Inside the little courtyard.
Ye Ranxing was leading her twin elder sister in catching longhorn beetles beneath a tree.
Under her Younger Sister's direction, Ye Zhaoxuan obediently held out her small hand.
"That's right, don't be afraid of its horns."
"Just grab it in one go."
Ye Zhaoxuan looked timid, still reluctant to touch the little bug. "What if it scratches me?"
"What if? You're asking me?"
"It's not even a big deal. If you won't catch it, I will. Move aside! You're so useless—how old are you already? You can't even catch a longhorn beetle properly." Ye Ranxing's voice grew louder and louder as she reached out to pull Ye Zhaoxuan aside.
The moment Ye Zhaoxuan heard that, she panicked.
Without stopping to think, she used her soft, chubby little hand to snatch up the squeaking longhorn beetle.
The angular beetle kept struggling in her small hand, its shell digging into her palm with a faint sting.
"Younger Sister, here..." Ye Zhaoxuan endured the discomfort in her heart and handed over the longhorn beetle her Younger Sister liked. "The little animal you like."
After doing all that, she softly defended herself, hoping her younger sister would not despise her for being useless. "Big sister is only two years old too. I'm not a very, very grown-up adult either, but big sister will do her best to take care of you."
Ye Ranxing suddenly thought of what she had said to Ye Qixin a few days ago.
How could someone tell her eldest sister one moment that she and her sister were still two-year-old babies, then turn around and tell her sister she was already an adult?
That was far too double-standard.
Ye Ranxing looked at the little shelled bug in her sister's hand, pinned beneath a thumb yet still