Sister, can I be a maid too?

He realized he had said the wrong thing as soon as he finished speaking.

Because Lin Jianxia's lips, which had been slightly smiling, suddenly pursed up.

She didn't speak, but unconsciously lowered her eyelashes, her profile appearing very quiet in the dim light of the alley.

Jiang Yubai was sweating a little, wishing he could give himself a good scolding for always bringing up such sensitive topics.

In a visual novel, clicking this option would deduct at least twenty points from the character's affection level, potentially sending the game straight to a bad ending.

Unfortunately, there's no save/load button in reality.

He could only curse himself inwardly while frantically trying to figure out how to smooth things over.

Before he could come up with a suitable explanation, Lin Jianxia had already raised her head again and spoke in a calm tone:

"No, I'm going to see my grandma."

She paused, then gave a soft "oh," her voice lower than usual.

"To be precise, she is my maternal grandmother, but Wanwan and I have called her 'Grandma' since we were little, we're used to it."

Jiang Yubai didn't dare to say anything more and obediently hummed in agreement.

Lin Jianxia tilted her head to look at him like this, and for some reason, the little bit of depression in her heart suddenly dissipated.

A slight smile subtly curved the corners of her lips:

"Hey, why aren't you saying anything?"

"......say what?"

"Where's my salary?" Lin Jianxia pouted. "Boss, the end of the year is approaching, shouldn't you settle accounts with your little maid and let her go home for the New Year?"

—Just a quick note, the maid shouldn't be called "Boss," she should be called...

The thought flashed through Jiang Yubai's mind, but he didn't dare to tease her any further at this moment, so he simply nodded readily.

"Okay, I'll settle the bill with you before I leave. I'll charge you for one month."

"It doesn't have to be a month, it'll be a few days as it is."

Lin Jianxia felt inexplicably lighter.

"Okay, then the rent is for the days you owe, and I'll refund the rest."

Jiang Yubai nodded in agreement.

Lin Jianxia opened her mouth, but in the end, she just scoffed softly.

"You idiot who won't make money even when you have the chance... whatever you want."

Seeing that Lin Jianxia didn't seem to be dwelling on the previous topic, Jiang Yubai finally felt a little relieved.

"So how did the exam go?"

"That's great!" Lin Jianxia suddenly became happy again. "I feel like I did really well this time. I can get 130 in Chinese and I should be able to get at least 140 in English."

Jiang Yubai squinted and complained:

"Sister, this is a progress award. What's the point of reporting your Chinese and English scores...? What about your physics and math scores?"

Hearing this, Lin Jianxia immediately felt indignant:

"I did pretty well in physics and math too, okay? Come on, let's check the physics answers."

"Okay, what are the answers to the last five multiple-choice questions?"

She pulled out the draft paper with the answers written on it from her schoolbag and read it aloud:

“CABCC”.

"Hey, not bad, only got two wrong."

"~"

"Don't be so happy yet, what are the answers to the first two parts of the second big question?"

Lin Jianxia looked down and said confidently:

"The acceleration for the first question is 2.5, and the final velocity for the second question is 12."

"...Tell me what happened?"

“Use the kinetic energy theorem,” Lin Jianxia said, gesturing in her palm. “The work done by friction is subtracted from the initial kinetic energy, then the square root is taken, and the formula is substituted.”

"......"

Jiang Yubai was silent for two seconds, then suddenly raised his hand and lightly patted her head in an annoyed tone:

"I just explained this yesterday—this problem involves an inclined plane with an angle, and you didn't substitute friction correctly, did you?"

Holy crap, he was so smug during the exam, thinking he'd just explained those questions to someone else and that he'd guessed the right ones.

As it turns out, Lin Jianxia forgot what she heard last night this morning, and still jumped into such an obvious trap.

Lin Jianxia was initially a little unconvinced.

But as he broke down the process step by step, the girl's expression gradually changed from confusion to blankness, and finally her whole face fell.

"I...I don't remember..."

She lowered her head dejectedly, her ponytail drooping down.

"Oh no... I thought I did really well on the test..."

The next second, she suddenly felt her ponytail being gently tugged.

Lin Jianxia was stunned for a moment, then turned to look at him, her voice carrying a hint of grievance:

What are you doing?

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

Seeing her like this, Jiang Yubai, who had originally wanted to say a few more words, suddenly found himself unable to speak.

This guy seems genuinely upset; he's even lost his usual "gets all worked up" attitude.

He coughed lightly, his tone softening:

"It's nothing, just a small question. Besides, you've already written all the equations correctly, you're just missing the friction factor because you substituted the wrong number."

Lin Jianxia gave a muffled "Oh":

"Then let's look at the next question."

Surprisingly, although she got one part of the relatively simple second question wrong, she got the third, more difficult question completely right, and she also answered the first part of the fourth question correctly.

Although it was because Jiang Yubai had explained the question type of the third question several times, this was still a significant improvement compared to usual.

The two checked a few more questions and found that her overall accuracy rate was indeed much higher than before.

Lin Jianxia's mood immediately improved.

She looked at the answer with delight, then suddenly sighed softly:

"I wish I had answered the second question correctly..."

"Why don't you just say you guessed three multiple-choice questions right in a row?" Jiang Yubai said irritably. "That's typical pessimistic thinking."

Lin Jianxia muttered softly:

"That's eighty pounds of pork ribs... How can I not be pessimistic...?"

"Huh? What did you say?"

Jiang Yubai didn't hear clearly and turned his head to look at her.

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Lin Jianxia shook her head. "By the way, when will the results be released?"

"Didn't Master Zhang say before that the grading speed for our senior year is fast, it should only take about one or two weeks?"

"Oh, so... what about the rankings for the Progress Scholarship? Are they released around that time too?"

Lin Jianxia looked on with longing.

“It won’t be that fast,” Jiang Yubai said with amusement. “After the results are released, we still need to tally the rankings and verify the progress. It won’t be until after the Spring Festival at the earliest.”

Seeing Lin Jianxia's disappointed expression, he added:

"Don't worry, I've already spoken to the teacher beforehand, and she'll let me know as soon as there's any news."

"Really?" Lin Jianxia's eyes lit up, but then she hesitated. "Won't that be too much trouble for Teacher Zhang?"

Jiang Yubai said irritably:

"What's the trouble? She cares even more than we do. After all, if the Progress Award goes to our class, it will be an honor for the class."

"She even called me over before the exam to remind me to do well. Do you think she's a nuisance?"

Lin Jianxia was finally relieved.

Jiang Yubai glanced at him and suddenly laughed:

"Lin Jianxia, ​​the exams are all over, why are you still worried about this?"

"Of course I'll only worry after the exam is over," Lin Jianxia said matter-of-factly. "Why should I worry if I'm not worried about this?"

"What are you worried about...?"

Jiang Yubai originally wanted to reply, "Just enjoy your holiday."

As the words were about to come out, I suddenly remembered the image of the boy standing at the classroom door, slinking away in disgrace.

His gaze lingered on Lin Jianxia's face for a moment, then his tone shifted, deliberately drawing out his words as he slowly said:

"I'm worried... I'm worried about Lin Mouxia's love life?"

......

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(Thank you for the recommendation vote, Ms. Qiu!)

Chapter 156 So...do you have someone you like right now?