My Online Girlfriend Has a Twin Sister

Chen Yuan and Jiang Yao weren’t in the pet store long, and they didn’t buy a thing.

Once a sales clerk was free, she noticed the couple and enthusiastically came over to make a sales pitch, asking if they needed anything.

Chen Yuan declined. The clerk hesitated for a second before offering a polite smile and saying it was no problem. Instead, she offered them two chances at a prize draw.

Apparently, every ticket was a winner.

The lowest prize was a ten-yuan food delivery coupon, the only requirement being to open their mini-program and follow their official account.

They happened to have nothing better to do.

With one chance each, they both gave it a try.

To their surprise, Jiang Yao was quite lucky. With a casual tap, she won a large hamburger-shaped plushie from the store. It felt wonderfully soft and squishy in her hands.

Jiang Yao immediately pleaded with Chen Yuan to hang the plushie on the zipper of her bag. As they left the store, she added, "Young Master, you should come out shopping with me more often."

It turned out she had entered prize drawings at many stores but had never won a single thing.

But this time, with him by her side, her luck had turned.

"I’d love to come out with you whenever I have the time. If it’s always this relaxing, then shopping isn’t so bad," Chen Yuan said mildly.

But he had spoken too soon!

Chen Yuan thought their shopping trip was almost over. In reality, it had just begun.

The previous two stores were merely the appetizers.

The nightmare began the moment Jiang Yao led him into a clothing store.

The fitting room area had a dedicated lounge for men, complete with a comfortable-looking, Tiffany-blue sofa. Chen Yuan took a seat and waited as Jiang Yao went to try on some clothes.

Jiang Yao tried on eighteen different outfits in one go.

At first, he could still offer some decent opinions. But gradually, his eyes glazed over from aesthetic fatigue, and he could only nod or shake his head to indicate whether an outfit worked or not.

An entire hour!

Chen Yuan finished one whole bottle of mineral water, then started on a second.

He made three or four trips to the restroom.

By the time they left the store, he was carrying several bags and his butt was sore from sitting for so long. Jiang Yao, on the other hand, was more vibrant than ever, as if she had an inexhaustible supply of energy.

He watched as Yaoyao headed purposefully in another direction, and a sense of dread washed over him.

"We’ve bought quite a bit. Shouldn’t we be heading back now?" Chen Yuan asked tentatively as they walked beside a glass-paneled escalator.

"This is barely anything. I still want to buy more... Don’t worry, there aren’t many more stores to check out. We’ll be done soon."

"...Alright, then." Chen Yuan hoisted the shopping bags, forced himself to rally his spirits, and followed her. A minute later, they arrived at another store.

But the sign for this particular store looked strange.

Chen Yuan didn’t notice at first. It was only after he walked inside that his eyes widened in shock.

Jiang Yao was actually leading him into a lingerie store...

Chen Yuan screeched to a halt a few meters from the entrance. His eyes were met with a dazzling array of beautiful lingerie. The pieces displayed right at the entrance were so provocative that he couldn’t bear to look at them; letting his gaze linger on any single one felt like an offense.

’I can’t just stare at the ceiling, can I?’

Just then, Jiang Yao, noticing his footsteps had stopped, turned and waved at him.

"Young Master, what are you doing just standing there? Come on in!"

"I... Is it okay for me to go in?"

"Oh, come on, what’s not okay about it?" Jiang Yao minced her way back to him, took his arm, and firmly pulled him inside. "They’re just clothes, not models wearing them for you. There’s no need to be shy. Besides, isn’t it perfectly normal for a guy to accompany his girlfriend to a lingerie store?"

"Is it really?" Chen Yuan asked doubtfully, having no prior experience in this area.

"Of course. Think about it," she leaned in and whispered, "Girls don’t buy lingerie like this for themselves, you know. It’s for their boyfriends to see! That’s why you let the guy pick."

Chen Yuan was instantly blown away.

’When you think about it,’ he mused, ’that actually makes a lot of sense.’

Of course, Jiang Yao wasn’t really there to buy *that* kind of lingerie. She was there to do some actual shopping. The styles she wore changed with the seasons, and now that it was a new season, she no longer liked a few of the pieces she had favored last year.

In the past, she would come with her older sister, and they would browse and pick things out together, their different tastes leading them to different styles.

Seeing how unnatural Chen Yuan looked since following her inside, as if he were sitting on pins and needles, Jiang Yao instantly knew what was going on.

’She had successfully unlocked another "first" with him.’

At that thought, the hem of Jiang Yao’s dress seemed to swirl more joyfully as she weaved through the jungle of racy lingerie.

She would occasionally hold up a ridiculously risqué piece of lingerie and turn to show him. When he deliberately averted his gaze, she would intentionally lean in closer.

She wouldn’t be satisfied until she had made him blush beet-red.

When rounding a corner, she would deliberately quicken her pace to hide from view. Then, just as he was looking around in confusion, she would pop out from behind him and tap him on the shoulder.

She darted between the display racks, occasionally glancing back with an alluring smile that was captured entirely in Chen Yuan’s eyes.

Relationships require time to cultivate. For Chen Yuan, the more involved he became with either of the two sisters, the deeper he sank into the quagmire. He would eventually realize he couldn’t let go of either of them.

If he were to make a decision and choose one, the moments and memories of the one he lost would come crashing down on him like a tsunami, flooding his mind for countless years to come.

It would be a time of true, inconsolable pain—a pain from which not even the gods could save him.

Only after experiencing such a loss would he be able to gauge the true value of these memories.

In truth, they were priceless.

...

「Toward evening.」

Friday was drawing to a close.

Many office workers were just emerging from their cubicles, breathing in the increasingly humid air. Though dragging their weary bodies, they were filled with joy at the prospect of the coming weekend.

It was a pleasant season.

Miss Gao from the Longting District sales office in Qishui County was ecstatic. She practically bowed, wishing she could thank them with every step as she saw Mr. and Mrs. Chen out.

This was her first sale since spring: a property with a total price of 568,800, successfully sold!

It had all happened in a single day—from securing the loan and signing the contract to the bank transfer and filing the paperwork with the relevant authorities. Mr. Chen had brought Mrs. Chen over at six in the morning.

They had been busy until now, but at last, everything was finalized.

A great weight was finally lifted from Mrs. Chen’s heart.

"I know the owner of a fantastic furniture store. I’ll definitely recommend him to you. Let me find his contact information for you right now," Miss Gao said, fiddling with her phone to find the number.

"Are they reliable?"

"Trust me, extremely reliable. Ma’am, just go to the store and mention my name. If they don’t give you a good price, I’ll go give them a piece of my mind."

The agent was both enthusiastic and courteous. She stood to make a sizable commission from this sale, so she was naturally thrilled. This was especially true because the couple buying the property was so decisive and efficient, never dragging their feet.

’These were her favorite kind of clients.’

"Alright, I’ll add this number... You don’t have to see us out, Gao. This is far enough. We’ll be driving home now."

Mrs. Chen waved goodbye to the real estate agent.

Once in the car, she let out a long sigh of relief.

"Now that it’s settled, we can finally relax. In a couple of days, we’ll find a chance to have Yuan sign the papers. Then this house will be in his name. So, when should we plan our trip to Lanjing?"