Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

The lawsuit between Mr. Li and I went to court again. With the help of Mrs. Li, the court believed that Mr. Li had indeed subjectively harmed me, and that there was no deliberate inducement or provocation on my part. Just when the judge sentenced Mr. Li to one year in prison, Mr. Li suddenly foamed at the mouth and fell to the ground. The court police hurried over to check and called an ambulance to send him to the hospital.

After emergency treatment at the hospital, the doctor said Li's father had suffered a stroke, so he was able to be temporarily treated in the hospital and avoid going to prison. Li Zhanwen had not yet recovered from Li Hewen's life experience and his mother's decades of suffering. When Li's father had such a thing happen again, he was exhausted to the extreme.

"Tell me, if Fang Hui and I had married in the beginning, would this series of events not have happened?" Li Zhanwen smiled bitterly.

"These things have long laid the seeds of hidden dangers, and it's only a matter of time before they explode! Don't take all the blame on yourself, this is not your problem!" I comforted him.

"If I had married Fang Sui, my dad wouldn't have come looking for you, Yao Ning wouldn't have gone bankrupt, and my mom would have recovered and been like before. I had to suffer the consequences so that everyone else would be satisfied! But now I don't have to suffer the consequences, but everything is messed up!"

"There are no ifs in the world! What happened has happened. Don't dwell on what ifs. Look forward instead of looking back!"

“But my family is broken up!”

"So you're blaming me for exposing all this?"

"No! I don't blame anyone! I only blame myself!" Li Zhanwen smiled helplessly.

"Don't blame yourself anymore. The truth will eventually come out..."

Before I could finish, Li Zhanwen interrupted me, "I know! But I want to be alone now!"

"Okay then! Think it over slowly." I walked out slowly and closed the door carefully.

Before one crisis subsided, another arose. Li Zhaohua was sued again, this time by his mistress, and more than one! The purpose of the lawsuit was simple: to get him to pay child support! Li Zhaohua also had other illegitimate children! This explosive news once again excited reporters all over Hong Kong Island. When Li Zhaohua was discharged from the hospital, reporters surrounded him layer upon layer, blocking the road in front of the hospital. Traffic police had to come to evacuate the crowd and direct traffic. However, Li Hewen and Li Zhaohua did not express any opinions and went straight home in their cars.

Yao Ning's bankruptcy has led to Li Zhaohua's mistresses accusing him of deceit and using his wealth to oppress them, leaving them with no recourse. Some of them became pregnant and, after giving birth, sought child support from Li Zhaohua, only to have him deny them and drive them out of Hegang. Now, seeing Li Zhaohua's downfall, they are daring enough to defend their rights.

Li Zhaohua is now being blamed by everyone, not just his mistress. His younger brothers are also accusing him of being overbearing, undermining their power in the company and diluting the shares of his younger brothers and nephews, hoping to dominate the company. Li's mother, having divorced Li Zhaohua, has not allowed her children to speak on his behalf, leaving his beloved Li Hewen to clean up the mess.

"Madam! There are guests coming!" the nanny came in and told me.

I checked the surveillance and it was Li Hewen, "Let him in!"

Li Hewen didn't say a word after sitting down, but he looked anxious and restless.

"Why do you have time to come to see me?" I broke the silence first.

Li Hewen was still hesitating and hadn't spoken a word.

"Since you have nothing to do, please go back!"

"No, you and I are not related at all. Our only connection is A-Zhan, but mom, no, his mother doesn't allow them to help his father out of trouble, so you should be able to guess why I came to you!"

"Even though you have the same father but different mothers, you are still brothers after all. I didn't expect that your personalities are so similar!" I sighed.

"I really have no other choice! Yaoning went bankrupt, and the relatives in the family didn't help us at all, and they even added insult to injury!" Li Hewen said angrily.

"Don't blame them for kicking you when you're down. Look at what good things your father has done for them!"

"But no matter what, they are brothers! Brothers from the same father and mother!" Li Hewen answered indignantly.

"When your father kicked your uncles out of the company, why didn't he think that they were his own brothers?"

"My dad certainly made mistakes, but they not only didn't offer a helping hand but instead took advantage of his misfortune and attacked him. This is not right!"

"Everyone has their own perspective. You can't demand others from your own perspective! When a wall falls, everyone pushes it down; when a drum breaks, everyone beats it! That's human nature! And your father didn't treat him well in the past. Now he has the opportunity to retaliate. Isn't that normal? They're not saints, they're not that great. It's normal to have a vengeful mentality!"

"But a harmonious family brings prosperity..."

"Alright, alright! Do you know why you're still standing on your father's side and don't approve of your uncles' actions?"

"why?"

"Because you have always been a vested interest! Your father undermined your uncle's power in the company to clear the way for you to take over the company! Otherwise, do you think that all the departments in Yaoning are your people now? And your father suppressed Li Congwen and Li Xiaowen to prevent them from posing a threat to you! You have always been a vested interest! You have never considered their situation! Now that the two sides have reversed, how can you not stand it? Don't be so hypocritical!"

Li Hewen was silent.

"Even if Yao Ning goes bankrupt, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. With your financial resources, it should be no problem to raise your younger brothers and sisters, right?" I asked with a smile.

"But how can we be sure that they are my half-brothers and half-sisters? Do we have to admit it just because they say it's us?"

"It's not like we can't do a paternity test now!"

"But I have no obligation to raise them!"

"Look! You've become accustomed to enjoying rights without shouldering responsibilities! When your own interests are harmed, you don't care that they are your half-brothers and sisters!"

"I can be their father! I raised them, but they won't take care of me in my old age when they grow up. Moreover, those women gave birth to these children just to fight for the family property. I have no obligation and no desire to raise them!" Li Hewen was very angry.

"You certainly don't have any obligation to support these illegitimate children, but your father does! And you're the eldest brother! An eldest brother is like a father! Didn't your father also insist on the primogeniture system? Now is the time for you, the eldest son, to make a difference! Your father had a stroke, and now you have the final say in the Li family! If you don't support them, who will?"

"But I came to you just to ask you to help me solve this problem!"

"Your father's illegitimate child, you're asking me for help? Are you sure? I have my own children to raise, I don't have time to care about your father's illegitimate child!"

"With your intelligence and talent, you can definitely deal with those women! Please help me!"

"It's easy to deal with those women. Just give them money! Once you get the money, they'll naturally stop!"

"What if I give them money this time and they become even more aggressive next time? Besides, I don't know how many women there are out there! If they see someone making trouble and getting paid, they'll all come and make trouble for me. How can I bear it?"

"Then go ask your dad how many women he has out there."

"But Yaoning is bankrupt! My dad left the house empty-handed after the divorce, so he doesn't have much property to his name! They wouldn't get much!"

"He doesn't have it, but you do! To put it bluntly, you just don't want to pay! But your dad loved you so much before, and now he asks you to pay some money to settle this matter, can't you do it?"

"But I have three children to raise, my wife doesn't have a job, and my dad had a stroke and needs expensive treatment. I really don't have that much money to give to those women! They're sure to ask for exorbitant amounts of money, and I can't keep letting them suck my blood away!"

"Yao Ning's bankruptcy doesn't mean you're bankrupt. Your wife is also the daughter of a wealthy family. Why are you pretending to be poor?"

"I have it but I don't want to give it to them. They don't deserve it! Please help me!"

"This matter has nothing to do with me, don't drag me into it!"

Li Hewen kept playing the victim, but I didn't fall for it. Finally, when he saw that I really didn't want to help him, he left.

The next day, another piece of sad news came, which stabbed Li Zhanwen's broken heart again.