Following Ying Rui's footsteps, Li Ran came to the back of the kitchen.

Here, Yixian built a stove specifically for smoking bacon.

"Admiral, why are you here?" Yixian saw Li Ran and Ying Rui walking over, dragging cypress branches, talking and laughing, and hurriedly went up to greet them.

He and Ying Rui put the cypress branches away together, and then Li Ran smiled and replied: "I was bored so I went out for a walk and happened to meet Ying Rui on the playground."

"Admiral, are you feeling better?" Yixian smoothed his hair, revealing a small section of his slender, white neck.

Li Ran slapped his chest loudly and said firmly: "The medicine you prescribed is quite effective. I've been almost healed for a long time. If Lexington hadn't allowed it, I should have gotten out of bed yesterday."

"Then you should still take more rest!" Yixian reminded him in a soft voice with a gentle smile.

"Admiral, sit down!"

At the same time, Ying Rui moved a bench over.

Li Ran patted the little girl's head and said with a smile, "Thank you!"

"Admiral, that's not right!"

Pursing her lips, Ying Rui shook her head anxiously.

Blinking his eyes in confusion, Li Ran didn't understand what he said wrong.

"The Admiral said that family members don't need to say thank you." Ying Rui replied crisply, his fingers unconsciously stirring the corners of his clothes.

"Yes, yes, yes, look at my memory!" Li Ran raised his head and touched the back of his head, laughing and said: "You are my family, I shouldn't thank you."

"Hmm~!"

After hearing this, Ying Ruicai nodded and smiled again.

"Admiral, do you want a drink of water? I'll get you a glass of water!" Ying Rui pulled Li Ran's sleeve and looked expectantly.

Catching the little girl's gaze, Li Ran nodded and said, "That's okay, I happen to be a little thirsty, you really helped me a lot!"

"Hehe~!"

With a sweet smile, Ying Rui ran into the kitchen happily.

Covering the open flame, Yixian raised the corner of his mouth slightly and nodded imperceptibly.

"What's the matter?"

Noticing the expression on the leg fairy, Li Ran tilted his head and asked.

Yixian shook his head, looking like he was about to speak but hesitated.

Seeing this, Li Ran moved the stool over and sat down next to Yixian.

"It's very smoky here, Admiral, don't get choked!" Yixian reminded him as he slapped his palms.

Hearing this, Li Ran smiled and said: "It's okay, you're here too. Besides, I'm not that fragile."

"I'm different!"

With a faint smile on his lips, Yixian answered slowly.

Li Ran tilted his head and looked at the soft-line profile of the leg fairy, Li Ran smiled and said: "They have one mouth and two eyes, what else can be different?"

"Admiral, you know that's not what I'm talking about." Shaking his head, Yixian kept paying attention to the flames.

There should be no open flame when smoking bacon, so that the smoked meat will be delicious.

Blinking his eyes, Li Ran looked at a small piece of black stuff on Yixian's face and said, "Actually, they are all the same. Even the ship girl will be affected by the smoke."

After saying that, he reached out his hand and wiped the things off Yixian's face.

"Admiral?!"

Yixian lowered his head.

At the same time, the flames suddenly shot up, making Yixian's face turn red.

"Admiral, drink water!"

When the two were silent, Ying Rui rushed back with a glass of water.

"Um!"

Smiling at the little girl, Li Ran took the water glass and drank it in one gulp.

"Admiral, does it taste good?" With his hands behind his back, Ying Rui leaned his upper body forward slightly.

Looking down at the empty cup, Li Ran said in surprise: "It tastes good. You must have put honey in it."

"Well, Zhaohe got this from the back mountain yesterday." Ying Rui's eyes narrowed into a crescent shape.

"Yeah?!"

When he heard that he got it from the back mountain, Li Ran couldn't help but lick his lips.

Wild honey is a good thing. In my previous life, I didn’t have the means to drink it.

"This Zhaohe." He raised his brows, and Yixian complained angrily: "He doesn't look good when he's sitting, and he doesn't look good when he stands. He's a complete tomboy."

"Hey, Admiral, I'll get you another drink." Ying Rui, who felt like she was spilling the beans, clapped her lips and turned around, running towards the kitchen.

"It means Zhaohe is very active. She can play if she likes." Looking at Ying Rui's back, Li Ran replied.

Using sand to suppress the flames, Yixian said helplessly: "I hope Zhaohe can be quieter so that the admiral won't hate her."

"Why should I hate her?" Li Ran touched his head and looked confused.

"Yeah~!"

Covering his lips, Yixian smiled sheepishly. Why did he say what was in his heart when he was so excited?

The C country shipgirls are not very strong to begin with, and Haohe jumps up and down like a naughty child all day long, which in Yixian's mind can easily make the admiral hate him.

"Is this what you wanted to say just now?"

After hearing Yixian's worries, Li Ran recalled the latter's hesitant expression before and smiled.

"No!"

Smoothing his hair, Yixian smiled and said, "It's just that I just saw that your attitude towards Rui was no different from that towards Big Mackerel and the others, but I was a little worried before."

"There's nothing to worry about, you are all my shipgirls!" Li Ran said seriously, staring into Yixian's eyes.

It is undeniable that he did have prejudices in the past, but that was in his previous life.

As for games, strong ship girls are naturally more popular than weak ones. This is also normal. However, after coming to this world, Li Ran never had that thought again.

"Whether it's you or Lexington, everyone is my most important family, an inseparable family. If anyone wants to separate us, I will blow their heads off, even if it's the Governor's Mansion!"

Li Ran waved his arms vigorously, and Li Ran seemed to have flames burning on his body.

"I do not believe."

With a chuckle, Yixian blinked and asked, "Admiral, can you tell me who you like best?"

"Of course they all like it!"

Li Ran raised his head and said confidently. Although he didn't believe this sentence himself, and he knew that Yixian didn't believe it either, he could only say this.

"hehe!"

As expected, Yixian smiled sweetly, shook his head and laughed without talking.

Seeing this, Li Ran patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the person I was talking to about this topic was Yixian. If Saratoga was there, he would probably break the casserole and ask the question.

"Admiral, it doesn't matter who you like best." With a red face, Yixian said shyly: "As long as you can always stay with Yixian...Yixian, that's enough."

Li Ran tilted his head and looked at Yixian's side face, and nodded heavily.

…

After talking to Yixian and Ying Rui for a while, Li Ran wandered towards the little guys' dormitory. He just learned from Yixian that Shuanghai was instructing everyone to post Spring Festival couplets in the little guys' dormitory.

"William, stick a little further to the left!"

"Idiot William, you went too far to the left this time."
Chapter completed!