"Um...I have some questions for you."
"Is that so..." Yixian looked at Sheffield who was standing quietly behind Su Xin, "Miss Sheffield, can you please go to the side and rest for a while? During your rest time, I will take good care of Su Xin.
Sue's."
Su Xin nodded when she heard this. "Sister Sheffield, you haven't slept well for several nights in a row. Why don't you lie down for a while now? You don't have to watch over me at night. I can just turn on the light and sleep."
Sheffield didn't insist. She took a close look at the gentle and friendly Yixian, and then responded, "If the master asks."
Su Xin felt a little awkward. The Sheffield she knew shouldn't be like this. "It's not a request... You should go and have a rest."
"...Okay, feel free to call me if you need anything."
"okay."
Su Xin watched the blurry figure leave, a little dazed, and Yixian gently pulled her sleeve to bring her back to her senses, "So... what did Su Su want to ask me?"
The little commander hesitated for a rare moment, because the question she wanted to ask was actually unfounded, "I...I feel like everyone is a little weird lately..."
"Strange? In what way?"
"Well...it's...it's not quite what I imagined?" Commander Su tried hard to describe his feelings.
Yixian paused for a moment after hearing this, then sighed softly, "It's not quite the same as I imagined...?"
"...Um, what's wrong?"
"Nothing." Yixian paused for a while and suddenly asked an irrelevant question, "If you do something wrong, what do you think I would do to you based on my personality?"
Su Xin recalled the character introductions in the game and some of the time they had spent together before, and then answered with certainty: "Well... you will patiently and gently persuade me to correct my mistakes, right?"
Yixian poured himself a cup of tea, took a sip, and asked again: "Why?"
"Because Sister Yixian is very gentle and confident... She always teaches me not to forget yesterday. Hmm... She's like a sister from a wealthy family, right?"
"Everyone... ladies..." Yixian murmured, and it was hard to tell what her mood was from her tone. She just stood up, then leaned forward, closing the distance between the two of them: "Then Susu, guess what I'm going to do now?"
Su Xin didn't feel nervous at all. Instead, she carefully felt the condition of her face and then asked uncertainly, "Is there anything dirty on my face?"
Yixian shook his head, his eyes paused at Su Xin's lips for a moment, then moved away and sat back down, "...Su Su, you still have a lot to learn."
"Um…?"
“Before that, I hope you can clearly realize…” Yixian reached out and gently touched the depression at the corner of the little commander’s lips, with affection and restraint.
"...recognize that...each of us is a complex and unique individual..."
Chapter 396 Serious Invention
Su Xin remembered everything Yixian said, but in fact she did not understand the specific meaning, and after asking Yixian, her doubts were not answered at all.
When she met Tiancheng again and was taken out for a walk as usual, it was not until she returned home in the evening that Su Xin had time to carefully think about what Yixian had said.
But unfortunately, she couldn't understand why Yixian emphasized the words "complexity" and "independence" to her. Su Xin didn't even know what connection these two words had with her.
With the usual company of the trashy maid, Su Xin finally fell asleep with doubts.
When he woke up the next morning, the young commander wanted to take the opportunity of breakfast to ask Yixian about the specific meaning of that sentence. He never expected that overnight, the port area seemed to have returned to its past.
Sheffield still coldly mocked her for having no sense of time; when Lafite saw her, he complained why she didn't wake him up; Tiancheng was still very busy and kept a good distance, as if yesterday's intimacy was just an illusion.
Similar.
If Helena and Cleveland hadn't still been unnatural when they were together, Su Xin would have almost suspected that her experience a few days ago was a dream.
Yixian was still gentle and amiable, as if he could tolerate anything, and his attitude towards the little commander was impeccable. However, whenever Su Xin asked about that sentence, Yixian would smile and then lightly change the subject.
This kind of port atmosphere makes Commander Su Xiao feel at ease, because this is the place she is familiar with and where she has always lived.
This is what Su Xin considers home.
Su Xin was extremely satisfied to be able to return to her normal lifestyle. The answer to a certain question seemed to no longer be so important because the problem seemed to have been solved inexplicably.
Commander Su Xiao’s eyesight has almost recovered. After getting used to getting along with everyone, the original sense of unfamiliarity has gradually dissipated, and everything seems to be moving in a good direction.
At least that's what Su Xin thinks.
"H--Um... Master, are you going out?"
The familiar emergency brake in the title made Su Xin feel very relaxed and in a very good mood. "Yes, I want to go to the gendarmerie."
"Have you finally taken action against someone? It seems that it is very necessary for me to inform the military police in advance, otherwise how could they find the evidence so quickly... Just kidding, what are you going to do?"
Su Xin didn't care about the maid's accusation. She took out a pair of round-framed glasses and put them on carefully. "Well... Eugen told me to go to the gendarmerie when I have time. I think this kind of interpersonal communication is necessary."
"I didn't expect that the autistic owner would understand the importance of interpersonal communication."
"Sister Yixian taught me this before. She said it would be good for me in the future, so I should pay attention to it first." Commander Su Xiao touched the nose pad on his nose with a little curiosity, "So I want to take the opportunity to go there."
After listening to her, Sheffield was very rare to be silent for a while, and then praised her concisely: "Ms. Yixian has a far-sighted vision.
After saying that, the maid looked at the little commander's glasses, which he kept fiddling with, and asked casually, "So the master is nearsighted? I guess I have to stick the menu on your face next time so that you can see it clearly, right?"
"Well... I'm not nearsighted, it's just that my eyes are a little bit short of recovery." The little conductor used his right hand to fine-tune a small knob at the connection between the glasses leg and the frame, "That's why Yubari gave me the adjustable glasses she made yesterday.
I. "
After carefully adjusting the knob, Su Xin breathed a sigh of relief, "It's fine now. I can see things normally."
Sheffield didn't know whether her master could see or not, but she knew that if no one accompanied her, Commander Su might be caught by those stray ship girls before he even left the gate of his own port.
It doesn't stop.
The lenses of the round glasses are large, the frames are transparent, and the overall design is very slim, which makes Su Xin's face look even smaller. With her long black hair and slender and well-proportioned body, she looks like an exquisite doll.
Her focused eyes looked much more lively than before, paired with her pale skin and rosy lips, she looked lovable no matter how you looked at her.
"What's wrong?" Su Xin asked expressionlessly while packing her things: "Is there anything wrong? I've never worn glasses before... Will it be weird?"
"...Ah? Well, no." Sheffield shook his head, thought for a while and turned around to take out a scarf and a knitted hat from the closet, and put them on Su Xin. "In front of the gate of the departure area, the master should not take them off.
it is good. "
The action of tidying up the clothes made Su Xin subconsciously look at Sheffield. Just as she was about to ask why he didn't take them off, her attention was attracted by a string of characters.
“为什么不——-欸?战斗力15000…什么意思?嗯…这个86、58还有8-呃，咳咳咳咳咳咳……”(注1)
Sheffield grasped the two ends of the scarf tightly and straightened it, forcibly interrupting Su Xin's words, and then threatened with a cold face: "Forget it for me, my dear master..."
Su Xin coughed for a long time before Sheffield let her go. She then quickly twisted her body to avoid the maid's hand that was trying to grab her glasses, and took two steps back before she stood still.
"Give it to me." Sheffield's stern face turned slightly red. Seeing the young commander raise his eyes to answer, he quickly changed his words and said, "Lower your head!"
Su Xin was so scared that she stopped moving and raised her hand to pull off her glasses. "I took them off, I took them off."
After Sheffield confirmed that his glasses were removed, he breathed a sigh of relief and then held the butt of the gun behind him, "Yubari...!"
"Um...can I go out first? I'm going to be late..."
"My dear master..." Sheffield narrowed his eyes, "You don't want to wear these glasses?"
"Uh... but if I don't wear it, it might be exposed, right? I haven't explained to them that I used the bamboo stick before..."
"So... you don't have any inferiority complex?"
"What do you mean--ah..." Commander Su suddenly reacted and became angry, but her lack of expression made her look very non-threatening.
"I won't wear it anymore! I'll go out by myself! I don't want you to follow me!" Su Xin turned around angrily and opened the door, "'Ling', let's go!"
Sheffield did not stop him, but put on his glasses himself, then quickly glanced at the little conductor who was about to close the door.
"...Master, you really haven't made any progress at all."
"???"
Su Xin tried hard to open her eyes wide, turned around and glared at Sheffield fiercely, then snorted coldly, slammed the door and left.
After the footsteps outside the door faded away, Sheffield took off his glasses and wrote down all the data he had just seen in a small notebook.
"...It's still growing."
ps: Note 1: The data is based on the formula found on Baidu, and is a standard approximation derived based on an assumed height of 162cm. It cannot be used as a reference, so just take a look at it and forget about it.
Chapter 397: Unexpected Incident
In the end, before leaving, Su Xin ran to Yubari's laboratory and asked her for another pair of the same glasses. Of course, this time it was a version with unnecessary functions deleted.
There are two reasons for wearing glasses. One is that last time in front of Ayanami and Eugen, Su Xin relied on her "spiritual" to write on the palm of her hand, and she was able to cope with it and not expose her own problems.
This visit was mainly for casual chatting, leaving Su Xin with much less time to perceive the handwriting. Even with the "spiritual" she might not be able to hide it, so the little commander needed this pair of glasses.
As for another reason... Su Xin is actually quite interested in glasses.
After all, she was a child who had never been nearsighted, so she was curious about the experience of having something suddenly on her face. And like masks, glasses themselves also had a certain shielding effect, which gave Su Xin a sense of security.
After everything was ready, Commander Su followed the advice of the maid and chose to go out through the side door of the port area to avoid having to face the crowd at the main gate.
The Military Police is neither close nor far. After all, it is an institution used to mediate and supervise ship girls and commanders. Its location will not be too far from the port area and it can be reached in a short time by car.
In just a moment, the taxi stopped in front of the gendarmerie gate.
Commander Su paid the fare, then opened the door and got out, walking straight and steady towards the gendarmerie. This made Eugen and Ayanami, who were standing in a room on the third floor and spying on the commander, nod slightly.
"Well, no problem..."
"Captain Ayanami, you are too careless, aren't you?" Eugen looked at Su Xin who was gradually approaching and stretched a little. "Let's go, we still have to do what we have to do. It's not like you can just say there's no problem and take us there. Let's see if she is okay first.
How do you say it? "
"...Um."
The interior of the Gendarmerie Police Station is still simple and serious, without any fancy decorations or logos. The only eye-catching thing is probably the coffee machine in the corner.
Commander Su has not been here many times, but he has a deep understanding of this place.
She knew that no one used the coffee machine normally. Even if they stayed up late, the military police members with more Iron-Blooded Ship Girls would choose to drink ice beer instead of ground coffee. Of course, which one was more effective was a matter of personal opinion.
Just as I was tilting my head and thinking about something, a female voice suddenly came from the side.
"Hello, this... this is the Military Police... May I ask what may I do for you? Ah! Are you Commander Su?!" The Military Police ship girl at the service desk on the left recognized the person and covered her mouth with a little surprise.
Su Xin was stunned for a moment before she came to her senses. She greeted him casually and turned her head to look, "Eh? It's me, hello."
But unexpectedly, before the young conductor could see who was speaking, the glasses on his nose inexplicably made a slight sound, and then suddenly exploded with a "bang".
The sound of the slight explosion startled the other members of the gendarmerie. They all put down what they were doing, deployed their ship gear, and quickly rushed to the center of the hall, pointing the dark muzzles at Su Xin, who was covering her face and was surrounded.
"Don't move, put your hands above your head!"
Su Xin, who was covering her face, paused before raising her hands above her head as she was told, to show that she was not a threat.
But without her glasses, her eyesight deteriorated severely. And now she was surrounded by so many people, she was so panicked that she didn't even bother to wipe the blood off her face.
The pain made Commander Su's face distorted unnaturally, his left eye was tightly wrinkled, and he looked somewhat humane, but the military police were all scared after recognizing Su Xin.
"Commander Su... Commander Su? Are you okay? Medical kit!"
"I have it, I have it, Karlsruhe, help me get a basin of water!"
"What happened? Did someone attack her? Leipzig? Where is the Leipzig man? Wasn't he on duty at the counter just now?"
"I don't know. I just told her not to be too nervous when facing other people..."
Since the injured person was an old acquaintance of the military police, he was also a little star, and the members had always had a very good impression of the young commander, so everyone was very worried about Su Xin's injury.
It's somewhat noisy.
Fortunately, although the noise was a little noisy, everyone's actions were very organized. The well-trained military police ship girls had clear division of labor and calmed down the little commander in a short while.
"It's okay, it's okay." Chang Liang cleaned the blood on Su Xin's face, and then began to treat the wound skillfully. "The eyes are not hurt. It doesn't hurt. There is a small cut at the corner of the eye. It's not very deep. It shouldn't hurt.
Use a stitch~"
Su Xin felt that the wound was okay, but this sister from the military police of Sakura Empire always liked to blow on her wound, which made Su Xin a little difficult to adapt to. "Well... thank... thank you, I'm fine now."
Ayanami and Eugen, who had been waiting on the second floor for a while, finally arrived. When they went downstairs to the lobby, they saw that most of the members of the gendarmerie were standing around Su Xin. They were suddenly confused about the situation.
"What are you doing?"
"Ah, Captain Ayanami." Nagara responded, handed the things in his hand to his colleague next to him, and then stood up and replied: "We heard the sound of something exploding just now, and when we came out, we saw Commander Su
Hurt…”
"Explosion?" Eugen frowned. "What? Why would anyone bring in something that dangerous?"
