Chapter 873: The Helpless Tianying

The addition of the Yujin Fleet didn't change much in the port area; everyone still did what they were supposed to do, only Qin Ge's office became a bit livelier.

Hai Lun Na, who usually seemed far away, often came to Qin Ge's office; put another way, besides helping at the research center, she basically stayed in Qin Ge's office, as if this were her own office.

"Commander, the documents are done here; should we go on patrol next?" Tianying said while glancing at Hai Lun Na beside the incense.

She knew about Qin Ge and Yujin signing the contract, after all she had been Qin Ge's secretary ship during this period. Actually she was quite happy about it, after all Yujin's joining could greatly strengthen their port area's strength.

But she discovered that after the contract was signed, Yujin's Hai Lun Na would occasionally come to the commander's office, disrupting her time with Qin Ge. After all, there are now too many people in the port area; each person gets a week, and when it's her turn again it will be a long time later.

Now Tianying has some objections to Hai Lun Na, but this opinion can't be voiced directly, as it would affect harmony in the port area.

Qin Ge looked at Tianying's appearance, then glanced at her smiling there, and suddenly seemed to understand something. He nodded, "Indeed we should go on patrol now; get ready, and we'll set off."

Hai Lun Na smiled and said, "Are we going on patrol? Then I'll go with you."

"No need, patrolling is the secretary ship and commander's duty; Miss Hai Lun Na should just rest here." Tianying said instantly, this lady's mood was quite annoyed.

"Although patrolling is the secretary ship and commander's duty, there's no rule saying I can't follow you, right?" Hai Lun Na laughed, paying no heed to Tianying's words.

Qin Ge chuckled, "I recall you still have work at the research center, right? Is it okay to delay time like this?"

"Although there's no problem, since the commander said that, I'll first go to the research center; after the commander finishes patrolling, remember to contact me." Hai Lun Na smiled, then turned and left the office.

Seeing Hai Lun Na's departing figure, Tianying finally let out a sigh of relief.

Qin Ge saw this and couldn't help laughing, "Is it really necessary to be like this?"

Tianying looked at Qin Ge and said helplessly, "Commander, you're teasing me again. Originally, the rotation of secretary ships is very slow; after I finish this term as secretary ship, to serve again I'd likely have to wait several years."

"Thus the chance to be alone with the commander will be rare, and you know this—everyone in the port area hopes to become a secretary ship? This week, let's have several more dates. Even if something delays us, we'll have to make up for it in the end."

Qin Ge rubbed his nose; indeed, a strange phenomenon has appeared in the port area: ships like Guanghui and other marriage ships no longer care whether they go out on dates with love songs.

Anyway, Qin Ge sets aside time each week to accompany them, so they won't argue about anything anymore.

But others now must strive for it; otherwise, they might not be able to spend alone time with Qin Ge for a month or even longer. The secretary ship position has thus become everyone's desired spot.

Actually Qin Ge also finds this a bit troublesome; he can naturally guess the thoughts of the shipgirls, but he's simply too stretched thin to cope.

Before, someone had also suggested the secretary ship arrangement; it was reasonable when there were few people, but with many it becomes highly unreasonable. There are only dozens of weeks in a year, and now the port area has over five hundred shipgirls; lining up from first to last would take several years, even over a decade.

So someone suggested changing the secretary ship daily, but even then a full rotation would take over a year. Moreover, if any war or other incident occurs midway, it would have to be postponed.

Faced with this problem, Qin Ge could only rub his nose and say, "I understand what you mean, so when Hai Lun Na said she'd follow along just now, I deliberately sent her away."

"I've noticed that, which is why I'm telling the commander these things." Tianying said somewhat helplessly and embarrassed, "Originally, as a lady I shouldn't be doing these things, but she's indeed been coming frequently these past few days, and for three days now the commander hasn't gone out with me."

Qin Ge couldn't help laughing; he now knew the crux of the matter.

"Alright, now I do have time? Then let's patrol the port area; after patrolling, we'll go for a walk by the sea."

Tianying laughed and said, "Just the two of us?"

"Yeah, just the two of you. Didn't you say last time I didn't accompany you to the beach party? How about when we get to the dormitory later, you grab your swimsuit, and then we go play at the beach together?" Qin Ge suggested.

"Commander, you're really great; let's hurry and go." Tianying said with a smile.

"Go!"

Qin Ge said this very readily, then took Tianying and left the office. The patrol went very smoothly, or rather, there's basically nothing left to patrol now, as the leaders of several factions are all here, having arranged the port area's affairs in good order.

Moreover, the crucial thing now is class time at the port academy, so most destroyers and submarines aren't playing in the port area but are inside the academy.

Even so, it took a relatively long time to finish patrolling the entire port area. Stopping in front of the dormitory building, Tianying smiled at Qin Ge, then went upstairs to get clothes; Qin Ge, after some thought, felt it was better to wear swim trunks, so he also returned to his room.

Just as he was about to open the cabinet to get something, Belfast opened the door and walked in.

"Master, are you getting clothes to go to the sea?" Belfast asked with a smile.

Qin Ge wondered, "Did you see me when I just came in?"

"No, it's just a maid's intuition. Also, at this time the commander should have just finished patrolling the port area; by rights, Miss Tianying should be dating you during this interval, but since you're here now, the most likely reason is that you came back to get something."

"If they were on a date, the master wouldn't be carrying anything, right? So the only thing he could come back for is clothing; besides, it's summer now, and the master's short-sleeve shirt is sufficient for most occasions, so needing to return for something indicates he's going to the water's edge." Belfast explained.

"Well, Belfast, if you didn't study deduction, you'd really be selling yourself short." Qin Ge said helplessly.

"Master should know that Xiefeierde is an agent of our Royal Maid Corps, and she was guided by me." Belfast laughed.

"Well then, do you have anything?" Qin Ge shrugged.