My Online Girlfriend Has a Twin Sister

The silver-haired character’s insights on maintaining a stable harem were especially brilliant—practically prophetic. The plot was just like that, too. The protagonist wavered between a princess, an elf, a witch, a knight, and a monster girl. Despite their various personalities—tsundere, ice-cold, ditzy, or stubbornly rigid—they all somehow managed to get along harmoniously.

’They don’t need equality. They just need to have it better than the others to be instantly satisfied...’

Chen Yuan had been in this relationship for a while now, and on second thought, those words really made sense.

How many so-called ’best friends’ couldn’t stand to see their friends doing better than them and would find all sorts of ways to sabotage them?

Applying this to the twin sisters, he realized that whenever Ningning or Yaoyao felt they were ’holding the top spot,’ they would become exceptionally tolerant of his interactions with the other. They wouldn’t get jealous, nor would they look for a chance to start a fight.

In other words, Chen Yuan had always tried to treat Ningning and Yaoyao equally, believing it was the right thing to do. He never imagined that this very approach was the root cause of their endless arguments!

He got it!

Chen Yuan felt a faint sense of enlightenment.

Of course, the sisters had no idea what was going through his mind. They were still determined to one-up each other, trying to max out his affection for them. They didn’t know that Chen Yuan had already given up on choosing and was now focused on figuring out how to maintain the stability of their current, happy life.

If the two sisters found out, they’d be absolutely furious.

But this time, Chen Yuan had truly seen the light.

He had grasped the true essence of it all.

This really was what Ningning and Yaoyao were thinking. As biological sisters, they shared an unbreakable bond forged over years of being together. At the same time, they also shared a bitter, love-hate rivalry.

Looking back over their relationship, the greatest thrill for them undoubtedly came from scoring an overwhelming victory, then showing a sliver of pity to the loser to flaunt their own magnanimity. They loved looking down on the other’s helpless frustration.

What a marvelous pleasure.

...

However profound a truth might be, it must be tested through experimentation to confirm its validity and practicality.

Chen Yuan had been caught in the middle of the sisters’ conflict for days. He knew that if he didn’t find a solution, this situation would go on forever.

Now that he’d found a solution, his heart hammered in his chest, and he was eager to put it to the test.

He glanced at the time. It was already 8:50 PM.

After a long hesitation, Chen Yuan got up and stealthily crept toward apartment 1301. He tiptoed the entire way. His target was Yaoyao, and he was terrified of disturbing Ningning, who was studying in the study.

Jiangg Ning usually studied for long periods. She was extremely serious and focused, and didn’t like to be disturbed.

Chen Yuan made it to the spare bedroom unimpeded and knocked softly on the door.

KNOCK KNOCK KNOCK—

The knocks sounded muffled against the solid door.

After a brief pause, the doorknob turned. Jiangg Yao quietly opened the door a crack, peering out suspiciously. The moment she saw it was Chen Yuan, she tried to slam the door shut without a second thought.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa..." Chen Yuan quickly blocked the door.

"What do you want?" Her brow furrowed, her voice filled with annoyance.

When she was angry like this, she looked identical to Jiangg Ning. For a split second, Chen Yuan felt as if he were facing Ningning instead. He shook his head, pushing the strange thought from his mind.

It was when they smiled that the differences between the sisters were obvious, making them much easier for him to tell apart.

"I was bored, so I came to talk to you," Chen Yuan said, trying his best to sound sincere. ’It really was my fault. It takes real skill to be a player, and I’m just not there yet.’

"So you only come looking for me when you’re bored? Ugh, men... Go play by yourself!" Yaoyao bit her lip, growing even angrier.

"Don’t close the door, Yaoyao." Chen Yuan was filled with regret. ’I should have thought before I spoke. Saying I came over because I was bored was just adding fuel to the fire.’ "Actually... I missed you. It’s not that I was bored."

The words ’I miss you’ didn’t come easily to him; he rarely said them out loud.

Many people are very reserved when it comes to expressing their feelings, only doing so when they’re truly desperate.

"Oh?" Jiangg Yao raised an eyebrow, a smirk playing on her lips. "Ningning’s right next door. You should go say those sweet nothings to her. You two are so close, after all. I don’t feel like talking to you right now."

"Why would I go talk to her..."

Chen Yuan mulled over what to say next. He hesitated for a moment before the pearl of wisdom he’d just grasped flashed through his mind.

’What they resent most is equal treatment. All they want is to be treated just a little better than the others.’

’That’s right,’ Chen Yuan suddenly realized. ’After getting close with Yaoyao, I went and found Ningning, and I treated them both the same. Weren’t Ningning and Yaoyao trying so hard to be nice to me precisely because they wanted to hold a more important place in my heart? If I treat them equally, doesn’t that make all their efforts meaningless?’

"Of course I’d come looking for you first when I have free time. It’s always been that way, because I feel closer to you than I do to Ningning," Chen Yuan said, forcing the words out.

Meanwhile, he watched Yaoyao’s expression closely.

For someone who wasn’t good at sweet talk, it wasn’t easy to swallow his pride and learn to say such things.

When he finished speaking, Jiangg Yao was taken aback.

She instinctively retorted, "Then why did you kiss her? Her lips were all swollen! Just how hard did you kiss her?! Were you that desperate to kiss her?"

’Hearing this, Chen Yuan knew the sweet talk was working. Yaoyao, who had refused to even talk to him, was now actually arguing with him. You can only ask for forgiveness if you’re communicating, and this was the first step.’

"No, Ningning started it... She’s not normally like that. You want to know why?"

"Why?" Jiangg Yao asked, eyeing him with suspicion.