Sister, can I be a maid too?

In the bedroom.

As soon as Jiang Yubai entered the room, he saw Lin Jianxia and Lin Tingwan sitting side by side on the edge of the bed. When they saw him coming, they both cast uneasy glances at him.

"Jiang Yubai," Lin Jianxia's voice sounded like she was about to cry, "Is Aunt Qin very angry...?"

Jiang Yubai originally wanted to tease the little hedgehog a little more, but the girl's voice was soft and sweet, carrying a strong sense of unease and fear, which made his heart soften involuntarily.

"I'm not angry, I'm not angry, why are you angry?"

Jiang Yu waved his hand.

Ke Lin saw that Xia didn't believe it at all, her little face fell, and she looked miserable:

"Don't try to comfort me anymore... I'm so ashamed I can't even face anyone... Waaaaah..."

In the end, she actually looked like she was about to cry.

Jiang Yubai tried to explain several times, but the girl seemed to be immersed in her own world, muttering incomprehensible little pig-like words like "I'm doomed..." and "Aunt Qin is going to hate me..."

In the end, Jiang Yubai had no other choice but to rub and knead Lin Jianxia's face.

Lin Jianxia didn't dodge, but just looked at him with a wronged expression:

"I...I'm already like this...(sniffles) You...you still want to bully me (sniffles)..."

“Really—no—” Jiang Yubai dragged out the words, “I just said that you two were on your periods and that the bed in your own room was too hard and uncomfortable, so you asked to borrow my bedroom to lie down.”

"My mom is too busy doting on you two to be angry."

Lin Jianxia was still half-believing, half-doubting, but Lin Tingwan pursed her lips, took out a spiral notebook, wrote a line, and held it up:

"Auntie was clearly very angry just now."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jianxia's lips immediately curled up again:

"Yes... Auntie was clearly so angry just now... Why did you lie to me...?"

Jiang Yubai is really overwhelmed right now.

He had no idea why his mother had gotten angry just now, and then casually said it was nothing. How was he supposed to explain that?

But you can't say it directly, otherwise it would sound even more like a perfunctory response than a polite one.

In the blink of an eye, Jiang Yubai suddenly let out a long sigh:

"Her anger has nothing to do with the two of you. Didn't I say she was in the study? She's angry because... my mom found some weird things in the study."

Lin Jianxia stood there, stunned. Lin Tingwan blinked and held up the spiral notebook.

"Something weird?"

“Hmm…” Jiang Yubai gave him a knowing look, “It’s just some… comics and stuff whose names I can’t mention.”

Alas, sacrificing the individual for the greater good.

Please call me Jiang, the Sage, Yu Bai.

Lin Tingwan was still slightly bewildered, while Lin Jianxia seemed to have thought of something, her ears suddenly turning red, and her eyes widening:

"You, you, you...."

"What do you mean, 'you'?" Jiang Yu rolled her eyes at her. "Is it wrong for teenage boys to hide a few things?"

Seeing that Lin Tingwan was about to ask more questions, Lin Jianxia quickly pressed down her younger sister's arm.

Her face was still flushed as she tried to make her voice sound natural:

"So... Auntie wasn't angry with me and Wanwan just now, right?"

"Why are you two angry? She had no idea you were here. Didn't you see her pause for a moment when she came in?"

Jiang Yubai glanced at the door and continued:

"Okay, get up and change your clothes. My mom is still waiting for you in the living room."

Lin Jianxia seemed to snap out of her daze and softly said "Oh".

"and many more."

Jiang Yubai said again.

She turned her head with some confusion, only to see Jiang Yubai take two tissues from the bedside table and carefully wipe her wet eyes.

After doing all that, he withdrew his hand, then casually pinched Lin Tingwan's cheek as she looked over, before nodding contentedly.

"Okay."

"......oh."

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When Jiang Pinglan entered the door carrying large and small bags, she immediately saw one adult and three children sitting on the sofa.

Qin Huiyi held Lin Jianxia's hand with one hand and Lin Tingwan's hand with the other, chatting intimately, while Jiang Yubai lay sprawled to the side like a salted fish.

"Hey, Jianxia, ​​Wanwan, you're here?" Jiang Pinglan greeted with a smile.

"Hello, Uncle Jiang." Lin Jianxia quickly stood up and greeted him.

Lin Tingwan also wrote something in the spiral notebook, stood up and held up the small notebook:

"Hello, Uncle Jiang."

“You two don’t need to worry about him,” Qin Huiyi gestured to Jiang Pinglan to put the ingredients away, then pulled the two sisters back to sit beside her. “Come on, let’s continue.”

The serious expression from before was gone from her face, replaced only by deep heartache.

"Oh dear, their stomachs must be killing them... Look how pale these two kids are..."

Then he began to give instructions in a long, rambling manner:

“Auntie used to have this problem too, but she gradually recovered… These days, hot water should be readily available, and she should avoid touching anything cold.”

"Then you probably already know about brown sugar water, hot water bottles, and so on, so I won't go into details."

She paused, then smiled.

"Then... just lie down wherever you feel comfortable, it's okay."

These pointed words made Lin Jianxia's face flush red instantly, and she stammered:

"I, I, I..."

"Alright, alright, Auntie won't disturb your rest any longer," Qin Huiyi stood up and urged the kitchen, "Old Jiang, let's go."

Jiang Pinglan had just finished putting things away when she heard this and was immediately dumbfounded:

"They...they're leaving already?"

Lin Jianxia quickly spoke up as well:

"Auntie, why don't you and Uncle stay for a meal before you leave..."

"I'm not eating anymore," Qin Huiyi smiled gently. "I was planning to cook a meal for you, but unfortunately my son disliked my cooking skills."

Jiang Yubai rolled his eyes silently from the side.

That's obvious. Before I moved in, I wanted to eat your cooking. Now that I've moved in, am I supposed to bring two unlucky guys along to eat your cooking too?

Then all my moving was for nothing!

After a few pleasantries, Qin Huiyi led a bewildered Jiang Pinglan down the stairs.

Jiang Yubai only looked away after the two figures disappeared from sight.

He glanced at the two sisters on his left and right, and said lazily:

"Now you should believe me, right? My mom really wasn't angry."

Lin Jianxia nodded vigorously, unable to resist biting her lower lip:

"Yes, Aunt Qin is really, really nice..."

She paused, her voice lowering slightly, tinged with regret:

"I'm not feeling well today... Next time I'll definitely cook a delicious meal for Auntie..."

As she spoke, her voice grew softer and softer, and by the end, as if recalling Aunt Qin's last words, her ears turned slightly red.

Lin Tingwan, on the other hand, was much more direct, holding up her little notebook with a serious expression.

"Aunt Qin is a good person."

"It's so easy to bribe you two," Jiang Yubai said, pinching Lin Tingwan's cheek with a wry smile. "Alright, let's go inside. I'll order takeout for lunch. You two can rest a bit longer with your hot water bottles."

The two sisters obediently returned to the living room, while Jiang Yubai went into the study, intending to tidy up the breakfast bag on the bedside table as well.

His gaze swept across the desk, and he suddenly paused.

Was this medicine here before?

Why do I feel like I've never seen this before?

Jiang Yubai picked up the medicine box, examined it for a few seconds, then turned and went back to the living room, asking the two sisters who were curled up on the sofa:

"Did either of you tamper with this medicine?"

Lin Tingwan shook her little head. Lin Jianxia looked at the medicine in his hand and paused for a moment:

"I think I left my textbooks on top when I came out, what happened?"

Pressed on top?

"Are you sure you put the book on top of it, and not the medicine?" Jiang Yubai pressed, "and not the medicine?"

"I was holding a book in my hand," Lin Jianxia wrinkled her nose, "How come the medicine is here—"

The conversation abruptly ended.

Three people, three pairs of eyes, blinking at each other.

Jiang Yubai suddenly hissed, while Lin Tingwan tilted her head, looking somewhat bewildered.

As for Lin Jianxia...

She clearly thought the same thing as Jiang Yubai, and her eyes widened slowly.