After the military meeting, Li Ran went back to the Admiral's Office to deal with some documents, after all, as the Admiral, it would be irresponsible for him to hand over many things to the secretary's ship. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Moreover, he was a little concerned about what Lexington said about the visit of the furniture merchant, so he sat down in his chair and thought about it, and through the Admiral's personal network, he called Lexington.

"Commander, what's the matter?" Lexington pushed open the door to his office after a few minutes, a little strange.

Li Ran thought for a while, and he asked:

"Didn't you tell Firefly and I about the furniture merchant's visit in the afternoon? ”

"Well, there is indeed a furniture merchant visiting the dock in the port area in the afternoon, the other party claims to be a furniture wholesaler of the Blue Caster Empire, but the other party seems to be just passing by, as if there is something urgent, I originally wanted to inform the commander, but the other party said that he would come back in a few days, just went ashore to replenish the fresh water, and left, by the way, the other party has a business card for me to pass on to you. ”

Lexington said, pulling out a black, gold-rimmed card from his breast pocket.

Li Ran took the business card and frowned, the text on it should be the common text of this world, that is, Chinese (don't ask me why the universal text is Chinese, set the need), he frowned, it was written that the owner of the business card is called Vanolo, the nationality is the Blue Scott Empire, the business house belongs to: Bonoa Furniture Firm, the identity is a black gold agent.

Li Ran was completely stunned by this information, he thought about it and asked Lexington:

"Do you know this?"

Lexington shook his head, and then thought of some information she had learned when she was a Liberty Ship Girl, and she said:

"I don't know, but I've been to the Lance Scott Empire in the Atlantic Theater, which is indeed rich in high-end furniture, and is also the source of important iron ore, because this country, as one of the few island powers, benefits from the protection of the headquarters of the ship mother and the headquarters of the Admiral College, so the maritime trade has always been very developed, by the way, Miss Bai, as a maritime merchant, should have heard of it, and the commander may be able to ask her. ”

"yes, I see. Li Ran nodded, threw the black gold card into the drawer, then looked at Lexington and yawned, looking at the tiredness on his wife's face, he said with concern:

"You've worked hard these days, you're tired, rest early at night, don't be in a hurry for combat operations, since the plan has been decided, you still have to keep your spirits up." ”

"Does the Commander care about me?" said Lexington in a languid tone, then shook his head slightly:

"I understand the commander's concerns, but if you don't remove Mishima's threat for a day, it won't be time to relax. ”

Li Ran felt a little inferior to Lexington, who was so understanding and hardworking, how could he be virtuous? So he plucked up his courage and asked a doubt that had been hidden in his heart, and asked with some trepidation:

"Lexington, I actually want to know, on what basis did you decide to stay, I know I seem to have asked this question, but all along, I feel that I have become a superfluous person, you have done a better job as a secretary than me, I sometimes think, maybe you don't need the Admiral, you may leave me, maybe you don't have to worry so much, after all, you have to protect the port area, but also protect me as the Admiral, you must be very tired, right?"

Lexington heard Li Ran start asking these silly-looking questions again, but she felt the inferiority complex and helplessness that Li Ran hid deep in her heart, so she gently walked behind Li Ran, rubbed his shoulders for him, and then said quietly:

"Commander, the ship girl is indeed very powerful, but the strength of the power also means responsibility, you have always said why the ship girls will choose the commander, it is because, the meaning of our existence, originally to protect ah, we can only be further strong after finding the commander, this kind of strength, not only in force, but also in the heart. ”

Li Ran was a little flattered by Lexington's gentle treatment, but he was more puzzled, and he said with some distress:

"I don't understand. ”

"Commander, in fact, the ship girl is just for the convenience of the title, our identity is called the battleship girl, since we are called a girl, it means that we have been born since the beginning, although we have a strong power, but we are always in an incomplete stage, this incompleteness, is from the heart, in other words, in the case of human beings, that is, we must experience getting along with human beings, in order to experience some human emotions.

For us, the Admiral is more like a banner to follow all our lives, and it is also the key to keeping us from negative emotions because of our excessive power.

For us, negative emotions accumulate in our hearts, like a kind of poison, many sisters are because of the accumulation of too many negative emotions and deep sea, so, what you said, no need to scruples, in fact, is wrong, because of the power, we need more scruples and more need to restrain ourselves, but also to prevent behavior from getting out of control because of excessive power.

Therefore, the Admiral is a very important existence for us, besides, many things need to be admiral, this is a subtle rule of everyone, the ship mother is responsible for fighting, and the Admiral is responsible for dealing with the contact with humans in the outside world, so, in fact, it is the Admiral who is more tired, not us, you are not allowed to think so crankily in the future.

As for why I stayed, well, probably because I liked it, I liked the reassuring aura of the Admiral, I liked the wonderful feeling. ”

Lexington naturally finished such a long sentence, which made Li Ran feel a little understood, this can be said to be the first time he has communicated with his ship mother so openly, and he also understands that he really shouldn't be so inferior, he should accept such a fate when he confirms the crossing, but he doesn't seem to be able to do what he has come, he thought about laughing at himself, but he was also relieved, so he gently patted Lexington's hand on his shoulder, and said softly:

"Lexington, thank you. ”

Lexington gently broke free of Li Ran's hand, she remembered that Richelieu had been a little worried in the past few days, and said in a calm tone:

"Well, the commander needs to thank Richelieu the most, when you were seriously ill, Richelieu stayed by your side all night, and you didn't seem to have thanked her properly. ”

Li Ran was silent, he sighed, stood up, and then walked to the window, looking at Lexington looking at his side face, he smiled:

"Richelieu, I've thanked you, it's you, these days have been hard, and the fireflies must have caused you bad trouble. ”

"No, they've actually worked harder in training since the commander got sick. ”

"Really?" Li Ran smiled, looking at the moon in the sky, his heart warmed.

Lexington quietly watched the moon with Li Ran for a while, and then felt a little lonely on Li Ran's body, she said softly:

"Commander, are you homesick?"

"Yes. Li Ran said with some bitterness, it's useless to be homesick, because you can't go back.

"And what is the commander's hometown like?"

"My hometown, how to say it? It's a small city, my favorite is the triangle plum in my hometown, but unfortunately there is no one here, otherwise, now this season is the flowering period of the triangle plum, I really want to see the triangle plum." ”

"Triangle plum?" Lexington looked at Li Ran's side face, she secretly wrote down the name of this strange flower, and then said with some expectation:

"Commander, if you have the opportunity in the future, I really want to go to your hometown to have a look. ”

"Hmm. ”

……

Li Ran and Lexington just enjoyed a rare two-person world in the office for a while, and a few minutes later, Lexington was called away by Saratoga.

He looked at the office where he was left alone, smelled the lingering fragrance of Lexington in the room, continued to finish some trivial papers, and went back to his room at eleven o'clock to rest.

The night passed quietly, and the next morning, Li Ran got up at half past six, went downstairs to cook after washing, but saw that Pinghai was already busy in the kitchen, he said hello and went into the kitchen to help.

This is how a new day in the town guard mansion begins......