Elder brother's garrison

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"That's right, isn't it? Pretty good deal, huh?"

"Yes, indeed..."

"Then I'll ask you for help one more day tomorrow?"

"me……"

"Good luck, Miss Miao! I'll reserve your tickets right away. Beep! All bought!"

Xiao Bai's joyful voice sounded so beautiful in the darkness.

Miao Yang half-heartedly fell into the driver's seat.

Seeing Miao Yang's state, Xiao Bai gave her an apologetic smile.

Early the next morning.

Xiaobai, along with Saratoga, Akagi, and Akagi and Kaga from the Deep Sea, once again visited Shikumei's company.

When Xiaobai and his group arrived at Luming's dressing room again, before they could even open the door, Xiaobai heard the sounds of girls laughing and playing coming from inside.

"That voice... could it be..." Xiaobai murmured, gently knocking on the door.

Footsteps sounded from the door, and then the door to Lu Ming's dressing room was opened.

"Welcome! Who is it?" A very stylish and beautiful human girl popped her head out of the dressing room with a smile. When she saw Xiaobai standing in front of the door, her smile became even brighter. "Oh my! Look who's here! Isn't this little sister Lu Lin!"

"You are... Miss Luming's makeup artist...! The one who did my nails!"

"So much time has passed, and little sister Lu Lin still remembers me?" The human girl smiled happily upon hearing Xiao Bai's words and pulled her into the dressing room. "Little sister, we heard about you from Lu Ming. You're amazing! Our company was able to start operating thanks to your help this time!"

After Xiaobai and her group entered the dressing room, the room, which had been rather deserted yesterday, was now brightly lit and decorated. A group of lively and cheerful makeup artists were circling around Luming, constantly changing her clothes and decorations.

Lu Ming sat quietly in his seat, like a dress-up doll being manipulated by the young ladies. When he heard Xiao Bai enter, Lu Ming turned his head slightly to look in this direction.

Xiao Bai waved to Lu Ming.

"Makeup artist sister...? What are you doing?" Xiaobai looked at the girl next to her.

"Hehe, today is a long-awaited start to the workday, so we need to carefully put together an outfit suitable for the advertisement." The makeup artist girl patted Xiaobai's head affectionately, her smile as bright as a little sun. "Little sister Lu Lin, how about it? Do you want to try being on camera with me today?"

"Uh... I, I think I'll pass..." Xiaobai shuddered and quickly shook her head.

"Sigh...we even prepared more than a dozen outfits for you." The makeup artist sighed regretfully, "What a pity..."

Chapter 2426 Clothes Make the Man

Lu Ming's makeup artist team did not show any restraint when Xiao Bai and his group visited. Even though they already knew Xiao Bai's identity as an admiral from the company, their attitude towards Xiao Bai and his group was as warm and welcoming as ever, without any sense of distance.

It seems that for these young ladies who are passionate about dressing up others, Xiaobai's identity is closer to a delicate and cute girl next door than a vague and high-ranking admiral. At the same time, she is also a top-notch dress-up doll and a dream clothes hanger in the Lolita style.

Makeup artists and the like all love dead clothes hangers.

"Little sister, you've come!"

"Come here, let me comb your hair!"

"Little Lu Lin, come here quickly! I have a hair clip here that would suit you perfectly!"

"After we parted last time, your older sister came up with several outfit ideas for you!"

"..."

The other makeup artists in the dressing room greeted Xiaobai and her group warmly, and, true to their word, tried to entice Xiaobai.

Saratoga's cheating radar went up to full power in an instant.

Saratoga strode forward and, like a little tiger guarding its prey, hugged Little White, glaring warily at the women in front of her, preventing the makeup artists from getting any closer.

"Oh? This is also a very pretty young lady. Is she new here?"

"Would you like to come here and get your hair done?"

"Your figure is quite similar to Lu Ming's. Do you want me to give you a couple of outfits to wear?"

The makeup artists completely ignored Saratoga's protests and called out to her with smiles on their faces.

Saratoga's golden ahoge (antenna-like hair sticking up) instantly straightened, and she grinned at the women in front of her while holding Little White, humming and whining, which drew another round of teasing from the group of human girls.

"Haha, I'm shy."

"Okay, okay, next time we'll find a secluded spot to dress you up."

"..."

The dressing room, which was rather quiet yesterday, is now much more lively amidst the smiles of these energetic girls.

Saratoga, panting, dragged Little White to a secluded corner. Hugging Little White's shoulders, she asked as if they'd stumbled upon a group of freaks, "Little White, what's wrong with these people? Why aren't they afraid of us at all?"

"Maybe... maybe I'm just naturally outgoing," Xiaobai said, scratching his cheek and smiling at Saratoga.

"No, no, no, I suspect they're after you!" Saratoga shook her head vigorously, then solemnly warned Xiaobai, "Xiaobai, remember to stay away from them. They're definitely the kind of bad women who will drag you home!"

"Okay, I'll pay attention."

After replying to Saratoga, Xiaobai's gaze returned to the group of human girls.

After greeting Xiaobai and her group, the makeup artists once again focused their attention on Luming. With their concerted efforts, Luming's outfits changed every few minutes, like an assembly line. One second she was a sophisticated urban woman in a tight-fitting and fashionable work outfit, the next she became a beautiful princess in a European-style tutu, and in the blink of an eye she instantly transformed into a sporty cowboy in leather boots. One outfit after another, it was truly an eye-opening experience.

Xiao Bai looked at the group of makeup artists with a newfound respect.

Although the enthusiasm of these makeup artists was a bit overwhelming for Xiaobai, Xiaobai didn't actually dislike them.

The feeling of being with these enthusiastic young ladies is a little bit like being with ship girls.

Pure, enthusiastic, with clear goals, and a touch of naiveté.

Xiaobai doesn't dislike this feeling.

Xiao Bai and her group sat in the corner of the dressing room, quietly watching Lu Ming's costume show. About half an hour later, someone knocked on the door of the dressing room.

A makeup artist put down the wig she was wearing and ran to open the door. As soon as the door opened, a small mountain appeared outside.

Upon closer inspection, it became clear that it wasn't a small hill, but a tall, muscular man in a suit.

Lu Ming's manager, with a folder tucked under his arm, bent over and walked into the dressing room. He first glanced at Lu Ming sitting in front of the dressing table, then shifted his gaze to Xiao Bai and his group.

"Admiral Lu Lin, you've arrived." The man in the suit breathed a sigh of relief at Xiao Bai and his group.

"Good morning, Mr. Agent." Xiao Bai waved to the man in the suit with a smile.

The man in the suit seemed to have something to say. He opened his mouth, but then glanced at the human girls in the room before taking down his folder and fanning himself in front of the makeup artists.

"Alright, alright, it's almost time. Stop playing around and head over to the venue to prepare for the competition. I need to talk to Lu Ming about work."

The man in the suit urged the makeup artists in a low voice.

The makeup artists weren't surprised by the men in suits chasing them away. They chuckled and patted the men's muscular chests, making faces at them, but still obediently ran out of the room.

"Waaaaah! They're chasing me away!"

"The devilish muscle manager is unleashing his power!"

"A little bit!"

"They're running away!"

The makeup artists left with their makeup tools.

The man in the suit watched the makeup artists leave with a helpless expression. He sighed, closed the door behind him, and then gave Xiaobai a wry smile: "Admiral Lu Lin, I'm sorry to have made you laugh."

Xiao Bai smiled and shook his head.

"These girls, they're never serious, sigh..." The man in the suit sighed, stepped forward and handed the folder in his hand to Xiaobai, "Admiral Lu Lin, this is the contract for this advertisement shoot, please take a look."

"This... is it confidential? Can I see it?" Xiaobai asked curiously.

"Now that things have come to this, what does it matter whether it's classified or not?" The man shook his head with relief, and then said, "Besides, letting Admiral Lu Lin see this will help you understand the shooting format later."

“That makes sense.” Xiaobai took the contract from the man with both hands and quickly flipped through it.

In addition to most of the contract information and the contract concerning the conflict of interest, Lu Ming's advertising contract this time also included the entire process of shooting the advertisement.

Xiao Bai silently memorized the process of shooting the advertisement, closed the folder, and handed it back to the man.

"Is Admiral Lu Lin not interested in the contract?" the man asked, seeing that Xiao Bai had only flipped through it a few times before returning it to him.

"No."

"Then why did you just flip through it a couple of times, Admiral Lu Lin, and..."

"Because I wrote it all down," Xiaobai smiled at the man.

"..." The man in the suit.

Seeing Xiaobai's adorable smile, the man in the suit fell silent.

"Since... you've written everything down, let me summarize it again." The man in the suit held up the folder and said to Xiaobai, "In addition to the studio we arranged before, we'll also be filming at the venue in the center of Yuncheng. Filming will start in half an hour. During that time, Admiral Lu Lin, your ship girl will be responsible for protecting Luming's safety, is that alright?"

"Leave it to us," Xiaobai nodded.

"Then, regarding the disguises of the ship girls..." the man in the suit said to Xiaobai, "Considering that the main objective of this operation is to lure the enemy out, in order to avoid alerting them, we hope that your ship girl, Admiral Lu Lin, can temporarily disguise herself as a staff member and stay by Lu Ming's side."

"...Disguised as staff?"

“Yes, ship girls are different from traditional bodyguards after all.” The man in the suit glanced at the ship girls behind Xiaobai, a hint of caution flashing in his eyes. “Ship girls are able to maintain a slender figure like a young girl while possessing superhuman physical strength. This is very advantageous for your covert operations, and I think it should be able to achieve a surprise victory.”

"Hmm...that's true." Xiaobai turned her head and glanced at the ship girls behind her.

Compared to the usual menacing male and female bodyguards, ship girls, who have no signs of training and have delicate figures, are indeed less likely to be noticed by human enemies at first glance—provided that the enemy doesn't notice their overly beautiful faces.

“We’ve provided each of you with a set of loose-fitting work clothes and a baseball cap.” The man in the suit seemed to see Xiaobai’s doubts and said to her, “Luming’s work environment is mostly female. As long as you stay by Luming’s side, you should be naturally treated as staff members by others.”

"The agent is so meticulous," Xiaobai couldn't help but exclaim to the man in the suit.

"I just wanted to consider as many things as possible." The man in the suit sighed. "I just hope that we can successfully catch the criminal this time and make Lu Ming's working environment safe."

"We'll do our best," Xiaobai encouraged the man.

"I hope so," the man in the suit nodded.

After exchanging information with Xiaobai, the man said goodbye to everyone, citing that he still had work to do later, and left with the folder in his hand. Not long after he left, staff from Luming Company delivered five sets of work clothes.

There was no one else in the dressing room, so the ship girls and the deep-sea deans simply used it as a changing room and quickly changed into their work clothes.

The work uniforms of the Deer Company are inconspicuous blue cement uniforms, with a simple style and loose fit. Even for women with good figures like the ship girls, after putting on this unattractive uniform, their slender and curvaceous figures are instantly completely covered by the loose fabric. Coupled with the wide blue baseball caps covering their cheeks, as long as they lower their heads slightly, the ship girls and the Abyssal Deans instantly go from being beauties with a 100% head-turning rate to inconspicuous passers-by on the roadside.

Chapter 2427 Filming Begins

"Clothes really do make the man." Xiaobai sat in her seat, resting her chin on her hand, watching the ship girls in front of her change into their work uniforms.

A rich aroma wafted to Xiaobai's nose.

Xiaobai turned her head and saw Akagi Fukami walking towards her, dressed in work clothes. The loose work clothes and baseball cap did temporarily conceal Akagi Fukami's outstanding appearance and figure, but the most eye-catching, strong, exotic fragrance emanating from her could not be hidden by the simple fabric.

"My lord, perhaps I should stay here," Akagi said regretfully to Shiro. "I can't help you, and with this stench bothering me, I'm afraid I'll only be a hindrance to you."

"Now that you're here, there's no reason for you to leave."

“But this taste…” Akagi Fukami lowered her head regretfully.

"Canned herring! I have more!" Akami Kaga quickly raised her arm and rushed forward, pretending to pull something out of her ship's equipment space.

"Hey! No, no, we're going to shoot a commercial. If you bring that stinky bomb out, we're doomed in every way!" Xiaobai quickly waved his hand, stopping Shenhai Kaga's actions.

"Oh……"

How can we cover up the smell?

"Perhaps Your Majesty would prefer that I take a taxi home by myself."

"That won't do either. In some ways, your situation is more dangerous than Miss Luming's!"

"..."

While Xiaobai was discussing with the ship girls, Luming rummaged through the drawer of the dressing table for a while, then came up with a glass bottle about the size of a palm.

"Use this." Lu Ming handed the bottle in his hand to Deep Sea Akagi.

Akagi took the glass bottle and looked down at it.

The glass bottle that Lu Ming handed over was a crystal bottle that was crystal clear and sparkled with a dazzling luster. It was engraved with very gorgeous decorations and many flamboyant and elegant English letters. A transparent liquid was flowing in the bottle, and it looked quite valuable.

"Miss Luming, what is this?" Everyone looked at the bottle in Akagi's hand and curiously looked at Luming.

“It’s a perfume that a manufacturer sponsored for me,” Lu Ming explained to Xiao Bai. “Because it was custom-made, there should only be one bottle in the whole world. Let her hold this in her hand and occasionally walk up to me and spray it into the air around me. Other people who smell it should think it’s perfume.”

"Is this...is this okay?"