Sister, can I be a maid too?

"massage?"

"It's...it's the kind of massage your sister usually gives you, like a shoulder massage or something."

Jiang Yubai answered in a very serious manner.

Lin Tingwan thought for a moment, then wrote something and handed it over:

"My older sister knows how to press the buttons, but I'm not very good at it."

Before Jiang Yubai could even speak, Lin Jianxia snorted coldly.

"Come on, he doesn't care whether you can massage or not, he just wants the two of us to serve him together."

Jiang Yubai couldn't help but turn his head and glance at her.

"What are you looking at?" Lin Jianxia wrinkled her little nose. "Did I say something wrong?"

—That's right...that's true, but why do I feel like what you said is so ambiguous...?

Before he could even complain, the familiar spiral notebook was handed to him again.

"Then I can."

Jiang Yubai was stunned for two seconds before turning around and laughing:

"Lin Jianxia, ​​Wanwan seems to be—"

"Dream on!" Lin Jianxia's ears turned red, and she glared back fiercely. "I disagree!"

"And that other one—"

"Don't even think about it!"

Lin Tingwan glanced at her angry older sister, then at Jiang Yubai, and continued writing curiously:

"What is the second option?"

Jiang Yubai stiffened, then cleared his throat somewhat awkwardly:

"Uh...it's nothing, I was just saying it for fun, to tease your sister."

No sooner had he finished speaking than he felt a kick in the butt.

Fortunately, Lin Tingwan didn't press the matter. She simply continued writing a line before turning the notebook around:

"Something weird?"

...No, how do I explain this?

Jiang Yubai hesitated, momentarily at a loss for words, and finally managed to say:

"It's...it's just some weird stuff."

Well, if you can't explain it, just gloss over it.

A soft chuckle came from beside him. Jiang Yubai turned his head speechlessly and said irritably:

"And you, stop reading those weird books... Hurry up and sweep the floor, I still need to mop it later."

Lin Jianxia snorted and ignored him, continuing to sweep the floor.

Turning to look at Lin Tingwan beside him, he saw that the girl had written another line of words and was looking up at him with eyes full of curiosity.

"What are my sister's and my body pillows? Are they weird or strange things?"

Jiang Yubai: "........."

—Hey Lin Jianxia, ​​you can cover your ears, but could you at least cover them properly? I heard everything!

He glanced speechlessly at the person next to him.

Lin Jianxia had obviously seen what her sister had written, and now her lips were practically curled into a smile. She completely ignored his gaze, her meaning couldn't be clearer:

You dug your own hole, so you have to fill it yourself.

Jiang Yubai was at a loss, so he looked back at Lin Tingwan and began to spout nonsense with a straight face:

"Mmm... well... Wanwan, a hug feels really nice, right?"

(Nods.)

"But... your sister won't let me hug her, and it's inconvenient for you to be in the next room, so I made two pillows based on your shapes."

Lin Jianxia paused in her sweeping, frowned, and suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

Jiang Yubai continued spouting nonsense:

"Normally, I hide these two cushions under the bed and take them out when I go to sleep, which is like—ouch!"

"Jiang Yubai!!!"

Before he could finish speaking, a pillow landed on his head.

Jiang Yubai covered the back of his head and turned around, looking speechless.

"No, why did you hit me again?"

"Listen to what you're saying!" Lin Jianxia said irritably. "What if Wanwan takes it seriously?!"

Jiang Yubai chuckled:

"How could Wanwan possibly take that seriously? Wanwan is right now..."

He paused mid-sentence, then turned his head cautiously to look at Lin Tingwan:

"Uh... Wanwan, you didn't really mean it, did you?"

Lin Tingwan blinked, but didn't react.

"Well, I was just kidding," Jiang Yubai said, a little flustered. "Wanwan, don't take it seriously. I'm really not a pervert."

He wanted to explain further, but then he saw Lin Tingwan finally make a move, lowering her head to write something and holding the spiral notebook up in front of her.

"hug."

Jiang Yubai: "......"

Didn't we just hug?

Besides, your sister is watching from the side...

But what if I don't hug her and Lin Tingwan actually takes it seriously?

After hesitating for a while, Jiang Yubai remained silent for two seconds before quietly extending his hand.

Lin Tingwan didn't hesitate at all and happily threw herself into his arms.

After paying the price for his joke (?), Jiang Yubai released the girl's soft waist before daring to look at Lin Jianxia beside him.

Lin Jianxia stood by the bed with her arms crossed, neither taking the broom nor sweeping the floor, just staring at him expressionlessly.

"Um....."

Jiang Yubai thought for a moment, then tentatively reached out his hand to her as well.

His response was a pillow thrown at him.

......

There's some truth to the saying that working together as a team makes things easier.

The work that Jiang Yubai had been doing alone, which had left him with a sore back, was now being completed quickly by the three of them working together, playfully bickering.

Looking at the newly renovated room, Lin Jianxia clapped her hands and glanced at the time:

"Hey, you idiot, what do you want to eat?"

After a long day's work, Chef Jiang's eyes lit up when he saw it was finally time to order:

"Stir-fried pork with chili peppers!"

"Stir-fried pork with chili peppers every day, haven't you gotten tired of it yet?" Lin Jianxia pouted. "Anything else?"

"Hmm... Mapo Tofu?" Jiang Yubai readily agreed. "You can make the rest, I love everything... What does Wanwan want to eat?"

"It will be all right."

Lin Tingwan obediently held up her little notebook.

"Alright, alright~"

Lin Jianxia walked into the kitchen and glanced inside. Immediately, an annoyed voice came from within:

"Where are the vegetables?! What am I supposed to do without vegetables?!"

“There are definitely no vegetables. I haven’t gone to buy any,” Jiang Yubai said with a laugh. “I was planning to eat out this afternoon and buy some vegetables while I was at it.”

"Pooh!"

Lin Jianxia stormed out, puffing out her cheeks.

"Let's go buy groceries."

"Okay~ Want to go last night? The barbecue stall downstairs is set up, they have your favorite grilled chicken wings!"

Lin Tingwan's eyes lit up, and she nodded slightly.

The three of them were changing their shoes in the entryway when Lin Jianxia suddenly seemed to remember something and paused in her movements.

"Um... I forgot something."

After saying that, she slowly walked inside, glanced back, and suddenly turned and entered Jiang Yubai's room.

She crouched down and cautiously peeked under the bed—the inexplicable anxiety in her heart finally subsided.

No, no...

"Lin Jianxia, ​​what are you doing in my room?" Jiang Yubai's puzzled voice came from outside the door.

"The horse is coming soon!"

Chapter 178 Why did you put the hair tie on my wrist?

On the morning of the seventh day of the Lunar New Year.

Rarely woken by the long-awaited alarm clock, Jiang Yubai rubbed his eyes, yawned, and sat up.