Chapter 68: Mass Killing

This is the naval base. There are only the admiral and the ship girls here, no other outsiders.

It is inconvenient to carry shopping bags, so you just need to leave them at the entrance of the supermarket. You don’t have to worry about them being stolen. Just remember to take them when you leave. Su Xia and Lexington left the supermarket, put down their shopping bags, and did not choose to go to the second floor, as they still had things to do on the first floor.

As one of the few good sisters in the naval base, she has always taken care of her two younger sisters wholeheartedly. Unlike some older sisters who still need their younger sisters to take care of them, or even bully their younger sisters, it does not mean that Lexington wants her younger sisters to be by her side all the time. She also needs to take a break occasionally.

For some reason Saratoga didn't come to join in the fun, and neither did Constellation. Without her two sisters, Lexington's steps were brisk, and her white strappy sandals made a clacking sound on the shiny tiles.

"Where are we going?" Lexington looked around. She didn't like watching teen idol dramas. Saratoga sneered at those TV shows, but she watched a lot of horoscopes. She remembered that in those TV shows, when men and women dated, there was always one thing that was indispensable. "Admiral, do you want some ice cream?"

"It's up to me." Su Xia replied.

"Let's go get some ice cream first." Lexington found that there was a milk tea shop not far from the ice cream shop and added, "Milk tea is also OK."

"Ice cream, please." Su Xia thought for a while and said, the calories in ice cream should be lower than that in milk tea, right?

Lexington asked, "What flavor would you like, Admiral?"

"Whatever." Su Xia replied. He wanted to be a gentleman, but when he saw Lexington approaching the ice cream shop, he slowed down. Lexington kept asking for help with the computer, so he didn't dare to agree. How could a dignified admiral live off others? There was no need to be polite for a mere ice cream.

The ice cream shop was open and the lights were on, but there was no clerk guarding the ice cream machine. It was not until Su Xia approached that she saw the clerk slowly walking to the ice cream machine.

The blond clerk saw him, then looked at Lexington and teased, "Madam is dating the admiral?"

Lexington replied: "Just came here to shop and hang out."

"That's a date."

"Really?" Lexington didn't comment. He took the two ice creams and turned to Su Xia and asked, "Admiral, do you want chocolate or vanilla?"

"Vanilla, please." Su Xia was not casual this time.

Not to mention that the blonde clerk looked at their backs as they left, pouted, made a face, and finally picked up the tablet again. Lexington took the ice cream and suddenly said, "Admiral, do you know that Gaga also opened an ice cream shop before?"

"Gaga also opened an ice cream shop?" Su Xia was a little surprised while eating ice cream.

"Admiral, do you have any misunderstandings about Gaga?" Lexington said, "Don't underestimate Gaga."

"Now I know, Gaga is amazing." Su Xia said, "How did she think of opening an ice cream shop?" He only knew that many girls dreamed of opening a coffee shop, a bar, or a flower shop, because they were more petty bourgeoisie.

Lexington pondered for a moment and said, "Because I read that story."

Su Xia was very curious: "Which story, what story?"

"It is said that during World War II, the U.S. Army's kitchens were equipped with ice cream machines, but only aircraft carriers in the Navy had excess power to use ice cream machines, and other warships could not. Ice cream was a scarce commodity for the Navy. Other warships rescued pilots who fell into the water and exchanged ice cream from aircraft carriers."

After playing the game, Su Xia started to be interested in various warships. He knew a lot of interesting stories about warships. He said, "I know that story too. It seems that one pilot can exchange 20 liters or gallons of ice cream. The ace pilot can exchange more."

He also knew that some officers had installed some equipment on their planes to make ice cream in the sky in order to let the soldiers eat it. Even worse, it happened on the Lexington, where some sailors ran to the ship's kitchen before abandoning the ship and ate the ice cream stored there.

The attack on Pearl Harbor was a pretty good start for Japan, but even so, failure was inevitable. Putting aside the series of exaggerated and stupid operations in the Battle of Midway, the gap in national strength between the two countries was too big. On this side, you can fight and eat ice cream, and on the other side, there is only a Yamato Hotel to look at.

Su Xia looked back at the ice cream shop and asked, "Why is it closed now?"

"She just got inspired by the story and opened a shop, but she didn't do it for two days. She ate more ice cream than she sold, and then it was all gone," Lexington said. "At least she opened the shop. No ice cream shop should be given up before it is ready. She deserves praise."

"This praise is too easy to get." Su Xia complained, thinking that he could tease the blonde girl next time he met her.

The supermarket took up a lot of space, and there was nothing much to see in the remaining shops. A quick walk through the first floor was enough, and they were ready to take the elevator to the second floor. Su Xia licked her ice cream and looked around, and when she turned around, she suddenly found Lexington looking at his ice cream.

Lexington asked curiously, "Admiral, your ice cream is vanilla flavor, right?"

"Yes." Su Xia said, "Didn't you buy it for me?"

“What does vanilla smell like?”

Su Xia lowered his head. Since they were just taking a walk and only ate one scoop of ice cream, he said, "Vanilla is vanilla."

"Of course I know what vanilla tastes like," Lexington said. "I'm wondering if it's sweet, sour, or bitter?"

"Ice cream... must be sweet." Su Xia was silent for a moment and said, "I don't believe you don't know the taste of vanilla."

"I don't know if vanilla is weird?" Lexington said, "I rarely eat ice cream or milk tea."

This reason seemed somewhat convincing, and Su Xia agreed: "Let's go buy another vanilla flavor."

Su Xia didn't stop walking, and suddenly felt his clothes being pulled. He turned around and saw Lexington lowering his head, stretching out his arms to pull his clothes, and said in a voice as thin as a mosquito: "I just want to taste it."

Su Xia didn't say anything, just looked at her.

Lexington loosened his clothes, as if giving up everything, and said: "Okay, okay, I know, this method can't fool the admiral... I hope I can be more mature, but I can't. I admit that I just want to share ice cream with the admiral, like those couples."

Lexington raised her head, as if she was trying to hold back laughter, then she laughed and said openly, "Lexington's dream is to become the admiral's gentle and skilled wife. It would be great if I could take care of the admiral and stand beside him to protect him... It really isn't possible. If that's the case, I'd just be a sister."

"It's been a long time since I joined the garrison, received the ring, put on the wedding dress, and became the admiral's wedding ship. I have stood by the admiral's side and guarded for a long time. Lexington is not satisfied and wants more. I want to be closer to the admiral."

"Only little girls like that kind of thing. Mature, gentle, and skilled wives won't care about that kind of thing. But not once... Lexington, Lexington really wants to share ice cream with the admiral and hold hands."

"May I?"

What else can Su Xia do?

They exchanged ice cream, and then exchanged back. Eating the ice cream that Lexington returned, Lexington just took a small bite, and he also took a small bite of her ice cream, as if it was just a formality. Su Xia didn't know how to describe the feeling.

They held hands, not just a simple grip, but the kind where their fingers were intertwined.

Su Xia lowered her head.

Lexington raised his head, and at this time all the people on the second and third floors had disappeared.

They walked around the commercial building hand in hand. After eating ice cream, they bought grilled squid and veal skewers. They looked at the glass door of the bookstore for a long time but didn't go in. They walked around the empty decoration shop and then came to the bar.

"The bar," Lexington said. "Admiral, shall we go in and take a look?"

Su Xia replied: "All is fine."

"Missouri's working as a bartender right here," Lexington said. "Did you see her?"

“Yes.”

“And businesses.”

"Sit at the bar."

"Washington is here today too."

"Does Washington like to drink, too?"

"She's the cocktail party queen of the Pacific."

“Yes.”

"Now walk over there and that's Wichita."

They stood in the corridor outside the bar and talked.