"Almost, almost two years..."

About the time he spoke.

Taotu was stunned, turned to look at Xia, and narrowed his eyes slightly.

Xi Ya was speechless and did not dare to look at her, so she could only avoid it and lowered her head, biting her lower lip with her teeth, and her slender fingers as white as jade were tangled and intertwined on her thighs.

Don't know why.

She was as cold as an iceberg in front of outsiders, whether she was facing Mootu, the "official couple" known to the entire navy, or Bellemere, her childhood sweetheart who had grown up with Nosha...

She always has a humbleness that is engraved in her bones, like an underground lover who feels guilty after being suddenly exposed.

"In other words, you all only met Nuo Xia after he arrived at the Navy Headquarters. It's only been a year or two..."

Bellemere gritted his teeth and said bitterly: "It was obviously me first... He had already made an engagement with me more than ten years ago... You two are the latecomers who ruined our relationship!"

"

Childhood sweetheart?

Looking at the angry and unwilling maroon girl, Taotu was completely stunned this time. She didn't say anything for a long time, but when she lowered her head to sip the tea, her right hand holding the handle of the cup was trembling slightly.

In a trance.

She remembered the winter of the year before last, how she had gone through so much trouble and asked Sister He to assign her and Nuo Xia to the West Sea together.

But in the end, he went to his post alone. At the first branch base in Xihai, he waited for more than a month for Nuo Xia to return to Donghai to visit relatives before he finally arrived belatedly.

Visiting relatives? What kind of relatives are you visiting?

From the very beginning of our acquaintance, that guy has been deceiving me...

A sour feeling came to his heart inexplicably. Taotu sniffed gently and brought the teacup closer to his face, hiding his slightly red eyes.

And at this time.

"Daddy, daddy!"

There was a thumping sound from the stairs. Nuoqigao, who was playing with toys upstairs, giggled, rushed down, and held the phone bug in his hand to Peach Rabbit:

"Hey, I have your phone number!"

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Behind the captain's desk.

Nuo Xia sat on the spacious sofa chair, listening nervously to the sound of people coming downstairs from the other end of the phone.

Noqigao didn't seem to know what was going on, and smiled happily. Maybe the situation over there was not as bad as he thought?

The next moment.

The phone on the table suddenly made a soft "kocha" sound and lazily closed its eyes.

What's the situation and was hung up directly?

Nuo Xia was stunned, and immediately woke up the phone snail. Under the dissatisfied eyes of the little snail, he turned the dial again and dialed.

Brubru~

kocha.

As soon as I got connected, I was immediately hung up.

He didn't believe in evil, so he dialed several times in succession, switching to Bellemeier's number in between, but without exception, he was hung up the moment the call was connected.

It’s really broken...

Nuo Xia finally gave up torturing the phone bug and lay back weakly on the back of the sofa, with a slight bitter taste in his mouth.

Damn it, you didn't even give me a chance to confess my mistake.

It seems that I was too optimistic just now, and the situation over there may be heading in an unpredictable direction.

Forget it, there must be a road before the car reaches the mountain. It is not something that can be explained clearly in one or two sentences on the phone. We might as well wait until we return to the headquarters and talk face to face...

Tuk Tuk.

At this moment, a gentle knock on the door suddenly came. Nuo Xia immediately returned from his thoughts to reality, straightened his clothes and expression, and then said calmly:

"Enter."

With a creak, the wooden door was pushed open, and the figure that appeared at the door made Nuo Xia stunned for an instant.

——It was a beautiful pink-haired girl in pajamas who was so sleepy that she couldn't open her eyes and kept yawning.

Tina???

Wasn't she taken by Lieutenant General Zhizi to the G1 branch base in the second half of last year? How could she be on this warship coming from the West China Sea?

"What are you busy with, Gion-sama?"

Little Tina didn't notice Nuo Xia's surprised look. She rubbed her sleepy eyes and walked over muttering:

"Didn't I agree to sleep with Tina before? Why haven't I seen you come over after taking a bath for so long..."

As he spoke, he came to Nuo Xia's side and pulled his arm, "There are official documents that will be processed tomorrow. Come quickly, the thunder outside is so loud that Tina can't sleep alone..."

Nuo Xia's expression suddenly froze.

The reason is simple...

One year has passed.

Tina, who is already fifteen years old, has not lost any areas where she should be growing, and her figure is slim and graceful. Being so close to her, it is inevitable that there will be friction between the skin.

Even against wave collisions.

"call……"

Nuo Xia closed her eyes slightly and took a breath.

Although his status allows him to take advantage of the opportunity to act unscrupulously.

But he still held back.

"Tina."

He opened his eyes, resisted the itching sensation coming from his chest, gently pushed away the soft and delicate body that had been pressed into his arms, and said seriously under Tina's blank gaze:

"Stop being ridiculous, it's me."

Eh?

Tina obviously hadn't woken up yet. She tilted her little head and looked at him with her big clear eyes, filled with big question marks.

"What happened on Goole Island happened again."

Nuo Xia looked at Tina, "You should understand what I mean, right?"

"..."

Tina was stunned for two or three seconds before she suddenly realized what she was doing. She covered her mouth and screamed: "Hey, eh???? Brother Nuo Xia?"

"right."

Nuo Xia sighed helplessly, "Although I don't know what happened, I obviously didn't run into that beaver cat again... Anyway, I am here now, and Gion is already at the headquarters.

Already."

"Forget it, don't talk about this."

Nosha had a headache when he thought about the situation at the headquarters, so he simply changed the subject, "Why are you on the ship in Gion? Where is Vice Admiral Shibako?"

"Grandma Zhizi is still over at the G1 branch."

Talking about business, Tina responded obediently: "The situation there has been a bit tense recently. Grandma said that a big war is about to break out. It's not safe for me to stay there. Sister Gion's ship happened to be passing by to supply supplies, so I simply entrusted

She sent me back to headquarters."

Passing by?

Nuo Xia suddenly felt enlightened.

That's right, the West Sea is not connected to the first half of the Grand Route. If you want to go through the Red Continent to the Navy Headquarters, you must first make a detour to the New World. It is normal to choose to rest and resupply at the G1 branch halfway.
Chapter completed!