"Are you really the new admiral?"

Looking at the anxious people on the training ground, Petrov put one hand on Li Ran's shoulder and asked.

Turning his head and glancing at the hands on his shoulders, Li Ran pursed his lips and said, "You've seen the ID, I'm a genuine newbie."

"That's right, I'm overthinking it." Nodding, Petrov still muttered in his heart.

The newbie is indeed a newbie, but this newbie is so powerful that even his own family is at a disadvantage.

The exercise is over~!

While Petrov was still thinking about why a new admiral would have such a powerful ship girl in his hands, the winner of the exercise had already been decided.

"I'm sorry, Admiral, I lost." Returning to the shore, Nagato immediately apologized to Petrov.

Waving his hands to show that he didn't care, Petrov sighed: "You are really better than the old. From now on, the important task of resisting the deep sea will be left to you young people."

Li Ran smiled and nodded, but Li Ran didn't explain anything.

He didn't care much about resisting the deep sea. Li Ran's biggest wish was to find the ship girls who had run away from home.

…

In the evening, the dinner party specially held by Petrov to report to Richelieu officially began.

It was a dinner rather than a family banquet. Apart from Richelieu, the only participants were Petrov and his shipgirl, plus Li Ran and his party.

When Li Ran arrived, the banquet had already begun. It wasn't Petrov who arranged it specially, but he overslept himself.

"Hey, Admiral Mengxin, you are late, you have to punish yourself with three drinks!"

Carrying a bottle of vodka, Petrov was not in a good mood, so he asked Li Ran to drink as a penalty.

"Drinking as a penalty?!"

Soviet Union stuck out his tongue and licked his lips.

"Sorry, my admiral drank too much." Taking the bottle from Petrov's hand, Nagato smiled apologetically at Li Ran.

Shaking his head to show that it didn't matter, Li Ran asked in a low voice: "I think the Marshal is a little disappointed. Did something big happen?"

"It's not a big deal, it just failed to salvage the boat." Nagato smiled, shook his head, and explained simply.

Before the banquet began, Petrov once again extended an invitation to Richelieu, but was rejected by the latter.

"Is that so?!"

Hearing this, Li Ran glanced at Petrov.

"You brat, what kind of look do you have?" Noticing Li Ran's gaze, Petrov was so angry that he jumped to his feet: "Are you so gloating about misfortune?"

"I'm not gloating, I'm just wondering which ship girl would actually refuse a marshal's offer." Li Ran said with a smile while touching his chin.

"Yeah?!"

Glancing at Li Ran out of the corner of his eye, Petrov rolled his eyes and an idea came to his mind.

"I said, didn't you say you are pale?" Pulling Li Ran aside, Petrov smiled and said, "Why don't you go and try it."

"try what?"

Li Ran was confused.

"What else could it be, of course fishing for a boat~!" Petrov patted Li Ran on the shoulder and laughed loudly: "Maybe you can win people's favor as soon as you open your mouth?"

"It is indeed possible~!" Li Ran touched his cheek and said narcissistically: "After all, I am so handsome."

"Ugh~!"

Seeing this, Petrov made a gesture of vomiting and said: "Please, can you not make me sick?"

Looking at the two people holding each other's arms in the corner, Nagato sighed, looked at Lexington and said sheepishly: "I made everyone laugh. My admiral is like this when he drinks too much. He especially likes to make mischief."

"It's okay, my admiral is the same, he looks like a child whether he drinks or not." Lexington pursed his lips and smiled, catering to Nagato's words.

While the two secretaries were having a pleasant exchange, Li Ran suddenly turned around, straightened his hat, and walked towards the center of the hall with solemn steps.

There, Petrov's ship girls gathered together on three levels inside and three outside.

Lexington hurriedly caught up: "Admiral, why are you going?"

"Fishing the boat~!"

Li Ran smiled at his wife and continued walking forward.

Originally, he was not planning to salvage the ship, but Petrov promised that if he could successfully salvage the ship, he would give himself a batch of resources as a gift.

Hearing that resources were being offered, Li Ran reluctantly agreed.

"Admiral, you can't even catch it, and it's even less likely that Admiral Li Ran will succeed." Standing next to Petrov, Nagato reminded in a low voice.

Nodding, Petrov smiled and said: "This is not nonsense."

"What about you?!"

Nagato looked confused.

Now that you know, why do you encourage the other party to salvage the boat?

Although his eyes were fixed on Li Ran, Petrov obviously knew what his secretary-ship was thinking.

Raising his head proudly, Petrov smiled and said: "It's nothing, I just want to see his expression after being rejected. Since I failed, others won't have an easy time, either."

"Admiral, you are really drunk."

Seeing Petrov's childlike smile, Nagato covered his face with his hands and let out a sigh.

Seeing Li Ran getting closer and closer, Petrov's breathing suddenly became rapid. He simply moved a chair over and sat down, ready to appreciate the other party's expression after he failed to rescue the boat.

"Hey~!"

Walking to the outside of the crowd, Li Ran discovered that all the ship girls were lining up, and one by one he said goodbye to the ship girls who had been standing in the middle.

"Strange, isn't this Richelieu?"

Through the gap, Li Ran could clearly see the ship girl in the middle, but he didn't know if it was his own Richelieu.

"It can't be such a coincidence, right?!"

Startled by the idea in his mind, Li Ran smiled and shook his head, rejecting the idea.

After thinking about it, Li Ran simply took a glass of red wine and stood quietly at the back.

It will become clear after a while whether the other party is his own Richelieu.

…

After clinking wine glasses with the shipgirls who came up to say goodbye to him one by one, Richelieu also felt tired, so he sat on a chair and closed his eyes to meditate.

"This beautiful lady, can I have a drink with you?" Not long after Richelieu closed his eyes, a slightly frivolous voice sounded in his ears.

"There are other men here?!"

Frowning, Richelieu muttered in his heart, but did not open his eyes.

There was no other reason. This man's voice made her feel frivolous and a little irresponsible. Irresponsible people were exactly what Richelieu hated the most, so she didn't want to see him.

"Hey~!"

Seeing that Richelieu did not open his eyes, Li Ran sighed. The Richelieu in front of him didn't seem to be his.

But looking at the familiar face in front of him, Li Ran gritted his teeth and made a final attempt: "I'm back, Fei Li."

"Feili?!"

Richelieu's body trembled as if struck by electricity.

Feili, what a familiar name. I remember that the admiral always liked to call himself Feili before.

Thinking of this, Richelieu hurriedly opened his eyes.
Chapter completed!