Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

I'm still awake this morning, and I'm woken by the constant buzzing of messages. I went to bed in the early hours, and it's only a little after nine. I'm so sleepy! I want to see who's bothering me! I open my phone, and WeChat and QQ are both overflowing with 99+ messages. Is this really that exaggerated? What's going on? With a nervous heart, I open QQ first and check our dorm group chat.

They kept tagging me like crazy and even chatting with me privately.

"Wei Qing, you didn't even tell us you were engaged. I'm so angry!"

"That's right, we treated you as our best sister, but you only treated us as outsiders."

"It was a wrong payment after all"

……

I finally understood. They were blaming me for not telling them about my engagement. The responsibility really lay with me, because we were getting engaged back home, and the three of them were in Northeast China, at opposite ends of the country, so asking them to come wasn't realistic. Then, with so much else going on, and the dorm QQ group being so quiet, I forgot about it.

"If I say that I was too busy and forgot, would you believe me?" I sent the message guiltily.

"Do not believe"

"I was wrong, everyone! I shouldn't have forgotten to tell you."

"It's good that you know you were wrong. We actually found out about this from Rong Zixuan's words instead of you telling us in person. How hurtful!"

"I'm sorry, I'm really busy and forgot. I was so busy inviting my childhood friends and classmates that I forgot to tell you."

"Humph! You actually forgot about us. That's unforgivable!"

"Yes! Unforgivable!"

After my constant apologies and consolations, I finally managed to appease these three. Next, I opened their private chat lists one by one. They were all asking about my engagement, and I answered them one by one. But I had to find the source—Rong Zixuan! I looked through his QQ space, and sure enough, Rong Zixuan had posted, "We're engaged!" The accompanying picture was a nine-square grid of photos from yesterday's engagement ceremony, and it garnered a lot of likes and blessings. But when did he post that message when he was so drunk last night? I looked at the post time—five twenty-six. He should have been sleeping at that time, right? How could he get up at that hour when he was that drunk? The only way he'd get up was to go to the bathroom, right? He even posted a message while going to the bathroom! But I felt a tinge of sweetness in my heart. He couldn't wait to announce our relationship to the world!

After I replied to every private message, I thought about taking a nap, but someone’s messages kept popping up!

"Are you really engaged?" Liang Yan sent me the exact same message again. I'd already replied "yes" to the previous one, so why was he asking again? I replied, "Yes!" and he stopped texting. Finally, it was time for bed. I put my phone down and closed my eyes. Then my phone vibrated. This time it wasn't a message, but a call. I looked at the number, and I didn't recognize it. I hung up immediately, but it called again. I hung up again, and he called again. I couldn't stand it anymore, so I just answered it and said impatiently, "Hello, who is this?"

"Are you engaged to that bastard?" The voice sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember who it was.

"Who are you?" I asked in confusion.

"I'm Shen Junhui. Are you really engaged to that bastard?" he asked impatiently.

"Yeah, what's the problem?"

"That bastard, how could you get engaged to him? You should be with me. I love you the most. We are the perfect match!"

"No, you're sick! We're not very familiar with each other, we could even be considered strangers, but you keep bothering me time and again. What did I do to provoke you?"

"Is it wrong for me to like you? Is it wrong for me to express my love for you?"

I was speechless after hearing this answer. "You are so rich, why don't you go to the best hospital to check your brain? You and I are strangers! I already had a boyfriend before I met you, and I told you about it, but why do you still pester me?"

"I like you!" He yelled so loudly that my ears almost went deaf.

"I'll say it again! I have a boyfriend, and we're engaged!"

"If you can get divorced after getting married, your engagement is nothing," he said with disdain.

"Ah! What exactly do you like about me? Can't I change it?"

"I just like you, I loved you at first sight. Loving someone is so wonderful, I just love you at first sight..." Before he could finish, I hung up. But he kept calling, so I blocked him. I can sleep peacefully now! Just in case, I turned my phone to airplane mode. Even if the king of heaven came today, he wouldn't be able to get through!

I caught up on some sleep until after midnight, which was quite late. I woke up for brunch. I went upstairs to check on Rong Zixuan, and sure enough, he wasn't awake yet. But how did he post that five o'clock post? I was really curious. No, I had to find out!

I kept shaking Rong Zixuan, but he just kept babbling and wouldn't wake up, so I just said a name.

"Shen Junhui is here!" He sat up immediately.

"Where, where is he!" His eyes were bloodshot and the fatigue on his face had not yet dissipated, but he still sat up straight.

"He didn't come. I wanted to ask you, how did you post that 5 o'clock message? You were so drunk, you were stumbling all over the place. How could you still be so good at typing puzzles?"

"Oh no! You came to me just for this! At five o'clock, I vomited and came back to lie down for a while, but I still felt very uncomfortable and couldn't sleep. My head was so clear from the pain that I posted that message." He fell down and continued to lie there, answering me with his eyes closed.

"So that's what happened," I finally understood what was going on, and my curiosity finally died down. "Okay, go back to sleep!" I tucked him in and walked out of the room.

In the afternoon, I received another mysterious call. I thought it was Shen Junhui, so I hung up. However, the other party kept calling, so I had no choice but to answer the phone and said angrily, "What else do you want?"

"Ah! What?" Hey, this voice isn't Shen Junhui's, but it's also quite familiar. Ah! It's Li Zhanwen!

I replied embarrassedly, "Sorry, I thought you were Shen Junhui"

"He called you? When?"

"What's going on with you this morning? Is it something about algorithms?"

“No, I want to ask you, I want to ask you…” He kept repeating the same thing but didn’t say the question.

"Rong Zixuan and I are indeed engaged!"

"Are you guys engaged so early? You're only in your early twenties, right?"

"What's the big deal? In ancient times, people could get married and have children in their teens. It's not unusual for us to get engaged at 20."

"Okay! I wish you happiness."

"Thank you!"

The call ended awkwardly. I thought they'd give up after we got engaged, but it seems Shen Junhui still hasn't given up. I'm not sure about Liang Yan and Li Zhanwen. They're not as direct as Shen Junhui, always saying just enough. Sometimes I can't figure them out. Forget them. I'm engaged now. Rong Zixuan isn't just my boyfriend, he's my fiancé. No matter how much they like me, it's impossible now.