Elder brother's garrison

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"Miss Luming, I'm back." Xiaobai walked up to Luming and greeted her with a smile.

"..." Lu Ming smiled silently at Xiao Bai.

"How is Miss Luming's health?" Xiaobai asked the Goddess of the Kitchen.

"Hmm... Her recovery is going quite well. Although I'm not a human doctor, I'm still a professional at treating ship girl characters. If we consider Miss Shikamei as a retired ship girl, her recovery these past two days has been very good. She should be able to receive her final special treatment soon."

Yubari looked at the records in his hand and said.

Chapter 2497 The Missing Company

"You've recovered so well!" Shiro exclaimed with delight upon hearing Yubari's words.

"Admiral, in my short medical career, I've come to realize a profound truth: the importance of keeping patients in a good mood and having a healthy diet is no less than that of skillful medical techniques and potent medicines." The goddess of the hearth held up one finger to Little White and said very seriously.

"Is that so..." Xiaobai turned to look at Luming.

"The food is delicious." Lu Ming pursed his lips at Xiao Bai, revealing a gentle smile.

"Then I'm relieved." Xiaobai clasped her hands together and said to Lu Ming with emotion, "It looks like Miss Lu Ming will be back at the company in less than a month!"

“…” Lu Ming.

Whether it was Xiaobai's imagination or not, when Xiaobai said those words, she noticed that Luming's expression, which had been smiling at her, seemed to pause for a moment, revealing a hint of incomprehensible loneliness.

However, this look of melancholy appeared at an extremely short time.

In the short time it took Xiaobai to react, Luming's expression returned to normal in the blink of an eye.

Shiro kept her hands clasped together, blinked, and glanced at the female hearth goddess and Yubari beside her.

The goddess of the hearth and Yubari were having a heated discussion about Shikamei's injuries, as well as the direction of his treatment and the preparations that needed to be made. The two were so engrossed in their conversation that they didn't seem to notice the expression that Shikamei had just made.

Am I being too sensitive?

...I don't think so, do I?

Miss Luming... um... could it be that you're reluctant to leave life in the villa?

makes sense.

Xiao Bai thought for a while, then turned her gaze back to Lu Ming's face.

"Miss Luming?" Xiaobai called out.

"Ok?"

"Um... once you've fully recovered, you can still come visit us," Xiaobai reminded Luming.

"..." Lu Ming opened his eyes, seemingly not expecting Xiao Bai to say such a thing.

“Even if you go back to being a big star, Miss Luming, we’ll still be friends, right?” Xiaobai said to Luming. “So, Miss Luming, you’re welcome to visit me anytime you have free time, whether you’re in Yuncheng or at my garrison. We’d love for you to come. Ah… of course, it would be great if you would welcome me too…”

As Xiaobai finished speaking, she smiled somewhat shyly at Luming.

Lu Ming stared blankly as Xiao Bai finished speaking.

Looking at the concerned expression on Xiaobai's face, Luming seemed to finally realize something after several seconds. She quickly nodded to Xiaobai and smiled happily.

Lu Ming reached out his hand towards Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai stepped forward.

Lu Ming gently pulled Xiao Bai's arm and gently drew her into his arms, then held her close.

“We are good friends.” Lu Ming rested his chin on Xiao Bai’s shoulder and whispered in Xiao Bai’s ear, “...good friends forever.”

A gentle, clear sound reached my ears.

Xiao Bai was finally relieved.

Xiao Bai breathed a sigh of relief, smiled, and hugged Lu Ming back.

"Miss Luming, let's keep in touch!" Xiaobai said to Luming. "I will continue to support your movies, Miss Luming!"

"Thank you."

"We're good friends, so there's no need for thanks."

“…Mm,” Lu Ming responded.

Xiao Bai hugged Lu Ming with peace of mind, fully enjoying the warmth emanating from the big star in front of her, and couldn't help but smile.

Behind Xiaobai's shoulder, Luming slowly opened his eyes.

Compared to Xiaobai's beaming smile at this moment.

Lu Ming, embracing Xiao Bai, stared at the corner of the room, his expression unusually sorrowful, unnoticed by anyone.

……

Time flies by in everyday life.

Before we knew it, several weeks had passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the past few weeks, the deep-sea creatures have gradually adapted to Lexington's presence.

Whenever Xiaobai tries to find out about the work status of the deep-sea deans from Director Chen, Director Chen always praises Lexington's work ability. He tells Xiaobai how obedient the ship girls have been, how efficient they are, how many collaborations they have reached with other companies, and how much their ranking on the internet search has risen... In short, Lexington is the most amazing star agent Director Chen has ever met. The ship girl group is thriving under her management, and it won't be long before they dominate the world.

Xiaobai truly recognized Lexington's work capabilities once again.

Especially after making a ruthless comparison with Ms. Miao Yang, Xiao Bai felt that Lexington was incredibly powerful.

With the high activity of the Deep Sea Dean Girl Group, the online reputation of ship girls has also been rising rapidly.

Xiao Bai still remembers the time when she first arrived in Yun City. Back then, the internet was flooded with news about Deep Sea Kaga and Deep Sea Akagi. Many netizens on forums made no attempt to hide their admiration for Deep Sea Deans upon seeing their images. However, in just two months, after the series of changes in Yun City, the online opinion of Deep Sea Deans has undergone a complete reversal.

Whenever Xiaobai sees this scene while surfing the internet, he can't help but chuckle.

—As the saying goes, only magic can defeat magic.

Who would have thought that the most popular ship girl stars on the internet right now are actually a group of deep-sea deans?

Although Xiaobai had nothing to do at home these past few weeks, she wasn't idle either. Besides checking online for updates and connecting with Missouri and Veneto, she also frequently went out with her ship girls.

In just a few weeks, Xiaobai went to the swimming pool in Yuncheng with Fubuki and the others, and also went to the science and technology exhibition in Yuncheng with York and Baltimore Restaurant. She took Changchun shopping in the evening and accompanied Akagi to buy groceries in the morning. In these few weeks, Xiaobai can be said to have accompanied the ship girls at home to most of the tourist attractions in Yuncheng.

It's worth mentioning that after so many weeks, the Hornets and Yorktown still haven't found the lost company.

Every time Xiaobai asked Yorktown if they needed help, Yorktown and Bumblebee would politely decline. They said that Enterprise must have her reasons for being missing for so long. With Enterprise's incredible luck, if she really didn't want to come back, no one would be able to find her. Anyway, she's unlikely to have any accidents, so they might as well just let her be. Maybe she'll pop up again sometime.

Yorktown and the Hornets have completely let go of the past.

This is the Yorktown family's laid-back approach to finding their sister.

Chapter 2498 The Bizarre Adventures of an Enterprise

The company's disappearance continued into the third week.

Things finally took a turn for the better.

On the morning of the third week, Xiaobai was having breakfast with the ship girls at home.

Suddenly, Xiaobai's phone rang.

"Admiral, your phone is ringing." Fubuki took a bite of her crisp toast and reminded Shiro.

"Such an early call... Is it Director Chen calling?" Xiaobai put down the boiled egg in her hand, took out her beeping phone, and glanced at the caller ID. "I guess Director Chen wants to report to me on the progress of Yamato and the others' work lately... Huh?"

As Xiaobai finished speaking, she froze the moment she saw the caller ID.

"Admiral, what's wrong?" Fubuki asked curiously from the side.

"...This isn't Director Chen's phone number," Xiao Bai murmured, staring at the phone screen. "This is...my mother's phone number."

"Eh? The Admiral's mother??" Upon hearing this, the ship girls and abyssal deans at the table immediately put down their food and stared at them with wide eyes.

The ship girls were very surprised.

Logically speaking, it's not strange for a mother to call her daughter because she misses her.

But what's strange about this is that Xiaobai's phone is her work phone, and she's not allowed to reveal the phone number to her family. Therefore, Xiaobai used to contact her family by writing letters and using social media. Her family had no idea that Xiaobai's phone number was on this phone.

"This caller ID number... yes, it's definitely my mom's." Xiaobai squinted at the phone screen. "That's strange... how did my mom know my phone number?"

Standing there dumbfounded wasn't going to work, so despite her confusion, Xiaobai answered the phone.

"Hello?" Xiaobai held the phone to her ear and spoke curiously to the person on the other end of the line.

"Crack...crack..." A series of static sounds came from the other end of the phone, indicating a poor signal, followed by a familiar and gentle female voice, "Hello? Is this Xiaobai?"

"Mom!" Xiaobai quickly sat up straight and carefully picked up the phone with both hands. "It really is you!"

"Oh! It really is Xiaobai! Oh my—Old Bai, come and see, this phone really is Xiaobai's phone—" Bai's mother's happy voice rang out from the other end of the phone. Standing there listening to the voice, Xiaobai could almost picture his mother holding the phone, smiling and waving at his father who was sitting not far away.

Footsteps could be heard on the other end of the phone.

Then the microphone rubbed together again, and the voice quickly changed from a gentle female voice to a steady and deep male voice.

"noob?"

"father!"

"Ah...it really is you." Old Bai's voice revealed a hint of surprise.

Although Xiaobai's parents didn't know her phone number, Xiaobai wrote letters home frequently and would also video chat with her family on social media when she had free time. The two families met quite often, so when the call connected, Xiaobai's parents didn't react with the emotion of hearing their daughter's voice after many years, and everyone seemed quite normal.

"Yeah... I'm wondering too, Dad, how did you and Mom know my phone number?" Xiaobai asked curiously into the phone.

“We were wondering about it too.” On the other end of the phone, Mr. Bai’s voice sounded a little strange. “It all started this morning. This morning, your mother went out to buy groceries and found a blonde, blue-eyed girl in front of our house. Your mother said that when she met her, the girl was walking alone on the street, staring blankly at the closed cake shop. Your mother saw how pitiful she looked and thought that the girl might have run away from home and hadn’t eaten for several days, so she couldn’t bear it and invited her to our house for breakfast.”

“Uh… Jin, blonde and blue-eyed… ran away from home…” Xiaobai held up his phone, looked up with a strange gaze at Yorktown and Bumblebee not far away.

"Yeah, that girl is pretty strange too." Mr. Bai complained on the phone, "That girl is incredibly beautiful, almost as beautiful as that famous celebrity Lu Ming. But such a beautiful girl has no sense of caution at all when she's out and about. As soon as she heard your mom wanted to take her home for dinner, she agreed without a second thought, not afraid that we might be human traffickers and kidnap her... Anyway, after breakfast, your mom kindly chatted with her and found out that she doesn't have a single penny on her, and she didn't even bring her ID card... Sigh... You know your mom, she's so soft-hearted. As soon as she heard about her situation, she asked me to find a way to send her home. Just now, I asked her if she had any way to contact her family, and she gave me this phone number."

"So...so that's how it is..." Xiaobai covered her forehead.

"I asked the girl if this was her parents' phone, and she told us she didn't have parents. The person on the other end of the line was her family member, named Lu Lin." Mr. Bai said, looking like he had something to say but couldn't get it out. "Then your mom and I heard it, and hey, isn't that our daughter's name? So we called back, and sure enough, it was you who answered the phone! Bai, isn't this a coincidence!"

"What a coincidence, what a coincidence..." Xiaobai held his phone, a helpless smile on his face. "Dad... could you ask that girl for me if her name is Enterprise..."

"Yes! That's the name! We talked about it while we were eating!"

"She does have a relationship with me... and a pretty big one."

"Really? What should I do with this girl? Should I send her back to you?"

"Yes... um... let's talk about the specifics when we meet... Dad, could you and Mom take care of her for me for a while?" Xiaobai thought for a moment and said into the phone, "It's okay, she's not a bad person. You can just treat her like I'm taking care of her for now. I'll come home to see you after a while, around the New Year."

"Oh...that's fine then...is there anything I should be careful about with this girl?"

"Hmm... probably... just avoid letting her go to places like lottery stations where there are prize draws."

"Haha, is she really that unlucky?" Mr. Bai on the other end of the phone was amused by Xiao Bai's words.

"Yes, yes," Xiaobai said with a wry smile, offering no further explanation.

Just then, another series of noticeably active footsteps approached from the other end of the phone.

A commotion soon broke out on the phone.

"Huh? Are you the Admiral's parents? Yay!"

The company's voice could be faintly heard, followed by Bai's mother's joyful voice, as if she had gained another daughter.

On the phone, Mr. Bai seemed to glance in the direction of Qichang and Mrs. Bai before continuing, "Xiao Bai, your girl named Qichang is here. Do you want to talk to her for a bit?"

"Hmm... thank you for your help." Xiaobai nodded.

Mr. Bai responded on the other end of the phone, and then the sound of friction continued to come from the receiver. Soon, the person speaking was replaced by a beautiful voice with a noticeably higher pitch.

"Hello, hello! Is this the Admiral?" Enterprise's voice rang out.

"Enterprise... how did you end up in my hometown..." Xiaobai said helplessly to Enterprise while holding the microphone.

"Haha, I don't know either... That day I originally wanted to go home with you guys, Admiral, but on the way I saw a butterfly! Wow, what a beautiful butterfly, so I chased after it to take a look, but after only a couple of steps I disappeared! Later, I wanted to find you, so I silently kept thinking about going back to your home, Admiral, and then I just kept walking and walking by feeling. But when I finally realized it, all the kind people around me told me that this was no longer Cloud City! So I had no choice but to grit my teeth and keep looking and looking... Then I felt like I was walking further and further away, and the surrounding environment was becoming more and more unfamiliar... In the end, I ended up here!"

"In conclusion, you have indeed found my home..." Xiaobai smiled bitterly. "No wonder Bumblebee and Yorktown have been unable to find you for the past few weeks. It turns out you left Cloud City a long time ago."

"Huh? Is this place very far from Cloud City?"

"It's very far; it takes several days by train."

"Damn it—Admiral, wait a minute, I'm heading back to Yun City right now..."

"Hey, no, no!" Xiaobai was so frightened by what the company said that she quickly stopped them. "You should just forget about it. Anyway, it's not like you've finally found my hometown. Just stay there for a while. Don't wander off during this time! What if you get lost again and we don't know where you'll end up!"

"Hmm... alright... then I'll listen to the Admiral." The company's voice immediately fell silent.