In 1897, the summer in Guangzhou was extremely hot.

It has been two years since Lin Youde traveled to this different time and space, but he still can't get used to the days without air conditioning - no, not even a fan. Without a fan, there is no refrigerator, and he can't even make some iced drinks.

arrive.

Lin Youde secretly made up his mind that after he controlled a vast territory, he would move his headquarters to a place that was as cool as air conditioning all year round.

But that was an unknown number of years later. In order to cope with the current heat, Lin Youde invented vests, sports shorts, and built a swimming pool in Longyuan Pavilion.

But these still can't stop the scorching heat, especially the scorching heat at night. Since the beginning of summer, Lin Youde has not found a girl for many nights in a row. It's just because it's too hot and he doesn't want to do anything hotter.

This morning, Lin Youde was wearing a vest and shorts, shaking a big cattail leaf fan, and reading a map in the study. At this time, Ba walked into the study carrying herbal tea.

"It's really hot, Mr. Lin."

"Yes, I'm most afraid of heat." Lin Youde responded casually, and then he felt something was wrong. Ever since Miyazaki Tozō changed his name to Yukiyoba, she has been helping Lin Youde in his career, but in Lin Youde's personal life

On the other hand, this girl has always had a no-questions-asked attitude. When it comes to tasks such as bringing tea and water to Lin Youde, and taking care of Lin Youde's daily life, Ba's attitude is that she will never do anything unless necessary.

Today, I suddenly said "It's really hot" and brought Lin Youde herbal tea. This was so unnatural. Usually, serving herbal tea is a matter for the maid team.

Lin Youde stared at the girl, but the expression on the girl's face remained the same, as if she didn't notice Lin Youde's gaze at all.

It has been more than a month since Ba returned from the front line. After more than a month of recuperation, her body gradually returned to its previous plumpness. When she returned, her pale skin also had color and vitality. However, Lin Youde felt that besides these things that could be seen and touched,

Changes, there were some changes in this girl, but after thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure out what exactly had changed.

By this time, Ba had already poured the herbal tea and brought it to Lin Youde.

"Mr. Lin, I think I have a way to make it cooler here."

"Eh?" Lin Youde blinked. Last summer, Lin Youde was so hot that he almost died, but he had never heard him say this before. "This...ah, okay, I welcome you so much."

As soon as Lin Youde finished speaking, Ba waved his hand, and all the tables and museum shelves in the study were pushed to the wall, leaving the middle of the room empty. Then the girl flicked the sleeves of the witch uniform, hung the knotted rope with the royal gift, and left.

The water sleeve flew out and hung above the door and window of the house.

Two flower folding fans slipped into the girl's palms from her sleeves.

With the soft sound of the folding fan opening, the girl danced in the center of the study with the slow movements unique to miko dance. Although there was no accompaniment of mikagura, and although the dance steps were slower than ballroom dancing, it seemed at first glance that there was no passion, but the girl's

The dance gave off a charm that was very different from all the dances Lin Youde knew.

She rotated gently and slowly in the room, her hands moved like flowing water, and her flowing water sleeves were as graceful as gauze.

A hint of coolness caressed Lin Youde's face. When the girl stopped dancing and closed the folding fan, the scorching heat that had been raging in the study just now disappeared. This is a completely different feeling from blowing the air conditioner. Anyone can easily

It distinguishes the coolness in the house at this time from the low temperature caused by machinery. What's even better is that the house still maintains air circulation with the outside world. Through the open doors and windows, the natural breeze outside the window comes slowly.

It makes people feel very comfortable.

"Each dance lasts about twelve hours." Ba put away his fan and said to Lin You'e, "Because my ability is more focused on fighting, I can only affect a space about the same size as this house, but it should be enough.

.”

Lin Youde nodded quickly: "That's enough, that's enough. Thank you so much, Ba, it's been a big help."

"It's a small effort, but it's not enough to thank you."

Lin Youde really wanted to complain about why you didn't help before since it was such a simple task. Thinking like this, his talkative personality suddenly broke out for some reason, and he said: "It can cool down in summer, I don't know, but when it's cold, you can

Can’t you think of a way to keep me warm?”.

"Hey, don't you have many girls to keep warm in winter?"

Lin Youde was stunned for a moment, and then he realized that Ba meant, "Aren't there many girls to warm your bed in winter?" He opened his mouth wide, looking frightened, and stared at Ba. This girl usually treated people and treated her well.

Du Qifeng is very similar, very serious. Faced with the dirty jokes that pop up from Lin Youde and Chen Haihui's mouths from time to time, she has always dealt with them with ease, and she will also laugh cooperatively in scenes where she should laugh, but Lin Youde has never seen her take the initiative to talk to him.

People joked that the last time she acted cute was two years ago when she made a "woof" when she was sending that ruffian away.

what is it today?

Lin Youde reached out and touched Ba's forehead.

"I don't have a fever."

"That's of course. The stronger the bloodline of the goddess, the less likely it is to get sick. Therefore, goddesses like me and Nie Xueqiu basically don't catch colds."

"It is said that idiots never catch colds."

Ba just smiled at Lin Youde's joke - this was in line with her usual style.

**

A few days later, Chen Haihui returned from Nanyang. As soon as he entered Lin Youde's study, he first sighed: "Damn, it's so cool. Look at this royal coin, does it belong to Ba Nong?"

Lin Youde nodded. Originally, Lin Youde wanted Chen Haihui and his Hailufeng detachment to stay in the Philippines and guard San Fernando, but Chen Haihui believed that Du Qifeng's young man named He Yuzhao was more familiar with the local situation and cooperated with Lin Youde's protégé Chen Hongda.

There must be a tacit understanding, and the entire Philippines should be left to their management, instead of airdropping an inexperienced person.

Lin Youde was right when he thought about it. At that time, Chen Haihui was asked to lead the team there simply because Lin Youde had no one on hand. Du Qifeng's character card was very good in internal affairs and the others were scum. He definitely couldn't be left to lead the troops. Chen Haihui at least had high charisma and could rely on himself.

Charm unites the morale of the army. As for Ba, she must have been on the front line in the past, and she was probably mentally exhausted all the time. It may be difficult to command the battle.

Now that the situation there has been decided, the two young men He Yuzhao and Chen Hongda have performed well again. It is indeed a good choice to leave it to them. If there is a big problem, it will be better to replace them.

In this way, Chen Haihui handed over the command of the Hailufeng Detachment to He Yuzhao and returned to Guangzhou. Also returning with him were the first batch of officers and soldiers of the Hailufeng Detachment who were on family leave - this was Chen Hongda's suggestion. He believed that these should be allowed to

After experiencing a bloody battle, the officers and soldiers returned home to relax their tense nerves.

But Lin Youde had another reason for approving this proposal: the Hailufeng detachment suffered heavy losses and many were killed in action. Although Lin Youde sent Du Qifeng to personally lead the team to distribute obituaries and do the work for the relatives of the fallen soldiers, and the pensions were generously increased, but the negative

The impact will definitely still exist. At this time, allowing the surviving soldiers to return home in glory can effectively dilute the local sad atmosphere and stabilize the source of troops that Lin Youde has worked so hard to manage.

These surviving soldiers have experienced bloody battles, and have been mobilized by the first batch of White Feather Fan crash course students brought by Lin Youde. There should be no problem in awakening. Their return will cooperate with Du Qifeng's work in the local area and will help expand Lin Youde's masses in the Hailufeng area.

The basics definitely go a long way.

Of course, Lin Youde didn't tell anyone this.

Lin Youde felt happy from the bottom of his heart when he saw Chen Haihui return. In Lin Youde's current organization, Chen Haihui is the only male who treats Lin Youde as an equal. Du Qifeng admires Lin Youde so much that he feels that he looks up to him all day long.

For Lin Youde, let alone others.

After becoming a big brother, Lin Youde truly realized how happy it is to have a guy who dares to joke with you and contradict you.

"How is the Philippines?" Lin Youde asked Chen Haihui, who had just walked in, with interest.

"It's hot, humid, and there are a lot of mosquitoes." Chen Haihui paused and added, "And women's breasts are too small."

"Hey, that's it. So as soon as you came back, you went to the factory to propose to Catalina?"

"Yes, and then she threw her more than ten meters away." As he spoke, Chen Haihui lifted the temples in front of his forehead and pointed out the big bump on his forehead to Lin Youde, "Fortunately, what I hit was a cork board.

When you get to the iron stand, you will lose a general."

"You have only fought a few battles, and you already call yourself a general. Let me tell you, Nie Xueqiu complained to me in the telegram, saying that your troop formations are fine in a small area, but once the command area expands to square kilometers

After all, it’s a complete mess.”

Chen Haihui was not annoyed, but laughed heartily. After laughing, he replied: "That's right, I learned it while fighting, scratching here and there, and I didn't learn it systematically.

"

"What, you want to go to a military academy? I'll pay to send you to Germany to learn how to fight in Catalina's hometown?"

In response to Lin Youde's proposal, Chen Haihui waved his hand repeatedly.

"I don't understand German. If I go to Germany, you have to find a translator for me. Why don't I go to England? The British army has conquered almost the entire world. I think it should be very strong in this area."

"Then Britain." Lin Youde grabbed the pencil and quickly wrote a note instructing the accountant to prepare funds for studying abroad. He stamped it with his own seal and rang the bell for someone to pick it up.

Seeing how cheerful Lin Youde was, Chen Haihui was speechless for a moment. He picked up the tea cup and just took a sip of tea when he walked into the study from outside the door.

Lin Youde accidentally shook his hand and broke the lead of his pencil.

Chen Haihui's reaction was more direct. He sprayed a sip of tea several feet away, then dropped the tea cup and coughed non-stop.

After finally catching his breath, Chen Haihui asked on behalf of the still surprised Lin Youde: "What's going on today? This... why does this feel like June is about to fall? Tom... No, Miss Yukiyo, you are like this

yes……"

Ba looked down at his dress in a strange way, with a puzzled look on his face: "What's wrong with me? Is this dress inappropriate for me?"

"It's perfect, but it's completely different from how you usually feel to others!" Chen Haihui replied without hesitation, "Look at you, you usually wear Chinese Hanfu, cheongsam, kimono or witch costume.

I remember the only Western-style clothing you wore was a tuxedo?"

"Yes," Lin Youde, who finally woke up from the shock, agreed, "men's clothing. At that time, we also said that girls who can wear men's clothing with such a natural feeling are really rare and so on."

"Well," Ba nodded as he walked towards Lin Youde's table with a tray of snacks, "it seems like that. However, I am also a girl after all, so it's not surprising that I would want to try on this kind of light Western-style dress.

?Or is it that it doesn’t look good on me?”

Chen Haihui kicked Lin Youde under the table. Lin Youde turned around and saw the evil smile on his face.

"What a good Lin Youde you are. I risked my life on the front line, but you were not idle at the rear either. You achieved great success in conquering the city."

"She was still on the front line with you until a month ago, okay?" Lin Youde hurriedly defended, "In the past few days since she came back, nothing happened between her and me!"

"That's right, nothing happened." Ba used her usual calm tone to help Lin Youde. While speaking, she put the plates on the table, then moved behind Lin Youde's chair and stood in the fixed position where she usually accompanied Lin Youde to handle official documents.

.

While standing still, the girl whispered in Japanese: "It's just that my mood has changed slightly."

"What?" As soon as the girl finished speaking, Lin Youde scratched the back of his head in embarrassment and said in Japanese, "I understand Japanese. And I have good hearing."

In the last time and space, after Lin Youde successfully bid farewell to the nine-to-five life, a large part of his income came from writing animation reviews and Japanese culture topics for animation information magazines. If you don't understand Japanese, you won't be able to survive in this field for a long time, so he is struggling with life.

I was forced to study Japanese by myself, and finally passed N1...

Because his back was to the girl, Lin Youde didn't know the expression on the girl's face at this time. He wanted to look back, but he couldn't turn his neck because of embarrassment and embarrassment. It was obvious that he, Lin Youde, had already lost his virginity to a beautiful girl after traveling through time.

"Cut", and he was making great strides towards a higher goal, but now he couldn't even turn around and joke in the girl's face.

After a while, Lin Youde heard Ba whisper in Japanese: "You are so cunning."

"I don't have it."

"You have."

"I just didn't have the chance to use it. You see, the planned trip to Japan was canceled due to the unrest in Japan..."

"Hey hey hey hey!" Chen Haihui hit the table with the lid of the tea cup, interrupting Lin Youde's words, "Don't bully people who don't understand Japanese. What are you whispering about? Frankly, where are you now?"

"

"No, I've never touched her." Lin Youde continued to deny. This was the truth anyway, and he wasn't afraid of what Ba would think.

Chen Haihui looked at Lin Youde, then turned and stared at Ba for a long time. Then he stretched out his hand, patted Lin Youde on the shoulder and said, "Don't hesitate, just tonight."

Lin Youde clearly heard Ba taking a breath behind him.

Before he could say anything, Ba spoke first: "Mr. Lin, if my feeling is correct, someone who will make you feel troublesome has arrived in front of Longyuan Pavilion."

Lin Youde and Chen Haihui looked at each other before asking: "Who?"

"Sun Wen."
Chapter completed!