Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

"When did you switch careers to become an actor?" Xu Jing looked at me and asked as we walked out of the restaurant.

"Huh?" I was a little confused.

"Meeting Zhang Mu by chance is fake, the real thing is that I want to be his matchmaker!" Xu Jing looked at me straight with her arms crossed on her chest.

"You think too much, it was just a chance encounter!" I covered up my guilt with a smile.

"Then can you tell me which prosecutor dresses so extravagantly on a workday?"

"Dressed up? Isn't he just wearing a normal suit?" I was confused.

"His suit is too slim-fitting, even too tight. It feels like it's going to fall apart at any second. Such a slim-fitting suit is not suitable for work, just like no one wears yoga pants to work."

"Bespoke suits are supposed to be slim-fitting. Is there a problem?"

"He's no longer slim-fitting, he's tight-fitting!"

"Maybe I've gained weight and my clothes are too tight."

"Look at his figure, he is not just fat! He deliberately wore such a tight suit, as if he was deliberately showing off his muscular body! I was really afraid that he would pose for me to show off his biceps and back muscles in the next second!" Xu Jing said with disgust.

"Hahaha! You're overthinking it!"

"A prosecutor needs to be mindful of his appearance. He wouldn't wear a tight suit like that during work hours! Especially those trousers are so tight I can't stand looking at them!"

"Maybe he's wearing casual clothes today because he has an off day!"

"An explanation is a cover-up! You have something to hide!"

"Okay, I'll tell you the truth. Zhang Mu has liked you for more than ten years, and now he wants to pursue you. It's that simple!"

"Pursue? Even though I'm already forty, I won't lower my standards for a spouse!"

"He's a prosecutor, and you're a lawyer, so we should be able to get along!"

"He has a bad character! Tell him that I don't like him and ask him not to waste his energy!" Xu Jing was very determined.

"You haven't even gotten to know him better, and you're rejecting him? He fell in love with you at first sight over a decade ago and has had a crush on you for over a decade."

"Love at first sight? It's just attraction to beauty, right? When I was younger, every guy who wanted to pursue me would say they fell in love with me at first sight. I'm tired of hearing that!"

"You really won't give me a chance?"

"Why should I give this scumbag a chance? He's been secretly in love with me for over a decade, but during that time he married another woman and had children, wasting her time. He's just greedy!"

"He's just unrequited love, and he's still single, so marrying someone and having children..."

Before I could finish, Xu Jing interrupted me. "He married another woman, but he still had someone else in his heart. This is a betrayal of marriage! I don't need a man who is not loyal to love and marriage like this!"

"You really won't give me a chance?"

"His years of unrequited love can only move him. I won't be moved by such a small thing! And just now when I asked him about his ex-wife, his words were inconsistent and his logic was contradictory. This is a typical liar! I have discovered many problems with him in just one meal. I must be crazy to choose him!"

"As expected of a lawyer, your observation, logic and reasoning are all top-notch!" I gave Xu Jing a thumbs up.

"So how could a scumbag like him be in my eyes? Did he cheat on me? That's why we got divorced!"

"Why don't you ask him yourself?"

"You're the one who matched us up without knowing the facts. I'm giving you a chance to make amends. Otherwise, when I find out, you'll be guilty of knowing the truth and not reporting it, which will be even more serious!"

"I'm in such a difficult situation! A rat in a bellows, getting bullied from both sides!"

"You knew he was a scumbag and yet you still tried to push me into this fire pit. You deserve it!"

"He didn't cheat physically. He divorced his ex-wife because you divorced him, and he felt he had a chance to pursue you, so..."

Xu Jing sneered, "Sure enough, all men are the same!"

"I told him he was a scumbag and told him straight out that you wouldn't like someone like him, but there was nothing I could do when he refused to listen! I still owe him a favor, so I agreed to set up a party for you two to get to know each other!"

"He and his ex-wife should have children, right?"

"His son is about the same age as your son, and his daughter is a little younger than his son."

"He's loved me for over a decade, but that didn't stop him from marrying another woman and having children! He wasted over a decade of her youth and ended up hurting her under the pretext of liking me. No wonder all our mutual friends stopped associating with him. I don't want to have anything to do with such a heartless man anymore!"

"Affectionate but not loyal!"

"Do you have any misunderstanding about deep affection? He just had a one-sided crush on me, and I didn't even know he existed. He actually used this crush to hurt his ex-wife, which is also an insult to me!" Xu Jing was so angry that she laughed.

"Then I'll tell him that you don't want to have any contact with him?"

"Yes! Right now! If he dares to call me or pretend to run into me by chance, I'll sue him for sexual harassment! I mean what I say!"

"Oh!"

"Call me right now, right now!" Xu Jing ordered me anxiously.

I immediately called Zhang Mu and told him about Xu Jing's attitude. Although he was very disappointed, it seemed he wouldn't give up. I also relayed Zhang Mu's advice to Xu Jing, letting them handle the situation on their own. I, the "rat" who was being bullied by both sides, would no longer get involved in their affairs.

After returning home, I collapsed on the sofa and let myself go.

"What's wrong? You look very tired." Li Zhanwen hugged me gently.

"Alas! It's just a random match!"

"Who did you choose?"

"Xu Jing and Zhang Mu."

"Tell me about it and see if I can help you solve your problem."

I told Li Zhanwen the whole story and finally asked him a question: "From your male perspective, is Zhang Mu considered unfaithful? Is he a scumbag? You need to make an objective assessment. Don't try to please me by deliberately saying things that go against your will!"

"Well, he is mentally unfaithful and a complete scumbag!" Li Zhanwen answered after thinking for a moment.

"You can't cater to me just to please me!"

"That's also my inner opinion. I'm not trying to please you. First of all, he married someone else, and he still had Xu Jing in his heart. That's infidelity to his wife and marriage. It's emotional infidelity! I've always believed that emotional infidelity is more damaging to a partner than physical infidelity. Physical infidelity might be driven by momentary desire, but emotional infidelity is driven by the person's own active desire and expectation. They say killing someone destroys their heart, and emotional infidelity is like destroying their heart, dealing a fatal blow to their partner's spirit."

"So, do you have someone you've liked for a long time?"

"You are my first love, and you are the person I have liked for a long time!" Li Zhanwen smiled brightly.

"Really?" I asked shyly.

"You're asking even though you already know the answer!" Li Zhanwen looked at me lovingly, then changed the subject, a sour taste filling the air, "The person you've liked the longest should be Rong Zixuan, right?"

"You're also the person I've liked the longest!"

"You and Rong Zixuan have been together for six years, but we haven't even reached six years yet!" Li Zhanwen felt a little aggrieved.

"We still have a lot of time to grow. Let alone six years, sixteen or even sixty years will be no problem!"

"But Rong Zixuan and you have been together for three years and you have a child, and you got married in four years!"

I slowly sat up from Li Zhanwen's arms, "What do you want to say?"

"Let's get married!" Li Zhanwen happily took out the diamond ring from his trouser pocket.

"Do you carry your ring with you?"

"Of course, I'm waiting for the moment when you lose your mind! I'm waiting for you to say I do! I can wait no matter how long it takes!"

I closed the box, "But I haven't thought it through yet!"

"I know, but I still want to try! It's all because of scumbags like Zhang Mu who have discredited men! He made you wary of me!" Li Zhanwen was very angry.

"If only every man were like you!"

"Those who came before cut down the trees will be exposed to the sun by the next generation! Rong Zixuan and Shen Junhui, those two bad guys, have deeply hurt you. There are also some other bad men who are incompetent and cannot be loyal, which makes you women wary of men. I understand!" Li Zhanwen was very angry.

"Although your mother is rather old-fashioned, all the sons she gave birth to have very positive values! Your brothers are all very good to their wives."

"Maybe my mom knew my dad was cheating, so she kept telling us to take relationships seriously. Plus, they pretended to be so loving that we believed them, so we all yearned for and were loyal to our partners."

"It's really not easy for your mother to tolerate your father's philandering for decades!"

"We had no idea at the time that she had endured so much. Now I think it was us, her children, who failed in our duty!"

"It's okay, there's still time to make amends now!"

"How about we take Wei Cheng to see her this weekend?"

"Yeah!" I agreed without thinking.

"Really!" Li Zhanwen kissed me excitedly, because this was the first time in such a long time that I agreed to go with him to visit his mother. Before, I always chose to refuse in order to avoid conflict.