If you look closely, you can tell that they held hands only a handful of times, and it was Helena who took the initiative every time.
It’s not that she didn’t give Cleveland a chance, but countless times when the mood was right, she was shy and expected him to show some expression, but was disappointed every time.
Unless she puts her hand into the palm of the person next to her, the other person will blush, stiffen his body, and walk the rest of the way in silence.
"This person is just a piece of wood!" Helena said silently in her heart many times, "She doesn't even know she can sprout after watering her!"
Back to the present, with the howling cold wind, even the ship girl can't keep her hands warm.
She had already taken off her gloves and kept her hands outside her pockets for a long time. This man didn't even think of holding her hands to help her keep warm, but he knew to take off his clothes when he felt hot.
"Wood...wood! So stupid!"
Helena was feeling dissatisfied. Cleveland beside her seemed to have heard something. He tilted his head to look at her, as if he had thought of something, and began to take things out of the ship's space.
"Well, give me a pair of gloves... It's not impossible."
Helena stared at Cleveland's hands with secret expectation, eager to see the familiar knitted products.
Unexpectedly, what the other party took out was a very common hair band.
"Your hair is a little messy, do you want to tie it up?"
Helena paused, but finally took it and said, "It can be considered as a kind of concern."
"But can't you see my hands? They're frozen white... You can see when I braid my hair, right?"
So Helena pursed her lips, moved, and raised her hand to tie the ponytail, "Cleveland, can you help me check, is the braid crooked?"
"Hmm...I don't think so."
"...Really? Can you take another good look?"
Cleveland was a little confused, but he still looked carefully as he was told. "Indeed, it's not. It looks very nice."
Helena sighed, "…Okay."
This time Cleveland noticed it, slowed down a bit and asked with concern: "What's wrong? Are you feeling uncomfortable?"
"...No. 99
"Is it really okay? If you feel uncomfortable, please tell me. We can go back and rest for today. Ming Miao is at the gathering place. We can ask her to help us when we go back."
After receiving the concern, Helena's bad mood caused by Cleveland's lack of understanding of romance gradually dissipated. After thinking about it, she decided to give him another chance.
"I...I'm just a little cold."
"Huh?" Cleveland was stunned. "Didn't you wear the same outfit yesterday? Is the temperature dropping again today?"
"Should... should..."
"Then you can wear my coat first?"
Helena felt better again, and after thinking for a while she described it more specifically, "My hands are mainly cold..."
Cleveland looked at Helena's pale hand, frowned, took her hand in the other's expectant eyes, then put it in Helena's pocket and withdrew.
"You don't have to fight yet. Just put it in your pocket for a while."
Helena was angry and reached into Cleveland's collar. The cold temperature made Cleveland stagger and shiver violently.
"I want you to cover it for me!"
Cleveland tilted his head, held Helena's hand, and responded in a naive manner.
"...ah?"
"Help me cover it!"
"oh oh!"
Cleveland finally understood the meaning of the words and blushed. He held Helena's hand and put it in his pocket.
Helena, who took the initiative to ask for her hands to be warmed, had her fair cheeks quietly stained because of the words she said and the sudden increase in the temperature of her palms.
Phoenix, who was following behind the two of them, turned his head with a sullen look and asked the young commander.
"...Did you understand? Did you learn anything?"
Su Xin pursed her lips and nodded, and as Phoenix sighed with a hint of "there is still hope", she made a note of it in her mind.
"To prevent sweaty hands, remember to use extra tissues."
Chapter 472 Royal Parade
Today, Su Xin was one of the first people to set out from her own port area.
It's not that something happened suddenly, it's simply because several members of the team arrived too early. The vicious people in the slacking group haven't even gotten out of bed yet, but everyone here has already gathered.
But for the Royal Navy, this is actually normal.
Taking care of one's appearance in advance, preparing necessary items, and arriving at the agreed location some time in advance are basically the rules that the Royal Ship Girls strictly abide by.
After all, even the Royal Ark will take up its position first.
However, the Royal Ark naturally could not be seen in today's team. Not only did Miss Hood feel upset, but the Royal Ark also did not want to stay here.
Let's just split up. You go to the expulsion team where there's someone watching and do the bloodletting treatment, and I'll go out to sea to retire with like-minded sisters.
As for bringing children...
Miss Hood looked at Su Xin who had put on her makeup, and then looked at Sheffield who was following beside her.
".·I don't have to worry about it anyway."
The sun was shining brightly today, and it was a rare sight to see the heavy clouds dispersing. This inexplicably made Miss Hood feel a lot more relaxed.
It was windy and snowy a few days ago, and the heat could not be retained at all. If I didn't rely on a thermos when I went out, I couldn't even drink a sip of hot water.
The Royal Ship Girls pay more attention to their manners, so when they participate in activities where they will meet strangers, they will basically wear their original clothes to appear decent.
However, the wind was too strong the past two days, and both Miss Hood and Guanghui wore sun hats with their outfits, so they had to pay attention to whether they had their hats on when they were fighting.
The wind is light today, so I think I can feel more relaxed.
Guanghui saw Miss Hood's slightly raised mouth corner out of the corner of her eye and knew that she was in a good mood. She turned to glance at the little commander who was working hard on his way, thinking that they would be able to relax more this time when going out to sea.
This time, Su Xin did not ask the three men to carry her, but chose to jump forward by herself. The speed was not fast, but it was not very strenuous, so there was no problem with battery life.
Finding someone to act as a porter is naturally a more efficient method, but neither Guanghui nor Miss Hood looks like the type who is suitable for carrying people on their backs.
Needless to say, Miss Hood has a special obsession with etiquette. She would not bend over if she could avoid it. At most, she would lift her skirt to bow. It seems inappropriate to ask her to carry her back to others.
Guanghui's situation is even more outrageous. She has managed to keep her balance with great difficulty on the sea with few obstacles. If Su Xin hangs on her, it would not be surprising if she falls a few times.
As for Sheffield...
Su Xin glanced at the other person's expressionless face and was a little hesitant to mention it.
"..I always feel like they'll insult me, and then ask me to go up with a cold face, reluctantly... should I just forget it?"
"Do you have any instructions?" Sheffield noticed the young master's gaze and turned his head to look at her.
Su Xin hurriedly shook her head to indicate no, "I just...well, I'm a little bored."
Guanghui smiled and started a casual conversation.
"How was your fun yesterday? Did the Royal Ark give you any trouble?"
"Hmm..." Su Xin recalled and found that Royal Ark was indeed much more obedient than before, so she shook her head, "No, she was very... very normal yesterday."
Miss Hood listened to the whole thing and nodded with great satisfaction. "It seems that the teaching during that period was still necessary."
Su Xin, who had heard about this, was smart enough not to ask any further questions. Although she was usually very self-disciplined, she naturally had no interest in such formal things.
Every time Miss Hood heard the little commander take over the conversation, she didn't mind, as if she had only intended to mention it briefly.
Guanghui served as the host of the tea party for a long time. Every time Miss Hood was unable to continue the conversation, she would change the topic to ensure that the tea party could continue.
This time was obviously the same. Her bright and beautiful eyes glanced at the silent Sheffield, and she immediately thought of something and expressed her concern.
"Sheffield, have you finished the course you bought last time?"
Su Xin was stunned, and turned her head curiously to look, and found that the maid's expression was flustered for a moment.
"There aren't many classes." Sheffield and the little commander looked at each other. "There were a lot of things to do. I didn't have time to study, so I dropped out."
Actually, this was a lie. Commander Su was well-known for being easy-to-care-about in life. He loved cleaning, tidying up, had a regular schedule, and ate whatever he was given. At one point, he even made Sheffield feel like he had nothing to do.
It was precisely because she was too idle that the maid, apart from doing simple cleaning work, mostly followed behind Su Xin.
The young commander had mentioned to her before that she didn't have to follow him all the time, and if she had time, she could rest early or do something she liked.
However, Sheffield was so absorbed in the maid's affairs that she only came to her senses a while ago.
"..Oh, it seems like she doesn't need my care at all."
When the young conductor fell ill on the train, he slept in Yixian's compartment for several days. Yixian was responsible for his meals and medicine, and she couldn't even get involved.
In addition, the atmosphere in the port area is so good that anyone is willing to run around for her little master. After all, it is very difficult to be an irreplaceable maid.
After much consideration, Sheffield decided to use his excessive free time to find something to do.
It is obviously not appropriate to raise a cat or a dog. Although I can understand the busyness and fun of taking care of them, Su Xin is obviously still the first priority. It would be a real dereliction of duty to neglect one while focusing on the other.
There is no point in planting flowers and grass, it is too idle. After thinking about it, I decided to go to Sheffield and sign up for a course to learn some skills.
The class she had signed up for before was about embroidery, but unfortunately, she did not have the talent of Portland and the young master. She could learn it just by watching, but it was useless when she tried.
Sheffield guessed that this might be because she was not very good at drawing, which resulted in the strange patterns she tattooed. She wanted to make a handkerchief, but in the end she failed and threw them all away.
".If the master saw this, he would definitely laugh at me."
So Sheffield gave up, and after a little thought, decided to learn some things that Su Xin didn't know, so as to prevent herself from being mocked by her sharp-tongued little master all day long.
Finally, after discussing with Guanghui, she signed up for a musical instrument class.
However, this course has not started yet, and there is still half a month left. The classes are basically held in the evening and will not affect her weekday work. She didn't say it because she was afraid that Su Xin would ask about it.
However, the young commander obviously had some impression of the characters in the game in his previous life. After a short silence, he offered some tentative suggestions.
"Sister Sheffield, would you consider... learning to play the electronic organ?"
"...What?"
Su Xin was a little undecided. After all, it was something in the game, and it was hard to say whether it could be applied to reality, so she shook her head and said, "Well... nothing."
Sheffield's secretly tense body relaxed a little, but he didn't expect the little conductor to add, "But you can learn vocal music. I think my sister's singing will be very nice."
"...You are such a joke."
Su Xin was too embarrassed to say anything more because her plan was rejected. However, Sheffield seemed to be thinking about something. Since there was no direction, he might as well just follow the young master's expectations.
"..It's just a hobby, you won't ask me to form a band, right?"
Chapter 473 Royal Parade 2
I don’t know if it’s because the weather is too sunny today, which caused the Sirens that were staying at home to come out for a walk.
After leaving the safe zone, the Royal Squad encountered an enemy almost every three steps. It was not even lunch time yet, and they had already sunk dozens of Siren ships.
You know, on weekdays, traveling and looking for monsters is the most time-consuming. Unexpectedly, today it was the opposite. Not much time was spent on traveling, and Su Xin spent even longer scraping the boat.
"...Aren't there too many battleships today?"
Miss Hood and the other two stood not far away, watching the commander on the opposite side throwing torpedoes while chatting about a random topic.
Guanghui nodded, "There are a lot more aircraft carriers, and it's quite troublesome for my carrier-based aircraft to take off back and forth."
"Then why not just let them fly outside? It saves the trouble of recycling them." Miss Hood asked curiously as she looked at the carrier-based aircraft that had shrunk and returned to the deck one by one.
Guanghui glared at her when he heard this. "Your gunboats don't consume any energy by not firing. Can't you be more considerate of our aircraft carriers? Even if Susu is richer... you should still save as much as possible."
Miss Hu De did not refute, but squinted her eyes and tried to look in Su Xin's direction. When Guanghui saw her like this, he knew that she must not be wearing contact lenses today.
"Why don't you wear your glasses?"
"It's mainly up to Susu to do it." Miss Hood didn't care. "Her... "experience bar"? We can't help, so we simply didn't bring it here."
Guanghui covered his lips and chuckled, "You just want to be lazy and drink tea, right?"
Just as Miss Hood was about to answer, she heard a loud explosion from the other side, thick smoke and flames rising into the sky. The huge ship was broken in half.
The flying debris was blown away by Sheffield's extremely accurate gunfire, and the broken part in the middle and rear of the battleship began to take in a lot of water, and it was not far from sinking.
