A pair of identical twin sisters who were separated at birth and who chanced to meet online 30 years later stopped talking after they decided they didn’t like each other.
Zhang Li and Cheng Keke, from Henan, China, met on social media in 2021 after realizing How similar they both looked.
While exchanging messages, the women discovered, through a DNA test, that they were identical twins, and their families admitted that they had been separated at birth.
The two reconnected and said they quickly felt an incredible sisterly connection. However, this would soon transform into a sibling rivalry.
Their story quickly went viral online in China and Li and Keke decided to use their fame and started an e-commerce business.
Zhang Li (left) and Cheng Keke (right), from Henan, China, met on social media in 2021 after noticing how similar they both looked.
The two reconnected and said they quickly felt an incredible sisterly connection. However, this would soon transform into a sibling rivalry. Their relationship ultimately lasted only three years and so far they haven’t spoken in six months.
Over the next few years they worked together, however, their relationship was marked by frequent conflicts and disagreements.
Their relationship ultimately lasted only three years and so far they haven’t spoken in six months.
According to Keke, the slightly younger sister, whenever they went live to promote their products, Li would often leave without warning and sometimes disappear for two or three days at a time.
Keke said: ‘She never said anything when she left and I was never able to find her. That’s not the kind of work attitude I like.
The situation worsened one night when Li secretly moved all of their shared belongings out of their rental apartment while Keke was away, causing a huge argument between them.
Although that dispute was resolved, current tensions persisted.
Keke claims that she always had to cover rent, meals, and other daily expenses whenever they traveled for live streaming events.
This was despite her sister promising that they would split the costs equally, which never happened.
From Li’s perspective, the two had very different personalities: she was direct, while her sister tended to bottle things up and practice the “silent treatment.”
According to slightly younger sister Keke (pictured), whenever they went live to promote their products, Li would often leave without warning and sometimes disappear for two or three days at a time.
From Li’s perspective (pictured), the two had very different personalities: she was direct, while her sister tended to bottle things up and engage in the “silent treatment.”
Li also blamed Keke for the failure of many of his livestreaming companies, claiming that they had lost up to 600,000 Chinese yuan (£65,000) over the years.
She said: “So I told her directly that I would no longer do live broadcasts with her.”
After his livestream failure, Li decided to open a physical store in his hometown of Dengfeng.
Keke traveled there to support her sister, but their relationship eventually collapsed during a heated argument over the management of the store and the amount of investment each had contributed.
The already strained relationship between the sisters finally broke down completely after another work fight in January 2023.
Li reportedly had an outburst and yelled at Keke, and although she later repented, Keke was unable to forgive her and never returned.
This incident six months ago was the last time the two sisters saw each other.