Chapter 76 After the Silence
After dinner, I waited for Lexington to finish cleaning up, then went out shopping. After buying things, I walked around the commercial building and went to the bar. It was already quite late. Another thing happened, and I had a few more drinks and chatted casually. I looked at the time and it was already past ten o'clock, gradually approaching eleven o'clock.
For some people, it seems that this time of Bei Zhai has just begun.
For most people, this time is already a bit late. After all, even if you go home now, there must be a lot of things to do. Take a shower, curl up on the sofa and play with your phone. Do you have to stay up until one or two in the morning? Staying up late is the enemy of the skin, and it may even cause dark circles and eye bags.
Most people in the bar had left, with only a few tables left. Lexington looked at his phone and asked if everyone should go home.
Su Xia readily agreed, as he had always had a pretty good work and rest schedule. There was no other way, as he worked as a social animal for so long and had to go to work at 8am the next day, he had to go to bed early and get up early.
As a bartender, Archerfish just accompanied them for a few drinks before going back to work. Su Xia had been paying attention to her silently, and found that she actually had nothing to do. She was mainly called away by this person to ask a few questions, and called by that person to ask a few questions. Su Xia always remembered her and found her before leaving.
"Is Archerfish still not off work?" Su Xia thought to herself. Even if Archerfish was no longer a little girl after the transformation and became quite mature, she was still a primary school student. It was okay to be a bartender, but it was not good to work so late.
"I'll be off work in a minute." The bikini bunny girl costume has no pockets, but perhaps for Archerfish, who has an incredible figure, there is a natural pocket. Anyway, Archerfish didn't take out his phone from anywhere, but just looked at the wall clock, "I'll be off work at eleven o'clock."
Su Xia thought for a moment and said, "It won't be long...or else we can wait for you to get off work and go back together."
"Don't wait for me. I will go back by myself." said the archerfish. "I will go back with my sisters."
I don't know when Enterprise was gone, and only Missouri was left sitting behind the bar with a tablet. She said, "Archerfish, you can go home now. Come with the admiral."
Anyone else would have been ready to run away immediately. Archerfish was quite responsible and said, "But..."
“没有可是……走吧、走吧。”密苏里挥手。
"Okay..." Archerfish did not hesitate any longer. It would be best if he could get off work early. "Admiral, wait for me. I'm going to change my clothes." After so many things that happened, Archerfish no longer regarded Su Xia as a monster, or he had accepted the reality?
Archerfish left and went to the locker room to change clothes. This was a must. It was okay to wear an Archerfish in the bar, and if you were outside, you would still wear it like that... For submarines who love diving the most, bikinis are not a problem at all, and they always wear cool clothes.
Seeing the archerfish disappear, Missouri put down the tablet, lowered his crossed legs, stood up, leaned over the bar, and asked, "How's the archer rabbit?"
Looking at Missouri's smile, one could tell what was going on. However, it did not stop Su Xia from pretending not to know and said, "What about the shooting rabbit..."
Missouri didn't expose him and said, "Nothing... behave well."
Su Xia noticed that Missouri winked at him, and he pretended not to see anything. I don't have any special thoughts, don't act as if you have created an opportunity for me, I don't owe you any favor.
Archerfish quickly changed his clothes and came out. They left the bar together. Su Xia naturally remembered to pick up the daily necessities placed at the entrance of the supermarket.
Leaving the commercial building and crossing the square, the street lights were still on and no passers-by could be seen from afar. However, the residential areas of various departments surrounding the square, small villas, and large residential buildings, all had dim lights on in their windows. They chatted casually and walked to the American residential building.
Su Xia wanted to go to where the archerfish lived, to see the bluefin tuna, the surgeonfish, and the barbel, all lovely fish. She was too embarrassed to ask such a request, so she could only say, "Does the archerfish know where I live?"
"I don't know." replied the archerfish.
Su Xia gave the address and said, "If you have time, Archerfish can go to the Admiral's place with the Bluefin Squid... You can also call the Surgeonfish and the Barb along. By the way, are you familiar with those U-boats... Let's go play together if you have time."
"Are you a goldfish guy?" Wichita asked bluntly.
"I'm just inviting you politely." Su Xia said, thinking that she hadn't seen the three little guys tonight.
"Would you be polite to invite me?" Wichita stood next to Archerfish. They both lived in an American-style residential building.
"You are definitely indispensable. You are so anxious..." Su Xia said, "Wichita, come and visit me when you have time."
Wichita asked, "Is there time now? Can we go?"
Su Xia believed from the bottom of his heart that if he nodded, the heroic Wichita might really do that and run to his room tonight, and then who knows what will happen. But he couldn't admit defeat anyway, so he thought for a moment and said, "Not tonight, the room is not cleaned up yet, and I can't see guests."
Wichita said, "It's okay, I don't care."
"I care." Su Xia smiled, "I don't want Wichita to see my messy room."
"Why?"
"Need I say more?" This is to lose the battle but not the battle, Su Xia said, "I hope that in Wichita's eyes, the admiral is perfect no matter what."
Wichita wanted to pounce, but Su Xia was a little far away from her, so she had no choice but to give up.
Lexington wanted to send Su Xia to Guanhai Tower, but Su Xia firmly disagreed and insisted on sending her home and letting her go back alone.
After sending Lexington home, Su Xia walked on the way to Guanhai Tower.
There was no Lexington, no three little guys, no Bismarck, no Changchun. There were only starlight and street lights, and only the sounds of insects and waves in her ears. Su Xia felt unprecedented peace.
Of course he didn't mean to hate everyone, it's just that there were too many things going on in the past two days and he inexplicably wanted to be alone and quiet.
In front of him was the Guanhai Building. Su Xia was not in a hurry to go back. He thought about sitting at the round table on the first floor of the Guanhai Building, but he didn't go. He sat on a bench beside the ring road, with a bag of daily necessities beside him, looking at the dark sea under the dim lights from afar. He took out his mobile phone, just looked at it, without turning on the screen, and put it back in his pocket.
When people reach middle age, they often feel lonely, because when they open their eyes, they are surrounded by people who rely on them, but there is no one they can rely on.
Su Xia suddenly thought of that sentence, and then thought about it again, it was totally inappropriate. He had no one who needed to rely on him, or maybe there was someone, anyway, he didn't have firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, and so many trivial things. He could even rely on others, Lexington was one, Reputation was one, and Bismarck was also one.
Just now when I crossed over, I was just irritable, confused, and my mind was in a mess. Now that I have calmed down, I also know the situation I am facing now, and I have seen many people... Su Xia leaned on the back of the bench. Finally, I have time to think about things, many things.
Parents, siblings, friends and colleagues.
I have been borrowing money for a house for decades. I have been thinking about what kind of decoration I should do after the house is delivered. After much calculation, I don’t have that much money for decoration, but I still want a better decoration. The hard decoration must be good, the soft decoration can be worse, and the budget for refrigerators and washing machines can be greatly reduced.
How did I travel through time?
I became the commander of so many people for no apparent reason. How should I treat them? Everyone is very good, really very good. Lexington is as perfect as I imagined, the wife of my dreams. Xiao Zhai is the cutest in the world, but sometimes I always feel that this is all fake and I want to escape.
I used to wonder why some people are born with a silver spoon in their mouths and stand at the finish line at birth. Now that good things have happened, why do they feel uneasy?
I feel like I have no problem traveling to a shabby garrison and becoming everyone's hope, leading everyone to build a strong garrison. I feel guilty about taking advantage, but I feel at ease about paying and then getting something in return.
Now that I am here, I should make the best of it. Is it okay to accept all this? Am I really their admiral?
Being content to be an admiral and enjoying everyone's care, shouldn't I do something? What should I do?
Regarding the proposal, I will talk to Xiao Zhai and the others tomorrow and ask whether we should call it CV-16.
No matter what... survive.
After thinking about it for a while, Su Xia felt a headache and didn't want to think about it any further.
Su Xia leaned back on the bench, intending to think of nothing and enjoy this moment of peace.
"Admiral?"
Su Xia turned around when she heard the voice, and saw Missouri walking towards her from the path. She immediately smiled and shouted, "Missouri... why are you here?"
"Go home after get off work." Missouri pointed to the villa in front of him, "But why are you sitting here, Admiral?"
"Just... sit down for a while."
"Waiting for me specifically?"
"Yeah." Su Xia smiled.
"I guess not." Missouri laughed.
"That's right." Su Xia said.
Missouri held the back of the bench he was sitting on and suddenly said, "Stop pretending."
"What's the point of pretending..." Su Xia laughed.
Su Xia looked at Missouri and her smile gradually faded.
