After the marriage was severed, I fled with my golden finger to protect my mother

"Haha, you earned it by working?"

A man sneered, his voice full of disdain and ridicule.

"Everyone has eyes. Even if you are a worker, you would not be willing to buy such a nice purse. You obviously stole it and you still refuse to admit it. I advise you to hand it over quickly and let this matter pass. Otherwise, hmph..."

"Oh, sir, if that doesn't work, let's report it to the authorities and let the officials in the government take care of this little thief..."

A woman standing behind the man also joined in the booing.

Uncle Cui quickly squeezed over and saw a woman in the middle being held by a man by the wrist and not allowed to move.

The woman desperately tried to break free while anxiously trying to explain to everyone:

"Don't listen to his nonsense. This money was definitely earned from my work. This purse was handed to me personally by the young lady of the host family..."

That’s right, this woman was none other than Li Xiao’s biological mother, Lin.

Lin received her wages, and she and Li Xiao had two taels of silver in total, so she planned to go to the street to buy some things for the New Year. But as soon as she took out her purse, she was grabbed by the wrist by the two men, who insisted that the purse was stolen from them.

Because this purse was taken directly by Yuxiu from the accounting office, and it was embroidered by several mothers and maids in the mansion, using leftover scraps from making clothes.

Yuxiu took it because she thought it looked good. After paying everyone, she handed it to Lin. Who knew that this unintentional move would bring trouble to Lin.

"Did you hear that? My wife is ready to report to the police, but I am a magnanimous man and will not bother with a little woman like you. Return the purse quickly and we will let you go immediately..."

The man had a face full of flesh and his eyes were full of calculation. He held Lin's hand tightly and almost pulled her into his arms several times.

"This woman looks decent, but I didn't expect she's actually a thief..."

"You can't judge a person's heart by his appearance. A thief won't write on his face..."

"That little woman is the same. Just listen to my advice and give the things to the owner quickly. Otherwise, if the matter is brought to the government office, you will not only suffer physical pain, but also be embarrassed..."

The people around believed it and started to persuade him one by one.

Lin's face turned red with anger. On one side, there was a man who was holding her tightly and trying to take advantage of her, and on the other side, there were people pointing fingers at her. She felt angry and ashamed, and soon tears welled up in her eyes.

"Since you want to report to the authorities, let's go to the government office together..."

At this moment, a steady man's voice sounded, and everyone looked up, and saw a tall figure walking in through the crowd and grabbing the man who was holding Lin's hand.

"Hey hey... who are you? Let me go quickly..."

The man felt as if his arm was clamped by an iron clamp and he screamed in pain with his teeth clenched.

"What do you do? Let my master go!"

The woman next to him also screamed, stretched out her sharp claws, and was about to scratch Uncle Cui's face.

Seeing this, Uncle Cui's eyes darkened and he grabbed the man's hand with even more strength.

"Ah! Help! Someone's killing someone!"

The man couldn't bear the severe pain and immediately let go of Lin's wrist.

Lin was struggling desperately to free herself, and she staggered and was about to fall. Uncle Cui quickly dodged the woman's scratching claws, quickly stretched out his arms to hug Lin's waist, and took her out of the crowd.

"Well, you shameless woman, not only are you a little thief, but you also dare to hug and kiss a man in public. You are simply unfaithful to your husband..."

The man just covered his arm and wailed, but the woman stepped forward, pointed at Lin and started scolding her.

It was at this time that Uncle Cui and Mrs. Lin finally reacted. They looked at each other and felt very embarrassed.

Lin quickly got out of Uncle Cui's arms and stood a few steps away from him.

"Don't talk nonsense to me here. Didn't you just say you were going to report it to the police?"

Lin rubbed her red and swollen wrist, and the anger in her heart surged up.

"Let's go, let's go to the government office now. Even if you don't report to the authorities today, I will go to the master and file a complaint against you..."

Although Lin's temperament was a bit weak, even a clay figure still had some temper, let alone a living person like himself.

Before, she was thinking about settling the matter peacefully and just making things clear here, but she never expected that the couple were so cruel that not only did they frame her as a thief who stole things, but now they were throwing dirty water on her head.

"Oh, come and have a look, everyone. This shameless girl was just so timid and didn't dare to say a word, but now that she has a man backing her up, she immediately becomes tough..."

The woman put her hands on her hips, her face twisted, and cursed at Lin:

"Bah! You shameless slut, who knows how many men you've hooked up with outside? There's actually someone who stands up for you, probably he's the same kind of person as you..."

"What are you all doing here?"

Just as Lin was about to curse back, she heard a scolding coming from afar. She looked up and saw several yamen runners striding towards her. Her heart immediately tightened and she quickly pushed Uncle Cui out of the crowd.

"Thank you for helping me out today. This is none of your business now. Please leave now."

When she heard the sound, she knew that the noise here had attracted the patrolling yamen runners.

Uncle Cui didn't know this man, but Lin actually did.

It turns out that this man is from the same clan as Lin's husband. After Li Xiao's father passed away, these people tried every means to force her and her daughter. In the end, in order to save her son's life, Lin had no choice but to give up all her possessions and settled down in the north of the city with Li Xiao.

This person had an embroidery shop in the capital. Lin didn't know about it a few years ago and went to get embroidery several times. Later, she found out that this person was the owner of the embroidery shop, and she never went to his house to get embroidery again.

Over the years, she has been able to give in whenever she can and avoid whenever she can, and everything has been peaceful.

Who would have thought that it would be such a coincidence today? It was a rare occasion for her to go out on the street, and she encountered such an unlucky thing.

Since he runs a shop, it is natural that he would often have good dealings with the yamen runners. Therefore, in order to avoid implicating Uncle Cui, Lin told him to leave quickly.

Anyway, she has nothing to fear as she is upright. The purse and the money are the wages for her work, so she is not afraid of those people checking.

"It's Boss Li. Are you in trouble?"

Sure enough, several yamen runners armed with big swords came over and greeted the man with a smile.