Double Life: My whole world is you

At nine o'clock in the evening on December 2023, 12, Cheng Qiao sat in her room, staring blankly at her phone. Today was her last night alone, and she was getting married tomorrow. Everything would be different after marriage, right? She should have let go of the man in her heart, right? But why did she feel a little disappointed?

She picked up the teacup and poured herself a cup of tea. She squinted her eyes and recalled the WeChat Moments update she had posted at nine in the morning. "It's my last single night. I want to indulge myself. Anyone want to date?"

She felt a little nervous after posting the message on WeChat Moments. After all, she had a boyfriend and was about to get married. She had always been well-behaved, so she felt that this was not a good idea. She hesitated for a while and sent a WeChat message to her fiancé, "Sorry, only this time."

After she finished posting, she glanced at her Moments and saw three updates. The first one was from her best friend Ma Xiaomeng, "Dear, let's make an appointment. Send me the location and time."

The next two comments were from two of her friends who she didn’t know very well. “Congratulations, are you getting married?” “Hey, where are you? I’m here to have a drink.” There were also a few likes. She smiled slightly, ignored them, and replied to Ma Xiaomeng, “Send it to you right away.”

She replied, then went back to read the message. Her fiancé didn't reply to her message. She thought he was busy. After all, a man needs to prepare a lot for marriage. She was still a little disappointed, but also somewhat understandable. After all, how much affection could she have for a man she had only known for three months? But she was old enough and it was time to get married.

After helping Cheng's mother clean up the house, she was busy for a while. When she looked at her phone again, it was an hour later. There were dozens of messages, and the top one was from Ma Xiaomeng, "Honey, send me the location." "What time?" "How many people, are there any handsome guys?" "Where are they?" "Hmph..." followed by some expressions. She smiled, knowing that at this moment, Ma Xiaomeng was the only one who cared about her the most. She immediately sent the seat she had booked on Meituan and replied, "You are a married person, it's none of your business whether there are handsome guys or not." She added a smirking expression.

Looking down, it was a message from Cheng Xia, "Honey, I can come back tonight." "Who did you meet?"

She was very happy to see Cheng Xia's message. She had called Cheng Xia a week ago to talk about getting married, but she said she was not sure if she could come back because she had just changed to a new company and was a little busy. She could understand and quickly replied, "What time is your train? My brother and I will drive over to pick you up."

There were also messages from Wang Shun, "Qiao, congratulations." "I can come over in the evening."

She replied, "OK, thank you, I'll send you the location, 10pm."

As soon as she sent the location, Wang Shun replied, "Xia will be back, right?"

Seeing his message, Cheng Qiao hesitated for a while. She knew that he liked Cheng Xia, and had liked her for a long time, but Cheng Xia didn't like him. Every time he appeared in front of Cheng Xia with various excuses to be around her, Cheng Xia felt a little disgusted. She didn't like him before because she knew that Cheng Xia liked the class monitor, but the class monitor was a kind of person, well, it's better not to mention it, anyway, they are all classmates, she replied, "Yeah."

There are blessings from several classmates and friends below, and a message from Lao Song, "Xiaoqiao, best wishes to you. I'm in Inner Mongolia and can't come back."

Seeing Lao Song's message was indeed a bit surprising. Lao Song was the first among all the classmates to get married. He got married on New Year's Day 2012. After marriage, they had almost no contact. She smiled and replied, "Thank you Lao Song for your blessing. Take care of yourself out there."

Further down the list was a message from her fiancé, "Be safe at night."

Seeing his message, Cheng Qiao was touched. In fact, she wanted to say to him, "I want you to accompany me." But thinking that they were both 25 years old, such words were too childish. Although she didn't love him much, she was determined to give up the past for him and live a good life. But the cold feelings between them really confirmed the saying on the Internet that after the age of 30, it is impossible to love someone wholeheartedly? Her fiancé is one year older than her. He works in a state-owned enterprise. He is of average height and looks. He looks very gentle and honest. Now she runs a small studio by herself. Her younger brother also works. The family lives a well-off life. At the age of , she is already a leftover woman in this small town. So when she saw her fiancé three months ago, she didn't hesitate any more. She was ready to start a family, have a child, live a stable life, and completely forget the him in the past. She shook her head and smiled and sent him two words "OK."

At around nine o'clock in the evening, she sent off the relatives who came to visit her and prepared to go out. Cheng's mother asked Cheng Zhu to take her there. Cheng Zhu got in the car and went to the station to pick up Cheng Xia. At half past nine, Cheng Xia got off the train. Seeing her wet eyes, she walked over and hugged her. Time flies. They were once best friends. After graduation, they hadn't seen each other for six or seven years. She whispered in her ear, "Congratulations."

"Xia, I'm sorry. We agreed to be single together." She replied with a smile.

"Silly, you've found your happiness, why are you apologizing?" Cheng Xia said with a sneer in her eyes. She smiled and looked at Cheng Zhu who was standing beside her, "Time flies. Your brother was so small back then, and now he's grown into such a handsome boy."

"Sister Xia, how long have you not seen me? When you saw me last time, I was still studying. I have been working for five or six years now." Cheng Zhu said, "Let's go, the car is outside."

Cheng Zhu drove them to the KTV and parked the car first. Cheng Qiao took Cheng Xia's arm and walked towards the box. It was a bit noisy along the way, and neither of them spoke. After entering the box, the waiter went to get the microphone. Suddenly, the world was quiet. Cheng Qiao opened her mouth, but apart from the small talk at the beginning, she suddenly didn't know what to say. We were friends who used to talk about everything, who wore the same pair of pants, slept in the same bed, and ate the same bowl of rice. Have we been diluted by time like this? Just as Cheng Qiao was hesitantly wanting to say something, the door of the box was pushed open, and the waiter walked in with a microphone. At that moment, they felt relieved when they saw each other. The two watched the waiter tuning the music with a smile, and soon Ma Xiaomeng with big brown curly hair pushed the door in, "Hey, I'm here! Hey, this is Cheng Xia, right?"

Cheng Qiao saw her smiling eyes and said angrily, "Why are you so late?" Then she turned to Cheng Xia and said, "This is Xiao Meng."

"Long time no see." The two nodded to each other.

The waiter adjusted the music, and Cheng Qiao urged Cheng Xia, "Xia, go order some songs."

Cheng Xia shook her head. "You and Xiao Meng can sing. I'm not very good at singing."

Cheng Qiao was helpless. After six or seven years of time, she suddenly felt unfamiliar and didn't know what to say. She could only push Ma Xiaomeng and said, "Xiaomeng, go ahead and order."

"Ok." Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Ma Xiaomeng smiled and said to Cheng Qiao, "Then I'll play you a song called 'Star and Moon Mythology'. You always order it. You only know this song."

"Who said that? I know all of the songs, Chengdu, Paper Is Short, Love Is Long, and Stefanie Sun's..."

"Come on, you sing all those songs out of tune, only this one is pleasant to the ear." Ma Xiaomeng responded casually.

Cheng Xia was a little embarrassed to see their close relationship. She flipped through her phone carelessly, looking outside from time to time, as if she was expecting something. At this moment, she saw the door being pushed open...