Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

As I shifted my focus from the pandemic to myself, I suddenly realized I hadn't had my period in over two months! The third month was almost over, and there was still no sign of it! It had happened before, but it was only delayed for a month, and then things returned to normal. But this time, something was truly out of the ordinary. The more I thought about it, the more it seemed wrong. I rushed upstairs to Rong Zixuan's room and pulled him up.

"Ah! Ah Qing, please let me sleep a little longer. I don't have classes this morning."

"Get up! Hurry!" There was a hint of anger in my tone. Rong Zixuan also heard something was wrong and quickly sat up.

"what happened?"

"I, I, I..." I really didn't know how to start.

"Just tell me what happened," he said and lay back down.

Seeing him like this, I was very angry. I covered his head with the quilt and slapped him madly, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault, it's all your fault"

He lifted the quilt and hugged me on the bed and said with a smile, "What's wrong with you? Why are you so angry so early in the morning?"

"Let go," I looked at him fiercely. He was so scared that he let go quickly.

"What's wrong? I haven't made you angry recently, have I? The Zhu Yinyin incident is over. You won't settle the score later, will you?"

"I haven't had my period for three months! If I keep going back..."

Rong Zixuan's eyes lit up, he jumped off the bed and quickly supported me, "Come on, come on, slow down. If it's three months, it will be the New Year's Day!"

"Go away," I pushed him away.

"Don't be like this, is this true?" Rong Zixuan asked expectantly.

"I don't know, but this month is already the third month."

"Have you not had any nausea or vomiting in the past few months?"

"no"

Rong Zixuan wanted to lift up my clothes, "Let me see," but I slapped his hand away.

"What are you doing"

"I just want to see if my belly has grown bigger."

"nor"

"Then let's go to the hospital."

"You go buy it first... so that I can be mentally prepared." I was embarrassed to say the name of the thing, but Rong Zixuan understood it immediately.

"But that thing only worked at the beginning, right? It's been so long now, so it shouldn't be accurate anymore. Why don't we just go to the hospital and get it checked out?"

"I'm an unmarried college student. If..."

"What are you afraid of? Although you are unmarried, you are engaged. Besides, we are both adults and capable of raising you. No matter what happens, I will always be your strong support."

"It's all your fault. If you hadn't that night..."

"I couldn't control myself. I drank so much and had sex with people who were drunk!" He said with an embarrassed smile.

"Seriously, if you were really drunk, you wouldn't be able to do that! You were clearly sober!"

"I'm half drunk and half awake! In this situation, men really can't control themselves!"

"That night I asked you to wear it... but you thought it was troublesome! It's all your fault!" I continued to slap him.

He hid and said, "It's already that time, who cares about it! But I really tried my best that night, so it's normal to get pregnant!" He said and hid under the quilt.

After I stopped venting, Rong Zixuan persuaded me to go to the hospital for a checkup. While there was still the epidemic, the situation in Gyeongju was still okay, and traveling across the city was no problem. So we went to a city hospital for a checkup. A town hospital would also be an option, but if we went to a town hospital, my story would probably spread throughout the village by that evening. At the town hospital, everyone from the medical staff to the patients knew each other. I wasn't mentally prepared for all this "concern."

After arriving at the hospital, Rong Zixuan was still busy running around, registering and getting a number. The doctor wrote me a checkup order, and after paying, he took me to have blood tests and a color ultrasound. After a series of tests, the whole morning had passed, and just like the tooth extraction, the test results would not be known until the afternoon. During the hours waiting for the doctor to come to work in the afternoon, I was on pins and needles, fidgeting. If I really am pregnant, what should I do? I am now a junior in college! I will graduate in just over a year. Do I have to take a year off for this child? If I don’t want him, can I be so cruel? But I also comforted myself. In TV dramas, pregnant women always have morning sickness, but I haven’t had any symptoms in my three months, so it shouldn’t be the case. Besides, my belly hasn’t grown much. Maybe it’s just the stress of the epidemic that has caused endocrine disorders.

After a long wait, I finally entered the clinic again. The doctor looked at my report and said to me with a smile, "Congratulations, you're going to be parents! Your baby is almost three months old and looks healthy!"

"But doctor, I don't have any pregnancy symptoms like vomiting!"

“It depends on the individual, not everyone is like this.”

"My belly hasn't gotten much bigger."

"It depends on the individual. Some people can't see the baby even if they are seven or eight months old and wear thick clothes in winter. You are only about three months old. It's nothing. As long as the baby is healthy, it's fine."

After hearing what the doctor said, my face turned pale and countless thoughts flashed through my mind. I wanted to say something, but I couldn't say anything.

"Doctor, do we need to prepare anything?" Rong Zixuan happily asked the doctor about the details of pregnancy care.

The doctor also prescribed some medication to maintain my pregnancy. I walked out of the hospital in a daze. Rong Zixuan drove over, got out, and opened the backseat door for me. "Honey, you're pregnant now, it's better to sit in the back." My mind went blank, and I got into the car like a robot executing a program. Rong Zixuan carefully fastened my seat belt and drove smoothly, unlike his previous behavior of accelerating and overtaking.

"Zixuan, this child comes at the wrong time," I said calmly.

"As long as it's our child, any time is a good time," he said, still immersed in the joy of becoming a father.

“But we’re still in school.”

"It's okay, we've seen girls get pregnant at school before."

"But she's a graduate student. We're undergraduates, only in our early twenties."

"Then you don't want this child? Abortion will harm your body."

"Giving birth is bad for your health, okay!"

"But giving birth is something every woman has to go through."

"But the timing is not right, and it's not fair to the child if we rush into having a baby before we're ready to be parents."

"Why isn't it mature now? We are all adults, and we are already at the stage of talking about marriage. We also have enough financial resources to provide a good life for our children. Why isn't the time ripe?"

"We're still in school! First, it took me ten months to get pregnant, and then I had to spend several months recovering after giving birth. That took almost a year, and I still have a little over a year left to graduate."

"So you want your studies more than our child? This is the fruit of our love!"

“We can have it later.”

"The future is the future, and the children of the future will not be the children of today. They are different."

Rong Zixuan drove into the service area and stopped in an open space. He got out of the car, opened the door next to me, knelt beside the car, held my hand, and said to me sincerely, "Aqing, my wife, I beg you, please give birth to this child. My parents are gone, and this child is the only person in the world who is connected to me by blood, and the fruit of our love. If you consider the issue of academic studies, we can take a year off first, and then continue our studies. If you don't want this child, we will lose this unique child forever." He cried as he spoke, and seeing him like this, my heart began to waver.

He made a swearing gesture and said, "I swear, I will treat you well. I will find a lawyer to draw up an agreement tomorrow. If I cheat on you or do anything to let you down, I will leave the house with nothing!"

"But..." I wanted to say something, but Rong Zixuan covered my mouth.

"Don't make a decision in a hurry. Ask yourself, do you really not want this child? This child has been in you for three months. He is almost formed. We can even see a vague outline on the color Doppler ultrasound." He ran to the front seat and showed me the report. "Look at his small outline. He will grow up to be as tall as me or as beautiful as you. Do you really have the heart to kill a little life?"

"I..." To be honest, maternal love is something women are born with, especially since this child has been living with me in my body for three months. I can't bear to think of such a small life, but for women, family and career is always a difficult decision to make, and I am very hesitant.

"What you are worried about now is only the academic issues. We can take a year off. We are still young, and taking a year off won't be a big problem. I will always be with you, and after we have a child, we will be a real family of three. I will be 22 years old next year, and we will get the marriage certificate on my birthday! Maybe I did something wrong before, which made you feel resentful towards me, but I don't blame you. Tomorrow I will find a lawyer to draw up an agreement. If I cheat on you and do something wrong, I will leave the house with nothing and leave my property to you and the child. Now I love you the most, so when I love you the most, I will do things to protect you and the child."

"You are only here because of this child, not entirely because of me"

"You can't say that. I've always loved you. You are you, and the child is the child. But now that we have a child, I need to protect your lives even more. I give you love, and I'll also give you bread."

“I’m afraid of facing rumors.”

"I'm standing in front of you. If anyone talks nonsense, I'll tear his mouth apart!"

Under Rong Zixuan's persuasion and driven by my maternal gene, I decided to give birth to this child. At dinner that night, I lowered my head, afraid to meet my parents' gaze. Rong Zixuan saw my embarrassment and decided to announce it on my behalf.

"Uncle and aunt, no, Dad! Mom!" My parents were a little shocked when they heard Rong Zixuan calling them parents.

"Aqing is pregnant, and we've decided to give birth to the child," Rong Zixuan said firmly. My parents were surprised and didn't know what to say for a moment. After a long while, they replied, "So you guys aren't going to school anymore?"

"Don't worry about that. We're taking online classes now. If we really can't take care of our studies in the future, we'll take a leave of absence. I'll always be with Qing and take care of her and love her for the rest of her life!"

"Oh! You are adults now, if you want to do it, then go ahead and do it. We will help you if we can."

"Thank you, Dad! I will be filial to you two in the future!" Rong Zixuan didn't expect that my dad would agree so easily, and there was no scene of my dad swinging a stick to hit him, so he was very happy!

The next day, we prepared the necessary documents and went to the hospital to set up our medical records. He then took me to his parents' graves to pay respects and share the good news. He also bought a lot of maternity and baby products, which I told him he wouldn't need yet, but nothing could stop his excitement about becoming a father.