On the commander's 18th birthday, the atmosphere in the entire port area was unexpectedly heavy, and everyone was made very uncomfortable by this sudden situation.
Fortunately, the door of Donghuang Dormitory was finally opened. Mother Su took Yixian, who was anxious and a little confused, out of the door and smiled at everyone, "I'm sorry, my daughter made everyone worried."
"No, no, Auntie, is the commander sick? Or is something wrong? We just came here to check on her because we don't know the specific situation."
"Well..." Mother Su closed the door and took the confused Yixian to stand next to Tiancheng, "Let her speak for herself?"
Not long after, the wooden door made a slight sound, and the ship girls who had been waiting for a long time were all alerted, blinking their eyes and looking at the slowly widening gap.
The little conductor, who has always had a low-key dressing style, changed into a pure white off-shoulder dress. The hem was extremely fluffy and the chest was wrapped tightly, leaving only the collarbone exposed, but the milky white color was still dazzling.
Her jet-black hair was tied up at the back of her head and secured with a silver hairpin with pearls. On her earlobes were silver ear clips that did not require holes to be pierced. They were embellished with tiny diamonds that twinkled like stars visible in the daytime.
There is a little sand between her eyebrows, but her face is very clean, and you can even see the tiny hairs. With the reddish color and drooping eyes, she looks completely different from usual in charm.
It was a pity that when she opened her mouth, her still childish and beautiful voice broke this image, "I'm sorry... I kept everyone waiting for so long, I just... um... I just wanted to keep it a secret..."
Dafeng swallowed loudly, but no one laughed at her at this moment. They all wanted to find out what was going on.
Su Xin was obviously not prepared to keep the secret any longer. She took a step forward, but suddenly staggered as if she had lost her balance, and was supported by Dido, whose face was flushed red, on her left.
Only then did the ship girls see clearly the lace-up high heels under the skirt. Except for the slightly white edge of the foot where it was pressed against the shoe surface, the rest of the area was pink and soft.
"My mother said that I was born at 5:22 pm on May nd, so I waited until so late. Now, now I am an adult..."
Under everyone's dull gaze, the young commander took the small box handed to him by Befa on his right, opened it gently, and took out a ring decorated with a rabbit-shaped metal piece.
“…Rafi?”
The stunned White Rabbit in the crowd didn't react, but was gently pushed forward by the Javelin with shining eyes behind him, and took two steps forward, "...Commander?"
"I didn't understand these things before, so I might have made you feel very tired, but it was that time when you said 'I like me' in front of everyone that I had the opportunity to understand everything..."
Su Xin clenched the ring and walked to Lafite with the help of Dido. She seemed to have forgotten the words and sighed in annoyance, "I... can't say those."
"I didn't see Wu Mu's proposal, so I'm not sure what to say now. Anyway... um... Rafi, can you marry me?"
Changdao in the crowd was shocked, "What the hell? Am I dreaming?"
These words seemed to have awakened the dazed Laffi, causing her to shudder. Although she had no expression on her face, tears inexplicably fell, "...I like the Commander, I have always..."
"La...Lafite...?"
White Rabbit took the ring and put it on the ring finger of her right hand. The size was just right, not too tight and not too loose. It was obviously tailor-made for her. "...Lafite thought that the destroyer would not have..."
"How could that be?" Su Xin heaved a sigh of relief with red eyes, and helped the other party turn the rabbit-shaped ring face straight, "I did it as you said? Red eyes, do you like it?"
"......Um!"
"That's good·"
Rafi blinked away her tears and grabbed the little commander's skirt, "...Then, what about Sister Yixian and Sister Tiancheng...?"
Su Xin chuckled and took another ring from the smiling Beifa. The ears on the ring were more pointed and inlaid with two tiny purple gems. "Sister Tiancheng, you must have guessed it."
"Yeah... but guesses are always just guesses. I won't be sure until you say my name..." Tiancheng smiled and stepped forward, "Is there anything you want to tell me?"
"Um... no?"
"No? Aren't you afraid that I'll be jealous? You said so much to Lafite, but you only called me by my name—
Su Xin took a step forward and climbed onto Fox's shoulder, taking a sip of the lip gloss she had carefully applied. "I thought that given the relationship between us, I shouldn't need to say too much..."
Tiancheng just laughed, and while laughing he heard the little conductor whispering, "You must have guessed it, the toothpaste you applied is orange flavored, which is the same flavor as the toothpaste I usually use. You already knew that I wanted to kiss you."
"uh-huh?"
"You didn't wear casual clothes, but deliberately wore your original robe. The sun wasn't strong, but you had your umbrella with you. You must have been mentally prepared. You're usually very casual."
"uh-huh?"
"I don't blame you...it's time for you to come back. How can you be more inferior to me?"
Su Xin took another sip. Her high heels made it easier for her to do these things. "I like you. I hope to marry you. I hope you can marry me completely."
Tiancheng's eyebrows were soft, and he raised his hand to evenly spread the lip gloss on the other person, and then stopped in front of the little commander, "Then what are you waiting for? I think... the size must be just right, right?"
"Of course, I remember everything about you." Su Xin slowly pushed the ring all the way in. "You must continue to put me first in the future, okay?"
"it is good."
Tiancheng answered without hesitation, blinking rapidly to hide the watery light while repeating it again.
"it is good."
Yixian, who was being held by Su's mother, was extremely nervous at the moment. Her calm and indifferent personality had never brought her such a strong sense of urgency in the past, so much so that she lost consciousness and hurt Su's mother's hand.
It was not until she heard her name that she came to her senses. After breaking free, Su's mother patted the back of her hand and said, "Good girl, go now?"
Yixian pursed her lips subconsciously, looked down at her plain cheongsam, and vaguely thought of going back to change clothes.
It's not like she hadn't thought about this kind of scenario before. The date two days ago was absolutely suitable for a wedding in the literal sense, but the young commander hadn't heard anything about it.
Yixian waited and waited, until this afternoon, when he felt lost in a trance. While comforting himself to give the other party more time, he sat in the chair in a daze.
When she was taken out by Su's mother, she subconsciously glanced at the closed door of the little commander's room, but unfortunately there was still no sign. She didn't expect everything to come so suddenly.
"...Sister Yixian?" Su Xin, who looked even more charming after applying lip glaze, tilted her head. The jade beads on the hairpin made a subtle sound when they collided. "Is it a surprise?"
"...Yes." Yixian breathed a sigh of relief, took the little commander's hand from Tiancheng, and replied in a gentle voice: "It's a surprise."
"Because you always look so calm, I didn't let mom tell you. But even though it was a surprise, you looked the same as usual..."
Yixian chuckled and let go of the little conductor's hand, "Look carefully? It's shaking..."
"Hmm...really?" Su Xin blinked, and smiled happily after confirming, "Then how about I add a stabilizer to it? It's in the shape of a plum blossom, but I can't carve it like that, I don't know if you like it."
Yixian, whose face was still gentle, ignored the coldness around her fingertips. Instead, she stared at the little commander who was slightly taller than her, "As long as it's you, I'll like it."
"How insincere! Sister, you haven't even seen it."
"Well, since I'm sure, I don't need to look at it anymore. Compared to it, I want to look at you again. After all... I don't have as good a memory as you. It takes me some time to engrave you in my mind."
"Well...you can take a picture."
"..
"What the hell!" Germany in the crowd was furious. "Hey servant! You've ruined my feelings, you idiot!"
Nagashima also scratched his head, "Ah... You came to your senses so quickly, as expected of you...?"
Javelin was crying while holding a handkerchief, and it was obvious that he had not yet recovered from the scene just now. Z23 had no choice but to help wipe his face without getting tired of it.
Guanghui sighed incomprehensibly and patted Kewei, who was standing beside him with a subtle look on his face. "Hey... you have to work harder, ok Kewei."
"Eh? W-what are you talking about...Sister, you should stop talking nonsense..."
"Wow... When can I be this romantic with my Indy-chan... No, Indy-chan, please stretch out your hand. I want to measure your size now!"
"Um...should we go over now? Didn't Susu call you 'Hai Ma' and me 'Ke Dad' before? Wouldn't it be bad if we don't go..."
Helena frowned and gave her stupid girlfriend a look, "What nonsense are you talking about? Auntie is still standing there, don't make trouble for Su Su..."
The originally sentimental atmosphere was broken by one sentence, and the ship girls finally regained their usual feelings, complaining as needed and staring with envy as needed. Only a person named "Helena" lowered her head in silence.
Come to think of it, it wasn't a ring at all, it was just an iron ring. She was stupid, she misunderstood it for so many years and was self-indulgent for so many years.
They have done their best to take me in. They said they would return the ring after modifying it, but they didn't say when. What are you expecting?
[Helena] smiled bitterly and wanted to turn around and leave, but her feet seemed to be rooted and could not move, and her whole body even trembled uncontrollably.
"Is it... a muscle spasm? Or something else? Shipgirls shouldn't have these symptoms..."
It was not until the warm, transparent water droplets fell from a very close range and silently hit the dry ground under her feet that Helena realized it.
"Ah...it's me...I'm crying..."
"Obviously..."
“Obviously I also…
Gradually, she could no longer hear the noisy sounds around her, as if she had been separated from the world and became an empty shell with all five senses lost.
It was not until the plain frosted ring appeared in her field of vision that Helena seemed to regain consciousness. She looked up stiffly and saw the crowd divided into two groups and Su Xin in front of her.
"Don't cry... I called you several times just now and you didn't respond..."
[Helena] suppressed her emotions and gave the little commander a painful smile, "Sorry... I was distracted. What did my sister just say?"
"Um... the ring, I fixed it."
"......Um."
"So it's time to give it back to you."
"......Um."
"Are you...happy now?"
*......Um."
"Are you willing to accept it again? Just like accepting a completely different me again."
"......What?" [Helena] sniffed and stared blankly at the face in front of her that didn't match the face in the courtyard, "......What?"
"Well... their matter... I'm working hard, we'll be able to meet soon, or... do you want to wait until we're all members before accepting it -
[Helena] snatched the ring as if she was afraid that the other party would go back on his word, and used a lot of strength to try to put it on her finger, but was stunned by the smooth process.
Su Xin was a little embarrassed. "I don't really know you yet, just like you don't know me completely, but I want to get to know you again after you grow up, just like you are willing to accept me after I become younger."
"..."
"Eh, although there is no ring face, I will make it up. Or if you have anything you like, you can tell me and I will help you right away.
“No, that’s fine…”
[Helena] smiled, but gradually she could no longer suppress her joy and sadness. She sobbed, covered her face with her hands, squatted down, and slowly, burst into tears.
Su Xin pursed her lips, bent down unsteadily, and gently embraced Helena, who was in pain because of saying goodbye to the past.
"...I'm sorry, [Nana]."
"Wow...thank you, thank you...sister..."
Compared to the proposal scene, the following birthday party seemed much inferior. Everyone focused on today's big event and no one cared about the venue.
But the organizer Hood was still very happy because the theme of her decoration was very suitable for the atmosphere of the day, and the refreshed white doves also completed the task well.
She and everyone in the port district witnessed the young commander's life event, and spontaneously tied up Eugen, who was still working in the gendarmerie.
Eugen, who had no intention of arresting anyone, complained a lot about this, and then was tied up and enjoyed being fed by the maid.
The protagonist of the party took off her white dress, exchanged the meaningful dress for the casual clothes she always wore, and ate as much as she could under her mother's instructions.
"You... why are you so hungry? Just now I wanted to praise you for growing up a lot, but now you look like this, how can you be married?"
"Hmm... I haven't had a good meal for two days... My sisters packed it up and brought it back..."
"Look at what you have accomplished." Mother Su said in a bad mood, but after thinking about it, she felt happy again, "Your father must be regretting it to death. Watching the video is not as good as the scene. Humph... He is so anxious."
Eugen, who had sworn a solemn oath and was well fed, passed by and comforted him casually, "It's okay, there are still many opportunities."
Mother Su was stunned. "What do you mean by many opportunities?"
"Ah? Ah, no, no, I mean... I mean Susu has come of age!" Eugen wiped his sweat, "She should be able to drink a little now, right? I'm here to wish her a happy wedding!"
"This..." Su's mother was obviously a little hesitant.
Commander Su was in high spirits. After swallowing the longevity noodles, he took the beer can from Eugen and said, "Sure, although it doesn't taste good, but today is special, you can try it."
"Hey, that's great. Cheers. I wish you happiness. You don't have to be stubborn. It's okay to spit it out if you can't drink it."
"Shouting, who are you looking down on?" The little commander gulped twice and swallowed hard, "Um...Hiccup, thank you...please finish your work and come to my house soon?"
"Ahahaha, thanks, Ji--uh, Frederick is glaring at me, I'm not going to drink anymore, I'm going to run away first, don't say anything @%# to Lafite! Otherwise I'll be the first one to catch you."
"Hmm... I am a law-abiding citizen, okay... Um..."
Yixian sighed, looked at the other ship girls who were reveling, and nodded to Su's mother, "Xinxin has always had a low alcohol tolerance, so I should take her back to rest first?"
"Is that so? I haven't seen her drink before. It seems that she is really not doing well. Do you need my help?"
"No need, mom. I'm a ship girl."
Su's mother was stunned, then she narrowed her eyes and smiled, and replied softly: "Hey... go ahead.
"Hmm... um? Where are the people?" The little commander, who had become a little more sober, nodded his head, "Hmm... safe..."
