Elder brother's garrison

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"No... I wouldn't dare!" The man lowered his head, not even daring to look at Xiaobai. "You are the true genius! My questioning of your abilities today was already presumptuous! How could I possibly harbor any hatred towards you! I have deeply realized my mistake regarding my abrupt behavior this afternoon. I dare not ask for your forgiveness, but I am willing to offer you the draft analysis of the research questions I have worked on over the past month, hoping it can be of some help to you, so that I can have some peace of mind!"

After the man finished speaking, he waved to someone behind him while still kneeling and kowtowing.

Then, a rumbling sound was heard, and from the crowd, several ship girls pushed a small bulldozer, which was taller than a person, to the man's side. They parked the bulldozer in front of Xiaobai, then stood on either side of the man and bowed to him.

The small forklift was filled with all sorts of thick, beige draft papers, each neatly covered with various problem-solving steps. All the papers were neatly arranged together.

Chapter 2604 The World's Number One Luo Lian

When the admiral with the messy hair apologized to Xiaobai and his group, there were other admirals and ship girls passing by on the surrounding streets.

When the cart loaded with draft paper appeared before everyone, the admirals watching from all sides widened their eyes, casting eager glances at the cart and whispering amongst themselves.

The crowd around them gradually drew closer.

But the next second, the ship girls waiting by the cart noticed the approaching crowd. They quickly raised their eyebrows and made guarding and vigilant gestures towards the admirals around them.

Under the hostile gazes of the ship girls, the crowd that had been approaching them reluctantly took two steps back.

"Huh? A manuscript?" Little White, who was being picked up by Veneto, looked curiously at the admiral with messy hair kneeling on the ground. "Is this for me?"

"Yes! If you don't mind!" The admiral with the messy hair remained kneeling and shouted in a strong and clear voice.

“Manuscript… um… manuscript…” Xiaobai murmured softly, somewhat puzzled.

Although the fact that the Chicken-Headed Admiral personally came to apologize gave Xiao Bai a sense of relief, he really didn't understand what this truckload of manuscripts meant as a gift for the apology.

In Xiaobai's mind, manuscripts are basically equivalent to draft paper.

The kind that sells for two yuan per kilogram at the scrap metal recycling station.

If you sell five jin in one go, you can even get verbal praise from the older women.

Is this something I could give as a gift?

Xiaobai was skeptical about the value of the draft paper, but looking at the reactions of the surrounding crowd, she realized that everyone seemed to be very envious of the cart of draft paper. If it weren't for the ship girls watching around, these people would have rushed forward and devoured the cart. So she subconsciously felt that it wasn't that simple.

"Lianlian, Lianlian..." Xiaobai called out to Luo Lian in a low voice.

"Hmm?" Luo Lian looked up at Xiao Bai.

"Is a manuscript something amazing?" Xiao Bai beckoned to Luo Lian, then whispered in Luo Lian's ear.

"The value of a manuscript depends on the person who created it. Ink and paper are cheap, but the thoughts and knowledge contained within them are different." After listening to Xiaobai's words, Luo Lian tiptoed and whispered in Xiaobai's ear, "If it's just the kind of scratch paper that ordinary students use when doing their homework, then of course it's no different from waste paper. But if it's a manuscript by an engineer working on a scientific research project, depending on the importance of those projects and the amount of information, the value of the manuscript in their hands will rise to an extremely exaggerated level."

"That's amazing?"

"Ah."

"And this whole truckload of manuscripts..."

“The solution can be deduced from the content of the manuscript. Obtaining these manuscripts is basically equivalent to directly obtaining the results of his scientific research and problem-solving over the past month.”

"Will it be a big help to you, Lianlian?"

“Well, I’ve only just arrived at Chapter 8, and I haven’t even seen the questions yet. So my problem-solving progress is already a month behind the other admirals. If I could get these manuscripts, it would definitely help my problem-solving process later on.” Luo Lian nodded and said very sincerely.

"I see." Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief.

After a brief chat with Luo Lian, Xiao Bai finally understood the value of these manuscripts.

“Veneto,” Little White patted Veneto’s arm, “put me down.”

“Admiral Lu Lin, but…” Veneto was still a little worried.

"I'm fine, don't worry." Xiaobai smiled and nodded at Veneto. "I think the person apologizing is quite sincere."

“…Okay.” Veneto gently bent down and placed Little White back on the ground.

With his feet firmly planted on the ground, Xiaobai stomped his feet and then walked up to the chicken-headed admiral.

The chicken-headed admiral remained kneeling and kowtowing, even when Xiaobai walked right in front of him, he stayed in that position without moving.

Xiao Bai patted the chicken-headed admiral on the shoulder.

The chicken-headed admiral trembled slightly. He raised his head and looked at the person in front of him with some confusion.

Standing in front of the chicken-headed admiral, Xiaobai had a kind face and an innocent and cute expression.

"What's your name?" Xiao Bai asked the chicken-haired admiral with a smile.

"Yes, yes, I'll explain!" the Admiral with the scraggly hair quickly replied after a brief moment of distraction.

“Fang Jie…Admiral Fang, right?” Xiao Bai nodded and said to the spiky-haired admiral, “Thank you for your manuscript, it’s been a great help to us.”

"Then, what about this afternoon..."

"As a dignified admiral of Chapter 8, a person of considerable standing outside, you actually put aside your pride and brought your ship girls to my doorstep, even apologizing in front of so many people on the street. Even if I'm petty, I wouldn't hold a grudge against you." Xiaobai gave a wry smile, then patted the admiral with the messy hair on the shoulder. "Get up, Admiral Fang. What happened this afternoon was just a misunderstanding."

"Ah... thank you, thank you very much!" The admiral with the messy hair let out a long sigh of relief, as if his whole body had become much lighter.

“Cleveland, Veneto, let’s push this cart out into the yard.” Nia glanced at the restless crowd around them, then reminded Cleveland and Veneto, “It’s windy outside. It wouldn’t be good if the draft paper got blown away and there was any damage.”

"Understood!" Cleveland and Veneto quickly walked to the cart and, under the envious gazes of the crowd, pushed it step by step into the yard.

After the cart entered the courtyard, a few sighs could be faintly heard from the surrounding crowd.

"Admiral Fang, get up, the ground is cold." Xiao Bai said to the marshy-haired admiral with a smile, "It wouldn't be good if you caught a cold."

"Thank you for your concern." The admiral with the messy hair pressed his knees, grimacing as he slowly got up.

Nia's house had a proper stone brick floor in front of it. The "Tiger Landing" dogeza that the Chicken-Haired Admiral had just performed on Xiaobai was sincere and hard to refuse, but such a crazy move was still very difficult for a human body. Although the Chicken-Haired Admiral's body looked fine on the surface, the knees, thighs, arms, elbows and other parts under his clothes must have been bruised and purple from hitting the hard ground.

"Since you've come all this way, Admiral Fang, would you like to go inside and sit with the ship girls?"

"No, no, this disturbance was already too abrupt." The admiral with the messy hair said regretfully to Xiaobai, "My ship girls and I only came to apologize. Since you have all forgiven me, I should be sensible and go back, so as not to make you feel upset by seeing my face any longer."

"Admiral Fang is too kind," Xiao Bai smiled, but still nodded. "Then, Admiral Fang, we'll meet again sometime."

"See you again someday!" The chicken-headed admiral took two steps back and bowed to Xiaobai and his group.

The admiral with the messy hair and the ship girls left.

Xiao Bai and the others returned to the courtyard and closed the gate tightly.

"I initially thought this guy with the messy hair was the kind of frivolous, sarcastic admiral, but I didn't expect him to admit his mistakes and correct them." Nia bolted the door shut, muttered to herself as she returned to Xiaobai's side. Then she instructed Cleveland, "Cleveland, this carload of manuscripts will probably attract a lot of attention. There might be some petty thieves coming in. I'll arrange for a few more ship girls to patrol the area these next few days. I'm entrusting the security of the yard to you."

“Okay. No problem.” Cleveland gave Nia an OK sign.

Nia smiled reassuringly at Cleveland, then looked at Xiaobai and Luo Lian.

After returning to the courtyard, Luo Lian went straight to the cart, picked up the draft paper on top, and began to read it with a focused and serious expression.

"Lianlian, how's the quality of this manuscript paper?" Xiaobai asked Luo Lian.

"Hmm, it's not bad. The problem-solving approach is flexible and clear, with appropriate detail. Most importantly, the handwriting is very neat. It looks like the manuscript was made by someone who frequently solves problems and writes related papers." Luo Lian said to Xiao Bai while looking at the manuscript in her hand. "This person must have considerable experience in the field of mathematics."

"I just searched his name on the Admiral Forum," Xiaobai said to Luo Lian, picking up her phone. "The Admiral Forum says that Admiral Fang Jie is a very famous Admiral in Chapter 8. Although, from the perspective of the Admirals in Chapter 8, Admiral Fang's naval base is mediocre and his professional abilities as an Admiral are also average, he is quite talented and accomplished in the field of mathematics. Moreover, he has maintained his love for mathematics for more than ten years. He has also won many awards and rankings in mathematics-related competitions. Many people jokingly call him an Admiral who chose the wrong profession."

"No wonder." Luo Lian nodded. "Very skillful."

"So his draft really helped Xiaobai a lot?" Nia, who was standing nearby, quickly came over to ask.

"Yes, if he didn't falsify anything in the draft." Luo Lian nodded while looking at the draft paper.

"Fake... uh, no, it can't be that bad, I think his apology was quite sincere..." Xiaobai scratched his cheek awkwardly.

“A skilled mathematician can, without anyone noticing, subtly alter a few inconspicuous symbols, leading a calculation that should be correct to an infinitely long dead end,” Luo Lian replied calmly. “Although he did seem to be very earnest in apologizing just now, one should always be wary. I need to review and check these drafts as I go.”

"Can Lianlian tell?"

"Yes, as long as the questions are correct, there's no problem," Luo Lian said to Xiao Bai. "Xiao Bai, do you have some questions that are definitely correct?"

"Ah... I don't have any on hand yet, but I've written down all the questions. If you give me paper and pen, I can write them down for you right away," Xiaobai nodded and said.

"That will be troublesome." Luo Lian smiled with relief.

"No problem at all," Xiaobai said with a smile.

Chapter 2605 Tonight is quite noisy

Xiao Bai and his group returned to the top floor of the dormitory building and went back to Xiao Bai's room.

Nia first went to her room next door to fetch a lot of pens, ink, and paper. Xiaobai took the pens and paper from Nia, sat down at the table and quickly copied the questions from her memory.

Just a few minutes later.

Xiaobai wrote the question word for word without missing a single detail.

"Phew, that should be it." Xiaobai put down her pen, picked up the paper that still smelled of fresh ink, and handed it to Luo Lian beside her. "Lianlian, take a look and see if it's correct."

“Since it was written by Xiaobai, it must be correct.” Luo Lian took the questions Xiaobai handed her, looked at them, and then nodded. “Hmm, the first question at the top corresponds to the one on the draft paper I looked at.”

Luo Lian held the question in one hand and flipped through the draft with the other, comparing it for a while. Then she closed her eyes and let out a sigh of relief.

"Lianlian, how are you?" Xiaobai asked.

"Yes, these are very difficult questions." Luo Lian nodded and said to Xiao Bai, "I can probably understand why these questions have stumped the admirals of Chapter 8 for a month."

Is it that difficult?

“These are not ordinary math problems. Some of the problems here are very unfamiliar and have never been heard of in the current mathematical community.” Luo Lian answered while saying, “However, the supervisor who gave us the draft paper is really amazing. He has solved most of the problems on this page in the past month. Only a few problems are left to be solved, but he has already made more than halfway through the process.”

"Wow, no wonder you're a math star!" Xiaobai clapped.

"Doesn't that mean that Admiral Fang Jie is about to get the research ship girl?" Nia, who was standing next to Luo Lian, became a little nervous when she heard Luo Lian's words.

"It's not that simple. The remaining questions aren't so easy to solve." Luo Lian looked at the questions in her hand and thought for a while before adding, "Besides, didn't Xiao Bai say that there are three locks on the construction device for research ship girls? This is only the first one. The remaining two locks won't be unlocked so quickly."

"Oh, I see..." Nia was relieved.

"I remember you were really good at math, Lianlian," Xiaobai said to Luo Lian.

"I know a little bit." Luo Lian smiled at Xiao Bai.

"I remember that this Admiral Fang Jie had an achievement during his university years. He participated in an international mathematics competition as a representative of the naval academy and won second place," Xiao Bai said, scrolling through the information on his phone.

"I've also participated in this international mathematics competition," Luo Lian said casually, glancing at her draft paper.

"Eh? Really?"

"Well... after all, during my time at Shanghai Naval University, there was a cooldown period before I could skip a grade, and I would sign up for some weird competitions when I was bored," Luo Lian said. "I signed up for those campus-level competitions on my own to pass the time, but later on, the school's teachers and professors would see me privately and suggest that I participate in some more formal international competitions to bring some honor to the school."

"Lianlian, you've agreed?"

“Yes, those competitions are international, and no one from our school signed up, so I wasn’t really interested. But because the professor said that getting a place in an international competition would speed up my graduation, I signed up.” Luo Lian put down a piece of draft paper, picked up the next one, and continued reading, “I signed up for quite a few competitions at the time, including this international mathematics competition.”

"I see... So, Lianlian, what place did you get?" Xiaobai nodded in understanding, then asked curiously.

"..." Luo Lian put down the draft paper and gave Xiao Bai a resentful look.

"Uh... okay, I guess I don't need to ask." Xiaobai scratched his head and smiled sheepishly.

It was just a silly question.

Luo Lian has never won second place in this type of competition since she was a child.

Oh, speaking of which, Luo Lian did once only get second place.

The only time Luo Lian came in second place was when she lost to Xiao Bai by one point in her first monthly exam in junior high school, but that was the only time.

"Luo Lian is the first place winner in the International Mathematics Competition? And Admiral Fang Jie is the second place winner? Did you participate in the same competition?" Nia asked curiously.

"It's impossible," Luo Lian sighed. "That Admiral Fang is at least ten years older than me."

"Oh, that makes sense..." Nia smiled. "Now that you mention it, I'm relieved. Luo Lian, you'll definitely be able to solve these problems!"

"It might take a while."

"It's okay, we still have plenty of time!" Xiao Bai moved closer to Luo Lian and gently patted her waist.

"..." Luo Lian put down the manuscript and the title, and smiled at Xiao Bai.

The sun sank completely into the seabed.

The moon quietly slipped into the sky from the other side.

The scorching sky, bathed in the afterglow of the setting sun, gradually transformed into a sky full of stars, and the entire city donned its sleeping robe, slowly entering the quiet night.

It was eerily quiet.

Beneath the calm surface, undercurrents are surging.

Beneath the dark clouds, slender black figures appeared. These figures silently stepped over the doorways of the buildings and arrived at Nia's courtyard. Then, in a moment of silence, they landed at the edge of the wall and gathered together.

A beam of moonlight pierced through the dark clouds, casting a clear gaze upon the scene.

Several dark figures at the base of the wall were illuminated for a moment, revealing the figures of several ship girls dressed in tight black clothes. The fair faces and narrow, bright eyes of the ship girls shone with an elfin white light in the darkness.