Sister, can I be a maid too?

"I'm afraid of getting burned."

"Afraid of getting burned?" Jiang Yubai asked, puzzled. "The lighter is so far away, how could you... Oh, you're afraid of the sparks from the ignition, right?"

Lin Tingwan nodded gently.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yubai was both amused and exasperated.

"It just looks shiny, it's not hot at all... Here, let me borrow yours to light one."

As he said this, he casually lit another sparkler for Lin Jianxia:

"Here, look."

Lin Jianxia also waved in response:

"Wanwan, it's not hot anymore."

Ke Lin Tingwan looked at her older sister, then at Jiang Yubai, her little face still showing hesitation.

Seeing her like this, Jiang Yubai sighed, then simply went around behind Lin Tingwan, gently holding her small hand holding the sparkler with one hand, and with the other hand, he lit the lighter with a "snap".

The moment the sparks flew, he clearly felt Lin Tingwan tremble slightly.

Whether it was because he was holding her hand or because she didn't feel the heat, the girl's hand gradually steadied.

Lin Jianxia was happily waving her fairy wand, about to ask, "Is it pretty? Is it pretty?", when suddenly she frowned.

Next door, Jiang Yubai's large hand gently cupped his younger sister's small hand from behind, and the two of them held the shiny fairy wand together, waving it slowly.

Let's take a look at our own.

Lin Jianxia suddenly felt that the cigarette in her hand didn't taste so good anymore.

After Lin Tingwan's sparkler burned out, Jiang Yubai was about to light another one when he suddenly heard someone's soft voice:

"Hey... you can let go now that you've finished teaching."

Jiang Yu blinked, then realized that what she was doing might indeed be a bit inappropriate...

Oh my god.

It's all because I've gotten so used to hugging her all the time. I kept telling Wanwan to keep a distance, but I ended up getting dragged into it myself...

He awkwardly released his grip, cleared his throat, and changed the subject:

"By the way... have you guys ever tried time-lapse photography? The kind that makes a sparkler draw a circle in the air."

Seeing the two looking blank, Jiang Yubai didn't explain much. He simply took out his phone, opened the camera, and tapped the screen a few times.

“Look, like this—” He handed the phone to Lin Jianxia, ​​“Press this when I say stop.”

Lin Jianxia took the phone with some skepticism.

Jiang Yubai lit a sparkler, took two steps back, and then began rapidly waving his arms in the night—

Sparks trailed flowing streaks of light in the air as he moved and shouted:

"Three, two, one—Stop!"

Lin Jianxia subconsciously pressed the shutter.

A moment later, she looked down at the screen and slowly opened her eyes wide.

In the photo, Jiang Yubai is smiling happily, and the fairy wand in her hand is arranged in a crooked heart shape.

"How did you do that?" Lin Jianxia murmured as she stared at him.

Lin Tingwan, standing to the side, peeked out with a hint of amazement in her eyes.

"It's just adjusting the exposure," Jiang Yubai said smugly. "Come on, Wanwan, you try it first. Just light it and draw a heart in the air."

Although they were just some small tricks, he felt a secret thrill seeing the sisters' amazed expressions.

This time, Lin Tingwan obediently handed him the sparkler. After lighting it, she waved it earnestly.

The sparks flickered, and after three or four tries, she finally managed to draw a round, soft heart.

"Good, good, it's your turn."

Jiang Yubai handed the fairy wand to Lin Jianxia.

But when it was Lin Jianxia's turn, he couldn't draw it well no matter what he did—either it was crooked and shapeless, or the speed of the swing was wrong, and the light trails were intermittent.

"Isn't it?"

Jiang Yubai couldn't help but complain.

"You can't even draw something this simple?"

Lin Jianxia didn't argue with him. She looked down at the sparkler in her hand, then suddenly turned her head away, her voice low:

"You... teach me."

Jiang Yubai was taken aback: "How do I teach you?"

Lin Jianxia silently reached out and handed him the fairy wand.

"Hey, who was it that just finished lecturing me and told me to let go?" Jiang Yubai complained.

"That's after the lesson is finished. It doesn't matter during the lesson itself..."

Her ears turned slightly red, but she didn't pull her hand back.

Jiang Yu rolled her eyes at Lin Jianxia, ​​but still walked behind the girl and took her small hand in hers:

"Follow my lead, okay... Wanwan, I'll shoot when I say so."

The sparkler drew a bright arc in the night, its brief bursts of light intertwining and eventually forming a complete heart.

Just one minute later, Lin Jianxia looked down at her phone screen—

In the photo, Jiang Yubai stands behind her, leaning slightly forward, gently holding her hand with one hand and holding up his phone with the other.

The two were very close, and the glowing fairy wand in her hand drew a bright, sparkling heart in the darkness.

Her heart suddenly started pounding faster.

"How is it? How is it?" Jiang Yubai wanted to come and see.

Lin Jianxia quickly hid her phone behind her back, her face full of vigilance:

"No, you're not allowed to look!"

"...That's my phone."

"You're not allowed to look at that! I'll delete it later!"

Her ears were burning, but her voice was tense, as if she were guarding some terrible secret.

—How absurd!

Jiang Yubai wanted to argue further, but his sleeve was suddenly tugged.

Turning his head, he saw Lin Tingwan leaning against him very consciously, reaching out to let him hold her small hand, and raising her little head to look at him.

The meaning couldn't be clearer.

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

......

Five minutes later.

The light of the last sparkler slowly faded into the night.

Jiang Yubai sat on the steps, while the two sisters, one on each side, held a mobile phone and stared intently at the screen.

But whenever he tried to turn his head to peek, the two sisters would simultaneously turn their bodies to hide their phones, refusing to let him see them.

Even Lin Tingwan, who is usually well-behaved, is the same.

Jiang Yubai was at a loss, unable to get any information out of him, so he could only rest his chin on his hand and wait listlessly.

While counting sheep in my mind, I suddenly heard Lin Jianxia's soft voice:

"Hey, Jiang Yubai..."

"What?" he replied lazily.

"Why...why did you come to our house to wish us a Happy New Year?" Lin Jianxia's voice sounded soft.

Jiang Yubai thought for a moment, then spoke in a serious tone:

"Oh, didn't I say before that I was going to sneak up here under the cover of darkness and kidnap you two to be my wives?"

"Pah! You said you wouldn't!"

"Really?" Jiang Yubai thought for a moment and nodded. "Oh, then maybe I misspoke."

Lin Jianxia, ​​who was beside him, did not respond.

Jiang Yubai silently counted to dozens more, finally unable to resist asking if the two of them had really made up their minds—

Before I could even speak, I suddenly felt a weight on my shoulder.

He paused for a moment, then subconsciously turned his head to look.

Lin Jianxia, ​​who was sitting to her right, had somehow moved closer, her eyes closed, but the corners of her lips were slightly upturned.

"...What are you doing?"

"You're tired of playing, take a break, shut up."

Before Jiang Yubai could retort, a sudden weight settled on his other shoulder.

A familiar and gentle weight pressed down on me.

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

.....

.....

On a country road with cobblestones.

Jiang Yubai dragged his suitcase in front, with Lin Jianxia and Lin Tingwan following on either side of him.