Curiosity always conquered ignorance faster than anything else.
I had to go see who had ordered takeout for me!
Guang Yu, grab your weapon. Let’s go!
“Grab your weapon” meant picking up her tube of wasabi paste.
After bidding farewell to Ye Qinghe, it was time for this banquet to end.
Her old man kept muttering “Xiao Qing, Xiao Qing” under his breath, sniffling and whining all the way as he left—a truly pitiful sight.
Ye Zhibai was just about to drag Guang Yu to the main gate when she had no choice but to stop in her tracks.
She turned back helplessly.
At the entrance to the banquet hall, Yun’er was stuck to her like a magnet, clearly determined to follow her big sister wherever she went!
“Uh… Yun’er? I’m just going to pick up the takeout.”
“Mm-hmm! What did you order, Sis? Couldn’t the maids just bring it in? The gate’s so far away.”
How far was it, really? Just two hundred meters!
Besides, how should I know what I even ordered!
Ye Zhibai had a sudden flash of inspiration and made something up on the spot.
“I got some snacks, but that wasn’t the main thing. I had the delivery guy pick up a bunch of vines on the way.”
“Vines?”
“Yeah, remember that vine I picked up at school? Lin Zihan swiped it from me.”
“Oh, right…! That damn Lin Zihan!”
“That’s not the point. The main thing is, I want to weave a vine crown for you. So I asked the delivery guy to gather some vines along the way. I want to pick the best ones myself.”
“Woo…”
” ?! “
Yun’er’s expression shifted in the most spectacular way imaginable.
From confusion to stunned surprise, then from surprise to emotion, until she was so moved that she let out a choked sob!
She rushed forward and threw her arms around Ye Zhibai!
Her hands couldn’t help but slip through the silver hair that reached Ye Zhibai’s waist, tracing up and down the elegant curve of her waist, copping a feel!
“Hey.”
“It’s all your fault, Sis! How can you blame me? You say stuff like that—how am I supposed to control myself!”
So you can’t control your urge to grope, huh!
It took some effort, but Ye Zhibai finally pried herself free from Yun’er’s embrace.
Whew… Even now, Ye Zhibai still felt like this daily routine of being groped by a peerless beauty was straight out of a dream.
But that didn’t stop her from brushing the wrinkles out of her sweater where Yun’er had rumpled it, then stepping back a couple paces to create a safe distance.
“Got it? I’m going to get the takeout now.”
“Mm! I’ll come with you!”
“……”
After all that, you’re still coming along!
It wasn’t that she couldn’t tag along—it was just that Ye Zhibai didn’t think she had some magnetic field, so why was she always attracting a magnet!
Seeing Ye Zhibai not moving, Yun’er leaned forward and tilted her head.
“Sis? What’s wrong? If we don’t hurry, the delivery guy’s gonna leave without those vines.”
“Sigh.”
“!”
That sigh from her sister.
Ye Zhiyun knew something was wrong!
Sure enough, when Ye Zhibai turned back, her eyes…
Her eyes were utterly devoid of emotion, just like always.
“Yun’er, I want to breathe some evening air on my own. Let me move freely for a bit, okay?”
“I’m sorry!”
“?”
The reaction was even more exaggerated than expected!
Ye Zhibai’s tone had been perfectly calm, but Ye Zhiyun reacted like she’d been struck by a bolt from the blue, immediately bowing her head in apology!
One had to admit, Yun’er’s mind worked fast—too fast, even.
Her train of thought went like this:
Sis doesn’t feel free—
—because I’m following her—I’m in the way—she’s annoyed— she’ll end up hating me!
Yun’er just wanted to protect her sister, but she absolutely didn’t want to fall into that vicious cycle!
She was like a startled little hamster, carefully weighing her next words.
After agonizing over it for a while, Yun’er cautiously lifted her head, but she didn’t dare meet Ye Zhibai’s eyes directly.
“S-Sis… If you want to go alone, then… then please yell at me! Tell me I’m a nuisance! That way, I’ll give up and go back to my room first! Otherwise, I won’t be satisfied!!”
That’s what you came up with after all that brewing?!
Ye Zhiyun’s eyes were full of worry and fear, but there was also an undeniable gleam of anticipation and longing!
Yell at me, Sis!
Even Guang Yu, who was standing nearby licking the rim of her wasabi paste tube, couldn’t help but admire it with a praise. “Ye Zhibai, your little sister’s a real pervert!”
“Don’t say that.”
Even if it was true, she wasn’t allowed to say it like that!
—After all, Yun’er was a pervert who only went after her big sister.
A pervert that targeted just one person—could that even be called a pervert?!
No helping it.
After these past few days together, Ye Zhibai knew exactly how to break the impasse.
She just had to go along with Yun’er’s wishes, fulfill her desires, and the problem would resolve itself!
Ye Zhibai closed her eyes and took a gentle, deep breath.
Under Yun’er’s expectant gaze.
Ye Zhibai struck a pose, her icy little face fixed straight on Yun’er’s eyes.
Little Zhibai tried her best to muster a look of disdain in her eyes.
Disdain—born from remembering how Guang Yu had swiped another tube of wasabi paste today!
Finally, in a voice as cold as ice, Ye Zhibai parted her cherry lips.
“Yun’er… you’re a nuisance. Can you go back first? I want to walk alone.”
“Mm!!”
Visibly, Ye Zhiyun’s pupils shrank, and a peerless blush bloomed across her pretty little face!
After a super unnatural gasp, her body trembled. She slapped her chest twice to calm her pounding heart.
Then, with a flick of her black hair, she replied to Ye Zhibai’s “disdain” in a tone bordering on ecstatic joy.
“Got it!! Sis, I-I-I… I’ll get lost right now!! Thanks, Sis!!”
“……”
What are you thanking me for!
With that, she spun on her heel and bolted toward the villa like a shot.
Even while running, she didn’t forget to glance back now and then, waving and calling out to Ye Zhibai!
“Sis! Come back soon—Yun’er’s waiting! I’m so happy! So happy!”
All because of one little scolding!
You really that thrilled about it?!
Good thing no one was around at this hour, or where would the Ye Family’s Second Miss’s dignity be!
Sigh… Whatever. The result was what mattered.
“Let’s go, Guang Yu. Time to get the takeout.”
“Any drinks?”
“I don’t think so.”
“Then we’re not going. Let’s head back firs—hey hey!!”
“Think you can run? Get over here.”
Yun’er could scamper off if she wanted.
But you think you can slip away too?!
Don’t think I don’t know—you’re just dying to go dig up that big scallion I just replanted!
Not a chance!
Though Yun’er had gone back first, she’d already called the maids patrolling the manor to make sure Ye Zhibai stayed safe.
Even within their own home, Yun’er remained vigilant.
After all… two years ago, her sister had wandered from home to the road and gotten hit by a car.
Once bitten, twice shy—they wouldn’t fall for the same trick twice!
Ye Zhibai, who’d been hit by a car twice: Yeah, yeah, you’re right.
In any case, Ye Zhibai was carrying the Fox Maiden Loli, occasionally yanking her tail to keep her in check. The two of them struggled along until they were almost at the manor gate.
From a distance, Ye Zhibai vaguely spotted someone at the gate wearing a pale yellow delivery uniform.
There really was a delivery person waiting!
As they drew closer and she squinted to look.
She could see the delivery person wearing a helmet, standing with a graceful posture. Even under the loose uniform, her figure looked exquisitely refined!
“Guang Yu…? That delivery person’s a girl?”
“Who cares if it’s a girl! Let go of me! Forcing a deity to walk at night—you’re gonna get divine retribution!”
“I’m just protecting my scallion.”
When they were just a few meters from the gate.
The delivery person finally lifted her head from under the yellow helmet.
A stunningly beautiful face and a gentle, radiant smile burst into Ye Zhibai’s view.
Ye Zhibai froze.
Then came her surprised—but oddly flat—exclamation.
“Sister Liang?”
“Mm-hmm. Good evening, Little Bai.”
