When Lu Xinnuan knocked on the door, Lu Mian was sending a message on her phone, the black electronic watch on her fair wrist reflecting a faint light, while her right hand idly flipped through a book.
Lu Xinnuan fixed her gaze on it for a moment; the title was “Stock God Businesswoman,” which she found somewhat amusing.
Lu Mian ignored her and continued sending messages.
Zero: 【Mian Ge 666, have you seen the stock market these past few days? You’ve really hit the jackpot!】
Mian: 【Normal.】
Zero: 【A boss is a boss! Buying at 2 yuan and selling at 112 yuan, netting a hundred million in just two days. I bow down to you!】
Mian: 【Anything else?】
Zero: 【Mian Ge, let me ask you some gossip… The money in your account is enough to be a billionaire, right? I really want to know what the whole country’s reaction would be if they found out the richest person wasn’t from the Xiao family of Jinjing, but you. Haha haha…】
Zero was her confidant and a playful character. Lu Mian replied with “Boring” and put away her phone.
After sending the message, Lu Xinnuan walked in from the doorway. Lu Mian squinted at her, her smiling eyes carrying a mischievous, devil-may-care air, looking rather nonchalant.
“Sister, I just knocked… I saw you didn’t lock it, so I came in.”
Her cautious demeanor made her look like a timid, wronged little bunny.
“Is something wrong?”
“I brought you a glass of milk. Dinner will be ready soon, so have this to tide you over.”
“Anything else? Hmm?” She asked, her voice slightly rising at the end, calm and composed. She didn’t expect an answer, simply ignoring her.
But Lu Xinnuan felt very awkward, biting her lip and standing rooted to the spot, her face showing suppressed hurt and grievance.
Having a twin sister, in others’ eyes, was an incredibly happy thing. But only Lu Xinnuan knew what a terrible experience it was.
From childhood, she had never known what it felt like to be unique.
They would naturally be compared to each other.
Their parents would subconsciously dress them in the same clothes, give them the same hairstyles, and buy them the same toys.
Fortunately, they were fraternal twins and didn’t look alike.
It’s just… she looked up at Lu Mian’s stunningly beautiful face under the desk lamp, feeling a surge of inferiority.
She always remembered what relatives and friends used to say when they were little.
“Mianmian is so pretty! Nuannuan is so cute…”
She understood what “cute” meant.
Lu Xinnuan pursed her lips, then relaxed.
Fortunately, things were very different now.
She spoke softly again: “Sister… Mom has had a very difficult two years. Because of that kidnapping, our family owes a lot of money, and Dad is… like that. Mom is working very hard.”
Lu Mian didn’t say anything, just looked at her phone.
Zero: 【Mian Ge, someone is investigating you. Stay low-key.】
Mian: 【Plenty of people investigate me.】
Zero: 【True, who are they anyway?】
Lu Mian was uninterested.
Lu Xinnuan took her silence as unwillingness to engage, and her eyes reddened as she spoke. She wanted to walk over and hold Lu Mian’s hand, but was scared back by the other’s cold, humorless laugh.
She looked away in a panic, her gaze falling on Lu Mian’s desk, where colorful, messy books were scattered haphazardly. They were clearly frivolous, idle reads, just like the one in Lu Mian’s hand.
Lu Mian’s desk looked nothing like what a good high school student’s desk should.
She knew that her sister had been unscholarly since childhood, and she had no interest in her sister’s messy junk.
“Sister, do you… hate me?”
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