Looking at Major General Zhizi's face, Nuo Xia felt a little uneasy in her heart——
This reaction was wrong. Taotu had obviously told him personally that Major General Zhizi was Lieutenant General He's best friend, and he and Garp were also comrades in arms for many years, so they had a very good relationship?
Is it possible that the relationship between the two is more complicated than you imagined?
Recalling the subtle change in Zhizi's expression just now, Nuo Xia felt that this was very possible.
Emotional entanglement? Deteriorated comradeship? He didn't dare to say for sure, but he always felt that the reason why the other party silently resigned from the Navy Headquarters and returned home three years ago had something to do with Garp.
"Let's eat, Gion-chan."
After a long time, Zhizi sighed and broke the silence at the dinner table, "Don't think too much, it's not your fault. Just try not to mention that guy in front of me in the future."
"Uh-huh."
Nuo Xia nodded obediently.
Little Tina on the side looked confused. She didn't even dare to put a chopstick into her mouth. She didn't understand what was going on between Grandma Shiba and Sister Gion.
...Wasn't it fine just now?
This cute and dazed look fell into Nuo Xia's eyes and he couldn't help but laugh. He pinched Tina's cheek and started to continue the pre-dinner conversation with her - that is, all kinds of interesting stories about the elite camp of the headquarters.
He described some jokes that happened among the recruits from Peach Rabbit's point of view, causing Tina to giggle non-stop. Major General Zhizi, who was originally in a bad mood, listened silently for a while, shook his head, his face
He also started to smile.
The atmosphere in the restaurant quickly became lively again.
Nuo Xia was relieved. What he was most afraid of was that the atmosphere would become awkward and the task of convincing Major General Zhizi would be completely hopeless.
However, regarding the matter of Garp three years ago, it was obviously not suitable to mention it today. Anyway, he would have to wait on this island for five or six days. He decided to wait for two days and wait and see the situation.
After dinner, Nuo Xia took the initiative to help Major General Zhizi clean up the dishes, and also tidied the kitchen.
The two chatted for a while. After hearing that Nuo Xia had to wait here for a few days for the warship, Major General Zhizi opened his mouth happily and went to the second floor without saying a word and started to clean up the room for him.
Nuo Xia originally wanted to go over to help, but was forced to stay on the first floor by the stubborn old lady, who said she would not let him get tired anymore.
He had no choice but to go for a walk in the yard.
It was already dark outside, but the night sky was still full of bright stars, but the moonlight was blocked by dark clouds. The cool night breeze blew, and a sense of loneliness suddenly lingered in my heart.
"By this time tomorrow, Shiliu and Rossi should have arrived at Celeste Island, right?"
Nuo Xia thought silently, still feeling a little regretful and unwilling, "I can't participate anymore. I hope you two bastards can get good results in this assessment..."
That’s weird!
His score in the assessment this time is considered zero. They are good brothers, so they should pass the exam together and sit in the bottom three with him!
After wandering around for a while, the guest room upstairs had been tidied up. Just as Nuo Xia was about to go in and rest, she was stopped by Zhi Zi.
"Xiao Gion..." The old lady looked at him doubtfully, "Aren't you going to take a shower?"
Nuo Xia's expression froze.
Damn it, I forgot that Peach Rabbit has mysophobia and normally has to take a bath every day.
As an old man who grew up watching Taotu, Major General Zhizi must know this, but he has clearly promised Taotu that he will never change clothes and bathe without permission in the past few days when he is out of her sight!
He is a man, and his promise is worth a thousand dollars.
"I'm too tired today, forget it..." Nuo Xia could only deal with it vaguely, "When I get up early tomorrow, I'll just take a shower."
"also."
Although Zhizi still felt a little strange, she didn't think much about it and said with a smile, "Good night then, have a good rest. I'll wake you up tomorrow for breakfast and try some of the desserts I've just learned in the past few years."
"Okay, Sister Zhizi."
After watching Zhizi go downstairs, Nuo Xia closed the door and lay down on the bed a little tiredly. Before he could stretch out, he felt something next to him, and then——
"ha!"
A little pink-haired head popped out from under the quilt, grinning and making a face at him: "Good evening, Sister Gion!"
"Tina?" Nuo Xia's eyes widened, "You...when did you..."
"When Grandma Zhizi cleaned up the room and went down to call you, Tina sneaked in."
Tina rubbed closer here, hugged Nuo Xia's waist tightly, inhaled the faint fragrance coming from the tip of her nose, and giggled:
"How about it, Sister Gion, were you frightened by Tina?"
"More than just a shock..." Nuo Xia looked a little embarrassed, "Don't make trouble Tina, my sister has been walking all day and is very tired. She wants to have a good sleep. You can go down and find Sister Zhizi.
"
"don't want!"
Tina snorted, her little face buried in Noxia's magnificent orange sea, "Tina wants to continue listening to the stories of the elite camp, and I want to sleep with you tonight, sister!"
hiss……
The touch of skin made Nuo Xia take a breath. He realized something was wrong and hurriedly pulled Tina away from his arms.
What a joke!
A little girl who is almost thirteen years old, in a sense, is about to enter the threshold of a girl, and she still needs to maintain a certain distance.
In order to abide by his true conscience and moral bottom line, he didn't want to have to climb the stairs carrying a bag of rice while sleeping.
"No."
Facing Tina, who was confused and didn't understand why she was disliked, Nuo Xia could only speak in as gentle a tone as possible, "Tina, after more than ten years of service in the Navy, sister, I am used to sleeping alone."
"If someone suddenly appears under the quilt, I might not be able to sleep all night. My sister has been tired all day. Can you bear to see me with a dark circle under my eyes when I get up early tomorrow?"
"……All right."
Tina was quite sensible. Although she was a little disappointed after hearing this, she still left the bed obediently. But before leaving, she suddenly seemed to have thought of something. Her eyes suddenly lit up and she turned her head and asked:
"Is it okay for Tina to sleep on the floor?"
"Huh?" Nuo Xia didn't react for a moment.
"Just laying the floor."
Tina excitedly came to the closet, took out a large pile of thick quilts, and looked at Nuo Xia expectantly:
"Tina wants to accompany Gion sister and listen to you talk about the elite camp of our headquarters. If sister is sleepy, Tina will close her eyes and sleep without disturbing her. Is that okay?"
Why does another one have to pave the floor? What is this, a traditional performing arts?
Huh? Why should I say it again?
"..."
Nuo Xia hesitated again and again. Looking at the little girl's hopeful eyes, she really couldn't bear to refuse again, "Okay, but you are still young and can't stay up late, so we will only chat for a while and go to bed early."
As long as there is no close physical contact, there should be no problem even if they sleep in the same room, right?
"Well, no problem!"
Tina smiled happily, put down the quilt happily, and started to make the bed on the tatami.
Seeing that she was struggling, Nuo Xia simply got out of bed to help. He moved quickly and skillfully, and quickly cleared the floor.
After the lights were turned off, the two of them lay in their respective beds, and Nuo Xia continued to tell her the interesting things they had told her at dinner, adding a lot of jokes about her past life.
For example, the Suicide Squad described by Watanabe, if slightly adapted to remove the elements of sexual jokes, is very suitable for use as a joke story in the military camp...
Before I knew it, the night was getting darker.
Nuo Xia's voice became softer and softer, and Tina became more and more sleepy. After struggling for a while with her eyelids fighting up and down, she finally tilted her head and fell into a deep sleep.
Looking sideways at the sweet smile with contentment on Xiao Tina's face, Nuo Xia breathed a sigh of relief. Not much sleepy, he looked up at the ceiling, thought about things quietly for a while, and then opened the system panel.
Then he went directly to the backpack page and clicked on the "Swordsman Ryoma's Enlightenment Notes" that he had redeemed during the day.