Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

Mother Li was rushed to the hospital late at night. Li Zhanwen received a call from his brother late at night and rushed to the hospital. He did not return until morning and even took a day off.

In the evening, Li Zhanwen came back dragging his tired body, with unshaven beard and a haggard face.

"Is your mother okay?"

"I had surgery all night and am still under observation in the ICU. My brother asked me to come back and rest first."

"What happened? Why were you suddenly admitted to the hospital?"

"In the middle of the night, my mom suddenly woke my dad up and said she had chest pain and couldn't breathe, then she slowly fell into a coma. The doctor said it was a heart problem, and they've already done the surgery!"

"But hasn't your mother always been in good health? Why is it so sudden?"

"I don't know either, but this time I'm really afraid of losing her. No matter what she did, she is the mother who gave birth to me and raised me!" After saying that, Li Zhanwen hugged his head and cried, and I also hugged him to comfort him.

"It's going to be okay, it's okay! Medical care is very good nowadays! It's going to be okay!"

Li Zhanwen's crying attracted three children. Wei Cheng felt very strange seeing his father crying.

"Dad, why are you crying?" Wei Cheng kept staring at Li Zhanwen.

Li Zhanwen was so lost in his pain that he didn't notice Wei Cheng. I touched Wei Cheng's head and gently replied, "Dad has his own sorrows. Can you and your brother go play downstairs?"

"Okay! Don't cry, Dad!" Wei Cheng touched Li Zhanwen's back and comforted him before leaving.

"Jiashu, take your brother down!" I waved to Jiashu beside me.

Even after the three children left, Li Zhanwen continued to cry. He didn't even notice his phone ringing until I told him. He picked it up and ran out, panicked. I later texted him, but he didn't reply. Perhaps his mother's condition had worsened.

He didn't come back all morning and didn't even show up for the company meeting. There were urgent documents that needed his signature, so the secretary had to ask me to sign on his behalf.

I was browsing some information on my computer this afternoon when a bombshell popped up: "Yao Ning Group's youngest son, Li Zhanwen, announced his engagement to Aneng Group's granddaughter, Fang Sui!"

Confused, I clicked on the article. It was short, just a few sentences. It said that just this afternoon, Li Zhanwen had proposed to Fang Sui, and Fang Sui had accepted. I also heard that the proposal was meant to bring good luck to Li's mother. Half-believing the news, I called Li Zhanwen, but no one answered the first time. No one answered the second time, either. Undeterred, I called again. The third time, the call finally connected, but it was answered by a woman.

"Who are you?" It was a female voice on the other end, and I was confused.

"Wei Qing! Long time no see! I am Fang Hui!" This brief introduction dealt a heavy blow to me. At this moment, the name "Fang Hui" was like a knife stabbing into my heart.

"Why are you the one answering the phone? Where's Li Zhanwen?"

"He, went out!"

From his hesitant words, I guessed that Li Zhanwen must be nearby. Combined with the news I just saw, I could already roughly guess the whole story. "So he doesn't dare to face me, right?"

Fang Hui quickly denied it, "No, no, he really went out! He just left his phone here!"

"Forgetting to bring your phone when you go out these days? That's not common!" I answered in a skeptical tone.

"He's been too tired lately, so he forgot!"

"Then why are you together?"

Fang Sui obviously didn't expect me to ask this, and she hesitantly replied, "I came to visit Aunt Li and happened to meet you!"

"Then remember to invite me to your wedding!"

My bland answer made Fang Hui fall into silence. Half a minute passed before she uttered, "I'm sorry!"

I wanted to say something, but Li Zhanwen took the phone and said, "I'll go back and explain to you later!"

I looked at the hung-up call and fell into deep thought, leaning back in my chair, my head resting on it and staring blankly at the ceiling. When I got home, Li Zhanwen was already waiting for me.

"You're back!" Li Zhanwen greeted him with a smile.

"Yeah!" I put my bag on the table, sat on the sofa and poured some water to drink.

"Actually, this is not what you think!"

"Your mother didn't have much time left, and she forced you to marry Fang Hui, right? That's why we broke up!" I answered while drinking water.

Li Zhanwen was surprised, "How did you know?"

I sneered, "Your mother is such a scoundrel. Even in death, she wouldn't let me have an easy time! This is the only thing she could think of to disgust me before she died!"

"You can't blame her!"

"I don't blame her! If you want to blame someone, blame it on the fact that we are not destined to be together! Let's break up! Give each other the last bit of dignity!" I put down the water glass and said with relief.

"You want to break up? We don't need to break up! Fang Hui and I were just acting to deceive my mother. I will explain everything to her when she gets better!"

"If you tell me clearly, and your mother can't stand her old illness and relapses and forces you to marry her again or dies, what will you do? Will you live with the guilt towards your mother for the rest of your life?"

"No, I will try my best to delay until my mother recovers before telling her!" Li Zhanwen promised solemnly.

"What if she insists that you marry Fang Sui as soon as possible?"

"I will convince her!" Li Zhan answered confidently.

"Then it won't be you who convinces her to postpone the wedding, but she who convinces you to hold the wedding early! You and your mother are not even on the same level, you won't be able to convince her at all! And now that she's sick, you feel incredibly guilty towards her, and she'll use that guilt to force you to get married and achieve her goals!"

"No, I'm sure I can convince her!"

"Stop fooling yourself! If you could convince her, we wouldn't be facing this situation! Besides, your mother is facing a life-or-death situation right now. You're already at a disadvantage emotionally. Convincing her? Dream on!"

"I'm really sure! So don't talk about breaking up so easily, okay?"

"It's still respectable for us to break up now. You don't have to bear the stigma of being two-timing and a heartless person! People outside will just think we parted ways amicably!"

"But you know how I feel about you! We've been through so much to be together, wouldn't it be a shame to give up now?"

Suddenly a phone call interrupted what I was about to say. It was Xu Jing calling.

"Hey!"

"Where is Li Zhanwen? I want to skin him alive!" Xu Jing was very angry.

"Why are you looking for him?" I glanced at Li Zhanwen and walked outside to answer the phone.

"He's such a heartless man, two-timing! While he's with you, he's also with Fang Hui, and he even proposed to her! How long have you two officially been together? And he's so confident!"

"That was his mother using her critical illness to force him to do that. He said he was just acting for her and it shouldn't be taken seriously!"

"The Li and Fang families have both released press releases and a proposal video. Is this acting? Does he think the public is stupid, or does he think you're stupid?"

"The Li family didn't issue a press release! It's just gossip written by entertainment reporters to attract attention!"

"Go check it out online! Both the Li and Fang families have posted it! It's clearly written in black and white! Reporters have called to verify it, and they all said it's true! Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Fang and Li families are planning a business alliance for the photovoltaic project! Wei Qing, you've been deceived!"

I quickly went online and saw that Li Zhanwen's proposal was the top trending search. In the photo of the proposal, Li Zhanwen was smiling so brightly! What a perfect match! I was the only one who was clown! I stared at the news for a long time.

"Wei Qing, Wei Qing! Are you listening? Hello, hey, hey!" Xu Jing kept calling me when she saw that I didn't speak.

"I'm here." I replied weakly.

"Did you see that? Do you still believe him now? I was deceived by him too. I didn't expect him to be that kind of person! I tried to match him up with you in the first place. I was wrong! His behavior is even worse than Shen Junhui's!"

"I know! I need to think about it, so that's it for now!"

After I hung up on Xu Jing, Shen Junhui, Rong Zixuan, and Xiao Yuan called one after another, but I hung up on them all. I looked out at the yard, remembering every moment we'd spent together. After a while, Li Zhanwen came out to look for me, and I took a deep breath and went inside.

"Let's break up!" I said calmly.

"Didn't I tell him..." I showed him the Li family's announcement of the wedding date. He snatched the phone away, staring at the contents in disbelief. "This is impossible! My dad and the others clearly told me this news wouldn't get out, and I also told my mom it was just a lie and not to take it seriously. How can this be... I have to ask them!"

I snatched the phone away. "Don't ask me anymore. Can't you see? You thought you and the others were colluding to deceive your mother, but it was actually the others who were colluding to deceive you!"

"Impossible! My dad and the others wouldn't lie to me!" Li Zhanwen hurriedly took out his cell phone to make a call.

"Impossible? The Fang family recently took on a photovoltaic project, and they're also looking for a developer to work with. Your family happens to be in the development business! And it just so happens that Fang Sui likes you! And it just so happens that your mother is also satisfied with Fang Sui! No contract can be as solid as a marriage!"

"I'm going to go find them and ask them clearly. Can you give me a little time?" Li Zhanwen pleaded.

"No matter what the answer you get, your marriage to Fang Sui is a foregone conclusion! So it's impossible for us!"

"You must believe me!" After saying that, Li Zhanwen hurriedly left and disappeared into the night.

I felt a little sad when I faced the empty house again. I finally cheered myself up and mustered up the courage to love again, but I didn't expect the ending to be so similar!