Sister, can I be a maid too?

"Jiang Yubai!"

"What are you going to do?" Jiang Yubai shrank back warily. "Let's make this clear first, if we start fighting now, we'll both get soaked."

Lin Jianxia was furious, but she couldn't do anything about it for the time being.

On a whim, without knowing what she was thinking, she snatched the umbrella and held it high between the two of them.

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

He looked up at the umbrella held above his head, then turned to look at Lin Jianxia, ​​who was glaring angrily at the road ahead, and was momentarily stunned.

No, you got so angry that you ended up grabbing the umbrella and holding it yourself?

Is this a punishment or a reward...?

You're such a nice person, aren't you? You even helped me lift it because you were worried I'd get tired, right?

Unable to guess what was going on in her little head, Jiang Yubai remained silent and simply continued to follow her carefully.

After walking for a while, Lin Jianxia finally couldn't hold back any longer. She stopped abruptly and thrust the umbrella handle in front of him:

"Hey!"

—Damn it!!! Why is this idiot so tall? His arms are getting sore from holding it up and he doesn't even know to help catch it!

Jiang Yubai glanced at the umbrella, then at her stern face, and tentatively began to speak:

"You're not angry anymore? Why don't you stay angry for a while longer..."

So refreshing! No wonder Lin Jianxia always hides under my umbrella; so this is what it feels like to have someone hold an umbrella for you.

Lin Jianxia was silent for a few seconds, then said softly:

"Jiang Yubai, if you push your luck any further, I'll fight you to the death."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yubai took the umbrella without hesitation and held it steadily over their heads.

Just kidding. If Lin Jianxia pounced on him angrily and started punching him like a cat, that would be normal; at most, it would just be him getting all flustered.

But if this little hedgehog stops pricking people and instead speaks in such a quiet, eerie way—

That will most likely transform into the Destruction Mushroom form.

Well, it's better not to provoke them.

After Jiang Yubai took over holding the umbrella, the two continued walking forward.

Lin Jianxia couldn't help but feel angry after thinking about it, so she gave him a light kick on the butt.

No, you—

"What do you mean, 'you'!" Lin Jianxia gritted her teeth in anger. "It's all your fault! My image in Uncle Jiang's eyes is completely ruined!"

—No, why do you care about your image in my dad's eyes...?

Jiang Yubai thought to himself, but didn't say anything more to provoke them.

After all, it was indeed his own despicable idea to have someone make tea eggs, so he deserved the kick.

He clicked his tongue and said helplessly:

"It's not as serious as you make it out to be."

"This...this is tea that Uncle Jiang gave me, and it's so expensive..." Lin Jianxia's face fell. "And I'm going to use it to make tea eggs...isn't that a waste of his good intentions?"

"What's the point of wasting anything...?"

Jiang Yu rolled her eyes dramatically.

"If you use it to feed chickens and ducks, that would be a waste. But using it to make a tea egg is nothing to waste; it's just a bit extravagant at most."

He paused, then added:

"Besides, didn't my dad say it was delicious? Why are you worrying about this?"

"...Are you really alright?" Lin Jianxia asked suspiciously.

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Jiang Yubai said casually. "You should worry about Lin Ting's schoolwork instead of this."

Lin Jianxia's attention was indeed drawn to it:

What's wrong with Wanwan?

"Haven't you noticed? As long as it's not a sports meet, your Wanwan has no problem getting to school every day."

Jiang Yubai turned his head to look at her, his tone unusually serious.

"What will you do when Wanwan is finally able to go to school normally? You can't just stay in your room every day like her, can you?"

When he brought this up again, Lin Jianxia wrinkled her little nose:

"Okay, okay, you've said it so many times..."

"If Wanwan can really attend school normally, then I'll transfer her student registration here next semester, okay?"

"Sure, sure!"

Seeing his delighted expression, Lin Jianxia's gaze immediately became suspicious:

"Wait a minute... why are you so concerned about this?"

“No,” Jiang Yubai said without changing his expression, “I was just worried about you.”

He absolutely did not imagine the twin sisters wearing school uniforms, holding hands and walking to school together.

No, absolutely not.

Lin Jianxia looked him over suspiciously for a moment, then snorted and ignored him.

The two walked all the way to the school gate, and just as they were about to go in, Jiang Yubai suddenly stopped.

He handed the umbrella to Lin Jianxia:

"I almost forgot, I still need to go across the street to buy some things. You go in first, I'll be there in a bit."

Lin Jianxia looked at the umbrella he offered, but didn't take it, her face full of questions:

"Hey, you want to buy something... why are you handing me the umbrella?"

Jiang Yubai was taken aback at first, then suddenly realized:

"Oh right, I almost forgot this is my umbrella."

He very cooperatively raised his hand and folded the umbrella back, holding it steadily over his head.

"Then you can go in."

The cold raindrops slapped haphazardly against her face. Lin Jianxia was stunned for half a second, then her eyes widened suddenly, and she darted back under his umbrella.

"Is that what I meant?!"

"...So what do you mean?"

"I'll go with you," Lin Jianxia said, pushing his waist impatiently. "Hurry up, or we'll be late!"

Jiang Yubai glanced at her with some surprise, but didn't say anything, and turned to walk across the street.

"Hey, so what exactly do you want to buy?" Lin Jianxia followed up from the side.

"It's nothing... Look, we're here."

Jiang Yubai stopped in front of a breakfast stall outside the school gate and called out:

"Auntie, two meat buns, one tofu bun, and a cup of hot soy milk."

"Okay~"

Lin Jianxia stared blankly as the proprietress deftly packed the items into bags, then glanced at Jiang Yubai's belly before finally looking back at his face:

"No... you're still not full?!"

“I’m full, I’m full,” Jiang Yubai said with a smile. “It was Li Yang who said he was tired of the food in the cafeteria and asked me to bring him two steamed buns.”

Hearing this, Lin Jianxia finally felt relieved.

She knew it! She fed the guy a good meal this morning, how could he be hungry so soon?

After taking the steamed bun, Jiang Yubai casually stuffed it into his schoolbag, opened the umbrella again, and led her toward the school gate.

When the two rushed to the classroom, most of the students had already arrived.

Because of the sports meet, no homework was assigned, so not many people were writing furiously. Most of them were chatting in twos and threes, or taking advantage of the time before morning self-study to eat breakfast.

Although the class rules explicitly prohibit eating in the classroom, as long as you finish before the teacher enters, it's usually not a big deal.

Jiang Yubai had just sat down when he heard familiar footsteps beside him.

Looking up, I saw Li Yang grinning as he approached.

“Brother Jiang,” Li Yang looked at him expectantly, his voice full of hope, “We talked about this before…”

Jiang Yubai took a steamed bun out of his bag and handed it over:

"Look, I haven't forgotten you."

Li Yang's eyes lit up. He glanced around and quickly hid the steamed bun inside his school uniform.

He chuckled:

"Brother Jiang, you have no idea, I deliberately didn't eat breakfast in the cafeteria today, just waiting for this meal."

"No, why are you eating steamed buns instead of breakfast in the cafeteria?" Jiang Yu asked, puzzled. "What, is the cafeteria food that bad?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yang let out a long sigh:

"Brother Jiang... you have no idea, lunch and dinner are okay, but breakfast is pure torture."

"It's the same few dishes every day. The steamed buns and mantou are dry and hard, like gnawing on bricks. The tofu soup is okay, but it gets cloying after a while."

"This one near the school gate is different! The crust is thin, the filling is generous, and the meat juice is practically oozing out... I finally got a chance to leave the school gate, so I had to buy some!"

Unlike day students like Jiang Yubai, boarding students can't go out at all during the week. Even on weekends, they can only leave school briefly from Saturday noon to Sunday noon.

Now that they're in their final year of high school, many students stay at school on weekends. If they can go out of the school gates and have a good meal, it's practically like going out for a break.

"Go, go, go."

Jiang Yu waved his hand.