My Online Girlfriend Has a Twin Sister

"When I went to visit a historic residence in Tokyo, there was a tour group with a guide next to me. They were all chattering away, and there were these two middle-aged Huaxia women, probably in their fifties, just like Ms. Liu from back home. For every sentence the guide said, the women would mutter a curse under their breath from the bottom of the steps. The guide was talking about Tokyo’s history, and the two of them were down there discussing what history Tokyo even has to speak of, how the whole capital was bombed several times, and how the buildings are at most a few decades old from being renovated or rebuilt... And you know what? I asked Inoue and the others later, and it turns out the women were actually right..."

"Yesterday, I took the subway to Kamakura High School Station. You have no idea how huge the Shinjuku Bus Station is. It’s like a maze. I got so turned around I was completely lost. And the crowds were insane. The guys had to walk in a circle around me, afraid I’d get crushed. But even those big guys were getting squeezed so hard their faces turned pale. The funniest part is, even though they’re locals, they still led me the wrong way..."

"Once we got to Kamakura High School Station, you could see Enoshima Island. There were Huaxia people taking pictures everywhere. And I’m telling you, the spot where the sea meets the street looks exactly like a scene from an anime movie. Young Master, have you seen any of Makoto Shinkai’s films? It was exactly like that, no difference at all..."

"Anyway, on this trip, I had so much fun I’m completely exhausted. I’ve used up all my energy, like a little robot that’s run its battery completely dry. I don’t think I’ll want to travel again for the next few years. It’s just too tiring... Young Master?"

Inside the tent.

Jiangg Yao was lying on her side, her fingertips gently stroking Chen Yuan’s hair while her other hand propped up her cheek.

Chen Yuan, lounging beside her, was already so sleepy his eyes were half-closed.

"Hm?" he responded after a moment.

"Are you even listening to me?" Jiangg Yao pouted in dissatisfaction.

"I’ve been listening the whole time." Chen Yuan shifted into a more comfortable position.

There was a heated blanket in the tent, and it was wonderfully warm. His body, frozen just moments ago, had now regained feeling. Lying on his side in Yaoyao’s arms, he found the small space inexplicably comfortable and secure.

The air that filled his nostrils was a mix of the fresh scent of post-rain air and Jiangg Yao’s own fragrance.

This level of languid comfort made it hard not to feel drowsy.

Most importantly, he was truly tired.

"If you’re tired, you can go ahead and sleep for a bit. I won’t bother you. You’ll probably find all my chattering annoying."

"When have I ever found you annoying? Never, okay?" Chen Yuan’s voice was slow and soft, a constant smile playing on his lips.

Perhaps one only understands how precious happy times are after experiencing suffering.

Compared to when he had exhaustedly climbed this Iron Curtain Tower just a short while ago, Chen Yuan now felt like he was in heaven.

’I don’t want to sleep.’

’If I fall asleep, time will secretly slip through my fingers, and when I open my eyes again, it will be the next day. I’ll have to set off back to Mingzhu City, back into the trap of a busy life, with its endless tasks.’

’So, let it be slower... just a little slower.’

Chen Yuan thought to himself as he gazed at the pitch-black sky through the transparent film at the top of the tent.

"When you went back... did you and my sister fight?" Jiangg Yao asked, suddenly hesitant.

"Fight about what?"

"So you didn’t fight, huh? Looks like you two had a few lovey-dovey days, so much so you didn’t even want to come back."

’She’s got this completely wrong,’ Chen Yuan thought.

’I’ve been running around non-stop since I got back. Have I even managed to scrape together one full night of sleep?’

Chen Yuan glanced at Jiangg Yao.

He was suddenly hesitant.

’A quiet moment like this, just the two of us talking, is actually the perfect time to tell her what happened in Mingzhu City. After all, Jiangg Yao has the right to know what’s going on with her family. It’s true she’s childish, but at the end of the day, she’s an adult. She isn’t as immature as she appears.’

But the thought of personally telling the sheltered Yaoyao about the current situation...

Chen Yuan just couldn’t bring himself to do it.

"Yaoyao..."

"What is it, Young Master?" Jiangg Yao asked, looking at him innocently with her bright, sparkling eyes.

"Be serious for a moment. I have something to tell you." Chen Yuan sat up, coughed a few times, and met her gaze. "Something very important."

Jiangg Yao noticed that Chen Yuan’s expression was different from usual. She froze for a second, then sat up straight as well, her hands twisting together nervously.

"This is so strange... What is it you want to say, Young Master?"

"This time, when I went back to Mingzhu City," Chen Yuan took a deep breath, "something happened. It concerns you, and it concerns your sister. You need to prepare yourself. I’ll try to make this brief... your family might be going bankrupt."

"Huh!?" Her eyes instantly went wide.

"Don’t be shocked. Even for me, having been through the whole thing, it’s complicated to explain... Are you aware that your mother’s company has been poorly managed for a long time?"

"Not really."

Jiangg Yao still hadn’t recovered from the shock of Chen Yuan’s blunt words, her delicate face looking dazed.

"That’s the prerequisite. Because your mother’s company was doing poorly, she was constantly funneling her own money into it to keep it afloat. She completely mixed corporate and personal funds, and the accounting department’s books were such a mess they were indecipherable. All oversight was lost as early as two years ago. And she didn’t want to see the company go under—I don’t know if it was out of pride or something else—so she threw all the assets under you and your sister’s names into the company."

"This... Does my sister know about this?" Jiangg Yao asked in disbelief.

"She knows everything. That’s why I came back to Tokyo to get you. She hoped I could break the news to you gently. For the past few days, your sister and I have been busy dealing with this. There’s one fact I have to tell you," Chen Yuan said, looking into Jiangg Yao’s eyes. "Your mother has been arrested for illegal operations. She’s in a detention center right now."

Jiangg Yao shot to her feet.

No matter what, Jiangg Ruxue was her biological mother.

However strained their family relationship was, it couldn’t change the fact that blood is thicker than water.

"Don’t panic," Chen Yuan quickly reassured Jiangg Yao. "At least she isn’t suffering much. We’ve already spoken to people at the detention center. At most, she’s just locked up. She won’t be mistreated."

"When did this happen? Why are you only telling me now?" Jiangg Yao demanded urgently.

’Breaking the law... to a girl like her, who had never even made a serious mistake in her life, it was an incredibly grave matter, to say nothing of the fact that her mother had already been arrested.’

"Telling you wouldn’t have helped. Were you supposed to rush back from Tokyo all by yourself? Your sister and I were in a state of chaos ourselves, so our priority was to come up with a plan to solve the problem first."

Chen Yuan coaxed Jiangg Yao to sit back down, trying his best to calm her.

Fortunately, although Yaoyao was frantic, she hadn’t lost her senses. After Chen Yuan’s persuasion, she calmed down and let him continue explaining the situation.

"Essentially, this wasn’t just a simple case of illegal activity. Someone deliberately set a trap. When the company desperately needed funds, someone acted as an intermediary and set up a new project for your mother’s company. If it went well, all those employees’ salaries would be covered, and the company could be revived. Obviously, these people knew the industry very well. They also knew your mother couldn’t produce the necessary qualifications without breaking the rules, and so, she took the bait."

Chen Yuan continued, "The outcome of this was sealed as early as six months ago. No one could change it. Even though she knew she was taking a desperate risk, her wishful thinking still led her down this path."

"Then how do we get my mom out? She’s not actually going to prison, is she?" Jiangg Yao asked with a frown.

"We’ve already hired a lawyer. If we can repay the full amount of the debt, she probably won’t have to serve time. But," Chen Yuan didn’t know how to put it more gently, so he just said it outright, "selling off all the assets probably won’t be enough. Your sister is already gathering the family’s savings and has sold the house in her name."

"Do we have to pay back that much money?"

"Yes."

"I... I have some money on hand."

"How much do you have?"

"My streaming account makes several hundred thousand a month, and with some spending money in my bank account... is over seven hundred thousand enough?" Jiangg Yao asked, her eyes shining with hope as she looked at Chen Yuan.

"My dear young miss, that’s not even a drop in the bucket," Chen Yuan said helplessly.

"Then what do we do? We owe so much, there’s no way we can pay it all back..."

"Your sister is planning to sell the company’s most valuable building," Chen Yuan said, gathering his thoughts and preparing himself. He began to coax her carefully, "But even that won’t be enough. The only option left is to borrow money, right?"

"Borrow money?" Jiangg Yao bit her lip. "The problem is, who can we borrow from? I don’t have any friends."

She looked so aggrieved she was about to cry.

Other than Wan, she couldn’t think of anyone who could lend her money. All her other "friends" were just online friends.

When it came down to it, Yaoyao was just a hopeless homebody with no real social life.

Funnily enough, when it came to money, the only rich person she could think of was Jiangg Ning.

"It’s okay. We’ll face this together. After all, the three of us are a family that’s going to get married in the future," Chen Yuan said softly, finally revealing his wolfish ambition. "My money is your money, for both you and your sister, right?"

"No, that won’t work... Young Master, I know you care about me and want to help," Jiangg Yao said, her voice thick with tears, but she surprisingly still had her wits about her. "But I can’t just take your money for free to pay off a debt. I can’t do that, and my sister would never allow it either..."

"Your sister this, your sister that! At a time like this, you’re still going on about her. Can’t you think for yourself for once?" Chen Yuan grew a little agitated at her response.

’Of all the things to learn from Jiangg Ning, it had to be this.’

’The two sisters were remarkably alike on this point—unwilling to accept his generosity.’

’How could Chen Yuan not be anxious?’

"How about... I go borrow from my grandparents? They dote on me, so they should be willing to lend me the money."

"Ningning already tried that, okay?"

"So, did my sister manage to borrow any?"

"No."

"Then... Young Master, I won’t take your money for free. Let me borrow it from you, okay? I can work to pay you back in the future. I’ll stop buying purses and makeup," Jiangg Yao said pitifully after thinking for a moment. "I can live in a rented apartment, too. I also have a lot of jewelry I can sell. I’ll pay you back as soon as I sell it."

"Alright!" Chen Yuan’s spirits lifted. This was exactly what he’d been waiting for. "But there has to be a deadline for repayment. If you can’t pay me back by then, you have to agree to one condition of mine!"

"What condition?" Jiangg Yao pursed her lips, a bad feeling creeping into her heart.

"If you can’t pay it back... not only will you have to marry me, but you’ll also have to help me handle your sister and make her compromise on the principle of both of you marrying me together. How about it?"

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