Sister, can I be a maid too?

Lin Jianxia: "........."

She didn't even bother to say things like "this is unhygienic".

If her grandmother hadn't been there, she even suspected that her silly little sister would have picked it up and fed it directly to Jiang Yubai.

You idiot who's siding with outsiders!

"Wan, little girl..."

The old man glanced at Lin Tingwan, sighed, and his voice suddenly lowered.

“Wan girl wasn’t like this before…”

Lin Jianxia keenly sensed the old woman's downcast mood, quickly put down her chopsticks, and reached out to hold her grandmother's hand:

"Grandma, don't worry, Wanwan is much better than before, really."

Jiang Yubai also spoke up:

"Yes, Grandma, the doctor has also come to see Wanwan and said that she is recovering very well now."

The old man's gaze shifted between the two women before finally settling on his granddaughter.

Lin Tingwan looked at her grandmother, seemed to hesitate for a moment, and finally nodded gently.

Grandma's expression relaxed, as if she had finally breathed a sigh of relief.

She was silent for a few seconds, then looked up at Jiang Yubai, her tone becoming serious:

"Xiao Jiang, my two granddaughters... were taken care of by you before."

Jiang Yubai also sat up straight:

"Grandma, please don't say that. It's me who is being taken care of by them."

The old man gave a kind smile, took a red envelope from his pocket, and handed it over:

"Hey, this is a little something from Grandma... You can't refuse it, otherwise our table will be so quiet."

Jiang Yubai originally wanted to decline, but looking into those smiling eyes, he swallowed his words back.

"Well... thank you, Grandma, Happy New Year!"

He paused, then changed his tone and asked curiously:

"Um...why don't you tell me more about Xiaxia's childhood?"

"Jiang! Yu! Bai!"

Lin Jianxia slammed her hand on the table and stood up in anger.

.......

With this interruption, the conversation returned to a playful banter, and the meal became a lively affair.

After dinner, Jiang Yubai and her two sisters washed the dishes together, chatted with their grandmother, and then went out again.

"Is Jiang Yubai leaving?"

Lin Tingwan held up the spiral notebook and looked at him.

Jiang Yubai looked up at the darkening sky, then glanced at his phone:

"There's still some time... Oh, right."

As if remembering something, he lowered his head, opened his suitcase, and began rummaging through it.

"What are you looking for?" Lin Jianxia asked curiously as she leaned closer. "The ingredients are all in the kitchen."

“It’s not food. I remember bringing some other things too…” Jiang Yubai looked down and rummaged through the items. “Oh, here it is.”

Under the sisters' curious gazes, he pulled a long, thin bundle of colorful paper sticks from a hidden compartment in his suitcase and proudly gestured with his chin towards them:

"Here, a sparkler, want to play?"

Chapter 170 What do you mean by "no car to go back"? Where am I supposed to stay then?

Lin Jianxia's eyes slowly lit up as she looked at the colorful paper sticks in Jiang Yubai's hand.

"Want some? Want some?" Jiang Yu brandished her sparkling white fairy wand, grinning smugly. "I brought these especially for you guys~"

Seeing his expression, Lin Jianxia inexplicably changed the subject she was about to say:

"No, no, I'm not a child anymore... But if you—"

Before the second half of the sentence could even be uttered, Jiang Yubai had already expertly divided the sparkler in half and handed it to Lin Tingwan:

"Hey, Wanwan, these are for you."

Lin Tingwan took the fairy wand, but instead of looking down, she hesitated and looked up at her older sister.

Lin Jianxia stood there, stunned, looking at the half in Jiang Yubai's hand, then at her own sister's, blinking blankly.

"You don't want it, right?" Jiang Yubai said cheerfully, "Then Wanwan and I will finish watching it, okay?"

Lin Jianxia said "Oh," her little face unconsciously turning bitter.

Jiang Yubai found it amusing, but deliberately avoided looking at her, instead turning his head to ask Lin Tingwan:

"Wanwan, have you ever set off sparklers before?"

Lin Tingwan looked down at the thin paper stick in her hand and gently shook her head.

After a pause, the girl looked at Jiang Yubai, then at her older sister beside her.

Jiang Yubai pretended not to notice her gaze and continued speaking gently:

"You didn't let it go? It's very simple, I'll teach you in a bit."

Lin Jianxia stood to the side, her gaze drifting into the distance, pretending to admire the scenery, but every word of the conversation around her seeped into her ears.

The more I listened... the more wronged I felt.

—I clearly wanted to play.....

—But why did the words turn into "no" when they were about to come out?

She bit her lower lip, feeling a sudden pang of sadness in her heart, as if someone had gently pinched it.

Just as Lin Jianxia was starting to think about whether she should find an excuse to go inside, her cheek was suddenly gently poked.

She shuddered and instinctively turned her head—

A brightly colored fairy wand was handed to me.

Looking further ahead, you see Jiang Yubai's smug, utterly despicable smile.

Lin Jianxia was about to say "I don't want to" when she swallowed the words back down her throat.

After hesitating for a few seconds, she reached out and took the bunch of sparklers, humming softly:

"......Thanks."

—If that idiot dared to say in that cheeky way, "Didn't you say you didn't want it?"...

He's doomed!

However, this time Jiang Yubai didn't utter such an infuriating remark; he simply followed up with a question:

"And what about you? Have you ever played with a sparkler?"

"I...I've already played with it..." Lin Jianxia's voice softened a bit, "A long time ago."

These words surprised Jiang Yubai somewhat:

"No, how come the younger sister never played it, but you, the older sister, have... Are you bullying her because of your age?"

He turned to look at Lin Tingwan:

"Wanwan, don't be afraid. If this girl dares to bully you today, we'll teach her a lesson together."

"What?! I was only born a few minutes before Wanwan, okay?!" Lin Jianxia glared at him angrily. "It's because Wanwan was afraid to play when she was little, okay?!"

—How can this idiot talk so irritatingly!

—You want to lecture me together?.....Pah! It's more like Wanwan and I are the ones lecturing you together!

Jiang Yubai had no idea what Lin Jianxia was thinking, but he felt that the little hedgehog seemed to have suddenly become much more docile.

He didn't pay much attention, reached into his bag and pulled out a lighter.

"Hey, since Wanwan hasn't played this before, why don't you light one up and show us? ...Should you light it for me or should I?"

"I can do it myself."

Lin Jianxia took the lighter and pressed it lightly with her thumb—

With a soft "snap," a faint flame lit up in the night.

She carefully brought a sparkler closer, and the fuse quickly lit. Tiny golden sparks burst forth, scattering a small halo of light.

The tiny fairy wand glowed in her hand, illuminating Lin Jianxia's slightly lowered profile, and her beautiful eyes lit up as well.

She waved it tentatively a few times, and the three of them followed the small halo of light, moving left and right together, until the sparks gradually weakened and finally went out quietly.

Lin Jianxia, ​​somewhat reluctant to leave, withdrew her gaze and handed the lighter to her younger sister.

"Come on, let's try it out last night."

Lin Tingwan took the lighter and looked at it, but did not light it. Instead, she handed it to Jiang Yubai, who was standing next to her.

"Should I come?" Jiang Yubai hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Sure."

He took the lighter, skillfully flicked it with a "snap," and brought it close to the sparkler in Lin Tingwan's hand—

Lin Tingwan suddenly shifted her wrist, and the fairy wand veered off course.

Jiang Yubai blinked, then leaned closer, the flame drawing near once more—

Lin Tingwan's hand shifted slightly again, but it still didn't ignite.

Jiang Yubai: "...Wanwan?"

No, once is one thing, but these two times are going too far! You're obviously not letting me order, aren't you?

But then he saw Lin Tingwan put down her sparkler, lower her head and write something in her little notebook, then silently hold it up in front of him: