Elder brother's garrison

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"Others? I don't know about others... Xiao Liu! How much was your salary last month?" The security captain called out to the lean security guard who had just gone out to buy supplies.

"Reporting to the captain! Last month's base salary was 3000, overtime pay was 1300, winter allowance was 500, I was late twice and took a day off, which resulted in a deduction of 400. After deducting taxes and social insurance and housing fund, my total income last month was 4100!" The lean security guard replied briskly.

"Hey, good lad, you remember so clearly." The security captain laughed and said to the lean security guard, "Keep up the good work! The security guards here are different from those in small towns! They're much more advanced. You've only been here a few months, so let me mentor you. There will be plenty of opportunities for raises, and in another ten or eight years you'll be earning over ten thousand a month!"

"Yes! Thank you, Captain!" The lean security guard nodded excitedly upon hearing the security captain's words, his eyes filled with anticipation for the future.

The security captain smiled and looked away at Xiaobai.

Little Whitey stared at him with a slightly surprised look in its eyes, its mouth slightly agape.

"Hmm? Little sister, what's wrong?" the captain asked Xiaobai half-jokingly. "Were you scared off by Xiao Liu's salary?"

"Ah... um..." Xiaobai snapped out of her daze, nodding with a strange expression. "Yes... I was scared..."

Too much?

“…Yes…there are…quite a lot.” Xiaobai nodded.

Although Xiaobai's current net worth is terrifying, she is still a girl who grew up in an ordinary working-class family, and her basic consumption habits are at the level of a normal person.

A monthly salary of four thousand is not much for ordinary people in human society, but it is not little either.

At least with this salary, I can find a cheap place to rent and settle down. If I save a little on food, I won't end up in the miserable situation of the female kitchen god who has to eat two hand-pulled pancakes a week to fill her stomach.

At least the security at the ship equipment research center is decent.

Especially after listening to the conversation between the security captain and others, it seems that even a newcomer like Comrade Liu, who has only been working at the ship equipment research center for a few months, can earn more than 4,000 yuan a month. Others should earn more than him, not less.

Thinking of this, Xiaobai's eyebrows furrowed.

That's not right.

Even if the female hearth goddess didn't become the team leader, with her twenty years of work experience... she wouldn't be so miserable that she even has trouble getting food, right?

"Um... Captain, do you know how much Miss Vestal Goddess earns?" Xiaobai couldn't suppress her curiosity and asked the security captain.

"Hmm? For this kind of question, little sister, you can just ask her directly," the security captain replied.

"Uh... she was just... too embarrassed to tell me..." Xiaobai looked embarrassed and scratched her cheek.

"Oh, I see." The security captain slapped his forehead, thought for a moment, "Hmm... but the female cook... she's always out early and back late, she doesn't have much time to chat with us, and of course she doesn't talk to us about wages, so I'm not too sure about this. But I guess her salary shouldn't be too much lower than mine, right?"

"……"noob.

"What's wrong?" the security captain asked when he saw that Xiaobai was not speaking.

"Ah...no, it's nothing..." Xiaobai shook her head and gave a somewhat forced smile.

The monthly salary of the female hearth goddess... should be on par with that of a security captain?

The security captain said he earns over 10,000 yuan a month, so shouldn't the female kitchen goddess also earn over 10,000 yuan a month?

However, it is obvious that, judging from the few days that Xiaobai stayed with the female stove goddess, her actual monthly salary was definitely not over ten thousand. Her sense of thrift, cultivated by long-term poverty, and her novelty towards meat, food, entertainment, and luxury goods were genuine.

—Didn't they know that the goddess of the hearth lived such a poor life?

The young man's mind was filled with even more questions.

Thinking this, Xiao Bai's gaze swept over the security guards in the security room one by one. Sure enough, Xiao Bai did not see any unnatural expressions on the faces of any of the security guards present.

Ok……

As Yubari was right.

The treatment given to the goddess of the hearth by the ship equipment research center was probably not as miserable as the treatment she received.

There must be something wrong here.

“Um… Captain.”

"what's up?"

"Um... I wanted to ask... after you receive your salary, do you provide any information or receipts similar to a payslip?" Xiaobai asked the security captain.

"Pay slip?" The security captain looked at Xiaobai strangely. "Pay slips do exist... but why are you suddenly asking about this, little sister?"

"Ah, curiosity."

"Curious..." The security captain looked at Xiaobai with a puzzled expression.

"After all... after all, once you receive a lot of salary, you can take a picture of your payslip and show it to the people around you, sharing your happiness, right!"

"Oh! I get it!" The suspicion in the security captain's eyes vanished in an instant, and he laughed heartily, "Little sister, you're quite perceptive. I never expected you to be such a little money-grubber."

"Hahaha……"

"We do receive payslips here, and there are records every month—don't be fooled by the fact that we security guards aren't part of the ship equipment research center's staff; we still receive our salaries from the same department as everyone else." The security captain smiled at Xiaobai. "It's all handled by the head of the finance department, and the payslips are also prepared and issued to us by his finance department."

"Oh...I see." Xiaobai nodded, stepped down from the chair, and bowed to the security captain. "Thank you, Captain."

Xiaobai got off the chair.

Changchun and New Jersey, who were behind Xiaobai, also quickly got off their chairs and followed behind Xiaobai.

"Huh? Little sister, what's going on?"

“Well… we’ve seen what we wanted to see here. Miss Stove’s colleagues are indeed a group of kind-hearted people.” Xiaobai smiled at the security captain. “If we stay here any longer, it won’t be good for you guys, right? So, let’s say goodbye before anyone notices us.”

"You're going back so soon?" The security captain stared blankly at Xiaobai, looking somewhat disappointed.

"Um...it's not that I want to go back." Xiaobai smiled sheepishly. "As for the next step...I'd like to go check out the finance department. Could you please give me directions, Captain?"

"The Finance Department?" The security captain's eyes suddenly widened. "What are you going there for—uh, no! Little sister, the Finance Department isn't some insignificant place like the security room. It's an important facility within the Ship Equipment Research Center. You can stay here in the security room as you please, and getting caught won't cause too much trouble, but you really can't go into the facilities inside."

"Huh? Can't I?"

"Really, no, only guests with the required qualifications can enter..."

"Ah, you mean the entry qualification? I have that." Xiaobai took out Yubari's pass from his clothes and handed it to the security captain with both hands.

"Huh?" The security captain was taken aback and subconsciously took Xiaobai's pass.

The security captain glanced down at the pass.

To put it simply, the pass is just a blank piece of paper. It's a certificate issued by authorized staff at the Ship Equipment Research Center to grant back access to others. The pass itself doesn't actually require much documentation because of the person who issued it. If you want to confirm, you can call to verify at any time.

This pass is stamped with Yubari's seal and signed with Yubari's name. In addition to the signature and seal, there are four rather imposing characters on the entire piece of paper.

—Don't stop her.

"Huh? Yubari...is that the Yubari from Dr. Yubari?" The security captain looked up at Xiaobai blankly.

"Hehe." Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

not talking.

Pretend to be an expert.

Chapter 1699 Yubari's Promotion Diary

Yubari does not hold a high-ranking position in the ship equipment research center. In terms of position, she is just a senior researcher. Her job is to stay in the research room all day without leaving the room and focus on her research. She has no superior-subordinate relationship with the burly men in the security team.

But even so.

Yubari was also a big shot at the Ship Equipment Research Center, or rather, a prominent figure, so much so that even the security guards who didn't get involved in the center's internal activities knew him well.

Yubari was originally just a relatively well-known researcher, the kind of person who had some fame in the ship equipment research center, but that was about it.

After all, there are quite a few scholars in the entire ship equipment research center who are more famous than her. Compared with those people, Yubari has no achievements that make others remember her. Most people remember Yubari mainly because of her beautiful appearance as a ship girl.

In the scientific research community, being remembered by others because of one's outstanding appearance is actually a rather sad thing.

Yubari herself is quite prone to being criticized for her beauty at work, such as being called a "pretty face," "all show and no substance," "the mascot of the ship equipment center," and "the ultimate backdoor esper." As a result, when she publishes papers, takes ability assessments, or participates in scientific research selections, most judges will resist her to some extent in order to avoid suspicion.

This phenomenon is actually quite common in the research community, which is full of old men.

No matter how much a young and beautiful newcomer achieves, it is difficult for them to receive treatment and titles commensurate with their professional abilities. If they want to change this, they can only endure day after day, year after year. Flowers may bloom again, but youth never returns. When the young and beautiful newcomers finally pass their prime and become middle-aged men and women, they are finally qualified to receive the treatment that belongs to them.

However, Yubari is a ship girl.

The beauty and youth of ship girls are eternal until they remove their ship equipment.

For this reason, the criticism of Yubari from the entire ship equipment research center never stopped until that day.

Until recently.

Yubari returned to the naval base, then went back to the ship equipment research center with a wealth of research data. He spent three days and three nights in the laboratory, and finally produced a groundbreaking paper that shocked the industry.

The security captain, who had no knowledge of the specific content of the paper and no right to know it, was of course unaware of it. However, they were well aware that on the very day Yubari published that paper, all the researchers at the Ship Equipment Research Center, whether going to or from get off work or eating and resting, always had a stack of Yubari's papers in their hands and talked about Yubari's topics.

In the following days, a large number of high-end vehicles parked one after another at the gate of the Ship Equipment Research Center. One after another, vigorous old men emerged from the vehicles as if they were rushing to a wedding, their faces flushed with excitement. They said they had come because of his reputation and were very interested in Yubari's paper, insisting on meeting him.

Among these people, some had made appointments with the Ship Equipment Research Center beforehand, while others came on a whim without prior notice. According to the security office's rules, those without appointments are not allowed to enter the Ship Equipment Research Center. However, heaven knows that after these seemingly ordinary old men explained their purpose, they unleashed a long string of terrifying titles at the security guards, leaving the security captain, who had rarely seen important figures in his life, dumbfounded.

The final result, of course, was that even the director of the ship equipment research center was startled by the group of big shots who arrived one after another. He hurriedly called out Yubari, who was catching up on sleep in the laboratory, and had a fan meeting with the industry leaders.

The security captain couldn't see the meeting process and didn't know what the final result was. All he could see were elderly people who had come from Kyoto and other places, eagerly shaking hands with Yubari, their faces filled with an excitement and satisfaction that didn't match their age. After the meeting, they left reluctantly, praising Yubari's abilities to those around them before leaving, and saying that they would definitely come again if they had the chance.

From that day on.

Yubari's position at the Ship Equipment Research Center rose like a rocket, climbing from an unknown two-person lab director to a senior professor every few days. The number of her assistants also increased from one or two to over a hundred, and every researcher from the Ship Equipment Research Center desperately wanted to get into Yubari's lab and become one of her hundreds of assistants.

The researchers who had previously questioned Yubari's abilities now spoke of it with admiration and longing, praising it to the skies.

After that, jobs like making road signs, becoming the spokesperson for the ship equipment research center, being interviewed by TV stations, being selected as a city's rising star, and being included in the list of 100 people who moved Kyoto came flooding in, as if to make up for all the grievances Yubari had suffered in the past few years. They overwhelmed her resume, which was bare just a few days ago.

What changes have occurred in Yubari?

No.

Whether before or after publishing her paper, Yubari remained the same; she didn't change or improve in any way. She simply obtained valuable information that others couldn't access by chance, and then, relying on this valuable information, wrote a groundbreaking paper that was enough to shake the industry and prove her abilities.

The only thing that changed was the attitude of those around her.

The changes that took place at the ship equipment research center in those few days were a microcosm of centuries of human warmth and coldness, leaving the entire security team, who had been observing from the sidelines, in awe.

The security captain stared wide-eyed at the Yubari pass that Xiaobai handed him.

He checked several times to make sure he wasn't mistaken about the name on the pass; it was Yubari, the influential figure who had stirred up the entire ship equipment research center recently.

It's amazing!

With Yubari's pass, not only could she not enter the ship equipment research center, but she could even sneak into the finance department's office and slap the minister twice!

"This is...this is..." The security captain stammered, clutching the pass, his eyes constantly shifting between Xiaobai and the pass.

"Ah...is this pass not acceptable?" Xiaobai asked the security captain.

"No!" The security captain quickly straightened his back and spoke up. He then carefully folded Yubari's pass and placed it on the table next to him as if it were a tribute. He then turned to Xiaobai and said, "This pass is fine... The stamp on it should be genuine. Little sister, you can go into the ship equipment research center. We'll call the person in charge of awarding the pass to confirm it later."

"Oh, that's great!" Xiaobai nodded with a smile.

"Uh...but...you clearly had this pass on you, why didn't you take it out just now, little sister?" The security captain asked Xiaobai in confusion. "With this pass, let alone the security room, no one would dare to stop you if you wanted to go to the director's office."

"Ah... this..." Xiaobai scratched her cheek and smiled shyly.

Xiao Bai had been worried that revealing his identity would make the security guards hesitant to tell him anything about the Goddess of the Kitchen God, which was why he had kept his identity a secret.

"Well... um... we came here as relatives of the Goddess of the Hearth, right? Since all you big brothers have said I can make this place my home, then of course it's not convenient for me to bring this out," Xiaobai said with a smile to the security captain.

"..." The security captain shrugged, looking embarrassed. "So, little sister, what exactly is your relationship with Dr. Yubari?"

"Me?" Xiaobai pointed to himself.

"Yes."

“I am the admiral of Yubari,” Shiro said.

"...Huh?" The security captain was taken aback. "You're not a ship girl?"

"Haha..." Xiaobai scratched his head.

The security captain looked at Xiaobai scratching her head and thought about it carefully. It seemed that Xiaobai had never said that she was a ship girl. It was only because his people saw that Xiaobai's appearance and temperament were as outstanding as those of a ship girl, and she said that she was related to the goddess of the hearth, that they subconsciously regarded her as a ship girl.

The security captain was dumbfounded.

Looking at the unpretentious little girl in front of him, the security captain couldn't believe for a moment that she was the famous Admiral Yubari! The relationship between an Admiral and a ship girl is that of superior and subordinate, which means that she is actually even more powerful than Yubari!

"Ah... well, we still have things to do, so we won't stay any longer... We're very sorry, we'll go inside first." Xiao Bai saw the security captain's open mouth, looking like he had met some terrifying big shot, and felt a little embarrassed. He bowed to the security captain and said, "Um... if there's a chance later, I'll come back and thank you again."

"Uh……"

"Well then, we'll be going now, goodbye!"

"Uh……"

"Um... just one last question, could you tell me how to get to the finance department?"