Ruo Tianxin took the toiletries out of her suitcase one by one. When she went into the bathroom, she saw Ruo Xiaoxi’s toothbrush and cup sitting in front of the mirror, so she put hers beside them.

Just like when they were little, with the blue and pink plastic cups for boys and girls sitting side by side.

She looked around carefully. To her surprise, the place was spotless, with everything neatly arranged. It was nothing like the messy doghouse she’d imagined before coming over.

She’d thought the first thing she’d have to do at her brother’s place was help clean up.

“Maybe it wouldn’t be so bad if my brother turned into a proper girly girl?”

“What?” Ruo Xiaoxi, who was playing a game, turned to look at her.

After coming back from the living room, Ruo Tianxin returned to the bedroom and took out the laptop she’d brought with her. She set it on the roomy computer desk. The glass tabletop felt a little cold against her arm.

Ruo Tianxin squeezed in and sat down beside Ruo Xiaoxi.

Now that she suddenly had to share half the seat with her little sister, it felt cramped. Their shoulders touched, and a faint, sweet scent drifted past Ruo Xiaoxi’s nose.

The two girls’ pale thighs brushed lightly together, like two flawless pieces of white jade leaning against each other. Ruo Xiaoxi felt a slight chill from her little sister’s thigh.

“Um, Tianxin… it’s kind of cramped.” Ruo Xiaoxi half-closed her eyes, her cheeks a little red.

They were both girls now, so there was nothing wrong with sitting this close, so unguarded and intimate. But the other person was still her little sister, and somehow that made Ruo Xiaoxi blush.

It’d been so, so long since she’d had this kind of physical contact with her little sister. Had the little brat really grown up into such a beautiful young woman? And she even smelled so nice… Ruo Xiaoxi felt like she might get drunk just breathing it in!

“Can’t help it, big bro. Your place is so minimalist. There’s only one chair, and I can’t even find a stool. That little step stool is way too short, so we’ll just have to squeeze in~”

“I live alone, and I don’t get many visitors, so I never thought about that.”

“See? There’s still enough room for both of us. I can put my laptop over here, and you can still use the mouse and keyboard just fine.”

Luckily, when Ruo Xiaoxi bought her chair, she’d picked one that was a little bigger—big enough for an adult man to sit in. It was just right for two petite girls, too.

As Ruo Tianxin opened her laptop and logged into the game, she noticed how shy Ruo Xiaoxi seemed and couldn’t help laughing. “Bro, are you embarrassed to sit next to me? We’re not kids anymore.”

“I-I’m not! This is called being a quiet, demure lady! And besides, it’s because we’ve grown up…”

“A lady, huh? Hehehe.” Ruo Tianxin giggled like a little hen, her eyebrows curving as she laughed. “That’s right, that’s right. Our Xiaoxi is a lady, isn’t she, Xiaoxi? Xiaoxi, Xiaoxi.”

The girl’s name her brother had picked for herself was pretty cute.

Xiaoxi this, Xiaoxi that—she wouldn’t stop. So annoying. So mean. Ruo Xiaoxi blushed and turned her face away. There was something indescribably embarrassing about being called that by her little sister, of all people.

Wanting to see more of her brother’s cute changes, Ruo Tianxin sneakily slipped an arm around Ruo Xiaoxi from behind and hugged her slender waist. “See? I can wrap one arm around you. You’re a total loli.”

“D-don’t tease me! Give me a break… Eep.” Ruo Xiaoxi was so mortified she wanted the ground to swallow her up. It seemed the dignity she’d spent over a decade building as her brother had been destroyed in a single day.

And now she had to put up with her little sister teasing and humiliating her like this. Her lips were already pressed into a tight line.

Once Ruo Tianxin had logged into her account, Ruo Xiaoxi messaged Lan Yinuo to let her know she was back.

Before starting the video call, Ruo Tianxin even picked up a little mirror and carefully fixed her bangs, making sure she still looked pretty and neat.

If big sis was this pretty, little sis couldn’t let the family down.

Ruo Xiaoxi gave Lan Yinuo a quick introduction to her little sister. They were both easy to talk to, and it didn’t take long for them to hit it off.

Ruo Tianxin’s account was fairly new, and she was a beginner at this kind of online game. After talking it over, the three of them decided to clear map quests together and help her level up along the way.

After all, Ruo Xiaoxi and Lan Yinuo usually just wandered around to enjoy the scenery and chatted about whatever interesting things had happened lately. Dungeons were too much work, and Lan Yinuo wasn’t all that fond of them.

So if you ever saw two lolis in pretty little dresses in the game, stopping to idle together from time to time before holding hands and flying off with a paired lightness skill to idle somewhere else, that was probably Ruo Xiaoxi and the others wandering around the map and chatting.

Especially if one of them had the really shameless ID “I’m Cute, Send Me Money.”

Before she knew it, Ruo Xiaoxi had no idea how, but her little sister and Lan Yinuo had become master and disciple.

“Master, Master, this big-sister NPC has such huge boobs. Hngh, hngh. There’s only a leaf covering her chest. So lewd. I don’t usually look at this kind of thing.”

“That’s because this map is the Kingdom of Nanzhao. The setting is mostly mountains and forests, with lots of tribes. Its townsfolk are more primitive than the people in grand capital cities like Yangzhou and Chang’an.”

“Huh, Master, why can’t I use my skills? I’m about to wear out my keyboard.”

“Oh, this game’s combat requires you to turn and face your target. You can’t use skills while your back’s turned to the enemy. I’ll teleport back to the main city and buy you some bags and tanghulu. I’ll be back in a bit.”

“What are bags and tanghulu…?”

Ruo Tianxin kept calling Lan Yinuo “Master,” and Lan Yinuo patiently showed her the ropes.

Her little sister hadn’t played many online games. She usually spent her free time watching dramas and reading manga, so she was a complete newbie and had a lot to learn.

You couldn’t ask, “What are you still bad at?” You had to ask, “What can you do?”

Still, raising a newbie disciple was one of the joys of playing a massively multiplayer online game. But her little sister was such a beginner that she was wearing a full set of healer gear and kept asking why her damage was so low.

She even started questioning the game’s balance team.

“What’s going on? Is this game’s difficulty messed up or something?”

Lan Yinuo let out a bell-like laugh from the other end. Ruo Tianxin had no idea what she was laughing at, and her utterly baffled questions were even cuter. Every so often, she’d turn her head to look at Ruo Xiaoxi, too.

From now on, neither of us gets to call the other one a clueless cutie.

“Nono, this is a pig, one of the twelve animals of the Chinese zodiac.” Ruo Xiaoxi solemnly gestured toward the little sister sitting beside her as she explained to Lan Yinuo.

“Pfft…! No, no, Tianxin’s adorable. Don’t make fun of my disciple.”

“Exactly! If you want to make fun of me, just do it. Don’t insult me indirectly. And if I’m a pig, you’re in the same boat. We’re all from the same litter, and you’re still my bro—my big sister.”

The three of them played from afternoon until evening. The girls’ cheerful chatter filled the room from time to time. At last, Ruo Tianxin reached max level, and they were all talked out. They said their friendly goodbyes and went to rest.

Of course, Lan Yinuo was online almost twenty-four hours a day during summer break, even leaving the game running while she slept. Sometimes she didn’t video chat with Ruo Xiaoxi or go on YY; she’d just do quests by herself.

Otherwise, Ruo Xiaoxi wouldn’t have given her the title of “internet-addicted girl.”

“All right, it’s time for dinner. I can’t cook, so let’s grab something at a nearby restaurant.” Ruo Xiaoxi shut down the computer and stood up. Seeing her little sister still sitting in the chair, she asked, “What’s up? Still want to play?”

Ruo Tianxin’s eyes sparkled like little stars. Beaming, she asked Ruo Xiaoxi, “Bro, do you like that big sis? Are you trying to win her over?”

“Huh?! Why are you suddenly asking that? I… I don’t know. Of course I like her.”

“That girl’s hair is a little curly, and she’s so pretty. She’s gentle and soft-spoken, totally gives off the vibe of a sweet young lady. I think she’s a keeper!”

Besides, she’d heard while they were chatting that they lived pretty close to each other. It was only a ten-minute subway ride. This wasn’t some ordinary online romance—they could actually become a couple in real life!

How to be a good little sister at a moment like this—

Ruo Tianxin rubbed her hands together eagerly. Before, she’d been wondering who would look after her brother after she went home, now that her brother had turned into a cute girl studying all alone over here.

Before some man set his sights on her—

She had to figure out how to get her adorable big sister married off.

Find her a gentle, capable girl to keep her company.