Chapter 371: Chapter 243: A Great Situation?

Suffice it to say, greatness needs no words.

"I’ll take you down with me!"

"Stop biting me! Are you a dog? Damn it, Yaoyao!"

"Let me show you my Jujutsu."

"Yaoyao! My shirt... I’m exposed! I don’t care about your Jujutsu, at least help me cover up, hey—" Jiangg Ning was frantic. Her sister was wrestling so fiercely she’d flipped up her short-sleeved blouse, exposing her patterned, pure-white bra to the air.

Chen Yuan wasn’t far away; a single turn of his head would give him a full view.

’This is way too humiliating. It’s not like we’re in private.’

’Especially with all three of them here.’

Jiangg Ning could even feel the chill from being exposed, which made the temperature of her cheeks skyrocket. She blushed from her earlobes to the base of her neck.

That stunning, fair beauty was impossible to ignore, pristine as the moon and lustrous as light.

Though not as magnificent as Yaoyao’s, they were shapely and round, perky yet supple—more perfect than a work of art.

Half-hidden, half-revealed, it only added to her allure.

Jiangg Ning struggled with all her might, twisting her body, wanting only to pull her shirt down. But Yaoyao’s determination to pin her to the sofa was terrifyingly firm; no matter how hard she tried, it was useless. If it were just her and Chen in private, she could have let it go, but with all three of them present, she suddenly felt the shame of being stripped naked in public.

’If Chen Yuan turns his head and sees this, how could I ever face anyone again?’

Jiangg Ning pleaded anxiously, "Yaoyao, we can talk about anything, but I’m really exposed! Just let me cover myself."

"Do I look like an idiot?" A mocking expression appeared on Jiangg Yao’s face. "I’m not falling for your tricks. If I let you go now, I’ll be the one pinned underneath. Hehe... I’m way too smart for that."

"No, I swear I won’t pull any tricks when I get up. This is my only request. You can even let me get up and then lie back down."

"No way! It’s not up for discussion."

"I give you my word, I won’t go back on it."

"You’re not a gentleman, you’re a woman. ’Only villains and women are difficult to handle.’ It’s not like I don’t know that one."

"Then can you cover me? Little sister... I’m begging you." Jiangg Ning’s voice trembled. As she struggled, her shirt had ridden up to her neck, revealing more and more of her pale skin.

"My hands are full."

"Just let go for a second."

"No."

No matter what Jiangg Ning said, Yaoyao was dead set on refusing. She wouldn’t let a single word sink in, terrified of being tricked.

"I’m begging you... you can even use your chin, if you really don’t trust me."

"I guess that could work. Then don’t you move."

Jiangg Yao lifted her head slightly to study her sister’s expression. It was plain to see; her sister’s face was so red it looked like it might start bleeding, as her entire body was locked in place and she couldn’t move.

Even her lips were covered in a thin sheen of fine sweat.

’This reaction... she probably isn’t lying.’ 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

With her guard up completely, Jiangg Yao kept her hands firmly in place and nudged with her chin, trying to push the shirt down.

But a chin is hardly as nimble as a hand. She bobbed her little head up and down, a flurry of fruitless effort that only managed to make her break a sweat as well.

"Are you done yet...?"

"Don’t rush me."

Jiangg Yao started pulling at it with her teeth.

"You... Yaoyao, please hurry up."

The blush on Jiangg Ning’s face was even deeper than before. Her body was racked with a steady tremor, and as she stared at the ceiling in desperation, tears welled up in the corners of her eyes.

"Almost... almost got it," Jiangg Yao mumbled, her words muffled by the cloth in her mouth.

The two sisters squirmed against each other on the sofa as if no one else was there. Although their goal was innocent, the sight of it was anything but.

After staring blankly at the cars downstairs for a moment, Chen Yuan turned around. One glance... and he saw them...

His expression slowly froze. His jaw dropped.

It was as if a nuclear bomb had detonated in his mind. A towering mushroom cloud billowed up, hot enough to vaporize his brain.

He couldn’t describe the feeling of seeing that scene.

He was utterly dumbfounded.

"Wait... you two? No! What are you doing!?"

"What is it, young master?"

Jiangg Yao turned her head, the shirt still clamped in her teeth.

"Let go of that!" Chen Yuan scrambled over to stop them.

’Doing this... in the living room... How improper!’

’This is just audacious!’

"Don’t turn your head with my shirt in your mouth! I’m exposed! Waaah—" Jiangg Ning grew even more frantic, her voice on the verge of tears.

Cries, shouts, and questions.

Limbs tangled, long legs intertwined.

Jiangg Ning was busy trying to cover herself, Jiangg Yao refused to let go for dear life, and a fuming Chen Yuan was trying to pull them apart. The scene instantly descended into chaos, looking for all the world like a full-blown fight.

Jiangg Ning had never felt so miserable in her life. She sat on the bay window on the balcony, clutching a tissue and sobbing softly, dabbing at the tears in the corners of her eyes from time to time. The area around her was dim; the lights were off.

Just like her mood.

She wasn’t crying just because she’d been exposed. In the chaos just now, her last layer of defense had almost been stripped away. If she hadn’t suddenly let out a scream that made both Chen Yuan and Jiangg Yao freeze, she would probably be in even greater anguish right now.

’She would have rather died.’

Even now, she and Chen Yuan weren’t intimate enough to be shamelessly bare with each other—plus, they weren’t in a relationship anymore. If that had really happened, she would have cried herself to death.

The physical pain, the mental anguish of being tormented by Jiangg Yao, the humiliation of Chen Yuan thinking they were being intimate... all these emotions intertwined and coalesced into simple sobs. She was so angry she didn’t even want Jiangg Yao as a sister anymore.

’I’m disowning her as my sister!’

"So, you two were just fighting, and you were helping your sister fix her clothes?"

"What else would it be?"

In the living room, Jiangg Yao rubbed her slightly sore wrist and complained, "You used so much force. You might as well have just strangled me."

"I... I thought it was..."

"It was what?"

"Nothing." Chen Yuan looked away awkwardly, shaking his head hard to banish the impure thoughts.

He felt he could never understand the way the two sisters communicated, because he himself was an only child. For twins, their roughhousing was all too normal. Now that they were older, it didn’t happen as often, but back when they were kids, they could get into three fights a day.

It could be over something as trivial as one being too noisy or perceived unfair treatment, or as big as disapproving of the other’s actions, leading to hair-pulling and scratching with fingernails.

Whenever they were home together, it was incredibly easy for a fight to break out and turn the world upside down. But after they fought, they didn’t need anyone to mediate. Before you knew it, they’d have made up completely and would be cuddling together in the same bed again.

An intimacy so strong a saw couldn’t cut through it.

After growing up, they developed a better sense of right and wrong, and the fierce arguments naturally became less frequent. But ever since Chen Yuan appeared, that tranquility had been shattered.

’In the end, it was his fault.’

Chen Yuan didn’t understand that with things like the sisters’ quarrels, it was best not to interfere too much. If they fought, you should just let them fight. In the end, they would always reconcile naturally; it was impossible for them to ever truly sever their relationship.

But his intervention was different. His unconscious favoritism would throw both Jiangg Ning and Jiangg Yao off balance, resulting in everyone ending up unhappy. The current scene was a prime example.

Ningning had gone to the balcony alone to secretly wipe her tears.

Yaoyao also felt Chen Yuan was being biased. You could tell just by looking at her wide, round eyes—they were filled with indignation at the injustice.

He’d pleased neither of them.

Outside, the rain poured down relentlessly. The whole sky was as black as ink, and dark, heavy clouds loomed over the hearts of the three, each lost in their own thoughts.

Inside the small apartment, the atmosphere began to grow oppressive.

Chen Yuan felt it, and it made him completely uncomfortable. He glanced toward the balcony, then met the pouting Jiangg Yao’s eyes, having no idea what to say.

’Forget it...’

he thought.

Chen Yuan picked up the remote from the table, turned on the TV, and started searching for a documentary. At least some noise could break the suffocating silence. And indeed, as the images began to play on the screen and the deep, magnetic voice of the narrator from the science and culture program filled the room, things instantly felt much more comfortable.

He grabbed a nearby throw pillow, crossed his legs, and began to watch quietly.