Chapter 8 Evening primrose

Perhaps the jokes of the backbone of the surgery in our hospital are too high-level, the scene is quiet, quiet, quiet...

After a long while, Lieutenant General Karp laughed back and laughed, well~ In my opinion, although Dr. Stokes's bad friend grinned so much that the corners of his mouth reached the cheeks, he still couldn't hide his distorted face.

Uh~ As for the reason... It doesn't matter! I resolutely pressed the divine beast grass mud horse that was roaring and running in my head.

After laughing, Lieutenant General Karp waved his hand and heartily said that he was hungry, and then, because of the accident that had just happened in the Fifth General Canteen, for the sake of his personal appetite, it was better to change the place to eat.

Marinford Navy Headquarters Town Mountain Divine Beast... One of the decisions was quickly upheld.

So, Lieutenant General Karp led Dr. Stokes, who came to the door to find a friend to catch up, and I was trying to get out of the relationship with me as a gift, plus a few idle people who didn't know what to do, and so on, went to forage for food.

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So, the scene shifts.

Twenty minutes later, there was a separate small room in the small canteen somewhere in the Navy Headquarters (for the exclusive use of generals), with good concealment, a table of four people, two doctors and nurses in our hospital, and two generals in the Navy Headquarters.

Not long after taking a seat, a hot and fragrant meal was served, one in front of each person, rice, miso soup, salt-grilled saury, and meat, lots and lots of meat.

Lieutenant General Karp kept greeting Dr. Stokes, who was sitting next to him, with an eerily enthusiastic attitude and a distinctly cheerful mood.

I buried my head in my plate, the small single room filled with Lieutenant General Karp's loud laughter, and from the conversation that filled my ears, I heard the story of Dr. Stokes and Lieutenant General Karp's many years of bad relationship.

When the backbone of our hospital was introduced before, he said~ A thorny fish stuck in his throat let him practice first aid, and the object he was asked to practice was Lieutenant General Karp, well~ He was not a lieutenant general back then, but a small officer.

Dr. Stokes was a well-known field emergency physician when he did not retire from the front line, and he fought with the Navy fleet all the year round, and his bad relationship with Vice Admiral Karp began at that time~

The doctor complained that Karp, who was rarely seriously injured in battle, had an accident due to strange events every time, such as... The spiny fish gets stuck in the throat, and more than once, it is typical to remember to eat but not to beat.

For another example, if you are curious to lean out to see the ocean currents, you will fall into a ring snake whirlpool thunderstorm, etc., a sinister sea realm where normal people will definitely die, and after being rescued, they will just spit out some water and jump around.

All sorts of surprises seem absolutely unbelievable to me anyway.

It took a long time for Dr. Stokes to add food to our table of diners, and by the way, Lieutenant General Karp recalled with emotion.

In the end, Dr. Stokes vomited and said that Lieutenant General Karp was the most tenacious cow man he had ever seen in his life, and he would not die no matter how much he tossed it, and he was like a monster cat with nine lives.

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Listening to the details of those years, the only thing I was confused about was... Doctor, are you expensive this year?

Filling my stomach, I put down the utensils in my hand and silently looked at Dr. Stokes sitting across from me, and I picked out one curious thing from what he had just told Cap to expose you and me.

In other words, isn't the backbone of surgery in our hospital in his early fifties? When I started working, he was already in the hospital, more than ten years... Uh~ The appearance has not changed much, but what...

It's hard to tell the actual age of a man after the age of forty, right? Am I mistaken? According to my memory, Vice Admiral Karp, the naval hero has been famous for a long time~

In other words, the doctor is at least sixty and almost seventy years old!

Quietly staring at the doctor several times, I silently clenched my fists in my heart, and I had a skill to stay there! When I turn around, I want to knock on the doctor's health secrets, and women ~ always mind this aspect ~ …………

A table of people was full of food and drink, and the general's canteen quickly came to clean up, and then served tea, and the relaxed atmosphere in the single room precipitated.

I looked at Dr. Stokes, who was always smiling, but his smile did not reach the bottom of his eyes, and then at Lieutenant General Karp, who had no city on the surface, and somehow a little uneasiness appeared in my heart.

Originally, I thought that the doctor's visit to an old friend was a temporary idea, because I had offended two senior admirals and colleagues for many years, and the doctor just wanted to do me a favor, but now that I look at the situation, it seems that something is wrong.

Navy hero Iron Fist Karp has a very good reputation in Mallingford, such a general who even civilians know that there is no frame at all, I don't think that eating with soldiers will affect his appetite, and suddenly change his mind to come to the general's cafeteria, except for catching up with the doctor, what else can he do?!

And Dr. Stokes...

After thinking about it, I subconsciously opened my eyes wide, if it was Dr. Stokes who planned to enter the Navy headquarters under the pretext of re-examination in the first place...

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The distraction was interrupted by a muffled sound, and I raised my eyes and quietly looked over to see Dr. Stokes withdrawing his hand, he put the tin can of dried fish I gave me on the table, and then lifted the corners of his mouth, and said, "The day before yesterday, someone from the Navy Headquarters investigated and confirmed with me. ”

"About Nana, an intern in the Department of Naval Sciences, about her knowledge of medicinal herbs."

"She's my student, and I'll give an answer."

The doctor's tone was a little melancholy when he spoke, "I know the Navy headquarters system very well, it's just... As a mother, Anna has the right to know what the child is in at the moment. ”

Nana?! I was shocked, "Isn't Nana following up in the Ministry of Science?" ”

"She talks to me every night..."

Wait a minute! I reacted suddenly, staring at Vice Admiral Karp across from me with wide eyes, and was so angry that I wanted to kill, "What did your navy do to my kid?!" ”

My child, my Nana... I said that it was strange that the child had been coquettish every night for a while, and he couldn't sleep without hearing my voice, as if he couldn't sleep, it turned out to... Was she in danger?

"My child... What did the Navy do to her! ”

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"Anna." Dr. Stokes lowered his voice with a soothing calmness in his tone, "So let's get to know the situation, you calm down." ”

"I'm bringing you here to ask Karp for help."

The hand on the table slowly clenched into a fist, I tried to take a deep breath, trying to suppress the love that was about to collapse, for a long time, I closed my eyes, "I'm sorry it's my gaffe, and it's useless to be anxious." ”

With a long breath, I let go of my hand, looked at Lieutenant General Karp, and pulled the corners of my mouth with difficulty, "Can... Can you tell me what happened to Nana? Please..."

After waiting for a while, Lieutenant General Karp finally spoke, "Science intern, this is the investigation into the theft of Beladona grass, right?" ”

After a pause of a few seconds, his brows furrowed, and he continued as if he had thought about it, "The investigation of the internal affairs of the Navy, in order to avoid suspicion, involves the investigation of the irrelevant gendarmerie in the district. ”

Immediately, Vice Admiral Karp's gaze shifted several degrees to the Admiral who was sitting next to me.

The fourth person present was Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel who was dealing with accidents in the general cafeteria at the time, and earlier, on the way here, Lieutenant General Karp seemed to inadvertently say that the two of them happened to meet...

I believed it originally, but unfortunately it wouldn't be so stupid now.

Thinking like this, I turned my face away from hope and looked pleading at the man beside me who had always been silent.

The other party also looked at me, but there was nothing unusual in his eyes, and he could even say peaceful, "The investigation is not over yet, I have nothing to say." ”

Maybe you see me pitiful, right? The man smiled and said slowly, "However, if it's just the intern, don't worry, she hasn't been involved in anything bad." ”

"During the routine interrogation, the relevant personnel are not allowed to leave the headquarters."

His answer called me... I was so happy that I couldn't believe it, when it came to children, I was in the same mess as every parent, and in a hurry, I reached out and grabbed the man's sleeve on the table, and quickly confirmed, "Really... Are you sure? ”

"Rest assured, it's true." The man was quite good-natured, and his face did not change even when he told me to clench his sleeves and shake them, but he still smiled gently, "Madame's children will be able to go home soon." ”

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That's great...

The mood of the sudden ups and downs made me unable to regain my calm for a short time, and I could only stare blankly at the vice admiral beside me.

After a long while, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel, who looked tough on the outside but actually seemed to have a good temper, took a cup of hot tea in his free hand and gently rested it in front of me, by the way... "Please don't cry, ma'am. ”

He looked at me, with a little helplessness and shallow embarrassment between his eyebrows, "I'm really sorry." ”

Hearing him say this, I raised my hand and wiped my face to realize that I was... With tears on his face, "It's me who should say I'm sorry." ”

"Thank you, Lieutenant General, for your advice."

After expressing my gratitude and apologies in a wordless manner, I hurriedly let go of my wrinkled sleeves, lowered my eyes, and stared at the vice admiral's hand, "I'm sorry for the trouble." ”

"Madame doesn't have to apologize, I can understand that." He replied, paused, and respoke in a very formal tone, "As Madame said, the Navy will not let criminals go unpunished, nor will it frame innocent people. ”

"I'm relieved that way." Dr. Stokes' voice was filled with relief, "Nana is a good boy. ”

"Eh~ The little girl named Nana turned out to be the student you mentioned~" Lieutenant General Karp said as if he was in a circle, "The new genius of the Ministry of Science is very important. ”

The first time I heard a comment about my Nana from the Navy's mouth, it made me prick up my ears at once, and I didn't care that I might be crying very ugly now, and my eyes were rolling.

Xu is also because of the good news of Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel and does not have to worry about all kinds of favoritism, Lieutenant General Karp's expression returned to the out of tune, grinning, and patting the doctor's shoulder with his hand as he spoke, "Stokes, your high temper has also changed~"

"Since you're your student, why haven't you brought it to me all these years?"

"What if..."

"If you knew, you would raise a delicate little girl to be a wild monkey." Dr. Stokes squinted his eyes, looked very disgusted, and snorted, "Nana is well-behaved and smart, what should you do if you teach badly?" ”

"And Nana was not in good health when she was a child, and your training methods can't stand it."

Lieutenant General Karp choked, his eyes were open for a few seconds, and his expression looked dazed, "How can you be physically strong enough to study in a military school?" Where is the old man's method not feasible? ”

"Where is the rude way of speaking with your fists?" Dr. Stokes asked coldly, paused and said hatefully, "It's feasible to rely on fists alone, why does the Ministry of Science save zài?" ”

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Seeing that the two men, who were definitely over a hundred years old, were once again in an argument, I lowered my eyes, Dr. Stokes had made the right decision, although pushing Nana into the eyes of the Navy's top brass sounded like paving a smooth avenue for the child.

In reality, however... According to the parents, it is another way of putting the child at risk.

The world is too chaotic, the guardian camp is in crisis, and everyone will say that justice is awe-inspiring, and the real body will do it... As a parent, I must be desperate to stop my child.

It doesn't matter if adults suffer from hardships and pains, but children can't, I can't wait to turn Nana into a little grain and hide it in a safe, so that she won't be beaten in the slightest bit by the wind and rain.

I believe that every mother thinks the same way as me.

With great power comes great responsibility.

In this chaotic world, which strong man's life is not full of twists and turns?

My Nana only needs to have the strength to protect herself, even if I can't interfere in her life, but I always hope and pray for her happiness and stability.

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"Madame, Madame Anna?" Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel spoke softly, interrupting my ramblings.

"Yes?" I concentrated and smiled subconsciously, "Lieutenant General? ”

Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel didn't speak again, but motioned for me to look at the two opposite.

The doctor and Lieutenant General Karp had stopped arguing and looked at me with two eyes, one in one eye.

After a brief silence, Lieutenant General Karp coughed, and his relaxed expression became cautious, "So, medicinal herbs are taught by Stokes, and the opposite part..."

"Huh?" I was overwhelmed by the boundless question, "What's the opposite?" ”

"Beef and chestnuts." The flying squirrel reminded lightly, "Can mixing two foods produce poisons/substances?" ”

Seeing that I turned his face, the man's eyes were very gentle, "The one who had the accident in the fifth comprehensive cafeteria, and the one identified by his wife, are also the people who are being investigated this time. ”

Perhaps it should be due to the internal secrets, he said with a hesitant expression, as if he was choosing Cheng Dù who could be revealed, "Those two are not members of the Ministry of Science, but the garrison on the frigate when the scientific research ship set sail last quarter. ”

"Uh~poison/vegetarian?" I interrupted Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel softly, preventing him from continuing to hesitate and slurring, "Beef and chestnuts?" "I don't want to delve into those two in the cafeteria because... It's not my business anymore.

What the result is, it has nothing to do with me, the Navy will investigate clearly, won't it?

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He nodded, I thought about it, and replied with some surprise, "That's common sense that every housewife will know, huh?" ”

Hearing this, Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel was stunned and raised his eyebrows, "Common sense? ”

"Yes~" I was surprised, "Every housewife knows a few things about this." "The mutual restraint of food, everyone who goes around the pot to take care of the family's food, more or less will know.

I looked at Lieutenant General Flying Squirrel who seemed to have not recovered his mind, then I turned my head to look at Lieutenant General Karp with a surprised expression, and finally at Dr. Stokes, organized my words in my mind, and said slowly:

"Ingredients are sometimes like people getting along."

"Some ingredients are born together and blend together to create a supreme delicacy when cooked; Others, on the other hand, can produce undesirable effects if not properly matched, or simply turn into poison/medicine. ”

"For example, turnips reduce the efficacy of most medicinal herbs."

"Beef and chestnuts can make people vomit violently."

"Potatoes and bananas together cause skin pigmentation, that is, freckles."

"Vitamin C reduced shrimp soft-shell foods carry a substance, which in turn produces toxins/hormones."

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Counting the same number of fingers, in my field of vision, the two admirals showed very... Incredible expressions.

I am a little innocent about this, because it is really 'common sense', beauty knowledge, food knowledge, and even medicinal herbs, which come from the era of the information explosion, and of course I know.

How much has been cooked by each family in charge, otherwise what should I do if I mix a pot and cook it to hurt the stomach of the family? As for whether this world is or not, I don't know.

"Yay~ Lady Anna is so knowledgeable."

The strange voice slanted in/in.

This voice is... I stopped and turned my head sharply, but I saw that the door of the single room was quietly pushed open at some point, and the yellow ape general was once again standing outside the door.

Everyone in the room focused their attention, and the man standing by the door dusted his sleeves with a nonchalant expression, "I originally wanted to ask, the investigation of the members of the Science Department is coming to an end, how many of my subordinates can go back?" ”

"I didn't expect to hear something incredible~" The yellow ape general's tone was inexplicably long, and the eyes hidden under the dark tea lenses seemed to be removed from my face, "Lady Anna is gentle and knowledgeable, and the ghost spider has a good eye." ”

The corners of my mouth twitched slightly, and I raised my hand to support my forehead.

Because the yellow ape general moved his noble feet and walked in, as soon as his body moved, another person was revealed behind him, the entrance to the single room was not large, and the door was only half open, and the ghost spider was blocked by his tall and thin body.

Later, the two generals appeared as if they were carrying some kind of... Unwelcome aura, the appearance of the yellow ape general made the room a little depressed, and the ghost spider lieutenant general was the admiral who was sitting next to me, and the whole person was as tense as a fury.

But they didn't seem to notice it, and they broke in on their own.

The yellow ape general slowly swayed to an oblique position on the table, and after standing still, Man laughed, "Yay~ ghost spider, it's rare for you to open your mouth and want to do something for the woman you like, but it's a step slower~"

"Madame Anna has a strong suitor, and the little genius under my command is also in a good market."

Facing my terrifying gaze, the yellow ape general with a treacherous smile and the ghost spider lieutenant general with a black face, I really don't know how to describe the comparison of the expressions of the two.

"Originally, it didn't have anything to do with it, but when the investigation began, my ears were not cleared." The yellow ape general raised his hand and plucked his ears with his tail fingers as if it was really happening.

After a while, after plucking out his ears and blowing on his fingertips, he finally raised his eyelids, "Ghost spider and Fritz, a lieutenant general and a brigadier general, Madame Anna is extraordinarily charming." ”

"It seems like there's more to it now?"

After a while, the admiral's eyes that didn't speak human words went around the room, and he didn't know where the misunderstanding was, his lips were slightly hooked, and his smile was half mocking and half sarcastic, "But it's no wonder, even I'm tempted~"

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The corners of my eyes twitched heavily, and I kept the expression of 'I can't hear you clearly, I can't hear you clearly', silently stiffening.