"Hmm... Hmm?" The dazed destroyer rubbed his eyes, looked up at the gentle woman, and his sleepiness was immediately scared away, "Mom, Mom..."
"Huh? Ah... So you didn't make a mistake? Haha... I thought you would call me auntie. I'm a little surprised that you suddenly did that."
Lafite swung his legs embarrassedly, then remembered that he was there to pick someone up, so he quickly jumped off the flower bed and raised his hand to hold the person's hand, but felt it was awkward.
Fortunately, Su's mother liked cute children very much and was more focused. Seeing this, she took the opportunity to wrap her hand over and said softly, "Then please trouble Lafite to take me home."
"...Um!"
"How is Xinxin doing lately? Has she grown taller? From the phone it looks like she has gained some weight, but I don't know exactly how she is."
"...Yes, it's higher than Lafite..."
"Really? Last year the gap between you didn't seem that big. As expected... you've grown up very fast."
Rafi nodded and sat up straight somewhat stiffly, his upper body swaying as the taxi moved, like a tumbler.
Mother Su smiled and patted the other person's arm gently, "Don't be so formal. If anyone should be nervous, it should be me. We haven't even met the other people yet."
The white rabbit leaned back into the back seat, thought for a moment and said comfortingly: "...It's okay, everyone... is fine..."
"Really? Can you tell me? Anything is fine. Xinxin always talks about good things every time she calls me, such as how delicious the meal was today, and how she received a new commission yesterday. She must be trying to coax me."
There is nothing to be ashamed of. The daily life in the port is indeed very peaceful. Except for the conflicts during events and between individual ship girls, it is pretty much the same as what the commander said.
But since Su's mother wanted to listen, Lafite naturally agreed and talked about the changes in the port area intermittently.
Wei He listened carefully and tried to remember the name mentioned by White Rabbit, so that he could match the ship girl's face with her name as soon as they met.
Unfortunately, Rafi's energy was always insufficient except for tormenting the little conductor. He kept muttering to himself until he was hypnotized by the tiny vibrations of the taxi and the sounds that almost blurred his mind.
Wei He naturally noticed something, but had no intention of waking the other party up. He just asked the driver to drive slower, helped Lafite adjust his posture, and then looked out the window and calmed down.
"Hmm... How should I introduce myself to those ship girls later...?"
Hood: [Lafite? Where are you? Ask the driver how long it will take to get back to the port?]
Hood: [Lafite?]
Hood: […You didn’t fall asleep?]
Hood: [Lafite?]
"...I can't get in touch with her." Hood put down his phone and sighed, "If I ask Ms. Wei directly, she might get noticed, and then there will be no surprise at the welcome ceremony..."
Guanghui frowned in worry. "Then...how about having Nagashima watch outside and come back to tell us when a taxi approaches?"
"...That's all we can do."
So Nagashima, who was watching anime, went on a glorious expedition. He was thrown out of the gate by Hood while holding his phone horizontally. He stood at the intersection and continued to watch the anime while mumbling.
Ming Miao deliberately stopped doing business today. There were not many people near the gate, which made Changdao extremely bored. He simply took off his headphones and turned on the loudspeaker.
【真実夕書一D! (There is only one truth!)】
"Ha... When will it end? He's still in elementary school... Is it really okay if one person dies every day...?"
Nagashima watched boredly as the elementary school student injected the anesthetic needle again, solved the murder case with the help of the sleeping uncle, and finally turned off the phone and looked up.
"When is it-oh my god?! Is it really coming?"
Looking at the taxi turning not far away, Changdao put his phone away, then ran towards the port area and rushed straight in front of Hood.
"Hood-ah! Here they come, here they come!"
At this critical moment, Hood didn't even bother to care about the other party's address. He immediately looked at the maids guarding both sides of the door and raised his hand to signal them to get ready.
The ship girls who came to greet them all ran out, looking eagerly towards the port gate, wanting to see what kind of person the young commander's mother was.
The omnipotent Befa and Sheffield, who had learned some music, were on full alert. Seeing Dido nervously setting off the fireworks, one of them pressed the sound box while the other released the dove. Beautiful classical music sounded along with the sound of the doves flapping their wings.
Seeing someone coming in from the gate, Hu De took the lead and said, "Let's welcome the young lady from Wei who has come from afar - huh?"
"Eh?! Sister, everyone seems to know that we are coming back today, buli~"
"Of course, even if I don't say anything, everyone will organize themselves spontaneously. Hehe... I am really important, purin~"
The gleaming gold drill bit stung Hood's eyes, causing the expression on her face to suddenly turn cold, but she didn't just ask them to stop. Instead, she turned around and announced after the two sisters came in.
"It was just a drill. Repeat. It was just a drill. Cheer up. The guests will be here soon!"
Bree Sisters: ???
Chapter 796: Making Relatives
"You have to have a limit to how funny you are, right? Can't you see everyone is waiting here? Why are you back when no one has gotten off the bus?!"
Changdao shrank his head, feeling that he was wronged. Didn't Hood say that he would come back and report immediately when he saw the car? How would she know who was in the car?
Besides, if she waits until she sees someone before running away, she will definitely be discovered, right? She is not a bad girl hiding from the gendarmerie, so who would believe her if she said there is no trick?
Fortunately, Hood also understood this principle. After giving the Meerkat a few words of instruction, he put the Meerkat back outside the gate and reminded the other party to make sure there were two tall and short figures before coming back.
Changdao is difficult, too difficult. You have to make sure that the other party will not discover you when getting off the car, and you have to pass the message back immediately.
Come on, even though she keeps saying she is a ghost, how can a ghost eat, sleep, play games, or glue? If you really want to be absolutely sure, why not ask Suzuka to do it?
Oh, Susu hasn’t finished her retreat yet? That’s okay.
Changdao, who took office for the second time, didn't dare to watch the video, for fear that he would be distracted and miss the opportunity to tip off. He could only lean on the street lights and stare at the end of the road.
"Cheche...Cheche...When will you come, Cheche..."
She was always asking others on the Internet to send her cars and resources, and was quite interested in this kind of blind box resources. She never expected that one day she would be looking forward to a real car.
Fortunately, the driver did not let her down for too long. After waiting for about ten minutes, the orange and yellow color she had been expecting finally appeared in the distance.
Changdao hurriedly retreated towards the gate and squinted at the taxi parked in the distance. The doors on both sides of the back seat opened at the same time, and a little fleshy leg stepped on the ground first.
"With this length, it's definitely a destroyer!"
The Meerkat turned and rushed in, jumping in front of Hood again, and assured: "It's definitely right this time! Two people and a destroyer, it must be Susu's mother!"
Hood gave her a rare look of appreciation, then immediately raised his hand to signal the maid to get ready. As the Brie sisters watched in awe, he signaled that the welcome ceremony would begin again.
The peace doves that were caught from rooftops and trees, their feathers all disheveled, spread their wings and flew high again. As elegant piano music played, two people, one tall and one short, walked in hesitantly.
"Welcome Ms. Wei to Hong Kong-Long Island!!!"
The Meerkat in the crowd turned pale with fright, and the runaway Big Wave also lost his smile. The two of them turned around and rushed into the port area as if they had seen a ghost.
Kumano, who was confused, saw the familiar figure and immediately became angry. After briefly greeting everyone, he dragged Becky to chase after the person.
"If you had the guts to run away, you should have expected this day to come!!!"
"Oh, commander, Becky brought you some swelling-reducing ointment—"
Hood gritted his teeth and caught a glimpse of the iron-blooded leader's gaze. He quickly reminded himself to calm down, pay attention to his expression, and not lose his composure in front of others, "...Befa."
The all-powerful maid picked up the large net bag and said, "Befa understands. Please wait a moment. There are locators installed in advance, so they can't run away."
Peace dove: nmd, wsm! (Kamen Rider stalk)
Guanghui sighed and dragged his cheek, "How about I go and watch? I still have confidence in myself..."
Hood glanced at the other person's high heels, then looked at the weight that was almost as heavy as his head, and felt that the possibility of him falling flat on his face was more than ninety percent.
War-weary frowned and hesitated for a long time, and finally asked: "...Why not use a telescope?"
"..."
"..."
Hood looked at Sheffield with a stern face, "..it's time to use it now."
Sheffield, whose deputy job was also that of a special agent, understood what he meant immediately. He turned around, took out a very fine drill, drilled a hole in the wall, and then inserted a camera the size of an embroidery needle into it.
He also installed a bugging device at the base of the wall, put headphones on himself, and stretched the antenna very long, like a wireless TV station.
Finally, she pulled out a large metal object that looked like a periscope, stuck the thick end on the wall, and put her eyes close to the thin end to monitor carefully.
Hood couldn't hold it in, and the corners of his mouth began to curve downwards. "...What are you doing?"
"Maybe... using a telescope?" Guanghui answered uncertainly, "Well, Xie Fei is definitely more professional than us, don't worry."
"...I just want her to lie on the wall and use a normal telescope to look..."
Sheffi, who was not far away, interrupted coldly, "I'm sorry, Ms. Hood, my professional ethics do not allow me to complete the task with such simple equipment."
"What kind of professional ethics is this? Meow!!" The unscrupulous businessman who just took out the binoculars and was about to ask for a sky-high price complained angrily
The group waited and waited, until Befa caught the desperate pigeons, until their spirits gradually relaxed, but Sheffield's reminder still did not come.
Hood sighed and looked at the bored ship girls apologetically. Just as he was about to apologize, he caught a glimpse of a figure approaching the gate and subconsciously said
"Welcome to Ms. Wei--er."
Essex blinked at a loss, and explained in a low voice under the gaze of the ship girls: "Sorry, it was Senior Enterprise who asked me to come for dinner today... Am I here too early?"
The [Enterprise] in the crowd who said he was a "retired ordinary person" raised his hand and said, "Come over first."
"Oh... sorry, sorry." Essex breathed a sigh of relief and ran to Enterprise's side. "I thought I messed up something..."
"...No, I'm basking in the sun." [Enterprise] found a strange reason to comfort himself with a blank expression.
Essex was not stupid. Of course he could tell that this was just a way of comforting himself. There was no need to dig deeper and ask further questions, lest both parties feel embarrassed.
She thought about it for several days after her last conversation with Enterprise, and finally confirmed that she was just aimlessly trying out various ways of life outside of combat.
Essex is confident in her abilities and still dreams of catching up with her predecessors. She just lacks the platform to perform.
So after thinking it over again and again, she decided to accept the advice of the [Enterprise], take advantage of the opportunity given to her by Su Xin to work hard and let her seniors know and remember her first.
Essex came to the port area today to discuss the terms of exchange with [Enterprise], but he didn't expect to encounter such an embarrassing scene.
"... Commander Su, is she really going to get married?" Lawyer Ai, who specializes in divorce, asked in a low voice.
[Enterprise] was as serious as ever, shaking his head and responding, "Her mother is coming, and everyone is very nervous, so it turned out like this."
Hood was also feeling tired. He stepped forward and patted Sheffield who was squatting in the corner, "Why didn't you tell me that a guest was coming?"
Sheffield took off his headphones, stood up and saluted. "The master's mother hasn't arrived yet, so there is no reminder... Do I need to give a warning every time?"
This isn't a fight, and warning someone is too scary, isn't it? Hood sighed, and was about to shake his head to let the maid continue, when he heard a voice he hadn't heard for a long time behind him.
"Uh... is it such a big deal?"
"Hmm? Susu? You're out." Hood raised his lips, feeling better. "Your mother should be welcomed in a grand manner. It would be bad if she feels that she is not valued."
"How could that be? And that periscope is... Have you been waiting for a long time?" The young commander looked at the complete equipment, not knowing what to complain about.
Sheffield shook his head. "Less than an hour. That's less than the time you usually stay in bed."
"That's only in winter, okay... I've been on time every day since the Chinese New Year!" Su Xin pouted, "And why can't you just ask me directly? My mom has already sent me a message, why are you waiting here for so long?"
"Because you haven't shown up all the time, everyone thinks you are very busy and doesn't want to disturb you... So when will Ms. Wei come?" Guanghui leaned closer and asked softly.
Su Xin glanced at her phone, "...Well, we're here."
Hood was shocked. "What?! Where are we? Are we at the port?! Pigeons? Where are the pigeons?!"
Befa released the pigeons with leaves mixed in their feathers and watched them fly into the air and then fall down, gathering on the ground listlessly, unwilling to move.
The wireless speaker consumes too much power, causing the piano music to be intermittent after playback, sounding like the disc is stuck
The shipgirls were startled by the news of the sudden arrival, and stood up too quickly. A certain unlucky Sakura aircraft carrier didn't even know who tripped her, and accidentally pulled out a handful of fox fur amid Zuikaku's screams.
Su's mother walked on the dirty carpet, looked at the pigeons pecking at the ground, listened to the fragmented music, and walked into the port area in this extremely strange scene.
"Uh... Mom, did you come at a bad time?"
The little commander, who remained calm and even used to it, threw himself into Su's mother's arms, rubbed against her comfortably, and laughed softly:
"No, it's just the right time. This is my daily routine."
"I'm sorry, Ms. Wei, I made you laugh."
"You are...Hood, right? Don't be so polite. There's no need to be so amused. I'm already very happy that you welcome me so much."
Hood was obviously still a little upset, brooding over the fact that he had messed up the welcome party. "I should have left a good impression on you, but in the end..."
Su Xin took the tea handed to her by Befa and gently placed it on her mother's table. She also steadyed Dido, whose face was red and whose hands were shaking, to prevent the cake from falling off the plate and onto the ground.
"Sister Hu De, I thought it would only be a grand ceremony on my birthday, but I didn't expect that even the welcoming ceremony would be..." Su Xin pinched her ears, "Well... I'm sorry to have troubled you."
Mother Su took the opportunity to pick up the porcelain cup and took a sip. "Hmm... it tastes good. Is it because of the special tea leaves? Or is there a certain requirement for the brewing technique? I want to learn from you and let my husband try it when I get back."
