Azur Lane: I Crossed the Graduation Port Area

Chapter 1163 The first night shift in Dongzhou

"Commander, have you been working in the port area through mobile games before?"

Just as Lin Lan was staring at Harbin in a daze, the royal sister with her long black hair loose suddenly asked him this question.

Seeing his expression change, Harbin smiled brightly:

"Don't be surprised. This matter was made public during the online meeting held on the flagship of the faction while you were unconscious after returning to your home port.

"Besides us Donghuang, our companions from the Northern Union, Iris, and Sardinia also knew about it a long time ago."

After that, Harbin raised his wet palm and gently stroked his cheek.

"It's hard to imagine that the commander who has lived with us for so many years in our memories has only come to us now."

Looking at Harbin, whose tone was becoming increasingly gentle, Lin Lan swallowed hard.

The big sister suddenly spoke in such a gentle tone that he was a little uncomfortable with it.

"Oh yes, Commander, we need to confirm something with you first."

Just when Lin Lan had a premonition of what was going to happen next, Harbin suddenly looked straight at him and his tone became very serious:

"Did you get married when you were on Blue Star?"

"Ah? That's definitely not the case."

Lin Lan answered instinctively, and Harbin seemed to be satisfied with the answer, with a smile on his face again.

The light cruiser lady took his hand and placed it on her smooth skin, her dark golden eyes stained with mist narrowed slightly:

"Hey, it seems that when the commander arrives at our temporary port, we must hold a super grand wedding with everyone in Donghuang.

"But before that, since you and I are already husband and wife in name, it wouldn't be a bad idea to practice husband and wife tonight.

"You've been through so much wind and rain on this journey to Natland, you look so thin. If you don't feel sorry for yourself, I do... Come with me and lie down on the chair. I'll give you a bath!"

Lin Lan originally thought that Harbin was going to capture him right here.

But unexpectedly, Harbin seemed to have guessed his thoughts, and with a wicked smile, he suddenly picked him up from the water in a princess hug, walked to the leather lounge chair and put him on it.

After picking up the scrubbing gloves and applying force to his back in Harbin, Lin Lan finally experienced what an authentic Donghuang scrubbing method was.

Lin Lan, who looked pleased, suddenly remembered a joke he had seen on Blue Star, and curiously joked to Harbin:

"I heard that when you are enjoying a bath, you must not ask the bath attendant whether he has eaten or not. Why is that?"

"Pfft... Commander, you will know the reason immediately."

"Ah ah ah ah ah!"

As the big sister replied with a smile, Lin Lan felt the force on her back suddenly increase several times, and she howled in pain in an instant.

"How's it going? Do I feel stronger after eating? Is this strength okay?"

"I won't be so talkative anymore! The intensity I used before is more appropriate!"

Just as Lin Lan and Harbin were joking, the bathhouse door was suddenly pushed open.

"Commander! Harbin Big Sister, we are here too!"

Fu Shun, a red-haired girl full of energy, wearing only a vest and shorts, rushed in with a bath towel and toiletries in her hands.

"Are you giving the commander a bath? I'll help too!"

Seeing the two people on the chairs, Fushun happily took off his clothes and sandals and ran towards them barefoot.

"Be careful not to slip!"

Seeing this, Lin Lan hurriedly spoke up to remind them. Compared to Fushun, Tai Yuan, who was standing at the door and also wearing only a refreshing vest and shorts with his hair loose, was flushed instantly when he saw Lin Lan and Harbin in the white mist. He opened his eyes wide as if his brain was short-circuited, and was so shy that he couldn't say a word for a long time.

"Oh~ Xiao Taiyuan, don't just stand at the door. It's windy by the river. Don't let the commander catch a cold."

Fortunately, Ying Rui, with a smile on his face, appeared behind the girl with Zhao He, who was in a similar condition to Taiyuan, which made Taiyuan suddenly come back to his senses.

Lin Lan looked at Ying Rui waving at him at the door, and couldn't help but sigh that the two girls were indeed sisters.

Even after taking off their daytime clothes, Ying Rui and Zhao He were both wearing the same antique, tight-fitting, ultra-short nightgown.

In addition, Ying Rui and Zhao He are both Donghuang girls who have practiced dancing for many years. They both have slender white legs and impeccable perfect figures.

With the untied yin-yang two-color long hair that reaches the ground, it can be said that these two girls have hit Lin Lan's XP hard, both in the game and now.

Noticing his gaze, Zhaohe was too shy to look him in the eye, but still kept on mumbling proudly:
"What are you looking at... You are such a fool, you don't even know how many of your fellow port mates have taken you down before you came here, right?"

"Though you're right, you guys are undoubtedly more special to me."

Lin Lan was riding on Fushun's back. When she heard Zhao He's words, she laughed heartily.

It turns out that the tactic he summarized of using straight balls to deal with tsunderes is still effective.

After hearing his words, Zhao He took two steps back, and was so flustered that his tongue got tied:
"Specially... I'm Commander Special..."

"Alright, alright, Commander, please stop trying to gain favor with this stupid sister of mine, or my favorability meter will explode."

Compared to the simple-minded and arrogant Zhao He, Ying Rui covered his mouth and chuckled, easily seeing through Lin Lan's tactics.

As Ying Rui closed the door of the bathhouse behind him, Lin Lan chatted with several Donghuang ship girls in the bathhouse about his experiences after traveling through time and took a bath together.

After washing his whole body thoroughly with steam all over, he changed into a loose pajamas and finally came to the bedroom with several ship girls.

Compared with the City Lord's Mansion of Yunze City, this equally antique bedroom in the Donghuang temporary dormitory is far inferior in scale and luxury.

But for Lin Lan, it is this medium-sized bedroom with a warm feeling that makes him feel more relaxed.

Besides, no matter how luxurious the Yunze City Lord's Mansion was, it was not even on the same level as the bedroom that Shabai had arranged for him in the port area, or the commander's backyard that he could decorate as he pleased.

With the help of the dim candlelight specially lit by Harbin in the room, Lin Lan's first overtime work since coming to Dongzhou officially began in this romantic atmosphere.

The commander's hard but satisfying work lasted until late at night.

Not until even Fushun fell asleep exhausted did Lin Lan finally fall asleep while lying on the bed, surrounded by the Donghuang ship girls with happy smiles on their faces.

As expected, in a daze, Lin Lan found himself in the dream world again.

He was wearing the familiar white commander's uniform, and there was nothing in his pocket except the reality lens.

Only this time, he was standing outside a peaceful and tranquil Japanese-style courtyard filled with pink cherry blossoms.

And the time here seems to be late at night, the sky is full of stars and a crescent moon hangs high in the night sky.

Looking at the Sakura logo of the Sakura Empire on the closed wooden door, Lin Lan touched his head in confusion:
“Is this Shinano’s dreamland?”

He looked around but found no trace of the white fox girl from the Sakura Empire who had established contact with him in his dream before.

But no matter what, he believed that since he dreamed of the buildings of the Sakura Empire, it meant that this dream was most likely related to the Sakura Empire's ship girls.

"Could it be that Shinano is planning to send me a garden in my dream?"

Just as Lin Lan was talking to himself jokingly, he was about to knock on the door to see if there was anyone in the yard.

The tightly closed wooden door of the courtyard in front of him was suddenly pushed open.

A Sakura Empire shipgirl whom he had never expected suddenly appeared in front of him.

(End of this chapter)