Chapter 23

  The dining hall was on the lowest deck of the ship, a large square room with two long steel tables emitting a faint white glow. Above them were rows of white fluorescent lights, which provided the only source of light in the space, making it feel oppressive despite its brightness. Due to the prolonged lack of sunlight, the air was slightly musty, mingling with the smell of dinner food. The sound of male soldiers clinking their metal plates and spoons echoed through the room.

  When a girl in gray police uniform walked into the hall where everyone was wearing white naval short-sleeved uniforms, the atmosphere of the entire hall changed instantly.

  These young sailors, who were just laughing and joking around, now all stand up straight, even the way they hold their trays is elegant.

  "It's Ding Ling," Yu Su said in Lucky's ear.

  Good fortune turned his head and carefully sized up the girl, the girl was very tall, probably close to 1.8 meters, with a full figure, even wearing a uniform couldn't hide her plump shoulders and proud breasts, long legs, wearing a pair of flat black leather shoes, no decorations on her body, no makeup on her face, looking particularly simple, but exuding an aura that was impossible to ignore, grand and noble.

  She is very beautiful, but not the kind of beauty that is seductive. Her eyebrows are delicate, her eyes are almond-shaped, and her nose bridge is high and straight. She has a goose egg face with a faint flush on her cheeks, possibly from being exposed to the open sea for a long time, and there are some red blood vessels visible under her skin. However, this does not detract from her beauty, but rather makes her look healthier.

  She walked with her lips tightly closed, not glancing sideways, calmly and composedly through the fiery gazes of these men, as if she hadn't seen anything, went to pack up the meal, and then actually walked straight over to Su Xun and Xiao Yun.

  Put down the plate, and gently swept her black shoulder-length hair to one side, tucking it behind her ear. She smiled at Lucky and said: "You must be Lucky, I've heard you were coming, but this afternoon was too busy, didn't have time to go pick you up with Yu Su."

  "Oh, it's okay. I've been listening to Yu Su talk about you all afternoon. It's true that hearing is not as good as seeing, and indeed, you are elegant and outstanding."

  Ding Ling listened and burst out laughing: "You're really good at talking, this is completely different from what I've heard."

  "Oh?" Lucky was surprised for a moment, "You've heard of me?"

  Ding Ling seemed to suddenly remember something, her expression paused for a moment, and she said: "Oh, nothing, just heard Yu Su mention it." Then she glanced at Yu Su again.

  Yu Su nodded reluctantly, "Oh, yes." However, it was clear that Yu Su was not good at responding to other people's lies, and he immediately coughed twice: "Ah, let's eat quickly. After finishing eating, I'll take you to the entertainment room to take a look. From now on, most of your free time will be spent there."

  The three of them hastily finished dinner and went to the recreation room together.

  It's not far from the restaurant, and after dinner everyone usually comes here to relax. There are several card tables, two billiard tables, a table football machine, a small bar counter, a large bookshelf and newspaper rack, and several sofas for chatting and resting.

  Yu Su and Xing Yun both liked Go, and the two had been looking forward to playing a game together for a long time. Meanwhile, Ding Ling went over to the sofa on that side, picked up a book, and started reading.

  The following work was tense and busy, fortunately from the second day of entering the job, starting with overtime every day, a large amount of data, all need to be repeatedly calculated and confirmed, must be accurate and cannot have any slight error, because this involves the lives of a ship's officers and soldiers, if it is in war, it will even affect the outcome of a war, the fate of a country.

  "Director Liu will be coming to the ship for inspection at the end of the month, so we need to speed up our progress during this period." Yu Su was frowning deeply, staring intently at the computer screen, his hands typing away non-stop on the keyboard.

  Ding Ling, who was sitting on the other side of the room, was also like that. The three people in the house, plus the four people outside responsible for composite calculations, were all busy in silence.

  A warship needs to be equipped with many types of weapons, radar and other military equipment. Some are imported, while others have been tested abroad and only need installation and weight testing. Fortunately, this batch of rapid-fire guns is independently developed by our country. Previously, such weapons were all imported from France. This is the first batch of domestically-made weapons to be used on a warship. They are excited and feel a sense of national pride, which comes naturally.

  After adding another night shift, the data calculation of the Type 2000 rapid-fire gun was finally completed. Luckily, he stretched his stiff back and walked out of the smoky office, where seven people were smoking inside and outside, except for Ding Ling. During overtime, it was even more so. Ding Ling complained, "I don't know if you guys set the ship on fire or not."

  Actually smoking too much is also uncomfortable, fortunately he felt dizzy and nauseous, he stumbled into his small cabin, didn't even have the energy to wash his face, and directly fell onto the bed. He forced himself to set an alarm on his phone, two hours later, he still had to get up again and continue working.

  Then the phone was lost and he fell asleep. When someone sat beside his bed, he didn't even know.

  Later, Gong Xi said that at that time, you would be taken away and sold, and you wouldn't even know.

  Sell me a lucky pig's straight rib? Who wants it? If you sell yourself, that's more like it. At least you can get a good price for a pig.