Sister, can I become a maid too?

Chapter 40 Lin Tingwan's Turning Point

"........."

Meeting her younger sister's innocent gaze, Lin Jianxia felt a strange, inexplicable pang of guilt.

She shook off this inexplicable feeling, walked up to Lin Tingwan, and asked softly:

"Wanwan? Why are you out here?"

Lin Tingwan reached for the spiral notebook on the table, quickly wrote a line, and handed it to her sister.

"Waiting for my sister."

"Wait for me..." Lin Jianxia glanced at the small room next door. "Are you hungry? I've brought you some food."

She opened the insulated food container and proudly introduced it:

"The food today is great! There's braised pork, Mapo tofu, and stir-fried pork with green peppers, which you like to eat, Wanwan."

Lin Tingwan glanced at the still-steaming insulated box, but didn't touch the chopsticks. Instead, she raised her head, her gaze passing over the still-open door and landing on the security door diagonally opposite.

After looking at it for a few seconds, she looked away and wrote another line on the paper.

"Has your sister eaten yet?"

"Yes, I've already eaten."

Lin Jianxia nodded, but when she saw the next line of her sister's writing, she was slightly taken aback.

"Did you eat with Jiang Yubai?"

Her gaze lingered on that line of text for a moment longer before she hesitated and said:

"Uh...yes, because my sister was cooking for him, so we ate there."

Lin Tingwan nodded, but didn't write anything more. She just quietly ate her meal in small bites.

Lin Jianxia, ​​who was standing to the side, closed the door. The more she thought about it, the stranger her sister's reaction seemed, so she couldn't help but tentatively ask:

"Wanwan... are you upset that I didn't have lunch with you? How about I wait for you to eat together next time?"

Hearing this, Lin Tingwan didn't stop what she was doing, but simply shook her head slightly to indicate that it was alright.

Lin Jianxia became increasingly confused as she watched her sister's actions.

My younger sister isn't arrogant or temperamental; if she says it's okay, then it's okay.

Then...why did Lin Tingwan suddenly ask that question?

As the older sister who has been with her for so many years, Lin Jianxia is probably the person who understands her younger sister the most in the world.

As her psychological problems worsened, even to her older sister, Wanwan would only answer one question at a time, spending the rest of the time quietly immersed in her own world. Even she couldn't figure out what her younger sister was thinking.

She didn't even know when was the last time she had asked a question so proactively.

After all, besides herself, the only person Lin Tingwan was willing to talk to even slightly was...

Lin Jianxia suddenly paused, and subconsciously looked at the spiral notebook spread out on the table.

Jiang Yubai?

Since Lin Tingwan didn't ask this question because of him, then the main point of her question seems to be only one.

Thinking about this, she couldn't help but feel a sense of disbelief.

Surely not... We've only been deskmates for a week.

After Lin Tingwan swallowed the last bite of her meal, Lin Jianxia asked softly, "Wanwan, what do you think of Jiang Yubai...?"

Lin Tingwan glanced at her older sister and reached for her notebook.

"Well... besides the fact that he's a good person," Lin Jianxia quickly added.

She really didn't want to see a fourth "friend zone" card.

Lin Tingwan paused while scrolling through the chat history, then flipped back, picked up a pen, and started writing on the latest page.

"It feels very comfortable."

?

Lin Jianxia stared at those three words, a question mark slowly emerging in her mind.

What does "very comfortable" mean? Is Jiang Yubai a very comfortable person? Is this used to describe a person?

Wait!

Lin Jianxia suddenly became alert: "Wanwan, what did Jiang Yubai say to you in the room yesterday?"

This scoundrel... is he going to take advantage of this to abduct innocent young girls?

She knew perfectly well that although her younger sister was perfectly intelligent, and even had better grades than her, she was incredibly naive in her interactions with others.

If Jiang Yubai really had any wicked thoughts, wouldn't Wanwan be...?

He said his sister asked him to come and chat with me.

Looking at the words in front of her, Lin Jianxia blinked and silently apologized to Jiang Yubai in her heart.

I'm sorry I misunderstood you... I'll make you an extra dish tomorrow as compensation.

The thought flashed through her mind, and Lin Jianxia continued, feeling perfectly justified, "So... what did he talk to you about?"

Jiang Yubai asked me whose novel it was.

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

She covered her face with her hands, suddenly regretting asking the question.

Lin Jianxia spoke in a muffled voice, "I said, Wanwan... why are you suddenly reading this kind of book...?"

"Found it in the bookshelf."

Upon seeing these words, Lin Jianxia lowered her head helplessly and slammed her forehead against the table with a "thud".

what.....

These books were originally stored in a small box. After being fired from the bookstore, she would occasionally take them out to reread them, but after reading them, she found it too troublesome and simply stuffed them back into the back of the bookshelf...

Who would have thought that Wanwan would suddenly become interested in this kind of book!

Fine, I'll watch, but Jiang Yubai noticed.

So what if they found out... and then they exposed her!

Fortunately, Jiang Yubai didn't tease her about it today, otherwise she might have fainted.

Lin Jianxia raised her head and continued to ask, "Besides the novel, what else did Jiang Yubai talk to you about?"

Lin Tingwan paused for a moment, then quickly continued writing.

"no."

Upon seeing this line of text, Lin Jianxia didn't think much of it and simply hummed in response.

She was thinking about something else.

After hesitating for a while, Lin Jianxia finally spoke softly:

"Then... Wanwan, do you hate talking to Jiang Yubai?"

Lin Tingwan raised her eyes, a hint of doubt flashing in her clear pupils, as if she didn't understand why her sister would ask such a question.

But in the end, she shook her head.

Lin Jianxia's heart suddenly started racing, and her fingertips unconsciously curled up.

The psychologist who treated Wanwan before said that these kinds of problems ultimately have to be faced and overcome by herself.

Doctors have also warned that if one continues to isolate oneself, the situation will only worsen.

The solution is actually quite simple:

Go out more often, interact and communicate with more people, and it's best to make more friends.

Ke Lin Jianxia tried many methods—she wanted to take her younger sister out for a walk, she wanted her to meet strangers...

But Lin Tingwan remained silent. In the early days after moving in, she didn't even want to step out of her room, let alone take the initiative to communicate with others.

Just when she was about to give up on the idea, it seemed... a turning point appeared.

To be honest, my sister's willingness to chat with Jiang Yu for so long last night was already far beyond her expectations.

But looking at it now...

"Then...then if..." Lin Jianxia asked cautiously, "If Jiang Yubai...could come and talk to you every day, would you be willing?"

Under her sister's watchful gaze, Lin Tingwan quietly thought for a while.

Finally, she lowered her head, wrote a few words in the notebook, and gently pushed it in front of her sister.

Lin Jianxia suppressed her racing heartbeat and looked down—

Only two words were written on the notebook, each stroke clear and distinct.

"OK."