It Seems Afraid of You

Inside the kitchen, two young girls were preparing lunch.

Since Ye Shuang had gone out, the task of making lunch naturally fell on the shoulders of Bai Yuyou and Tang Keke. Of course, whenever Ye Shuang wasn't home, it was basically Yuyou who did the cooking.

Wearing a simple, light pink long-sleeved loungewear set and a Pikachu-print apron, Bai Yuyou skillfully gripped the spatula and stir-fried the dishes, looking every bit the master chef.

"Keke, help me crush some garlic," Bai Yuyou said softly.

"Coming, coming." Tang Keke grabbed some garlic from the side and smashed it with the flat of the blade a few times. Although she wasn't good at cooking, she had absolutely no problem acting as Bai Yuyou's prep cook.

"What did Brother go out to do so early in the morning?"

"I don't know." Bai Yuyou shook her head. She also didn't know what Ye Shuang had been busy with lately, as he often had to go out.

However, she hadn't asked him about it either.

Tang Keke tilted her head to look at Ye Shuang and Chen Qin, who were chatting, then walked over to Bai Yuyou's side and lowered her voice. "Yuyou, Yuyou, Brother and Sister Chen Qin have been getting closer and closer lately. Do you think they'll get married this year?"

"Yes, they're getting married this year," Bai Yuyou nodded. After all, she had been at the Chen family's house at the time and naturally heard the conversation between Ye Shuang and Chen's parents.

Seeing the girl's still calm expression, Tang Keke couldn't help but say, "No way, Yuyou, how can you still be so calm?"

"I don't know," Bai Yuyou continued to say expressionlessly. She then picked up the pan, turned on the faucet, and started washing it. "But, there's nothing I can do."

The young girl's words seemed to reveal her true feelings.

"It's Ye Shuang's own choice, and that's enough."

Hearing Bai Yuyou say this, Tang Keke suddenly realized that these mature words didn't sound like something a young girl would say. She scratched her head. "Yuyou, why don't we make one more push?"

Hearing this, Bai Yuyou simply said, "That's not good."

Despite saying that, Bai Yuyou's beautiful eyes still looked over, as if waiting for Keke to elaborate.

"Yuyou, you have to make Brother notice your charm," Tang Keke nodded seriously.

Charm?

Bai Yuyou didn't understand. She pointed to her own pretty face expressionlessly. "For example?"

"Smile first. You look very pretty when you smile, Yuyou."

Upon hearing this, Bai Yuyou poked the corners of her mouth with two fingers, eventually forcing out a smiling face. "..."

"Do you feel my charm?" Bai Yuyou asked Tang Keke very seriously.

"I didn't feel whether it's pretty or not..." Tang Keke was a bit speechless. "It just looks a bit funny."

Hearing this, Bai Yuyou released her fingers.

"How about we start with clothing?" Tang Keke looked at the clothes Bai Yuyou was wearing. The styles Yuyou wore were generally quite conservative, and most of the time, they didn't even show off her figure. Keke had only discovered that this girl was actually hiding a surprisingly voluptuous figure under her slender frame when they showered together.

"You don't have to wear those with very little fabric, but you should wear something that shows off your figure." Tang Keke nodded her little head very seriously.

But thinking about it carefully, Keke's own clothes were also on the thicker side, so they might as well both change their styles.

Now that Keke was no longer insecure about her own figure, she planned to change into some nice, comfortable clothes that flattered her shape.

"That's it, let's go buy some new clothes. The weather is just starting to warm up anyway!" Tang Keke said. "Don't wrap yourself up like a Michelin tire every time."

Bai Yuyou seemed to half-understand, not really grasping what changing clothes would actually achieve.

Meanwhile, Ye Shuang was still in the living room brushing Yi Wan. He naturally saw Keke and Bai Yuyou whispering in the kitchen, but he didn't pay it much mind, just treating it as a little secret between girls.

"Roll over, Yi Wan."

"Meow." For some reason, Yi Wan seemed especially clingy to Chen Qin. Ye Shuang was brushing its fur while Chen Qin squatted to the side, gently stroking Yi Wan's round face with her palm, and the cat cooperatively rubbed against her hand.

Before long, Ye Shuang had brushed out a fist-sized clump of fur. Furthermore, since Yi Wan was a long-haired orange cat, the shedding problem was particularly severe.

Cats only shed twice a year.

The first half of the year and the second half of the year, so brushing is a necessity.

"Ah Ye, your phone is ringing," Chen Qin said at this moment, seemingly noticing something.

Ye Shuang was still brushing the cat, so he told Chen Qin, "Can you bring it over for me?"

"Okay." Chen Qin stood up. She gently patted the cat hair off her skirt, then walked over to the nearby table and picked up the phone.

In the notification bar—

An Shiyu: I wanna go to your house for food.

An Shiyu: Starving to death.

Chen Qin withdrew her gaze and then said, "That girl said she wants to come over to eat."

"Which one?"

"An Shiyu."

"An Shiyu?" Ye Shuang was puzzled for a few seconds before realizing, "Oh, them..."

Ye Shuang took his phone and glanced at it, finding that it was indeed sent by An Shiyu. It looked like she was hanging out nearby and wanted to come over for a free meal because she was hungry.

"It's just an extra pair of chopsticks, no problem," Ye Shuang said, tapping away in the reply box.

Ye Shuang: Come on over, it's just an extra pair of chopsticks.

Just as he finished typing this sentence, the sound of the doorbell came from outside the door—

"Ding-dong."

Ye Shuang: "..."

She wasn't asking while standing right outside the door, was she?

At this time, Chen Qin went to open the door and quickly noticed An Shiyu standing outside.

"Ah, Shiyu," Chen Qin smiled faintly.

"Yo," An Shiyu greeted.

But the next second, Chen Qin froze, because she saw another long-haired girl wearing a hat standing next to An Shiyu. That nearly identical appearance made Chen Qin couldn't help but take another look.

"This is..."

"She is my twin sister, An Shiyi, whom I was separated from for two and a half years," An Shiyu said.

"Hello, my name is An Shiyi. You must be Sister Chen Qin, you're so pretty," An Shiyi immediately spoke in a sweet and delicate voice, sounding exactly like a little girl.

Compared to An Shiyu's lazy tone, An Shiyi's voice seemed incredibly lively.

Of course, this was an act.

"Twin sisters? Come in first." Chen Qin wasn't clear about An Shiyu's family situation, but since An Shiyu said so, she didn't ask much and instead let the two fishes inside first.

"Where did you guys go hanging out today?" Ye Shuang asked after seeing them.

"Just walking around randomly," An Shiyu said, her gaze landing on Yi Wan. "Brushing fur?"

"Yeah, there's always fur."

"Wouldn't it be fine if you just shaved it all off and put a sweater on it?" As soon as An Shiyu finished speaking, Yi Wan instantly flattened its ears like airplane wings.

Finally, its body sprang up, and it ran straight to the cat tree.

"It seems to be very afraid of you," An Shiyu said to Ye Shuang.

"It's afraid of you, right?" Ye Shuang said helplessly.

Right at this moment, Tang Keke also walked out and immediately spotted An Shiyi.

"Huh? An Shiyu grew long hair?!"