The Reborn Admiral of the Ship Girl

"Um……"

Shropshire stood in front of the counter without making any movement. This behavior had been going on for several minutes.

What is her condition now? Do you want to ask? Did something happen that deserves her attention?

As their commander, Zhong Yu believes that one of his responsibilities is to solve their problems when they have troubles or doubts. Even if you can't solve it completely, you should at least do your best.

Let's do this. In a few minutes, when I finish drinking the cup of tea, I'll ask her when she comes over.

This is what I thought in my heart, but the movements reflected on my hands actually accelerated the progress of drinking tea. It only took about a minute, but the tea cup in Zhong Yu's hand was already empty.

Is this really a few minutes?

Zhong Yu raised his eyebrows slightly and spoke while complaining about his actions.

"Shropshire, Shropshire?"

Different from the past, Shropshire didn't react at all during the first tone, so when Zhong Yu came to the second tone, he specifically raised his volume.

"Huh?! Ah! Commander, I'm sorry, I was distracted. Yes, is the tea gone? I'll come now."

After successfully calling Shropshire out of her trance, she hurriedly picked up the teapot and quickly walked to Zhong Yu's table.

"Thank you. Don't worry, just sit down for now. Is there anything you care about recently?"

Shropshire came to the sofa and sat down. When she heard Zhong Yu's question, she shook her head.

"Nothing of particular concern."

"Are you particularly concerned about it? In other words, there is still something you care about. If you don't mind, can you tell me about it?"

"But it depends on you personally. I feel like you're a little absent-minded today, so I'm a little worried."

The sincere words and the concern in them made Shropshire's pretty face blush slightly.

"Thank you, Commander. In fact, recently I have been thinking about whether to expand the small garden or change the planting of the children."

"why is that?"

Regarding the little garden in Shropshire, this was a location that had been settled in the early days of the Docklands. And in the former port area, that was also the location chosen by Shropshire himself. For her convenience, Zhong Yu told her the location when he arrived in the port area.

Now that place can be said to be the most colorful place in Minato City, and other people also like to go there and stay for a while. If Hood and the others had a tea party, they would choose it there.

It's just that this trouble in Shropshire seems to have never happened in Zhong Yu's memory, but to be honest, after experiencing so much, Zhong Yu himself understands that his memories are of no use anymore.

In addition, in order to prevent himself from indulging in the past, Zero also exercised slight restraint. Now that so-called past memory is no longer important to Zhong Yu.

"There are just enough children inside to make scented tea. Considering that there may be people like Leia and Admiral Yunheng who come to visit the commander in the future, I think it is necessary to plant more children to use as scented tea."

Speaking of this, Zhong Yu remembered that Liya and Yun Heng had indeed asked for some scented tea when they left a few days ago. After talking to Shropshire, I did bring them a bunch of scented tea.

Now that I think about it, the number is really astonishing, so much that the smiles on both of their faces could not be suppressed.

"Ah, is it because Yun Heng and Liya took too much scented tea and it was not enough? Let me tell them."

"That's not the case. There is still a lot of scented tea, which is enough for future use. But I think if the commander wants to give it to others in the future, it is best to prepare more."

"And...the commander also likes it very much..."

Speaking of the latter part, Shropshire's voice became noticeably softer, and his face, which had returned to normal, turned red again. Although the voice was very low, with the blessing of his own physical strength, Zhong Yu could still clearly hear Shropshire's whisper.

Well, after all this going around and around, in the end it’s still because of myself.

Zhong Yu thought she understood Shropshire's thoughts. She probably thought that since scented tea was so popular with everyone, Zhong Yu also liked it very much. In order to prevent the supply of scented tea from being insufficient in the future, we decided to increase the scale.

How can I put it, this consideration for one's own sake really makes people unwilling to reject her, and there is nothing to refuse.

Emotionally and logically, the expansion of small gardens in Shropshire is definitely beneficial, leaving aside the benefits of more scented tea. If the port area can be made more beautiful, the ship girls should be happier living there.

"First of all, I want to thank you for your thoughtfulness. You are indeed my favorite maid."

Facing Zhong Yu's frank praise, Shropshire twisted up in embarrassment.

"My favorite...actually, it's not that..."

"Then, I also want to ask you, if the small garden is really expanded, can you take care of it?"

Shropshire nodded, "Absolutely, I still have a lot of free time on weekdays, and other people will come to help."

"That's fine, I totally agree with you, Shropshire."

"You can go about your business next. I'll set off after finishing this drink."

Zhong Yu licked his lips, took off his admiral uniform coat, and rolled his neck.

"This outfit is not suitable for activities. Let's change into something more comfortable for exercise later."

Seeing his eagerness to try, Shropshire suddenly had a bad guess in his heart.

"Commander...don't you think you want to go there yourself?"

"Well - it's not good to ask other people to do this kind of thing. Everyone has their own things to be busy with. And after I finish handling official business, I should be the most laid-back person in the entire Minato area."

Zhong Yu stretched himself as a way to wake up his body. Facing Shropshire's surprised and panicked eyes, he smiled and patted the documents piled on the upper right side of the table.

"Not to mention I'm done with it."

"No, no, I will take time to look around. You don't need to go in person."

"But then it's daily watering time, isn't it?"

"Well……"

Zhong Yu's question interrupted what Shropshire originally planned to say. Indeed, according to the normal schedule, after spending some leisure time with his commander, he should go to water the children. .

"Anyway, I've decided to just take a walk around the port area, don't worry."

"Then, please be careful."

Once your commander makes a decision, it will be difficult to change it. Shropshire knew his character very well, and in the end he could only helplessly warn and regret that he had not said it out loud.