This couldn’t be blamed on Ye Zhibai for her narrow perspective.
The living room alone was probably over two hundred square meters, not even counting the rooms tucked into its corners.
Even more astonishing was the wooden spiral staircase in the center, painted to a glossy shine and leading up to the 2nd Floor.
That meant the 2nd Floor had a living room just as vast as this one!
Yet Ye Zhibai’s expression remained cool and impassive.
As if to say: Heh, nothing impressive.
In truth…
She was completely dumbfounded. Thanks.
What she didn’t realize was that Ye Zhiyun was even more on edge at that moment.
Zhiyun watched the unchanging blank look on Zhibai’s face as she stared around in a daze.
Finally, Yun’er couldn’t hold back any longer. She clenched her fists against her ample chest and spoke up.
“S-Sister!”
“…Huh?”
Sorry… Ye Zhibai’s reaction was a bit delayed.
She still wasn’t used to being called “sister” by her.
It would probably take half a lifetime to get accustomed to it.
She turned to look at Ye Zhiyun, whose delicate cheeks were etched with anxiety.
Yun’er said worriedly, “The decor on the 2nd Floor is about the same as down here. Hey! If Sister isn’t happy with the house’s renovations, you have to tell me. We can tear it all out and redo it however you like! After all… you’ll be living here with me from now on~ We can’t compromise on our home! It has to be perfect!”
You call this compromising?!
Ye Zhibai was furious!
She schooled her features into a stern mask.
Recalling the hardships of her previous life, she uttered those two words of wisdom.
“Wasteful… Be content…”
“I’m sorry!!”
Huh?!
Why are you panicking again… And stop bowing your head like that!
Ye Zhibai truly didn’t understand.
When she coolly murmured “wasteful” to Ye Zhiyun, it sounded exactly like a scolding reproach.
In fact, she had only meant to say there was no need to waste money!
Of course, Ye Zhiyun eagerly accepted the lesson!
Heh heh… And besides.
Her bow was just to hide the excited flush creeping across her face.
The living room’s decor was the everyday environment.
But the most important part of the house—without question—was her own bedroom.
When Yun’er led Ye Zhibai to the innermost room along the hallway on the first floor, revealing the space that would belong to her in this lifetime…
Ye Zhibai had only one thought about it.
This… isn’t macho at all!!
Pink walls everywhere.
Half the bed piled high with fluffy stuffed animals!
And the floral fragrance wafting in on the breeze from the windowsill.
No matter how you sliced it, this was the room of an ultra-cute girl!!
Oh… right, I’m a girl now.
Never mind, then.
That said, honestly… this room felt far more lived-in than the living room.
A big bed, a row of bookshelves, a set of solid wooden desk and chair, wooden flooring—nothing more.
Yes, simple. These were furnishings Ye Zhibai had owned low-end versions of in her previous life… or maybe ultra low-end. That old chair that creaked and groaned like it might collapse any second definitely deserved such a description.
Ye Zhiyun tilted her head with a doting smile at Zhibai before stepping forward to the curtains. She grabbed the spotless pale blue fabric with both hands and pulled it aside!
Instantly, soft sunlight poured through the floor-to-ceiling windows behind, forcing Ye Zhibai to squint.
Yun’er turned back with a grin.
“This is your room, Sister. I clean it every day—super tidy, right~ Oh, and look, it opens right onto the courtyard. Whenever you feel like a stroll, just push open the door and head out.”
“Connected… to the courtyard?”
“Ah! Sorry…! If Sister doesn’t want it connected to the courtyard, we’ll just level the courtyard!”
Whoa, no!
I’m just marveling that a bedroom can connect straight to a yard like this!
Scratch that earlier comment about it being simple and ordinary—it was anything but now!
Sure enough.
Ye Zhibai padded over in her slippers to stand shoulder-to-shoulder with Yun’er at the window. Gazing out, she saw an exquisite little courtyard just beyond the glass, brimming with potted plants.
Despite lying abandoned for two years, not a single weed marred it. Rows of vibrant flowers and greenery flanked a patch of sunflowers in the center, with neat gravel paths on either side.
No doubt… Yun’er had tended it regularly.
The square, standalone courtyard was roughly fifty square meters, by a rough estimate!
Suddenly, Ye Zhiyun looped her arm through Ye Zhibai’s.
“Hm?!” Zhibai had been quietly marveling at the courtyard in her mind.
The moment she felt her arm embraced—and the soft, yielding warmth pressing against it—she whipped her head around with a frown (heart pounding in panic)!
Just in time to catch Ye Zhiyun gazing at her with eyes full of hopeful expectation.
“Sister, is there nothing in the house you want to change? Or is it good as is?”
“Why… change it?”
“It’s because you always used to decorate everything to my tastes… never voicing your own opinions.” Ye Zhiyun sounded a bit sulky as she said it.
With a sharp toss of her head, her waterfall of black hair whipped past Ye Zhibai’s face.
Her pouting, grumpy expression was just like a little hamster’s.
She went on to explain her earlier words.
“As a kid, I was clueless and selfish, always saying I liked the walls this color or the table there, without thinking. You just nodded along… Looking back, you were totally spoiling me~ No way! Now you have to give your opinion, Sister. We’ll change the house however you want! Yun’er is all grown up now and knows better, okay?”
Earlier… Ye Zhibai had already seen how mature and imposingly dignified Yun’er could be around others.
But now, alone with just the two sisters… she was spoiling her utterly without restraint.
Perhaps this was her truest self.
As the object of that spoiling, Ye Zhibai could only think: What an honor.
Ugh.
But…!
You’re joking, little sister!
Back then, I wasn’t nodding to indulge you—I had no clue what else to do!
That said… after these past few hours together, Ye Zhibai genuinely felt that Ye Zhiyun was a girl who healed the soul.
Though she still didn’t understand why Zhiyun was so dependent on her.
In her past life, she’d just been a lowly staff-maker, after all.
Fine… if tweaking a few things would make her happier, offering some suggestions was no big deal.
Ye Zhibai slowly raised a finger, pointing at the pink walls, and murmured, “What if… we painted the walls blue?”
“You got it! Noted—Sister likes blue, huh! Anything else!”
She was jotting it down in her mental notebook, wasn’t she.
Ye Zhibai’s simple suggestion had her this thrilled.
Amused, Zhibai suddenly remembered the most crucial question she’d forgotten to ask!
No time like the present.
“How much… to repaint the walls?”
“Huh? Well… I’m not totally sure, but it’s cheap! We’d definitely use harmless paint, and for good value, four figures would cover it easy.”
“No repaint.”
“Eh?”
“The pink… is fine.”
“Uh… really? But Sister just said she liked blue…”
“I said, the pink… is fine.”
“Yes! Pink is fine!”
The moment Ye Zhiyun heard the sudden firmness in Zhibai’s tone, any thought of arguing vanished!
Whew.
In a room this fluffy and girly.
If she weighed that against shelling out thousands to repaint…
Keeping it as is was obviously the smart choice.
Spending money? Absolutely not!
Ye Zhibai, eternal cheapskate.
Remember this.
Even if you had a billion, without restraint, you could blow through it all someday.
So to avoid that, start by saving every single dollar!
Ye Zhibai knew this truth well.
Even if she’d never actually possessed a billion.
Sick of being poor, boo hoo hoo!!
