Elder brother's garrison

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The "acting store manager" mentioned by the ship girl employees... refers to Luo Lian.

"Yes, I see... Thank you all..." Xiaobai was momentarily stunned by Luo Lian's professionalism. She smiled awkwardly, then waved to the ship girls in front of her, "Ah... But this is a jewelry store, not a training camp or anything. You don't need to be so polite to me. Let's get to work, let's get to work..."

"understand!"

The ship girl employees then snapped out of their daze and turned their attention back to the customers around them.

Xiao Bai patted his chest in relief and took a breath.

"Next time I ask Lianlian for help, I'll have to tell her properly that this kind of thing can be done casually, there's no need to take it too seriously..." Xiaobai muttered to herself.

"Are these ship girls yours?" Nanxing asked Xiaobai.

“Ah…no.” Xiaobai shook her head and said to Nanxing, “The ship girl employees here are all left behind by the previous boss. Most of the employees were sent by the Admiral’s Guild, and a small number were hired from other naval bases. So they only call me boss, not admiral.”

"Oh..." Nanxing came back to her senses.

"Boss, is there anything you need for this inspection?" The ship girl employee who had just greeted Xiaobai approached her with a smile and asked, "Do you want to see the recent account statements, or check the shipping order forms?"

"I just brought a friend here to look around, I don't have any special requests." Xiaobai looked at the ship girl in front of her with great interest, "Hmm... who are you?"

"Reporting to the boss, I am the acting store manager's representative, appointed by the acting store manager before his departure." The ship girl proudly raised her long, swan-like white neck. "My task is to ensure the normal operation of the store during the acting store manager's absence! And to manage and supervise the other employees flawlessly!"

"I see, thank you for your hard work."

"Boss, boss, how can I help you?"

"No need, I'm just looking around."

"In that case, how about I introduce the products to the boss and his friends?"

"Oh...that's fine too."

Xiao Bai turned around and exchanged a glance with Nan Xing, then nodded.

Upon receiving Xiaobai's instructions, the shopkeeper ship girl immediately led Xiaobai and her group to the counter with a smile.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the shopkeeper ship girl took out a diamond from the counter and carefully placed it in front of everyone.

"Boss, please take a look. This is a high-end material we recently acquired for our shop. It's a ten-carat natural diamond," the shopkeeper said with a smile. "As a specialty of our shop, we can process this diamond ring into any form of jewelry."

"Is ten carats considered large?" Xiaobai asked.

"It's quite rare. If it were made into a diamond ring, the final price would be between 5 million and 10 million, depending on the craftsmanship, the quality of the work, and the brand of the artisan," said the shop manager. "In Chapter 8, high-end luxury jewelry is relatively rare. In fact, this diamond is already considered one of the most prized pieces in our store."

"Oh..." Xiaobai stroked his chin and nodded. "Gemstones are really expensive."

"Actually, high-quality deep-sea metals are more precious," the shopkeeper said with a smile. "For example, in addition to regular gemstone jewelry, our shop also offers handicrafts made from deep-sea metals. The price of these handicrafts will fluctuate depending on the value of the harmless deep-sea metals used."

Listening to the shop manager's words, Xiaobai reached out and gently picked up the diamond in front of her with her fingers, weighing it in her palm.

When the shopkeeper ship girl saw Xiaobai reach out to touch the gem, she instinctively wanted to stop her, but after thinking for a while, she smiled helplessly and lowered her hand.

Xiaobai and Nanxing huddled together, examining the diamond for quite a while.

“I can understand why deep-sea metals are so expensive, since they are energy metals, but why are diamonds so expensive as well?” Xiaobai asked Nanxing.

"I don't know," Nanxing shook her head.

Nanxing's expression was calm and sincere—it seemed she wasn't interested in these kinds of gemstone products.

Xiaobai looked into Nanxing's eyes, blinked, and then put the diamond back into the ring box.

"Forget about raw gemstones, do you have ready-made jewelry?" Xiaobai asked.

"Yes, yes, please come with me!" The shopkeeper, a ship girl, quickly ushered Xiaobai and Nanxing aside, then took out boxes of neatly arranged rings from the counter. "This is our shop's most popular product series—the Ship Girl's Contract Rings. We commissioned top-tier gem craftsmen to meticulously design and craft each one, ensuring that every piece is unique! According to statistics, we sell over a dozen Contract Rings every day. Among similar shops in Chapter Eight, our positive review rate and repeat customer rate are far ahead!"

"Oh...they really are very beautiful." Xiaobai pinched her chin, looking at the rings in front of her.

The ship girls behind Nanxing looked at the contract rings displayed on the counter, and they all clenched their hands, revealing the expressions of infatuated girls.

at this time.

Suddenly, a tense shout came from not far behind Xiaobai and his group.

"Please become my wedding vessel, and journey with me for the rest of my life!"

Everyone turned around and saw an admiral kneeling on the floor in front of the counter, holding up the contract ring in his hand, facing the ship girl in front of him.

The ship girl in front of the admiral was so moved that she covered her mouth with her hands, her face turning completely red.

The ship girl accepted the diamond ring, put it on her ring finger, then helped the admiral up from his kneeling position, and then they embraced tightly.

The staff members standing nearby also took the opportunity to smile and applaud, offering their blessings.

"Ah, it looks like today's sales will increase by one again." The shopkeeper ship girl said with a smile to Xiaobai and Nanxing, "This kind of marriage proposal is not uncommon. If you stay long enough, you can see it every few days. It seems that you are very lucky today, boss, to see this scene as soon as you come in."

"Wow... I didn't know that jewelry stores often encounter things like this."

"After all, it's related to my major."

"It really is."

Xiao Bai touched the counter, secretly turned her head to look at Nan Xing.

Nanxing had already withdrawn her gaze from the pair of admiral ship girls embracing each other. She calmly stared at the counter, where jewels and diamond rings were displayed in abundance, but her gaze was as if she were looking at a pile of dust, completely unmoved.

It seems that Nanxing is not only uninterested in gemstones, but also in jewelry.

makes sense……

Nanxing is, after all, one of the world's top ten admirals. Although her assets can't compare to the world's number one naval base, she can at least afford to be free of jewels. Yet, even so, Xiaobai has never seen any trace of jewelry on Nanxing, which means that Nanxing truly has no desire for such things in her daily life.

Rather, it was more like... a calmness as if she were looking at something that had nothing to do with her, something external to her.

Looking at Nanxing's expression, Xiaobai suddenly sighed.

"What's wrong?" Nanxing asked Xiaobai when she saw her sigh.

"Sister Nanxing, you don't like gemstone jewelry, do you?" Xiaobai said regretfully. "I was thinking that after bringing you around here, I'd find a chance to give you a piece of jewelry that you like. To find out what kind you like, I kept peeking at your expression, but it seems like you don't like these things at all, Sister Nanxing..."

"...Give it to me?" Nanxing paused for a moment, then asked.

“Yes,” Xiaobai said.

"..."

Nanxing stared blankly at the dejected Xiaobai. She was stunned for more than ten seconds before she came to her senses.

Nanxing turned her head blankly and looked at the counter again.

The jewelry and diamond rings on the counter were still dazzling.

Everything is exactly as it was a few seconds ago.

Nothing has changed.

Nanxing's gaze was initially fixed, then her beautiful eyes blinked, and her long eyelashes trembled.

next moment.

Nanxing's pupils trembled instantly.

A wisp of water vapor appeared out of nowhere, making Nanxing's pupils exceptionally bright, like the moon reflected in a well.

Delicate and charming.

Chapter 2980 Choosing Nanxing's Token

Just as Xiaobai was sighing and regretting his mistake, Nanxing's gaze, fixed on the counter, showed a strong fluctuation for the first time.

At that moment, no one knew what kind of intense brainstorm was taking place in Nanxing's head.

“I…” Nanxing raised his hand and spoke to Xiaobai.

"Sister Nanxing, I know, you don't need to comfort me like that..." Xiaobai didn't look at Nanxing, but kept her head down and replied to herself.

"……actually……"

"I should have noticed sooner that Sister Nanxing isn't interested in jewelry... Sigh, it's all my fault. I was the one who dragged you to the jewelry store, and I kept making you look at things that you have absolutely no interest in. I'm so sorry..."

"Do not……"

"If Sister Nanxing really liked jewelry, you would have bought a lot for yourself long ago... I really went to all this trouble."

Like a primary school student who got a zero on a test, Xiaobai slumped helplessly on the counter, talking to the floor.

"..."

Nanxing opened her mouth to speak to Xiaobai several times, but was unexpectedly interrupted three times in a row. Finally, her already limited courage was completely exhausted after these three interruptions. So Nanxing could only withdraw her hand even more dejectedly and look at the counter with a very sad gaze.

The ship girls behind Nanxing tensed up at the sight.

"Oh no! This is a rare opportunity!"

"Admiral, why are you backing down at this crucial moment! Say it, say it!"

"I'm so anxious, so anxious, I...I have to go out and speak for the admiral!"

"Hey, wait a minute, don't disturb the Admiral and Admiral Lu Lin!"

"At a time like this, why are you still talking about disturbing us!"

"..."

buzzing...

The whispers of the ship girls and the sounds of their bodies colliding and pulling rose and fell.

The ship girls of the Nanxing family were immediately thrown into chaos.

At this crucial moment, a soft cough suddenly broke the balance of the situation.

"Ahem, um—"

Everyone, including Xiaobai and Nanxing, looked up and toward the source of the cough.

The ship girl shopkeeper, who had been waiting beside Xiaobai and Nanxing, was now covering her mouth with a smile, watching the two admirals in front of her.

"Ah... I'm sorry, I think I caught a chill last night, my throat is a little sore." The shopkeeper ship girl said to Xiaobai with a smile, "Did I disturb the boss and your friends?"

"There isn't any..." Xiaobai shook her head.

"I see." The shopkeeper ship girl smiled slightly. She glanced at Nanxing's gloomy expression, then smiled and continued to say to Xiaobai, "Then, boss, may I say a few words?"

"Ok?"

"It's like this," the shopkeeper ship girl said to Xiaobai, "Well... I actually have some thoughts about the friend you brought today, boss. I don't know if it's offensive to say them now."

"...What's your opinion?"

"Boss, I don't believe there's any woman in this world who dislikes jewelry." The shopkeeper ship girl put one hand to her chest and smiled at Xiaobai. "As long as she's a woman, it's impossible for her to dislike beautiful food, and jewelry happens to be the most beautiful thing in the world. What do you think?"

"But... Sister Nanxing, she..."

"Your friend seems to simply not be interested in these pieces of jewelry, not at all disgusted by them," the shopkeeper ship girl continued with a smile. "Hmm... perhaps in your friend's eyes, overly flamboyant and dazzling jewelry isn't the kind of style she prefers."

"……what?"

As Xiaobai listened to the shopkeeper ship girl's words, she gradually became interested in them.

That's right.

Nanxing is a very introverted girl; she certainly doesn't seem like the type to like anything too flashy.

This store manager's analysis is spot on...

"Sister Nanxing, is that so?" Xiaobai turned her head and asked Nanxing tentatively.

"..."

Nanxing was feeling down and gloomy over there for some well-known reasons. When she saw Xiaobai asking her again, she quickly clutched the front of her clothes, creating a rather spectacular curve on her full chest, as if seizing her last chance. She didn't care what Xiaobai was asking and just nodded rapidly at her.

"Boss, since your friend doesn't like these eye-catching styles, I'll put them away for you." The shopkeeper, a ship girl, put the contract rings back on the counter one by one, then smiled at Xiaobai and Nanxing and said, "Coincidentally, we also have some understated and exquisite jewelry in our store, specially prepared for ladies with certain special needs. Would you like to take a look?"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Little White's eyes lit up, and he quickly raised his hand.

"Please come with me, the counter is nearby."

The shopkeeper ship girl smiled and led everyone away from where they were, to another transparent counter nearby.

Under everyone's watchful eyes, the shopkeeper ship girl bent down and took out many jewelry boxes from the counter, opening them and placing them in front of everyone.

This time, the jewelry that the shopkeeper ship girl brought out from the counter was indeed much more understated in style.

Compared to the previous jewelry styles that were either inlaid with huge gemstones, or dazzlingly colorful, or incredibly sparkly, the jewelry that the shopkeeper ship girl brought out this time was mostly narrow and delicate bracelets, necklaces, and rings that were not particularly eye-catching at first glance. These pieces of jewelry were not very large, and without the exaggerated jewelry carvings of the past, they looked much more slender.

But being slender does not mean being ordinary.