Sister, can I be a maid too?

The girl was leaning on the edge of the steps, swinging her legs casually, humming a tuneless little tune, and seemed to be in a pretty good mood.

Ok?

That's it...?

"Xia, I'd like to say something else, isn't there?" Jiang Yubai couldn't help but ask again, tentatively.

Lin Jianxia was humming a song when she heard this and looked over curiously.

"say what?"

say what.....

Jiang Yubai was momentarily speechless when she asked him that question.

"Well, uh," he said shamelessly, "it's about my sisters-in-law..."

Lin Jianxia was taken aback, seemingly not expecting him to bring this up.

Then, she quickly turned her little head, her face slightly flushed, and her tone returned to that familiar whining:

"I know...it's for...for the sake of the character I had before..."

A question mark slowly appeared on Jiang Yubai's head.

To be honest, the reason he admitted it so readily was, firstly, just as Lin Jianxia said, that if he was going to create a persona, he should go all the way and avoid any random suitors or gossip popping up as the college entrance exam approached.

Secondly... I just wanted to tease this little hedgehog.

But what's going on here?

I've even acknowledged my relationship with my sister-in-law, shouldn't you have exploded on the spot? Why did you just calm yourself down?

No, you're so understanding... Who are you? Where did I, the little hedgehog, go?

He was wondering to himself when he saw Lin Jianxia suddenly turn her head back, her brows furrowed, as if she had remembered something important:

"Oh right, I almost forgot!"

Here they come, just as expected, they're going to settle scores with me.

Jiang Yubai finally relaxed, adjusted his expression, and prepared to tease... no, to seriously explain.

He was prepared to respond, but then he saw the girl trying hard to put on a serious face, attempting to make herself look more stern.

"I...I'm fine...Anyway, it's just to avoid trouble!"

"But! You should at least have told Wanwan beforehand!"

Lin Jianxia argued vehemently:

"Wanwan is already quite sensitive... It's one thing for you to suddenly call me 'sister-in-law,' but to add 'sisters-in-law' on top of that is another. What if Wanwan gets angry!"

Wanwan... are you angry?

Jiang Yubai turned his head with a subtle expression, looking at a little hamster chewing on a gummy candy beside him.

Lin Jianxia was about to launch into a long explanation when Jiang Yubai simply asked directly:

Is Wanwan angry?

Lin Tingwan blinked, looked at the gummy candy in her hand that she had just peeled off the paper from, and then held it to his lips.

Lin Jianxia: "......."

Jiang Yubai opened his mouth and took a bite, giving her a "see?" look.

"Too late! Too late!" Lin Jianxia was furious. "We're outside now! Don't be like this..."

This little sister was raised for nothing!

She just finished speaking a second ago, how come she contradicts herself the next second!

Chapter 237 The School Beauty's Personal Bodyguard Was Actually Me

Looking at Lin Jianxia's frustrated little expression, as if to say, "My sister is about to fight to the death, why did I surrender first?"...

Jiang Yubai was overjoyed; he could barely suppress the smile on his face.

However, he did not take this opportunity to add fuel to the fire. He simply sat there seriously, trying to minimize his presence, as if he were just an emotionless background figure.

After all, the little hedgehog must be furious right now, but it can't vent its anger on its little sister and is just holding it in.

If I were to recklessly go up and say something at this point, wouldn't all the anger be directed at me?

He's not going to risk that bad luck!

Lin Jianxia, ​​standing to the side, was indeed just as he had imagined.

She wanted to glare at her own Wanwan, but Lin Tingwan just looked back at her with those clear, innocent eyes, even tilting her head, looking confused.

Lin Jianxia couldn't bear to say anything, a lump in her throat, unable to escape.

The girl gritted her teeth and decided to turn her attention to another culprit.

But Jiang Yubai had already raised his head at some point, looking at her with an expression that said, "The sky is so white, the clouds are so blue, and the wind is so strong!"

What?! Ah!

This big idiot is always babbling on and on, isn't he? Why is he pretending to be mute when it really matters?

Without saying a word, how could she possibly vent her anger on him in a reasonable way?

Thinking this, Lin Jianxia glared at Jiang Yubai, her cheeks slowly puffing up involuntarily.

stare--

Only then did Jiang Yubai slowly look over, as if he had just noticed someone's burning gaze.

Seeing Lin Jianxia's sulky little expression, he flashed a bright smile:

"By the way, the weather's so nice right now, how about we go for a walk?"

Lin Jianxia: "...?"

Hey, what's with you acting like nothing just happened?

Looking at the innocent yet radiant smile of that big idiot, Lin Jianxia gritted her teeth, and finally took a deep breath:

"go!"

.....

.....

On a late spring or early summer afternoon, the sun shines brightly, filtering through sparse clouds, warm but not scorching.

Because of the parent-teacher conferences held throughout the senior year, there were quite a few students on the playground. Some were sitting on the steps chatting, while others were strolling slowly on the track or the lawn.

Jiang Yubai led the two sisters down the steps and slowly walked along the edge of the track.

Although there are a few couples taking a break on the playground, nothing compares to them—

Two incredibly beautiful twin sisters, one on each side, were walking side by side with the same boy...

That's really attracting too much attention.

Almost wherever I went, classmates who were walking or sitting next to me would cast glances at me, whether openly or secretly.

Curiosity and exploration were present, along with the complex gazes of the boys, a mixture of envy and jealousy.

To be fair, Jiang Yubai heard people cursing "Jiang dog".

He turned around suspiciously following the sound, but the boys sitting in twos and threes around the playground didn't look at him at all. They were arguing about strange topics such as "who is the best in the world".

Did I hear that right...?

Jiang Yubai could only turn his head back suspiciously.

Beside him, Lin Tingwan remained as quiet as ever, following quietly.

Lin Jianxia was already used to being the center of attention wherever she went, and didn't seem to care at all.

Jiang Yubai used to have the illusion that his body was riddled with holes, but now he can be a little thick-skinned and pretend that those gazes don't exist.

Yeah, it's even kind of fun.

Not having found the culprit behind the "Jiang dog" insult, he didn't pay much attention and casually asked:

"By the way, Jianxia, ​​you haven't replied to me yet... How was the parent-teacher conference?"

Lin Jianxia, ​​who was lost in thought, snapped out of it upon hearing this and softly hummed in agreement.

"Great."

“You saw it too,” she said in a light tone, “Aunt Qin took special care of me and Wanwan, and kept talking to me.”

Jiang Yubai wholeheartedly agreed and retorted:

"That's true, I've never seen my mom so enthusiastic before."

"You don't know, she's really too lazy to come to parent-teacher conferences. She usually asks my dad to come, and if she can't get out of it, she just comes to go through the motions."

Upon hearing this, Lin Jianxia raised her little head, her tail practically wagging in the air:

"That means Auntie likes me and Wanwan!"

Upon hearing this, Jiang Yubai did not reply, but looked at her with a somewhat subtle expression.

"what happened?"

Lin Jianxia gave him a questioning look.

".....fine."

The main reason was that I remembered saying, "My dad and mom really like them both," and then I thought about the context of that statement...

Ok.

Lin Jianxia, ​​of course, had no idea what the guy next to her was thinking.

She paused, her gaze drifting towards the teaching building, her eyes suddenly becoming unfocused.

Starting from junior high school, her mother became seriously ill, and her father was unwilling to come, so she or her sister always attended parent-teacher conferences on her behalf.

After her mother passed away, things became even more... indescribable.