Sister, can I be a maid too?

Lin Jianxia's voice suddenly rose a few decibels, then, realizing something was wrong, she quickly lowered her voice and said angrily:

"What do you mean by 'meeting Xia's mother'?!"

Jiang Yubai was about to reply when he saw Lin Tingwan rub her eyes, lean on his shoulder, and let out a comfortable sigh.

Lin Jianxia glanced at her younger sister, paused for a moment, and then subconsciously continued:

"...What do you mean by 'sit a little longer before going back'? You..."

She paused, ultimately unable to finish speaking, and instead puffed out her cheeks:

"Later! Later! I need to lie back down. Tilting your head is bad for your cervical spine!"

It seemed that her sister's restraining power had finally taken effect. Upon hearing this, Lin Tingwan hesitated for a moment, then slowly moved her head away from Jiang Yubai's shoulder, turned her head to the side, and blinked.

Those beautiful eyes shone brightly in the moonlight, like two stars that had fallen into them.

Jiang Yubai thought she had listened and was about to get up and go back inside, but instead she moved to the side, adjusted her posture, and then...

She simply turned to her side and comfortably rested her head on his right leg.

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

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

And you know what? This time it really didn't hurt my cervical spine.

Lin Jianxia stared blankly at her younger sister, who was already comfortably squinting her eyes, and didn't know what to say for a moment.

She opened her mouth, but in the end, she simply nudged Jiang Yubai's arm with her own and gave him a threatening look, signaling him to say something quickly.

Jiang Yubai returned a knowing look, lowered his head, and asked in a soft voice:

"Wanwan, is it comfortable? Do you want me to change positions?"

Lin Tingwan obediently shook her head.

Who! Let! You! Ask! This!

As she watched, Lin Jianxia's face visibly puffed up.

She stared at Jiang Yubai for a few seconds, and seeing that he didn't seem to want to go back to his room, she finally just snorted.

Before Jiang Yubai could figure out what the 'humph' meant, he saw the girl turn to the side and, imitating Wanwan's action, rest her head on his other leg.

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

No, why are you lying down here too?

He looked down, left and right, and saw two identical profiles lying on his lap, as if they had been copied and pasted.

The only difference... is that one Wanwan looks peaceful and content, while the other Xiaxia looks grumpy and angry.

Jiang Yubai couldn't resist and reached out to poke the little face of a certain pufferfish.

Q bomb.

Lin Jianxia frowned immediately and took a bite.

"Hiss... Lin Jianxia, ​​are you a dog?!"

Only after Jiang Yubai finally escaped from those two rows of silver teeth and shook his hand with a pained expression did Lin Jianxia shake his head contentedly.

Jiang Yu gritted his teeth, but finally decided to ignore the little hedgehog. He turned his head slightly and looked at Lin Tingwan on the other side.

But the girl had her eyes closed and was breathing evenly; she seemed to have fallen asleep.

"Late night?"

He called out tentatively.

No response.

Lin Jianxia glanced at her younger sister and sighed:

"She's asleep... It's all your fault!"

Jiang Yubai was completely confused: "No, is this my fault too?"

"Who else is to blame but you?" Lin Jianxia said matter-of-factly. "If it weren't for some big idiot who suddenly decided to come out and look at the moon, Wanwan would still be sleeping peacefully."

"Are you sure it's not because you two little idiots drank so much yesterday that you can't get up this morning?"

(A series of incomprehensible grunts from a pig.)

Jiang Yubai casually pinched the boy's puffed-up cheeks, then gently shook Lin Tingwan's shoulder:

"Wanwan, Wanwan? Get up."

After being shaken twice, Lin Tingwan finally sat up, still sleepy-eyed, clearly having just fallen asleep.

"Go back to sleep, or you'll catch a cold," Jiang Yubai said.

Upon hearing this, Lin Tingwan seemed somewhat tempted, but then hesitated and looked at Jiang Yubai.

“Your sister and I aren’t going anywhere,” Jiang Yubai chuckled. “We’ll be right back, okay? We’ll sit for a bit and then come back.”

Lin Tingwan finally nodded her head, got up, and went back to her room.

After seeing Wanwan off, Jiang Yubai looked down again and saw Lin Jianxia on his lap, who was slightly lost in thought, seemingly pondering something.

He didn't say anything to disturb them, but simply looked up at the moon again.

As I gazed on, Lin Jianxia's voice suddenly reached my ears:

"Hey... do you think it's really possible to get subsidies for the nursing home that Aunt Qin mentioned?"

"It should be possible," Jiang Yubai said casually. "My mom usually doesn't say things she's not sure about. If she's willing to say something, then there's basically a chance."

Lin Jianxia gave a soft "oh".

After a while, she pursed her lips and hummed softly twice:

"Thank you."

Jiang Yubai didn't say anything, he just looked at her like she was an alien.

Lin Jianxia initially pretended not to see it, but her face grew increasingly red, and finally, in a state of embarrassment and annoyance, she gave him a playful punch.

What's wrong?

Jiang Yubai revealed an amused expression and deliberately said:

"Thank me for what?"

This time, Lin Jianxia glanced at him twice, but unlike her usual arrogant self, she simply pursed her lips and said:

"It's just to thank you... about Grandma."

Jiang Yubai hadn't expected this girl to be so frank, so he lost interest in joking around.

He thought for a moment and decided to preemptively say:

"Let's not even talk about whether the subsidy will come through. Grandma only said she was going to take a look; it's not certain whether she'll actually go."

"I feel that... the reason the old man agreed so readily this time was mostly because I was there."

Jiang Yubai had expected the girl to show some disappointment, but Lin Jianxia suddenly chuckled softly twice.

She rubbed her little head against his leg, finding a comfortable position, before speaking:

"Actually, I know that Grandma has lived here all her life. She's not going to leave so easily."

"But actually... Grandma knows many people, but few are close friends, and there are very few people she can really talk to. Apart from Grandma Fang and Grandpa Chen next door, she doesn't have much contact with the others."

As if she had thought of something, Lin Jianxia's tone lowered slightly:

"Now that Grandpa Chen is gone, Grandma has even fewer people to talk to."

"And her health was actually much worse, but she still insisted on going to work in the fields... and she lied to me and said no, no."

"You're lying, I can see the mud on the bucket shoes."

"So I'm really scared, really scared that one day... one day I'll hear some bad news."

Jiang Yubai didn't know what to say, so he squeezed her small hand reassuringly.

Lin Jianxia pursed her lips, her voice softening slightly:

"So... thank you so much. Whether it's because you were there and could explain things more clearly, or because Aunt Qin helped... Grandma finally agreed."

"You have no idea how long I've tried to persuade you..."

Perhaps it was the little hedgehog's rare honest words that were so hurtful that Jiang Yubai felt a little soft-hearted and didn't know how to respond for a moment.

He hesitated for a moment, then simply replied:

"Well, it's fine."

“…Hey,” Lin Jianxia’s tone visibly turned resentful, “Is that all?”

She's actually quite shy, okay? Why did she react like that?!

Jiang Yubai made an "uh" sound, and thought for a moment:

"By the way...aren't you cold? Why don't you go back to sleep—Pfft!"

The eerie sound effect that followed was Lin Jianxia hitting him on the head.

Despite her annoyance, the girl pouted and replied:

"What's so cold about it... Look, I'm even wearing my coat. It's not this cold even in the middle of summer."

That's correct.

Since they were only coming back for one day and had to share a room with a certain big idiot, Lin Jianxia and Lin Tingwan didn't bring pajamas and simply came back in their everyday clothes.

It's very convenient; you can just take off your coat to sleep.

However, Jiang Yubai's focus wasn't on that; he simply raised an eyebrow:

"When you first came over, you were saying it was cold outside and that I was prone to catching colds, but now you're saying something completely different?"

Lin Jianxia paused for two seconds, then hesitated for a long time before finally managing to utter:

"...People's physical constitutions cannot be generalized."

But the next second, she suddenly thought of something, her little face puffed out, and her eyes turned resentful: