Going home for Chinese New Year, I squeezed onto a bus with three energetic young women.

A busy signal came from the other end of the phone.

An Yaoyao threw her phone on the folding table.

She held her head in her hands, running her fingers through her hair:

"It's all over, it's all over."

Looking at the table full of steaming hot pot dishes, An Yaoyao lost all appetite.

"What should I do? My parents are coming to visit!"

Chen Tingting put down the lamb chop in her hand and picked up a tissue to wipe the red oil off her hands.

"Let them watch," Chen Tingting said dismissively.

"You don't understand!" An Yaoyao put her hands down and leaned on the table.

"I only said that on the phone to put their minds at ease."

"If they found out that I'm actually working as a cleaner for your boyfriend and living with you in his house..."

An Yaoyao swallowed hard.

"Isn't this the end of the world?"

"What do I do?!!"

Lin Xiaoshuang scooped a piece of mutton out of the pot and dipped it in sesame sauce:

"What? What should we do?"

After spending these few days together, An Yaoyao has become friends with these people and can freely complain to them.

Chen Tingting picked up the iced cola next to her and pulled the tab:

"Just tell the truth."

Zhang Qian tucked her blue hair behind her ear:

"Yeah, there's nothing shameful about doing cleaning work."

"What's there to be afraid of when you earn money with your own hands?"

An Yaoyao slammed her hands on the table:

"How can that be the same!"

"You're his girlfriends, it's normal for you to live together."

"I'm just an employee, and I live in his house too?"

Jiang Ruyue held the small bowl and muttered softly:

"I used to want to stay at Big Stallion's house, but he said I was too young and wouldn't let me..."

An Yaoyao paced anxiously, her gaze sweeping across the dining table before finally settling on Bai Li.

"Bai Li," An Yaoyao pleaded with him, "can you help me think of a solution?"

Bai Li put down her milk tea cup: "For example?"

An Yaoyao looked at him:

"For example, could you help me find a place to live?"

"I'll take my parents there and just say it's where I rented it."

Bai Li was speechless.

"Do you think I'm Doraemon, able to conjure things up anytime?"

An Yaoyao looked worried and distressed.

"You must have a way to get a job, right?"

"Why don't you think about what you've done before and then pass on your experience to me?"

"That way I can easily fool my family."

Bai Li leaned back in the plastic chair, tapping her fingers on the table.

My first pot of gold came from systematically investing in my younger sister. How do I teach her this?

[If her parents knew this about her work experience, they would definitely call the police that very night.]

An Yaoyao waited for him to speak.

Bai Li crossed his hands on his lap, pretending to recall something, and pondered for a moment.

"What did you do before...?"

His gaze swept from left to right, passing over the girls sitting at the table.

"Jiaxin, Mengmeng, Xiaoshuang, Ruyue..."

"And Qianqian and Tingting too."

The steam from the hot pot rose upwards, and the chopsticks in the hands of the girls all stopped in mid-air.

Li Mengmeng's face flushed.

She swung her legs under the table, acting coquettishly:

"Brother Bai Li, you're so annoying~"

Li Jiaxin sat to Bai Li's left, her cheeks burning, and reached out to gently pinch Bai Li's arm.

"Big brother, you're so mean!"

"You're eating, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Lin Xiaoshuang kept her head down, her fingers digging into the table.

Zhang Qian, on the other hand, was quite frank. She straightened her back and looked proud.

An Yaoyao sat there, and after realizing the meaning of Bai Li's words, she jumped up from her chair in anger:

"you!!!"

She took two steps to Bai Li, raised her hands, and placed her small fists on Bai Li's shoulders and back.

"Can you be a little more reliable?!"

An Yaoyao hit and cursed at the same time:

"My family is almost at the bus station!"

"I'll beat you to death, you scoundrel!"

Bai Li sat motionless in the chair.

An Yaoyao's fists were soft and yielding, and they didn't hurt or itch when they hit her back.

"Be reasonable." Bai Li leaned back.

"You asked me to tell you what I did, and I'm telling the truth."

Bai Li let An Yaoyao hit him.

"Besides, you won't understand the work I did in the past in a short time."

An Yaoyao got tired of hitting and stopped.

She stood with her hands on her hips, panting as she glared at Bai Li.

"But you can't just say whatever you want!"

Jiang Ruyue put down her bowl, raised her head, and her pure face was full of seriousness:

"The stallion is actually right." She looked at An Yaoyao, her tone calm:

"It's just that you're not on the same wavelength."

An Yaoyao was even angrier, and she pointed at Bai Li through gritted teeth.

"What's wrong with him?"

"It's clearly the heart!"

Jiang Ruyue sat upright, her large eyes fixed on An Yaoyao, her face serious.

"This is a very serious issue."

An Yaoyao was taken aback by her and pulled over a stool to sit down again.

How serious?

An Yaoyao followed up with a question.

Jiang Ruyue tilted her head and spoke softly:

"Just like why New Year's Eve can't be called a 'jumping dance,' it's very serious."