Having been convicted and having a good time, Shokaku was overjoyed. He stood up, dusted himself off, and chuckled as he shared his happiness with his sister.
"You see~ teasing your seniors is so much fun."
Chapter 549: Date? It's shopping~
Su Xin didn't pay much attention to the major festivals throughout the year, even her own birthday. The only one that impressed her was probably the New Year's Eve in Donghuang.
In her previous life, Su Xin's family was not well off, so only on New Year's Eve would Su's mother prepare several meat dishes that were not usually served.
As for other festivals, the Su family basically keeps them simple, and the formalities and customs are all handled by Su's mother. As a child, Su Xin only needs to study hard.
In her previous life, ever since her mother passed away, Su Xin no longer celebrated festivals. She ate when she was supposed to, and slept when she was supposed to, and her life was pretty much the same every day. It was not until she traveled to this world that the situation changed a little.
Su's father and mother in this life are from the south. According to local customs, they worship gods every month. Su Xin had seen this many times when she was a child, but she was not very interested in it.
In addition, in order to become a commander, Su Xin left home to study at a young age. She was less exposed to cultural customs and had no idea about festivals.
This is the custom in Donghuang, let alone festivals from other places. She has no impression of other people saying "Valentine's Day". It might be more useful to say "Valentine's Day". At least she remembered it when she was memorizing words.
Therefore, Su Xin could only blame herself for being spied on. Coupled with the "missile attack", "gun headshot" and "accident in the kitchen" not long ago, it proved that she was destined to be unlucky today.
Of course she heard the verbal exchange between the people outside the wall. She squinted her eyes and glanced at the lower part of the wall. There were indeed two inconspicuous small holes, proving that Shokaku did not frame her.
"...Forget it, since we're clean now, shall we go first?" The young commander took another look and after making sure that no one was around, he pulled Pinghai up and walked inside.
It's very comfortable to soak in this pool, but it's a pity that someone disturbed her. Plus, its safety is worrying. I think she won't come for a while.
"Unless Mingmiao seals off the surrounding area."
Su Xin entered the dressing room naked, and then she thought, "Wouldn't it just be a bigger bathtub? Why did she come all the way here?"
While getting dressed, the little commander's mind began to wander again.
"Akagi-nee seems to be particularly restless lately."
"As long as I carry the sachet with me and change the tail hair inside regularly, there shouldn't be any trouble..."
"Why did you suddenly come here to poach my people today?"
"...Come to think of it, I only heard the voices of Akagi-nee and Taihou-nee just now, but... Atago-nee didn't come?"
Su Xin felt a little strange, but after hesitating for a moment, she felt that she was really a masochist. She was so scared when others came, and felt uneasy when they didn't come. It was really outrageous.
She frowned and shook her head as she thought about it, and finally she simply raised her hand and tapped her head lightly twice to stop herself from being suspicious all day long.
"Commander, do you have a headache? My sister said that you have to blow dry your hair after taking a shower, otherwise your head will get wet and hurt..."
It was obvious that this was said to coax the child to blow dry his hair. Su Xin did not rush to correct him, but took the hair dryer to fix his hair.
"Well... sometimes I envy you guys a little bit." She played with her hair in sync with the whirring hot air, and chuckled as she casually said, "It dries instantly after taking a shower, and it's also very convenient to put on and take off clothes."
Pinghai took it seriously, and after thinking for a while, he tentatively suggested, "If the commander finds it troublesome, Pinghai can help blow dry the commander's hair, and can also help the commander dress and undress."
Su Xin didn't know what she was thinking after hearing this. She muttered in a humorous way: "Why do we need you to come? There are too many people taking off their clothes..."
"Hmm? Who is it?" Ping Hai pondered carefully and caught a glimpse of Dido coming down from the wall into the dressing room. "Oh, it's Sister Dido, right?"
"Eh? Me? I...what's wrong with me?" Dido, who came in in a panic to look for someone, was completely confused.
Su Xin didn't expect this answer. It was quite interesting. The maid was supposed to take care of her daily life, although she didn't think she needed anyone to take care of her.
"No, I just wanted to call you and you came."
After hearing this, Dido stopped asking questions, folded her hands neatly in front of her belly, and stood quietly by with her head down, waiting for arrangements.
Because someone was peeping, Commander Su was very embarrassed and dressed much more quickly. Of course, he changed his jacket and pants that were stained with chocolate sauce and planned to wash them when he returned to his room.
Because the bathing time was too short, when the three of them walked out of the bath together, the sun had not yet risen to its highest point and it was not even noon.
With so many things happening, Su Xin became more and more convinced that today was not a good day and it was not advisable to continue wandering around. The first priority was to find someone to help protect her and get through it safely.
Lafite is a wine lover and a sleepyhead. Although it is comfortable to be together, there is no guarantee that something will go wrong after they fall asleep. What if a real missile flies in and blows up someone's room?
Tiancheng is strong enough, but judging from the fact that she helped Akagi win the [Pants Battle], she definitely supports Akagi in pursuing her. She might run into him by then, which would be too embarrassing.
After much thought, only Yixian is the most reliable. Being from the same Donghuang makes Su Xin feel more friendly to her. In addition, the [Pants Battle] did help her buy a lot of time.
After a moment's thought, Su Xin let Pinghai go back to the kitchen to teach Cleveland, and decided to take Dido to Yixian, at least to avoid today's "romantic luck".
The two walked for a while before arriving at the dormitory, but couldn't knock on Yixian's door. He didn't seem like the kind of person who would stay in bed. Su Xin guessed that he was not at home, so she simply called him to ask.
[Susu? What happened?]
"Sister, where are you? I knocked on the door but no one answered..."
[Ah… I’m in the command room. Shouldn’t the secretary ship stay here during working hours?]
"..Oh, right, I forgot." Su Xin felt a little ashamed. She had no work during the support period, which caused her to subconsciously ignore this matter after she came back. "Then I'll come now!"
[Okay, it’s okay to go slowly, there’s no rush.]
The little commander said "goodbye" obediently, turned around and headed towards the command room with the maid.
When they walked a little further and stood in front of the command room, Yixian opened the door at the right time and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Come in and sit down first. I have sorted out the documents. You will have time to look at them later."
Su Xin didn't have a procrastination problem. She wanted to finish everything at once so that she would have time to arrange other things, so she walked towards the desk as soon as she entered the door.
She was already very familiar with the job. She started to look through the documents quickly, signing what needed to be signed and rejecting what needed to be rejected without hesitation. She even had time to chat.
"Sister Yixian, why did you come so early in the morning? You didn't even remind me."
"I know you handle things quickly, so I didn't rush to call you. It won't be too late to come after you finish your work." The secretary replied with a smile, and pulled the maid to sit on the sofa to rest.
Su Xin sighed upon hearing this, "Nothing serious... Well, sister, let me tell you, I'm really unlucky today. It's not safe to stay anywhere..."
As the young commander spoke, he recounted a series of complicated events that had just occurred in a short period of time, and at the end he muttered twice, "How strange."
Yixian seemed to have noticed something and replied, "No wonder." Seeing Su Xin's curiosity, he told Su Xin that Dafeng had just left suddenly while fiddling with the lock outside the door.
This made Commander Su Xiao even more panicked. He always felt that this command room was not a safe place. If it was destroyed, it would probably take a lot of time to restore so many files.
Yixian thought it was funny, but he didn't refute it. He just thought for a moment and tried to suggest: "If your home is in danger... why don't you accompany me to buy New Year's goods?"
"Hmm? Oh... New Year is coming? That's fine, I've almost finished reviewing it, shall we go now?"
"Aren't you worried about being attacked? Then let's go now without further delay." Yixian took some clothes and prepared to go to the bathroom to change. Before closing the door, he looked at the maid and said, "Dido, are you going too?"
"Eh? Can...can I?"
"Of course, Susu and I aren't going on a date, so it's better to have some fun. But you can't wear maid costumes, and you have to change your clothes."
"De…Dido understands!"
After finishing the last stroke, Su Xin saw that both of them had gone into the bathroom, so she quietly rubbed her hot ears.
"A date?"
Chapter 550: Emotional Intelligence
Su Xin's dressing style is casual, with pure colors, mostly black, white and gray. There are almost no brightly colored clothes, and you can't even find large pictures or words on the clothes.
Yixian is similar to her, but she prefers more classic styles. The cheongsam that comes with the ship suit is very much her favorite.
It’s just that the hem of the dress was too short and too tight, only one-sixth of her long legs were covered, which was really conspicuous in the late winter when the temperature had not yet risen.
She did have the idea of wearing it when going out so that the little wooden boy at home would get jealous, but the price would be to feast the eyes of others, which was not cost-effective, so she had to give up.
After choosing for a while in the ship's uniform space, she simply followed Su Xin's example and wore long sleeves and long pants, and even wrapped herself in a velvet shawl. She looked warm and luxurious, like a well-educated young lady.
Dido hadn't bought any clothes when she first arrived, and the maid outfit was too special. Su Xin had some extra ones, but the size was not right. She knew without trying them on that the pair of tights couldn't fit into them at all.
Yixian is taller than her, so it should be no problem to lend her a set of clothes, but after trying them on for a while, she found that the size was still a little small on the chest.
The two people in the bathroom looked at each other, and the smaller Yixian joked, "Well... being too big is also a problem."
"You...please don't make fun of Dido..." The maid blushed and felt even more embarrassed when she felt the tightness on her chest.
"Okay, okay, I have some looser clothes." Yixian handed over a very elastic sweater. "Maybe it will make you look... figure-flattering, but it's okay. Just use a scarf to cover it up a little."
"Thank...thank you."
"We're a family, so we don't have to be so polite."
Su Xin, who is very much like a boy in terms of dressing, doesn't quite understand why it takes so long to change clothes. Every time she goes out, she basically just combs her hair and considers herself ready.
However, this person was self-aware and did not really ask for delivery. Instead, he carefully put the documents away to prevent any bad things from happening during the waiting process and involving these innocent papers.
After everything was tidied, the door of the bathroom happened to open, and the two people who had just changed their clothes looked more ordinary, without the flamboyant beauty of the ship girls, but with a bit more of the air of fireworks.
"Well, it looks good."
"Thank you...thank you for praising Dido... Dido is really...really happy..."
Yixian glanced at the young commander with a faint smile and said nothing much, but from his gentle expression, it was clear that this extremely simple compliment was effective.
"Shall we set off now?" Su Xin took two steps after receiving the answer, then paused and pondered for a moment, "Oh, by the way, Sister Dido, don't call me master after we go out, okay? You can call me by my name or Su Su."
"This... How can this be..."
"Okay, just call her Susu with me. If we delay any longer, what if something happens again? Let's just leave it at that." After saying that, Yixian pulled the other person out the door with one hand each.
There has been a recent trend of businesses being built and settled in the vicinity of the port area, so there are more people than usual, but at least people are sensible and know to build at a certain distance so as not to disturb life in the port area.
The nearest building is probably about ten minutes' walk away, and it is still a semi-finished project, with only a concrete frame built. It doesn't look very high, and I guess they are afraid of blocking the view inside the port area, so most of them are kept at one or two stories high.
This height can only be used for small shops, and real estate projects can be rented out or sold to merchants to open stores. It is unlikely to be a shopping mall, but it is better to have it than not.
Su Xin had previously approved relevant documents, allowing development near the port area. After all, it would be more lively after it was completed and it would be easier to get a taxi, which would be a good thing for the ship girls.
However, it will take several months at most, and it will take time to attract investment and settlement, so there is no time to rush. Therefore, Su Xin took a look and stopped paying attention.
"Where are we going now?"
"Well... last time, when you wore glasses to the gendarmerie and they exploded, didn't I take you shopping for clothes? We went to that mall, right?"
Su Xin had no objection. She turned to look at Dido who was tugging at the hem of her sweater. "Sister Dido, what do you think?"
"Master... no... no, Susu... you just make the decision..."
The young commander didn't know whether to laugh or cry when he heard this, and seeing that the maid was still so nervous, he simply hooked their arms, one on the left and one on the right, thinking that they would relax if they became closer.
Dido already admired her young master, and now their arms were hooked together. Although the contact was not much and they were covered with clothes, it was enough to make her heart beat faster for a while.
Yixian accepted it well. Her desire was not as strong as those from Chongying, but stronger than that of little Lafei. Now that they had physical contact, she was naturally in a good mood.
Perhaps because there were more people nearby, the time it took to get a taxi was much shorter than before. After a while, a taxi stopped in front of the three people.
Su Xin was childish and didn't want to let go, so the three of them swayed and squeezed into the back seat awkwardly. The driver was not in a hurry and let the passengers make their fuss. He only shifted gears and started the car after everyone was seated firmly.
The car was more stuffy than outside and the space was narrower. Commander Su Xiao was sitting in the middle, so it was inevitable that he would bump into something on his left or right.
She was quite conscious and quietly loosened her grip on Dido's arm, then moved her little butt towards Yixian, earning a loving pat on the head from her girlfriend.
The master saw through the rearview mirror that the three of them were close to each other, and they were picked up near the port gate. He naturally thought that they were ship girls, so he praised them: "You three sisters have a great relationship."
Su Xin might have been shy before confirming the relationship, but once she was sure, she was very direct. She hooked her arm around Yi Xian's and moved closer to him, and even proudly introduced them: "We are not sisters, we are my sister and my boyfriend!"
“Ah…ah?”
The uncle was a little surprised, but he didn't find it weird. After all, it's not uncommon for female commanders and ship girls to be close to each other. In addition, protecting humans is naturally worthy of respect, so everyone is very accepting of same-sex relationships.
"Oh... that's good too. You two look so... uh... talented and pretty?"
Yixian was in a good mood after hearing this. He thanked the master for his praise and raised his hand to pinch the conductor's nose affectionately, "The driver is driving, why don't you sit down quickly?"
"Oh."
Su Xin straightened her body and sat up straight. She found Dido looking at her enviously and shook the maid's hand. "Of course, I have a good relationship with Sister Dido."
"Well, Lord... cough, thank you Susu..."
Yixian's eyes were full of smiles when he saw this. He always felt that his little commander was very clever and it was hard for others not to like her. However, he didn't know when she would be able to control her philandering nature.
But at least the atmosphere was good, and it was a good start for this shopping trip during the refuge period.
After the three of them arrived at their destination, paid and got off the bus, they were shocked by the bustling crowd in front of them. It was not even noon yet, but there was already a sea of people coming in and out.
Yixian breathed a sigh of relief, held Su Xin's right little paw and reminded her, "Hold your hand tightly. If you get lost, you will be caught and sold."
"I'm not a child..."
As the young commander spoke, he held Dido with his left hand. He accidentally saw Yixian glance at him and the maid casually. An idea suddenly came to him, and he quietly moved his right hand and squeezed his five fingers into the other's fingers.
Seeing Yixian's expression become brighter than before, Su Xin, who had finally come to her senses, breathed a sigh of relief.
