Sister, can I become a maid too?

Chapter 8 This classmate, you didn't want this either...

The moment the thought crossed Jiang Yubai's mind, his first reaction was that it was impossible.

Seriously? Why would someone pretend to be their own sister to go to school?

He instinctively wanted to deny the guess, but the more he thought about it, the more likely it seemed.

Regardless of whether it holds up logically, theoretically speaking—since they are identical twins, unless they are very close and familiar people, it is indeed very difficult to tell them apart.

Moreover...given the younger sister's physical condition, it's almost impossible for her to pretend to be the older sister, since her aphasia makes it impossible for her to speak.

But conversely, if the older sister wants to impersonate the younger sister, wouldn't all she need to do is keep her mouth shut?

Moreover, it now makes sense why Lin Jianxia was able to call him by name as soon as they met yesterday.

After all, she was the only person he'd been in the same class for over two years; it would be strange if she couldn't call him by name...

However, speculation is just speculation. To truly understand it, we need to find a way to verify it.

How do we verify this...?

Jiang Yubai thought about it and decided to try again.

So he picked up the notebook, grabbed a ballpoint pen, and quickly wrote a few lines.

"I'm sorry, I didn't think before I spoke, and my attitude yesterday was also bad. Please apologize to your sister for me."

Yes, that's called a strategic apology.

He thought this with a touch of Ah Q-like self-deception, and gently pushed the notebook between the two desks.

But Lin Tingwan remained motionless, staring at her textbook, as if she hadn't noticed the open draft notebook at all.

...She's really angry.

Jiang Yubai glanced at his deskmate out of the corner of his eye and suddenly remembered something very serious.

If the person in front of him is really Lin Jianxia, ​​then wasn't he just asking her in front of her, "Do you have paranoia?"

hiss......

Jiang Yubai felt a chill in his heart.

He thought for a moment, took out a Dr. Bear gummy bear he had bought that morning from his bag, gently placed it on the draft paper, and pushed it over there.

This time, the girl next to him finally reacted.

She glanced at the brightly packaged gummy candies, pursed her lips, and then reached for the draft notebook underneath.

After reading the words above, Lin Tingwan glanced at Jiang Yubai beside her.

Jiang Yubai responded with an awkward yet polite smile.

As if thinking of something, the girl's tightly pursed lips relaxed slightly.

She finally took the strawberry-flavored gummy candy in her hand, then quickly scribbled a few lines on her notebook before pushing it back.

Jiang Yubai breathed a sigh of relief.

It's alright, as long as it works.

What he feared most was that this "Lin Tingwan" would completely switch to blocking mode—not replying to notes or ignoring him. If that happened, he would be completely helpless.

Since you've replied... then we still have something to talk about.

Jiang Yubai took back the draft notebook and looked down at it.

"Yeah, it's okay. I won't tell my sister what I just said."

Well, I definitely won't tell 'older sister'... after all, Lin Jianxia already knows.

While inwardly grumbling, Jiang Yubai carefully compared the handwriting in the notebook again—it was almost exactly the same as the handwriting in the notebook from yesterday.

Surely not? Can twins even have such similar handwriting? Or maybe I guessed wrong?

Jiang Yubai suddenly felt a little uncertain.

Just as he was pondering this to himself, he suddenly heard a faint sound of tin foil being torn beside him.

Jiang Yubai was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously turned his head to look.

Lin Tingwan stood frozen in place, still holding the strawberry gummy candy in her hand, about to put it in her mouth.

Seeing him look over, the girl quickly stuffed the gummy candy into her mouth, her ears turning red at a visible speed.

Jiang Yubai turned his head back expressionlessly, pretending not to have seen anything.

He was afraid that if he looked at it any longer, he would burst out laughing.

...No, he's starting to seriously doubt his previous assessment.

It's hard to imagine that this creature, who blushes even when eating a gummy candy, could actually be the prickly Lin Jianxia from yesterday...

Jiang Yu thought for a moment, then suddenly had an idea, and wrote it down:

"Why is your sister so hostile towards me?"

"Your sister said she heard it all from you, saying I was dating both Zhao Yun and Li Qiuyue at the same time, two-timing them and stuff... Where did you hear these rumors?"

Looking at the contents of the paper, Jiang Yubai narrowed his eyes in satisfaction.

When Lin Jianxia said those words yesterday, he knew that this guy was definitely lying.

Putting aside his immediate change of heart after letting the cat out of the bag, and his naive and foolish way of treating Jiang Yubai like an idiot, just looking at Lin Tingwan's attitude towards him yesterday, there wasn't a trace of him being a scumbag.

Moreover, given how protective Lin Jianxia is of her sister, how could she possibly reveal her sister's name so easily?

That leaves only one possibility—Lin Jianxia probably heard the rumor herself, and when asked about it, she couldn't cover it up, so in desperation she had to use her sister as a shield.

If their new deskmate were really Lin Tingwan, they would probably just look confused upon seeing this.

If it was Lin Jianxia in disguise...

Thinking of this, Jiang Yubai picked up the draft notebook and gently pushed it to the other end of the desk.

At the same time, he carefully observed the reaction of his new deskmate out of the corner of his eye.

When the other person saw the contents of the draft notebook, their body stiffened almost imperceptibly. After hesitating for a moment, they lowered their head, wrote something, and handed the notebook back.

Jiang Yubai made up his mind, picked up the draft notebook, spread it out, and immediately laughed.

"Hmm... those are rumors I heard from elsewhere. I've already explained to my sister that they're not true."

Hehehe~

I said to Lin Jianxia, ​​do you know what it means to try to cover something up but only make it more obvious?

Seeing the other party's slightly guilty reaction, coupled with this explanation that was clearly intended to bluff their way out, Jiang Yubai was now almost certain.

This silent "new deskmate" is most likely the older sister from yesterday, Lin Jianxia.

No wonder.

He knew it! Yesterday, Lin Tingwan's attitude towards him was quite normal, but today, when they met again, she acted like he was her enemy.

So it turns out the person in charge wasn't changed at all from beginning to end!

Okay, okay, you weren't satisfied with treating me like a playboy yesterday, so you're pretending to be a little sister today, huh?

Now it's in my hands.

In that case, the apology at the beginning makes sense—Lin Jianxia probably wasn't sincerely apologizing, after all, she had just been tricked by him before leaving.

This guy was just afraid that in a fit of anger, he would urge the two sisters to pay the rent again.

In that case...

An idea quietly popped into Jiang Yubai's mind.

Hey classmate, you don't want to offend your landlord and end up getting kicked out by me, do you?

He tried to suppress the upturned corners of his mouth and scribbled a few lines on his notebook.

"By the way, what does your sister usually like to do? She seems quite interesting."