“We’ll talk about it later,” he said, abruptly cutting her off.
Lily’s expression froze, her smile fading as she stared at him.
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Christian felt a suffocating unease. He called his friends to go out for a drink.
“Christian, why didn’t you bring your little wifey out?” one of them asked.
Chapter 2
“Christian, why didn’t you bring your little wifey out?” one of them asked.
With Claire still in the picture, they called Lily his “little wifey.”
Christian didn’t want to answer.
Someone leaned in close, grinning. “Christian, look what I found! It’s you and your little wifey! You’re trending!”
Through his blurry, drunken vision, Christian saw the phone screen. Him and Lily.
“Me? I’d tell the Christian from five years ago to find Lily Lin sooner,” he heard himself say in the video.
What the hell was this?
Five years ago was his wedding day with Claire. They had been so in love. Why would he have wanted to meet Lily?
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Christian vaguely remembered. It was from a day he’d taken Lily shopping, and they’d been stopped by a street interviewer. He’d just said it casua-
lly.
But the video had over a hundred thousand likes. It was the number one trending topic in the city.
If that was the case… Claire would see it.
No, he couldn’t let her see it. She would be furious.
Christian’s hands trembled as he reached for the phone. “Who posted this? Get them to take it down! Now!”
His friends were startled by his sudden outburst. The one who had shown him the video fumbled to contact the creator. But when he opened the
creator’s page, he froze.
“Christian… he just posted another one.”
His friend’s voice was small and cautious.
“It’s… it’s your wife…”
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It was only after I returned that I found out my video had gone viral.
The “Time Capsule” creator messaged me, saying he never expected it to blow up like this. He thanked me and asked if he could do a follow–up
interview.
I didn’t reply.
I opened my phone and saw that a popular gossip account had shared the story.
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[People who betray true love deserve to swallow a thousand needles…]
[The sky is falling, people! How long is this 30–second library scene going to play out…]
The account’s narrator dramatically recounted the entire saga.
Last Sunday at 7 PM, “Time Capsule” had posted his latest street interview. On a busy street, he’d randomly stopped a passerby.
“Miss, if you had the chance to talk to yourself from five years ago, what would you say?”
In the video, it was me. I looked directly into the camera, my voice devoid of emotion. “If I had the chance, I’d tell myself from five years ago: Claire
Kingsley, don’t marry Christian Frost. You’ll regret it.”
The video had immediately sparked a heated debate online.
[Christian Frost? Why does that name sound so familiar?]
【I know, right? I feel like I’ve heard it somewhere.]
[You guys forgot? The couple the creator interviewed last time, I think the guy’s name was Christian.]
[HOLY CRAP! It’s not the same guy, is it?! We’ve got drama!]
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Chapter 2
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After a brief moment of confusion, the internet sleuths, with their keen sense for gossip, had dug up the connection between Christian and me.
Once it was confirmed that the “Christian Frost” I mentioned was the same man who had wished he’d met Lily Lin five years earlier, the internet
exploded.
[WTF! It really is the same guy! This is so dramatic!]
[I thought they were a pure love story, turns out it’s just a cheating scumbag and his mistress!】
[‘Meet her sooner! Why don’t you just go die sooner! Did you even think about your wife when you said that?!]
