Some people say that the most painful thing in life is to be alive but without money to spend. For an Admiral in this world, the most painful thing is to be intercepted halfway. Imagine, after putting in so much effort, spending countless time, energy, and money, you are just about to win over the goddess you have longed for, when suddenly a guy who is even uglier and poorer than you jumps in, reminiscing about the past and using his childhood friend advantage to whisk her away. How would you feel?
Right now, Zhang Rui is experiencing such a heart-wrenching journey. It's been three years! Although Andrea Doria has never signed a contract with her and does not acknowledge Zhang Rui as her Admiral, Zhang Rui has long regarded Andrea Doria as part of her Fleet Girls. Well, now everything has gone completely wrong. What pains Zhang Rui the most is the girl's real name, Andrea Doria. What is this? This is a Battleship! Regardless of her strength, she is rarer than Lexington among the Fleet Girls!
Zhang Rui is also a thorough African. Aside from the first time she built a Destroyer Girl named Walker, she has produced nothing in the following three attempts. However! With Chuyang, a Chieftain senior backing her up, she still felt her luck wasn't too bad. But now, without comparison, there is no harm; in just a few days, Chuyang first got a G-Class Destroyer named Firefly and then snagged Lexington. Fine! She won't say anything about that, but Chuyang absolutely should not have taken away the Loli Battleship right under her nose! That was hers; if it weren't for her limited mobility, Zhang Rui would really want to pounce on Chuyang and bite him to death because she feels that Chuyang has stolen her "bride" before they even got married.
"Well, if Andrea Doria doesn't have another Admiral, then the Admiral she mentioned must be referring to me." Chuyang's expression was somewhat awkward. Earlier, Firefly had called him "Bastard Admiral," and now Andrea Doria continued with the same. He felt he wasn't that much of a bastard after all; as Fleet Girls, is it really okay for them to call their Admiral like this?
"I don't care whether you are her Admiral or not; just tell me what her real name is!" Zhang Rui gritted her teeth. She hoped she misheard; losing a Destroyer would be easier for her to accept than losing a Battleship.
"Andrea Doria; however, I prefer to call her Andrea Doria."
Looking at Sister's gloomy expression made him feel inexplicably happy. Could it be that he was just born to enjoy this?
"Bastard! Don't call me Andrea Doria; call me Andrea Doria! If you dare call me wrong again, even if you are my Admiral, I will kick you out!" Andrea Doria shouted fiercely at Chuyang while being held by Lexington. It was because this Bastard Admiral had consistently referred to her as Andrea Doria in his Operation Orders that many Fleet Girls in the Naval Base started calling her that too. Even she had gotten used to this name and treated "Andrea Doria" as her alias; however, she just didn't want her Admiral to call her that.
Both Chuyang's response and Andrea Doria's self-reference confirmed that Loli is indeed a Battleship. After hearing their words, Zhang Rui expressionlessly took out a paper bag containing photos from behind the counter and slammed it down hard on the counter.
"That will be thirty thousand."
"You are extorting me." Chuyang was somewhat agitated. He had already paid part of the deposit that day during the photo shoot, and even if he hadn't, it wouldn't amount to more than a hundred dollars. But now, Zhang Rui had thrown out such an astronomical figure; it could only be considered extortion.
Although Lexington was a wealthy woman with assets in the millions, thirty thousand dollars was hardly a big deal for her. But let's not forget, her money was his money, and Chuyang was quite shrewd! This girl was clearly acting out of psychological imbalance and seeking revenge; he would not let her succeed.
"Extortion? Senior, how can you say that? Is there any senior who bullies Sister like this? There should be a proper order in everything! Even if you were once Admiral of Andrea Doria, you have abandoned her..."
"Wait, who said I abandoned her?" Chuyang retorted. He absolutely could not take the blame for this; otherwise, how would he stand in front of his Fleet Girls in the future? How could he still recruit them?
"You bastard, you still don’t..." Andrea Doria's words were cut off as Lexington covered her mouth.
"Actually, it's like this. Our previous Naval Base was besieged by the Deep Sea Fleet and was completely destroyed. The Fleet Girls in the Naval Base, including the Admiral, were lost in that battle. I only recently found the Admiral; he suffered a head injury and forgot everything from before. This also caused changes to his Mental Power, which led Andrea Doria to mistakenly believe she had been abandoned by him," Lexington explained.
Because everything that happened at the Naval Base was too bizarre and might raise suspicions from outsiders, after some discussion with Chuyang, Lexington fabricated this story. This would also become their unified external statement regarding the Naval Base.
As for why there was no information available about their Naval Base, it was simple: just say that the Naval Base is located on an isolated island deep in the ocean.
If this reason were presented on Earth in Chuyang's past life, it might have been exposed. However, in this world, it absolutely would not be.
Despite humans seemingly having the upper hand now, suppressing Deep Sea Shipgirls with Fleet Girls, the endless ocean still belonged to Deep Sea Shipgirls. In the depths of the ocean far from the continent, there remained vast areas that humans and Fleet Girls could not tread.
For this reason, even if Naval Headquarters investigated, as long as all Fleet Girls in Chuyang's Naval Base spoke with one voice, Naval Headquarters would never uncover any clues—let alone the truth of the matter.
Of course, only Chuyang knew this truth. Even someone as astute as Lexington merely felt that everything happening was too unbelievable and would not doubt whether the Naval Base truly existed.
“Is that so, Andrea Doria?” Zhang Rui asked, somewhat doubtful. Anyone would have doubts, especially since Lexington's actions were too obvious.
“Hmm.” Andrea Doria let out a light hum, glaring at Chuyang and turning her little head to the other side. Although she didn't quite understand what Lexington was saying, Loli could probably tell who was an outsider and who was an insider. If necessary, she could just ask Lexington about it after leaving this place.
“Alright! Chuyang, she is your Fleet Girl, but you have to pay for this money whether you like it or not,” Zhang Rui said with a look that suggested she had Chuyang under her thumb.
“Why should I?”
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