Chapter 559: Teasing

Although he was fully focused on writing the documents on the desk, Qin Ge always felt a pair of eyes looking at him with a teasing smile.

That gaze made him somewhat uneasy, so Qin Ge had no choice but to put down his work, raise his head, and look toward the owner of that gaze.

"Saint Louis, you've been staring at me for quite a while; is there something wrong with my face?" Qin Ge said, looking at his secretary ship before him.

Saint Louis smiled and waved her hand, "No, today's commander is exceptionally handsome, there's no problem at all."

Qin Ge was speechless, picked up the teacup beside him, and while drinking water said, "Then what are you staring at me for? Is the secretary ship's job just to keep watching the commander?"

"Not at all." Saint Louis smiled, "I just suddenly felt the commander has grown up and also knows the benefits of women."

"Pfft..."

Qin Ge had just taken a sip of water and hadn't even swallowed when he spat it out directly. If Saint Louis had been standing beside his desk, otherwise he would have surely sprayed her all over.

"Ah, commander, drink your water slowly, no one's rushing you." Saint Louis smiled.

"Cough..." Qin Ge coughed violently several times, then said to Saint Louis, "What do you mean by that... what does 'also knowing the benefits of women' mean?"

"Isn't that so?" Saint Louis said strangely, "This morning, Miss Guanghui came out of the commander's bedroom, and this has already spread throughout the port area."

Qin Ge froze, "No, Guanghui clearly got up early and went back; even the Maid Corps didn't come over. How did you know she was at my place last night? And why does everyone in the port area know?"

"Haha, commander, you've admitted it after all." Saint Louis teased.

Qin Ge's face darkened, "So please answer my question properly."

Saint Louis said, "The commander's room is the most watched place in our dormitory building; normally even a fly or mosquito flying in would be noticed by everyone, let alone a living person walking in."

"..."

Qin Ge opened his mouth, but under Saint Louis's reply he suddenly found he couldn't utter a word.

"Hehe, are you that surprised, commander?" Saint Louis laughed.

"Isn't that surprising enough?" Qin Ge sighed and said, "Then why is it that whenever Xinong goes in, nobody gossips, but when Guanghui goes in it becomes like this?"

"Because Xinong's personality is like that; those who know understand that even if she goes in, nothing will happen. But Miss Guanghui is different—it's a fundamental difference in nature." Saint Louis laughed.

"Cough..." Qin Ge involuntarily coughed.

"So, did the commander grow up last night?" Saint Louis asked curiously.

"Grow? What growth?" Qin Ge wondered.

"What other growth? Of course it's whether something happened between you and Guanghui." Saint Louis said.

"You all already know that, don't you?" Qin Ge rolled his eyes.

"We know Guanghui went in last night and came out this morning, but we don't know what you talked about or did inside, because peeking into others' privacy is immoral." Saint Louis said.

Qin Ge was speechless, "You even know it's immoral?"

However, he didn't dare say that, so he shook his head and said, "Nothing happened; I just simply slept."

"Ah, commander, do you think I believe you?" Saint Louis laughed.

"Cough... let's not talk about that." Qin Ge tried to change the subject, "Saint Louis, how many red tips did we harvest from the Siren outpost before?"

Saint Louis's eyes lit up, showing a look of sudden realization, "Are you preparing to propose? Who's the target? If it's not Helena, I wouldn't be very supportive."

Qin Ge looked at Saint Louis before him with a bewildered face, "How do you know I want to buy an oath ring?"

"Hehe, because the commander's personality is really easy to guess. Although you sporadically obtained some red tips while doing missions, you've just kept them unused."

Furthermore, at Mingshi's place, besides the oath ring, the only thing needing red tips is some ship equipment. Of course supplies, petroleum and the like also exist, but I believe the commander wouldn't use such important red tips to buy things we can easily obtain.

Adding yesterday's Guanghui's actions and the commander's reaction just now, if I couldn't guess that, then I wouldn't be Saint Louis. Saint Louis explained.

Qin Ge rolled his eyes, "I've noticed you're quite sensitive about this; I am indeed preparing to buy an oath ring."

"Hmm, then how many is the commander preparing to buy? Or maybe just one?" Saint Louis, very interested, crawled onto the desk and looked at Qin Ge.

"Well, preparing to buy two." Qin Ge said to Saint Louis.

"Oh?" Saint Louis chuckled, "Who is the commander preparing to give it to?"

"You'll find out later anyway," Qin Ge obviously unwilling to say now.

"So I'll be able to know later, so why can't I know earlier? This isn't some confidential dossier or anything, and as a secretary ship, knowing the commander's every move is also my duty." Saint Louis said.

Qin Ge looked at Saint Louis, who seemed eager for the drama, and couldn't help breaking into a cold sweat; indeed, every woman's heart has a gossip spirit burning fiercely, even shipgirls are no exception.

"Guanghui." Thus Qin Ge could only say, gritting his teeth.

"Huh? Anything else? Weren't you preparing to buy two oath rings altogether?" Saint Louis asked.

"No more, just one." Qin Ge hurriedly said.

"If it's only Guanghui, then why does the commander want to buy two oath rings?" Saint Louis asked.

Qin Ge told Saint Louis what Guanghui had said the previous night, "Because even if I'm giving Guanghui an oath ring, I also want others to know that my heart isn't only for Guanghui alone; anyone could become the next one."

Saint Louis smiled and nodded, "That definitely wasn't something the commander came up with; I think it was probably Miss Guanghui who told you that last night."

Qin Ge couldn't help being speechless, "Why do you think I couldn't come up with such words?"

"Because according to the commander's usual style, the most likely thing would be to buy just one oath ring, then when another shipgirl later expresses her feelings, you'd buy the second one; definitely not buying two at once." Saint Louis said.

Qin Ge couldn't help but start; actually he had thought the same last night, so he forced a wry smile, "Looks like you really understand me; so Guanghui's suggestion I think is quite good."

"Yes, so how about giving the next oath ring to Helena?"