Elder brother's garrison

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Then tell me, what kind of bond in the world is easier to establish than blood ties, more reliable, more legitimate, and more natural?

—That's a debt relationship, of course!

Is there anything in this world more natural, more legally protected, and more justifiable than paying back debts?

On that day, Chairman Er Gou signed the first contract personally signed and stamped by the Pacific Governor, successfully retiring from the military and becoming an ordinary citizen with nothing. The entire naval base was handed over to Xiao Bai.

Then, President Er Gou signed another contract. In the second contract, with Mu Yu, the Pacific Governor, as the notary, President Er Gou successfully owed Xiao Bai an extremely large amount of merit points, which could be described as ridiculous and could not be repaid even in a hundred lifetimes.

Generally speaking, data in contracts that seem like jokes are unlikely to be recognized as legitimate.

However, the drafter and notary of this contract were none other than the Governor-General of the Pacific, and the signatories were the current World's First Admiral and the former World's Second Admiral—any one of these three individuals was an incredibly powerful figure. Furthermore, under Mu Yu's manipulation, the contract's content was changed to something like Chairman Er Gou's naval base being chronically poorly managed and heavily indebted. Through a series of word games and deliberate manipulations, it ultimately acquired legal effect.

President Er Gou finally achieved his wish and formed an incredibly strong bond with Xiao Bai, comparable to a blood relationship.

What Er Gou owes is money from the world's number one naval base!

I am proud!

If you force me to go back, you'll have to pay back my money, understand?

Can you afford to pay it back?

Do you think those numbers you randomly typed into the contract with your eyes closed were just for show?

Even if something unexpected happens, and these people really have to go back to their old ways, they still gritted their teeth and took Chairman Er Gou back to arrange his important life event.

However, the news that Chairman Er Gou had squandered so much money that he had bankrupted the Second Garrison has spread like wildfire among the admirals. Who else in the world is so wealthy that they would burn money like firewood to take over this mess? Who else is so brave and fearless as to take over the mess left by this spendthrift woman, Chairman Er Gou?

President Er Gou felt he had killed two birds with one stone.

Things suddenly became interesting.

The next day, Mu Chenglin was completely caught off guard when he was told that his aunt had become the world's number one debtor overnight.

Then, for the entire morning, Mu Chenglin wore a desperate expression of exhaustion, grievance, and despair, constantly apologizing and kowtowing to the person on the other end of the phone. It wasn't until the afternoon, when Mu Chenglin hung up the phone in tears, that he brought Xiaobai and President Ergou the latest and hottest news.

Mu Chenglin's grandfather suffered from cerebral thrombosis for many years.

That is, Er Gou's boss.

I was so angered by the bizarre actions of the guild leader, Er Gou, that I suffered a stroke and was hospitalized.

Before he fainted, the old man used his last breath to defy the objections of others and notify the others present at the time.

—I really need to get Munaige to come back to me.

—But in the past, when I asked her to come back, it was to discuss important life matters with her.

Right now, all I want to do is slap her.

Chapter 880 Welcome Home

As the train pulled away from the station, and time passed, the scenery outside the window gradually changed from dense crowds to a single blue sky and green fields. The previously excited President Er Gou slowly calmed down.

President Er Gou sat quietly with his legs crossed, one hand supporting his chin, his face turned towards the window, silently watching the scenery outside being stretched flat by the high-speed traffic, without making a move for a long time.

Sitting next to her, Xiaobai couldn't see Er Gou's face clearly, so he didn't know what expression she had.

This kind of woman, who is used to acting crazy in her daily life, even if she has a face and figure that are a head taller than normal people, will often make people around her look down on her because of her terrible actions and words.

President Er Gou is a fairly typical example of this.

Only when she's exhausted from her crazy antics and wants to shut up for a while might people around her suddenly realize, "Hey, this person is actually quite good-looking."

Footsteps sounded from behind Xiaobai's seat.

Kaga and Luo Lian carried five lunch boxes toward Xiao Bai and sat down next to President Er Gou and Missouri respectively.

"Xiaobai, lunch is ready."

"Thank you, Lianlian. Thank you, Kaga." Xiaobai nodded to the two of them.

It's necessary to mention this.

Logically speaking, the hometown of President Er Gou should have no connection with Xiao Bai and the others, especially Luo Lian. They were not qualified to go to President Er Gou's hometown with her.

However, as Er Gou's lifelong creditor, Xiao Bai holds a rather special position. So, after learning that Er Gou sold himself to Xiao Bai in order to avoid going home, and that due to the legal debt relationship, his personal freedom was to some extent subject to Xiao Bai's control, Er Gou's hometown, in order to allow Er Gou to come home for a visit, extended an invitation to Xiao Bai.

And so Xiaobai agreed. He also brought along Missouri, a seasoned veteran with fifty years of social experience, and Kaga, an apprentice who had just signed up to learn skills from Xiaobai and had at least some experience navigating human society on his own.

As for why Luo Lian is also here, that needs an explanation.

Although Xiaobai took over the ship girls of the entire naval base from Guild Master Ergou, she did not accept other things, such as the position of guild master, an empty naval base building, and the entire empty real estate in the second chapter that originally belonged to Guild Master Ergou.

Those things require daily operation; they're not like paper dolls that you can just spend money to buy and then leave in your inventory to lick occasionally. They all require regular attention.

Xiao Bai had no experience in managing such things, nor did he have the time. However, he couldn't just hand these things over to unreliable people. So, after a few seconds of consideration, President Er Gou simply threw the rest of the things to Luo Lian, who was standing next to Xiao Bai.

Although Luo Lian may appear to be just a slightly more mature young girl than Xiao Bai, President Er Gou, having experienced the Deep Sea Cluster incident, has considerable faith in her abilities and courage. Leaving her in the fold, even if it means continued prosperity, at least prevents any major problems.

Furthermore, Guild Master Er Gou also knew that whether he gave his real estate to Luo Lian or Xiao Bai, there was no essential difference.

After all, Luo Lian is the strongest henchman of the newbie garrison.

As long as Xiaobai opens her mouth, Luo Ritian can wash himself clean in a minute, then tie a red ribbon around his neck, pack him up with the money, and send him to Xiaobai's bed.

In short, by taking over the identity of the guild leader Er Gou, it wasn't difficult for Luo Lian to get an admission ticket to her hometown in order to accompany Xiao Bai.

"Speaking of which, President Sister, haven't you been home for over ten years?"

On the train, Xiaobai, who was eating a boxed lunch, suddenly remembered this question.

"I guess so." President Er Gou shrugged, still looking out the window. "But I've never really liked going home."

"...Could it be that the elders in your family are very fierce?" Xiaobai asked with some concern while holding the lunchbox.

President Er Gou, who was staring out the window with his chin on his hand, turned his head and glanced at Xiao Bai.

A warm and beautiful smile appeared at the corners of her rosy lips.

"It's just too boring," President Er Gou replied, shifting her long legs that were crossed over each other. The faint rubbing sound seemed to spark in the air, drawing people's attention to the area between her plump thighs.

"Is it because you don't have any peers?"

"Yes, but I don't have any friends."

"..."

“…Hey, Little White Sister…it’s a little hurtful that you’re suddenly giving a pitying look to autistic children.”

"Oh, I'm so sorry, I apologize..."

"...It's just that there's no one I can really connect with." President Er Gou shrugged. "Whether it's peers, elders, or juniors, some are highly intelligent but have low emotional intelligence, and some have high emotional intelligence but low intelligence. It's not easy to find someone with both high intelligence and emotional intelligence, but then our values ​​don't align. Anyway, that's how it is. There aren't many people I can really talk to, so I don't want to go back."

Xiao Bai shook his head from side to side, thinking for a long time.

—Speaking of which, it seems that President Er Gou is indeed quite capable.

Could it be that she actually has a persona similar to that of a young prodigy?

Xiao Bai glanced at Luo Lian, who was quietly eating beside him, and pondered for a while.

Now that you mention it, it seems like Luo Lian doesn't have any other friends besides Bai Qian...

"President Sister?"

"what?"

"Could it be... that my brother was actually the president's first friend?"

"...What's wrong? Is it not allowed?"

"..."

"Little White Sister, your pitying look really hurts me."

Xiao Bai felt a mix of sadness and relief.

Fortunately, Luo Lian had herself.

Otherwise, the current president of the student council might be the future Luo Lian... Judging from Luo Lian's genius value that has reached the human limit, things might be even worse.

The thought of Luo Lian ending up like the pathetic Er Gou, who takes pleasure in molesting girls, filled Xiao Bai with overwhelming sympathy.

The hometown of President Er Gou is surprisingly not far from the cities surrounding the second chapter.

After bouncing around on the train for several hours, and with fewer and fewer passengers in the carriage, the train finally came to a slow stop in a small city that Xiaobai had never even heard of before.

Xiao Bai and his group of five packed their things and slowly got off the train.

Outside the train carriage, Mu Chenglin and Mu Yu, each carrying a travel bag, had been waiting for a long time.

These two men were, after all, quite inconvenient to squeeze into seats with the four young women on Xiaobai's side. So, they were simply sent to the next carriage by President Er Gou on the grounds that he found them annoying to look at, to keep an eye on each other.

"Aunt Naige, welcome home." Mu Chenglin bowed respectfully to Chairman Er Gou as he stepped out of the carriage.

"Hmm, you might have to see me off in a couple of days." President Er Gou yawned, gave a lukewarm reply, and then walked away alone in one direction, holding the back of his head.

Mu Chenglin waited until Chairman Er Gou walked ahead before following him.

Xiao Bai followed behind President Er Gou and exchanged a glance with Mu Chenglin.

Mu Chenglin gave Xiaobai a kind smile.

He wouldn't call himself dashing, but he certainly had the air of being gentle and refined.

"Is your grandfather's condition alright?" Xiaobai asked Mu Chenglin.

"Thank you very much for your concern. I have received news that my grandfather is fine and will recover after resting in the hospital for a couple of days," Mu Chenglin said respectfully.

"Oh, that's good." Xiaobai smiled.

"Tsk." Mu Yu on the other side clicked his tongue twice, his face displaying the exaggerated expression of a lowly lackey when expressing disdain. "Little Bai only smiled at you twice, don't get too cocky, you brat. You know you can't tolerate two hairs on one leg."

"..." Mu Chenglin stared awkwardly ahead.

"Getting angry with a junior? You're so shameful." Er Gou, the president who was walking ahead, turned around and looked at Mu Yu with a helpless expression.

"We're peers!" Mu Yu clutched her chest in anguish. "Auntie, I'm on your side! How could you stab me in the back!"

"...I'm sorry, I thought you were his uncle. Please continue."

Mu Yu's fragile heart once again suffered a brutal blow from President Er Gou.

Xiao Bai had completely gotten used to Mu Yu's petty and narrow-minded nature, which was never really that of a governor.

Xiao Bai followed President Er Gou out of the train station and onto the street outside.

Xiao Bai frowned and looked around.

Although this small city is roughly at the passing grade for the concept of a city, its population density is far from satisfactory. A place like a train station should be packed with people at all times, but Xiaobai and his group didn't encounter many people along the way from getting off the train until they left, except for the diligent staff.

Although the shops along the roadside outside the train station were open, the vendors inside seemed accustomed to the lack of foot traffic, sitting on benches reading newspapers, too lazy to hawk their wares. As a result, the entire street in front of Xiaobai was eerily quiet.

—This city is terribly deserted.

"This city... it's so close to the surrounding cities of Chapter Two, so why are there so few people?" Xiaobai asked Muyu beside her.

"That's all there is to do. It's a small city, so tourists don't like to come here, and that's how it's always been."

"...I thought it would be at least a city like Yuxiu."

"Do you think I went to Yuxiu to study when I was a kid? It was just because I thought it was too boring here," Mu Yu said noncommittally.

"...But I heard some things about you from the president, and it seems like your family is very powerful. How come you live in a city like this?"

“That’s called being low-key,” Mu Yu said with a hint of pride. “And don’t look down on the city because it’s small. Look at it, it has complete infrastructure and isn’t backward at all. If I had to nitpick, I’d say it’s just that the city’s name doesn’t sound nice.”

Mu Yu muttered to himself, seemingly harboring resentment about this for a long time.

This city does indeed have a very strange name.

Xiao Bai smiled.

She turned around and glanced at the train station behind the crowd.

These days, even train stations like to incorporate human touches, so in addition to the city name being displayed on the exterior buildings, a sentence is usually also attached to the top of the station entrance.

Behind them stood the train platform, its tall building adorned with rows of large, gilded characters that shimmered in the dazzling sunlight.

Welcome home.

Linsheng City.

Chapter 881 What's wrong with this world?

On the streets of Linsheng City, vehicles occasionally passed by in the distance, kicking up a cloud of dust. However, after looking around the streets for a while, Xiaobai did not see any car that was picking up or dropping off her and her group.