My Online Girlfriend Has a Twin Sister

Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Jiangg Ruxue was finally taken away by the police officers.

A commotion erupted outside. Many employees who had been waiting here for two days and two nights began to cause a scene, demanding an explanation from the other leaders. Otherwise, with Jiangg Ruxue arrested, who would they go to for their unpaid wages?

Many of them were counting on that money to make a living.

The company’s leaders were helpless and could only try to placate them with gentle words.

The door closed.

Only Chen Yuan and Jiangg Ning were left in the office.

Having just watched Jiangg Ruxue get taken away, Jiangg Ning’s mind was in turmoil. Her brow furrowed from time to time, and her eyes were filled with worry.

"I just watched it happen with my own eyes... Sigh," she let out a breath. "Why did it have to come to this? There were so many chances for her to turn back."

Chen Yuan watched her anxious expression. He sat quietly on the sofa for a moment before taking off his mask and walking toward the desk.

"Your mother being taken away was reasonable, legal, and by the book. We have no right to interfere. After all, everyone is equal before the law. If you do something wrong, you have to pay the price. I could tell from your argument with her just now..."

"You could tell what?"

"This might sound a bit harsh," Chen Yuan shrugged, "but if you don’t let her suffer a little and realize the consequences, I’m afraid she’ll never think she did anything wrong."

What Chen Yuan said was very realistic.

After listening, although the somber look on her face was hard to hide, she knew he was right.

Her mother had to take this fall. Only by falling hard, getting a mouthful of mud, could she have a true awakening, break free from her previous obsessive state, and realize what is truly precious in life.

The conditions in a detention center are nothing like the outside world.

Going in there, ’suffering’ would be an understatement. To be precise, from the moment one steps into the detention center, they must endure unspeakable torment.

A wealthy lady like Jiangg Ruxue, who doesn’t even open her own car doors, would absolutely not be able to adapt.

But once she’s in there, her calls for help will go completely unanswered.

Jiangg Ning didn’t know much about the conditions inside a detention center, but she had at least seen movies. It didn’t take a genius to imagine how much Jiangg Ruxue would suffer.

For a moment, she had no idea what to do.

She was completely overwhelmed by worry.

"But how will my mother endure that kind of hardship... I know she needs to learn a lesson, but it shouldn’t be like this. I’ve heard they use all sorts of methods to interrogate criminals, and that you can’t even sleep well in a detention center, that there are cockroaches and rats everywhere..." Jiangg Ning’s voice grew frantic, and she clenched her hands tightly.

"It’s okay. I’ll make a call and pull some strings. Things won’t get that bad," Chen Yuan comforted her.

"Are you going to call now?"

"Alright, I’ll call now."

Unable to resist Jiangg Ning’s expectant gaze, and wanting to calm her down a little, Chen Yuan dialed the number of a top lawyer in Mingzhu City, provided by Zhou Cha. Since arrangements had been made in advance, Chen Yuan wasn’t too worried even though Jiangg Ruxue had been taken away.

In other words, any problem that could be solved with money was a small one.

Over the past few days, with the help of Zhou Cha and Ji Hai, he had already greased the wheels with all the key players in Mingzhu City.

But just as he was witnessing the argument, Ji Hai had suddenly sent him a few text messages.

After reading them, Chen Yuan suddenly realized that things might take a new turn.

The call ended.

Chen Yuan had put it on speakerphone so Jiangg Ning could hear the assurances from the other end, and her emotions finally stabilized a bit.

In Huaxia, society ultimately ran on personal connections.

In other words, as long as you knew people, you would never be in too bad of a situation, no matter where you went.

Chen Yuan was operating under the banner of Mrs. Jiang, so others were willing to do him a favor—not to mention there were considerable benefits to be gained.

...

"You should be able to relax a little now."

Watching Jiangg Ning wipe the tears from the corners of her eyes and try to compose herself, Chen Yuan suppressed his sympathy and began to steer the conversation toward serious matters.

After all, what had happened needed to be resolved.

Jiangg Ning clearly understood this as well. Once she calmed down, she was the one to speak first.

"Before I came, I had no idea the inheritance had been completely squandered. I originally thought the situation wasn’t so bad, but now it looks like my only option is to borrow money..."

"Borrow?"

"Even if I have to borrow, I can’t agree to what you said just now—using marriage as a bargaining chip to save my mother," Jiangg Ning said quietly, looking down and fidgeting with a tissue. "It’s a matter of principle."

"Lady, we’re at a critical point and you’re still talking about principles? Why do you have to make such a simple matter so complicated?"

"Heh, now I see it clearly. You’re willing to help me, but only on one condition—that Yaoyao and I both marry you. You’re just waiting for me to be at the end of my rope so I’ll agree to it immediately."

"And if you go borrow money from someone else, do you think there won’t be conditions, even if you succeed?"

"I’d still rather try than gamble away the happiness of the rest of my life."

Jiangg Ning remained stubborn, unwilling to budge an inch on this issue.

This left Chen Yuan utterly exasperated.

No matter what he said, even if he talked himself hoarse, Jiangg Ning stuck to her guns. She might have wavered slightly, perhaps Chen Yuan had even managed to sway her once or twice, but in the end, her rationality always won out.

"Stop making me out to be some kind of villain forcing an innocent woman into a bad situation! That’s not what this is at all, is it? I’m asking you and Yaoyao to marry me for both of your happiness, too! Fine, even if I am being selfish, Ningning, don’t you know me by now? After all this time together, do you really think I would mistreat either of you after we got married? What do you think I’ve been working so hard for all this time? It’s all so you won’t get hurt, and so Yaoyao won’t get hurt... Does the world really say there’s only one way to live? We are born into this world as free individuals. We should choose the lives we want, not be shackled by conventional morals and traditions. Am I wrong?"

Chen Yuan paced around the office, pleading with her earnestly.

"You’re always calling me shameless. Do you think I want to be shameless? I don’t. The problem is, whenever I try to talk to you properly, you never even consider what I’m saying. You think I’m daydreaming, that the life I’m describing is unrealistic."

Using Jiangg Ruxue’s crisis as an opportunity, Chen Yuan decided to finally say everything he had been bottling up inside.

"But you’ve never tried it, so how do you know it’s unrealistic? You say I’m living in a fantasy, but aren’t you just using your own assumptions to reject me? The moment I found out your mother was in trouble, I contacted everyone I possibly could in Mingzhu City. Even now, I’m still asking for your opinion. Am I not being respectful enough? The longer we drag this out, the worse things will get."

"Are you forcing me to make a decision?" Jiangg Ning asked, biting her lip as she looked at Chen Yuan.

"Sigh... I’ve really had enough. Fine, forget it. Whether you agree to the condition or not, I’m not going to stand by and do nothing... As for what you think, I don’t care anymore. We’ll just never see eye to eye on this," Chen Yuan said with a sigh.

"You mean... even if I don’t agree to your condition, you’ll still help me, Chen?" Jiangg Ning asked tentatively.

"What else? You’re my girlfriend, after all."