Sister, can I be a maid too?

"No."

"Then there's no difference!"

Seeing her frantic state, Jiang Yubai said irritably:

"I'm not a plumber, how would I know how to fix a water heater?"

Lin Jianxia gritted his teeth:

"I... I don't care anyway, aren't you the landlord? This is definitely your responsibility!"

“It is my responsibility… but I don’t know how to fix it,” Jiang Yubai cried out, “and who would come so late? The earliest I can get it to me is tomorrow.”

"What should we do then?!"

Jiang Yubai shrugged: "I'll wash it tomorrow, or you can wash it with cold water."

"No! I feel sticky all over and so uncomfortable... Besides, why don't you wash with cold water?"

"Hehe, my water heater is working fine."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jianxia blinked, as if she had thought of something, and mumbled something for a long time without saying anything.

Seeing her hesitant and dawdling manner, Jiang Yubai gave him a suspicious look:

"What...what's with that expression?"

Lin Jianxia glanced at him, bit her lower lip, and finally touched her younger sister beside her.

Lin Tingwan glanced at her sister, then without much hesitation picked up her notebook, quickly scribbled a few lines, and held it up to her chest:

"Can I use Jiang Yubai's bathroom?"

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

He glanced at Lin Tingwan, then at Lin Jianxia, ​​and hesitated before saying:

"I don't mind... but are you two sure you want to...?"

"I just need to borrow a bathroom," Lin Jianxia said quietly. "Don't tell me you're thinking some weird stuff."

"Absolutely not."

Jiang Yubai spoke in a serious tone.

—He was definitely not thinking about anything like a beautiful girl suddenly screaming in the bathroom, and him rushing in to save her, only to find two sisters wrapped in towels hugging each other in a panic as they turned around in the misty air, water droplets sliding down their hair, their fair and slender legs glistening, looking astonished and asking how he got in.

Yes, really.

“Alright then,” Jiang Yubai nodded, “but you two hurry up and wash, I still need to wash after you two are done... Can you finish in five minutes?”

Lin Jianxia stared at him speechlessly:

Five minutes?

"Then... ten minutes?" Jiang Yubai blinked.

He doesn't know how long it takes for girls to take a shower.

"Never mind," Lin Jianxia sighed, "You go first, then Wanwan and I will wash after you're done."

"also."

After discussing the matter, Jiang Yubai took one last look at the water heater in the bathroom, then suddenly reached out and knocked on it twice.

"...What are you doing?"

"Russian repair law," Jiang Yubai said without changing his expression, "let's give it a try."

After confirming that it still didn't work, he took the two sisters back to the bedroom.

Following his principle of washing first and then the two sisters, Jiang Yubai habitually wanted to take off his clothes.

But when she looked up, she saw the two sisters sitting side by side on the edge of the bed, staring at her intently.

Jiang Yubai: "......"

"Could you two tone down your stares a little?" He silently pulled his half-undone pajamas back up. "I'm getting shy."

Lin Jianxia's ears turned slightly red, and she forced a slight wrinkle on her nose:

"Neither Wanwan nor I are shy, so why are you shy?"

"Hehe, just say you want to see my abs."

"Pah! Abs that are supposed to be the ultimate six-pack?"

Jiang Yubai didn't want to argue with her and said irritably:

"Alright, alright... could you two please leave for a moment?"

Lin Jianxia pouted, then reluctantly turned her head away, before quickly turning back and pulling her younger sister along to turn her back to her.

Jiang Yubai wasn't sure if it was just his imagination, but he thought he saw a hint of regret flash across Lin Tingwan's face before she was pulled away.

He stared at the sisters' backs for two seconds before looking away and reaching out to pull at the hem of their pajamas.

After hesitating for a moment, she grabbed her change of pajamas, turned around, and went into the bathroom.

There's no way around it. If I had underwear, it would be fine, but once I take off my pajamas, there's practically nothing left. I just can't get over it mentally.

Jiang Yubai finally let out a long breath after closing the bathroom door.

—No, those two should be the ones who are nervous, why am I nervous?

The thought flashed through his mind. He gritted his teeth, quickly took off his clothes, and turned on the tap.

Since I had already taken a shower, I only needed to rinse off this time.

He quickly rinsed his entire body, squeezed out some shower gel and haphazardly applied it, then rinsed it clean again. A simple shower was all he needed to do.

After drying off the water droplets, Jiang Yubai changed into new pajamas and walked out of the bathroom while drying her hair.

The two people who had turned their backs to each other were now sitting side by side on the bed, and when they saw him come out, they both looked over.

The three of them stared at each other, wide-eyed.

Jiang Yu smiled in the white mist:

"No, you two aren't going to wash, are you? Just sitting here staring at me?"

Lin Jianxia seemed to only then realize what was happening, her face slightly flushed as she looked away.

"Yes, I understand."

Jiang Yubai sat down on the edge of the bed without any hesitation, adopting the posture of a rich young master teasing a young maid:

"Hey, let's change your clothes."

—I'll make you two keep an eye on me.

The expected look of embarrassment, anger, and panic did not appear.

Lin Jianxia glanced at him with disdain, giving him a look that said "look at an idiot," then picked up a towel and took her sister into the bathroom.

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

He was momentarily stunned as the bathroom door slammed shut with a 'click'.

Shouldn't you have made me turn around, all embarrassed and annoyed? I refused, and then Lin Jianxia, ​​in a fit of rage, pulled the blanket over my head, grumbling as she changed her clothes and said, "Okay," before I removed the blanket and looked at you all, wriggling and fussing in your bathrobes, praising you lavishly...

Why did you guys just go straight into the bathroom?!

That's definitely not how it is in Galagame!!!

Before I could even mutter a few complaints to myself, I heard the rustling sounds of clothes being taken off coming from the bathroom, along with the two sisters talking quietly.

Jiang Yubai blinked.

Although the entire bathroom is opaque, the soundproofing... is it really that bad?

The sound of rushing water soon filled the air.

Perhaps because the hot bath was so comfortable, Lin Jianxia began to hum a little tune.

She had just hummed a line when she seemed to suddenly realize that she wasn't in her own bathroom, and quickly lowered her voice even further.

But the soft, sweet humming still managed to leak out faintly through the crack in the door.

Jiang Yubai took a deep breath, quickly stopped the thoughts racing in her mind, climbed into bed, and covered herself with the blanket.

He looked around, then simply picked up a book and held it up, purely to distract himself.

"........"

But it was of no use at all.

Jiang Yubai had to admit that he seemed to have completely underestimated the destructive power of the idea of ​​"two beautiful girls taking a bath in his room's bathroom".

Although the bathroom door was opaque and there were no fan service scenes like those common in anime, one sentence still uncontrollably popped into his head:

—Just the sound of the water is enough to make me eat three bowls of rice.jpg

She hadn't read a single page of the book in her hand, but Lin Jianxia's contented humming could be heard in her ears.

Jiang Yubai listened carefully for a few moments, and it sounded like "Summer Breeze".

You know what, she sang quite well.

Suddenly, the soft humming stopped abruptly, followed by Lin Jianxia's somewhat puzzled voice:

"Wanwan? Are you done washing up?"

"Okay, sister, you'll be going to sleep soon. You should go back to sleep first."

Immediately following was the sound of the bathroom door being gently pushed open.

The sound of wiping was soft and rustling, followed by the low hum of the bathroom heater.

With a soft "click," Jiang Yubai quickly composed himself and focused his gaze on the book in his hands.

The footsteps didn't go out; instead, they slowly approached and finally stopped by the bedside.

In the silence, Jiang Yubai pretended to have just noticed and looked up:

"Hmm? All washed up..."

Before he could finish speaking, he froze on the spot.