Sister, can I be a maid too?

Upon hearing this, Lin Jianxia blinked, momentarily stunned.

"What...love life?"

She repeated it hesitantly.

Jiang Yubai didn't reply, but just looked at her with great interest.

After a few seconds of eye contact, the confusion on Lin Jianxia's face gradually faded.

As if she had remembered something, her face visibly flushed red.

"Jiang Yubai! Why are you asking this?!"

"Just chatting," Jiang Yubai shrugged. "If you don't want to chat, that's fine too."

Lin Jianxia stared at him for several seconds, then suddenly let out a soft "humph":

"Okay, let's talk—but it has to be fair, one question per person, how about that?"

“Sure,” Jiang Yubai said indifferently, “Who goes first?”

"You first."

"I'll go first... Do you know who that guy who tried to chat you up earlier was?"

Jiang Yubai revealed his true colors.

Well, it was just a casual chat... He was really just a little curious.

"What kind of flirting?"

Lin Jianxia was stunned for a moment before realizing who he was talking about, and retorted irritably.

"Of course I know him! I don't even know his name!"

“I sat in my seat and waited for everyone to leave, but after a long time, he was the only one left dawdling around. As soon as I went out, he followed me out.”

Jiang Yubai's lips twitched after hearing this:

"This sounds like... if I hadn't been waiting for you at the door, he probably would have come up and started chatting you up?"

"Then I'll just pretend I didn't hear it and go back to the classroom," Lin Jianxia said smugly, shaking her head. "Anyway, I'm Wanwan now, so it's normal for me to ignore people, right?"

To be honest, there are advantages to pretending to be your own Wanwan.

No matter who strikes up a conversation, just look down and pretend you didn't hear them; in the end, it's always the other person who feels awkward.

Hmm, less useless social interaction, that's great!

Jiang Yubai listened with curiosity and couldn't help but ask:

Does this happen often?

Lin Jianxia tilted her head back and thought for a moment:

"It's alright. There were more of them at the beginning of my first year of high school. Some people even relentlessly performed pantomimes in front of me."

"Anyway, I ignored it, and eventually, fewer and fewer people came."

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yu was stunned:

"Pancake performance?"

"Oh, he just suddenly jumped up from the spot, making a shooting motion with his hands, I don't know what he was doing."

At this point, Lin Jianxia paused, then suddenly realized something and frowned:

"Hey, we agreed on one question per person, why are you asking all the questions?"

"I've already acted as your shield, okay? What's wrong with asking a few more questions?"

Jiang Yubai spoke with conviction.

"Stop blocking my way! I can handle things without you, okay?!"

"That's different—"

Jiang Yubai counted on his fingers, analyzing in a serious tone.

“Without me, he might have lingered for a while longer. But this way, he'll just think we're a couple and then leave disappointed.”

"A pair my foot!!!" Lin Jianxia instantly bristled, her ears turning bright red as she glared at him. "Who said we're a pair?!"

"I already said it's from the other side's perspective, okay?"

Jiang Yubai looked regretful.

"I can't exactly say that we're in a master-maid relationship, can I? That would be such a blow to her mental health."

"I can only reluctantly pretend that we are a couple."

Lin Jianxia was silent for two seconds, then suddenly looked around, picked up a thin, withered branch from the roadside green belt, and chased after Jiang Yubai, hitting him with it.

"A pair, huh?! Reluctantly, huh?! And you're even putting up with it, huh?!"

Two minutes later.

Jiang Yubai held the straight tree branch in his hand, playing with it with great affection.

Lin Jianxia followed half a step behind him with a face full of humiliation, her cheeks puffed up with anger, looking like a hamster whose pine cone had been stolen.

After waving the branch a couple more times in a mock manner, Jiang Yubai finally turned his head with satisfaction and said with a smile:

"What's wrong? Are you angry?"

Lin Jianxia ignored him, quickly switching from a pouty expression to a blank face, staring straight ahead without even glancing at him.

"Not going to talk, huh?" Jiang Yubai nodded, deliberately drawing out his words, "Then you don't have a chance to ask a question—"

"Jiang Yubai!!!"

Lin Jianxia was so angry that she raised her hand and gave him a light punch.

"Just kidding, you actually believe that?" Jiang Yubai said, laughing and crying at the same time, and threw the branch aside. "Just ask, what's so hard about it?"

"Then...then I'll ask?"

"three."

"What three?"

"two."

"Wait, wait a minute..."

"one."

"How many relationships have you had?"

As soon as she finished speaking, Lin Jianxia felt her heart beating too fast and her cheeks burning.

She turned her head away from him, but her gaze secretly drifted to his face out of the corner of her eye.

Jiang Yubai didn't seem embarrassed at all. Instead, he touched his chin, his brows furrowed slightly, looking like he was seriously recalling something.

"Um........"

One second, two seconds...

Lin Jianxia waited and waited, her expression gradually changing from initial tension to bewilderment, and finally to disbelief.

—No, have you really had that many romantic relationships? So many that you can't even count them all?!

As she was lost in thought, Jiang Yubai beside her suddenly sighed and solemnly announced:

"I've finished the statistics."

".....How many?"

Even Lin Jianxia herself didn't realize that there was a strange undertone in her tone.

Jiang Yubai nodded:

"zero."

Lin Jianxia didn't react for a moment, and subconsciously asked:

"How many?"

“Zero,” Jiang Yubai said matter-of-factly, “I’m a model student, okay? I never date early.”

Lin Jianxia stared at him for several seconds as if he were an idiot, then asked in a subtle tone:

"Then why did you count for so long?"

"To create some suspense."

Jiang Yubai answered in a very serious manner.

Lin Jianxia took a deep breath and tried to silently repeat to herself, "Don't argue with idiots, don't argue with idiots."

She composed herself and asked again:

"So...do you have someone you like right now?"

“No,” Jiang Yubai replied immediately, “I’ve already told you I’m a model student and I don’t date early.”

Lin Jianxia glanced at him suspiciously:

"That......."

“If you dare to say the names ‘Zhao’ and ‘Li’, I’ll fight you to the death today.” Jiang Yubai narrowed his eyes. “Have you ever seen me speak to either of them?”

"Just ask!"

Lin Jianxia hummed and groaned, and for some reason, a sudden surge of joy welled up inside her.

She barely managed to suppress the urge to smile and continued to press for an answer:

"What about your past crushes? You must have some, right?"

"No."

Jiang Yubai answered lazily.

"Not here either?" Lin Jianxia frowned, staring at him suspiciously. "Hey, Jiang Yubai, you're not lying to me, are you?"

"Why would I lie to you?" Jiang Yubai glanced at her irritably. "I have very high standards, okay?"