Sister, can I be a maid too?

Jiang Yubai felt a chill in his heart.

He thought for a moment, took out a Dr. Bear gummy bear he had bought that morning from his bag, gently placed it on the draft paper, and pushed it over there.

This time, the girl next to him finally reacted.

She glanced at the brightly packaged gummy candies, pursed her lips, and then reached for the draft notebook underneath.

After reading the words above, Lin Tingwan glanced at Jiang Yubai beside her.

Jiang Yubai responded with an awkward yet polite smile.

As if thinking of something, the girl's tightly pursed lips relaxed slightly.

She finally took the strawberry-flavored gummy candy in her hand, then quickly scribbled a few lines on her notebook before pushing it back.

Jiang Yubai breathed a sigh of relief.

It's alright, as long as it works.

What he feared most was that this 'Lin Tingwan' would completely switch to blocking mode—not replying to notes or ignoring him. If that happened, he would be completely helpless.

Since you've replied... then we still have something to talk about.

Jiang Yubai took back the draft notebook and looked down at it.

"Yeah, it's okay. I won't tell my sister what I just said."

Well, I definitely won't tell 'older sister'... after all, Lin Jianxia already knows.

While inwardly grumbling, Jiang Yubai carefully compared the handwriting in the notebook again—it was almost exactly the same as the handwriting in the notebook from yesterday.

Surely not? Can twins really have such similar handwriting? Or maybe I guessed wrong?

Jiang Yubai suddenly felt a little uncertain.

Just as he was pondering this to himself, he suddenly heard a faint sound of tin foil being torn beside him.

Jiang Yubai was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look.

Lin Tingwan stood frozen in place, still holding the strawberry gummy candy in her hand, about to put it in her mouth.

Seeing him look over, the girl quickly stuffed the gummy candy into her mouth, her ears turning red at a visible speed.

Jiang Yubai turned his head back expressionlessly, pretending not to have seen anything.

He was afraid that if he looked at it any longer, he would burst out laughing.

...No, he's starting to seriously doubt his previous assessment.

It's hard to imagine that this creature, who blushes even when eating a gummy candy, could actually be the prickly Lin Jianxia from yesterday...

Jiang Yu thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea, and wrote it down:

"By the way, why is your sister so hostile towards me?"

"Your sister said she heard it all from you, saying I was dating both Zhao Yun and Li Qiuyue at the same time, two-timing them and stuff... Where did you hear these rumors?"

Looking at the contents of the paper, Jiang Yubai narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

When Lin Jianxia said those words yesterday, he knew that this guy was definitely lying.

Putting aside his immediate change of heart after letting the cat out of the bag, and his naive and foolish way of treating Jiang Yubai like an idiot, just looking at Lin Tingwan's attitude towards him yesterday, there wasn't a trace of him being a scumbag.

Moreover, given how protective Lin Jianxia is of her sister, how could she possibly reveal her sister's name so easily?

That leaves only one possibility—Lin Jianxia probably heard the rumor herself, and when asked about it, she couldn't cover it up, so in desperation she had to use her sister as a shield.

If their new deskmate were really Lin Tingwan, they would probably just look confused upon seeing this.

If it was Lin Jianxia in disguise...

Thinking of this, Jiang Yubai picked up the draft notebook and gently pushed it to the other end of the desk.

At the same time, he carefully observed the reaction of his new deskmate out of the corner of his eye.

When the other person saw the contents of the draft notebook, their body stiffened almost imperceptibly. After hesitating for a moment, they lowered their head, wrote something, and handed the notebook back.

Jiang Yubai made up his mind, picked up the draft notebook, spread it out, and immediately laughed.

"Hmm... those are rumors I heard from elsewhere. I've already explained to my sister that they're not true."

Hehehe~

I said to Lin Jianxia, ​​do you know what it means to try to cover something up only to make it more obvious?

Seeing the other party's slightly guilty reaction, coupled with this explanation that was clearly intended to bluff their way out, Jiang Yubai was now almost certain.

This silent "new deskmate" is most likely the older sister from yesterday, Lin Jianxia.

No wonder.

He was right. Yesterday, Lin Tingwan's attitude towards him was quite normal, but today, when they met again, she acted like he was her enemy.

So it turns out the person in charge wasn't changed at all from beginning to end!

Okay, okay, you weren't satisfied with treating me like a playboy yesterday, so you're pretending to be a little sister today, huh?

Now it's in my hands.

In that case, the apology at the beginning makes sense—Lin Jianxia probably wasn't sincerely apologizing, after all, she had just been tricked by him before leaving.

This guy was just afraid that in a fit of anger, he would urge the two sisters to pay the rent again.

In that case...

An idea quietly popped into Jiang Yubai's mind.

Hey classmate, you don't want to offend your landlord and end up getting kicked out by me, do you?

He tried to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth and scribbled a few lines on his notebook.

"By the way, what does your sister usually like to do? She seems quite interesting."

Chapter 9 Lin Jianxia's Little Entertainment Time

As soon as the bell rang for the end of the last class in the afternoon, Lin Jianxia quickly packed her schoolbag and left the classroom without looking back.

Watching her almost fleeing figure, Jiang Yubai's lips twitched slightly, and he packed his things with some regret.

After Lin Jianxia stared at his draft for a long time, she ignored him for the rest of the day.

Hmm... the contents of the notebook were probably too much of a shock for her.

I should have been more tactful.

Jiang Yubai thought to himself with a hint of regret.

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the other side.

Lin Jianxia walked briskly forward with her schoolbag on her back, and only breathed a long sigh of relief after she left the school gate.

Although I usually leave right after school, this is the first time I've been in such a rush.

She pressed down on her still slightly rapid heartbeat, glanced back to make sure no one was following, and only then did she truly relax.

But what welled up in my heart was a distinct sense of annoyance.

Although she now believed that Jiang Yubai's rent collection yesterday was not aimed at her.

But this guy was clearly no good either—he dared to set his sights on her after only meeting her once.

Who asks their younger sister about their older sister's preferences? Do they really think no one can see through their thoughts?

Sure enough, she knew that the offer to be her maid wasn't a joke!

This scumbag! This beast! This playboy!

Lin Jianxia pursed her lips angrily, her chest heaving slightly.

So what if it's the landlord? I can pay the rent on Friday anyway.

I'll talk to the store manager later and see if we can pay wages earlier, so I don't have to put up with Jiang Yubai's attitude every day.

As for this week.....

Since we can't openly offend them, we should just treat them the same way we would treat anyone else.

If you just ignore him, he'll probably get bored and give up on his own eventually, right?

Thinking of this, Lin Jianxia took a deep breath, patted her face to compose herself, and then quickly walked into the alley.

She turned left and right, and soon found herself standing in front of a bookstore called "Sisyphus".

After cautiously looking around to make sure no classmates were there, Lin Jianxia pushed open the door and entered.

The wind chimes above the door jingled sweetly. The proprietress, sitting behind the counter, looked up, saw it was her, and nodded unsurprised.

"You're here? A lot of books arrived over the weekend. Why don't you stay until seven today?"

After saying that, he lowered his head and continued fiddling with the computer.

A few seconds later, glancing out of the corner of her eye, she noticed the figure in front of her was still standing there, and the proprietress frowned.

"Is there anything else?"

Lin Jianxia hesitated for a moment before asking, "Um... Aunt Zhao, will this week's salary still be paid on Friday?"

Upon hearing this, the proprietress's expression paused almost imperceptibly, then she smiled again:

"Pay it, I'll pay it on Friday. Do you think I'd delay paying a young girl like you?"

Lin Jianxia immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and her expression brightened.

"I'm going to work now!"

She waved to the proprietress and hurried toward the back of the bookstore.

In the back warehouse, books wrapped in oil paper were piled up into a small mountain—most of them were new books that arrived in bulk over the weekend.

Lin Jianxia's task was to unpack and categorize this "mountain of books," and then organize them one by one into their respective bookshelves.

To be honest, this job is quite boring.

She was the only one in the warehouse. It was terribly hot and humid in the summer, and there wasn't even a fan, let alone air conditioning.