Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

Li Zhanwen hadn't slept all night and was visibly exhausted.

Aunt Juan, the nanny, came running up in a panic, saying someone with a large group of bodyguards was at the door, ringing the doorbell. It looked like they were up to no good. I quickly checked the security camera on my phone and saw it was Fang Sui and Li's father. Li Zhanwen was terrified by them and didn't dare to confront them. I had to face them alone, leaving him to hide upstairs.

I originally wanted to let only Fang Hui and Mr. Li in, and let the bodyguards wait outside, but Mr. Li asked the bodyguards to follow him. The nanny kept trying to stop and scold them but it didn't stop them from coming in. I just watched silently to see what they were trying to do.

"What does Chairman Li want to do? Bringing so many bodyguards into my house, does he want to search my house or rob it? Has he forgotten the lesson of Mrs. Li?" I walked down the stairs slowly and said to the bodyguards in the room.

"They are my bodyguards. Their duty is to protect me. They will be wherever I am!" Li Zhaohua answered confidently.

"Do you think I have assassins or a trap here? Why do I need so many bodyguards?" I asked sarcastically, walked to the sofa, sat down and crossed my legs.

"My bodyguard is there to protect me! Any problem?"

"If you went to the homes of other wealthy people in Hong Kong Island, would you dare to bring bodyguards with you?"

"Why bring bodyguards to their house?"

"So you, a grown man, are afraid of a woman like me? Or do you think I'm a weakling who can be bullied?"

"I brought them in because I want you to hand over Ah Zhan!"

"Hand him over? Is Li Zhanwen a criminal? Why did you bring so many bodyguards to arrest him? Also, I remember you were quite polite to me before, why did you do a 180-degree turn now?"

"Hmph! It was all just a show before! In fact, I had to pretend to be polite to you before, which really made me sick! You, a country girl, have delusions of reaching the sky overnight! It's ridiculous!" Father Li sneered and answered with disdain.

"Reaching the top overnight? Wishful thinking? Ridiculous? So, do you look down on my current achievements, or are you jealous of me?"

"People from the country don't know the rules! Hand over Ah Zhan and we'll leave immediately! I don't want to stay in this shabby place for even one more second!" Father Li answered impatiently.

"I thought Old Man Xiao was already old-fashioned and feudal, but I didn't expect you to be even more feudal! You even had your own son forced into an arranged marriage. He'd be dead by then!"

"I don't want to waste time talking to you! Hand Ah Zhan over quickly!"

"I'm very surprised! My Zhong Ding is much more powerful than the Fang family's Aneng Group. Marrying Li Zhanwen and me will only benefit you in every way. Why do you have to break up a pair of lovers?"

"You don't deserve it!" Dad Li replied impatiently.

"Are you afraid that Li Zhanwen and I being together will threaten Li Hewen's position?" I quickly asked the question.

"That's right!" Dad Li answered without thinking, but it was too late when he realized it.

"It turns out that you and Mr. Xiao are the same kind of people! You both firmly support your eldest son and ruthlessly suppress other sons who stand out!" I said with a smile.

"So what if you knew it! The eldest son is the orthodox one! The other sons are just side branches! This is a tradition since ancient times! Side branches should contribute to the main branch instead of usurping the main branch's glory! If Azhan is with you, he will definitely take away Ahe's glory in the future. When people mention the Li family, they will think of Li Zhanwen instead of Li Hewen. What's more, you are more powerful than him. The public will think that Azhan is a son-in-law, which will bring shame to my Li family!" Li's father answered angrily.

"What era is this? Why are you still doing this? In my mind, the most pedantic and feudal person is not Mr. Xiao but you, and you are even worse than him! The most important thing is that you have been pretending for so long, what a hypocrite!" I sneered.

"There are some things I can't intervene in, so I can only ask A-Zhan's mother to help. I didn't expect you to be so powerful and able to counter every move you make. We really have no way to deal with you, so we can only cut off the source of the problem!"

"Isn't your own son's happiness as important as your so-called Li family reputation? Besides, my Zhong Ding is much stronger than An Neng. Why don't you seek a marriage alliance with Zhong Ding but An Neng? Mr. Li, are you getting old and your brain is not working well?"

"I told you that side branches can't usurp the throne! That's the rule! And the Fang family is a family with a rich history, not something you, a nouveau riche, can compare to! Don't think you can act so arrogant just because you've jumped on the bandwagon of the times!"

"Background? Wasn't Fang Dayou, the founder of Aneng Group, a fisherman? He saved up some money from fishing and bought a boat. His business grew bigger and bigger, leading to the current Aneng Group. And didn't your father also come from the countryside? He was even worse off than me. In the early days, he was a beggar. Later, he worked as a driver for a big boss. Only after gaining the big boss's trust was he able to take on some projects from him and slowly make a fortune. Who wasn't poor three generations ago? What are you talking about being noble? And I'm a first-generation entrepreneur! My achievements are on par with your fathers'. You are just the second or third generation who inherited their wealth. What qualifications do you have to laugh at me?"

"Our fathers have already built a solid foundation for us. We are already very wealthy. The efforts of three generations of us are beyond your reach! So please recognize your own status and stop bothering my Ah Zhan!"

"But Li Zhanwen likes me!"

"I don't care who he likes, but he has no say in his marriage!"

"Dad!" Li Zhanwen shouted from upstairs, walked down quickly and knelt in front of Li's father. Fang Hui was a little surprised to see Li Zhanwen and wanted to help him, but Li Zhanwen didn't want Fang Hui to touch him and kept rejecting Fang Hui's physical contact.

"Dad! I really like Aqing! Please help us be together! I swear I will never steal the limelight from my eldest brother. I don't want anything from Yaoning, I can even leave the house with nothing. I just ask you not to separate Aqing and me!" Li Zhanwen said with sobs.

"You useless thing!" Father Li angrily slapped Li Zhanwen, which shocked me and frightened Fang Hui next to him so much that she was at a loss.

"Are you going to ignore everything for the sake of a woman? She's just a woman! Women are just tools for passing on the family line! There's no need to have real feelings for her! If you like her, it's not impossible for you to keep this woman outside after marrying Fang Hui!" Li's father angrily lectured Li Zhanwen.

This statement directly offended Fang Hui and me, but Fang Hui dared not speak out, and I would not tolerate him.

"Mr. Li, what you said is outrageous! And we two women were here! You are so disrespectful to us! Isn't your mother a woman? Isn't your wife a woman? Isn't your daughter a woman? Aren't you born to a woman? Women are just tools to carry on the family line! How dare you say that!"

"So what? This world is still dominated by men! Don't you have to give birth to children for men? No matter how outstanding you women are, you are just a foil for men!"

"Aren't you afraid of offending me by saying this?"

"So what if I offended you! She's just a country girl!" Father Li answered with disdain again.

"Have you forgotten how you begged me to let your wife go? Aren't you afraid that I will retaliate against you?"

"We are about to form an alliance with Aneng Group, and a large foreign consortium will also join our photovoltaic project. Do you think I am afraid of you?"

"So you've got a big shot? No wonder you're so arrogant! But I can tell you, an ally who bands together for profit can also deal you a fatal blow just for that very reason!"

"I've experienced your mouth. I can't beat you in an argument, and I don't want to argue with you! I'll take Azhan away!" After saying that, Li's father signaled the bodyguards to take Li Zhanwen away.

"Stop! Do you think this is a place where you can come and go as you please?"

"You are just a divorced slut! There is no other man in this house, and you want to confront me head-on?" After saying that, he gestured to the two bodyguards to push me away. I was pushed back a few steps by the two bodyguards.

"Old man! This is my home. You brought so many bodyguards to my house to arrest someone and even pushed me! I can sue you for trespassing!"

"Do you have any evidence? To tell you the truth, I have destroyed all the surveillance cameras here! I also learned from the lesson my wife learned in the United States! I had someone destroy all the surveillance cameras when I entered the door!" Father Li smiled sinisterly.

But I looked at him with a smug look on my face, "Oh! Really? Then what is this?" I picked up the remote control on the table and cast the contents of my phone onto the TV.

Father Li looked at the screen content with horror, "This is impossible!"