Chapter 335

"Ah? Do we have something too?" Li Chenming said in surprise, then he looked at the gifts on the table.

"Yo, not bad—sake, plushies, sashimi, and candies, all from the Sakura Empire homeland; these are great stuff ordinary people can't get."

Li Chenming, being from a merchant family, had studied such things in depth; a quick glance showed they were from the Sakura Empire homeland.

"Looking at your attitude, have you done this before?" Qin Ge asked.

Li Chenming quickly shook his head: "No, you also know my family is in business, so I've naturally seen them. But these things are usually sold; how would they be kept for oneself?"

So this is still the first time I've received such a precious gift.

Qin Ge chuckled, "To have the son of Chairman Li Sixian say such words, I really don't deserve it."

"Eh, why would I lie to you? This is true; my father's temperament means he won't indulge us for a day." Li Chenming said.

"Heh, just joking; since you like it so much, it seems I bought the right thing." Qin Ge smiled.

"Hehe, of course I bought the right thing." Li Chenming said happily while tidying up the things on the table.

"Don't keep it all to yourself; leave some for them." Qin Ge quickly said.

"Am I that kind of person?" Li Chenming quickly said, "Besides, it's normal for me to keep and enjoy the food myself; what would I do with women's kimono—wear it myself?"

Qin Ge thought, "Actually this women's kimono was selected by Guanghui according to Wang Yueqin's measurements, but if you want to wear it, I don't mind giving it to you."

"Pfft..." Li Chenming spat out, and Hipper beside him burst into laughter.

"I say, Commander, you went to the Sakura Empire once—how do I feel much more open-minded and humorous? You can even say things like me wearing women's clothing; have you been stimulated?" Li Chenming said speechlessly.

"Cough, no." Qin Ge quickly shook his head, "It's just that I feel it's better to be happy than to live each day so sternly."

"That's what this sentence means." Li Chenming nodded.

"Alright, no more of that; you can distribute the supplies as you see fit, anyway you're the Vice Commander handling logistics." Qin Ge said with a smile, "So what did you do over your summer break?"

Li Chenming pointed to the Cube on the table, "Here, all my gains from this summer break are right here."

"So you ran a mission over the summer break?" Qin Ge laughed.

"Who says no? If it weren't for today's start of school, I might still be out running missions." Li Chenming said after sitting down.

"You're working that hard?" Qin Ge exclaimed in surprise.

"It's not about working hard or not; the key is I want to catch up with everyone's pace. My fleet's firepower can't keep up, so I want to rest during this period, run more missions, and when I return to school build a stronger shipgirl to boost fleet strength." Li Chenming said to Qin Ge.

"Hmm, while this spirit is commendable, such behavior is not worth advocating. I've told you before—running missions with effort is good, but you also need to rest at appropriate times."

"Maintaining a balance of work and rest for yourself and your shipgirl is necessary to have means to withdraw or destroy when sudden situations arise. If you or your shipgirl are too tired and fail to notice hidden dangers, then what do you think caused so many students at the Academy to die on missions?" Qin Ge said.

"This..." Li Chenming broke into a sweat, knowing Qin Ge's words were for his own good, but he hadn't thought that much before; he just wanted to work hard to develop his own fleet.

"You must remember well: rest when it's time to rest, don't let yourself become passive for short-term gain." Qin Ge said.

"I got it, I'll pay attention from now on." Li Chenming nodded and agreed.

"What about the others? Did you guys do any missions together over the summer break?" Qin Ge asked.

"We did one emergency mission together, supporting the Muboluodao mission." Li Chenming said.

"Muboluodao, what a nostalgic name." Qin Ge smiled.

"Has the Commander also gone to that island to do a mission?" Li Chenming asked.

"Well, my first mission was to go to that island." Qin Ge laughed, "Back then I only had Nengdai, Banrenma, and Belfast as shipgirls; time really flew."

Li Chenming rolled his eyes, "What 'time really flew'? You're not that old; it's only been half a year."

"Cough, just feel it occasionally, don't be so nitpicky." Qin Ge laughed, "But it's great to see you all again—notify the others, we'll start training tomorrow afternoon, and I'll also deploy some plans for our Grand Fleet afterward."

"When we wait until One Month to October, I'll bring my shipgirls to do missions with you; then you must listen to me, because by then we'll be facing the Siren Tide."

"Understood." Li Chenming said firmly.

Qin Ge chuckled, "Then I won't disturb you; it's also time for me to go back, I still have a book unfinished—I must double my efforts during my free time."

"Commander, you too—pay more attention to your body, rest more, don't wear yourself out." Li Chenming said to Qin Ge.

"Don't worry." After saying that, Qin Ge stood up and left Li Chenming's house together with Belfast.

After Li Chenming closed the door and returned to the living room, Xipeier said to him, "Why don't you ask him what happened when he went to the Sakura Empire?"

Li Chenming shook his head, "If the Commander wanted to tell me, he would have told me, but from beginning to end he has deliberately avoided this question; obviously the matter there is confidential."

Since it's confidential, I also shouldn't ask. Sometimes it's not necessary to know too much; knowing too much isn't beneficial.

However, Xipeier, do you feel that the Commander seems to have become more mature?

"Much better than the Commander." Xipeier said directly.

"Well, being tsundere is useless." Li Chenming said speechlessly.

Xipeier jumped up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, shouting, "Who are you calling tsundere? You're the tsundere, your whole family is tsundere! Hmph!"

After lecturing Li Chenming, Xipeier immediately turned and ran back upstairs, leaving Li Chenming standing there speechless.

Soon after, Z1 came downstairs rubbing his eyes and saw Li Chenming standing where he was.

"Commander, why did Xipeier go upstairs? He seems a little angry," Z1 asked Li Chenming.

"She's just being tsundere, you already know her personality." Li Chenming said speechlessly, then turned to Z1 and said, "You came at the right time; use your situational awareness to pack these things up, and we'll go see the other few people in the Fleet."

"Yes, Commander!"