Azur Lane Under the Stars

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"Then why does it smell so strongly of vinegar?" Ren Shuo sniffed exaggeratedly.

Hmm, there's no vinegar smell, but there's the fragrance of plum blossoms that comes from Zhenhai itself.

Zhenhai chuckled: "Commander, you're doing this so openly, aren't you?"

“That’s right.” Ren Shuo gently stroked Zhenhai’s slender waist.

"Don't move...it itches!"

Zhenhai twisted his waist awkwardly.

"But I don't itch." Ren Shuo looked puzzled. "Is it very itchy?"

After saying that, he deliberately tickled Zhenhai's waist a few more times.

Zhenhai couldn't help but let out a silvery laugh, then pouted and glared at Ren Shuo, "I told you, why did you come!"

"Okay, I was wrong, I was wrong."

Ren Shuo rested his head on Zhenhai's neck and gently sniffed: "I didn't expect you to be ticklish."

Zhenhai suddenly laughed: "Then Fushun said you're afraid of your wife."

Ren Shuo's expression froze: "Who said that?"

“Fushun, she said you listen to Yixian the most, so that means you’re afraid of your wife,” Zhenhai retorted with a smile.

"That's just spreading rumors! Me, Ren Shuo, a grown man, afraid of my wife? That's called respect, mutual respect, you know? That little brat doesn't know anything," Ren Shuo said.

Zhenhai smiled but didn't reply. He simply felt the comfort Ren Shuo brought him and curled up in Ren Shuo's arms like a big cat.

Ren Shuo was also enjoying this quiet happiness.

Having a beautiful woman in your arms and a wonderful life—there is no greater happiness than this.

"Is the Commander free tomorrow?" Zhenhai suddenly asked.

“Yes,” Ren Shuo said.

"Then come with me to the club in the port area," Zhenhai invited. "I'll be on vacation for the next few days, so someone will temporarily fill my secretary ship position."

Ren Shuo nodded: "Okay, I'll listen to you."

"By the way, what kind of club is it?" Ren Shuo asked.

I remember the last time Shinano invited me to the club, I spent the whole afternoon singing soothing music to a few sleepyheads... and my throat hurt when I got back.

"It's a secret, don't worry, it'll be very interesting." Zhenhai revealed a mysterious smile.

Ren Shuo didn't press further: "Then I'll look forward to it, but..."

"Hmm?" Zhenhai asked, puzzled.

"Let me collect some payment first." Ren Shuo laughed, then stamped Zhenhai's face.

Zhenhai smiled sweetly and continued to rest with his eyes closed.

Chapter 535 The Advance of Zhenhai

"No, you asked me to come here with you for a club activity, and you're telling me this is for embroidery?"

In a classroom, Ren Shuo held an embroidery needle in one hand and thread in the other, looking completely bewildered.

He was surrounded by ship girls who were secretly laughing.

However, many of them were empty-handed, clearly just there to join in the fun.

“Commander, look, we’re all here to learn embroidery, so why don’t you come too?” Maryland said seriously.

Ren Shuo was speechless. "No way, you silly girl, please pick up the needle and thread in your hand first."

"I think the Commander, being a spirited young man, should be quite good at needlework, right?"

An experienced driver over there winked and said in a high-pitched voice.

Ren Shuo is numb. Prince Eugen, don't think I didn't recognize your voice! I called that an embroidery needle? Heh heh, just wait and see if I prick you or not.

Then your embroidery needle will become your golden cudgel, making you cry.

"Commander, if it really doesn't work, then we'll do it." As the teacher, Yi Xian couldn't help but laugh.

Ren Shuo immediately sneered, "Just because I'm not showing my teeth doesn't mean I'm a pushover."

Do you really think I used to work at an orphanage?

To be honest, I sewed all the clothes I wore at the orphanage myself!

He skillfully put the thread end in his mouth and licked it, then pinched the needle with his index finger and thumb, squinted his eyes, and with a swift movement of his hands, he threaded the needle—nothing more than that.

"That's amazing, Commander, you have this skill too?" Zhenhai looked at Ren Shuo in surprise.

Ren Shuo said smugly, "I can do a lot more than that. I can sew clothes with crickets with ease."

Watching Ren and Suo smugly fiddling with their needle and thread, Zhenhai suddenly asked, "So, Commander, do you know how to do Suzhou embroidery?"

Ren Shuo froze in his work, both amused and exasperated: "You flatter me too much, how could I possibly know how to do this?"

I only sew clothes and such; I've never done any high-skill work before.

"You don't even know this? How lame!" Princess Eugen chuckled.

Ren Shuo glared at Prince Eugen: "So what if I don't know how? You don't know how either."

“But I am not from the Eastern Empire, I am from the Ironbloods,” Prince Eugen declared confidently.

Ren Shuo sneered: "As the saying goes, a woman follows her husband wherever he goes. Miss Eugen, you already have the surname Ren, so you are considered a Donghuang person. So why don't you know how to do it?"

"..." Prince Eugen was speechless.

"Commander, look over here! You definitely can't do this!" Maryland suddenly exclaimed excitedly.

Ren Shuo turned his head expressionlessly: "What are you getting so excited about... Holy crap?!"

Several ship girls were entangled around Yi Xian, including Maryland and Atago, who were known for causing trouble.

Then, after saying something, Yi Xian seemed unable to resist them and performed one of her special skills.

Yixian put a piece of thread into her mouth, then her lips seemed to move a few times, and when she stuck out her tongue, the thread had turned into a bow...

"Yixian, this is outrageous! Is it really that amazing?" Ren Shuo was also stunned.

Yi Xian smiled modestly, "Well, since everyone's interested, I'll just show off a little."

Atago suddenly looked smug: "Yixian's tongue is amazing, Commander, you know what I mean, right?"

Ren Shuo remained expressionless. "No, I don't understand. What are you talking about, you perverted dog?"

Yi Xian pinched Atago's waist, causing Atago to beg for mercy repeatedly.

"So, Commander, can you?" Maryland looked at Ren Shuo provocatively.

Ren Shuo, however, remained calm and composed: "I can't, but Maryland, you can't either, right? Really? Surely the famously combative Mary can't even do this?"

You little brat, your rank is way too low compared to Prinz Eugen. This is a noob game.

Maryland couldn't stand the provocation, so she cut off a small section of thread and glared at Ren Shuo: "Who said I can't do it?"

Then he put the end of the thread into his mouth, and a few minutes later...

Amidst the expectant gazes of everyone…

Maryland appeared to make a swallowing motion.

The crowd's gazes immediately turned strange.

Ren Shuo opened his mouth: "So, Miss Maryland... do you like the thread?"

Maryland smacked her lips and nodded seriously: "Chicken flavor, crunchy."

After the joke, Yi Xian prepared to start her club activities. However, most of the ship girls present had already left. They had come to see the commander embroider, and now that they had seen it, they left satisfied.

Those who remained here were Yixian, Zhenhai, and the two sisters, Haitian and Haiqi.

However, Haiqi was still a child and couldn't be patient. While he was threading the needle, he ran off to play.

Haitian seemed to have this experience, and continued to complete her embroidery on her own.

Moreover, it seemed that he was intentionally or unintentionally dragging Yixian to one side as well.

Yi Xian found it amusing; it was a bit too obvious. However, she was happy to play dumb, as there were far too few marriage ships in Donghuang.

As the two of them embroidered, they gradually disappeared from the scene.

In the huge classroom, only Ren Shuo and Zhen Hai remained.

Zhenhai had originally planned to "accidentally" prick his finger, just like in the book, and then he could go to the commander to complain. Ideally, the commander would put his finger in his mouth, which would be perfect.

But she soon became amused by her anger.

The pillow has broken three or four of my fingers, but my own fingers are still as smooth as jade.

Perhaps this is an idealistic aspect of the ship girl's constitution? A default rejection of anything bad or harmful to her body?

Why is it that sirens and other ship girls can injure ship girls, while ordinary weapons, even human missiles, cannot harm ship girls in the slightest?

It's very strange, and quite absurd. Don't ask, just say it's idealism.

"Commander, I can't get in."

Zhenhai suddenly became angry and threw down the needle and thread in his hand.

Ren Shuo asked suspiciously, "Weren't you dressed perfectly fine? Why are you suddenly not feeling well?"

"My eyes are blurry, Commander, please help me!" Zhenhai said matter-of-factly.

Ren Shuo chuckled. "You ship girl, are you seeing things?" But he didn't mind. He just thought of it as spoiling his older sister who rarely acted cute.

"Okay, all done." Ren Shuo quickly finished what he was doing.

"What are you going to do?" Ren Shuo asked curiously.

I don't plan to do the embroidery myself; I'm just here to help with threading the needle and preparing the different colored threads so that they don't have to bother changing the threads.

Zhenhai thought for a moment, then said, "What we embroider isn't important for now. What's important is that the commander pricked his finger."

Ren Shuo was taken aback, looking at his ten fingers in confusion: "No? I have plenty of experience, that's impossible."

Then one of his large hands was taken by two smooth, jade-like hands, and he looked up to meet Zhenhai's gentle, smiling phoenix eyes.

"I've already said it, and it's already been said."

"Therefore, we need to disinfect it properly..."

Zhenhai lowered his head slightly, took Ren Shuo's finger into his mouth, and playfully licked the tip of Ren Shuo's index finger with his little tongue.

Ren Shuo chuckled softly, gently stroking Zhenhai's cascading hair with his free hand: "Why are you suddenly being so proactive? Even a shrewd and calculating older sister has a day when she wants to act cute?"

"Ouch, be gentle." Ren Shuo winced in pain and quickly begged for mercy.

"Hmph..." Zhenhai snorted, a hint of smugness in his voice.

"Commander, tell me, if you weren't the commander and I weren't a ship girl, would we have met?" Zhenhai suddenly asked.

Ren Shuo laughed: "Why are you suddenly so sentimental?"

“Just say it,” Zhenhai repeated.

Ren Shuo closed his eyes and slowly said, "Yes, we will. Our connection is unbreakable, so we will definitely get to know each other."

"So, if we were all human, wouldn't human laws include bigamy? What would you do then? There are so many marriage ships around," Zhenhai suddenly thought.

"You don't even have the courage to go to jail for the women you love, yet you dare to say you love them?"

Ren Shuo solemnly issued a rather outrageous criminal declaration.

"As expected of you, Commander. But if that's really the case, St. Louis might bail you out, and then Washington would defend you."

Zhenhai was also amused by Ren Shuo's serious tone.

"Hmm? Where's Yixian?"

After enjoying Ren Shuo's warm embrace for a while, Zhenhai casually glanced around the classroom and found that Yixian and Haitian were nowhere to be seen, which puzzled him.

"They were giving us a chance to be alone, so they left a long time ago," Ren Shuo chuckled.

Zhenhai also said, "If I don't enjoy it, wouldn't I be letting down Yixian and Haitian's good intentions?"