That night, there were no winners.

The sisters had gone a little wild together.

If you looked at the whole thing, Ruo Xiaoxi had come out slightly ahead. At least her little sister had let her drink some blood, which meant she could go a few more days without getting hungry. Though her sister’s blood tasted a little different from everyone else’s.

She felt a little tipsy from drinking. Her mind went blank, and everything felt dreamy. She slept soundly and comfortably.

The next morning, Ruo Tianxin touched her neck. There was still a bandage on it.

It didn’t hurt at all.

They say that when a Vampiress breaks the skin to drink blood, her teeth release some kind of hormone that temporarily numbs the pain and helps the wound heal quickly.

It really is amazing... It wasn’t as scary as I’d imagined. She didn’t drain me dry in one go.

Ruo Xiaoxi got up a little later than usual.

When she opened her eyes, she saw her little sister sitting by the bed, pulling on a pair of black-and-white striped socks. The cuffs snapped softly against her springy thighs.

When her little sister dressed like that, it usually meant she was going shopping or something.

“Mmm... Tianxin, where are you going?” Ruo Xiaoxi asked sleepily, her voice still fuzzy.

“Oh, you’re awake? I’m not going anywhere.” Seeing Ruo Xiaoxi wake up, Ruo Tianxin flopped back onto the bed and lay there, watching the little cutie whose sleepy eyes could barely open.

She gently hooked a finger around Ruo Xiaoxi’s hand. Ruo Xiaoxi even curled her fingers around it—she was completely out of it, like a little kid.

“Mmm, I slept so well.”

“You did. You slept right through till ten, so of course you got enough rest. Ahem, um... Big brother, we’re sisters now. Hehehe.”

“Huh? Why...” Ruo Xiaoxi’s eyes flew open. It was as if she’d suddenly remembered something.

"Hehe, was the little toy fun?" Ruo Tianxin propped her chin on her hands as she lay on the bed, her lower half still dangling off the edge. Her delicate eyebrows curved into a smile, and she couldn't wait to hear Ruo Xiaoxi's thoughts.

She'd only brought it out in the first place out of curiosity, wanting to let her try it and see what kind of feelings experiencing it as a girl would bring up.

"Oh, right—you absolutely cannot tell Mom and Dad about this. Besides, we're sisters in the same boat now anyway. Plus, I'm still that pure and adorable little sister."

"You're not pure at all—you're a lewd little sister." Ruo Xiaoxi buried her flushed face under the covers.

"I really am pure! You have to believe me! Anyway, the point is, you have to see me as your pure and adorable little sister. And I've even exposed my deepest private secrets to you—you should be thanking me!"

Taking advantage of the situation and then acting cute about it—Ruo Xiaoxi thought her sister had picked up a few of her own tricks. She truly was her sister! But jokes aside, their relationship seemed to have deepened in a subtle way.

After all, this was the kind of secret only sisters would share, and they'd both learned a little more strange knowledge along the way.

Ruo Tianxin wondered if there was anything she could teach her big brother. After all, she’d been a proper girl for more than a decade. Surely there was finally something she could show him.

“Want me to give you a quick lesson on how girls apply light makeup?”

“No... I learned on my own.”

“What about putting together outfits? Clothes make the person, after all. A good outfit can...”

“I’m pretty good at putting outfits together too...”

“Then, then, then... I could teach you how to act cute. A girl can be a little delicate now and then...”

“Like this?”

Ruo Xiaoxi curled up into a small ball and tugged her top down a little, then looked at her little sister with a sweet, pleading expression. Her bright eyes fluttered as she put on an adorably pitiful look.

Aah! What kind of power was that?!

A bolt of lightning struck through Ruo Tianxin’s mind. She felt as though an arrow had pierced her heart.

When Ruo Xiaoxi got out of bed, she saw her little sister on all fours on the floor, looking utterly devastated. She was as pale and stiff as a plaster statue, shrouded in gloom.

No way. Had she really failed to out-cute her big brother? How was that even possible?!

Had all those years she’d spent as a girl been for nothing?!

When she’d first seen her big brother turn into a girl, her first thought had been to watch her blush and stumble around, while she sat back, enjoyed the show, and offered the occasional tip.

But she hadn’t expected her to be this good at it already!

“Mm, good. There’s nothing left for me to teach you.”

“Congratulations! You’ve graduated. You’re officially a proper girl now.”

“Wait... There is one thing you still haven’t mastered!”

Ruo Tianxin noticed that Ruo Xiaoxi’s room was still as plain as ever, mostly decorated in cool colors. It didn’t suit such a cute girl at all. She’d always felt like something was missing.

That was it! The room needed a little more pink and cuteness!

“Big bro, I think your room needs a makeover.”

“What kind of makeover?”

“The rest can be whatever, but your bedroom needs a girly feel. Maybe we could buy some pink-and-white wallpaper? And put a few more plushies on your bed?”

“I’ve already bought bunny slippers...” Ruo Xiaoxi had tried to make the house feel more like her, too.

“That’s not enough. Why not give it a little makeover like my room? The little octopus in there is great. When I’m in a bad mood, I can punch it a few times to blow off steam.”

“You heartless woman. So that’s why I once saw you sitting on your bed with your legs folded to one side, acting weird for no reason—you were beating up the little octopus. How much do you think that hurts it? You don’t know. You only care about yourself.”

“You’re right. But Uruguay has a population of 3.457 million, while Australia alone has 47 million kangaroos. If the kangaroos decided to invade Uruguay, each Uruguayan would have to fight fourteen kangaroos. You don’t know. You don’t care. You only care about yourself.”

Ruo Tianxin gave her a scornful look and played along with the meme. That was the downside of sisters who weren’t far apart in age: no matter what you said, the other one could always fire back. They were a real pain to deal with.

“Don’t start acting like a self-righteous do-gooder, or I’ll hit you.” Her little sister had already rolled up her sleeves, so Ruo Xiaoxi quickly shut her sweet little mouth and became a quiet, well-behaved beauty.

If there was one kind of person everyone wanted to smack, it was a sanctimonious, fake-nice girl.

Ruo Xiaoxi got it. She’d learned a new trick: from now on, she could annoy her little sister whenever she felt like it.

The Not-So-Useful Little Green Tea’s Guide to Getting Beat Up, Chapter One: “Bunnies are so cute. How could anyone eat them?”

Then she’d just see whether Ruo Tianxin hit her or not.

“Come on, get up and get ready. We’re going out to buy wallpaper together.”

“Mmm... I can’t. If I go out, I’ve actually got plans with Nono. We arranged it last time, but I stood her up. I was going to make it up to her by going to see her around noon today... Want to come along?”

“Going on a date with Nuo-Nuo Jie? That works out perfectly—though wouldn’t I be a third wheel if I came?”

“No, because you’re both my wi—wi—” Ruo Xiaoxi stood on the bed with her hands on her hips, looking proud and annoyingly smug. But the word was too embarrassing to say in front of her little sister, and she couldn’t get it out.

“We’re just going out to have fun. It’s not really a date or anything that suggestive. Probably.”

Ruo Xiaoxi’s shoulders drooped. She sat back on the bed, rubbed the pillow, and tugged at the two corners of the square cushion. “Anyway, that other big sister...”

Besides, Xia Zhibai had messaged her last night to say she’d been really busy lately.

If Sister Xia didn’t have time for her, there was nothing wrong with going to hang out with another pretty girl for a while, right?

She’d put on a pretty little dress and go be another girl’s little sister for a bit.

Actually, who even was this Xia Zhibai? She couldn’t remember. She was always clinging to me. So annoying~

The “forget all about them the moment you lift your skirt” routine, version 2.0. Ruo Xiaoxi conveniently forgot everything and shamelessly declared to herself: “There’ll always be only one Xiao Nuonuo in my heart!”

Ruo Tianxin planted both hands on her slender waist and glared at her. “Just how many older girls are you close to? And who do you like best?”

“What? How can you slander me like that? I won’t let you rank love! Do you know why there’s no first place in literature but there is in martial arts? Because literature is about feelings, and love can’t be measured.”

Ruo Xiaoxi said this with complete conviction, then gave a proud little snort.

It all sounded reasonable, even well-argued. But for some reason, seeing her sister’s smug expression made Ruo Tianxin want to sit her down and spank her.

That pretty little mouth was just begging to be smacked. All that came out of it was nonsense.

...Right. She couldn’t split herself in two. She could only spend time with one person.

This time, she’d go spend time with her favorite Xiao Nuonuo. Next time, she’d go see her favorite Sister Xia.

Off she went to have fun.