Where's grandpa?"

"It will be a while before we get back."

"..."

"So, when your grandfather comes back, Sister Nanxing, should we pretend we don't know, or tell him that I already know everything?" Xiaobai asked again.

"..." Upon hearing this, Nanxing was at a loss and started rubbing her hands. She looked around and saw the milk tea on the bedside table. Then she slowly got up, climbed to the bedside table, and picked up a cup of milk tea to hold in her arms.

Nanxing took small sips of the drink.

Xiao Bai smiled as she looked at Nan Xing, then sat down on the edge of the bed and took a few sips of another cup of milk tea.

“Sister Nanxing, if you feel embarrassed, I can pretend I don’t know about your relationship with your grandfather,” Xiaobai said.

“…” Nanxing remained silent.

"Anyway... even if we bring this up, it will only embarrass your grandfather..." Xiaobai added.

“…” Nanxing remained silent.

"Sister Nanxing, what do you think? It's still..." Xiaobai turned to Nanxing and said, but she froze halfway through her sentence, "...Eh?"