Double Life: My whole world is you

The two watched for nearly an hour and laughed for half an hour because there was a half-hour commercial break. Cheng Qiao looked at the time and it was 55:. It had been more than an hour. At this time, another commercial break happened. Cheng Qiao patted Cheng Xia gently and said, "Xia, let's go to bed! Uncle has to go to work tomorrow. We can watch the replay tomorrow for the rest."

"Okay." Cheng Xia stood up and handed the remote control to Uncle Cheng. She folded the blanket that covered the two of them, then went through the living room to Cheng Xia's room.

The two of them lay close together on the bed. Cheng Qiao closed her eyes. Although the first thing that came to her mind was the appearance of Zhang Gu and Wang Chong, she would soon remember the time when she was with Cheng Ye, the quiet park, the tightly held hands, the tenderness in his eyes...

"Qiao, are you asleep?" Cheng Xia suddenly asked.

"No." Cheng Qiao responded. Then he turned sideways and looked at her. In the dark night, although she couldn't see anything, she knew that she was worried. "What are you thinking about?"

"Qiao, I was wondering what love is." She said with some sadness, "Xiu, I grew up with her. You know we are from Wanxiao. She and I are the only ones in the same age. We have been in the same class since we were young. Although we are not as close as we are, she is also a very important friend of mine. Fatty has been pursuing her since the third grade. I know she is annoyed by him, and I have been stopping him for her. In my world, I think Fatty is a rogue. I think love is far away from us. In my cognition, only people like Fatty who don't study hard will think about falling in love. But Xiu said that she has someone she likes, and she didn't tell us. Maybe in her heart, the person she likes is more important than both of us. Today, I saw Zhang Ru again. She even came here so far for Wang Chong and risked being discovered to be alone with him. Zhang Ru, she is the best in the school!"

Cheng Qiao listened quietly, and as she let out her last sigh, Cheng Qiao held her hand, "Xia, in my view of love, love is pure, pure heartbeat. Love is innocent, eternal, and beautiful. Of course, these are all fantasies and unrealistic. But I hope that love is positive and gives us motivation, rather than a stumbling block on our road to growth."

"Stumbling block? Do you mean mushroom?"

Hearing her question, Cheng Qiao smiled and asked, "Xia, you don't have anyone you like now, right?"

"Yes." Cheng Xia answered firmly, and then added, "Maybe I will never fall in love with anyone in my life."

[It’s too early for you to say this before you meet the class monitor.] Cheng Qiao smiled and shook her head, “Love that can make us better is also fine. But these are not important. The most important thing for us now is to study hard.”

"Yes, we must study hard and go out into the wider world."

"Xia, which high school do you want to get into?" Cheng Qiao asked seriously.

"I want to be admitted to No. 5 Middle School, but to be honest, I have no confidence," Cheng Xia said. "My grades are always above average. If I don't improve a little, it will be difficult to be admitted to No. 5 Middle School."

"Xia, I'm not afraid of you laughing at me." Cheng Qiao said calmly, "Although I didn't do very well in this midterm exam, my goal is to get into No. 1 Middle School."

"Ah?" Cheng Xia was very surprised when she heard her words. Not to mention that Cheng Qiao's test scores were terrible, even if she performed normally, their scores would be similar. She had no confidence in getting into No. 5 Middle School, and her goal was actually No. 1 Middle School.

"Haha, although it's difficult! But we must always have a goal." Cheng Qiao said with a smile, "There is still a year and a half left, I believe I can do it!"

Hearing her words, Cheng Xia held her hand in return, "Qiao, I believe you can do it."

"Xia, you can do it too. Let's work hard together."

"work hard together."

……

Life went on peacefully and quickly like this. More than a month had passed before she knew it. It was already the end of December, mid-November of the lunar calendar, and the temperature was around zero degrees. When Cheng Qiao went out in the morning, she not only had to wear a cotton jacket, but also a scarf. She only had two cotton jackets, one bright red and one orange. The bright red one was given to her by her sister Wan when she was in fifth grade. Her grandmother had already sewed several patches on it for her. Although not obvious, the patches on the cuffs made it tight and uncomfortable to wear. She still preferred the yellow cotton jacket. She didn't remember who gave it to her, but it was very comfortable to wear. The only downside was that it had no hood, and yellow looked dirty, so her grandmother sewed a pair of black cloth sleeves for her. These black sleeves really didn't match her clothes, but she had to wear them because the cuffs were the easiest to get dirty. The scarf and warm shoes were knitted by her second aunt, but it was really inconvenient to walk in warm shoes. The key point was that she had to walk four or five miles every day, and most of the time she ran, so she still wore autumn rubber shoes to school and brought warm shoes to school to change.

It is completely dark outside to go to school now, and you have to turn on the lights. From grandma's house to Chengliangwan, you just have to pass a primary school, which is only five or six hundred meters, not far. Cheng Qiao can walk this road with her eyes closed. She quickly came to Chengliangwan. At this time, Chengxia and Chengxiu were waiting on the road. Chengxiu was wearing a white scarf and white earmuffs. Although Chengxia had a hat under her black long cotton jacket, she also wore a red scarf and gloves on her hands.

The three of them greeted each other briefly and then ran towards the school arm in arm. When they arrived at the school, there was still a quarter of an hour before the morning reading time. At this time, there were only a few people in the classroom of Class 1. Only Luo Ting and Wang Shuai were in the front row, and they were reciting the lessons seriously.

Cheng Qiao had just sat down in her seat when she looked up and saw Zhang Yandi walking in with his schoolbag on his back. She greeted him with a smile, "Good morning, Yandi."

Seeing the girl smiling and greeting him, the boy was slightly startled, and then immediately smiled brightly at her, "Good morning, coincidence."

Cheng Qiao nodded and stopped talking, immediately entering into her selfless morning reading plan.

But she didn't know that the boy on her right was very happy during the morning self-study session. Although he looked at her with caution, his eyes were full of happiness. [This was the first sentence she said to me in nine days, and the first sentence she said to me in 35 days except for asking me about study problems...]

The bell rang for the end of get out of class, and Cheng Qiao picked up the bowl. Wang Liqin stopped her as usual, "Cheng Qiao, give me the bowl."

"Okay." Cheng Qiao brought her the small bowl and took the big bowl to make porridge. After making the porridge, Wang Liqin brought her the steamed buns. She happily took it and thanked her. Coming to her seat, she picked up the thick "Biography of the Ten Marshals of New China" and read it while eating. Indeed, her daily schedule was full. She was not a person with special talents and intelligence, and her foundation was not solid. She had to work harder than others to maintain her current grades, not to mention that she had fallen behind in math and English. She used all her time to study. If she didn't know how to do a question, she would find an opportunity to ask without disturbing others. She had asked several top students in the front row of the second and third groups. Those were questions that they couldn't do. If she didn't understand the knowledge points, she would ask the teacher. Therefore, her time was very tight. She liked to read stories and history. Zhang Yandi had lent her this book for more than a month, and she had only read half of it. She was very sorry, but she could only spare a little time during meals.

She was watching with great interest when the class monitor Wu Langlang slapped the table with the blackboard eraser on the podium and said, "Students, I have some news to announce."