I am the old, fiery-faced man from the senior department.

"...Compared to Ah Xi, I think keeping an eye on you is more reliable."

Xi looked at her with disgust.

How could she have the nerve to tell her to keep an eye on other people? She was the first one to cheat!

"Hehe... I've already had some. And I didn't mean to refuse you at all. You know, Xi, do you know how painful it is for a woman to say that she's willing to share the man she loves with another woman? Even if that woman is my sister, my dearest friend."

"...Of course I understand."

Nian's words silenced Xi.

She had long suspected that Nian's relationship with Axi was unusual, and this was confirmed last night.

But she couldn't make any changes. It was her own fault for being fooled by that unscrupulous brother, which gave Nian the opportunity to take advantage of her vulnerability.

"So what do you want to do..."

"Naturally, this will make Xiaobai lose all interest in external temptations."

Nian's thoughts were very simple.

How to prevent a bad woman from seducing your good brother? The answer is simply to make him lose all interest in bad women beforehand.

"...I thought you had some brilliant ideas, but I shouldn't have trusted you."

"Do you have any other ideas?"

Xi looked at her with disdain, then shook her head.

"So, let's try it this way first."

Nian pointed to the calendar on the table with a smug look on his face.

"That troublesome little one is going to stay at her aunt's place today, so it'll just be the three of us, Xiaobai, here tonight."

"And tomorrow..."

A smug smile appeared on his face.

"Only we can stand up."

"……Ugh."

Looking at the confident New Year, Xi, who was very clear about the daytime's capabilities, said that the results still needed further consideration.

But now that she's on the wrong path, there's no turning back. Knowing Nian's temperament well, she knows that if she hadn't gotten on board, Nian would definitely have shifted the blame and dragged her into it no matter what.

Time passed slowly, and soon, the daytime that had brought the little girl to Wen Yue's place returned.

"Welcome back, Master."

Upon opening the door, Bai Zhou was met with a cloyingly sweet greeting that left him completely bewildered.

"Sister... what's wrong?"

But Nian was standing at the door, smiling at him, dressed in a maid outfit she'd somehow gotten her hands on.

A mist rose in her violet eyes, her pearly white teeth gently bit her cherry-red lips, and her white and red tail curled up slightly to form a heart shape, followed by a sweet greeting:

"Master, would you like to eat first, take a bath first, or..."

"Eat me first?"

"Sister?"

Although Bai Zhou couldn't understand Nian's actions, he still chose the most unromantic option.

"Let's eat first."

Is that so?

After hearing Bai Zhou's words, Nian's expression didn't change. No, it would be more accurate to say that she seemed to be laughing even more happily.

"The delicious food is in the kitchen, but it needs to be tasted by the owner before it's ready to be served."

"it is good."

Bai Zhou walked towards the kitchen with a puzzled look on his face.

"gentlemen……?"

Looking at the figure with its back to him, even someone as steady as day couldn't help but be taken aback.

"Master... Master, are you looking for food? I'm so sorry, the food will take a little while."

Xi's pretty face was flushed pink with shyness. She stood there awkwardly, her jade-like tail tightly wrapped around a long, slender leg. Xi herself didn't even dare to look at Bai Zhou.

"Sir, what's going on here?"

Daytime cannot be understood.

If Nian was wearing a maid outfit because she was playing a maid, then what was Xi playing?

Are there any cooks who only wear aprons?

“Master, it’s not good to just stand here blankly.”

Suddenly, she felt a slight push from behind. That year, she closed the kitchen door, then raised her hand and embraced the day as they walked towards the sunset.

"Before the main meal, why not have some dessert to fill your stomach? My dear...master~."

Returning to the sixty-third position is quite good.

"Ugh... the plan failed."

Nian yawned and regretfully told Xiang Xi that their plan, which they had devised yesterday, had ended in failure.

"It would be absurd if it succeeded."

Xi didn't want to talk anymore. She seemed to have gone too far yesterday, and her throat was still a little sore.

"Haha... Although it failed, Xiaobai seems to have relaxed a lot."

Before today, Nian had always felt that Bai Zhou was carrying something on his mind, but after the three of them had a frank and in-depth conversation yesterday, he seemed much more relaxed, and the bitterness that had been hidden in his smile disappeared.

"Ah Xi... probably feels sorry for you and me."

Xi understands that idiot.

In his daily work, Ah Xi is always the confident and invincible deity or true dragon.

But when it comes to relationships, Ah-Xi is a gentle, silly girl who wants the person she loves to be happy.

His somewhat stubborn nature made him want to be a single-minded person, but his innate gentleness made him always willing to do his best for those who were good to him.

If the person who is good to him falls in love with him, he also has someone he loves...

When he was with her that year, Ben Axi tried his best to treat them all the same, but love cannot be divided equally.

He was always worried that he might neglect one thing and inadvertently hurt them, so he always treated them with great care, carefully considering every word and action before speaking or doing them.

"I still find it funny to think about how Xiaobai looked when we pinned him down yesterday."

"Ah."

Ben Axi never expected that they would join forces to do such an amazing thing.

"However..."

Nian turned over and pinched Xi's cheek, a mocking smile on her face.

"I thought that the most popular person among Xiaobai would be so majestic, but he started begging for mercy less than twenty minutes after he went up there."

“Year…you…”

Xi was secretly pleased with the changes in her beloved Axi when she was suddenly attacked by Nian. Unable to resist in time, she was suppressed by Nian and fell into a disadvantageous position.

"Heh, same to you. That guy looked quite pathetic getting scolded by Ah Xi with his tail tugged at."

But just as Nian had seen her pathetic side, Xi also had evidence of Nian being bullied by Bai Zhou to the point of crying.

"I...I was..."

After stammering for a long time without being able to refute Xi, he became angry and embarrassed and started to bully her with his strength, pinching and rubbing her here and there.

"Damn it... Nian, you just wait..."

Xi, who was not physically strong to begin with, could only let Nian knead her, but she would remember this humiliation and would repay it two or three times over at some point.

After playing around for a while, the two, barely recovered, got out of bed.

"It's settled then, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday are your days, Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday are mine, and on Sunday we'll decide with rock-paper-scissors."

"Okay. But if I find out you're cheating, you know what will happen next."

"Of course not, I still have that much credibility."

The two gestured and finally determined who would be assigned to each week's daylight hours.

They appeared to be on good terms, but each harbored their own thoughts.

"If you get caught stealing food, it's no longer stealing food. Hmph, my foolish little sister, let me teach you what it means to do something secretly while pretending to do something openly."

"It's better to believe that unreliable brother is a woman disguised as a man than to believe that Nian wouldn't cheat. Foolish Nian, just wait until you step into my trap and get caught."

The two exchanged a smile and then drank tea as a pledge.

Hmm, something's not right.

While helping Xiao Huijie with her homework, Bai Zhou suddenly felt a chill down her spine, as if she were being watched.

"Hey, Grandpa, how do I do this problem?"

The young dragon pointed to a question about Originium Arts circuit settings and asked him about it.

"Hmm, let me see..."

Bai Zhou leaned closer for a glance and immediately figured out the solution. He then explained it to Youlong in detail.

■

"Oh, why does Huijie want to go to Victoria University?"

After a typical family dinner, Bai Zhou asked the little girl about her aspirations after graduating from high school.

Chen Huijie's answer also surprised him.