Time Travel: The Queen's Coronation

Ding dong, ding dong, ding dong~

Today is traditionally New Year's Eve. Living abroad, I've been busy preparing dinner this morning. Even though I can't return home to be with my parents, I still want to celebrate this traditional holiday. The doorbell keeps ringing. I stop working on the kitchen knife, wipe my hands on my apron, and walk to the door to open it.

"Happy New Year!" As soon as I opened the door, a bouquet of flowers was pushed in front of me.

"Aren't you going home for the New Year?" I said to Shen Junhui who was grinning in front of me.

"It's not too late to go back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow." Without waiting for me to say anything, Shen Junhui walked straight into the house.

"You're so rude! I didn't even invite you in, and you just barged in!"

"Who cares if you and I are friends?" After saying that, he sat down by himself, not considering himself an outsider at all.

"Get out of here!" Rong Zixuan said with a gloomy face while standing on the stairs.

"It's New Year's Day, why are you chasing guests away?"

"Guest? Is that you?" Rong Zixuan walked quickly to Shen Junhui and pulled him up by his clothes.

"Let go!" Shen Junhui pushed Rong Zixuan away.

I quickly stood between them to prevent their physical actions from escalating further, "Hey, hey, hey! Everyone, stand back!"

Standing between them, I remembered something. I gestured with both hands for both of them to come over. They obeyed without understanding why. "Turn around!" The two big guys also turned around in confusion. I carefully compared their heights and came to the conclusion, "Zixuan, Shen Junhui seems to be just a little taller than you!"

"Hahaha! I am taller than him!" Shen Junhui said proudly.

"Impossible!" Rong Zixuan gestured unconvincedly, pointing at Shen Junhui's shoes and saying, "He's wearing sneakers with heels! Mine are slippers!"

Shen Junhui was so angry that he took off his shoes immediately and said, "I'm taller than you even when I'm barefoot!" It turned out that Shen Junhui was still a little taller.

"How tall are you?" I asked Shen Junhui.

"I'm exactly 1.9 meters tall," Shen Junhui said proudly. Rong Zixuan was almost pissed off by him. Height is very important for a man, especially not to lose to his love rival.

"Alright, alright, please be quiet for a while. Why did you come to see us?"

"Celebrate the New Year with you!"

"No, our family is celebrating the New Year, why are you joining in the fun?" Rong Zixuan said dissatisfiedly.

"Is it illegal?"

"I've never met anyone as shameless as you!"

"Then you have seen it now?" Shen Junhui answered nonchalantly.

"Okay, okay! Then you can stay, but you have to work! You can't eat and drink for free! You can't make trouble! And you can't cause conflicts!" I warned Shen Junhui.

"Why do you only talk about me and not him!" Shen Junhui complained aggrievedly.

"We are husband and wife! A legal couple! Who do you think you are!" Rong Zixuan said proudly.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense and go see if the children are awake." Rong Zixuan turned and went upstairs.

"Then what should I do?" Shen Junhui asked expectantly.

"Please shovel the snow away from the door!"

"What? I have to do all this by myself?"

"Is there something wrong? You're a big guy, 1.9 meters tall, and you can't do this?"

Shen Junhui reluctantly took his tools and went out to shovel the snow.

I was in the kitchen preparing New Year's Eve dinner, and with the addition of a large chicken, I had to prepare more. Shortly after I put the chicken in the steamer, I heard Shen Junhui arguing with someone outside. I had no choice but to go out to check, just in case this childish young master had caused trouble again.

I saw Shen Junhui and Li Zhanwen arguing at the door. "What are you doing?"

Li Zhanwen shook off Shen Junhui and walked in front of me. Shen Junhui followed him and said, "I came to find you, but this guy insisted on stopping me!" Shen Junhui was still holding on to Li Zhanwen, and Li Zhanwen continued to shake him off.

"What do you want from me?"

Li Zhanwen smiled sheepishly, but before he could finish his words, Shen Junhui said, "He must be here to see you! He must be so poor that he has nothing to eat and is here to eat for free!"

"You are so poor that you have no food to eat!"

"Everyone in Hong Kong knows that your mother kicked you out of the house, cut off all your financial resources, and even photographed you sleeping in the park," Shen Junhui mocked Li Zhanwen.

"Aren't you living in Xu Jing's house? Why are you living in the park?" I looked at Li Zhanwen in confusion.

"Her mother bought the house and kicked him out!" Li Zhanwen hesitated and refused to say anything, so Shen Junhui answered for him.

"When did this happen? Why didn't you tell us? And Xu Jing, why didn't you tell me when you sold the house?"

"Don't blame Xu Jing. The owner of that house is not Xu Jing, but her father. He probably sold it because the asking price was good," Shen Junhui continued.

"How do you know so much?" I looked at Shen Junhui.

"My mom told me!"

"Then let's go inside first!" I invited Li Zhanwen in. Shen Junhui also wanted to go in, but I stopped him, "You have to shovel the snow first before you can come in!"

Shen Junhui shouted dissatisfiedly, "Why doesn't he use it!"

"People are already living in the park and it's so miserable, and you still ask them to work"

"It's not like I let him live there!"

"Stop talking nonsense and get to work! You're not allowed to eat if you don't finish the work!" Shen Junhui wanted to retort but was yelled at by me. He could only continue shoveling snow helplessly.

When I entered the house, I brought Li Zhanwen a cup of hot milk. Rong Zixuan was just coming downstairs with the two children in his arms.

"Why are you here too? Don't you have your own home?" Rong Zixuan was unhappy when he saw Li Zhanwen.

"I'm sorry, I really don't have a home," Li Zhanwen said embarrassedly.

"Okay, his mother was naughty again and drove him out. Now he's wandering the streets. It's New Year's Day, so let's do some good deeds and take him in for a meal!" I whispered to Rong Zixuan while pulling him aside.

"No way! His mother is so heartless! Is this child really her biological child?" Rong Zixuan was shocked.

"So, let's be good people for once!"

"All right!"

"Do you need my help? Shen Junhui is shoveling snow. You have to arrange something for me, otherwise I will feel bad if I just eat and do nothing," Li Zhanwen said as he stood up and looked around.

"Hahaha! Shen Junhui went to shovel snow?" Rong Zixuan was very happy.

"You don't even know how to do kitchen work, so just sit down."

"He can also go shovel the snow! It will be more efficient if two people work together!" Rong Zixuan also wanted to play a prank on Li Zhanwen.

"You should come too. Three grown men will be faster!"

"No, why should I want it too? I still have to take care of the children!" Rong Zixuan squatted down and hugged Jiashu as a shield.

"The child is playing inside. I can watch him. You, the male host, need to shovel snow with two guests so that others won't gossip about you. Otherwise, people will think we are mistreating our guests!"

"Okay!" Rong Zixuan reluctantly took the tools and went out.

I don't know how long it took, but the two little ones were quiet. I thought it was unusual, so I went out to check in the kitchen. They weren't inside, so I hurriedly opened the door and found them outside, three adults and two children playing snowballs together. Seeing how happy they were, I left them alone and returned to the kitchen to prepare my New Year's Eve dinner. After a while, they must have been tired and all came inside to rest. I went out to check on their progress, but was disappointed.

"Is this what you've achieved this morning?" I pointed helplessly at the messy lawn outside the door.

"That's enough. I'm exhausted this morning!" Shen Junhui said with his eyes closed, leaning against the sofa.

"You guys are just having a snowball fight, but now you're making a mess of the snow outside!"

"I just started playing when I was in the mood. Now it's snowing outside again, so it would be a waste of work if we shovel now!" Rong Zixuan was defending his behavior.

"You men are so childish!" I complained speechlessly.

"Don't worry about whether it's childish or not. We can't do it anymore anyway! Wife, please don't make things difficult for us!" Rong Zixuan pleaded.

"Fine!"

At dinner time, looking at the table full of dishes, my sense of accomplishment reached its peak.

"It's a new year again! Cheers!" I said, raising my drink glass.

"cheers!"

"This is the result of my day's work, you have to eat it all! No leftovers!"

"If you can't finish it, just ask Li Zhanwen to pack it up. He needs it!" Shen Junhui did not miss any opportunity to mock Li Zhanwen.

"I want to, but I don't have a refrigerator or any heating machine! I don't even have a place to live!" Li Zhanwen replied calmly.

"Then why don't you rent one?" Shen Junhui asked deliberately.

Li Zhanwen stopped eating with his chopsticks and said, "Because I don't have any money, can Mr. Shen lend me some?"

"No problem! How much do you want to borrow?" After saying that, he took out his wallet, took out a stack of money and handed it to Li Zhanwen, but finally retracted his hand, "But I'm afraid you won't pay me back!" Shen Junhui showed a proud smile.

"You're so stingy! If you want to borrow money, I'll lend it to you!" Rong Zixuan couldn't stand it anymore and said to Li Zhanwen.

"You are so rich, why don't you help him buy a house and a car? You can help him temporarily, but not forever!"

"What's wrong with you? How did Li Zhanwen offend you? Why do you always cause trouble for him?" I interrupted Shen Junhui.

"He's incompetent! How dare someone who can't survive without his mother's warm embrace mess with you? He doesn't even know who he is!"

"I don't need your permission to like anyone!" Li Zhanwen began to confront Shen Junhui.

"If you like someone, you should protect her, but for so long, your love has only brought disaster to Wei Qing! You are a disaster to her!"

"Your mother is really going too far. She's repeatedly bothered my wife, always resorting to violence. Since you refused to give in this time, she's been calling and harassing us. We're even considering changing our numbers!" Rong Zixuan also complained about Mother Li's behavior. "I seriously suspect your mother has some mental illness. Should she go to the hospital? Her control over you is beyond the norm for a mother; it's even abnormal and pathological!" I secretly tapped Rong Zixuan to get him to stop.

"You are a complete 'mama's boy'!" Shen Junhui continued to mock.

"Speaking of 'mama's boy', it seems you are one too!" I retorted to Shen Junhui.

"So what? At least my mom isn't as controlling as hers! And my mom was very young when she gave birth to me, unlike him who was born late!"

"Okay, you won't die if you say less!" I picked up a piece of meat for Shen Junhui and signaled him to shut up.

"Then what will you do next? Your mother is asking you to bow your head in every way, and it seems you have no way out!" Rong Zixuan asked.

"Let's take it one step at a time!" Li Zhanwen was helpless.

"How about we help you rent an apartment?"

"As expected of husband and wife, we are so in tune with each other!" Rong Zixuan said while hugging me.

"When did you become so close to him?" Shen Junhui was puzzled.

"Compared with you, others seem more gentlemanly. We are very happy to make friends with gentlemen!" Rong Zixuan said sarcastically.

"Tsk! Just help him! He is just a giant baby who can't be weaned!" Shen Junhui said disdainfully.

"Thank you for your help! A friend in need is a friend indeed!" Li Zhanwen toasted us.

"Then you can stay here with us tonight!"

"No, you let your love rival live in your house?" Shen Junhui said to Rong Zixuan excitedly.

"He has nowhere to live, and it's snowing heavily outside. Do you really want him to freeze to death outside?"

"You guys open a hotel for him! If he has no money, I'll pay for it! Anyway, he can't live here, unless you let me live here too!" Shen Junhui said shamelessly.

"That's settled then. You pay for his hotel stay!" Rong Zixuan immediately agreed to Shen Junhui's proposal.

"You tricked me!"

"What do you mean by tricks? Is that little bit of hotel money a big deal to Master Shen?"

"But I don't like spending money on my rival!"

"Then he'll live here!"

"No, you don't have any money! You can't pay for him to stay in a hotel!"

"I don't like spending money on my rival either!"

"If you're not happy about it, why should you let me go?"

"Because you're richer than me!"

"I love to hear that! All right! I'll give him the money!"

"It can't be a cheap one, it has to be at least a mid-range hotel!"

"You've picked it! How about you leave!"

"You agreed to pay! Do you still want to go back on your word?"

"You men are so stingy, I'll pay!" I interrupted their conversation.

"No, no, no, I'll pay! I'll let him stay at the Hilton, okay?" Shen Junhui finally agreed.

"You live alone, right?" I stared at Shen Junhui and said with ill intent.

"You don't want him to live with me! No! He makes me sick!"

"Then staying at the hotel is only temporary. If her mother makes trouble again and goes to the hotel management to kick him out, it will be troublesome. If he stays at your place, his mother won't be able to reach you!"

"No! We are not friends or relatives, why should we take him in?"

"You are so sloppy, I don't want to live with you!" Li Zhanwen said with disgust.

"No matter how sloppy I am, I can take a shower every day. How many days have you, who lives in the park, not taken a shower?" Shen Junhui counterattacked proudly, leaving Li Zhanwen speechless.

"Okay, stop dithering and just forget about it. I'll pay!" I planned to end the topic.

"No, I paid for him to stay at the Hilton."

“Staying in a hotel is not a long-term solution”

"What do you owe him? Why do you have to help him like this?" Shen Junhui said dissatisfiedly.

"When a friend is in trouble, what's wrong with helping him?"

"When did you become friends?"

"There's no grudge between us. Isn't it natural that we become friends after getting to know each other?"

"Do I count?" Shen Junhui was looking forward to my answer.

"You should stay with us today, and we will help you find a house tomorrow!" I avoided this question because Shen Junhui is relatively simple in a sense, and I don't want to hurt him.

"Come on, let me take you to a hotel." Shen Junhui pulled Li Zhanwen out. "I can't stand it anymore!"

"Wife, you still have a way!"

"But you also have to understand what I mean and cooperate with me!"

Following our routine, Shen Junhui arranged for Li Zhanwen to stay. The Shen family is involved in hotel management and has a close relationship with Hilton, so if he comes forward, Mother Li probably won't interfere with Li Zhanwen anymore.