My Online Girlfriend Has a Twin Sister

Unfortunately, Jiangg Ning didn’t reply.

A few seconds after Yaoyao bolted the door, she heard the sound of the front door closing, followed by footsteps heading toward the living room, and then the murmur of voices.

Her pupils constricted as she recognized the familiar voice.

’He’s really here!?’

Jiangg Yao pressed her ear against the door. Even though no one could see her, she still hunched over nervously, as if to hide.

It was purely out of a guilty conscience.

This situation, with the three of them in the same space, was the most dangerous. The slightest slip-up would expose the monumental secret of the sisters’ romance.

’Why would my sister agree to something like this?’ Jiangg Yao wondered. ’It’s just lunch. We could have eaten anywhere, right?’

’But no, he had to come over here.’

’Even with the dual personality story as a cover, the living room, the walk-in closet, the kitchen… this whole place was filled with traces of two people living here. Even the tableware was a matching set—one with pink piglets and the other with white lambs. There was no guarantee Chen Yuan wouldn’t grow suspicious.’

The more Jiangg Yao thought about it, the more her heart pounded with fear.

…

“Did you soak these pig trotters in scallion and ginger water? They smell a little gamey to me.”

In the living room,

Jiangg Ning, on the other hand, was perfectly composed.

She carried the pot into the kitchen and turned her head to ask Chen Yuan.

“N-no, I didn’t. You can prep them again.”

Chen Yuan was in no mood to care about pig trotters right now.

’Pig trotters? To hell with the pig trotters.’

His eyes were darting everywhere, sometimes landing on the drawer under the coffee table, other times on the shelf holding the drinking glasses.

The medical report could be tucked away in any one of those places.

“So would you like them braised, or should I make a soup for you, sweetheart?” Ningning’s gentle voice called out.

Chen Yuan immediately looked up, retracting his searching gaze.

“Let’s have the braised pig trotters. Soup in the middle of the day… isn’t ideal.”

Chen Yuan’s voice tapered off, becoming almost inaudible by the end, because he had just caught sight of Ning in her apron.

She had even pinned up the ends of her hair, coiling it into a small bun at the back of her head.

A hair tie she had taken off was looped around her pale, slender wrist.

This image of a perfect homemaker was so beautiful, it was as if she were enveloped in a soft, hazy glow.

Watching Ning’s busy figure in the kitchen, Chen Yuan was mesmerized, almost forgetting what he had come here to do.

At this moment, he just wanted to rest his chin in his hands and admire the view.

In the boundless journey of life, there are only a few moments when a person feels truly, vividly “alive.”

Like during a long school break in childhood, ignoring your parents’ calls as you and your friends race through the fields at sunset to fly kites.

Or when you finally get into the top school of your dreams, clutching the acceptance letter as you race home on your electric scooter.

Or at the end of a long, grueling workday, when you stand at your front door, weary from the world, and push it open to see your adorable daughter and wife running toward you in the brightly lit living room…

Or this very moment, the one Chen Yuan was experiencing right now.

In the kitchen,

Jiangg Ning finished slicing the scallions and ginger and put them in the pot. Then she took some Sichuan peppercorns and soy sauce to scrub the surface of the pig trotters. She was visible only in profile, a rebellious strand of hair falling against her left cheek. A silver earring she hadn’t had time to take off glimmered on her earlobe.

Beneath her apron, her fair calves moved as she walked back and forth in the kitchen, methodically tending to her tasks.

The sides of her feet were red and chafed from wearing high heels all morning, a stark contrast to the pale skin on top now that she had changed into slippers.

Perhaps sensing his gaze, Jiangg Ning lifted her head and looked over.

Their eyes met, and she suddenly pursed her lips into a smile. “What is it?”

“Nothing.”

“Then why are you staring at me…”

“Because you’re beautiful.”

“You’re being weird…”

A blush crept onto Ning’s pretty face, and she turned away from Chen Yuan.

This sudden, sweet exchange made Chen Yuan happy. Immersed in the warm and wonderful domestic atmosphere, he had once again forgotten why he was here.

He was completely unaware that he had fallen prey to Ningning’s passive skill: Charm.

Once under its effect, even if the sisters themselves were unaware of a crisis, the skill could turn a person into a lovestruck fool, his mind filled with nothing but their image, unable to think straight.

Extremely dangerous!

…

Just one door away,

Jiangg Yao was gritting her teeth, her fists clenched so tight her face alternated between pale and flushed.

’Seriously? Bro!’

’Go ahead and flirt, I’m not stopping you from having your sweet little moments!’

’But could you please not do it in front of the wronged party!?’

’It’s a matter of basic respect!’

’There’s no shame in being sneaky about it!’

Jiangg Yao couldn’t stand to listen anymore. She plopped down in her gaming chair, crossed her arms, and instantly puffed up like an angry frog.

She was now starting to suspect her sister had done this on purpose. No wonder she’d insisted on having lunch at home.

’What, is being sneaky not satisfying enough anymore?’

…

A few minutes later,

Chen Yuan smacked his forehead. He suddenly remembered what he was here to do!

He quickly turned his head away from Jiangg Ning.

While she was busy cooking, he hurriedly began to search around the sofa, even pulling out drawers to look inside.

His movements were cautious. From the kitchen, with the coffee table obstructing the view, it only looked as if Chen Yuan were rolling up his pant legs.

Chen Yuan pushed a large pile of miscellaneous trinkets to the side. The drawer contained everything imaginable, even needles, a compass, and razor blades.

After pricking himself, he became much more careful. For safety’s sake, he even found a small box and put all the sharp objects inside.

He was worried that Ningning or Yaoyao might get pricked in the future.

Then, several small medicine bottles came into view.

The labels were covered in incomprehensible letters from some unknown language; in any case, it wasn’t English.

Judging by the look of them, they seemed to be the same type of medication.

Chen Yuan glanced over. In the kitchen, Ningning was washing rice, completely oblivious to what he was doing. He quickly pulled his phone from his pocket, opened the photo translation app, and turned sideways to snap a picture of the bottle.

“For the treatment of psychological disorders…”

He silently read the translated text.

Strangely, the bottles were heavy and didn’t look as if they had ever been opened.

Chen Yuan twisted one open to check.

Just as he suspected, they were all sealed, never used. The foil membrane on top was perfectly intact.

His heart sank into the pit of his stomach…

The only small comfort was that his investigation was on the right track. He had only been in the apartment for a few minutes and had already made a discovery. But Chen Yuan couldn’t feel happy about it at all.

He was personally uncovering a cruel truth.

The more he investigated, the stronger his urge to confront Jiangg Ning directly became. But he knew that was the worst possible approach, as it would inevitably lead to an uncontrollable argument.

So he could only force himself to be rational, to be more rational.

…

While he was sneaking around, Jiangg Ning wasn’t idle either.

After washing the rice and putting it in the rice cooker, she wiped her hands, took the phone from her apron pocket, and sent an explanatory message to Jiangg Yao.

Jiangg Ning: “A little while ago, Chen Yuan tried to make us pig trotters but almost got hurt, so I quickly brought him over.”

Jiangg Yao: “Almost got hurt? Did you check on him? Is he really okay?!”

Her sister’s reply came instantly, her tone also thick with worry.

Jiangg Ning: “He’s not hurt, I checked. Just stay in the spare bedroom for a while. You can come out after we finish eating.”

Jiangg Yao: “Ah… I have to wait until you guys are done? But I’m so hungry too >.

To this, her sister’s reply was just two words: Endure it!