Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

"Aqing, wait for me!" Rong Zixuan pulled my hand and blocked my way. "Don't ignore me."

"You did something like this, and you still have the nerve to ask me to pay attention to you?"

"This is just a meal between ordinary friends. Maybe our actions were a little intimate, but we haven't done anything to offend you. We are innocent!"

"Innocent, yes! Very innocent. We've only known each other for a few days and we're already so close. Who knows, we might even get closer in the future!"

"She likes sunny and athletic boys. She just regards me as an idol, like the kind of liking a celebrity, you know? It's not the kind of liking between men and women."

"Come on, you can even come up with such a lame excuse."

"I, I, I really didn't do anything to offend you."

"You are doing me justice by doing these intimate actions with her?"

"What about you and Liang Yan?"

"What's going on between me and Liang Yan?"

"I saw you often talking and laughing with him, and even being alone with him!"

"You're so angry now that you're blaming others for your mistakes, aren't you?"

"I've already told you, he and I were discussing class matters. We're both class leaders, so is there anything wrong with discussing class matters? I also smile politely at others. It's just out of courtesy, not seduction! You have to understand this!"

"Where's Li Zhanwen? You often chat with him on the phone!"

"Oh my God! You are being unreasonable! I called him because of his brother's work needs."

"His brother has so many people under him, why did he choose to arrange for him to contact you?"

"You should ask his brother. Why are you asking me? Besides, I always use speakerphone when you're around. You heard our conversation. Is there anything wrong with that?"

"And Shen Junhui, he came to you again and again, knowing that you were my girlfriend or fiancée, but he still provoked me. If you hadn't given him a hint, he could have..." He realized he had said the wrong thing before he finished speaking, and looked at me guiltily. I left without looking back, not wanting to say another word to him!

This man is truly unreasonable. He was clearly in the wrong, yet he's trying to shift the blame onto me! Why didn't I see that before? The more I thought about it, the angrier I got, but I eventually calmed myself down and immersed myself in writing. I don't want to speculate on how this relationship will play out; I'll just take it one step at a time! A week passed without any communication between Rong Zixuan and me. We even sat apart in class.

One day after class, it was lunch time and Zhu Yinyin stopped Rong Zixuan at the classroom door.

"Brother Zixuan, are you free? Let's have dinner together?" Rong Zixuan looked at me from behind. I didn't show any expression. He said angrily, "Okay, where are we going?" Then Zhu Yinyin actually pulled his arm and left! I was immediately furious, but I couldn't show it. I could only leave the place quickly. I walked very fast, and Zheng Lan and the others were chasing me frantically from behind.

"Qing'er! Slow down!"

"Walk faster, there will be more people waiting."

We got our meal and sat at the table chatting. "Qing'er! Are you okay?" Zheng Lan asked tentatively.

"What can happen to me?"

"But if you look at it, there will be trouble," Hu Ning said it directly and boldly. Zheng Lan gave her a look to indicate that she was too straightforward.

"Just tell us what you have to say, don't keep it in your heart. We are not outsiders," Liu Xiu said bluntly.

"I'm really angry!" I vented. "He still hasn't realized his mistake! He thinks feeding and wiping sweat is a little intimate, and that as long as we haven't had sex, it's still innocent. Now they're holding hands, and in front of me, you, and the whole grade!"

"Then what are you going to do next..." Zheng Lan asked tentatively.

"I don't know. To be honest, I don't want to break up. After all, our relationship has been tested. But I also don't understand how Zhu Yinyin could cause a rift in our two-year relationship in just a few days. Is it because our feelings are not deep enough, or is Zhu Yinyin his destiny?"

"Then you should quickly explain it clearly, otherwise both sides will suffer now."

"What? Break up? And let them be together? But I won't accept that!"

"Then it's over! If you're unwilling to give up, it means you still love Rong Zixuan. Go and get him back!" Liu Xiu said excitedly.

"Xiu'er! Anything that can be taken away by others does not belong to you!" Zheng Lan said something that really enlightened me.

"Yeah, anything that can be snatched away doesn't belong to you. How could something that belongs to you be snatched away?" I fiddled with the food in the plate in a daze.

Zheng Lan may have felt that her words were a bit harsh, so she hinted to Hu Ning, who had not spoken yet, to say a few words. Hu Ning put back the piece of meat that he was about to put into his mouth and said, "Qing'er, there are many good men!" As soon as these words came out, Zheng Lan widened her eyes and signaled to Hu Ning that it would be better for him not to say this.

"Qing'er! You really need to re-evaluate this relationship. Although it's normal for couples to quarrel, that's only between you two. The conflict between you now is because of another woman, especially since he's partial to her. Think about it, you haven't broken up yet, and he dares to openly engage in intimate actions with another woman, interacting closely with her, constantly testing your limits. If he's just angry with you, don't you think that's childish? Using another woman to hurt you is essentially taking advantage of your feelings for him to hurt you! What reason do you have to defend a man who would hurt you? What goes around comes around!"

"How come you are so powerful and speak so coherently! People who don't know you would think you are a love guru!" Hu Ning said, nudging Zheng Lan with his body.

"I know so much not because I'm emotionally rich, but because I have so many cousins. Many of my relatives gave birth to boys, and I've seen how they behave in love since I was a child. I've listened to the elders' conversations during festivals, and the more I listen, the more I understand. I've also asked my brothers why they did what they did, because I'm their sister, and they openly explained the reasons to me from their male perspective, so I know exactly what kind of behavior those men have."

"So this is ah"

In the following days, Rong Zixuan and Zhu Yinyin did interact closely, and they even had physical contact in front of me. I kept thinking about Zheng Lan's words, and after a long time, I finally mustered the courage to ask Rong Zixuan out.

"Do you remember this place? This is where you first invited me to dinner, and this is also the table." After hearing what I said, Rong Zixuan's face turned pale, and he had a bad feeling.

"Remember, we came here many times later and ordered different sets of meals every time," he looked at me nervously and spoke slowly, word by word.

"We've been together for exactly two years, from freshman to junior year. In between, we experienced shootings in the United States and faced life and death. We also went to Hegang to sell our works together and founded a company together. This year's Chinese Valentine's Day, you even created the most romantic night for me, which I still can't forget. I thought we would always be fine, but I didn't expect reality to be so dramatic. In just two or three months, our relationship started to hit the red light."

"Things are not what you think," Rong Zixuan said anxiously.

"Maybe it's not what I thought. I thought you were sulking, trying to piss me off, or make me jealous."

"I won't hide it from you anymore. I was really trying to anger you, but..."

He didn't finish his words and was interrupted by me, "But none of this matters anymore. You're mad at me because you're confident that I care about you. You want me to compete with Zhu Yinyin. It would be so cool for us two women to fight for you! You can also benefit from it. No matter who wins, they will only care about you more because we snatched you from each other."

"not like this!"

"I've been honest with myself. Before Zhu Yinyin showed up, I had never done anything to let you down. I rejected Liang Yan's love long ago, and I also rejected Li Zhanwen's kindness. As for Shen Junhui, I even showed him disgust. I've never had any ambiguous relationship with anyone of the opposite sex that would make you uneasy. I always told you the first time."

"But you didn't tell me that Xiao Yuan is Shen Junhui's cousin, didn't you? And you even asked me to form a company with him?"

"That incident was indeed an oversight on my part, but I explained it later. I had indeed forgotten a lot of things during that period. Moreover, I rejected Shen Junhui's repeated harassment and even spoke harshly to him."

"But Shen Junhui's appearance does make me uneasy, and Li Zhanwen keeps getting closer to you. They know that I'm your boyfriend, but they keep approaching you. This is something I can't tolerate!"

"But did I flirt with them to provoke you?"

"I..." Rong Zixuan was stunned by my question.

"No, right? So why are you using Zhu Yinyin to irritate me?"

"I just want you to cherish me more," he said softly, lowering his head.

"When did I ever stop cherishing you? Are you suffering from paranoia?"

Rong Zixuan was silent for a moment, wanting to say something but unable to. Perhaps he knew he was in the wrong.

"You and Zhu Yinyin have been very happy together during this period, and I am happy for you too, because you are also someone I have loved, and I am satisfied if you are happy."

"Really!" he said excitedly, looking up.

"Yes, it's enough for the one you love to be happy."

He grabbed my hand excitedly, but as soon as his hand touched me, I pulled back, "A Qing, you forgive me, right?"

"It's not a matter of forgiveness or not. I just want to see the one I love happy. Even if that person is not me, I am content."

"No, Aqing, I like you. I really just wanted to piss you off. Shen Junhui and the others put too much pressure on me."

"But, didn't I give you a sense of security?"

"I..." He fell silent again.

"That line is so well-sung. One person's fulfillment is better than three people's entanglement."

Hearing this, Rong Zixuan became anxious, "Aqing, it's not what you think. I just wanted to make you jealous, and then you ignored me, and I thought my goal was achieved, but my vanity got in the way, and I wanted to make you even angrier, and then I'd explain the whole story to you, so that you could cherish me a little more, that's all I thought. TV dramas always start with a downplay and end with a praise, and I want to learn from them! But I'm not really falling in love with someone else, or cheating on someone else. Otherwise, how could I so brazenly do those intimate actions with Zhu Yinyin? I deliberately let others take the photos and send them to you, so that it would be more real. I really didn't want to cheat, this, this, this, things are not what you think"

"Anyway, things have already happened. Zhu Yinyin is a good person. She is prettier than a celebrity, has a better figure than me, and comes from a better family background. You two are a perfect match."

"Aqing, I was wrong, I was wrong, I was really, really wrong!" He sat next to me and begged for my forgiveness.

"Even if it's as you said, you don't trust me, do you? You are not sure that I love you, and you want to satisfy your boring verification through a third person. Since you don't trust me, and there is distrust in the relationship, this relationship is over. Let's break up! I will return the betrothal gift you gave me when the time comes!" After saying that, I stood up and left.

He ran out anxiously to catch up with me and grabbed my hand, but I shook it off and he stood there at a loss.