Chapter 43: The Sweet and Sour Fish and a Sister’s Concern

Whether she was tsundere or not, Bai YuYang would undoubtedly thank her with immense gratitude!

Naturally, the way to express his thanks was to gently pat Lin QingYu’s head.

After all, wasn’t a head pat the perfect reward for a good child?

Initially, Lin QingYu quite enjoyed it; she had no complaints about Bai YuYang stroking her hair.

However, after a while, Bai YuYang seemed to get carried away, turning his gentle pats into an enthusiastic ruffle of the ‘loli’s’ head!

Consequently, before dinner, Bai YuYang inevitably suffered a sharp bite. Perhaps this was what they called reaping what you sow.

***

Lin QingYu had dinner at Bai YuYang’s place that evening.

Once Bai YuXi had warmed the sweet and sour fish, Lin QingYu finally got to savor the dish she had been longing for.

Unable to finish it all at once, Lin QingYu even washed out her small lunchbox and packed up her remaining sweet and sour fish to take home.

“Then remember not to oversleep again tomorrow. A high school student should act like one, alright?”

“Alright, alright, I get it, QingYu. You don’t even need to knock on my door tomorrow; I’ll come over to wake you up, okay?”

“Hmph, I hope so. If you’re late again, just watch if I bite you or not. That’s all there is to it.”

After much coaxing, thankfully, Lin QingYu seemed to be in good spirits when she left.

This was primarily thanks to the sweet and sour fish. Watching her clutch that small lunchbox, her quick footsteps seemed much lighter.

Thank you, sweet and sour fish.

After she left, Bai YuYang and Bai YuXi tidied the dining table together. By the time they finished, it was almost ten o’clock at night.

Bai YuYang sank onto the sofa, letting out a breath, and leaned his head back.

“Xiao Xi, you go take a shower first. I’ll go later.”

“Eh… but you must be tired after work, big brother. You go first; a hot shower will surely help you relax.”

“It’s not that tiring… I keep telling you, both you and QingYu are too exaggerated.”

Who showered first or last was completely unimportant. What Bai YuXi was concerned about now was something else entirely.

Earlier, while Sister QingYu was here, her chatter was endless, even food couldn’t stop her mouth. She kept talking about useless things, leaving Bai YuXi no chance to discuss important matters.

Seizing the moment before it was time to sleep, Bai YuXi walked steadily over and sat directly beside Bai YuYang on the sofa, her shoulder pressing against his.

Indeed… she sat right next to him. Despite the ample space on the sofa, Xiao Xi chose to sit intimately close to Bai YuYang.

“……”

Bai YuYang instinctively wanted to shift to the corner of the sofa. As for why he had such a reaction…

It was precisely because, before his rebirth, after Xiao Xi learned they weren’t blood relatives, her overly proactive behavior had left Bai YuYang utterly bewildered.

But that time had been far more exaggerated than now. If it had been back then, Xiao Xi wouldn’t have just sat beside him; she would have climbed directly onto Bai YuYang’s lap.

However, Bai YuYang was glad he hadn’t dodged just now, because this was seven years ago…

At this stage, Xiao Xi… should still be in a state of a younger sister’s dependence on her elder brother. Sitting close was merely a way of acting spoiled.

If he had dodged just now, how much harm would that have caused her?

If it was just her acting spoiled, he absolutely could not push her away.

He looked at Xiao Xi, who was leaning against his shoulder beside him.

Her silver hair fanned out across Bai YuYang’s lap, truly a picture of affectionate indulgence.

Bai YuYang felt… his thoughts should be correct, right?

However… it was probably best not to maintain this situation for too long, otherwise Bai YuYang feared their familial affection might change.

“X-Xiao Xi? It’ll be time for bed soon. Aren’t you going to take a shower?”

“No rush.” Bai YuXi maintained her position, speaking softly. “Big brother, today was your first day of part-time work for the new semester. Did you encounter any difficulties or interesting things?”

Oh! This was a good topic! Sibling chat time. Bai YuYang also enjoyed this part; he always felt so relaxed talking to Xiao Xi.

He pondered for a moment, then replied, “Difficulties? Definitely none… You know how it is, it wasn’t easy for me to get this part-time job, and the payoff is that the work is relatively easy. But there was one interesting thing.”

“Oh? I want to hear.”

“Of course.” Bai YuYang finally relaxed as well. “I don’t know if it counts as interesting, but at the restaurant where I work, a new junior suddenly appeared. And she’s quite an interesting kid.”

“A junior? Male or female?”

“Female, and she’s also a high school student. Oh right, I’m telling you, it’s really a coincidence—she’s actually a student from Qifeng High School, and just like you, Xiao Xi, she’s also a first-year.”

“Oh?”

What? Bai YuYang was merely stating facts, but why did the surrounding atmosphere suddenly feel so much heavier?

“Another girl, huh, hehe…”

Not quite hearing what Bai YuXi was muttering, Bai YuYang leaned closer to her and asked, “Xiao Xi? Hiss…”

Her grip on his arm suddenly tightened considerably, even causing Bai YuYang a pang of pain.

“Big brother, just wait a moment… Let me think.”

“Ah, alright, alright, you think, you think! Hey, hey, easy, easy!”

As Bai YuXi eased her grip, she was pondering a very serious problem.

Regarding her brother’s work environment, in her previous life, Bai YuXi had secretly investigated it because she was worried. Her brother had no juniors at the restaurant at all, let alone a first-year high school girl.

Where did such a person pop out from in this life?

The only possible variable was Tang Qihuang; she had said that restaurant was an industry under her family’s ownership.

So, had Tang Qihuang lost her mind? To actually arrange a junior from the same school for her brother at his workplace?!

She should know how attractive her brother was to girls. In his previous life, it was hard to say whether those vixen-like women around him could be avoided, yet she was taking such a risk.

No, that wasn’t right… these speculations were too subjective.

Dispelling these extraneous thoughts, Bai YuXi looked up and asked, “Big brother, do you know which class this junior of yours is in? You just said she’s a first-year, right? I want to go and tell her to look after you more while you’re working.”

Seeing Xiao Xi suddenly return to normal, Bai YuYang went along with her words. “So that’s what you were thinking about?

But honestly, it’s not that I’m looking down on her… but for someone like her to look after me would be strange. To be honest, I feel she’s even more reckless than QingYu.”

“That’s beside the point. Even if that’s the case, you’ll still be working together, right?”

“That’s true…” Bai YuYang thought for a moment. “I don’t know which class she’s in, but if you want to be friends with her, Xiao Xi, you certainly can. How about I ask her tomorrow when I go to work?”

“Mm-hmm, oh, by the way, big brother, I also heard something interesting at school. Do you want to hear it?”

“Go on.”

Actually, Bai YuXi really didn’t want to bring up this topic, because it was about the student council.

If not for her ‘cooperation’ with Tang Qihuang this afternoon, Bai YuXi wouldn’t have mentioned it at all.

Bai YuXi sat up straight, picked up her small teacup, and took a sip of tea.

“Hmm, a bit hot… It’s like this: today, a senior from the student council came to our class to promote something. They said the student council would be recruiting new members tomorrow. Did you know about this, big brother?”

“Recruiting starting tomorrow?” Bai YuYang was a little surprised. “I really didn’t know that… Did they start by notifying the first-years?”

“I don’t know either… But are you interested in joining the student council, big brother? I heard there are quite a few benefits to joining.”

“I… this…”

Bai YuYang had long since considered this question, so his answer came without much hesitation.

“I actually don’t really want to run… I’m pretty busy usually, and I don’t think its role is all that significant.”

Indeed, Bai YuXi’s cooperation with Tang Qihuang required her to persuade Bai YuYang to join the student council.

Perhaps Bai YuXi, who should have diligently completed the cooperation, was now smiling so naturally.

“Mm! Big brother is right! You’re so busy usually, where would you find the time to join any student council?”

Tang Qihuang, you vixen! Go to hell!

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